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What is Node.js?
Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
What is Django?
Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.
What is Diamond?
Diamond is a powerful MVC / Template Framework written in the D Programming Language. Diamond can be used to write powerful websites, webapis or as stand-alone as a template parser.
Want advice about which of these to choose?Ask the StackShare community!
What companies use Node.js?
5190 companies on StackShare use Node.js
What companies use Django?
1236 companies on StackShare use Django
What companies use Diamond?
0 companies on StackShare use Diamond
What tools integrate with Node.js?
114 tools on StackShare integrate with Node.js
What tools integrate with Django?
26 tools on StackShare integrate with Django
What tools integrate with Diamond?
1 tools on StackShare integrate with Diamond
What are some alternatives to Node.js, Django, and Diamond?
Node v12.2.0 (Current)
May 07, 2019
Node v11.15.0 (Current)
April 30, 2019
Node v12.1.0 (Current)
April 29, 2019
Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution on djangoci.com
May 15, 2019
Django bugfix release: 2.2.1
April 30, 2019
Paid Internship Opportunity: Build an App for the DSF
April 24, 2019
Node.js benchmark
August 02, 2017 15:18
I have benchmarked Node.js and other popular frameworks using a real life application example. You can find the results here: https://email@example.com/web-rest-api-benchmark-on-a-real-life-application-ebb743a5d7a3
Great flexible framework
April 08, 2018 06:13
Diamond is a great framework and I just started using it for some personal projects and so far I'm impressed with its flexibility and easy learning curve
Great flexible framework
April 08, 2018 06:53
Diamond is a great framework and I just started using it for some personal projects and so far im impressed with its flexibility and easy learning curve
MaxCDN uses Node.js
We decided to move the provisioning process to an API-driven process, and had to decide among a few implementation languages:
We built prototypes in both languages, and decided on NodeJS:
Getting into the headspace and internalizing the assumptions of a tool helps pick the right one. NodeJS assumes services will be non-blocking/event-driven and HTTP-accessible, which snapped into our scenario perfectly. The new NodeJS architecture resulted in a staggering 95% reduction in processing time: requests went from 7.5 seconds to under a second.
Trello uses Node.js
The server side of Trello is built in Node.js. We knew we wanted instant propagation of updates, which meant that we needed to be able to hold a lot of open connections, so an event-driven, non-blocking server seemed like a good choice. Node also turned out to be an amazing prototyping tool for a single-page app. The prototype version of the Trello server was really just a library of functions that operated on arrays of Models in the memory of a single Node.js process, and the client simply invoked those functions through a very thin wrapper over a WebSocket. This was a very fast way for us to get started trying things out with Trello and making sure that the design was headed in the right direction. We used the prototype version to manage the development of Trello and other internal projects at Fog Creek.
AngeloR uses Node.js
All backend code is done in node.js
We have a SOA for our systems. It isn't quite Microservices jsut yet, but it does provide domain encapsulation for our systems allowing the leaderboards to fail without affecting the login or education content.
We've written a few internal modules including a very simple api framework.
I ended up picking Node.js because the game client is entirely in JavaScript as well. This choice made it a lot easier for developers to cross borders between being "client side" game developers and "server side" game developers. It also meant that the pool of knowledge/best practices is applicable almost across the company.
TonyManso uses Node.js
Node.js is the foundation for the server. Using Express.js for serving up web content, and sockets.io for synchronizing communications between all clients and the server, the entire game runs as Javascript in Node.js.
I don't know how well this will scale if/when I have hundreds of people connected simultaneously, but I suspect that when that time comes, it may be just a matter of increasing the hardware.
As for why I chose Node.js... I just love JavaScript! My code is all original, meaning that I didn't have to inherit anyone's bad Javascript. I'm perfectly capable of creating my own bad Javascript, thank you! Also, npm rocks!
tarun11ks uses Node.js
Used node.js server as backend. Interacts with MongoDB using MongoSkin package which is a wrapper for the MongoDB node.js driver. It uses express for routing and cors package for enabling cors and eyes package for enhancing readability of logs. Also I use nodemon which takes away the effort to restart the server after making changes.
MOKA Analytics uses Django
Django takes the hassle out of building an enterprise web application using Python.
jegesh uses Django
Our backend was written in Django. We took advantage of the ready-to-go admin interface as a go-to solution for the client to be able to authorize his users, as well as other functionality, while most of the work was done through the Django Rest Framework.
blairg23 uses Django
Hands down the best Python web framework I've used. Very easy to extend and add apps and go from 0 to full project quickly and painlessly. I built a fully authenticated project with a single endpoint in less than 30 minutes.
rkdgusrnrlrl uses Django
정말 편리하고 많은것을 알아서 제공해 주는 프레임워크 이다. 책의 예제만 진행해서 많이 써보지는 못했지만, 쉽게 쉽게 웹을 개발 할 수 있는 점이 매력적 이다. 게다가 orm 이 기본으로 내장 되어 있고 db 도 sqlite 가 기본으로 되어있어. 그냥 django 만 설치하면 바로 웹개발이 가능하다.
yevgnenll uses Django
django는 저의 무기입니다.
django 이외에 flask로 간단한 restful api를 만들면서 느낀점은 framework 보다 언어가 중요하다는것을 알았고 django가 얼마나 큰 framework인지 알게되었습니다.
저는 signal 사용을 좋아합니다.


