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Florida Maps: Then & Now is an animated map series from the State Library and Archives of Florida. The project uses Google Earth to create animated videos with historic and modern maps, photographs, and primary source documents from our collections.
This episode features historic maps of Ft. Lauderdale.
Welcome to Florida Maps: Then & Now, an animated map series from the State Archives of Florida. This episode highlights historic maps of Fort Lauderdale.
Lounging green Iguanas, discarded pets imported from another land, bake in the sun, contrasting against the white limestone rocks along the New River in modern downtown Fort Lauderdale. This map, from the confirmed Spanish Land Grant of Lewis Frankee, shows the area at a much earlier time, when the winding river was frequented only intermittently by Seminole Indians and shipwreck victims.
William Cooley was one of the first American settlers to arrive in the area after Florida became a territory of the United States in 1821. He served as the local Justice of the Peace, established a farm, and operated a trading post along the river that came to be known as Cooley Hammock. Several members of Cooley's family were victims of the violence that marked the outbreak of the Second Seminole War. On January 4, 1836, Seminole and black warriors attacked the Cooley family, killing his wife and children. The attack reportedly came as a result of Cooley's inability to bring to justice white settlers that murdered a prominent Seminole leader.
Later in the war, the United States Army built a fort on the site and named it Fort Lauderdale. Seminole families took up residence near Cooley Hammock following the end of the Seminole Wars. Among the first white settlers to arrive in the area after the Seminole Wars was Frank Stranahan. He established a trading post on the New River and traded with the Seminoles. Seminole families visited Stranahan's store to trade animal hides for goods they could not produce themselves, such as firearms, ammunition, cloth, and metal pots.
The arrival of Henry Flagler's railroad in the late 1890s set the course for the rapid development of the area in the early 20th century. In the 1920s, work began on nearby Port Everglades. Engineers dug an entrance channel that opened the New River to large, oceangoing vessels. Today, the port welcomes cruise ships and commercial freighters from around the world. Several historic structures remain intact today in downtown Fort Lauderdale, including the New River Inn, built by Philemon Bryan and Edward T. King in 1905, and the Stranahan House, built in 1901 to replace the original trading post.
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International students in virtually any institution confront the challenge of fully participating in community life.
International students in virtually any institution confront the challenge of fully participating in community life. When students' native cultures and languages are not shared or reflected in the community majority, the best intentions from their domestic classmates and institutional peers are often not enough to address systemic issues of race, ethnicity, and power. McCormick is no stranger to these knotty realities – but it does work at naming them and keeping them on the radar.
A small but potentially significant breakthrough occurred at McCormick's international student orientation in late August, when a fledgling organization called the Global Community, led by a group of returning international students, hosted an outdoor luncheon for the rest of the community. For a variety of reasons, communication was spotty – a perfect illustration of said systemic issues – but those who did attend enjoyed outstanding home-cooked meals and basked in a great deal of warmth, hospitality, and family-friendly activity.
While McCormick's Global Community is still taking shape, already its very existence as an organization governed by international students engaging the rest of the seminary represents an important shift in the community dynamic.
"McCormick is making an effort to connect with the international students, but we also recognize that it is a challenge for us as individuals to find a way to participate in events that are not specifically for us," said Chingboi Guite, Co-Moderator of the Global Community.
"Sometimes it is because we come from cultures that do not encourage us to express ourselves, and sometimes it is because of a language barrier. But I think we can find courage to express our concerns or needs when we feel the support of an organization or group."
Introducing the Global Community officers
Chingboi Guite is in her second-year as a Global Scholar enrolled in the Master of Theological Studies degree program. Originally from India, she spent a very formative five years in Japan and claims the Baptist tradition.
She is joined in her work as Co-Moderator by Ji-Tae Park, a second year Korean Methodist student also in the M.T.S. degree program. Prior to coming to McCormick, he had two years of experience as a pastor as well as serving as an administrator at The National Council of Churches in Korea's Justice and Peace Bureau.
Also a second-year Global Scholar, Lilit Ayvazyan is the Global Community Secretary. She comes from Armenia by way of the Near East School of Theology (NEST) in Beirut, where she received her Master of Divinity degree in 2008. A coordinator for Christian education in the Evangelical Church of Armenia in her hometown, Lilit learned of McCormick while studying with Rob Worley at NEST. Rob is Director of McCormick's Language Resource and Writing Center and the faculty advisor for the Global Community.
Global Community's fourth and final officer is second-year M.T.S. candidate Mi Suk Shin, who serves as Treasurer. Mi Suk is an ordained Korean Presbyterian minister who served for six years as Head of Missions for the National Korean Presbyterian Women after earning her M.Div. in 1998. In 2004, she received her Masters in Social Work and has expressed a commitment to providing education for Korean families living in the United States.
'We are anxious to hear your voices'
Just an hour prior to the Global Community's luncheon, President Cynthia Campbell welcomed the new international students in McGaw Common Room. She plainly and candidly reflected on the unwieldy work of becoming a new community and the unique learning opportunities that McCormick's international students afford the faculty and rest of the student body.
"There will be days when it will be difficult for some of you, difficult for us, difficult to become the new community that we want to be together," she said. "We will misunderstand one another from time to time, but it is God that gives us the grace and the openness to live through the bumps and to build community.
"You who come from different parts of God's Church and God's world bring very important gifts to this community. We who were born and raised in the United States are anxious to hear your voices, your experience and your different ways of understanding the Church."

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I need to remember to put the phone by Joseph so I can wake him up to do a check after I'm gone.
(That's my first thought on waking at 6:15 am last Tuesday morning.)
This will be Day Two of a conference I'm attending for my job. The event pulls together folks from citizen advocacy groups across the Midwest. And since most of the work I've done this summer has been from home, this opportunity to learn, share ideas and meet other advocates is welcome indeed. In fact, I rearranged our summer vacation plans so that I could be in town for this thing -- and I'm really glad I did.
I have to be downtown at 8am, the same time Ryan has to be at work -- and Joseph is going to watch Evan for us.
Before heading downstairs to shower, I snatch Joseph's meter and logbook up off my dresser, and step quietly into his room. My boy is stretched out on his futon, face buried in his pillow, when I take hold of his right hand and prick a finger.
Wait-- that can't be right.
Whipping open his logbook, I see that he was high all night -- and that he and Ryan did a set change at 2am when he was 398.
Ryan noted that he'd had a bent cannula.
Despite the fact that Joseph has been in the 300s before -- that there have been times when he's experienced a night of high blood sugars, and he's been okay -- I get a sick feeling.
Deep down in the pit of my stomach.
It takes all of 10 seconds for me to run downstairs, grab the blood ketone meter from the black bag, tear open and load a strip, and prick yet another of Joseph's calloused finger tips.
Oh no.
In almost six years with diabetes, Joseph has never had a blood ketone reading higher than .5 -- a urine ketone strip darker than pink.
Not even at diagnosis.
"Joseph... Joseph... Bud, you need to get up," I say, shaking him gently while trying to stay calm. "You're really high and you've got ketones. A lot of ketones."
Joseph is suddenly bolt upright and heading into the bathroom. Seconds later, he walks back into his room, wide eyed -- holding out a urine ketostick with a dark maroon tip.
"Okay, Bud-- let's get you some water. We need to flush out those ketones."
"What's going on?" Ryan asks, joining us in the hallway.
I fill him in as the three of us move quickly downstairs. Even though Joseph has a new 4-hour old set, and a correction on board, I draw up a shot, inject, then have him sit on the couch and drink a glass of water.
"This is really bad," I tell Ryan quietly in the kitchen-- and as if to illustrate this point, Joseph calls out from the couch:
"Mom, my stomach doesn't feel good- "
He hardly gets the words out of his mouth before he's back up and running to the bathroom. I'm right behind him. He barely makes it to the toilet before he's retching violently. I crouch down by his side and rub his back. When he's done, Joseph sits back, leaning against the tub.
"I feel a lot better, Mom," he tells me in a shaky voice, "I think I just needed to throw up."
And for half an hour, he really does seem better.
But then when I check him again at 7am, his blood sugar is 323; ketones are now 2.4.
