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|2013-02-17, 19:33
|Link #22
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Here's something I forgot to add:
In a Duel, one combatant can offer his opponent the option of a Free-For-All. If the opponent accepts, then any members of the gallery can join the battle.
When this happens, the time limit does not reset, but both combatants return to full HP and zero SP. However, the mental effects of any pain suffered from severe injuries does not vanish, so one of the opponents might still be incapacitated.
In a Free-For-All, there are no teams. Presumably the Burst Linker with the most HP remaining at the end is considered the winner, with all losers forfeiting Burst Points to the him based on their own individual levels versus his level.
The gallery watching Cyan Pile's first fight with Dusk Taker (which turned into a Free-For-All) only had Silver Crow and Lime Bell in the gallery, so only they could join the fight.
This is not to be taken as a sign that Cyan Pile is unpopular. (Or symptomatic of Dusk Taker being a virtual unknown.) After all, Black Lotus likely has all of her legion members marked for gallery viewing.
Rather, the duel took place within the Umesato Middle School network, cut off from the global web. No matter who else was following Cyan Pile's fights, they could not observe.
Cyan Pile specifically invited all of the gallery members for his battle in the hospital's closed network... Though come to think of it, I'm not sure why this should have worked, or why he did it. He meant to challenge Black Lotus while she was helpless, but that would just reveal him as a traitor, right?
It's unknown whether or not Burst Linkers in other challenge zones are capable of watching duels in different zones if all parties are connected to the global network.
But Kuroyuki did not observe Silver Crow's duel with Ash Roller outside of their territory, so I'm guessing that there very much IS some kind of range limit.
|2013-02-19, 13:06
|Link #25
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
In the anime, if one has the time to spare in the middle of a duel, they can open up a status window to learn more about their enemy. Unfortunately, this was almost completely useless when Silver Crow did it!
It shows the name of the opponent, as well as their level and a full-body picture.
Learning about their level is very helpful, and the picture can reveal their color to someone who doesn't recognize the English word. It can also show their equipment.
In Dusk Taker's case, it shows both of the Enhanced Armaments that Taker had equipped at the time, rather than his default state of nothing. So it's possible to hide items from that picture.
The screen also shows how many Burst Points the subject has, and their number of Wins, Losses and Draws. But for some reason, all of these read as "Non-Disclosure" for Dusk Taker.
It's possible that "Non-Disclosure" is a privacy setting Burst Linkers can choose, though it seems unlikely.
More likely, it's another advantage of using the BIC to access the global net while leaving the Nuero-Linker disconnected. One not only avoids the Matching List, but likewise cannot have such information read.
But that doesn't make sense either. The part of the Brain Burst program which exists independently of each copy installed into Neuro-Linkers already records and stores a lot of information. Your win/loss/draw record ought to be part of that, and especially your Burst Points.
The system bothers to remember what level you are and what equipment you're currently using, so forgetting the other information doesn't seem likely.
The final option is that all such information is naturally blocked for a combatant inside a duel, but in that case there would be no point in showing those information fields in the window at all. So it's the least likely explanation.
From a meta-perspective, of course, the animators might have simply done that to make Noumi seem more mysterious. Certainly, only Dusk Taker's Level came up in the lightnovel version of this scene, and there was no extra window required to see that.
I feel that I've seen another status window before, other than Taker's or Crow's, and that it revealed someone's normal and special moves, but that could just be a false memory on my part.
Anyone remember that?
|2013-02-20, 10:17
|Link #26
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Another rule:
It is not possible to transfer "initial equipment"-type Enhanced Armaments through duels or on the Unlimited Neutral Field. Two Burst Linkers must be Direct Link connected in the real world to affect such a transfer in the Accelerated one.
Sky Raker could not transfer her Gale Thruster to Silver Crow without Fuuko establishing a Direct Link with Haruyuki. He could not transfer it back without doing the same.
This is not an obstacle for Dusk Taker's Demonic Commandeer, as he attempted to steal the Pile Driver in his final battle despite having no Direct Link to Takumu. His stealing power supercedes that limitation.
However, there was also no Direct Link between Sulphur Pot and Crimson Kingbolt, nor between Kingbolt and Black Lotus, yet the Mystic Reins were capable of trading hands between the three of them.
This is our first solid clue that Initial Equipment like Sky Raker's Gale Thruster are not as easy to lose (or steal) as other sorts of items.
First, Sulphur Pot lost his grip on the Mystic Reins, and then Black Lotus slashed them apart. This reduced it back to a standby item card, which can presumably be easily gifted to other Duel Avatars in the Accelerated World.
Sky Raker did not offer Silver Crow that option, even though -- if it were possible at all-- Silver Crow could later return the favor and allow her to beat the Thruster off of him.
Since there's no way the Mystic Reins are an initial equipment, this suggests that initial equipment has some form of ownership protection that other sorts of items do not enjoy.
|2013-02-23, 12:17
|Link #27
Join Date: Jul 2012
Age: 16
|2013-02-23, 15:34
|Link #28
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Many times, I play my own devil's advocate.
No, I can't provide evidence about whether there is or isn't a privacy option to hide your Burst Point total.
Still, how many Burst Linkers would be stupid enough to advertise that information? It's like posting on Facebook the exact amount of money you carry in your pockets or earn for a salary.
Even if most Burst Linkers aren't savvy enough to foresee a problem with this, it would very quickly become commonly shared wisdom that it's better to hide such information. After that, only the truly arrogant and/or powerful would dare to leave such information available to scrutiny.
I think Brain Burst is too well-designed to include a feature which will almost never come into play.
If you can only rarely open up your opponent's information screen in the middle of a duel and recieve any information on their Burst Points or success rates, then the programer wouldn't bother giving you the option in the first place.
|2013-02-23, 20:38
|Link #29
Join Date: Jul 2012
Age: 16
With all of the legions, with the exception of Auroral Oval and Crypto Cosmic Circus having known second-in-commands, it isn't too far-fetched to think that legions have a heirarchy system that is customised to however the Legion Master wants it. If that's the case, then perhaps Legion members get classified according to the various ranks the Legion Master allocates them. It would also provide an incentive for members to stay in the Legion so they can continually increase in rank, which perhaps confers a bit of power over other members. This would make extremely large legions much easier to manage. Higher-ranking members, the Legion Master himself or/and the Parent might be able to see the non-disclosure stats. This would explain how Leonidz knew that Cyan Pile was low on points and act accordingly.
|2013-02-23, 21:18
|Link #30
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
I really wasn't sure where you were going with this; if it was a rebuttal to my last reply or some new and unrelated idea you wanted to share.