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Regional bank tries to make money work for good things
Small, regional banks have a tough time trying to get you to switch your business from megabanks, whose main benefit to average consumers is the fact that their branches can be found anywhere in Japan. More locally situated banks tend to grow up around local commercial customers, but they need average borrowers, too. The trick is: How do they make up for the lack of a widespread presence?
One obvious solution is to offer services and products that other banks don't, and in that regard Jonan Shinyo Kinko, which is headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, is quite creative. Perhaps their most controversial gimmick is a "lottery savings account," a deal that was apparently frowned upon by the Finance Ministry but which has been copied by some other small banks. If you keep a certain amount of money in a special savings account, the bank will buy lottery tickets for you, and they guarantee that your odds of winning are greater than if you bought the tickets yourself.
The latest product from Jonan (which means "south of the castle," thus indicating Shinagawa's position in relation to Edo Castle) is much more edifying. The bank believes that Japanese society is "not safe" as long as it relies so much on nuclear power for its energy needs, and wants to encourage not only conservation but also the promotion of renewable energy sources. For its own part, Jonan has pledged to reduce its own energy consumption by 30 percent over the next three years by resetting its air conditioners and heaters, applying energy saving fixtures and facilities, installing better insulation and buying into a self-generating power system for its own offices.
Then on April 28, the bank made an announcement that it would go even further. Customers could expect more beneficial interests rates on both savings accounts and loans if they could prove to the bank that they were making a concerted effort to be more energy efficient. For instance, a depositor who could show Jonan that he spent more than ¥100,000 on conservation devices such as solar systems, electrical rechargers, or LED lamps would receive an extra 1 percent in interest on savings accounts of up to ¥1 million. Given that most banks only give about 0.02 percent, it's a sizable allowance. In addition, if a customer takes out a home improvement loan to boost the energy efficiency of his dwelling for amounts between ¥500,000 and ¥3 million, the loan will be interest free for the first year, and thereafter interest will be fixed at 1 percent for loan periods of 3 to 8 years. Most home improvement loans are around 3.5 percent.
Jonan isn't the only bank that is trying to make a difference since the March 11 tragedy, though it seems to be the only one that has tied its sense of social responsibility to rewards for customers. Sony Bank currently offers limited time savings accounts with special interest rates, of which Sony will donate 0.01 percent to charity. Basically, it's no skin off Sony's nose. Jonan, on the other hand, puts its money where its mouth it.
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On Friday, February 15, 2013 Research and Strategic Partnerships hosted a panel discussion on National Science Foundation early career awards. The information event for new PSU research faculty featured a panel of previous award winners and NSF program officers, including Robert Bertini in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bryant York in Computer Science, and Jun Jiao in Physics and Mechanical and Materials Engineering.
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We are facing the greatest threat to our welfare since the establishment of Medicare and Social Security. Just last week a trade association made up of CEOs of giant corporations recommended in a letter to Congress the following: 1. Increase the eligibility age for Medicare. 2. Make access to Medicare dependent on income. 3. Privatization of Medicare. Then millionaires and billionaires want to slash the health insurance we rely on. Also a group of Republicans, including Paul Ryan, are intent upon changing Medicare to a voucher system while continuing millionaire tax breaks and giving huge tax breaks to big corporations.
Members of Congress propose shutting down government unless the ACA is not funded. This would be a disaster. Please tell Congress they are wrong. Please tell government that corporations are not people. Corporations should serve the people, not govern. This must be changed. Please join the effort in Move to Amend.
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amateurs, we are a highly committed group, willing to serve
society as informal educators. But, there is a real need for
[additional support] to help us in our endeavors."
— Amateur Astronomer, Lakewood, CO
are looking for not only resources, but guidelines on how
best to bring astronomy to the public, how to vary programs
to reach people of all ages and backgrounds, how to provide
non-threatening training to our astronomers, and how best
to spread the excitement and discovery that is science and
— Amateur Astronomer, North Houston Astronomy Club,
Houston, TX
the Universe is an ASP project funded by the National
Science Foundation's Informal Science Education division that
is based on the fact that many amateur astronomers (often as members
of astronomy clubs) regularly volunteer their time to share their
knowledge, passion, and enjoyment of the sky. These education and
public outreach (EPO) activities take place in a number of settings,
such as visiting a classroom or providing "star parties"
for the public under the night sky with audiences of all ages. But
even the most enthusiastic and energetic amateur can encounter difficulty
when trying to establish or invigorate EPO initiatives in his or
her astronomy club. Comments and questions that are not uncommon
can't get enough people from my club to help!
do I recruit and train members to be interested in doing outreach,
so they can find out how much fun it is!?
love doing this, but I'm not sure how best to relate to families
with young children.
can't get enough people from my club to help!
do I recruit and train members to be interested in doing outreach,
so they can find out how much fun it is!?
love doing this, but I'm not sure how best to relate to families
with young children.
tackle these and similar issues and generate some innovative solutions,
the ASP will be working in close collaboration with numerous members
of the amateur astronomy community and the Institute
for Learning Innovation to explore
how some amateur astronomy clubs successfully develop and maintain
EPO initiatives (e.g., see the Night
Sky Network) and what "best practices" might be transferable
to other clubs or amateurs that may be struggling with EPO. We will
also thoroughly investigate and test nsew methods of support in order
to offer a variety of field-tested solutions to the types of problems
many amateurs interested in EPO are encountering and asking about.
overall intended impacts of Sharing the Universe are to help amateurs
find ways to improve the quality and effectiveness of their EPO
activities and create to the extent possible a more connected and
active "network" of EPO-engaged astronomy clubs nationwide.
We will also communicate what we discover
with other hobbyist groups (e.g., bird-watching organizations, gemology
clubs, etc.) so that those also interested in enhancing EPO can
learn more about and make use of our experiences with Sharing the
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find out how you or your astronomy club might get involved, please
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Title: A Mom's Ultimate Book of Lists: 100+ Lists to Save You Time, Money, and Sanity
Author: Michelle LaRowe
Genre: Christian nonfiction parenting/motherhood
How to enter: Leave a comment on THIS post right here! If you're a subscriber or a follower, leave a second comment for a second entry.
Entry deadline: March 10, 2010
Restrictions: Open internationally!
That's right, enter right here for this giveaway. This is my review copy, so it has been gently read.
Have I mentioned before how much I love lists?! Putting something on a list is the one time in my life I feel organized. Oh, how I love checking things off, too... (And yes, this review is late. And yes, it is on my list. And yes, my list is a bit overwhelmingly long. And yes, I know lists aren't miracle workers. But I love them anyway, because just for a moment, I feel like I'm on top of things!)
A Mom's Ultimate Book of Lists, written by Michelle LaRowe, is a 335-page paperback published by Revell. It has a list price of $13.99.
Here's the publisher's synopsis of the book:
And about the author:
A Mom's Ultimate Book of Lists is your one-stop resource for more than 100 lists to live by, including:
- When to Call the Doctor
- Questions to Ask before Choosing a Pediatrician
- Sleep Training Your Baby
- Top Toys for the First Year
- Terrific Activities Toddlers Love
- Easy Steps for Taming Tantrums
- Feeding a Picky Eater
- Signs of a Family-Friendly Restaurant
- Common Childhood Allergies and Illnesses
- Instant Pick-Me-Ups
- and so much more
Start saving your time, money, and sanity today!
Michelle LaRowe is a national speaker, parenting consultant, and author of the Nanny to the Rescue! series and Working Moms 411. The 2004 International Nanny Association "Nanny of the Year" and a credentialed career nanny for more than twelve years, Michelle has also been lauded for her dedication to improving the quality of in-home child care.This book is chock full of useful lists, so I heartily approve and endorse it! It starts with a list of the lists, and just flipping through the pages and seeing all the bullet points and numbers and checkmarks and italicized headings gives me goosebumps.
Moving on from there, I think the key word for my review is useful. If you've got a toddler, for instance, you'll find a list of toddler toys, a list of books for a good toddler library, and a list of twenty terrific activities for toddlers. And there's more serious stuff, too, like ten life lessons to teach your toddlers, five ways to teach your toddler about God, and easy steps for taming your toddler's tantrums.
Of course, you can't cover each of these topics in depth in one book, so there are even lists of other recommended books! Basically, this is a handy up-to-date reference that covers topics on a surface level, so if you're challenged in a particular area, you'll probably want to dig deeper into the subject with other reading material.
I especially love the lists for saving your sanity, like the section on a momtourage and the list of what makes up a virtuous wife. And I love the recipe ideas. Everything here is very practical.
So while this book, like any other list, is not miraculous in itself, it IS something I believe most moms could use - a handy resource from pregnancy on up.
So I'm busy updating my new iPod Touch with some new list ideas that I've gotten from this book. (If you win the book, it may take a while to get to you while I wrap up some of the lists using my new thumb-typing skills...) Oh, I feel SO VERY organized!
Thanks to Baker House Publishing for the review copy of this book!


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…These visions were frozen in a time capsule on Gallifrey, only to be unearthed when the time and relative dimension in space felt right. Opened in 2012, the images resembled paintings like Michael Bevilacqua's layered chrome and black attack, Chris Bors's post-pop pseudo-propaganda, David Humphrey's surreal suburban wet dreams, Ketta Ioannidou's chaotic spiraling vegetation, Todd James's bright cartoons from our Id, Allison Schulnik's luscious thick impasto, Aaron Zimmerman intricate fever dreams and Jeremiah Teipen's psychedelic sexual video.
NYC artistic heavyweight Chris Bors curated Spacegrass, a group show at Bloom Projects in New York (95 East 7th Street, downstairs) opening September 8th. The exhibition features works from a couple B/D favs including Allison Schulnik, Todd James, and Aaron Zimmerman. Check out some preview shots after the jump.