Worse -- after more water, he's vomiting again.
We can't do this ourselves.
I grab the phone and punch in the number of the diabetes physician on call at our clinic -- then pace all over the house until finally, 15 minutes later, he calls back.
I give the doc everything -- Joseph's numbers from the previous night (he was 120 before dinner, before climbing into the 300s overnight), ketone levels, the vomiting...
"All right," he says, "it sounds like you're doing all the right things. You need to give him insulin by syringe every two hours, using a sliding scale -- let's not rely on the pump. Also, you need to give him calorie-containing fluids -- watered down orange juice, flat soda... -- and then insulin for them. Remember, the idea is to bring down the ketone levels, not necessarily the blood sugar.... "
"Should we just bring him in?" I ask, trying to keep the panic out of my voice.
"No, I think you may be able to turn this around at home -- but if you don't see improvement in the next 4 hours, then you'll have to bring him to the emergency room."
"Okay," is all I can say. Anything else is caught in my throat. Through tears, I write down the sliding scale for Joseph's injections.
Then I take a deep breath and return to the kitchen.
"Ryan, we need calorie-containing fluids -- the doc suggested watered-down orange juice, but I think the acid is going to be too hard on his stomach. Ginger ale and Gatorade or G2 might be better."
So Ryan heads out to a store five minutes from our house.
And I'm pacing again.
It ends up taking him nearly 20 minutes.
At 7:50am we do another check-- Joseph's blood sugar has dropped to 268, ketones to 1.9.
Thank. God.
I have him drink a small glass of G2, and within minutes he's vomiting again. Bending over him, I press gently on the back of his his neck with a cool, moist cloth. "You're gonna be all right," I say to him, over and over.
A little over an hour later -- at 9am -- his blood sugar is 245 and ketones have dropped to 1.5.
"I think he's turned a corner," I tell Ryan.
"Maybe you can go to your conference," Ryan says, "I can stay home the rest of the day... "
"Maybe... but not until I know he's really okay and- "
"I'm hungry," interrupts a small voice coming from the stairs. Evan is awake and ready for breakfast. Ryan gets her a bowl of cereal. After eating she joins her brother in the living room, settling in on a chair next to the couch.
At 9:45, I leave a message for my boss bringing him up to date on what's happening, telling him that Joseph is feeling better and that I might be able to make it to the 11:15 session -- unless something changes between now and then.
And it does.
15 minutes later, when I check Joseph again, his blood sugar is 287 -- ketones are back up to 2.2.
The whole time, even though we've been injecting him, Joseph has been connected to his insulin pump. I'd hoped the basal insulin he was getting from it might help...
"Bud, can you pull out your set?"
He reaches down to his left hip, takes hold of the set and pulls.
Then we both just stare at the cannula: a tiny teflon tube, bent so flat it's flush with the surrounding adhesive tape.
Two. Two bent cannulas.
"I should have had you do that earlier. I just assumed... a new set... "
When I leave the room to get a new infusion set, I stand alone in the kitchen. Frozen. Thinking about this stupid mistake and what might happen because of it.
Then I grab a set.
After insertion, I give him yet another injection.
An hour later, at 11am, Joseph's blood sugar is down to 264.
But ketones are 2.5 and he's throwing up again.
"Bud, how do you feel?" I ask him, when he resettles on the couch.
"Better," he says, "actually... I feel hungry."
We both laugh. But still, I'm frightened-- and feeling more helpless than I have in a very long time.
Noon is the cut off, I tell myself.
Regardless of blood sugar, if ketones aren't improving or he throws up again, we're going to the ER.
At 11:55, I take hold of his hand.
"I'm sorry I have to keep doing this, Bud."
"It's okay, Mom." Then he gives me a long look. "Thanks for staying with me."
I look down at his hand in mine, unable to say anything. Then, praying silently, I prick the tip of his finger, touch it to the loaded strip and stare at the meter's display.
And it's like a mass has suddenly been lifted from my chest.
"Yesss!" we both say, high fiving and fist bumping.
Blood sugar is still high at 244, but thankfully, it too is coming down.
"Mom, if my ketones keep going down, can we get Subway for lunch?"
"Whatever you want, Bud... whatever the heck you want."
Then I sit with him on the couch, his head in my lap, and watch reruns of the Cosby show, during which his ketone levels fall from .9 to .7 to .4 -- and finally, to zero.
(Though it takes until eight o'clock that night to bring his blood sugar down to 115 -- and far longer for me to feel in any way relaxed.)
Oh, and yes-- we did indeed get Subway for lunch.


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Authors and Artists :: Dr. Preston C. VanLoon
Dr. Preston C. VanLoon is passionate about making a difference in the lives of people and organizations. He is a much sought-after motivational and inspirational speaker for conferences and retreats, both domestically and internationally, and provides daily "Forgive & Live" meditations on KNDR-FM radio in Mandan, ND. Dr. VanLoon has published curriculum and journal articles on a variety of topics including interpersonal forgiveness, which was the focus of his doctoral dissertation. He has served as a college professor, pastor, chaplain, and mental health counselor. His education includes a doctorate in educational psychology with a specialization in human development, two master's degrees in Christian education and biblical studies, and additional graduate studies in special education.
His book, The Path to Forgiveness, is for those who are struggling with an unjust, painful experience and in need of healing and hope in their life. He takes his readers down "the path to forgiveness" one step at a time through a series of thought-provoking meditations that address different aspects of the forgiveness process.
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"The Path to Forgiveness is a must-read and useful resource for those who experience interpersonal conflict and pain. In a very practical way, Preston VanLoon carefully leads the reader through the forgiveness process, from hurting to healing and hope."
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"Carrying around the pain of past hurts can be a major burden that often seems unavoidable and impacts the quality of our lives. As a light into this darkness, Dr. VanLoon has given us a wonderful and very readable book that can be helpful no matter what our religious or spiritual beliefs or practices may be. There are words of great wisdom here from which all of us can benefit."
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"We've all heard it said, you can't help how you feel. But when it comes to forgiveness, what you can't put behind you can cause you great pain. Preston VanLoon brings his considerable experience as a pastor, chaplain, and counselor to this book that offers practical advice about forgiving and then letting go so you can heal."
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"For those who struggle with forgiveness, meditating thoughtfully about it in light of God's love can sometimes be a challenge. Finally, Preston VanLoon has given us a book that can guide us toward the freedom and blessing of forgiving!"
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"Preston VanLoon offers practical, thoughtful steps to help, hope, and heal through the power of forgiveness. He teaches individuals how to name the causes of unjust suffering and deal reflectively and honestly about their pain. Victims and caregivers can use this book to work through pain caused by someone else. It is a timely resource for people in the midst of difficult challenges."
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"The devotional approach in The Path to Forgiveness sets it apart from other books on finding release from undeserved hurts. This book will serve as a practical guide for anyone who has not been able to find freedom from the emotional injuries of the past."
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Get a sense of the history of rail in Queensland and even see the railway equipment at the former station including rolling stock, goods shed and heritage listed water tank for steam engines.
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Sonny Bono
Name at birth: Salvatore Bono
Sonny Bono first gained fame in the 1960s as part of the singing duo Sonny and Cher. The two met in the early 1960s and were married in 1964. Sonny wrote their hits "I Got You Babe" (1965) and "The Beat Goes On"(1967) and they soon became both a singing duo and a comedy act of sorts: the shorter Bono, with droopy mustache and psychedelic clothes, played a lovable goofball, while Cher was the tall, beautiful singer. They starred in a popular TV show, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, from 1971 until 1974. (The show often featured their daughter Chastity, born in 1969.) Sonny and Cher were divorced in 1974, and Cher went on to a solo singing and acting career. Sonny Bono, despite the enduring goofball tag, managed to be elected mayor of Palm Springs, California in 1988, and then was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994 and reelected in 1996. Sonny Bono died in 1998 after skiing into a tree at the Heavenly Ski Resort near South Lake Tahoe, California. His wife Mary replaced him in his Congressional seat after a special election the same year.