Spoiler for Off-topic:
The exception is the idea that the non-disclosed stats on Dusk Taker's screen would only be available to a small number of people. Again, if it's not going to be available to an opponent (and the vast majority of opponents, at that), why even allude to the information? Why show it just to hide it?
If that information is only available to a select and private group of people, they probably have the power to check that information any time they Accelerate, whether or not the subject is dueling them or even just on the matching list.
As for Cyan Pile, his treatment doesn't necessarily require that anyone knows exactly how many points he has. The more experienced members could probably tell just from his desperate, point-hungry behavior, combined with the fact that for all of the points he collects, he doesn't seem to be behaving any more calmy or leveling up. He's grabbing and grabbing and still acting as desperately as if he doesn't have enough points to spare on a few losses.
That would be my guess. But at the same time, there are signs that may indicate certain members of the Blue Legion (or the whole legion) actually know who Takumu is in real life. Including whether or not he drops out of kendo tournaments. Which means they might be aware of him using Acceleration excessively in kendo, which might be against Leonidz charter rules, just like in Nega Nebulous.
|2013-03-04, 14:32
|Link #31
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
So, finally bit the bullet and read the translated bits of Volume 6, seeing as how I already know in a rough sense what will happen in Volume 5.
Turns out that Gallery Members are afforded maxed out running and jumping ability; even if they can't break through walls to keep following the action, they can at least easily leap to the top of buildings and roof-hop to keep up with battles out in the open.
This handily explains why most (if not all) of the Gallery Members we've seen have been gathered on roof tops, despite spectators entering duel fields from their exact locations in the real world.
Speaking of spectators, even Incarnate Skills cannot inflict damage upon them, as they have no HP to lose. It might still be possible to affect them with skills like Memory Leak... but then again, it might not.
More on spectators: If both duelists agree, chosen spectators can be ejected from the gallery. This is useful for dealing with irritating spectators, but can also be used to weed out those Duel Avatars that neither party wants to face in a Battle Royale.
Alternatively, if the duelists and most spectators want a Battle Royale, then all spectators must accept. If any spectator does not accept and does not voluntarily leave, both duelists can kick that person out to get on with the free-for-all battle.
|2013-03-19, 16:07
|Link #32
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Remember how I brought up the Opponent Status window?
Right there. Ash Roller calls up the same window against Silver Crow that Crow calls up for Dusk Taker. Except all of Crow's data is displayed: 00/00/00 record, and 99 Burst Points.
|2013-07-28, 10:37
|Link #33
Anomaly / 矛盾存在
Join Date: Jan 2013
Age: 25
V11.4 has been half-translated, half-summarised in my own Google Doc. Before I sleep and forget though, I just want to lay out what it explains:
Moves in AW fall into Special Moves (kanji written as Killer Ability) and Normal Moves.
Special Moves are termed «Active Skills», which consume the special gauge in gulps, and their effect is immediately apparent on the target. The target typically excludes your own avatar.
Normal Moves may be termed «Passive Skills» and further subdivided into two subcategories.
The first of which is described as 'perpetually active.' They don't require the avatar's special gauge to be filled or partially filled to be used. Cyan Pile's stinging attack (shooting his stake a metre) and Lotus' skill «Terminate Sword» fall here.
The second is described as 'limited activation.' They do require special gauge to consume for as long as they're in use, i.e 'sipping' the special gauge, but they're not active all the time. (Hence the difference between 'perpetual' and 'limited') Aviation, Vertical Wall Climb, and Raker's Boost Jump, activating her Gale Thruster, are such 'limited activation' skills.
This 'limited activation' skill type is distinct from Special Moves even though they both consume the Gauge. V11.4-wise, Flash Blink isn't an example given, but it still falls within Special Move / Active Skill since Falcon can only teleport as far as his whole Gauge allows his teleportation to go.
|2013-07-29, 06:12
|Link #36
Diamond is Unbreakable
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: The Middle Way
I'm reminded of this picture.
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With FIPS 140-2 Level 2 Certification, Cruzer Enterprise FIPS Edition Meets The Needs Of Government Agencies And Highly Regulated Industries
MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA, April 8, 2008 - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced Cruzer® Enterprise FIPS Edition, a USB flash drive with security certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the United States through its Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) program.
Many government agencies require FIPS certification for portable storage devices, as do some private-sector companies in highly regulated industries such as financial services and healthcare. Based on SanDisk's secure Cruzer Enterprise flash drive, the new Cruzer Enterprise FIPS Edition has additional data protection features including:
Cruzer Enterprise FIPS Edition has received FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certification, and has also received the equivalent certification from Canada's CSEC (Communications Security Establishment Canada). The certification indicates that Cruzer Enterprise FIPS Edition has met NIST standards for design of the cryptographic module, for the strength of encryption algorithms, and for resistance to physical intrusion.
"Flash drives are a convenient and cost-effective way for IT managers to help their workforces become more mobile and more productive, but only if the drives offer the appropriate level of security," said Doron Peri, Product Marketing Manager for the Cruzer Enterprise product line in SanDisk's Enterprise Division. "With Cruzer Enterprise FIPS Edition, SanDisk can now meet the needs of organizations demanding the highest level of data protection."
Cruzer Enterprise FIPS Edition also offers all the features of the widely deployed Cruzer Enterprise, including:
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SanDisk, a global leader in USB flash drives, is driving the convergence of secure portable storage, identity management and virtualization through its Enterprise Division to create a comprehensive solution for mobile professionals in enterprises and government agencies. Today, SanDisk's Enterprise Division offers solutions for securely storing and managing enterprise data, within and outside the enterprise environment. With the upcoming introduction of virtualization and identity and access management capabilities, SanDisk expects to allow IT managers to boost employee productivity by mobilizing the corporate computing environment through flexible, secure solutions that also reduce total cost of ownership. More information is available at www.sandisk.com/enterprise.
