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Thousands Watch Live Video Tour of World's Largest Cruise Ship
NEW YORK (Nov. 25, 2009) —Thousands of visitors to the popular cruise and reviews site, Cruise Critic® (https://www.cruisecritic.com) were able to get much-anticipated views of Royal Caribbean International's sparkling new "Oasis of the Seas" as Cruise Critic editor-in-chief, Carolyn Spencer Brown conducted a live video tour from onboard the world's largest cruise ship last Friday (Nov. 20).
With the ship due to host its first Caribbean cruise Dec. 1, Cruise Critic went live with an embedded video player on its Web site in the afternoon after ABC-TV's "Good Morning America" kicked off the day with a two-hour broadcast that presented an overview of the vessel.
Using Livestream's unique Livepack mobile broadcast solution to produce excellent live video quality, the Cruise Critic team was able to tour the ship, giving viewers glimpses of several of the seven themed "neighborhoods" aboard the new ship, including Central Park, Boardwalk, Royal Promenade and the AquaTheater.
"Our members loved that we could offer a detailed insight into this amazing ship," said Carolyn Spencer Brown, editor-in-chief of Cruise Critic. "This was our first ever live broadcast and Livestream made it very easy for us, providing excellent support and great service."
"The Livestream Livepack allowed us to continue to broadcast live inside moving elevators within the ship, giving the audience an unprecedented view of the interior," said John Schwartz, executive producer for Livestream.com.
During the broadcast, Cruise Critic members and the general public interacted live with the host, posting questions on Facebook and the Cruise Critic message boards. One viewer of the broadcast commented on Facebook: "Everything came to a standstill ... had to watch... Thanks so much for taking the time to bring us closer to Oasis. 12/12 sailing for me. I simply cannot wait!"
Viewers got unique insights into the ship's features during the broadcast from Royal Caribbean's Lisa Bauer, senior vice president of Hotel Operations, and Ken Muskat, vice president of Sales, who were interviewed live by Cruise Critic.
The "Oasis of the Seas" video tour exemplified Livestream's affordable turnkey mobile broadcasting package, with back-end support and cutting-edge creative vision, that allows media outlets and major corporations to harness the power of real-time interactive video streaming to engage potential new customers and strengthen relationships with existing customers.
"Live video is a vital element in the video mix offered by companies on the Internet today, and CruiseCritic.com has raised the bar for the travel industry by successfully executing this broadcast with Livestream," said Max Haot, Livestream's CEO.
To watch the replay go to www.livestream.com/cruisecritic <https://www.livestream.com/cruisecritic>
About CruiseCritic.com
Cruise Critic is an online cruise guide offering a comprehensive resource for cruise travelers, from first-time cruisers to avid cruisers. The site features professional reviews and member reviews of over 350 ships, and hosts an active community where travelers share experiences and opinions with fellow cruisers.
Launched in October 1995 by The Independent Traveler, Inc., Cruise Critic was the first consumer cruise site on the Internet. The Independent Traveler, Inc. is a subsidiary of TripAdvisor® LLC, which is an operating company of Expedia.
Cruise Critic and The Independent Traveler are either trademarks or registered trademarks of The Independent Traveler, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other logos or product and company names mentioned herein may be the property of their respective owners. © 2009 The Independent Traveler, Inc. All rights reserved.
About Livestream
Livestream (www.livestream.com - formerly Mogulus) provides everything needed to easily webcast live, build an engaged audience and monetize these efforts. Founded in 2007, the company is based in New York and includes Gannett Co. as a minority shareholder and investor.
Producers can use Livestream to create live, linear and on-demand Internet television to broadcast anywhere on the Web through a single embeddable player widget. The service comes in two flavors: Free (ad-supported) and Premium (ad-free, white-label and higher-quality). Unique features include the ability to mix multiple live cameras, overlay graphics, and desktop streaming with 3D effects.


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This project will improve spatial infrastructures across multiple agencies in Australia and New Zealand. The impact of this work will be implemented by private companies.
The backbone of this research is that the findings will deliver solutions to real users (non-expert) of GIS. The project team will use real 'marketplace' scenarios involving data gathering technologies, knowledge and rule management, cloud-based services and consumer access to deliver these usable solutions.
The team will research federated models, framework datasets, supply chains and query-based spatial systems, licensing and other related areas in the context of the development of Web 3.0.
The main focus of the research will be the Semantic Web (Web 3.0), Artificial Intelligence and Supply Chains as this will take the capabilities of spatial infrastructures beyond manual methods for providing data, apps and services to more automated methods for dealing with data and processes for the full range of requirements along the spatial data supply chain.
The Semantic Web is still in its infancy but offers significant pathways to address gaps in the rapidly emerging, commercial cloudbased computing and smart services marketplace.
Semantic Web technologies need to be explored, enhanced and applied to spatial infrastructures. The existing manual generation of ontologies, rules and other aspects of the Semantic Web need to be automated and provide for rapid and simple integration of user content.
Research Fellow Dr David McMeekin has released a report on ontologies, vocabularies and various tools; an environmental scan of tools for ontologies and vocabularies.
The search for words results in different uses and meanings. Over the internet this can produce a wide-ranging relevant to irrelevant return on any key word search. The use of a controlled vocabulary within computing terms is important in order for searches to return relevant information.
Dr McMeekin's report is the first comprehensive compendium of tools in this area. A copy of the report can be downloaded here.
Recent presentations
At the national spatial information conference — Locate15 — the program 3 team presented a number of times. Below are the series of presentations:
- Automatic federation of spatial data sustainability (poster)_March 2015, Jeremy Fa
- Automatic federation of spatial data sustianability_March 2015, Jeremy Fa
- From and To_March 2015, Dr David McMeekin
- Improving search and discovery of geospatial data using semantic web technologies_March 2015, Tristan Reed
- Automatic intelligent web services_March 2015, Chet Bing Tan
DSE Vic — Curtin University — Landgate — NGIS — Amristar — PSMA
Kylie Armstrong
Program 3 Director and Project Leader 3.01 and 3.02
Dr David McMeekin
Proejct Leader and Research Fellow
Tristan Reed
PhD Candidate
Jeremy Siao Him Fa
Chet Bing Tan
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Elizabeth-Kate Gulland
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Franklin D Roosevelt's Presidential election campaign in Atlanta, Georgia. In the opening scene, New York Governor Roosevelt begins addressing a huge gathering of some 7000 people in the old Atlanta Armory auditorium, on the evening of October 24, 1932. The stage is filled with flowers donated by Atlanta florists, for the occasion, including a tall arch of flowers surrounding the speaker rostrum. Roosevelt begins his comments expressing appreciation for the warm welcome given by people of Georgia. The scene then changes, completely, and He, along with his family, are seen relaxing in his winter home in Warm Springs, Georgia. He sits with a group of musicians and listens as they play country music.
Opening scene shows the White House in Washington, DC. Scene shifts to President Roosevelt seated, ready to address the Nation by radio. View of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. FDR with his entire family posing, in front of the family home "Springwood" at Hyde Park, New York. Roosevelt, when Governor of New York, seen in a sail boat, in 1929. FDR in his car at his Institute for Rehabilitation in Warm Springs, Georgia. He is speaking with a man associated with the Institute, who then greets several polio victims in wheel chairs there. Crowds celebrating Roosevelt's election, in Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, in 1932. Roosevelt, at the Democratic Headquarters at the Biltmore Hotel on November 8, 1932. He is standing, supported by his son James, as he remarks: "It looks my friends like a real landslide this time." Aerial view of the U.S. Capitol. FDR taking the oath of office on March 4, 1933. A man looking at stock market ticker tape. A group of people raising a National Recovery Administration member flag. Glimpse of "Springwood" and then view of President Roosevelt sitting next to his mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt. Next, as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt sit in the garden, their grandchildren, Anna Eleanor Dall ("Sistie") and Curtis Roosevelt Dall ("Buzzie") come past riding horses, with granddaughter Sara, behind them on a pony. FDR pets the pony and talks with Sara. FDR being nominated for a second term as President, in the 1936 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. President Roosevelt, riding in an inaugural motorcade as he begins an unprecedented 4th term as President in 1941. Glimpse of President and Mrs. Roosevelt in an open car. West point cadets marching in the inaugural parade. Military trucks towing artillery pieces in the parade. President Roosevelt speaking at the dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association at the Willard hotel in Washington, DC, March 15, 1941. He extols the virtues of Winston Churchill and the British people. And he promises that America will supply them with the war materiel they need (This is known as the Lend Lease Speech.)
Scene of steam locomotive starting to move. Engineer in the locomotive cab. Franklin D Roosevelt's Presidential election campaign. A railroad train pulls up at a station in Kentucky. Governor of New York, Franklin D Roosevelt addresses a public meeting in Topeka, Kansas,about the new deal and its help for farmers. His train arrives in Seattle and a large crowd welcomes him at the rail road station. A train moves over a bridge and Roosevelt arrives in Springfield, Georgia to campaign for the Presidential elections. He receives a warm welcome in Georgia.