As an adult, Chastity Bono became a gay rights activist and then underwent transgender treatments, becoming Chaz Bono… Sonny Bono married the former Susie Coelho in 1981; they were divorced in 1984. He then married the former Mary Whittaker in 1986. They had two children: son Chesare Elanborn (born 1988) and daughter Chianna Maria (b. 1991).
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A president's first term is a fresh track in the snow. His second term moves on a set of rutted paths. The shiny cause has become a vast machine, its wheels spinning on internal impulses unrelated to presidential priorities or pressing needs.
As President Obama moves toward his fourth State of the Union address, he will be looking for policies that appeal to the country, but also try to rekindle the purpose of his administration. Inertia and intellectual exhaustion are fought with presidential initiatives.
There is one issue in particular that cries out for attention while receiving almost none. Our politics moves from budget showdown to cultural conflict to trivial controversy while carefully avoiding the greatest single threat to the unity of America: the vast, increasing segregation of young, African-American men and boys from the promise of their country.
America is in the process of managing, accommodating and containing a crisis that should be intolerable. More than 50 percent of young black men in inner cities are now dropping out of school -- making high school graduation the exception to this dismal new rule. They consequently lag behind other groups in college attendance and graduation. Their rates of incarceration are disproportionately high and rates of workforce participation disproportionately low. "For virtually each outcome considered," Harry Holzer of Georgetown University has written, "young black men now lag behind every other race and gender group in the U.S."
The problem has gotten worse for decades, in good economic times and bad. Others benefited from the tight labor markets of the 1990s. African-American men did not. By 2004, more than half of all black men in their 20s were unemployed. And the size of this problem gets consistently underestimated, since employment figures officially exclude the incarcerated. A problem that seems insoluble is thus rendered invisible.
Social scientists debate which causes of these problems are most causal, but generally agree on the list. Declining blue-collar employment opportunities. Failing schools. Lingering racism. Absent parents (just 37 percent of black children are raised in two-parent families).The growth of an "oppositional culture" that undermines achievement. Child support policies that unintentionally penalize honest work (up to half of black males are involved in the child support system). An incarceration boom that has made ex-offenders less employable.
A disturbing momentum
Some of these trends gather a disturbing momentum. More than 50 percent of prison inmates are parents with minor children -- and those children are significantly more likely to be suspended or expelled from school. Issues of economics and values are often impossible to disentangle. "As relative rewards to mainstream legal work of less educated young black men have declined," argues Holzer, "so have their own attachment to the mainstream world of school and work and to mainstream behaviors and values more broadly."
Who in America devotes sustained, practical attention to young African-American males? "Perversely enough," Hugh Price of the National Urban League has observed, "the only potent lobby that looks after their food, clothing and shelter is the prison-industrial complex, which thrives on incarcerating them."
This general lack of national urgency is an indictment of people on the whole ideological spectrum, including liberals. Once upon a time, liberalism was about something more than the marginal tax rates and the interests of the middle class. Leaders such as Hubert Humphrey, Robert F. Kennedy and Daniel Patrick Moynihan focused national sympathy on marginalized groups. Moynihan gave sophisticated attention to African-American males in his 1965 report on black families in America.
If the re-election of President Obama is to mark a new era of liberal governance, let's at least have some causes worthy of the liberal moral impulse. The one advantage of a social challenge on this scale is that it offers broad opportunities for creative policy: promoting early childhood education and parenting skills; encouraging youth development and mentoring; expanding technical education and apprenticeships; fostering college enrollment and completion; offering greater opportunities for national service; extending wage subsidies to low-income, non-custodial fathers; reforming sentencing and easing prisoner re-entry. When there is a canyon to fill, just about everyone can usefully take a shovel.
A large presidential initiative on this topic would have an influence beyond policy. It would encourage understanding for some Americans who currently attract little of it. It would allow Obama to solicit conservative input and engage religious institutions. And it would be a powerful way to dispel the second-term blues.
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T.Y. Hilton was on fire Sunday.
The Indianapolis Colts receiver scorched one of the NFL's best defenses, catching five passes for 140 yards and two touchdowns in the team's 34-28 victory over the Seattle Seahawks
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Hilton said his big day started after one of the Seahawks' cornerbacks insulted him. No, it wasn't Richard Sherman this time.
"(Brandon) Browner said I'm light as (expletive)," Hilton told USA Today Sports on Sunday.
That insult came after the Colts started the game with three three-and-outs, Hilton said. Not long after, Hilton blew by the Seahawks' secondary for a 73-yard touchdown catch and run.
"(Browner) made me hit the light switch that nobody's seen," Hilton said. "He made that decision. So they should blame him."
"He pushed the button," Hilton said. "So he deserved it."
Buttons, switches, we're down with whatever the metaphor Hilton wants to use.
As for the usually talkative Sherman, Hilton said the cornerback didn't say a word.
"Richard Sherman? He wouldn't even look me in the eye," Hilton said. "Not at all. The whole time."
Sherman is smart enough not to talk smack when he and his secondary are getting torched.
In the future, other cornerbacks would be wise to let the sleeping beast lie as well.
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Evening all!
If you find the title vague then let me assure you it was semi-intentional.
It seems in any movie where a battle takes place set in the era of sword-and-shield (historical, fantasy, etc.) the commands always have little counters, pieces, blocks, what have you to represent their troop movements.
I'm currently playing a D&D campaign with friends and we've reached a point where we too are looking over a battle map and pondering about an upcoming battle.
I think it would be quite fantastic if, for that, I could actually break out some little wooden pieces for me and the gents to use in this battle preparation - both for immersion and for making a childhood fantasy come true.
However, I've no idea what to look for. Chess pieces, counters, etc. seem a good place to start and no doubt end up but it'd be great if any of you lot could point me to something a little more suited to purpose.
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Not wood, and could just be painted one colour:
If you are keen on wooden pieces look at boardgames in charity shops for different shapes and sizes.
If you are keen on wooden pieces look at boardgames in charity shops for different shapes and sizes.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
COORDS Are Final For My There Be Dragons Here Multi Listing Series - W00t!
Yes I am one happy geocaching hider. After all the work and investigation along a nearby greenway I finally have all of the coordinates in place for my geocaching series There Be Dragons Here. So all of the ammo boxes are ready, filled with swag, FTF prizes, notebook and proper signage. The coordinates have been registered in the four listing services and just waiting final approval from two of the sites. The geocaches get hidden tomorrow and once all are approved I will officially publish them to be found. I am very excited and also interested if geocachers will just go for the ones on their listing site and ignore the rest or go for the whole series. I now have officially placed a hide on all the main services.
Will let you know when it is ready and the GC number for the first of the series. Good luck everyone and I hope you enjoy the quest.
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Congratulations! I'm in Holly Springs and I've recently discovered your podcast. It's nice to hear a podcast from someone who is local!
I have what I think is a basic question. When you say you listed on all four of the major services, what are the major four? Geocaching, OpenCaching(?) are two I'm guessing, but what are the other two?
I'm looking forward to searching for dragons! :-)
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- May 14, 2013 at 11:35 AM
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Well Howdy Neighbor.