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|SanDisk Corporation
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ARC Linkage Project success for natural sciences
2 July 2012
Three Australian Research Council Linkage Projects have been successfully funded across the division of natural sciences - the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment and Faculty of Veterinary Science.
The three projects will receive funding of $1.375 million, announced by Senator Chris Evans, federal Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research on 30 June 2012.
Across the University of Sydney, ten Linkage Projects were successfully funded receiving a total of $3.76 million over the next four years from the Australian Research Council.
Australian Research Council Linkage Projects funding supports collaborative research projects between higher education researchers and partner organisations in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Partner organisations must make a significant cash or in kind contribution to the project.
"The Government is encouraging collaboration between researchers, industries, and communities to work together and find solutions to everyday problems like healthcare, skills shortages, food security and our changing climate," said Senator Evans.
"These projects will deliver tangible, economic outcomes for all Australians. It is important to invest in science and research to drive innovation and growth in the Australian economy - after the mining boom is over, Australia will remain a smart country."
The three successful Linkage Projects in the division of natural sciences are:
- Methane and nitrous oxide in agro-ecological systems: novel technologies and understandings to improve ecosystem management, where Professor Mark Adams, Professor Alex McBratney and Associate Professor Margaret Barbour, all from the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, will receive $530 000 over four years for their research with Picarro Inc, Landcare Research, Coolringdon Pastoral Company, Hazeldean Pty Ltd, The Philip Bushell Foundation and Auscott Limited.
"Methane and nitrous oxide are critical greenhouse gases but globally we lack ecosystem scale analyses of the balance of emissions, including animal emissions, and soil oxidation. This project will quantify this balance for a range of agro-ecosystems, and explore and develop opportunities for improving soil-based Greenhouse Gas mitigation measures," said Professor Mark Adams.
- New generation evacuated glazing for emissions reduction in the built environment, where Professor Marcela Bilek and Professor David McKenzie, from the School of Physics in the Faculty of Science, have been granted $730 000 from the ARC over four years for their work with VELUX.
"Energy consumption in buildings now rivals that of transport and agriculture. A new collaboration between our group at the University of Sydney with our invention of evacuated glazing and VELUX, a world leading glazing manufacturer, will deliver new vacuum insulated windows made from toughened glass that will offer both safety and record performance," said Professor Marcela Bilek.
- Addressing koala conservation management needs: applying novel genomic methods and assessing ecological exchangeability across the species range, where Professor Herman Raadsma and Dr Kellie Leigh, from the Faculty of Veterinary Science, and Dr Kyall Zenger, an Honorary Associate in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, will receive $115 218 over four years to work with the San Diego Zoo Global and Conservation Ecology Centre Pty Ltd.
"One of Australia's most iconic species, the koala, is under threat. This project will use cutting edge whole-genome technology to assess levels of genetic diversity and population differentiation across the species range, to inform the setting of conservation management units," said Professor Raadsma.
Read more about ARC Linkage Projects at: www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/lp/lp_outcomes.htm
Contact: Katynna Gill
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Sep 26, 2011
Stephan Winkelmann CEO of Automobili Lamborghini SpA, was presented by the Volkswagen Group Night in Frankfurt, the most extreme ever Gallardo: Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Super Trofeo Road. Automobili Lamborghini brings excitement to the road motorsport directly. This is a new model and upper bound is based on the latest Gallardo car racing's most successful Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo the fastest single make series in the world.
The car is produced in a limited run of 150 numbered units.
The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Championship brings professional riders and drivers face to face Knights in bitter battles in Europe more difficult circuits like Monza, Silverstone and Hockenheim. There are many similarities between the versions of the race and drive of this super sports car. For example, both share the same V10 engine used in the racing version unchanged.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- A field of six men's teams and five women's teams will converge on Cookeville's Southern Hills Golf Course Friday to compete in the annual TTU Invitational Cross Country Invitational.
The women will run a 5K race beginning at 3 p.m., while the men will battle through an 8K event starting at 3:45 p.m. Joining Tech in the women's race will be Carson Newman, Evansville, North Alabama and Tennessee State. Those same schools will be joined by Lipscomb in the men's race.
With between 60 and 70 runners in each race, the TTU Invitational will be one of the largest Tech has hosted.
"Being our home meet, we consider this to be one of our most important meets of the year," said Tech coach Tony Cox. "This is where we start making decisions on who is going to run in the conference meet. I think the weather is going to be great on Friday, and we're excited about hosting."
Tech's runners have become familiar with the layout at Southern
Hills, which includes a couple of challenging hills and some
breathtaking scenery throughout the course.
"It's a hilly course. It's probably one of the hardest courses we race on during the year, but it's a good course," Cox said. "There is a lot of variety and it is a good spectator course."
The Tech women's team will feature 11 runners -- Kendale Caldwell, Rebecca Cline, Dalis Connell, Kathryn Forbes, Landry Loving, Amelia McCoy, Beth Miller, Elizabeth Mitchell, Meghan O'Donoghue, Kara Webb and Peri Winborne.
A year ago Peri Winborne was Tech's top finisher, placing fifth overall in the time of 20:13.67. The Golden Eagles placed second behind Jacksonville State.
In the men's race, Tech's lineup will include 10 runners: Kolbe
Andrzejewski, Matt Bishop, Daniel Francis, Charlie Jordan, Nathan
Livesey, Adam McLeod, Mike Mahan, Sterling Smith, Matt Pennycuff
and Nathan Snow.
Last year, Jacksonville State edged Tech for the team title, while Golden Eagle John Greene was the individual winner with a time of 26:39.
The meet is open to the public and admission and parking are free. Complete results will be posted on TTUsports.com as soon as they become available.


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Patrice Jackson
In Their Own Words
"I'm the product of two educators who taught me the need to set a standard for common understanding and respect on day one. Also, my teachers did not take any nonsense. That's something I pass on to my students. But having high expectations doesn't mean you can't enjoy what you do. I try to be the kind of teacher who balances high expectations and having fun."