5 people dead and 20 hurt in head on crash of passenger trains. Wrecked train cars seen after two Central of Georgia passenger trains ran into each other near a swampland curve of Ogeechee, Georgia. The accident killed five crew members due to explosion of boilers and twenty others were hurt. Rail cars and twisted metal seen at the site of the collision. Executive cars seen on their sides, one with a large hole in the rear side. A Central of Georgia crane loads train wreckage into a waiting Central of Georgia open railroad car.
Hard times in the Great Depression led to formation of The Bonus Army. American veterans of World War 1 march on streets of Washington DC, carrying a large poster demanding immediate cash redemption their "bonus" service certificates awarded by Congress in 1924 (but not lawfully payable until 1945). Army Chief of Staff, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered by President Hoover, to clear the Bonus Army encampments, is seen standing in a street surrounded by several U.S. Army troops. People watch from sidewalks as a contingent of U.S. Army cavalry rides down the street. U.S. Army M-1917 tanks roll down Pennsylvania Avenue in July 1932. Bonus marchers and others watch from Lafayette Park in background. Scene shifts to the 1932 Democratic Party Convention in Chicago Stadium, Chicago, where delegates cheer after nominating Franklin D. Roosevelt as their Presidential candidate. Roosevelt seen waving from the podium. Migrant farm workers seen at temporary, dilapidated dwellings in close quarters, and sitting at a campfire, some with sad and desperate faces. Migrant farm workers' cars on the road, piled high with family belongings during westward migration. Migrants riding atop an open railroad freight car. Two men share a copy of the "Epic News" newspaper (published by supporters of Upton Sinclair and the End Poverty Movement in Los Angeles and central California). Narrator describes programs of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Construction workers ignite demolition charges during construction of Boulder Dam (aka Hoover Dam and officially so-named in 1947). Glimpse of President Roosevelt at the site in an open car, for its dedication on September 30, 1935. Construction workers engaged in building the dam. Another shot of President Roosevelt in his open car. Towers being erected to carry electric power from the dam's hydroelectric generators. President Franklin D. Roosevelt smiling broadly at the formal dedication ceremony, September 30, 1935. Controlled discharges of water through the dam. Views of the Boulder Dam hydroelectric generating station. Oil well rigs or oil derricks at work during construction at night. People at work in fabric mills or textile mills, and in a print shop
United States troops advance on the island of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands during World War II. The troops land on a small channel island between Rendova and Munda Point in New Georgia. An animated map highlights Munda Point location to be attacked by the U.S. forces. The map depicts landing of the U.S. forces on Zanana from Rendova. The troops advance on the island. U.S. Army Air Forces fighter aircraft take off to cover U.S. amphibious forces underway to New Georgia from Gudalcanal. The aircraft in flight over water. A submerged U.S. ship after being hit. U.S. reinforcements and equipment continues to arrive in New Georgia. A map depicts the invasion of Enogai Inlet by the U.S. forces and advance through Zanana. A bulldozer levels a muddy land in a jungle. A U.S. Army jeep drives along a muddy road in the jungle. Transport aircraft of U.S. Troop Carrier Command in the sky. The aircraft drop parachute supplies for the troops.


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Hills, MI - When Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep®
customers arrive at their local dealerships to select their
new 2003 and 2004 vehicles, they will also have the option
to tune into a new listening experience as SIRIUS Satellite
Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) is now available at all Chrysler, Dodge
and Jeep dealerships across the continental U.S. The Chrysler
Group is offering SIRIUS Satellite Radio as both a dealer
and factory-installed feature.
Satellite Radio will be available on 16 different 2003 model
year vehicles as a Mopar dealer-installed offering:
PT Cruiser, Sebring Sedan and Convertible, 300M, Concorde,
Voyager, Town and Country;
Dodge: Stratus Sedan, Dakota, Durango, Ram, Intrepid, Neon,
Caravan, Grand Caravan;
Jeep: Liberty and Grand Cherokee.
The suggested retail price will be $299 plus installation,
and a SIRIUS Satellite Radio subscription is $12.95 per
month. An activation fee of $15 will be waived for customers
selecting the Mopar dealer-installed option.
as Mopar offers the Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep customer accessories
to match their vehicle and lifestyle, SIRIUS Satellite Radio
offers that same appeal to a wide range of our customers
through its expansive programming," said Christine
Cortez, senior vice president - Global Parts and Service
in this month, SIRIUS Satellite Radio and a one-year subscription
will be offered as standard equipment on the 2003 Chrysler
PT Dream Cruiser Series 2. In February, SIRIUS will be offered
as a factory-installed option on the 2004 Chrysler 300M.
Also, the all-new 2004 Chrysler Pacifica will offer SIRIUS
when it hits the dealer showrooms this spring.
suggested retail price for factory installation will be
$295, plus the monthly SIRIUS subscription fee. However,
customers ordering factory-installation of SIRIUS satellite
radio on their vehicles will receive two months of service
provided by SIRIUS and no activation fee upon initiating
a subscription.
radio will change the radio listening experience the same
way cable changed the way we watch television," said
Jack Withrow, director Vehicle Entertainment and Communications.
"Once you experience SIRIUS satellite radio in your
vehicle, you will not want to go without it."
provides Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep customers with 100 streams
of the best music and entertainment coast-to-coast. SIRIUS
offers 60 music streams of commercial-free music along with
40 streams of news, talk, sports and entertainment.
SIRIUS in their vehicles, Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep customers
will now get to hear uncompromised coast-to-coast music
and entertainment that they simply can't get from conventional
radio today," said Doug Wilsterman, senior vice president
OEM, SIRIUS. "Only SIRIUS gives listeners better music,
better programming and better content that stands out from
the competition."
is the only satellite radio service bringing listeners 100
streams of the best music and entertainment coast-to-coast.
SIRIUS offers 60 music streams with no commercials, along
with 40 world-class sports, news, and entertainment streams
for a monthly subscription fee of $12.95. Stream Designers
create and deliver uncompromised music in virtually every
genre to SIRIUS listeners 24 hours a day.
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The LM4951A is an audio power amplifier designed for applications with supply voltages
ranging from 2.7V up to 9V. The LM4951A is capable of delivering 1.8W continuous average power with
less than 1% THD+N into a bridge connected 8Ω load when operating from a 7.5VDC power supply.
Boomer audio power amplifiers were
designed specifically to provide high quality output power with a minimal amount of external
components. The LM4951A does not require bootstrap capacitors, or snubber circuits.
The LM4951A features a low-power consumption active-low shutdown mode. Additionally, the
LM4951A features an internal thermal shutdown protection mechanism and short circuit protection.
The LM4951A contains advanced pop & click circuitry that eliminates noises which
would otherwise occur during turn-on and turn-off transitions.
The LM4951A is unity-gain stable and can be configured by external gain-setting


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It's all about the money on Sunday as the two most expensively assembled squads in the Premier League meet at Stamford Bridge.
Third-placed Manchester City travel to play a Chelsea side who would have assumed they would be battling it out for the league title by this stage of the season, and not merely for a place in the top four.
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The first game from Australian-based developer, The Foregone Syndicate, DESYNC is a distillation of everything I love about Synthwave, difficult shooters, and score attack modes. With a resurgence of games drawing heavily from the visual and cultural style of the '80s, this "retro-futuristic" sub-genre prides itself on slick style and presentation above all else. Indeed, DESYNC delivers in droves, drenched in a CRT scanline-heavy visual style that isn't out of place in a Tron film, DESYNC is a completely radical experience, all while being incredibly fun to boot.
The lovechild between Bulletstorm and Tron is about as awesome as it sounds. Despite a few hiccups in gameplay, plus some systems that aren't wholly explained, the game finishes strong, and provides a great score-attack shooter experience. There isn't much story to speak of, though DESYNC doesn't seem to mind much, as the core feedback loop of killing enemies to get higher scores is already so enthralling.
DESYNC is a game of combinations, of finding new and exciting ways to kill whatever it is that's attacking you. These "attack sequences" range from the simple; such as landing a head-shot on a staggered enemy, to the complex; such as launching an enemy into the air with the rocket launcher, then switching to the shotgun to finish them off. Attack sequences award points based on their relative difficulty, with more points awarded if you add variety in the sequences you use. You can also perform "desyncs" on enemies, where you execute a particular attack sequence based on the color of the enemy. These desyncs impart "bullet-time" and award a whole pile of points, and become essential in the later levels.
Your arsenal consists of basic shooter fare: a pistol, shotgun, rocket launcher, plasma rifle, and more. Each gun has a secondary fire which can be used to string together attacks; for example, the shotgun's secondary fire sends out a spinning shuriken, which is a requirement to trigger certain sequences. There's also sidearms and passive abilities awarded after filling meters by killing enemies, which is usually how you'll get your ammunition back too.