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XSEDE, along with the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois will be presenting an OpenACC GPU programming workshop on August 5, 2014.
OpenACC is the accepted standard using compiler directives to allow quick development of GPU capable codes using standard languages and compilers. It has been used with great success to accelerate real applications within very short development periods. This workshop assumes knowledge of either C or Fortran programming. It will have a hands-on component using the Blue Waters which is deployed at NCSA.
Due to demand, this workshop will be telecast to several satellite sites. This workshop is NOT available via a webcast. Please note that the hands-on accounts will be limited to 150 students, available across all sites and awarded by order of registration.
You may attend at any of the following sites:
- Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
- University of Iowa
- University of Houston Clear-Lake
- George Washington University
- Ohio Supercomputer Center
- Louisiana State University
- Youngstown State University
Please register for the site that you wish to attend:
The tentative agenda, subject to change, is below. It is designed to be time-zone friendly.
Tentative Agenda
|Tuesday August 5
All times given are Eastern time
|Computing Environment
|Parallel Computing and Accelerators
|Intro to OpenACC
|Lunch break
|Introduction to OpenACC, con't
|Using OpenACC with CUDA Libraries
|Advanced OpenACC and OpenMP 4.0
|Final Notes and Adjourn


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"DSLR gear, no idea": Sony goes on the offensive against camera enthusiasts
Sony Australia has created a video campaign "to 'out' those with DSLR gear and no idea", subtly suggesting they would be better served with one of the company's mirrorless compact cameras rather than a full-size DSLR.
The videos, available on YouTube, use a series of stereotypes that paint a wide variety of casual photographers in a foolish light. The videos are clearly light-hearted, but go some way to marginalising enthusiastic camera users that have spent thousands of dollars on their purchases.
A long-haired, vest-and-tie-wearing photographer waxes lyrical about the quality of his brand-unnamed-but-we-all-know-it's-a-Canon telephoto lens, a fashionably-dressed young lady leans over a flower for a macro shot with a large DSLR, and a bulky backpack-toting tourist walks through a yum cha restaurant annoying people with close-up flash photographs:
Comments and like/dislike statistics are disabled on the videos, although the main video has had over 100,000 views in the last two days. A guest commenter on PetaPixel wrote: "pretty coward [sic] of Sony to disable comments on YouTube and not mentioning anywhere that those videos are made by them."
The videos don't explicitly mention Sony at any point, with the only indication being a link in the videos' description, saying "Find out more: http://www.sony.com.au/productcategory/nex-camera". The Sony NEX product website didn't mention the video series by the time of publication.
There is no obvious advertisement of the Sony NEX cameras' supposedly more appropriate feature-set in the video campaign, and no mention of whether buyers of Sony's more traditional DSLR-style 'SLT' cameras are guilty of the same offences.
Another PetaPixel commenter said that the videos were offensive: "That's a great way to alienate your customers. Well done Sony for making me never want to associate with you."
Commenter 'mansgame' sums up his feelings: "Funny...except Sony makes DSLRs too and they are behind everybody else and will be forever. If the time comes when wedding photographers have little NEX cameras... instead of DSLRs then Sony can talk."
Professional photographer Jack Chauvel told PC World that it was ironic that such an ad would come from a company like Sony: "It's funny, because the people who are most likely to have no idea and splash out on gear are those who are going to buy the overpriced Sony A system or NEX series of cameras."
Only a few years ago, Sony's Alpha line-up of digital SLRs were largely regarded as the go-to for enthusiastic camera buyers with more money than sense — with less market penetration than Nikon or Canon, Sony digital SLRs were sold at generally higher prices and traded on the Sony brand name that otherwise-uneducated buyers would associate with premium quality and features.
These situations are obvious exaggerations of what enthusiastic amateur photographers do — there's always a situation where someone looks slightly goofy just because they are passionate about taking a nice picture. Sony risks alienating exactly the buyers it is trying to target with this parody.
This isn't all you'll see from Sony — in an email, PC World was told to "watch out for more to come on this campaign next week."
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The Adult Degree Program is proud to have a chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda to honor adult students with high academic achievement.
Alpha Sigma Lambda's aim is to recognize the special achievements of adults who accomplish academic excellence while facing competing interests of home and work.
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Wildlife legislation in 2013 General Assembly
The 2013 session of the North Carolina General Assembly has adjourned and will not reconvene until May 2014. A number of bills that would affect hunters and fishermen were introduced and came to different ends. They included:
Allow Sunday Hunting on Private Lands - This controversial bill would have allowed hunting on private lands with written permission on Sundays. The legislation failed to move out of Agriculture Committees in either house.
Poacher Reward Fund - This bill passed both houses almost unanimously and was signed into law by Gov. McCrory. It creates a special fund for paying rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who violate serious wildlife laws. The fund will receive its revenue from donations and a portion of the replacement cost assessed by the court upon conviction.
Hunting and Fishing License Increases - At the eleventh hour, the GA passed legislation that will increase the cost of various hunting and fishing licenses. For example, the Annual Sportsman License will go from $40 to $50. The Annual Hunting License will increase from $15 to $20. A complete listing of license increases can be found on the NCWRC�s website, www.ncwildlife.org.
Black Bear Stamp - Another part of the license fee bill created a new stamp that will be required to hunt black bears in the state. Bear hunters will have to have a $10 stamp in addition to their hunting license. Lifetime Hunting or Sportsman license holders who purchased their licenses prior to July 1, 2014are exempt but must register for the stamp and have it in their possession. Funds from the stamp will be used for black bear research and management.
Wildlife Budget Cut - The NCWRC�s General Fund Appropriation was cut from over $18 million to $13 million in 2014 and $15 million in 2015.
Other legislative actions by the General Assembly included increased motorboat registration fees, heftier fines for boating and wildlife offenses and allowing taking bears with the use of bait under certain circumstances. A bill that would designate red drum, speckled sea trout and striped bass as game fish was not acted on.
Hunting Seasons
Dove: Sept. 2 � Oct. 5; Nov. 25-30; Dec. 13 � Jan. 11
Rails, Gallinule and Moorhens: Sept. 7-28; Oct. 5 � Nov. 21
Deer (eastern region): archery Sept. 7-27; muzzleloader Sept. 28 � Oct. 11;
gun Oct. 12 � Jan. 1
Canada goose (statewide): Sept. 2-30
Teal (east of U.S. 17): Sept. 7-25
Aug. 20 � The Outdoor Adventure Club (OAC) will hold their regular monthly meeting at the W. New BernRecreationCenteron Pine Tree Drivebeginning at 7 p.m.For information, go online to www.nboac.org/ or phone 252-639-2912.
Aug. 16-17 � The 22nd Annual Sneads Ferry Rotary King Mackerel Tournament will be held out of New River Marina in Sneads Ferry. Registration will be at the marina from 2to 8 p.m.on Aug. 16. Fishing will be from 6 a.m.to 5 p.m.on Aug. 17. More details are available by phone at 910-327-0710 or online at www.SneadsFerryKMT.com.
Aug. 17 � The Lejeune Archers will host a 3-D archery tournament at their range onboard CampLejeunebeginning at 10 a.m.Contact Chris Driscoll at 972-369-9692 for details or directions.