Hi PeppercornElvis,
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text: NYSE:C - Citigroup Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Citigroup Inc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $63.46 -0.99 (-1.54 %) (As of 02/28/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Today's Range$61.34Now: $63.46▼$64.4550-Day Range$64.45MA: $77.75▼$81.9152-Week Range$60.05Now: $63.46▼$83.11Volume46.01 million shsAverage Volume14.37 million shsMarket Capitalization$133.68 billionP/E Ratio7.89Dividend Yield3.17%Beta1.78 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on StocktwitsPrint this articleShare by Email Citigroup Inc, a diversified financial services holding company, provides various financial products and services for consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions in North America, Latin America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates through two segments, Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and Institutional Clients Group (ICG). Read More… Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry National commercial banks Sub-IndustryOther Diversified Financial Services SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:C Previous Symbol CUSIP17296742 CIK831001 Webhttp://www.citigroup.com/ Phone212-559-1000Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.41 Current Ratio1.00 Quick Ratio1.00Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio7.89 Forward P/E Ratio7.33 P/E Growth0.75 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$103.45 billion Price / Sales1.29 Cash Flow$9.50 per share Price / Cash Flow6.68 Book Value$83.54 per share Price / Book0.76Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$7.58 Net Income$19.40 billion Net Margins18.75% Return on Equity10.32% Return on Assets0.93%Miscellaneous Employees204,000 Outstanding Shares2,106,487,000Market Cap$133.68 billion Next Earnings Date4/15/2020 (Confirmed) OptionableOptionable Receive C News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for C and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. C Rates by TradingView Citigroup (NYSE:C) Frequently Asked Questions What is Citigroup's stock symbol? Citigroup trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "C." How often does Citigroup pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Citigroup? Citigroup announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.51 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.21%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 31st. View Citigroup's Dividend History. How were Citigroup's earnings last quarter? Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 14th. The financial services provider reported $1.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.86 by $0.04. The financial services provider had revenue of $18.38 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $17.95 billion. Citigroup had a net margin of 18.75% and a return on equity of 10.32%. The company's revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.64 earnings per share. View Citigroup's Earnings History. When is Citigroup's next earnings date? Citigroup is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Citigroup. How can I listen to Citigroup's earnings call? Citigroup will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 15th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available. What price target have analysts set for C? 18 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Citigroup's stock. Their forecasts range from $76.00 to $124.00. On average, they anticipate Citigroup's share price to reach $90.85 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 43.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Citigroup. What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Citigroup? 18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Citigroup in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Citigroup. Has Citigroup been receiving favorable news coverage? Press coverage about C stock has trended very negative on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Citigroup earned a media sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Citigroup. Are investors shorting Citigroup? Citigroup saw a decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 18,570,000 shares, a decline of 7.0% from the January 30th total of 19,970,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,680,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Citigroup's Current Options Chain. Who are some of Citigroup's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Citigroup include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Industrial & Cmrcl Bnk f China (IDCBY), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), U.S. Bancorp (USB), PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), National Australia Bank (NABZY), DBS GRP HOLDING/S (DBSDY), Intesa Sanpaolo (ISNPY), UBS Group (UBS), Capital One Financial (COF), Truist Financial (TFC), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), SunTrust Banks (STI) and BANCO DO BRASIL/S (BDORY). What other stocks do shareholders of Citigroup own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Citigroup investors own include Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Alibaba Group (BABA), Intel (INTC), General Electric (GE), NVIDIA (NVDA), AT&T (T), Walt Disney (DIS), Micron Technology (MU) and Cisco Systems (CSCO). Who are Citigroup's key executives? Citigroup's management team includes the folowing people: Mr. Michael L. Corbat, CEO & Director (Age 59)Mr. James Anthony Forese, Pres & CEO of Institutional Clients Group (Age 56)Mr. Stephen Bird MBA, Chief Exec. Officer of Global Consumer Banking (Age 52)Ms. Jane Nind Fraser Ph.D., Chief Exec. Officer of Latin America Region (Age 51)Mr. Sanford I. Weill, Chairman Emeritus and Sr. Advisor (Age 85) Who are Citigroup's major shareholders? Citigroup's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wealth Quarterback LLC (7.92%), State Street Corp (4.47%), FMR LLC (2.28%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.53%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.52%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.46%). Company insiders that own Citigroup stock include Francisco Aristeguieta, John C Gerspach, John Eric Wenger, Michael Whitaker, Raja Akram, Stephen Bird and W Bradford Hu. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Citigroup. Which major investors are selling Citigroup stock? C stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Sanders Capital LLC, State Street Corp, Franklin Resources Inc., Lakewood Capital Management LP, Victory Capital Management Inc. and ValueAct Holdings L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Citigroup company stock in the last year include Michael Whitaker and Stephen Bird. View Insider Buying and Selling for Citigroup. Which major investors are buying Citigroup stock? C stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Quarterback LLC, GQG Partners LLC, BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp, M&G Investment Management Ltd., AQR Capital Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Citigroup. How do I buy shares of Citigroup? Shares of C can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab. What is Citigroup's stock price today? One share of C stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.46. How big of a company is Citigroup? Citigroup has a market capitalization of $133.68 billion and generates $103.45 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $19.40 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.58 on an earnings per share basis. Citigroup employs 204,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Citigroup. What is Citigroup's official website? The official website for Citigroup is http://www.citigroup.com/. How can I contact Citigroup? Citigroup's mailing address is 388 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10013. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-559-1000 or via email at [email protected] MarketBeat Community Rating for Citigroup (NYSE C)Community Ranking: 2.8 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 1,435 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 1,159 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 2,594MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Citigroup and other stocks. Vote "Outperform" if you believe C will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote "Underperform" if you believe C will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. This page was last updated on 2/29/2020 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: Cost of Debt


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There have always been efforts, in this country at least, to make classical music friendlier to general audiences. The efforts take many forms – the chatty radio announcer, music appreciation classes, pre-concert lectures, formatted concerts with commentary, demonstrations and visuals. Sometimes it can seem as if explaining classical music is more important than listening to it.
The Toronto-based period instrument orchestra Tafelmusik, which stopped by the Soka Performing Arts Center in Aliso Viejo on Thursday night, has come up with a real doozy, though. The program is dubbed "House of Dreams" (after a description in Ovid's "Metamorphoses") and it is scripted, staged and narrated. It features an actor and projections. In other words, it's a theatrical presentation. But it doesn't explain or dumb down. It makes connections. It's a program that connoisseurs and newbies alike, I think, would enjoy, quite possibly kids, too.
Conceived, programmed and scripted by Tafelmusk's double-bassist, Alison Mackay, "House of Dreams" actually travels to five historical houses – the Handel House Museum in London, the Palazzo Smith Mangilli-Valmarana in Venice, the Golden ABC in Delft, the Palais-Royal in Paris and the Bach Museum and Archive in Leipzig. Music was performed in all of these abodes, and paintings, by Vermeer, Canaletto, Watteau, and others, hung on their walls.
We visit these houses with the help of modern photographs and slides of the paintings projected on a large screen at the rear of the stage. The set is a Baroque parlor, with a comfortable chair, a small table and a floor modeled after the one in the Venetian home. An actor, Blair Williams, inhabits the scene and is our tour guide. The orchestra is there, too, strolling into different formations to feature various soloists and playing a full program of music by Handel, Vivaldi, Bach, Purcell, Marais and others from memory.
It gets deeper, though. The houses, the people that lived there, the music and the paintings are connected in surprising ways. Mackay's script – which also ingeniously includes Ovid, Shakespeare and estate catalogues – is built on those connections and she has fun with them.
One instance: In Handel's house in London, he had a painting of Venice by Canaletto. Another version of that same painting hung in the British Consul Joseph Smith's house on the Grand Canal in Venice, making a smooth visual segue. OK, so a lot of people owned Canalettos, but it turns out that when Handel was in Italy, he collected his forwarded mail at Smith's house. As the evening wore on the connections became more and more intricate and amusing.
Tafelmusik, led since 1981 by violinist Jeanne Lamon, sounded terrific. Seventeen-strong here, the group played the music with a wonderful ease and vitality. Sometimes it seemed as if the players were jamming together, so friendly was the give and take, so lively were the rhythms. Most of the music was a little lesser known (dances from Handel's "Alcina," for example, or a suite from Marais' "Alcyone.") Lutist Lucas Harris gave a serene rendition of the Largo from Vivaldi's Concerto in D, RV 93, and cellists Christina Mahler and Allen Whear dug into the same composer's Concerto for Two Cellos, RV 531, with gritty abandon. Actor Williams served as a somewhat theatrically formal host and tourist, but his consistent verve was winning.
He first came on stage in a coat and colorful scarf. He took them off and laid them on the chair a little later, where they remained, little noticed. In a kind of epilogue, we revisited the homes and paintings in quick succession at the end, winding up with a photo of Handel's bed (which we had seen before), only this time Williams' coat and scarf were upon it. On stage, he put them on again and made his exit as the music played.
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It's mostly about the bike
Learning curve
The 2015/16 cyclocross season has been my eighth with proper cross bikes.
I'd done cross races before, but always on a mountain bike. I'd always thought of cross as a bit stuffy and anti-fun, older men with hats and frowns barking instructions, not very mountain bikey at all.