Levels are broken up into combat arenas, which feature claustrophobic hallways and low ceilings, pits of lava and massive geometric obelisks. They're varied enough to keep the game fresh, yet the overarching theme of the levels offers consistency in enemy design and strategy. You move faster for every string of kills you manage to link together, and with a dodge key, you whirl around in a violent dance of neon colors and pumping bass waves. If this wasn't obvious, DESYNC is a game that needs to be seen, rather than read about.
The tight, rewarding gameplay culminates in a boss battle, set at the end of each three-level section. Whereas the individual levels were a test of how well you could manage ammo and stringing together kills, with the Boss battles being tests of combat prowess. Tense, extended one-on-one duels, learning patterns until you're able to sneak in a win are a hallmark of any challenging game, DESYNC smacks of Super Meat Boy in that regard, where death is common, quick, and relatively inconsequential.
Between levels, you wander a small hub area, where you can set abilities, modify weapons, review leaderboards, and otherwise marvel at the architecture of your surroundings. Loadouts and information is conveyed through CRT-styled screens that hang from the walls, with strange wires protruding from every direction. There was, strangely, one screen that remained unused, even after I beat the game, so whether this is indicative of a future update, or something I've yet to unlock, it's hard to say.
A game so stylish is not without its faults however. The middle levels suffer from an overabundance of shield-bearing enemies in close quarters, making it difficult to progress if you can't stagger the beasts. Too little of the game's systems are explained, particularly weapon upgrades and sidearm requirements, and the music tracks, strangely, don't loop within levels, leading to periods of awkward silences, save for sound effects. There were also a few freezes and crashes that I experienced, though such hiccups were thankfully only encountered in DESYNC's hub world.
The thudding bass and synths of the soundtrack by Daniel Deluxe and Volkor X make DESYNC the complete synthwave experience. The grinding, distorted guitars send adrenaline shooting through your veins as you're frantically blasting away at all manner of creatures closing in; the warped melodies combine with the Lo-fi sound effects to create a wonderfully cacophonous symphony.
DESYNC is relentless, stylish, and a must-play for any fan of score-attack shooters. Even if you're not a traditional fan of "harder" electronic music, experiencing DESYNC in motion, with creatures and projectiles flying while the bass thumps in your headphones makes it well worth the trip. The tight, finely-tuned gameplay rewards creativity and usage of your entire arsenal, while the steady difficulty progression keeps you on your toes throughout the game. With a host of post-release support and quality-of-life changes, The Foregone Syndicate has a lot to be proud of in DESYNC.
Earworm: Music is well-fitted and is easily listened to outside of DESYNC.
Back to the '80s: Visual style is consistent, well-defined and distinctive.
88 MPH: Action is fast-paced, and rewards skillful, creative play.
Cracking the Code: Some gameplay systems aren't fully explained.
Glitch in the System: Occasional crashes and bugs reared their heads
Midlife Crisis: Middle series of levels are considerably weaker than the other sets.
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A Levels
4th September 2018
2 years
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Newcastle Sixth Form College
A Level Physics allows students to appreciate how fundamental science works. It is problem solving on both the largest and the smallest scale imaginable.
Physics has been named as a facilitating subject by the Russell Group of universities, which means it can be useful for accessing a wide range of university courses.
Physics offers an infinite number of amazing career opportunities including; geophysicist/field seismologist, healthcare scientist, medical physics, research scientist (physical sciences), scientific laboratory technician, meteorologist, operational researcher, product/process development scientist, systems developer, technical author.
You can also move into engineering, astrophysics, chemical physics, nanotechnology, renewable energy and more - the opportunities are endless.
A Level Physics helped me prepare for my Bachelor's degree, as it gave me the basic understanding of electronics which I was able to build upon at university.


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As of September 2015, Airstream offers six primary models of travel trailers: the Sport, the Flying Cloud, the International, the Eddie Bauer, the Classic and the Land Yacht. Each model features a variety of interior decor and floor plan options.
Airstream's smallest travel trailer is the Sport, which sleeps two to four people and is light enough to be towed by an SUV. The mid-range International model is available in two classes: Signature and Serenity, both of which offer panoramic windows and a sleeping capacity of up to six people. Airstream's largest and most upscale model is the Land Yacht, featuring designs from renowned yacht designer Mauro Micheli.
For customers who are unsure which model is best for them, Airstream provides an interactive Choose Your Own Airstream guide on its website, Airstream.com.


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Usually, a computer or laptop runs best while the system is just installed as well as the items are still new. While using for years, the machine components become old and the system has stored piles of evidence and junk files which will drag the pc into a bad performance, you may get errors such as Dvd Is Not Accessible Access Denied.Whenever a pc is running slowly to a certain extent which you cannot suffer, you need to know a total cleanning is essential urgently.
Dvd Is Not Accessible Access Denied is windows errors which may cause program lock-ups, slow PC performance, system crashes, computer freezing and more. To prevent from further damage to your computer, it is vital to resolve the errors in time.


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NUGA Games Suspended Over Technical Hitches
The Nigeria University Games Association, NUGA, has temporarily suspended the national university Games which began on Saturday in Makurdi, over what it called "technical hitches".
NUGA Secretary-General, B. O. Orodele, who announced the suspension on Sunday in Makurdi, said that the action became necessary because "both athletes and contingent officials have not been accredited as required by the guidelines of the Games".
"The temporary suspension will enable both the officials of NUGA and the host university to sort out the technical hitches," he said.
Reacting to the hitches, the President of NUGA, Stephen Hanafyelto of the University of Maiduguri, blamed the confusion on the ICT Unit of the association which "defied my instructions over accreditation".
He alleged that the ICT Unit refused to heed his instructions on the procedure for accreditation, preferring to deal with the Secretary-General.
"If the problems are not resolved before Monday, we will have no option than to cancel the Games," he said.
The NUGA president said that more than 450 accreditation tags were needed for both athletes and officials.
Reacting to the threats of cancellation, Emmanuel Kucha, Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, the host institution, said that the university should not be punished "for the sins of others".
"The problem is between the Secretary-General and the President of NUGA, and not the host institution; we have done all they asked us to do. We provided facilities and venues.
"How can they take such an arbitrary decision after we have spent so much money? Do they know where we got the money from?
"As far as University of Agriculture, Makurdi is concerned, we are ready. We have done our part. We should not be victims of any disagreement between two NUGA officials," he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the opening football match of the fiesta, between the host institution and the Kaduna State University (KASU), rescheduled from Saturday to 7 a.m. on Sunday, had to be postponed again, owing to the confusion over accredited athletes.
No date has been fixed for the game and other subsequent soccer outings.
A cross section of athletes, who spoke on the development, expressed dissatisfaction over the confusion that had enveloped the games.
The athletes regretted the poor arrangements from NUGA and the host university, and called for a timely resolution of the differences and the technical hitches, so that the games would resume.
Mr. Hanafyelto also said NUGA is not satisfied with facilities at the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi though it is staging the Games there.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday that the association had to postpone the Games preliminaries and shift the Games several times to allow UAM to fix its facilities.
He said the association had been in Makurdi several times, including its last visit in February to ensure that facilities were ready for the Games.
The NUGA president disclosed that the choice of alternative venues with better facilities within Makurdi was to protect the integrity of the competition.
"When it became obvious that no other institutions will take up the hosting of the Games, the options available to us were either to stage them at the National Stadium, Abuja, or further postpone them.
"If we had opted for postponement to get adequate facilities, they wouldn't be held even in 2019.
"That is why swimming is holding at the National Stadium Abuja, because the swimming pool here will gulp about N200 million to be ready for use.
"It was at that stage that we decided to go into the town to source for alternative venues with better facilities for the Games," he said.
NAN reports that the Games are holding in Vaatia College, Makurdi Club, Aper Aku Stadium, Mount Saint Gabriel's Secondary School and the Sports Complex of the Makurdi university.
He therefore, advised coaches, heads of university contingent and athletes to manage available facilities for the success of the Games.
"I know that they are supposed to lay tartan tracks for athletics but we will make do with what we have to select athletes that will represent us at the World University Games later in China.
"Any athlete that can win running on sand will excel competing on tartan tracks.''
However, the Vice-Chancellor of UAM, Emmanuel Kucha, in an earlier interview with NAN had said the university's facilities were okay for the Games.
He disclosed that the institution invested about N500 million on facilities, explaining that some were "built from scratch while others were upgraded''.
Also corroborating Kucha's views, the institutions Director of Sports, Stephen Awen, took exception to allegations of inadequate facilities, saying NUGA had certified them in a pre-Games inspection visit to the school
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"Godzilla is the one who knocks"
I wish I could take credit for the Walter White reference, but I saw it on Twitter…
We are in a new era of blockbusters with more intensity and edge as opposed to "gee whiz" effects, a few scares and just as many laughs. I'm thinking of course of "Jurassic Park"-type blockbusters that were all about going on an adventure. This new "Godzilla" trailer feels closer to a horror film. Nothing wrong with that. I'm just an old guy who has always associated Godzilla with fun.