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Salt Lake City has the amenities of a large metropolitan area coupled with a strong connection to the wilderness. The city sits in a large valley surrounded by the Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains to the east and the Oquirrh Mountains to the west. Seven of Utahs 14 ski resorts are located less than an hour drive from the city. Entertainment such as the theatre, opera, symphony and ballet are complemented by the variety of Salt Lake's pubs, restaurants and bistros.
New University residence halls, located minutes away from campus, are served by the new University light rail line and a comprehensive feeder bus system, providing easy access to the campus and downtown Salt Lake.
For outdoor enthusiasts, Utah offers five national parks, seven national monuments, two national recreation areas, and one national historic site, all within a one day drive of campus. Utah is a mecca for outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, backpacking, kayaking, rock and ice climbing, fishing, hunting, skiing, snowboarding, and whitewater rafting to name a few. Come to Utah and experience all this wonderful state has to offer.


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We learned that a week in genealogy paradise is not enough time. We also learned that the best information is found in the late afternoon or evening of the last day in the library. Having researched all week, it is time for the "happy dance pay off." We learned that the library consultants on each floor are extremely helpful, particularly on the International Floor.
I had some German church record copies in my hand, when I decided to chat with a German consultant. I asked him if he'd like to move to North Platte, Nebraska ... no, I didn't think so. I asked him how I would be able to translate some of the difficult handwriting. He had the answer.
1. Go to the FamilySearch web site. Sign in.
3. Click on Discussion Forum. Locate the area you are researching, such as Eastern Europe. Leave a message with a jpg attachment of the document you cannot read.
4. Within a short period of time somebody in the genealogy world will return with answer(s).
5. It works!! I tried it.
As you probably know the books are being digitized. The empty shelves on the main floor family genealogy section are very noticeable. The books have been taken apart and digitized. Supposedly you should be able to locate them by clicking Books on the home page of FamilySearch. I soon realized that some books that have been digitized are not there ... yet. In that case, I recommend trying the Catalog (same home page). My preference is to use the old or previous version of the catalog. You can then enter the name of a book, author, location, surname, etc. and determine if it has been digitized.
By clicking on the appropriate area, the book in pdf format will be downloaded to your computer.
|Some of the empty shelves on Main Floor.
|digitized books
It seems to be a continual catch up phase with FamilySearch. I discovered several books placed in High Density on the International Floor that were not listed as such in the catalog. It is important (another tip) to inquire if you cannot locate a book.
The library was full of genealogy groups, people attending genealogy conferences and people like us who were there to find all the answers. We had fun and took some breaks such as going to the Cheesecake Factory for a sugar high. The week went by too fast. Memories and more research will keep us busy until 2013 when we will start thinking about another trip to Salt Lake City.


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Coker College is pleased to announce the hiring of Dan Muns as its new Head Women's Soccer Coach. Muns becomes the seventh coach to lead the Cobra women.
Muns comes to Coker from Columbus State University where he was the assistant coach for the Cougar women since the program's inception in 2004. In just seven seasons, Muns helped build the Columbus State program into a NCAA Division II regional and national power. The Cougars have advanced to the NCAA National tournament for the last five years, including finishing the 2010 season ranked #7 nationally with a record of 19-2-1.
"I am very excited and honored to be selected as the next women's soccer coach at Coker," said Muns. "This is great time to be a part of the Coker community. There is an energy throughout the campus that I know will help us develop successful women's soccer players both on the field and in the classroom."
A United States Soccer Federation (USSF) "B" License holder, Dan has coached four All-Americans, three Scholar All-Americans, 21 All-Region, six Scholar All-Region, two Peach Belt Freshman of the Year, 28 All-Conference, 19 All-Tournament and three Peach Belt Tournament MVP players during his time at Columbus State. In addition to his USSF License, Dan holds National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Goalkeeping Diplomas I & II.
"We are very excited to have Dan join the Coker family," said Director of Athletics Lynn Griffin. "He brings a wealth of coaching experience and a vision for success to the women's soccer program. I feel his experience in developing a program from scratch at Columbus State has prepared him to recruit the type of student-athlete that will thrive at Coker College."
A graduate of Columbus State, Muns holds a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and is currently pursuing his Masters in Public Administration from CSU. In addition to his college coaching experience, Dan has coached youth soccer for more than 14 years and has served as the Head Men's Soccer Coach at Calvary Christian School in Columbus.
"I want to thank Lynn Griffin and Coker President Dr. Robert Wyatt for giving me the opportunity to be the leader of the women's soccer program," added Muns. "My family and I are very happy to be the newest members of the Coker family."
The Coker women will begin their off-season training under Muns' leadership when classes resume in January. Their first season with Muns at the helm will begin in September of 2011.
Coker College readies undergraduates for personal and professional success through a distinctive four-year program that emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as hands-on and discussion-based learning within and beyond the classroom. Coker is ranked among the "Best Colleges" in the South by U.S. News & World Report as well as The Princeton Review. Located in Hartsville, S.C., Coker is within two hours of the cultural, financial and recreational resources of Charlotte, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach.