"I've played classical repertoire since I was little. Some think that if you play something often enough, it could become boring or repetitive. But every time I play a concerto, I find something new. And I ask myself, 'How can I relate to this audience? How can I play this part differently?' If I do that, then the audience will respond."
"As a cellist, I'm a well-established classical soloist, but I've also done everything else: performed in the hip-hop world; toured with a rock band; and worked with Mark O'Connor, an amazing Appalachian blue grass fiddler. I do pretty much everything, so whatever students come to me wanting to learn how to do, I say, 'I can show you that.'"
"I want my students to walk away knowing they have done the best they can do. I also want them to be open-minded and understand the need to have the best facility they can have on the cello, no matter what style of music they play. I don't want them to pass up a gig because they 'don't know how to do that.' I've done that. Then I figured out I could do other things—and I realized that's what keeps a roof over your head and food in the refrigerator."


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Fellow Dockers,
Today we are happy to introduce Docker 0.8, with a focus on Quality and 3 notable features: new builder instructions, a new BTRFS storage driver, and official support for Mac OSX. You can see the full Changelog on the repository, and read below for details on each feature.
This release is special in several ways:
First, this is the first Docker release where features take the backseat to quality: dozens and dozens of bugfixes, performance boosts, stability improvements, code cleanups, extra documentation and improved code coverage – that's the primary feature in Docker 0.8. We still have ways to go, and there are still many open bugs! But we are making progress and will continue to focus on Quality until it becomes a defining characteristic of Docker.
Second, this release marks the beginning of a new release cadence, which we hope you will find simpler and clearer. It's a very simple cycle:
One release per month. Every first week of the month, we release a new version of Docker. For example, in the first week of March we will release 0.9.
Master always works. We only merge patches which we consider ready to be released. And we only release what is in master. This makes it very easy to test upcoming features or distribute a "bleeding edge" version of docker. Simply build from master and you will get the current release candidate.
Not feature-based. Release dates are not linked to any specific features. If a feature is merged before the release date, it gets released. Otherwise, the next merge window is only a month away.
Simple numbering. We follow the Linux convention for numbering versions. The first digit indicates a major change in the project's lifecycle. For example, 1.0 indicates that the project is considered ready for production use. The second digit indicates regularly scheduled releases. The third digit is reserved for hotfixes, stability backports etc.
Lastly, this release marks the beginning of our support for platforms other than Linux on 64bit x86. With Docker 0.8 we are focusing on Mac support – but expect us to start supporting more and more platforms over the next few releases. As many of you have pointed out, "run anywhere" is only useful if you can actually, you know… run anywhere 🙂
Thank you to the entire Docker community, and happy hacking!
The Docker team
A special thank you to the 128 people who participated in this release, including but not limited to: Paul Tagliamonte, Lokesh Mandvekar, Josh Poimboeuf, Steeve Morin, Brandon Philips, Thatcher Peskens, Paul Nasrat, Roberto Hashioka, Johan Euphrosine, Danny Yates, Brian Goff, John Feminella, Jonathan Rudenberg, Josh Hawn, Joffrey Fuhrer, Maxime Petazzoni, Alex Larsson, Charles Lindsay, Bartłomiej Piotrowski, Gabriel Monroy, Sam Alba, Johannes Ziemke, Graydon Hoare, Andrews Medina, Peter Waller, Tzu-Jung Lee, Silas Sewell, Marek Goldmann.
We would also like to welcome several new maintainers on board: Sven Dowideit, Cristian Staretu and James Turnbull. Thank you for investing so much of your time and energy in the sometimes unglamorous work of maintaining such a young and active project, warts and all. And a special thank you to Andrew "Tianon" Page who has been a de facto maintainer since the 0.6 releases and has been essential to making Docker what it is.
And lastly, a big thank you to the maintainers of the Docker hosted infrastructure: without them keeping the public registry, website, authentication and other essential services running 24/7, Docker would be much less useful and not nearly as fun to use. So thanks Sam, Ken, Jerome, Johannes, Dustin, Josh, Thatcher, Daniel, John and Joffrey!
Docker 0.8 is the first release to be defined primarily by quality improvements. Sure, it packs cool features – but the majority of the work happened under the hood, one small incremental improvement at a time. With the precious help of many contributors who volunteered countless hours of debugging, support, patching and refactoring, we are inching our way towards our goal: making Quality one of the defining qualities of Docker – something that is not just "good enough", but one of the reasons people use Docker.
We still have a lot of work to do to reach that goal – but we are making progress! Here are some of the quality improvements in Docker 0.8:
Images and containers can be removed much faster
Building an image from source with docker build is now much faster
The Docker daemon starts and stops much faster.
The memory footprint of many common operations has been reduced, by streaming files instead of buffering them in memory, fixing memory leaks, and fixing various suboptimal memory allocations.
Several race conditions were fixed, making Docker more stable under very high concurrency load. This makes Docker more stable and less likely to crash and reduces the memory footprint of many common operations.
All packaging operations are now built on the Go language's standard tar implementation, which is bundled with Docker itself. This makes packaging more portable across host distributions, and solves several issues caused by quirks and incompatibilities between different distributions of tar.
Docker can now create, remove and modify larger numbers of containers and images graciously thanks to more aggressive releasing of system resources. For example the storage driver API now allows Docker to do reference counting on mounts created by the drivers.
Many components have been separated into smaller sub-packages, each with a dedicated test suite. As a result the code is better-tested, more readable and easier to change.
New builder features
Docker 0.8 improves the docker build command in several cool ways:
ADD caching
This is by far the most requested builder feature. The ADD instruction now supports caching, which avoids unnecessarily re-uploading the same source content again and again when it hasn't changed. This, in turn, can speed up builds considerably, especially in a development cycle where the same container is built very often.
In practice, if your Dockerfiles use the ADD instruction (and they probably should), Docker 0.8 may reduce your average re-build time by up to several minutes, depending on the amount of processing involved in your build.
ONBUILD triggers
The new ONBUILD instruction adds to your image a "trigger" instruction to be executed at a later time, when the image is used as the base for another build. The trigger will be executed in the context of the downstream build, as if it had been inserted immediately after the FROM instruction in the downstream Dockerfile.