I do like the trailer's reference to the original 1954 Japanese film and the rewriting of the nuclear mythology. In "Gojira," the nuclear angle is a cautionary tale. It is the radiation caused by nuclear testing that creates Godzilla (a theme close to the heart of the Japanese people less than a decade after Hiroshima). The new film, which obviously sees itself as a sequel as opposed to a remake, tells us that the testing was just a cover. Nukes were being dropped to try to kill the monster.
I love Godzilla movies — all of them, including the unfairly maligned 1998 American version and all the cheesy Toho sequels. Those mid-60's to early 70's Toho films didn't have the best special effects, but many of them were shot in widescreen color and capture a very unique time and place. And they were fun. Hell, they're still fun.
For those of us who grew up in a time before home video and could therefore not watch whatever we wanted whenever we wanted, the airing of a Godzilla film on one of the handful of television channels available to us was a pretty big deal. Re-watching those old films as an adult takes you back to those rare and very special Saturday nights when you were able to convince the parents to let you stay up past your bedtime.
Your parents also had to watch them with you because there was only one television in the house.
With DVD, Streaming, multiple TVs, and DVRs, what do kids use today to convince their parents to let them stay up late?
You young'uns only think you have it better. You really don't. You may have the convenience but we got memories you'll never have.
'Ghostbusters III' Script to Be Reworked Following Harold Ramis' Death
Listen, I'll be the first to admit that I ridiculed the idea of a 60-ish Sylvester Stallone resurrecting Rocky and Rambo and that I could not have been more wrong. But Stallone zigged when we all expected him to zag. He stripped down his iconic characters to their essence in ways that tonally had nothing to do with the immediate chapters that came before.
Can they really do something like that with Ghostbusters so that the 60-ish Dan Akroyd and Bill Murray don't look ridiculous running around ghostbusting? Or will they bring in Shia LaWhat's-His-Name ala Indiana Jones?
Ivan Reitman is returning as director. "Ghostbusters 2" was released a quarter-century ago.
It all sounds very tired. And Hollywood just doesn't have anyone to pass the baton to. You don't replace icons like Akroyd, Murray, and Ramis.
Sure, you can reboot a "Star Trek," but this is comedy — and comedy is a very fragile thing.
Another Director Attached to Stephen King's 'The Stand'
You might find this hard to believe but 20 full years have already passed since the television miniseries adaptation of "The Stand" came out in 1994. Warner Bros. and CBS Films have been trying to put together a feature film for a few years now. Directors such as Ben Affleck have come and gone. Now Scott Cooper is attached. I have no idea who he is but the big news is that what was originally supposed to be a trilogy will now be a single R-rated film.
The studio is in a bind here. Condensing King's mammoth novel into what will likely be a film no longer than 150-minutes is going to be tough work. But everyone knows Sony got burned in 2011 with "The Girl with Dragon Tattoo" trilogy. What looked as no-brainer as a "Stand" trilogy sputtered. Sony made some noise about stubbornly proceeding, but they won't.
"The Stand" is a terrific story and I wish everyone luck with it. In the meantime, the 20 year-old miniseries, which stars a perfectly cast Gary Sinise, does the novel justice and then some. Well worth your time.
Another 'Odd Couple' Sitcom Reboot – This One Starring Matthew Perry
No joke – just buy the original series on DVD. Time has done nothing to diminish the laughs, characters, or storylines.
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The industry earned a major victory in June when Treasury Secretary John Snow announced extension of the "make available" provision in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA). President George W. Bush signed TRIA into law in November 2002 as a temporary federal reinsurance program, allowing a transitional period for the private property and casualty markets to stabilize.
TRIA requires that property and casualty insurance companies that operate commercial lines "make available" terrorism coverage on terms that are on a par with losses arising from events other than terrorism. This mandate was put in place because of the insurance industry's broad exclusion of terrorism coverage from all risk policies following the events of 9/11.
The "make available" provision will remain in effect through Dec. 31, 2005, coinciding with the expiration date of the federal reinsurance program. The Mortgage Bankers Association and its industry partners continue to work with the Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) to extend the program.
TRIA's Profound Impact
The federal backstop cautions against future terrorist acts that could be catastrophic. Other countries such as Israel, Spain and the United Kingdom implemented federal backstops after catastrophic terrorist events hit those areas.
TRIA kept ratings agencies from lowering ratings on loans in the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market, it allowed commercial-mortgage borrowers to obtain terrorism insurance coverage at a reasonable cost, and it satisfied terrorism insurance requirements of commercial servicers.
MBA's survey results, released in June, are indicative of what would happen should TRIA go away. Respondents estimated that absent mandatory availability of terrorism insurance under TRIA, only 20% of their collective portfolios would have terrorism coverage in place — a reduction of 76% or nearly $425 billion.
MBA's survey results demonstrated the efficacy of the "make available" provision. Respondents serviced nearly one-third of the $2 trillion in commercial real estate debt outstanding. Insurance specialists at every servicer stated they expected that if the "make available" provision were not extended, terrorism endorsements currently in place would be cancelled or excluded.
TRIA requires that the Treasury Secretary report to Congress on the study's results no later than June 30, 2005. MBA will work with the Treasury Department and CIAT to ensure the Treasury is aware of TRIA's effectiveness in providing stability to the markets.
REMIC Modernization Bill Debuts
The CMBS market emerged in the early 1990s following the savings & loan crisis. Though less than 20 years old, the CMBS market has earned acceptance among industry participants as a viable finance vehicle, as well as a key source of liquidity.
The Tax Reform Act of 1986 authorized a new tax entity known as a real estate mortgage investment conduit (REMIC) for the sole purpose of issuing mortgage-backed securities (MBS). The intent was to tax MBS on the basis of their economic substance but allow flexibility in structuring securities transactions. The REMIC legislation would remove obstacles to issuing multi-class securities collateralized by interests in real estate. This furnished a vehicle for minimizing double taxation from a pooling of mortgages through tax law that grants transparency.
To avoid a taxable event, REMICs must meet certain requirements. Primarily, pools for REMICs must be static, i.e., no loan substitutions. Ironically, while the 1986 tax act intended to provide flexibility in structuring MBS, the property owner often was restricted in changing terms of the original transaction and in changing the property.
However, this could trigger a taxable event; and typically an expensive tax opinion is required to ensure this is not the case to avoid threatening investors' returns. REMIC is the primary vehicle elected for domestic CMBS issuance.
A task force, created through MBA's Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors (COMBOG), found that the REMIC rules had not kept pace with business deals, limited a borrower's ability to make market-dictated decisions benefiting the property's value and promoted amendments to ensure transactional efficiencies without the need for costly tax opinions.
The proposed REMIC Modernization Act of 2004 would update the REMIC tax code rules to give borrowers the flexibility to modify the collateral securing commercial mortgages held in REMICs. Changes would enhance property owners' ability to upgrade property after securitization of the mortgage and eliminate tax opinions.
The Joint Tax Committee determined there would be a minimal effect on tax revenues — $11 million over 10 years — that would result from passage of this legislation. It also would support the underlying collateral, securing CMBS as a strong investment vehicle for investors. The industry will continue to work for REMIC modernization legislation to enhance commercial property values and liquidity in the CMBS market.
Jonathan L. Kempner is the president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association.


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Jennifer Camp, co-founder of Gather Ministries, and author of Loop, grew up in the middle of an almond orchard in Northern California and now lives in the busy Bay Area with her husband and three kids. A former high school English teacher, she loves to write, but she especially loves to encourage people to seek and live out the truth of their story, their identity in Christ. You can find her writing at her blog, Jennifer J. Camp .You can connect with Jennifer on both Facebook and Twitter. She would love to have you join her there.
I circle the track, trying to get in shape for a December marathon relay with my sister, brother, and brother-in-law. Running is not as easy as it used to be--when high school and college races were what I lived and breathed--and it's so tempting, instead, to just jump on the bike machine near my desk in the writing studio. (Reading a book while I sit on a machine and pedal to nowhere without having to leave the house? That takes a lot less motivation.)
Running, for me, can be hard. And inconvenient. And--when I'm not yet in shape--painful. But I feel like myself when I do it--like the girl in her dad's orchard, running between the almond trees, like the woman who wants to listen for God's voice and have it propel each move she makes.
What we choose to do with our time reveals to us more than just what we love and what we hate to do. What we choose to do with our moments, our days, indicates our response to God's blueprint when He made us--our living out who we are, who God made us to be. When we say yes to do the things we are made to do, things we do that bring us joy and help us feel the joy of God, in us, we are making the choice to be ourselves.
Why do we spend so much of our days, our weeks, our years, desiring to be anything--or anyone--different?
I've been thinking about that a lot lately: what it might mean to more intentionally seek being only myself. How do I choose to do only things that make me feel the most myself? How do I say no to the temptation to strive to be anything or anyone else?
I run in circles around the track and consider the question God has been whispering to my heart: how can I be more myself--just myself, perfectly myself--in every choice I make, in each decision that comes, in how I use my time?
What do you do to feel most like yourself?