After a long spell of tendinitis in my knees, I decided to give the road/track/mtb racing a bit of a rest, but still wanted to compete so thought I'd give cyclocross a go, after all, some of the best looking bikes are cross bikes aren't they?
I'm of the opinion that if I turn up at a race and have the best bike, then 50% of the battle is already won. With this in mind, in 2008, I did what most newbies do and spent all my money on one sweet, carbon-laden ride.
Tricked out with inappropriate tyres pumped up to inappropriate pressures (for the conditions), but brimming with swagger, I portaged headlong into a new world of mud, suffering, joy and camaraderie.
It was only once I started riding in in the National Trophy series that I realised the error of my ways, and that two bikes were essential. I eventually managed to get the cash together to buy an almost matching bike. Thing is with almost matching bikes, one will always be preferable to the other and the unwillingness to change onto the 'lesser' bike when conditions dictate can be disastrous.
2015 - Change of horses please.
My ViCiOUS VELO team mates Ben and Claire both work at Condor Cycles and ride the Terra X frames. I'd always had a bit of a soft spot for their good looks & subtle curves, and really like the frames too.
One thing led to another and I sold my carbon specials and ordered a brace of custom painted retina burning orange Terra X Disc frames which would be produced in Italy just before they shut down for August.
This was pushing it a bit to get them built up in time for September when the cross season really gets going.
Collecting them from Condor's warehouse only seems like yesterday, but with only one race left for me this season, I can safely say I'm a happy customer.
There's always going to be a slight weight gain when changing from carbon frames to aluminium, likewise from traditional cantilever brakes to discs, but the increase in mud clearance and supremely stiff rear end, coupled with brakes that actually work go a long way to compensate.
I've followed current trends and opted for a 1 x 11 gearing set up, this further reduces the potential for mud building up around the drive train. I started off with no chain guide but found out they're an essential piece of kit to avoid the chain un-shipping once the going gets heavy.
The bikes look SO neat, identical in every way it really is hard to tell the difference. The paint job certainly gets attention and compliments the ViCiOUS VELO kit perfectly. As a result I've been papped a lot more than I was on my old bikes. I like the attention they get as it relieves me of any pressure to perform.
Photo courtesy of pro fan Gem Atkinson
The build;
Frame - Condor Terra X Disc 58cm
Fork - Easton carbon with tapered stearer
Wheels - 24mm carbon tubular with Novatec hubs
Tyres - FMB Slalom green compound (dry), Dugast Rhino (mud)
Brake levers - Shimano ST-RS685 hydraulic STi, 11 speed
Brake calipers - Shimano RS685
Brake rotors - Superstar Components 160mm front, 140mm rear
Chain set - SRAM CX1, 38t, 175mm
Chain - KMC 11 speed gold
Cassette - Ultegra 6800 11 speed, 12-28
Rear mech - Shimano Ultegra 6800
Bottom bracket - SRAM GXP threaded
Pedals - Crank Brothers Egg Beater SL
Seat post - Ritchey Pro carbon
Saddle - Ritchey WCS Streem
Stem - Pro PLT 100mm
Handlebars - Pro PLT 44cm
Bar tape - Fizik Superlight day glow orange
It glows!
Picture - Kevin Knox
Picture - cyclocrosshandbook
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Cross is back - Bas Vegas, Essex.
It's the very first race of the cx season and ViCiOUS Peggy wearing 13 (the unlucky way up) wins the the U8 girls race. There were only two of them in her category but she won. Luck is for hippies.
Meanwhile in the grown-ups race, Delia won the women's race. She doesn't need luck either.
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Holiday in the Sun
We've been riding up and down mountains in the French Alps. It was hot, sweaty and exhausting and we feel like we've taken a good beating (just like a good mosh pit should be). Now bring on the cyclo-cross season.
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Pondless or pond? Why not have both!
Alvin – Boulder, CO
One of the greatest elements of decorative ponds and water features is that each can be as unique and distinguished as the person creating it. The shape, style and implementation of your water garden is limited only by your imagination. It is this freedom to inspire and create that keeps pond owners incessantly engaged in the hobby.
In previous blogs we have discussed the different types of ponds and water features available along with some of the perks and drawbacks of each type. While any of these water features, waterfalls, and ponds are great on their own, you can also incorporate the different feature types to create a truly breathtaking water feature.
A great example of combining feature types into one functional display is the combination of an elevated pond that cascades down into a pondless waterfall. Think of this feature as a pondless water fall type water feature with a pond half way through the waterfall. Combining these two features opens up possibilities that may have been impractical with a certain feature alone. Pond owners with children are often drawn to pondless features as there is no potentially hazardous standing water body for them to wander into. By elevating the pond to a height that is out of reach you can still enjoy the freedom to incorporate fish and plants into your water feature while the pondless waterfall safely returns water underground and out of reach. As you will have to purchase the major components for either a pond or water fall feature, adding the additional parts to incorporate the two features together is easier and more cost effective than having to buy items for two separate features. Both Pond Kits and Pondless Waterfall Kits are available for purchase to eliminate the guesswork of what items your need to construct either particular feature. To simplify the purchasing process you can purchase a Pondless Waterfall for the main components and some additional 45Mil Rubber EPDM Liner and Seam Tape to construct the elevated pond.
Laying out and combining advanced water features and ponds may require expert advice or guidance. You can eMail, or call and a pond guy or gal will help you choose the products that will need for your water feature. When constructing any type of pond or water feature it is imperative that you take your time and plan accordingly to ensure a smooth and enjoyable pond building process.
Pond Talk: What types of pond types have you combined in your water feature? Share your photos and stories for inspiration.
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Newman Laboratory, Cornell University
Early years in Vienna; emigration to Sydney, Australia as refugee; training there in theoretical physics, to 1946. Quantum field theory and social interactions under Rudolf Peierls at University of Birmingham, to 1949, and Hans Bethe at Cornell University; relations among U.S. field theorists; nuclear theory applied to experiments. Discovery of triple-alpha process at Caltech, 1951; move into astrophysics and social relations in Cornell physics and astronomy departments. Work on increasing variety of astrophysics problems, some related to cosmology, and on ionosphere; Arecibo observatory.


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23.03.11 – I've dealt with a number of Finnish beauracracies since moving here and I can honestly say most are friendly and extremely efficient. I recently went to the Immigration Service, located on the outskirts of Helsinki in Malmi, to renew my residence permit and I can honestly say I hate dealing with the process. The people who work there are miserable, the waiting time is way to long and the process is confusing.
Here's what happened on my last visit. The doors open at 0800 and it's best to be there early because there will usually be at least 10 to 20 other people waiting outside to queue up. The people waiting to get in are usually spread out in little clusters smoking and/or talking but as the minutes approach to opening everyone starts moving closer and closer to the door until your shoulder to shoulder, pushing and shoving as the doors open.
The next step is the one that always confuses me. You have to pick from one of four options to get a number to be serviced. Returning documents, No EU and EU family members, all other nationalities and Final Decisions are the options. If you choose the wrong number, which I have done in the past, you're screwed because you have to wait to get in to find out you have the wrong number. There isn't anyone in the lobby to ask for assistance. On this visit, I read the choices carefully, or so I thought, waited over two hours before I got in and found out I chose the wrong number!!! Urg! The day was over for this visit because now to choose the correct number, there are already 15+ people in front of you which equates to a four-hour wait.
I can imagine why most of the people who work there are miserable because they have to bear the brunt of everyone's frustration. When I found out I had the wrong number, the immigration officer did take the time to review my current residence status and made a recommendation to schedule an appointment online since I was not in a rush to renew. Luckily I was starting the process well in advance of my permit expiring. I was hoping to take care of one more thing which is on my "worry list" but instead, I have to go back again.
Now, if only I could find the link to schedule an appointment!!!
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SKF offers new sensor for lubricant reservoirs
2015 April 08, 14:00 CEST
Gothenburg, 08, April 2015: SKF today announced the introduction of the SKF Ultrasonic sensor to improve fill-level monitoring on SKF and Lincoln branded pumps and reservoirs with lubricant capacities in excess of five liters (1,321 US gal). Developed for oil and grease applications, the sensor provides both low-level and full-level messages for optimum operation.