Any build instruction can be registered as a trigger.
This is useful if you are building an image which will be used as a base to build other images, for example an application build environment (sometimes known as "buildpacks") or a daemon which may be customized with user-specific configuration.
You can find more details on the ONBUILD instruction in the official documentation.
BTRFS storage driver
Docker 0.8 now ships with an experimental storage driver which uses the BTRFS filesystem for copy-on-write. BTRFS is a relatively recent filesystem which has been gaining traction in the Linux community – it is usually presented as an alternative to the ZFS filesystem. Although it is still considered experimental, it has a loyal and growing following in the Linux sysadmin community.
This driver is experimental and disabled by default. If you want to try it, you can start the docker daemon with docker -d -s btrfs
Note that the BTRFS driver will only work if Docker is running on a BTRFS partition already prepared by the host system. Unlike the devicemapper driver, it will not automatically create a new dedicated partition.
Mac OSX support
Starting with version 0.8, Docker is officially supported on Mac OSX. This allows sysadmins and developers to build and run Linux applications as Docker containers, directly on their Mac machine.
Installing Docker on a Mac is a 2-step process:
First, install the Docker binary which will forward all commands to a remote docker daemon
Second, install Boot2Docker, which is a super-lightweight Linux VM capable of running a docker daemon on your Mac with the smallest possible overhead. Currently it occupies 24MB on disk and boots in less than 10 seconds.
The combination of a native Docker client and a super-lightweight VM gives us the best of both worlds: you can run Docker completely offline, without depending on an outside machine – and you can still run the exact same containers that will later be deployed in production to your Linux servers.
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Brussels, 28 September 2011
Common Rules for a Financial Transaction Tax – Frequently Asked Questions
(see also IP/11/1085)
1. General background
Why has the Commission proposed a new tax on the financial sector?
For two main reasons:
Why is a financial transaction tax necessary at EU level?
It is appropriate to set up a harmonised tax at EU level to create a solid internal market for financial services. The financial transaction tax would prevent evasion, avoid double taxation and minimise distortions of competition within the EU's Single Market. The objective of the proposal could not be sufficiently achieved by the Member States acting by themselves.
Is there support for the introduction of a financial transaction tax?
Yes. According to the latest Eurobarometer, 65% of European citizens are in favour of a financial transaction tax.
Do financial services currently enjoy preferential treatment compared with other sectors?
Yes. Financial services are, in the majority of cases, exempt from paying VAT (due to difficulties in measuring the taxable base). This leads to the under-taxation of financial services.
In addition, the financial sector benefits from very high profit margins and the implicit protection from governments in the current economic crisis.
Why is the Commission promoting a financial transaction tax at global level?
A financial transaction tax is needed not only at EU level but at global level because financial markets are increasingly interconnected and have a global dimension. By proposing a financial transaction tax at EU level first, the Commission intends to be in a position to promote such a tax at global level in the framework of the G20.
The Commission has discussed the introduction of a financial transaction since 2009 on several occasions in the G20 (Pittsburgh, Toronto). With the support of the current French Presidency of the G20, the introduction of a financial transaction tax at global level could be on the table at the next G20 summit in Cannes on 3 and 4 November.
2. Definitions
What is a financial transaction tax?
A financial transaction tax (FTT) is a tax applied to financial transactions, usually at a very low rate. A financial transaction applies to the exchange of financial instruments between banks or other financial institutions. The financial instruments in question include securities, bonds, shares and derivatives.
They do not include the transactions typically undertaken by retail banks in their relations with private households or businesses, except when they relate to the sale or purchase of bonds or shares.
What is a financial institution?
The definition of a financial institution in the Commission's proposal covers a wide range of institutions in order to avoid circumvention of the tax and includes essentially investment firms, organised markets, credit institutions, insurance companies, collective investment undertakings and their managers, alternative investment funds (such as hedge funds), financial leasing companies and special purpose entities.
What is the difference between transactions carried out on organised markets or over the counter?
Within the derivatives markets, many products are traded through exchanges on organised markets. Products traded on the exchange must be standardised for the purpose of transparent trading.
Non-standard products are traded in the so-called over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets. OTC derivatives have a less standard structure and are traded bilaterally (between two parties).
What is the residence principle?
The financial transaction tax would be based on the principle of tax residence of the financial institution or trader. Taxation would therefore take place in the Member State in which the establishment of the financial institution involved in the transaction was deemed to be located. This would help to reduce the risk of relocation, because a financial transaction would be taxed in each case where an EU resident was involved even if the transaction was carried out outside the EU.
3. How will the tax work?
Who will be taxed?
The main taxpayers would be financial institutions operating financial transactions, i.e. banks, investment firms, other financial institutions like insurance companies, stockbrokers, pension funds, undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities, alternative investment funds like hedge funds, etc.
Which transactions will be covered?
The Commission has proposed that the tax would be levied on all transactions on financial instruments between financial institutions, if at least one of the financial institutions was deemed to be established in the European Union. The financial instruments in question would be products such as shares, bonds, derivatives and structured financial products. Whether transactions were carried out on organised markets or over the counter would not make any difference - in both cases they would be taxed.
Which transactions will be excluded from the proposed tax?
Only transactions related to financial instruments would be covered by the Commission's proposal. This means all transactions in which private households or SMEs were involved would fall out of the scope of the tax. For instance, house mortgages, bank borrowing by SMEs, or contributions to insurance contracts would not be included. Spot currency exchange transactions and the raising of capital by enterprises or public bodies, including e.g. public development banks through the issuance of bonds and shares on the primary market, would not be taxed either.
Why will the Commission propose a very wide tax base?
The Commission has proposed that the financial transaction tax would have the broadest basis possible in order to reduce the risks of tax avoidance and market relocation. The tax base would be defined on the basis of trading activities carried out by financial institutions. The financial instruments covered would include shares, bonds, their substitutes and related derivatives.
Which tax rates will be proposed?
In order to reduce the risk of market disruptions, the Commission has proposed to impose a very low tax rate on transactions. It has proposed a minimum tax rate for the trading of bonds and shares of 0.1% and 0.01% for derivative products. Member States would be free to apply higher rates. The tax would have to be paid by each party to a transaction.