I realize how tired I am trying to be someone other than whom I've been created to be: envy and insecurity sneaks in like gray fog curling quietly around my heart. There are so many moments I have trouble seeing, I have trouble feeling free. When Paul urges the Galatians to stand up for the freedom they have already been given, in Christ, I realize how often I let myself feel just the opposite of free.
Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you (Galatians 5:1, MSG).
This has been my harness for much of my life: I look at what I don't have rather than what I have. I look at what I am bad at rather than what I am good at and what I love to do. When we wish we were more organized, more creative, more productive, more talented, more intelligent (and on and on), we're blind to who we really are. We're blind to what Christ wants to show us; we're deaf to God's whispers to our hearts.
The biggest problem with feeling insecure about ourselves is the very focus on ourselves and our own deficiencies. (What a waste of time! What a waste of a life! What a waste of freedom!) The point of our lives isn't to focus on how we need to improve. The point of our life is to love Jesus with our whole heart--and to love others, too.
And because we have Jesus right here, we have nothing in the way of living the free life of being ourselves, with Jesus, right now. Can I believe this? Can I choose to focus on who I am in Christ rather than the lies of what I am not?
Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him (2 Corinthians 3:18, MSG).
Christ's freedom, in our lives, is wasted, when we don't live, fully, as the person God created us to be.
We are only free, we are only experiencing Christ's freedom, when we love Christ and the Holy Spirit in us is the voice we listen to above all other voices. The voice telling us we should feel anxious, afraid, nervous, envious, greedy, lustful, impatient, critical, judgmental, unkind is the voice that needs to be silenced in our lives. Only Jesus--only choosing to love Him and let Him show us who we are in Him--will take our eyes off the imperfections in ourselves and focus on the perfection of Him. And His perfection and goodness will inspire us to live the freedom that is always there for us to experience and live.
I think I'm going to keep thinking about this--but do more than just think about it, too. But first, I want to think about my God and how He loves me. I know He is going to help me, with everything I am, to love Him back. He tells me I have what it takes. And then freedom, I bet, is going to be pretty amazing.
You have what it takes, too. So do something today that makes you feel like yourself--no one else. 'Cause there's freedom and joy and a whole lot of good stuff coming our way--that's right here. Sister, let's not miss miss it.
What is one thing that makes you feel like you? What is that one thing you can do today?
This post first appeared at You Are My Girls.


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Lately, there has been a great deal of hype surrounding the new movie about the battle of Thermopylae entitled: "300." Unfortunately, as we have seen before in the Hollywood production of "Alexander," directors like Oliver Stone have no problem rewriting history to suit their own needs. I will reserve judgment until I see "300" however, for those that would like to evaluate it armed with a cursory knowledge of the non-Hollywood version of history I would recommend reading the account given by the ancient Greek historian, Herodotus. For those too too lazy to do so I've included a History Channel special in three parts that recreates the battle and I'm throwing in the latest trailer of 300 at no extra charge.
From The Histories of Herodutus, Book Seven:
"But Xerxes was not persuaded any the more. Four whole days he suffered to go by, expecting that the Greeks would run away. When, however, he found on the fifth that they were not gone, thinking that their firm stand was mere impudence and recklessness, he grew wroth, and sent against them the Medes and Cissians, with orders to take them alive and bring them into his presence. Then the Medes rushed forward and charged the Greeks, but fell in vast numbers: others however took the places of the slain, and would not be beaten off, though they suffered terrible losses. In this way it became clear to all, and especially to the king, that though he had plenty of combatants, he had but very few warriors. The struggle, however, continued during the whole day.
Then the Medes, having met so rough a reception, withdrew from the fight; and their place was taken by the band of Persians under Hydarnes, whom the king called his "Immortals": they, it was thought, would soon finish the business. But when they joined battle with the Greeks, 'twas with no better success than the Median detachment—things went much as before—the two armies fighting in a narrow space, and the barbarians using shorter spears than the Greeks, and having no advantage from their numbers. The Lacedaemonians fought in a way worthy of note, and showed themselves far more skilful in fight than their adversaries, often turning their backs, and making as though they were all flying away, on which the barbarians would rush after them with much noise and shouting, when the Spartans at their approach would wheel round and face their pursuers, in this way destroying vast numbers of the enemy. Some Spartans likewise fell in these encounters, but only a very few. At last the Persians, finding that all their efforts to gain the pass availed nothing, and that, whether they attacked by divisions or in any other way, it was to no purpose, withdrew to their own quarters.
During these assaults, it is said that Xerxes, who was watching the battle, thrice leaped from the throne on which he sate, in terror for his army.
Next day the combat was renewed, but with no better success on the part of the barbarians. The Greeks were so few that the barbarians hoped to find them disabled, by reason of their wounds, from offering any further resistance; and so they once more attacked them. But the Greeks were drawn up in detachments according to their cities, and bore the brunt of the battle in turns—all except the Phocians, who had been stationed on the mountain to guard the pathway. So, when the Persians found no difference between that day and the preceding, they again retired to their quarters.
Now, as the king was in great strait, and knew not how he should deal with the emergency, Ephialtes, the son of Eurydemus, a man of Malis, came to him and was admitted to a conference. Stirred by the hope of receiving a rich reward at the king's hands, he had come to tell him of the pathway which led across the mountain to Thermopylae; by which disclosure he brought destruction on the band of Greeks who had there withstood the barbarians. This Ephialtes afterwards, from fear of the Lacedaemonians, fled into Thessaly; and during his exile, in an assembly of the Amphictyons held at Pylae, a price was set upon his head by the Pylagorae. When some time had gone by, he returned from exile, and went to Anticyra, where he was slain by Athenades, a native of Trachis. Athenades did not slay him for his treachery, but for another reason, which I shall mention in a later part of my history: yet still the Lacedaemonians honoured him none the less. Thus then did Ephialtes perish a long time afterwards.
Besides this there is another story told, which I do not at all believe—to wit, that Onetas the son of Phanagoras, a native of Carystus, and Corydallus, a man of Anticyra, were the persons who spoke on this matter to the king, and took the Persians across the mountain. One may guess which story is true, from the fact that the deputies of the Greeks, the Pylagorae, who must have had the best means of ascertaining the truth, did not offer the reward for the heads of Onetas and Corydallus, but for that of Ephialtes of Trachis; and again from the flight of Ephialtes, which we know to have been on this account. Onetas, I allow, although he was not a Malian, might have been acquainted with the path, if he had lived much in that part of the country; but as Ephialtes was the person who actually led the Persians round the mountain by the pathway, I leave his name on record as that of the man who did the deed.
Great was the joy of Xerxes on this occasion; and as he approved highly of the enterprise which Ephialtes undertook to accomplish, he forthwith sent upon the errand Hydarnes, and the Persians under him. The troops left the camp about the time of the lighting of the lamps. The pathway along which they went was first discovered by the Malians of these parts, who soon afterwards led the Thessalians by it to attack the Phocians, at the time when the Phocians fortified the pass with a wall, and so put themselves under covert from danger. And ever since, the path has always been put to an ill use by the Malians.
The course which it takes is the following:—Beginning at the Asopus, where that stream flows through the cleft in the hills, it runs along the ridge of the mountain (which is called, like the pathway over it, Anopaea), and ends at the city of Alpenus—the first Locrian town as you come from Malis—by the stone called Melampygus and the seats of the Cercopians. Here it is as narrow as at any other point.
The Persians took this path, and, crossing the Asopus, continued their march through the whole of the night, having the mountains of Oeta on their right hand, and on their left those of Trachis. At dawn of day they found themselves close to the summit. Now the hill was guarded, as I have already said, by a thousand Phocian men-at-arms, who were placed there to defend the pathway, and at the same time to secure their own country. They had been given the guard of the mountain path, while the other Greeks defended the pass below, because they had volunteered for the service, and had pledged themselves to Leonidas to maintain the post.
The ascent of the Persians became known to the Phocians in the following manner:—During all the time that they were making their way up, the Greeks remained unconscious of it, inasmuch as the whole mountain was covered with groves of oak; but it happened that the air was very still, and the leaves which the Persians stirred with their feet made, as it was likely they would, a loud rustling, whereupon the Phocians jumped up and flew to seize their arms. In a moment the barbarians came in sight, and, perceiving men arming themselves, were greatly amazed; for they had fallen in with an enemy when they expected no opposition. Hydarnes, alarmed at the sight, and fearing lest the Phocians might be Lacedaemonians, inquired of Ephialtes to what nation these troops belonged. Ephialtes told him the exact truth, whereupon he arrayed his Persians for battle. The Phocians, galled by the showers of arrows to which they were exposed, and imagining themselves the special object of the Persian attack, fled hastily to the crest of the mountain, and there made ready to meet death; but while their mistake continued, the Persians, with Ephialtes and Hydarnes, not thinking it worth their while to delay on account of Phocians, passed on and descended the mountain with all possible speed.