Virtually maintenance free, the SKF Ultrasonic sensor utilizes ultrasonic waves to provide a non-contact measurement of the distance to the lubricant surface. Depending on preset window limits, a distance proportional analog signal is output. The sensor's two color LED indicates operation and the status of the analog output.
Maintaining the appropriate amount of lubricant in the reservoir helps to avoid under-lubrication and possible equipment damage, while preventing overfilling reduces waste and protects the environment. The SKF Ultrasonic sensor also improves the reliability of monitoring the pump function. The new sensor is suitable for mining, rail, heavy industry and food and beverage applications, as well as any industry that uses large lubricant reservoirs.
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Funko Pop! Rock Star Figures: A Complete Guide
Since 1998, Funko has been been immortalizing pop culture icons in its own style with its Pop! line of collectible figurines. We're looking at the times they've created officially licensed versions of rockers with their Pop! Rocks series in the gallery below.
Over the years, the rock stars they've represented are known as much for their distinctive images as their music. This includes the members of Guns N' Roses (Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan only), the Beatles (in their animated Yellow Submarine guises, with a submarine and the Chief Blue Meanie also available), Kiss and Motley Crue (in their Shout at the Devil costumes). Elton John, Alice Cooper and Elvis Presley ('50s and '70s eras) even have two figures to allow fans to choose between which look they prefer (or both).
Jimi Hendrix, Ozzy Osbourne and "Weird Al" Yankovic are other solo artists with figures, while Lemmy, Kurt Cobain, Joey Ramone and Jerry Garcia are the only members of their famous groups to have been recognized.
Funko has also veered into other genres, adding figures for Blink-182, the Misfits' Fiend character, My Chemical Romance and J-Pop stars Babymetal. You can see them all below.
Even as they continually expand their range, there remains plenty of musicians that we would to see represented, such as ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and Queen's Freddie Mercury. You can check all of those out here.
9/14/18: To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Metallica's ...And Justice For All' album, Funko announced the October release of a figure based on the cover art's "Lady Justice."
1/22/19: Billy Idol, Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as Wayne and Garth from Wayne's World, Rick James and Morrissey became available.
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Relive the magic of podracing with the re-release of Star Wars Episode 1: Racer on GOG
GOG's latest classic revival is Star Wars Episode 1: Racer.
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Star Wars: footage of cancelled Darth Maul game emerges - watch here
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Sony Online Entertainment's Star Wars game unaffected by EA franchise deal
While the exact details of EA's deal to exclusively develop games for the Star Wars franchise aren't known, Sony Online Entertainment has confirmed the deal doesn't damage their free-to-play title Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures.
Star Wars: First Assault is test-bed for Battlefront 3, may not release - rumour
Star Wars: First Assault recently turned up among some XBLA files online, sparking rumours that LucasArts was working on a new game. The FPS game is real, and it is downloadable, a source has told Kotaku. It's said to be the studio's way of testing the water before committing to Battlefront 3. Don't get too […]
Star Wars 1313 "continues production", according to LucasArts
Yesterday, industry whispers indicated that Star Wars 1313 had been nudged onto the backburner by Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm. Apparently this isn't the case after all, according to a representative from LucasArts .
Star War: Battlefront 3 was 'mediocre', 99% complete claim is 'bullshit', says source
Star Wars: Battlefront 3 was a mediocre game that was around 75% complete when it was binned, an anonymous ex-LucasArts employee has revealed, stating that the game was canned as developer Free Radical "Continually missed dates and deliveries." The statement follows claims from Free Radical co-founder Steve Ellis that the game was 99% complete and […]
Disney's Lucasarts acquisition: 'I wish I owned Monkey Island', says Gilbert
Disney's acquisition of Lucasarts means that the house of mouse now owns the rights to Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. However, co-creator Ron Gilbert is unhappy with the situation, and feels that he should own the rights to both.
Disney x Lucasfilm deal won't affect Star Wars: 1313 development
Disney bought Lucasfilm last night for a staggering $4 billion last night, essentially handing keys to the Star Wars franchise over to the house of mouse. However, the next game to be spun from the franchise Star Wars: 1313 will not be affected in any way. Get the details below.
Disney buys Lucasfilm, Star Wars Episode 7 to come in 2015 — Report
Disney has acquired Lucasfilm for the hefty sum of $4.05 billion, according to multiple sources.
Star Wars 1313 dev explains why the hero isn't a Jedi
Star Wars 1313 creative director Dominic Robillard has revealed why the game's protagonist isn't a Jedi, and has stressed the importance of delivering a character you can relate to.
'Replay value is more than multiple playthroughs' - Hocking
Ex-Lucasarts creative director Clint Hocking has posted a blog on the subject of replay value, stressing that gamers need more than just a 'New Game+' mode to make them feel like they've received good value for money. Hocking also feels Red Dead Redemption didn't have repay value.
Kinect Star Wars worked on by 10 teams, 200+ people
The LinkedIn profile of a senior producer at Microsoft has revealed the magnitude of the Kinect Star Wars development – revealing the game was worked on by ten teams comprising of over 200 people.
Rumor: New LucasArts president cancels Force Unleashed III, morale and productivity at "all time lows"
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Interview - Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II's Gavin Leung
In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, you battered Darth Vader and The Emperor, yanked a Star Destroyer clean out of the sky, and pretty much made every other Jedi ever look like a baby swinging a glowstick. So, of course, the question arises: how the hell do you top that? We got a chance to […]
Interview - Star Wars: The Old Republic's Daniel Erickson (part two)
The Star Wars films have always had a nasty habit of making you wait years between sequels. What's up with that? Us though, we're not like mean old George Lucas. Waiting's not our style. Yesterday: part one. Today: part two. Jump past the break to hear Star Wars: The Old Republic writing director Daniel Erickson's […]
Force Unleashed II E3 trailer pits two lightsabers against a thousand stormtroopers
Can you guess who wins? It should be pretty obvious, after all. You've got one guy with a couple glorified glowsticks and enough armor to protect the most vital of vital points: his shoulder, versus a stepped-on ant hill's worth of heavily armored, armed-to-the-teeth marksmen. This should be the most one-sided fight since Godzilla versus […]
LucasArts loses President, other executives
Seems that abrupt presidential departures are all the rage at LucasArts. First, former President Jim Ward resigned in 2008, and now current President Darrell Rodriguez has turned in his cape and Darth Vader helmet as well.
Star Wars coming to PlayStation Home
LucasArts is bringing some Star Wars stuff to PlayStation Home, SCEA has announced.