Why will the Commission propose these specific rates?
The Commission has decided to propose minimum rates to mitigate the risk of relocation on the one hand and to guarantee revenue for the EU and Member States on the other hand.
Where will the tax be applied?
The tax would be applied on the territory of the 27 Member States of the European Union. It would apply to all financial transactions on condition that at least one party to the transaction were established in a Member State of the EU and that a financial institution established in the territory of the Member State concerned was party to the transaction.
In cases where EU countries applied a national tax on financial transactions, the tax would have to comply with EU rules. All EU countries would have to respect the minimum rates of taxation for the various transaction types.
How will the tax be applied in practice to a transaction?
Both parties to the transaction would pay their share of the tax in their country of residence or deemed residence.
How will such a tax interact with Member States' tax systems?
Belgium, Cyprus, France, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Poland and United Kingdom already have a form of financial transaction tax in place. They may have to modify their national rules to align them with the rules proposed by the Commission. This means Member States would have to apply the minimum rate and harmonise the tax base as provided by the EU rules on the financial transaction tax. Other Member States would have to put in place the tax as proposed by the Commission.
4. Revenue raised by the financial transaction tax
What will the proceeds of a financial transaction tax be used for?
Like any other tax, a financial transaction tax can help to contribute to public finances, which is spent in the public interest. In the case of a financial transaction tax at EU level, part of it could go to the EU budget and another part could help to finance the budgets of Member States. Although it is general practice in the EU budget and in national budgets not to affect the proceeds of a tax to a particular policy, it should be noted that a fair share of the EU budget is devoted to growth and jobs, as well as addressing global challenges such as development and climate change.
How will the revenue be collected?
The tax would be paid immediately by financial institutions to Member States on the basis of the transactions undertaken, before netting and settlement. These are normally electronic transactions, in which case the tax would be paid the same day it was due. If the transaction is not processed electronically, the financial transaction tax would be due within three working days so as to allow the manual processing of transactions while avoiding unjustifiable cash-flow advantages.
The financial institutions that are liable to pay the financial transaction tax would have to submit a return to tax authorities. Member States would have to take appropriate measures to prevent tax evasion. Measures would include registration of financial institutions, accounting and reporting to ensure payment, keeping relevant data on financial transactions at the disposal of tax authorities and verifying the correct payment of the tax.
Are there estimates of how much money could be raised?
At a rate of 0.1% for bonds and shares and 0.01% for other kinds of transactions such as derivatives, the tax could raise approximately € 57 billion per year.
Why does the Commission propose to use part of the revenue generated by a financial transaction tax as a future own resource for the EU Budget?
In its proposal for the next financial framework (2014-2020), the Commission has proposed to introduce two new own resources: a tax on financial transactions and a modernized VAT resource. The new own resource system managed by the Commission would be made fairer as a more transparent link could be created between EU policy objectives and EU financing. The financial transaction tax could considerably reduce Member States' contributions and thus contribute to budgetary consolidation efforts in the Member States. It is estimated that by 2020, the new own resources could amount to almost half of EU budget revenue, while the share of Member Stat's GNI-based contributions will go down to around one third from over three quarters today (IP/11/799, MEMO/11/468).
Who will benefit and how?
All citizens and enterprises would benefit from this tax through extra public revenue which could be used for generating more economic growth and prosperity in the EU. The Member States would also benefit from this new public revenue stream both as direct financing for their own budgets and reduced contributions to the EU budget.
Finally, the financial transaction tax could become a new "own resource" for the European Union to finance its policies for the benefit of all.
5. Mitigation of risks
How will the proposal mitigate the risk of the tax being passed on to consumers?
The Commission has proposed that the tax should cover only transactions where financial institutions are involved. The aim is to tax the financial sector, not their clients. The tax would aim at covering 85% of the transactions that take place between financial institutions.
However, in case private households and enterprises were to purchase or sell financial products, financial institutions could pass on the tax. For instance, for a purchase of shares to the value of €10 000 the bank could charge €10, which is not excessive.
What risks could the introduction of such a tax bring? What solutions are proposed to mitigate such risks?
The main risks would be incidence of the tax (i.e. who bears the final burden of the tax), relocation of financial institutions to other countries, economic distortions and potential loss of competitiveness. In order to mitigate these risks, the proposal provides for low tax rates (differentiated per product group), a very wide tax base, appropriate criteria to determine the territorial application of the tax (to tax at the place of establishment of the financial institution) and harmonised scope.
6. Next steps
What are the next steps?
The proposal now needs to be discussed and agreed unanimously by Member States in the EU's Council of Ministers, following the opinion of the European Parliament. In parallel, the Commission will explore ways to introduce a financial transaction tax at global level, notably with its international partners in the G20.
When would the proposed tax enter into force?
The Commission has proposed that the tax should come into effect from 1st January 2014, but this depends on when the Council adopts the proposal.
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Cook Says He Doesn't Like Apple Stock Price Either
WSJ's Jessica Lessin joins The News Hub with investor reaction to the Apple shareholder meeting, and what Tim Cook thinks about Apple's stock drop and activist investor David Einhorn. Photo: Getty Images.
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Cementing a place in the refractories market requires high-quality products that improve productivity and performance, according to Peter Rooney, managing director of ANH Refractories Europe. Efficiency and effectiveness in the manufacturing process are greatly increased through the use of high-performance refractory products. Playing a crucial role for any business that uses heat as an integral part of the production process, it is vital to be able to handle refractories in a hot environment with total control, confidence and safety.
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Traditionally, many common problems occur as a side effect of cement plant and refractory operations. These include high abrasion that reduces the thickness of the lining, and heavy buildup of alkali that can attack the kiln shell leading to erosion. Additional problems can occur when thermal and mechanical loads increase, bringing stresses, while high thermal shock leads to the lining slabbing and spalling.
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"The myth that osteoporosis is caused by calcium deficiency was created to sell dairy products and calcium supplements. There's no truth to it. American women are among the biggest consumers of calcium in the world, and they still have one of the highest levels of osteoporosis in the world. And eating even more dairy products and calcium supplements is not going to change that fact."