The Greeks at Thermopylae received the first warning of the destruction which the dawn would bring on them from the seer Megistias, who read their fate in the victims as he was sacrificing. After this deserters came in, and brought the news that the Persians were marching round by the hills: it was still night when these men arrived. Last of all, the scouts came running down from the heights, and brought in the same accounts, when the day was just beginning to break. Then the Greeks held a council to consider what they should do, and here opinions were divided: some were strong against quitting their post, while others contended to the contrary. So when the council had broken up, part of the troops departed and went their ways homeward to their several states; part however resolved to remain, and to stand by Leonidas to the last.
It is said that Leonidas himself sent away the troops who departed, because he tendered their safety, but thought it unseemly that either he or his Spartans should quit the post which they had been especially sent to guard. For my own part, I incline to think that Leonidas gave the order, because he perceived the allies to be out of heart and unwilling to encounter the danger to which his own mind was made up. He therefore commanded them to retreat, but said that he himself could not draw back with honour; knowing that, if he stayed, glory awaited him, and that Sparta in that case would not lose her prosperity. For when the Spartans, at the very beginning of the war, sent to consult the oracle concerning it, the answer which they received from the Pythoness was "that either Sparta must be overthrown by the barbarians, or one of her kings must perish." The prophecy was delivered in hexameter verse, and ran thus:
— O ye men who dwell in the streets of broad Lacedaemon! Either your glorious town shall be sacked by the children of Perseus, Or, in exchange, must all through the whole Laconian country Mourn for the loss of a king, descendant of great Heracles. He cannot be withstood by the courage of bulls nor of lions, Strive as they may; he is mighty as Jove; there is nought that shall stay him, Till he have got for his prey your king, or your glorious city. The remembrance of this answer, I think, and the wish to secure the whole glory for the Spartans, caused Leonidas to send the allies away. This is more likely than that they quarrelled with him, and took their departure in such unruly fashion.
To me it seems no small argument in favour of this view, that the seer also who accompanied the army, Megistias, the Acarnanian—said to have been of the blood of Melampus, and the same who was led by the appearance of the victims to warn the Greeks of the danger which threatened them—received orders to retire (as it is certain he did) from Leonidas, that he might escape the coming destruction. Megistias, however, though bidden to depart, refused, and stayed with the army; but he had an only son present with the expedition, whom he now sent away.
So the allies, when Leonidas ordered them to retire, obeyed him and forthwith departed. Only the Thespians and the Thebans remained with the Spartans; and of these the Thebans were kept back by Leonidas as hostages, very much against their will. The Thespians, on the contrary, stayed entirely of their own accord, refusing to retreat, and declaring that they would not forsake Leonidas and his followers. So they abode with the Spartans, and died with them. Their leader was Demophilus, the son of Diadromes.
At sunrise Xerxes made libations, after which he waited until the time when the forum is wont to fill, and then began his advance. Ephialtes had instructed him thus, as the descent of the mountain is much quicker, and the distance much shorter, than the way round the hills, and the ascent. So the barbarians under Xerxes began to draw nigh; and the Greeks under Leonidas, as they now went forth determined to die, advanced much further than on previous days, until they reached the more open portion of the pass. Hitherto they had held their station within the wall, and from this had gone forth to fight at the point where the pass was the narrowest. Now they joined battle beyond the defile, and carried slaughter among the barbarians, who fell in heaps. Behind them the captains of the squadrons, armed with whips, urged their men forward with continual blows. Many were thrust into the sea, and there perished; a still greater number were trampled to death by their own soldiers; no one heeded the dying. For the Greeks, reckless of their own safety and desperate, since they knew that, as the mountain had been crossed, their destruction was nigh at hand, exerted themselves with the most furious valour against the barbarians.
By this time the spears of the greater number were all shivered, and with their swords they hewed down the ranks of the Persians; and here, as they strove, Leonidas fell fighting bravely, together with many other famous Spartans, whose names I have taken care to learn on account of their great worthiness, as indeed I have those of all the three hundred. There fell too at the same time very many famous Persians: among them, two sons of Darius, Abrocomes and Hyperanthes, his children by Phratagune, the daughter of Artanes. Artanes was brother of King Darius, being a son of Hystaspes, the son of Arsames; and when he gave his daughter to the king, he made him heir likewise of all his substance; for she was his only child.
Thus two brothers of Xerxes here fought and fell. And now there arose a fierce struggle between the Persians and the Lacedaemonians over the body of Leonidas, in which the Greeks four times drove back the enemy, and at last by their great bravery succeeded in bearing off the body. This combat was scarcely ended when the Persians with Ephialtes approached; and the Greeks, informed that they drew nigh, made a change in the manner of their fighting. Drawing back into the narrowest part of the pass, and retreating even behind the cross wall, they posted themselves upon a hillock, where they stood all drawn up together in one close body, except only the Thebans. The hillock whereof I speak is at the entrance of the straits, where the stone lion stands which was set up in honour of Leonidas. Here they defended themselves to the last, such as still had swords using them, and the others resisting with their hands and teeth; till the barbarians, who in part had pulled down the wall and attacked them in front, in part had gone round and now encircled them upon every side, overwhelmed and buried the remnant which was left beneath showers of missile weapons.
Thus nobly did the whole body of Lacedaemonians and Thespians behave; but nevertheless one man is said to have distinguished himself above all the rest, to wit, Dieneces the Spartan. A speech which he made before the Greeks engaged the Medes, remains on record. One of the Trachinians told him, "Such was the number of the barbarians, that when they shot forth their arrows the sun would be darkened by their multitude." Dieneces, not at all frightened at these words, but making light of the Median numbers, answered "Our Trachinian friend brings us excellent tidings. If the Medes darken the sun, we shall have our fight in the shade." Other sayings too of a like nature are reported to have been left on record by this same person.
Next to him two brothers, Lacedaemonians, are reputed to have made themselves conspicuous: they were named Alpheus and Maro, and were the sons of Orsiphantus. There was also a Thespian who gained greater glory than any of his countrymen: he was a man called Dithyrambus, the son of Harmatidas. The slain were buried where they fell; and in their honour, nor less in honour of those who died before Leonidas sent the allies away, an inscription was set up, which said:
— Here did four thousand men from Pelops' land Against three hundred myriads bravely stand. This was in honour of all. Another was for the Spartans alone:— Go, stranger, and to Lacedaemon tell That here, obeying her behests, we fell. This was for the Lacedaemonians."
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Can we make ourselves any smarter? The answer
to that particular question is still a puzzle, trying
to be solved by scientists all over the world. The
most common measure of how smart a person
boils down to a simple calculation, known as the
Intelligence Quotient or IQ. While there have
been papers published stating how brain
exercises could help people improve their IQ's,
there has also been researched papers published
opposing the said notion.
A study published in 2008, led by Susanne
Jaeggi, now a professor at The University of
California at Irvine, conducted tests which
reflected on how 'fluid intelligence' or the ability
to solve novel problems works. The test sample
was divided into two groups each, one training
and one control group. The training group
showed significant improvements in the
reasoning ability test, where the control group
lagged behind. This scientific study and a few
others ( Roche, Cassidy, et al. 2013), published
evidence to the fact that the human brain could
be trained to perform better in different
situations or circumstances.
If you are to consider, the human brain and the
Intelligence Quotient that it is associated with is
a pretty much subjective term. The human brain
performs well under better supervision and
training. The IQ levels are not some measures of
intelligence which will remain stagnant over the
long run. These levels could be improved by
training your brain to newer perspectives and a
better environment. Nourishing the brain, just as
you would with your body is essential to improve
your IQ levels over time.
Brain Exercices to improve your IQ
Your brain needs just as much attention as your
physical body to keep your mind in shape and to
improve it. Here are 8 of the best and easy brain
exercises using which you can improve your IQ.
Meditation, Visualisation and Focused breathing


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Selected Publications (2008/2009)
[J1] Y. Ai, S.W. Joo, Yingtao Jiang, X. Xuan, and S. Qian, "Pressure-driven Transport of Spherical Particles through a Converging-diverging Microchannel," Accepted for publication in Biomicrofluidics on March 31, 2009 (to appear in June 2009 issue).
[J2] Y. Ai, S.W. Joo, Yingtao Jiang, X. Xuan, and S. Qian, "Transient Electrophoretic Motion of a Charged Particle through a Converging-Diverging Microchannel: Effect of DC Dielectrophoretic Force," accepted for publication in Electrophoresis on Feb. 4, 2009.
W. Hou, J. Zheng, Yingtao
Jiang, et. al., "Characterization
of Finger Isometric Force Production with Maximum Power of Surface
Electromyography," accepted for publication in Biomedical Engineering on
[J4] L. Wang, W. Dong, X. Song, Yingtao Jiang, and L. Zhang, "A Routing-table-based Adaptive and Minimal Routing Scheme in 2D-Mesh Network-on-chip Architectures," accepted for publication in Computers and Electrical Engineering in Sept. 2008.
[J5] L. Zhang, M. Yang, Yingtao Jiang, and E. Regentova, "Architectures and Routing Schemes for Optical Network-on-Chips," accepted for publication in Computers and Electrical Engineering in Sept. 2008.