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RECIFE, Brazil (Reuters) - For soccer fans flocking to Confederations Cup matches in Brazil's tropical northeast next week, getting tickets to the stadium should be simple - but two in three will not find accommodations in the host city Recife.
Officials are sending visitors as far as 120 kilometers (75 miles) inland to spend the night, a detour on par with staying in Philadelphia for a New York Knicks game.
The tournament starting Saturday, a dress rehearsal for the 2014 World Cup, will lay bare for visitors what may surprise many: despite gorgeous beaches, a tempting climate and legendary hospitality, Brazil's tourism industry pales next to its neighbors.
The country takes up half the South American continent but receives just a fifth of its international visits. The land of Carnival and beach cocktails ranks behind everywhere in the western hemisphere but Venezuela in foreign tourists per capita.
To be sure, it is exceedingly difficult to find someone who regrets a vacation in Brazil. The country's growing middle class has also provided enough domestic demand to make its tourism industry the world's sixth largest.
As with much of the Brazilian economy, a captive local market seems to have made things too easy for the sector, pushing up prices, sapping competitiveness and contributing to a troubling foreign deficit.
Foreigners' spending in Brazil has scarcely kept pace with inflation over the past five years, while Brazilians themselves have increasingly passed up domestic travel for trips to Miami and Lisbon. The dollar's recent weakness has stoked the trend, resulting in a tourism deficit of $15.6 billion last year and adding to a record current account gap.
How has Brazil - blessed with 7,500 kilometers of sunny coastline, the fame of Rio de Janeiro and the wonders of the Amazon - managed to blow such an open shot on goal?
A foreign fan heading to a soccer match in Brazil next week may find one of the answers right away - at the hotel counter.
Even in Recife's more expensive hotels, introducing oneself in English can prompt blank stares and embarrassed grins. In one case, the concierge at a hotel - FIFA-certified accommodation for the World Cup - went silent after such an introduction.
"Hello, my name is?" he then asked, furrowing his brow.
Due to Brazil's size, isolation and uneven education, most residents have little or no contact with a second language. Brazil's English proficiency ranked in the bottom 15 percent of a global study by teaching company Education First.
Resorts, restaurants and tourism outfits therefore pay - and charge - a hefty premium for bilingual service.
"If you can afford English lessons, you're not going to work the front desk of a hotel," said Gunde Schneider, a Brazilian of German descent with a bed-and-breakfast in nearby Gravata. "More likely, you're the owner of the hotel."
For the American fan in Recife, however, a misunderstanding at the front desk will be just one in a string of frustrations.
The hassle starts before setting foot in Brazil, with a visa process that gives a taste of the country's notorious bureaucracy.
Neighboring countries from Argentina to Bolivia also have "reciprocity fees" paid at the airport in the name of parity with U.S. visa costs. Brazil takes it a step further, requiring Americans to apply at a consulate and wait a week or more for an entrance visa, mimicking the burden on Brazilians.
The cost: at least $160.
An easy flight to Recife will also be tough to find, due to a legacy of barriers to foreign airlines. Of over 100 nations that have signed an open skies agreement with the United States, Brazil is one of a handful that have not put it into practice.
As a result, flights funnel into Sao Paulo and Rio, where airports are packed beyond capacity. Foreign visitors to Brazil's northeast can often watch their final destinations through the window as they fly south to catch connecting flights from the major hubs - a six-hour round trip.
When a fan lands in Recife, the journey is still far from over. The wait in the cab line should last at least half an hour thanks to the monopoly of the airport taxi cooperative - one of countless barriers to competition driving up prices.
The World Economic Forum also blames Brazilian policies discouraging foreign investment in land, airlines and tourism services for the lack of affordable offerings.
Brazilians are quicker to blame the state of the tourism industry on a tarnished reputation from the 1990s, when a chaotic economy and rampant gang violence deterred visitors, shuttering one in five of Recife's hotels.
In a public survey at the 2010 World Cup, Brazil's tourism ministry found safety concerns were the overwhelming reason tourists gave for why they would not visit Brazil in 2014 - this coming from soccer fans in South Africa.
Brazilian officials say the tournament will refresh that reputation, just as it gave South Africans a chance to turn the page on their fraught political history.
"The visibility will give a broader vision to the world," said Valdir Simão, a senior Brazilian tourism official, highlighting the diversity of a dozen host cities. "People will see: Brazil is not an exotic destination."
But the problems are bigger than bad public relations.
The WEF ranked Brazil's natural resources for tourism as the best in the world, but the competitiveness of its travel industry has slipped to 51st in a ranking of 140 nations.
Harmful regulations, high prices and bad roads put Brazil among the worst 25 countries in those categories - below the likes of Kazakhstan and Gambia in each respect.
The two in three visiting fans without lodging in Recife next week may drive as little as 30 minutes to hotels along the coast or as much as two hours inland for accommodations.
At the far reaches of that radius is Caruaru, a sprawling, low-slung city of 350,000 where newly paved streets wind among walls of exposed cinder block.
The city is used to drawing tourists for its truck races and traditional music festivals, one of which is in full swing this month. Caruaru bills the event as "The World's Biggest and Best Saint John's Festival."
Caruaru's hotels seem blithe about the Confederations Cup. With lodging in short supply and local vacationers eager to attend the festival, major hotels are already booked nearly every weekend this month.
Consulted a week ahead, the only rooms left at the Hotel Village Caruaru on Saturday were going for 1,000 reais ($470) a night.
($1 = 2.14 Brazilian reais)
Editing by Brian Winter and Jackie Frank


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- 12-gauge face sheets of HRPO or
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- Standard Door Thickness: 17⁄8"
- 1 ¾" and 2" Door Thicknesses (typical) available. Other specialty door thicknesses are available.
Size Limitations
- Largest single door: 4'-7" x 10'-0"
- Largest pair: 9'-2" x 10'-0"
- Wider doors available up to 8'-0" with face seams.
- Doors with 17⁄8" thickness shall have continuous vertical interlocking steel stiffeners of 20-gauge and shall be spaced no further than 8" on center. Other door thickness will also have steel stiffeners of either 18 or 16 gage. Doors shall be filled with mineral rock wool insulation.
Edge Construction
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Because they thought that a field hockey official wrongly nullified an apparent goal the first time they played Penn Charter back in September, the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Lions felt that PC's winning score of 4-1 was one point off.
SCH got its two-goal final margin last Tuesday in its rematch with the Quakers, but once again it was PC that came out on top, winning 3-1 this time thanks to a pair of markers by senior Katherine O'Donnell and one by sophomore Avery Shoemaker.
The victory temporarily kept the Quakers alive in the quest for third place in the Girls Inter-Ac League, but by week's end the situation had changed. While uncatchable Episcopal and Notre Dame argued for overall supremacy (splitting in their two tilts), Charter was chasing Agnes Irwin, and head-to-head PC had a loss and a tie against the Owls.
After the SCH win, the Quakers lost 2-0 to Episcopal on Friday to end the week at 5-5-1 in the league, with one game against Germantown Academy still left to play.
Meanwhile, last Thursday Irwin recorded its second win this fall over GA for a league mark of 6-3-1, with Baldwin and then Episcopal still remaining on its schedule. The Owls beat last-place Baldwin 6-0 the first time, and a win in this week's rematch would give Irwin a seventh Inter-Ac victory, putting the Owls out of the Quakers' reach.
Bouncing back from Tuesday's tilt at Charter, Springside Chestnut Hill took a 2-1 lead at GA in the second-half of a Friday contest, only to have the Patriots score once in regulation and once in overtime for a 3-2 victory. The Pats ended the week with a league record of 4-7, while SCH went home 1-10. The Lions have a rematch coming up against Baldwin, a team they defeated, 6-4, at the beginning of October.
Last Tuesday's proceedings at Penn Charter hit a snag immediately when there were no officials on hand at game time. The schools had switched their home-away contests a few weeks earlier, but the officials' game assigner didn't correct the schedule. Although both the SCH and PC websites had the correct information posted, the refs who showed up at the SCH field in Chestnut Hill didn't think to check.
The junior varsity game was started first and stretched through an overtime before the varsity contest finally got underway. The JV's started out with a coach from each team officiating, but two regular refs arrived by the time the varsities took the field.
Not much more time went by before the host Quakers made the first mark on the scoreboard. Rushing through the midfield en masse, Charter had Shoemaker finish the play from low in the circle on the left side with 6:26 elapsed.
Just over three minutes later the hosts were up 2-0. Shoemaker started the sequence by inserting the ball from the left endline on a penalty corner. O'Donnell received it at the top of the circle, and immediately smacked the backboard with a hard drive.
With just under 16-and-a-half minutes remaining in the first half, the Lions scored what would be their lone goal of the day. In the midst of a crowd in front of the PC goalcage, SCH senior Cassie Dunne saw the ball glance off a defender and hit it in.
Dunne, a Norwood Fontbonne Academy graduate, was active in the midfield all day long for the Lions. The same held true for her classmate Taylor Wrubel, who often found herself jousting with the Quakers' skillful Anna Wills. Wills has decided to follow her sister Liz (PC '11) to the hockey team at Bucknell University.
Charter still led the match 2-1 at halftime, and midway through the second period O'Donnell deposited her second goal of the afternoon to reinforce the Quakers' position.