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Osteoporosis is a debilitating disease characterized by low bone mass and deteriorating bone tissue that affects tens of millions of Americans and causes 1.5 million fractures annually. The annual cost of treatment totals more than $10 billion. While some people suffering from osteoporosis experience recurring back pain, loss of height, and spinal deformities, many don't even know they have the disease until a bone fracture occurs.
According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, one in two women over the age of 50, and one in eight men, will experience an osteoporosis-related fracture.
The dairy industry has a powerful hold on the nutrition industry in this country; it pays huge numbers of dietitians, doctors, and researchers to push dairy, spending more than $300 million annually, just at the national level, to retain a market for its products. The dairy industry has infiltrated schools, bought off sports stars, celebrities, and politicians, pushing all the while an agenda based on profit, rather than public health.
Dr. Walter Willett, a veteran nutrition researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health, says that calcium consumption "has become like a religious crusade," overshadowing true preventive measures such as physical exercise. To hear the dairy industry tell it, if you consume three glasses of milk daily, your bones will be stronger, and you can rest safely knowing that osteoporosis is not in your future.
Despite the dairy industry funding study after study to try to prove its claims, Dr. John McDougall, upon examining all the available nutritional studies and evidence, concludes:
"The primary cause of osteoporosis is the high-protein diet most Americans consume today. As one leading researcher in this area said, '[Eating a high-protein diet is like pouring acid rain on your bones.'" Remarkably enough, if dairy has any effect, both clinical and population evidence strongly implicate dairy in causing, rather than preventing, osteoporosis. That the dairy industry would lull unsuspecting women and children into complacency by telling them, essentially, drink more milk and your bones will be fine, may make good business sense, but it does the public a grave disservice.
Most of the world's peoples do not consume cow's milk, and yet most of the world does not experience the high rates of osteoporosis found in the West. In Asian countries, for example, where consumption of dairy foods is low (and where women tend to be thin and small-boned, universally accepted risk factors for osteoporosis), fracture rates are much lower than they are in the United States and in Scandinavian countries, where consumption of dairy products is considerably higher.
But don't take our word for it; examine the science for yourself:
One study, funded by the National Dairy Council, involved giving a group of postmenopausal women three 8-ounce glasses of skim milk per day for two years and comparing their bones to those of a control group of women not given the milk. The dairy group consumed 1,400 mg of calcium per day and lost bone at twice the rate of the control group. According to the researchers, "This may have been due to the average 30 percent increase in protein intake during milk supplementation ... The adverse effect of increases in protein intake on calcium balance has been reported from several laboratories, including our own" (they then cite 10 other studies). Says McDougall,
"Needless to say, this finding did not reach the six o'clock news."
After looking at 34 published studies in 16 countries, researchers at Yale University found that countries with the highest rates of osteoporosis--including the United States, Sweden, and Finland--are those in which people consume the most meat, milk, and other animal foods. This study also showed that African Americans, who consume, on average, more than 1,000 mg of calcium per day, are nine times more likely to experience hip fractures than are South African blacks, whose daily calcium intake is only 196 mg. Says McDougall, "[O]n a nation-by-nation basis, people who consume the most calcium have the weakest bones and the highest rates of osteoporosis. ... Only in those places where calcium and protein are eaten in relatively high quantities does a deficiency of bone calcium exist, due to an excess of animal protein."
Harvard University's landmark Nurses Health Study, which followed 78,000 women over a 12-year period, found that the women who consumed the most calcium from dairy foods broke more bones than those who rarely drank milk. Summarizing this study, the Lunar Osteoporosis Update (November 1997) explained: "This increased risk of hip fracture was associated with dairy calcium … If this were any agent other than milk, which has been so aggressively marketed by dairy interests, it undoubtedly would be considered a major risk factor."
A National Institutes of Health study out of the University of California, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2001), found that;
"Women who ate most of their protein from animal sources had three times the rate of bone loss and 3.7 times the rate of hip fractures of women who ate most of their protein from vegetable sources." Even though the researchers adjusted "for everything we could think of that might otherwise explain the relationship … it didn't change the results." The study's conclusion: "[A]n increase in vegetable protein intake and a decrease in animal protein intake may decrease bone loss and the risk of hip fracture."
Another study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2000) looked at all aspects of diet and bone health and found that high consumption of fruits and vegetables positively affect bone health and that dairy consumption did not. Such findings do not surprise nutritional researchers: According to Dr. Neal Barnard, author of Turn Off the Fat Genes (2001) and several other books on diet and health, the calcium absorption from vegetables is as good as or better than that from milk. Calcium absorption from milk is approximately 30 percent, while figures for broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mustard greens, turnip greens, kale, and some other leafy green vegetables range between 40 percent and 64 percent.
After reviewing studies on the link between protein intake and urinary calcium loss, nutritional researcher Robert P. Heaney found that as consumption of protein increases, so does the amount of calcium lost in the urine (Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 1993): "This effect has been documented in several different study designs for more than 70 years," he writes, adding, "[T]he net effect is such that if protein intake is doubled without changing intake of other nutrients, urinary calcium content increases by about 50 percent."
Researchers from the University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital discovered that consumption of dairy foods, especially early in life, increases the risk of hip fractures in old age (American Journal of Epidemiology, 1994).
Finally, an analysis of all research conducted since 1985, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2000), concluded:
"If dairy food intakes confer bone health, one might expect this to have been apparent from the 57 outcomes, which included randomized, controlled trials and longitudinal cohort studies involving 645,000 person-years."
The researchers go on to lament that "there have been few carefully designed studies of the effects of dairy foods on bone health," and then to conclude with typical scientific reserve that:
"The body of scientific evidence appears inadequate to support a recommendation for daily intake of dairy foods to promote bone health in the general U.S. population."
What we do know is that osteoporosis rates decline markedly as body weight, exercise, and caloric intake rise. Corroborating the researchers' lament about bad studies, only three studies have factored caloric intake into the analysis; two of them found no correlation between dairy intake and osteoporosis. The other found a positive link; that is, the more milk consumed, the higher the fracture risk (Harvard Nurses Study, see above).