[J6] L. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Yingtao Jiang, and C.-J. Shi, "Symmetry-Aware Placement Algorithm Using Transitive Closure Graph Representation for Analog Integrated Circuits," accepted for publication in International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications in Aug. 2008.
[J7] W. Hou, X. Zheng, Yingtao Jiang, J. Zheng, C. Peng, and R. Xu, "A Study of Models for Handgrip Force Prediction from Surface Electromyography of Extensor Muscle," Biomedical Engineering: Applications, Basis, and Communications, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 81-88, Apr. 2009.
[J8] Y. Jin, L. Wang, J. Jo, Y. Kim, M. Yang and Yingtao Jiang, "EECCR: an Energy Efficient m-Coverage and n-Connectivity Routing Algorithm under Border Effects in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 1429-1442, March 2009.
[J9] S. Qian, S. W. Joo, Yingtao Jiang, and M. A. Cheney, "Free-surface Problems in Electrokinetic Micro- and Nanofluidics," Mechanics Research Communications, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 82-91, Jan. 2009.
[J10] W. Hou, X. Wu, Yingtao Jiang, J. Zheng, X. Zheng, X. Liang and Y. Ye, "Phased Multi-joint Movement of the Index Finger during a Full Grasping Cycle," Biomedical Engineering: Applications, Basis and Communications, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 303-312, Oct. 2008.
[J11] H. Yan, J. Zheng, Yingtao Jiang, C. Peng, and S. Xiao, "Selecting Critical Clinical Features for Heart Diseases Diagnosis with a Real-coded Genetic Algorithm," Applied Soft Computing Journal, vol. 8, no. 3, March 2008.
L. Wang,
[J13] L. Zhang, Yingtao Jiang, and E. Regentova, "Fault Tolerance Routing for Wavelength Routed Optical Networks in ONoC," Journal of Computer and Applications, vol. 30, no. 1, March 2008.
[J14] Y. Jiao, Y. Yang, M. Yang, and Yingtao Jiang, "A Multi-path Routing Scheme for Torus-based NoCs," Journal of Computer and Applications, vol. 30, no. 1, March 2008.
Conference Proceedings—Refereed
T. Moazzeni, J. Ma, Yingtao Jiang, and N. Li, "Real-time Algorithm
for the Measurement of Liquid Metal Coolant Flow Velocity with Correlated
Thermal Signals," accepted for presentation in 2009 International Congress
on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants in
Q. Li, M. Yang,
Hongyan Wang Yingtao Jiang, and J.
Zeng, "Minimum Overlapping Layers and Its Variant for Prolonging Network
Lifetime in PMRC-based Wireless Sensor Networks," Proc.
[C3] Y. Ai, S.W. Joo, Yingtao Jiang, M.A. Cheney, and Qian, "Electrophoretic Motion of a Charged Particle in a Converging-diverging Microchannel," Proc. 1st European Conference on Microfluidics, December 10-12, 2008, Italy.
[C4] T. Moazzeni, J. Ma, R. Reddy, Yingtao Jiang, and N. Li, "Measurement of Liquid Metal Coolant Flow Velocity with Correlated Thermal Signals," American Nuclear Society Transactions, vol. 99, pp.645-646, Nov. 10-13, 2008, Reno, Nevada.
[C5] Q. Li, M. Yang, H. Wang, Yingtao Jiang, and J. Zeng, "A Finite Queue Model Analysis of PRMC-based Wireless Sensor Networks," Proc. Int'l Conf. Wireless Networks (ICWN) 2008, pp. 30-35, July 2008.
[C6] X. Suo, Yingtao Jiang, M. Yang, S. Li, K. Wang, "Artificial Neural Networks Application in Forecast Population Chlorophyll Content from Cotton Plant Digital Images," Proc. Int'l Conf. Artificial Intelligence (ICAI), pp. 245-250, July 2008.
[C7] W. Joo, S. Qian, Yingtao Jiang, and M. A. Cheney, "Electro-Osmotic Flow with Free Surface in Nanochannels," Proc. 2nd Integration & Commercialization of Micro & Nanosystems International Conference & Exhibition, June 2008, Hong Kong.
[C8] W. Hou, X. Wu, Yingtao Jiang, J. Zhang, X. Zheng, and Y. Ye, "Synchronized Multi-joint Movement of the Index Finger during Grasping," International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, May 27-30, Sanya, China.
[C9] X. Tan, L. Zhang, S. Neelkrishnan, M. Yang, Yingtao Jiang, and Y. Yang, "Scalable and Fault-tolerant Network-on-chip Design Using the Quartered Recursive Diagonal Torus Topology," Proc. ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, pp. 309-314, Orlando, FL., May 2008.
[C10] Y. Jiao, M. Yang, Yingtao Jiang, Y. Yang, and X. Yun, "Deadlock-Free Multi-Path Routing for Torus-Based NoCs,'' Proc. ITNG 2008. pp. 253-258, Apr. 2008.
[C11] S. Neelkrishnan, M. Yang, Yingtao Jiang, L. Zhang, Y. Yang, E. Lu, and X. Yun, "Design and Implementation of a Parameterized NoC Router and its Application to Build PRDT-Based NoCs," Proc. ITNG 2008. pp. 259-264, Apr. 2008.
[C12] H. Wang, M. Yang, Yingtao Jiang, S. Wang, and L. Gewali, "Overlapped Layers for Prolonging Network Lifetime in Multi-Hop Wireless Sensor Networks," Proc. ITNG 2008. pp. 755-760, Apr. 2008.
[C13] W. Hou, B. Das, Yingtao Jiang, X. Zheng, S. Qian, and X. Wu, "Vertically-aligned-carbon-nanotube-based Microelectrode Arrays for Neural Interfacing," Proc. 2nd IEEE International Nanoelectronics Conf., pp. 449-452, March 24-27, 2008, Shanghai, China.
[C14] L. Zhang, C.-J. Shi, and Yingtao Jiang, "Symmetry-Aware Placement with Transitive Closure Graphs for Analog Layout Design," Proc. 13th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC 2008), pp. 180-185, Jan. 21-24, 2008, Seoul, Korea.
[C15] W. Hou, B. Das, Yingtao Jiang, S. Qian, X. Zheng, J. Yang, X. Pi, H. Liu, J. Zheng and Y. Zhang, "On A Microfabricated Ti-alloy-based Microneedle Array for Transdermal Drug Delivery," Proc. 3rd Annual IEEE Int'l Conf. on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular System, pp. 453-456, Jan. 6-9., 2008, Sanya, Hainan, China.
[C16] W. Hou, B. Das, Yingtao
Jiang, S. Qian, X. Zheng, X. Pi, J. Yang, H. Liu, J. Zheng and Z. Zheng,
"Simulation of the Diaphragm Properties of A PZT-based Valveless Micropump," Proc. 3rd Annual
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[2] W. Hou, Y. Liao, X. Zheng, Yingtao Jiang, B. Das, S. Qian, J. Yang, and X. Weng, "Measurement of Red Blood Cell Deformability in a Microfluidic System Using a High-Speed Camera," American Chemical Society 42nd Western Region Meeting, Sept. 23-27, 2008, Las Vegas, USA.
Y. Ai, S. W. Joo, Yingtao Jiang, and S. Qian, "Modeling of a
Spherical Particle's Motion in a Converging-Diverging Microchannel Using
Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Method," American
Chemical Society 42nd Western Region Meeting,
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Harmonia '76, Tracks & Traces
Cluster & Eno, Cluster & Eno
Eno Moebius Roedelius, After the Heat
Brian Eno's projects aren't the magnets for attention that they once were. It's what happens when an artist has been around for a while, and has had his once-revolutionary ideas become mainstream. In fact, they've been mainstream long enough that the bands who brought those ideas there are now among the influences of bands in the current mainstream.
In the '70s, though—when Eno was a member of Roxy Music, made his own solo albums, and collaborated with Talking Heads, David Bowie, Devo, and others—his ideas about texture, and about taking things out when most of his contemporaries were putting more and more things in, were groundbreaking. They came from a variety of sources, and one of those sources appears to have been the German keyboard group Cluster. As a result, Eno collaborated with them over three albums around 1976 and 1978, exploring what would come to be known as ambient music. Previously known only to his more devoted collectors, they are now available again.
Tracks & Traces (actually collaboration between Eno and Harmonia, which consisted of Cluster plus guitarist Michael Rother) is the longest of these sets, and the only one not issued at the time of recording. It's also the most diverse, although many of the tracks are in the same mold as the later two Cluster & Eno albums: long explorations of single chords or brief melodies or sequences. A few tracks are surprising: "Luneburg Heath" is an eerie synthscape with the only vocal of the disc (a repeated line from Eno), "Les Demoiselles" is a humorous piece using rhythms that resemble Casio presets, and "Weird Dream" is an electronic ramble unusually close to Tangerine Dream terrain.