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Part two of WeActivist Arto Saari's conversation with fellow Activist Chris Pastras covers his temporary departure from Flip skateboards to Alien Workshop. There he filmed his "Mindfield" part while recovering from major knee surgery before returning back home to Flip. The two also discuss Arto's deep passion for Photography, the lost art of film, and end the day with a session in Arto's backyard bowl.
Be on the lookout for a follow up video in the Fall!


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A few days ago I mentioned that an article I'd written had been published in the new Fair to Flair Quarterly, which you should definitely buy. (Click here) The theme for this issue was Live Events, and my piece was written on an indie show I saw in Tennessee a few years ago. I found it emotional to write. The people, places and the event it details were and still are very important to me, both personally and as part of my 'wrestling fandom'.
The version you'll read in the Quarterly, however, is quite heavily abridged. While it had to be cut for the journal, it's important to me that the full, unabridged version is available too. I wanted to do something a little different, so I've recorded a reading of my original piece. You can listen by clicking on the media player below. For those who can't get the file to play, who don't have time to listen or who just don't like the sound of my voice, I may upload a downloadable text version to this post within the next few days.


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The ability to increase consumer interaction and engagement is beneficial in this era of showrooming, where retailers are searching for powerful ways to capture the consumer's attention.
Columbus, Ohio (PRWEB) January 03, 2013
SeeMore Interactive, Inc., a leading developer of a retail marketing platform that enhances product interaction and consumer engagement, has partnered with Trends International LLC to bring augmented reality to a new line of posters available in major retail outlets.
In collaboration with SeeMore, Trends has launched the exclusive VirtualShot, an application that enables consumers to use their smartphones and mobile devices to bring poster images to life. The Hobbit, Disney Fairies, Monster High, Angry Birds and The Big Bang Theory are among the posters featuring the application.
The project with Trends makes elements of SeeMore's leading technology accessible to consumers in a retail environment. Expanding the retail marketing platform's application and use with a broader range of retailers and consumers is a high priority for the company in 2013, according to SeeMore president Neal Applefeld.
"We've forged a strong partnership with Trends International that has led to the creation of an exciting new reality for its customers," Applefeld said. "We're well positioned to expand our technology to empower more retailers to interact with consumers on a higher level, ultimately making it much easier for their customers to see, shop and share products. The ability to increase consumer interaction and engagement is beneficial in this era of showrooming, where retailers are searching for powerful ways to capture the consumer's attention."
SeeMore's application relies on augmented reality, image recognition, recommendation engine and location-based technologies to turn catalogs and retail venues into an engaging and shareable shopping experience. With SeeMore's innovative application, retailers and marketers can embed product details, pricing and other information into in-store displays, hangtags, packaging and catalogs. Using a smartphone or mobile device, consumers can purchase products in real time with the e-commerce function, while simultaneously gathering information on related items, pricing, product usage, promotions, sales, warranty and other data that influence buying decisions. Consumers can then share purchases or product preferences on their social networks.
With Trends, the focus is on the augmented reality, image recognition and social sharing aspects of the technology. VirtualShot allows you to join the scene of any Trends International-branded, augmented reality-enabled products by using a mobile device to take a picture of yourself with characters that pop off the poster. Now, you are virtually part of the poster, and the photo is stored on your phone for future fun. The poster image also can be sized, positioned and saved for sharing via social media.
About SeeMore Interactive, Inc.
SeeMore Interactive is focused on helping retailers and organizations engage in powerful ways with consumers by creating a new and exciting level of product interaction. SeeMore integrates image recognition, recommendation engine and location-based technologies with augmented reality to turn everything viewed through a consumer's smartphone or mobile device into a digital, interactive experience. For more information, visit http://www.seemoreinteractive.com.
About Trends International
Trends International, LLC is the leading publisher and manufacturer of licensed posters, calendars, stickers and social stationery products. Established in 1987, Trends began its steady growth based on the recognized need for an integral partnership between licensor, retailer and licensee. Our dedication to quality product, competitive pricing and outstanding customer service has been central in positioning the company as the foremost leader within these product categories. For more information, visit http://www.trendsinternational.com.


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New Mexico Tech congratulates several staff members at the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and one conference, which have all won awards recently.
Peggy Johnson, hydrogeologist at the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, is the 2002 winner of the John C. Frye Memorial Award in Environmental Geology for Water, Watersheds, and Land Use in New Mexico: Impacts of Population Growth on Natural Resources, the 2001 Decision-Makers' Field Guide to the Santa Fe region. The award is given annually to recognize the outstanding paper in environmental geology published by a state survey or by the Geological Society of America during the preceding three years. The award, given in cooperation with the Association of American State Geologists (AASG), will be presented in October at this year's annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, in Denver, Colorado.
Johnson is also the 2002 recipient of the Karl Souder Water Protection Award presented annually by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center. The award recognizes the water protection efforts of an outstanding individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the protection of New Mexico's water. The New Mexico Environmental Law Center, an environmental law and advocacy group, works to protect New Mexico's communities and their environments through public education, legislative initiatives, administrative negotiations, and litigation.
Ron Broadhead, principal senior petroleum geologist and associate director at the Bureau, was the 2002 recipient of the Monroe G. Cheney Science Award for singular contributions to the science of petroleum geology. The award, presented by the Southwest Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), was presented in June at the section meeting in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
Broadhead also received the A. O. Leverson Memorial Award for best paper presentation and the AAPG Southwest Section meeting in Ruidoso for his paper titled "Geologic structure and petroleum source rocks of the Tucumcari Basin, wast-central New Mexico."
William D. Raatz, carbonate stratigrapher and petroleum geologist at the bureau, received the A. L. Cox Award at the Southwest Section meeting of the AAPG in Ruidoso for his poster presentation titled "Bias in cyclic sedimentation toward deposition during sea level turn around points: An example from the Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian Beeman Formation) of the Sacramento Mountains, south-central New Mexico."
The Bureau's 2002 Decision-Makers Field Conference in the San Juan Basin received the Best Practice Award from the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, Council of State Regulatory Officials. The accompanying guidebook, titled New Mexico's Energy, Present and Future: Policy, Production, Economics, and the Environment, was edited by Brian S. Brister and L. Greer Price.


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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
This is the number that struck me the most about Carrie Underwood's tour: 2,600 pounds of confetti. That's what Underwood used on the Blown Away tour that she just finished. She played for 1 million fans (super impressive) across three continents (so cool) and six nations (truly amazing). More huge numbers: She did 112 shows in all, it took nine buses and 16 trucks to get around and she traveled 605,000 miles with her band and crew. Oh, and 408 beach balls went out to the fans to bounce around during the show. But come on. Can you even picture 2,600 pounds of anything? That confetti number blows my mind. Because at 2,600 pounds, that means the total weight of the confetti was somewhere between a male giraffe and a Ford Focus. The only number that might pique my curiosity even more would be the number of brooms it took to clean the confetti up after all 112 shows wrapped.


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text: 2013 has seen its fair share of new and innovative hockey gloves. Companies such as Bauer, Easton, CCM and Reebok have introduced what they consider to be their premier gloves. This write-up will talk about the three different fits of gloves and the comparison between brands. Sometimes the norm is solely based off looks and brands when purchasing new gloves; however, different gloves can offer better performance. The three different fits are broken down into: Traditional, Contoured, and Tapered.