LucasArts classics coming to Wii
No, not those classics. But come on, you can play those golden oldies on everything short of the Colecovision these days. So instead, the Wii's getting Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi "in the coming weeks." On top of that, "additional classic LucasArts games" are coming […]
LucasArts classics on the iPhone? "Wink, wink, nod, nod," says LucasArts
Speaking with Joystiq, LucasArts CEO Darrell Rodriguez was about as committal as one can possibly be about classic LucasArts games on the iPhone while still maintaining an air of mystery. "On iPhone, you know Apple's policy that we can't talk about a release until it's ready to release. But it would make sense that we […]
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Relive the magic of podracing with the re-release of Star Wars Episode 1: Racer on GOG
Star Wars: footage of cancelled Darth Maul game emerges – watch here
Sony Online Entertainment's Star Wars game unaffected by EA franchise deal
Star Wars: First Assault is test-bed for Battlefront 3, may not release – rumour
Star Wars 1313 "continues production", according to LucasArts
Star War: Battlefront 3 was 'mediocre', 99% complete claim is 'bullshit', says source
Disney's Lucasarts acquisition: 'I wish I owned Monkey Island', says Gilbert
Disney x Lucasfilm deal won't affect Star Wars: 1313 development
Disney buys Lucasfilm, Star Wars Episode 7 to come in 2015 — Report
Rumor: New LucasArts president cancels Force Unleashed III, morale and productivity at "all time lows"
Interview – Star Wars: The Old Republic's Daniel Erickson (part two)
Force Unleashed II E3 trailer pits two lightsabers against a thousand stormtroopers
LucasArts classics on the iPhone? "Wink, wink, nod, nod," says LucasArts
ESRB listing reveals new portable Star Wars Battlefront games
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Farmville animated series inbound from X-Men director
X-Men: The Last Stand director Brett Ratner has signed on to produce an animated TV series based on Farmville. Deadline reports production will be handled by Canadian company Six Eleven media. No network has picked up the series yet. Ratner's also behind the Rush Hour series and the upcoming Hercules: The Thracian Wars; he described […]
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No God of War movie in director Brett Ratner's future
Last fall, Brett Ratner said he would be bringing God of War's Kratos to the big screen. Looks like his plans have been shelved. Instead, he's to join forces once again with Chris Tucker in a swindle comedy called Trump Heist. Eddie Murphy's in it, apparently. God of War fans across the globe are now […]
Jaffe: God of War movie may be "shit," probably won't be
David Jaffe's responded to new that Brett Ratner's going to be directing the God of War movie in video form, as is his wont. Basically, he's good with it. "Hey look: I don't know how the movie's going to turn out. It could be shit," he said. "I don't think it's going to be shit […]
X-Men: The Last Stand, Rush Hour director working on God of War movie
UGO recently nabbed a quick interview with (in) famous movie director Brett Ratner, who nonchalantly confirmed that a movie adaption of gib-and-nip-tastic action title God of War is currently getting off the ground. Ratner's blurt confirms recent industry whisperings about the film, so it's probably not much of a stretch to guess that David Self […]
Rumour: God of War movie gets script and director
According to this Worthplaying piece, the God of War movie project moved a step closer to reality this week, with news that a writer and director are now on board. Apparently, David Self will write the script, with the movie being directed by Brett Ratner, known for the Rush Hour movies. No source is given […]
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I'm a long time customer on a triple service 10GB plan, with no contract. For the last few months I've been exceeding my 10GB allowance and paying for the additional data at the ad hoc rate. This month has also gone over, so I thought I'd pay the extra money to upgrade to a 20GB plan. I called in to the TC shop in Wellington to arrange it and was quite surprised to find out that the 20GB plan is now actually cheaper than the 10GB plan. I enquired if there was anyone else on the 10GB plan and was informed that many people use it. "Why?" – I asked. "Well they just don't see the need for more data." was the reply. Incredible! It's not like the extra data turns up at their house and they have to dispose of it if they don't want it.
"OK, so I can pay $5 less per month and get more data?". "Yes, or another option would be to sign up for our latest promo…" (which isn't on their website and doesn't appear to be advertised anywhere – a kind of secret promotion that you don't tell anyone about) "In that case you pay the same money as your 10GB plan for a year but you get 60GB of data per month." I'm starting to feel glad I stopped by.
Next I checked my TV plan. I used to get the basic Sky package, and Sky Sport. When Soho launched I discontinued Sky Sport and added Soho, as well as Saturn Extra so that I could still receive channels such as UK TV, which you only got if you had an add on package.
Now I discover the packages have changed, and UK TV et al are bundled in with the standard package. Saturn Extra no longer exists – except of course on my monthly bill. "So what exactly am I getting for the extra $5 per month I'm paying – could it be nothing?" I ask. "Ahhhhmmm…. yes, you're right…. nothing - I'll give you a credit for that"
So, assuming the billing system works (what are the chances?) I should now have a credit on my account, and for the next year get 6 times my old data allowance, for $5 less per month.
So on the one hand I'm very happy – the guy in the store was extremely helpful and got me sorted out with the best available options. On the other hand I'm concerned about the underlying approach here. If someone is on a contract – fair enough, you signed up. If you're not on a contract and don't switch to a better deal – well maybe OK, I guess you should look around (although it would be nice to be advised of better options). But if a service is withdrawn, you're not told, and you keep being charged for it, then that seems to be disingenuous at best…
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I know that the Gauss-Seidel method is guaranteed to converge given that the matrix you want to solve is positive definite. I've looked at the proofs of convergence, and it appears that one cannot change the assumption so that the smallest eigenvalue is zero, without coming up with a totally new proof. This makes sense, since of course a PSD matrix is singular.
However, assuming that $b$, the right hand side of the equation $A \cdot x = b$ is in $A$'s image (and that $A$ is PSD) is Gauss-Seidel guaranteed to converge?


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March 27, 2013
As you explore the Arboretum, have you ever paused in front of a tribute marker and wondered at the story behind that tree, bench, brick, or book? We asked a few of our the donors behind our Tribute Walkway bricks to share what their inscriptions mean and why it was important to have a tribute at the Arboretum.
Karla and Anne
4 Ever Friends
Anne and Karla met several years ago at College of DuPage and, even though there is a 30-year age difference, they have developed a strong friendship. They describe the Arboretum as a "happy place" and meet here at least once a month to walk.
Happy 80th Birthday Janet Fender
With Our Love
Janet's children thought to give her a tribute brick in honor of her 80th birthday. Why? At 80, she still finds the Arboretum a safe, convenient, and peaceful place where she just loves to walk.
Together Forever
Kathy and David Maren
David Maren writes, "The Morton Arboretum has been my home away from home for 40 years, and it represents a tribute to everything that is beautiful in nature. It was only natural for Kathy and me to celebrate the beginning of our new life together in the comfort and beauty of this wonderful venue."


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Duensing activated from paternity list; Tonkin optioned
CHICAGO -- Left-hander Brian Duensing rejoined the Twins before Thursday's game, as he was activated from the paternity list. Right-hander Michael Tonkin was optioned to Triple-A Rochester to make room for Duensing on the roster.
Duensing was originally placed on the paternity list on Monday after flying to Omaha on Sunday to attend the birth of his second child with his wife, Lisa. Boston Matthew Duensing was born at 9:19 a.m. on Monday, and weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces.
"It was great," Duensing said. "Everything went well. The baby is healthy and Lisa is healthy, so that's all you can ask for. I would've liked to have been here for Opening Day, but other things were a little bit more of a priority, so I went home to take care of it."
Duensing, who arrived in Chicago late Wednesday after his first flight was cancelled for maintenance issues, also explained the rationale for naming his first son Boston, saying he wasn't named after the city.
"It had nothing to do with that," Duensing said. "When we were dating and got serious, we came up with baby names and liked that. It has nothing to do with the city or team or anything like that."
Duensing was placed right into the action, relieving Anthony Swarzak in the sixth after he alllowed four runs, capped by Jose Abreu's three-run triple. Duensing stranded Abreu at third, striking out Adam Dunn and getting Avisail Garcia to ground out to end the inning before the Twins rallied for a 10-9 victory.
Tonkin, meanwhile, flew to Buffalo, with Rochester set to open its season there. Tonkin tossed a scoreless 10th inning in the Twins' eventual 7-6 loss to the White Sox in 11 innings on Wednesday, and remains the club's top reliever at Triple-A.
"We like Tonkin a lot," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He's going to be in the big leagues with us. We like his arm and his stuff. He wasn't overwhelmed yesterday in a big situation. So he's going to go down there and pitch for them, but he's available any time we need him."


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intelirep necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 114 diseños de 47 diseñadores freelance.
We are asking for a new logo design for our company, Group3 Consultants. We have a logo and brand that we have been using for many years now but it is dated and needs to be refreshed. We recently ran a contest here on sitepoint for three other companies under the same holding group and would like the updated logo for Group3 to be of the same style and flow. The problem occurred once we placed our existing Group3 logo next to the new ones of our other companies it stood out and we decided to relook out our existing Group3 logo. For this contest we are asking for a new fresh design that fits into the logo designs of our other companies to reflect the group's uniformity. The logos you need to design with in mind can be found at this link. They are the three on the right side in the green/yellow. http://contests.sitepoint.com/conte…219209.jpg
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Welcome to the new local authority of Garff created by the merger of the former authorities of Lonan, Laxey and Maughold.
The new single Garff authority extends the work of the Garff Joint Initiative to deliver services with increasing effectiveness and efficiency.
A key aim of Garff Commissioners will be to maintain the quality of service expected by the residents of Lonan, Laxey and Maughold.