Cluster & Eno, meanwhile, is the most thoroughly ambient of the three. The opening cut meditates on a D chord with simple piano and synth pulsing, while other tracks feature electronic textures that anticipate the coming New Wave sounds. However, ambient music is a subjective experience, and only a few of these sonic paintings are attractive enough to register – the recurring minor chords of "Fur Luise" irritate rather than entrance. "Selange" is an intriguing cut with an unusually stern mood, while "One" is a departure into sitar sounds.
After the Heat is similar, but here their musical explorations reach richer terrain. The ballads are more poignant, while the upbeat pieces are more urbane. As with Cluster & Eno, most of the disc is instrumental, but in the last three tracks Eno chants ("Broken Head"), sings ("The Belldog") and sings backwards ("Tzima N'Arki"). "Broken Head" and "Tzima N'Arki" suggest a new, more dissonant direction for this group, but they would not explore it further, although Eno's Before & After Science includes one more track with Cluster ("By This River").
These three discs aren't as striking as 1975's Another Green World or 1977's Before & After Science. Take them for what they are, though – research into new sonic directions and the result of a brief, spontaneous collaboration.


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Video footage of RIVAL SONS' March 14 in-store appearance at Fingerprints in Long Beach, California can be seen below.
RIVAL SONS' latest album, "Head Down", arrived in stores in the U.S. on March 19 via the band's new affiliation with Century Media Records.
"Head Down" was released in Europe on September 17, 2012 via Earache Records. The CD was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with Grammy-nominated producer Dave Cobb (JAMIE JOHNSON, SHOOTER JENNINGS) and Grammy-winning engineer Vance Powell (JACK WHITE, THE WHITE STRIPES, KINGS OF LEON). The artwork was created by Jason Holley (JOSH RITTER, RAY LAMONTAGNE).


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10 Sarah Hyland & Taylor Swift Pictures That'll Make You Totally Jealous
We're all aware of how Selena Gomez has been treating her supposed best friends. (She unfollowed literally everyone on Instagram. What gives, Sel?) Taylor Swift, on the other hand, has been showing nothing but love for those around her. She even attended a fan's bridal shower because she could fit it into her schedule. Amazing!
Now, we're not saying that the "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" singer doesn't get around when it comes to her besties, because she totally does. (i.e. Lorde, Hailee Steinfeld, Ed Sheeran, Cara Delevingne, etc.) But there's something about her relationship with the equally-charming Sarah Hyland that is uncharted. Here are ten pictures of the beautiful buddies that will make you totally jealous you're NOT a part of their BFF-dom:
When they pretended they were a "strait-laced" mother & "rebellious teen" daughter because, hello, the height and clothes say it all.
When they rang in the new year together because that's what best friends do.
When they had some major 'fun.' backstage at a concert with Matt Prokop and Dianna Agron.
They get really into it…
When they danced the night away after the 2014 Golden Globes with Jaime King and Hailee Steinfeld because PARTY.
Oh yeah, and got their Criminds Minds on together.
Yup, we think this is gonna be one of those lifelong sorta friendships.
Rebound BFFs — who does it better? Selena Gomez or Taylor Swift?


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Kain — a girl, Ashlyn Rose, born Nov. 6 to Christine and Jody Kain of Saugerties.
Shand — a boy, Cameron Michael, born Nov. 8 to Kristine Felter and John Shand of New Paltz.
Cannizzaro — a girl, Kathryn Maureen, born Nov. 16 to Cassandra and Peter Cannizzaro of Kingston.
Van Loan — a girl, Kathryn Maureen, born Nov. 19 to Katherine and Gerard Van Loan of Ulster.
Panaro — a boy, Nolin Matthew, born Nov. 19 to Laura and Matthew Panaro of Saugerties.
Cooper — a boy, Lucky Valentine, born Nov. 23 to Lacey Lambert and Mark Cooper of Kingston.
Heldron — a girl, Clara Grace, born Nov. 24 to Kristen Heldron and Adam Santiago of Esopus.
Drake — a girl, Gabriella Faith, born Nov. 24 to Danyel Zehnick and Ariel Drake of Kingston.
Willams — a girl, Laurie Elizabeth, born Nov. 25 to Nanci-Lee Peredo and Wayne Williams Jr. of Ellenville.
Parchay — Avery Michael, born Nov. 26 to Ashley Parker of Saugerties.
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Abosharr — a boy, Mohamed Badran, born Nov. 1 to Hagir Alsaydi and Badran Abosharr of Kingston.
Comentino — a boy, Myles Xavier, born Nov. 17 to Renee and Parker Comentino of Wawarsing.
Swanson — a boy, Dalton Lee, born Nov. 23 to Shirley and James Swanson of Lloyd.
Wood — a boy, Demaj Jave, born Nov. 24 to Davenna Ridley and Maurice Wood of Kingston.
Stouffer — a boy, Talon Thomas, born Nov. 25 to Erin Stouffer and Kyle Waters of Woodstock.
Lynch — a boy, Garrett William, born Nov. 26 to Clarissa Kelder and Thomas Lynch of Kingston.
Talmadge — a girl, Julianna Nicole, born Nov. 26 to Joan Flores and Jorge Talmadge of Catskill.
Heinitz — a girl, Aria Bella, born Nov. 27 to Amber Plyler and Jeremy Heinitz of Hurley.
Huling — a boy, Jeffrey William Jr., born Nov. 28 to Robin and Jeffrey Huling Sr. of Saugerties.
Helmich — a girl, Paige LynnMarie, born Nov. 29 to Kelly Hoar and Leonard Helmich III of Rochester.


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SC17 is excited to hold another nail-biting Student Cluster Competition, or SCC, now in its eleventh year, as an opportunity to showcase student expertise in a friendly yet spirited competition. Held as part of SC17's Students@SC, the Student Cluster Competition is designed to introduce the next generation of students to the high-performance computing community. Over the years, the competition has drawn teams from around the United States and around the world. The Student Cluster Competition is an HPC multi-disciplinary experience integrated within the HPC community's biggest gathering, the Supercomputing Conference. The competition is a microcosm of a modern HPC center that teaches and inspires students to pursue careers in the field. It demonstrates the breadth of skills, technologies and science that it takes to build, maintain and utilize a supercomputer. In this real-time, non-stop, 48-hour challenge, teams of undergraduate and/or high school students assemble a small cluster on the exhibit floor and race to complete a real-world workload across a series of applications and impress HPC industry judges. Learn more at http://insidehpc.com/2017/02/apply-now-sc17-student-cluster-competition/
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If you've invested money in the emerging markets, then you probably have less money invested today than you did last week. China, India, Brazil, Vietnam … they've all been hammered amid widespread fears of global financial instability.
The goal of this (hopefully) weekly column is to help you understand what's happening and key in on some of the important events that are driving the action. This is important, because we continue to believe that the emerging markets continue to offer the most compelling long-term opportunities for American investors.
Take an interest in China
Normally, we might tell you that these fears are unwarranted or overblown. But the recent events at Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and AIG
The Chinese government had long assumed that economic growth was a given. It considered rising inflation its primary peril. Higher prices would pressure laborers and people in the western part of the country, who've thus far seen fewer benefits from China's incredible growth story.
That opinion is changing, now that China's once-strong manufacturing base must reckon with a significant slowdown in global demand, along with greater competition from countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia. Indeed, manufacturers such as Motley Fool Global Gains recommendation Nam Tai Electronics
One man's crisis is another man's opportunity
Suffering hasn't been limited to Chinese manufacturers. Slowed economic activity has squeezed China's once-spectacular real estate market. With millions of Chinese flocking from rural areas toward jobs in China's exploding metropolises, demand for urban real estate offers strong long-term opportunities for companies such as China Housing & Land Development
A combination of tight credit (a result of government attempts to prevent real estate speculation) and a collapsing stock market has spelled doom for many smaller property developers, some of which have projects already under construction, heavily reliant on borrowed funds. This has created an amazing opportunity for cash-rich developers to snap up properties at a fraction of their value. Armed with deep pockets and a long-term mindset, these developers are positioned to see very healthy returns once this short-term dip in real estate comes to an end.
Risks remain
Finally, there's news out of Latin America this week, as South American leaders met in Chile's capital to express what they termed their "full support" for Bolivian president Evo Morales. If you're not familiar with Morales or what's been going on in Bolivia, here's a quick recap to get you up to speed.
Morales is a socialist leader who was first elected president of Bolivia at the end of 2005. He has close ties to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and believes that "capitalism is the worst enemy of humanity." He has taken steps to nationalize Bolivia's natural gas supply, and he seeks to do the same with agriculture and other industries.
The new natural-gas policy affected not only U.S. companies such as ExxonMobil
While we can appreciate Latin American political leaders' interest in encouraging stability, they also need to understand that nationalization threatens to undo years of economic progress in the region. Brazil, for example, has been an enormous economic success story, particularly because of its increasing respect for property rights and a level playing field. Brazil still has a long way to go, but the country's president, Luiz Inacio Lula, needs to step up and share that blueprint with his neighbors. In time, we believe, he will.
Although the current crisis is crushing stock prices, we believe it also provides opportunity for companies such as Argentina's Cresud
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