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A passenger in a car died early Sunday when the driver lost control on the 210 Freeway in San Bernardino, overturning the car and causing it to slide off the freeway onto Little Mountain Drive.
The driver was heading west on the 210 Freeway in a gold Nissan Maxima at 2:22 a.m. when he veered off the road and struck a metal guardrail, said CHP Sgt. Billy Rangel.
San Bernardino County coroner's officials said the vehicle overturned several times, slid down an embankment and stopped on Little Mountain.
Sergio Carlos Escalera, 23, died at the scene.
The driver and two other passengers suffered major injuries and were taken to area hospitals for treatment.
The CHP said no other vehicles were involved in the crash.
Reach Melissa via email or call her at 909-386-3878.
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You need to do at least 300 hours of study to pass each of the three CFA level exams. Or, you can always follow our guide to prepping for the CFA exams. Even so, the chances are that you could be knocked for six by the really tough questions.
We've spoken to training companies who coach candidates embarking on the CFA exams. These eight questions - in their opinions - are the toughest questions you are likely to encounter on CFA levels I, II, and III. Helpfully, they have also provided solutions.
1. Level I: Beth Knight, CFA, and David Royal, CFA, are independently analyzing the value of Bishop, Inc. stock. Bishop paid a dividend of $1 last year. Knight expects the dividend to grow by 10% in each of the next three years, after which it will grow at a constant rate of 4% per year. Royal also expects a temporary growth rate of 10% followed by a constant growth rate of 4%, but he expects the supernormal growth to last for only two years. Knight estimates that the required return on Bishop stock is 9%, but Royal believes the required return is 10%. Royal's valuation of Bishop stock is approximately:
A. $5 less than Knight's valuation
B. Equal to Knights valuation
C. $5 greater than Knights valuation
"The correct answer is A.
You can select the correct answer without calculating the share values. Royal is using a shorter period of supernormal growth and a higher required rate of return on the stock. Both of these factors will contribute to a lower value using the multistage DDM.
Royal's valuation is $5.10 less that Knight's valuation."
2. Level I: John Gray, CFA and Sally Miller are discussing what they think their year-end bonus will be and how they might spend them. Miller is new to working in finance and asks Gray what people usually get and what he has got in the past. Gray explains that the firm prohibits employees from discussing their exact bonus number but also says that 30% of people get 'good' bonus', 50% 'average' and 20% 'low'. Gray says that he really wants a new smart watch recently released by a large tech company and says that he will definitely buy it if he gets a 'good' bonus, while there is only a 50% and 10% probability he will get it with an 'average' or 'low' bonus respectively.
Two weeks later, Miller sees Gray in the office and asks him if he got a good bonus. Gray reminds Miller that the firm's policy means he cannot say, but Miller notices that he is wearing the new smart watch they were talking about. Miller goes back to her desk and calculates the probability that Gray got a 'good' bonus is closest to:
"Using Bayes' Formula : P(Event|Information) = P(Event) * P(Information |Event) / P(Information)
In this case, the event is getting a good bonus, and the information is that Gray has bought the new watch.
The probability that he got a good bonus and then bought the watch is given by:
P(Event)*P(Information |Event) = 0.3*1.00 = 0.30
The total probability that he would buy the watch is given by:
P(Information) = 0.3*1.00 + 0.5*0.50 + 0.2*0.10 = 0.57
Therefore, the probability that he got a good bonus is the proportion of probability that he got a good bonus and got the watch, to the total probability he got the watch:
P(Event|Information) = 0.30 / 0.57 = 0.53."
3. Level I: For a European Call option on a stock, which of the following changes, (looking at each change individually and keeping all other factors constant) would an analyst be least likely confident about an up or down movement in the price of the option?
A: Share price goes up; dividend goes up
B: The demand for share increases / supply decreases; interest rates fall
C: Share increases in volatility; the firm cancels the next dividend
"Share price up = Option Price Up
Dividend up = Option Price Down (dividends are benefits of holding the underlying share, when holding the option, you do not receive dividend)
Share in High Demand = Option Price down as this is a benefit in holding the underlying
Interest Rates Fall = Option Price Down as this reduces the cost of carry of holding the underlying
Share increases in volatility = Option Price Up
Cancels next dividend = Option Price Up, as these dividends are not received by the option holder anyway
A is the correct answer; as the increase in the option price due to the share going up could be offset by the decrease in the price due to the dividend going up.
B results in the option price falling for both scenarios and C results in the option price rising in both scenarios."
4. Level II: Sudbury Industries expects FCFF in the coming year of 400 million Canadian dollars ($), and expects FCFF to grow forever at a rate of 3 percent. The company maintains an all-equity capital structure, and Sudbury's required rate of return on equity is 8 percent.
Sudbury Industries has 100 million outstanding common shares. Sudbury's common shares are currently trading in the market for $80 per share.
Using the Constant-Growth FCFF Valuation Model, Sudbury's stock is:
A. Fairly-valued.
B. Over-valued
C. Under-Valued
"The correct answer is A.
Based on a free cash flow valuation model, Sudbury Industries shares appear to be fairly valued.
Since Sudbury is an all-equity firm, WACC is the same as the required return on equity of 8%.
The firm value of Sudbury Industries is the present value of FCFF discounted by using WACC. Since FCFF should grow at a constant 3 percent rate, the result is:
Firm value = FCFF1 / WACC−g = 400 million / 0.08−0.03 = 400 million / 0.05 = $8,000 million
Since the firm has no debt, equity value is equal to the value of the firm. Dividing the $8,000 million equity value by the number of outstanding shares gives the estimated value per share:
V0 = $8,000 million / 100 million shares = $80.00 per share
5. Level II: (Excerpt from item set)
Financial information on a company has just been published including the following:
|Net income
|$240 million
|Cost of equity
|Dividend payout rate (paid at year end)
|Common stock shares in issue
|20 million
Dividends and free cash flows will increase a growth rate that steadily drops from 14% to 5% over the next four years, then will increase at 5% thereafter.
The intrinsic value per share using dividend-based valuation techniques is closest to:
"The H-model is frequently required in Level II item sets on dividend or free cash flow valuation.
The model itself can be written as V0 = D0 ÷ (r – gL) x [(1 + gL) + (H x (gS – gL))] where gS and gL are the short-term and long-term growth rates respectively, and H is the "half life" of the drop in growth.
For this question, the calculation is: dividend D0 = $240m x 0.6 ÷ 20m = $7.20 per share.
V0 = $7.20 ÷ (0.12 – 0.05) x [1.05 + 2 x (0.14 – 0.05)] = $126.51, answer B.
However, there is a neat shortcut for remembering the formula. Sketch a graph of the growth rate against time: a line decreasing from short-term gS down to long-term gL over 2H years, then horizontal at level gL. Consider the area under the graph in two parts: the 'constant growth' part, and the triangle.
If you look at the formula, the 'constant growth' component uses the first part of the square bracket, i.e. D0 ÷ (r – gL) x [(1 + gL) …], which is your familiar D1 ÷ (r – gL). For the triangle, what is its area? Half base x height = 0.5 x 2H x (gS – gL) = H x (gS – gL). This is the second part of the square bracket.
Hence the H-model can be rewritten as V0 = D0 ÷ (r – gL) x [(1 + gL) + triangle]."
6. Level III: A German portfolio manager entered a 3-month forward contract with a U.S. bank to deliver $10,000,000 for euros at a forward rate of €0.8135/$. One month into the contract, the spot rate is €0.8170/$, the euro rate is 3.5%, and the U.S. rate is 4.0%. Determine the value and direction of any credit risk.
"The German manager (short position) has contracted with a U.S. bank to sell dollars at €0.8135, and the dollar has strengthened to €0.8170. The manager would be better off in the spot market than under the contract, so the bank faces the credit risk (the manager could default). From the perspective of the U.S. bank (the long position), the amount of the credit risk is:
Vbank (long) = €8,170,000 / (1.04)2/12 ˗ €8,135,000 / (1.035)2/12 = €28,278
(The positive sign indicates the bank faces the credit risk that the German manager might default.)"
7. Level III: Within the 'Option Strategies' section
|Call 1
|c1 = 6
|Call 2
|c2 = 4
|Put 1
|p1 = 0.604
|Put 2
|p2 = 8.001
Risk-free rate continuously compounded: 4% annual
Option expiry: 6 months
Using the above data for a box spread, calculate what arbitrage profit can be achieved at the end of 6 months.
"First, work out the cost of the box spread. Combine the two call options into a bull spread (buy the low strike call and sell the high strike call), and the two put options into a bear spread (buy the high strike put and sell the low strike put). Combining those two gives a box spread. To calculate the initial cost, work out the net premia:
Cost = c1 - c2 + p2 - p1 = 6 – 4 + 8.001 – 0.604 = $9.397
The payoff from the box spread will be the difference between the strike levels, ie 30 – 20 = $10.
If you borrowed $9.397 at the beginning in order to enter the box spread, how much would you have to pay back after 6 months? You need to compound the cost at the risk-free rate:
$9.397 x e0.04 x 0.5 = $9.58683
So the arbitrage profit would be the difference between the payoff and what you have to pay back on the loan, ie $10 - $9.58683 = $0.41317"
8. Level III: Assume Felix Burrow is a US investor, holding some euro-denominated assets. Given the information below, calculate the domestic return for Burrow over the year.
|Expected in 1 year
|Euro asset
|USD/EUR exchange rate
"The domestic return (return in USD terms) depends on the EUR-return of the asset, as well as on the change in exchange rates:
where RFX is the change in spot rates, using the domestic currency as the price currency (ie we require a USD/EUR quote). In this example, the exchange rate is quoted as such, so we can use the quote provided (otherwise, if the domestic currency was the base currency, we would need to invert the quote first).
Burrow's domestic currency return was higher than the underlying asset return, because he further benefits from the appreciation of the Euro (depreciation of the USD)."
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I'm facing a strange problem. My development machine was recently moved to Ubuntu. When I edit files situated in a network server (LAN) and then save, the files are getting corrupted. In all cases a few lines from the bottom portion of the source file is being copied/pasted twice. Like this:-
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 <? include("footer.php"); ?>