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Healthy Teixeira's goal: 150-plus games in 2014
Surgically repaired wrist feels stiff at times, but slugger's spring plan mapped out
TAMPA, Fla. -- Mark Teixeira spent most of the winter indoors while rehabbing his surgically repaired right wrist. Now that the Yankees first baseman has made it back to the diamond, he plans on sticking around for a while.
Teixeira was pleased by his first on-field batting practice session of the spring Sunday morning, hitting from both sides of the plate and spraying line drives into the sunshine at George M. Steinbrenner Field.
After being limited to just 15 games last year, Teixeira said that he wants the Yankees to count on having him at first base for the majority of the upcoming season.
"I absolutely plan on playing 150-plus games this year. That's my goal," Teixeira said. "Every now and then I'll have a day off, of course. That's just natural. You get beat up a little bit during the season, but I expect to have a healthy, productive season."
Teixeira said that he experienced no setbacks this winter while recovering from a July 1 procedure to repair a damaged tendon sheath in his wrist, and the slugger even added a few pounds of muscle because he was able to lift more.
The wrist still feels stiff at times, particularly when he bats left-handed, but Teixeira said the Yankees have already mapped out a plan that will give him about 50 spring at-bats. He thinks that should be plenty to know if he's all the way back.
"I'm going to get as many swings as I need," Teixeira said. "It'll be a little slow the first couple of weeks, just to make sure I'm easing into things, but we're here for six weeks. It's not like you have a week to get ready for the season."
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that he expects Teixeira to be an everyday first baseman this season, but Teixeira is not planning to be ready for game action when the Yankees open their spring slate on Feb. 25. Instead, he is eyeing the first week of March for his first exhibition contest.
"We'll just wait to see how the next 10 days or so go, and see where he's at once the games start," Girardi said. "Once [head athletic trainer] Stevie [Donohue] and the doctors declare him ready, I'll put him in there. I'm not really planning on it being a time where we have to wait a long time, but we'll see."
Teixeira said that even though he has hit all of the recovery checkpoints without issue, there is still some lingering doubt in the back of his mind. He looked fine hitting off a tee and taking batting practice on Sunday, but those fears won't vanish until Teixeira faces pitching at game speed.
"Everyone can go out after major surgery and go, 'I'm fine, I'm going to be good as ever,' but you don't really know that until you go out there," Teixeira said. "For me, it's just kind of two steps: make sure I'm healthy, and that means taking full swings at a 95-mph fastball in a Spring Training game.
"And we have six weeks to figure that out. If that's the case and I'm healthy and I can do that for a week straight, then it's all about production. You don't worry about the injury anymore."
Teixeira said that if he is healthy, he expects to get back to serving as an anchor in the batting order. The slugger figures that he should have company in that department, coming off a winter in which he repeatedly texted general manager Brian Cashman to cheer the additions of players like Brian McCann, Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran.
"I think the great thing is, look at our lineup," Teixeira said. "We're back to being the Yankees again. Last year, we weren't the Yankees. We had so many injuries and we had so many guys that should have been in there to be lots of anchors. That's back.
"There's not one guy that has to carry this team, but absolutely I expect to hit in the middle of the order, hit 30 home runs and drive in 100 runs. That's going to take pressure off everybody and help us win games."


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The Boston Red Sox have reached preliminary agreement on a minor league contract with right-hander Bartolo Colon, a source told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick.Small risk, possible reward. Why not?
If he makes the Opening Day roster, Colon would provide rotation insurance for Boston, which will be without Curt Schilling ...
Colon suffered through an injury-marred 2007 for the Los Angeles Angels, posting a 6-8 record and a 6.34 ERA -- the worst of his career.
February 24, 2008
Sox Reach Agreement With Bartolo Colon
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- mattymatty said...
I'm just curious why another team didn't make this move. Colon has been out there for a long time and there are numerous other teams that need pitching. Good deal by Theo for sure, but sometimes you have to wonder about the competition's competence level.
- February 24, 2008 at 4:50 PM
- 9casey said...
I'm sure other teams pursued him and he hasn't been right since '05............seems more like a project than insurance i.e. Wade Miller ,granted Colon has had a better career but hasn't been the same since he ate that small village.....
- February 24, 2008 at 6:09 PM
- Jack Marshall said...
This is a classic move from the Dan Duquette playbook, with the odds against it paying off being---what,5-1? 7-1? Steve Avery and Ramon Martinez come to mind. (Duke's one clear success with this kind of gamble: Bret Saberhagen.) Theo whiffed when he tried it with Wade Miller.
I never liked Colon much when he was at his peak, and last year he looked cooked. But it's a defensible tactic for sure.
- February 24, 2008 at 6:33 PM
- Rob said...
But, this is a minor league contract. Add a little bit of depth and if he's still not well, then he's still not well. I don't see anything wrong with this move as long as it's a minor league deal.
It would be strange seeing Bartolo Colon pitching in AAA, though. But that's what happens.
- February 24, 2008 at 7:31 PM
- Benjamin said...
Maybe he can box Curt and Papi out at the buffet line. That'd be worth something.
- February 25, 2008 at 6:55 AM
- The Bottomline said...
It is starnge that teams with less in there current staffs didnlt take a flyer on Colon.
If he gets the chance to start in the majors, it means we're in big trouble... and if he grabs a win or 2 it will be worth the measly million bucks...
My biggest fear? He accidentally eats Dustin Pedroia...
- February 25, 2008 at 7:07 AM
- Jack Marshall said...
I guess I don't think it's all that strange that other teams didn't bite---somebody must be giving Theo different readings than the other teams are getting. Colon looks washed up. The Globe says he might coast on his finesse---what finesse? the big deal with Colon was that he threw 100 mph. The more I think about it the more pointless it seems--a worse bet than Jason Johnson, for example. And if he DOES eat Dustin, there will be hell to pay...
- February 25, 2008 at 8:03 AM
- Patrick said...
"Maybe he can box Curt and Papi out at the buffet line. That'd be worth something."
Although, it's not fair to call Papi fat. The guy is a monster, to be sure. He makes Willy Mo look normal, but I think he's in good shape.
Curt could've used a Bartolo, or a Cabrera stealing his dessert the past 4 seasons.
- February 25, 2008 at 12:12 PM
- Pete said...
Bartolo has to pass his physical for the deal to be finalized. Presumably the tests will include a Colonoscopy.
- February 25, 2008 at 12:40 PM
- Jere said...
Okay, Theo, admit you really got the guy as a psychological experiment to watch the evolution of jokes among Red Sox fans upon finding out the team got a fat dude named Colon.
I'm just waiting for someone to point out that between Bartolo and Lester, out rotation's got colon cancer. Ironically, many people who find that funny would be fans of another rotation tandem plus our right fielder, Dice/Clay, an' Drew.
- February 25, 2008 at 1:00 PM
- Jack Marshall said...
Given that Bartolo has been much diminished by arm woes, it's clear that that he is not a question mark, but rather a Semi-Colon.
- February 25, 2008 at 3:07 PM
- 9casey said...
Jere said...
I'm just waiting for someone to point out that between Bartolo and Lester, out rotation's got colon cancer.
Jere. you just did....
- February 25, 2008 at 3:47 PM
- Jere said...
"Jere. you just did...."
by gosh, I believe I did....
- February 25, 2008 at 6:45 PM
- tim said...
Theo on Bartolo:
"On an out clause in his contract: "There is. There is one day, but I don't want to reveal it. That gives us ample time to get him into shape and fully evaluate him."
Let's try to figure out what Theo isn't revealing....
One K = One slider at White Castle?
One W = something involving a combination of the words "buffet" and "free"
Perfect game = 12 hours at a restaurant, no questions asked
- February 25, 2008 at 7:57 PM


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The Funny Bone Comedy Club has a reputation of being one of the most successful comedy clubs in the nation. That is due to the fact that some of the nation's top comedians come to St. Louis to perform in the Funny Bone's intimate setting. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling the box office.
Directions: The Funny Bone is located in Maryland Heights in Westport Plaza. Take Dorsett Road, just east of I-270 to south onto Investment Drive. Enter the roundabout and take first right onto Progress Parkway. Proceed to Westport Plaza Drive and cross over to the Plaza which is straight ahead.