 <? include("footer.php"); ?>
See how the footer and the previous line is copied twice.
In both Eclipse and NetBeans, I'm accessing the files like this:
/home/user/.gvfs/server1 on 192.168.1.5/MyProject/file.php
gedit works fine, which is accessing the files via smb.
The network server is running RedHat. Also there are other users editing the files through gvfs using both Eclipse and NetBeans and they say the haven't this problem.
Anyone knows any solutions or or workarounds?


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Sales of high-end homes fell by more than one-third in 2012 from the year before, but the number of homes that sold for more than $3 million was still second only to 2011, a new Macdonald Realty report shows.
There were 439 sales of homes for more than $3 million in 2012 in B.C. Forty-four of those were townhomes or condos and 107 sold for more than $5 million, the Macdonald Realty report shows. The most expensive home sold in B.C. in 2012 went for $19.8 million.
The real estate market overall is experiencing a slowdown in Metro Vancouver, where the number of sales last year dropped about 23 per cent, the total sales dollar volume fell 28 per cent and the average residential price was $730,000, down 6.4 per cent from the year before.
Immigrant buying patterns are driving the luxury market, said Dan Scarrow, vice-president at Macdonald Realty. Scarrow, who is half-Chinese and speaks Mandarin, works with realtors and individuals from mainland China who are looking for homes and may need help communicating.
"For the past few years, we've seen lots of new investor-class immigrants coming into the market," Scarrow said. " ... They're not just buying a house for themselves, but also three or four residential investment properties as well."
This "exuberance" among immigrant buyers has slowed, Scarrow said, as the economy slowed in China and prices rose rapidly in Vancouver.
"A lot of the Vancouver real estate market is powered by investor sentiment and psychology. In 2011 the perception among investors — a lot of whom are from Mainland China, where the economic system was going crazy for the last 10 years — (was) extremely (positive). They had lots of disposable income and the last 10 years have been great for them," Scarrow said. "They brought that sentiment here when they immigrated here and it resulted in this big uptick in the real estate market here. But in the last two years, housing prices here have gone up a lot, so a lot of investors see that there is not that much more room in the short term for it to go much higher."
George Wong, founder and president of Magnum Projects, a condominium marketing company, who has worked in Vancouver's new real estate market for 20 years, said while Vancouver's average home price may be higher than the average price in many other cities, the price of luxury homes still has room to go up.
While a luxury apartment on the waterfront in Vancouver might sell for $1,750 a square foot, a similar home in New York or London would sell for $5,000 to $6,000 per square foot, Wong said.
"On the world scale, Vancouver luxury real estate is an extremely great value," Wong said. "That's why we're attracting a lot of international buyers in the luxury category."
At Magnum Projects, pre-construction sales in 2012 outnumbered presales in 2011 by 15 to 20 per cent in unit count, Wong said, adding that both owner-occupiers and investors were active in the market.
A good portion of the growth in numbers of homes selling for more than $3 million is simply a function of real estate prices going up, Scarrow said. To illustrate how quickly and dramatically the prices of luxury homes have shot up, in 2000, just 10 homes in B.C. sold for more than $3 million, Macdonald Realty statistics show.
"Luxury is such a subjective term. We've been doing this analysis for almost ten years now and we set this luxury barrier at $3 million, when there were only 10 homes selling in Greater Vancouver that had reached that mark," Scarrow said.
New immigrants from China are still moving to Vancouver, Scarrow said, and they are still looking for homes to live in, but are not so keen on buying investment properties.
"The people that are buying here are planning on moving here, or they are immigrants here, or they are citizens here, but they just happen to be ethnically Chinese," Scarrow said. "It has basically reverted back to a normal real estate market with the investors standing on the sidelines, but the people who need to move up, move down or get into the market are still there and they are still reactive. It's probably healthier for everyone."
Wong said hesitation on the part of buyers in 2012 is due to what they have read and what they hear about the world economy.
"I think Greater Vancouver has a lot to go in terms of value appreciation in the long term," Wong said. "They're sitting on their money or liquidity, waiting for the right moment to jump in."
Scarrow doesn't expect prices to vary by more than five per cent up or down, except in areas that were bid up a lot in 2011, where prices may drop a bit further.
About two years ago, the prices of single-family homes began to rise faster than the prices of townhomes and condos, but Scarrow said that in one sector, that diversion has stabilized: penthouses.
Realtor Will McKitka, who specializes in the sale of penthouse homes, said buyers are attracted to penthouses because of their exclusivity and unique characteristics.
"Features such as higher ceilings, better views, better quality finishing and often superior outdoor living space," McKitka said.
Vancouver's west side and West Vancouver accounted for the majority of the homes sold for more than $3 million, the report shows.