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2000) study cited above argued that since we know for certain that total caloric intake and body weight are positively associated with bone mass, such factors are "particularly important" in any study of osteoporosis and bone mass.
Is the dairy industry ignoring these factors by design in its clinical studies, perhaps because dairy consumers tend to be heavier and to consume more calories than those consuming fewer (or no) dairy products? It is remarkable that the dairy industry can't get the results it's looking for, since dairy consumption does tend to make people heavier. Even though dairy researchers ignore this factor, most studies still show no relationship, and some indicate that milk causes osteoporosis. If the tendencies of those who consume more dairy to be heavier and to consume more calories were accounted for, would the studies indicating no link show, in fact, that dairy intake causes osteoporosis, like the Harvard School of Public Health study? That would bring clinical analysis into line with the population analysis, which clearly states that increased dairy consumption is linked to increased risk for osteoporosis.
So what can I do for strong bones?
Osteoporosis is a horrible disease, and although the evidence is strong that dairy consumption doesn't prevent it, simply eliminating dairy products does not ensure that it won't afflict you. And if, like most people who consume no meat or dairy, you are slender, you should be sure to put some thought (and effort) into keeping your bones healthy.
What the evidence does dictate as useful for strong bones is:
- Getting enough vitamin D (if you don't spend any time in the sun, be sure to take a supplement or eat fortified foods).
- Eliminating animal protein (for a variety of reasons, animal protein causes severe bone deterioration).
- Limiting alcohol consumption (alcohol is toxic to the cells that form bones and inhibits the absorption of calcium).
- Limiting salt intake (sodium leaches calcium out of the bones)
- Not smoking (studies have shown that women who smoke one pack of cigarettes a day have 5 to 10 percent less bone density at menopause than nonsmokers).
- Getting plenty of exercise. Studies have concluded that physical exercise is the key to building strong bones (more important than any other factor). For example, a study published in the British Medical Journal, which followed 1,400 men and women over a 15-year period, found that exercise may be the best protection against hip fractures and that "reduced intake of dietary calcium does not seem to be a risk factor." And Penn State University researchers found that bone density is significantly affected by how much exercise girls get during their teen years, when 40 to 50 percent of their skeletal mass is developed. Consistent with previous research, the Penn State study, which was published in Pediatrics (2000), the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, showed that calcium intake, which ranged from 500 to 1,500 mg per day, has no lasting effect on bone health.
"We (had) hypothesized that increased calcium intake would result in better adolescent bone gain. Needless to say, we were surprised to find our hypothesis refuted," one researcher explained.
Drinking milk builds dairy producers' profits, but as the above studies show, it's more likely to harm your bones than to help them. And dairy foods are linked to all sorts of other problems, including obesity, heart disease and cancer (including breast cancer and prostate cancer) and are likely to be contaminated with trace levels of antibiotics, hormones, and other chemicals, including dioxin, one of the most toxic substances known to humans (The Washington Post reported that "the latest EPA study concludes that people who consume even small amounts of dioxin in fatty foods and dairy products face a cancer risk of 1 in 100. They may also develop other problems, such as attention disorder, learning disabilities, susceptibility to infections and liver disorders" (April 12, 2001).
Of course, calcium is an essential mineral, and it is possible to have a calcium deficiency. According to Dr. Neal Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine:
"Milk, in particular, is poor insurance against bone breaks ... the healthiest calcium sources are green leafy vegetables and legumes ... You don't need to eat huge servings of vegetables or beans to get enough calcium, but do include both in your regular menu planning. If you are looking for extra calcium, fortified orange, apple, or grapefruit juices are good choices."
It makes no more sense for humans to consume the mother's milk of cows than for us to consume the mother's milk of rats, cats, dogs, giraffes, or any other mammal. Nature created human mother's milk for baby humans, cow mother's milk for baby cows, and so on.
The late Dr. Benjamin Spock, in Baby and Child Care (the United States' best selling book, other than the Bible, over the past 50 years), after recommending that no one consume cow's milk and cataloging a host of ills associated with milk consumption (heart disease, cancer, obesity, antibiotic residue, iron deficiency, asthma, ear infections, skin conditions, stomach aches, bloating, and diarrhea), concludes:
"In nature, animals do not drink milk after infancy, and that is the normal pattern for humans, too. ...Children stay in better calcium balance when their protein comes from plant sources."
Dr. Spock recommends human mother's milk for baby humans, as nature intended.
"It is hard to turn on the television without hearing commercials suggesting that milk promotes strong bones. The commercials do not point out that only 30 percent of milk's calcium is absorbed by the body or that osteoporosis is common among milk drinkers. Nor do they help you correct the real causes of bone loss."
--Dr. Neal Barnard
Says Dr. T. Colin Campbell, the world's leading epidemiological researcher in the field of diet and health,
"The dairy folks, ever since the 1920s, have been enormously successful in cultivating an environment within virtually all segments of our society--from research and education to public relations and politics--to have us believing that cow's milk and its products are manna from heaven. ... Make no mistake about it; the dairy industry has been virtually in total control of any and all public health information that ever rises to the level of public scrutiny."
"The association between the intake of animal protein and fracture rates appears to be as strong as the association between cigarette smoking and lung cancer."
--Dr. T. Colin Campbell
"Milk, it now seems clear, is not the solution to poor bone density. To the contrary, it's part of the problem."
--Dr. Charles Attwood


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The Duke Blue Devils advanced to the Elite Eight where they will take on Louisville for a chance to go to the Final Four. BDN takes a look at the frenetic pace of events in Indy as we continue our coverage.
A good win over Michigan State
A lot of people were worried about this game and for good reason in that Tom Izzo and the Spartans are always good, but the Blue Devils seized the opportunity at hand pulling out a 71-61 win. On a night when Quinn Cook struggled, Tyler Thonrton played well off the bench and Seth Curry was quite simply the best player on the court by evenings end. Curry of course, dropped 29 points to lead all scorers and he got help from fellow seniors Ryan Kelly who scored 9 points to go with his team high 7 rebounds. Actually, Mason Plumlee tied him for the lead in rebounds with 7 of his own and scored 14 points himself. It is also worth noting that Kelly was also the games leader in blocked shots with 4 rejections. Rasheed Sulaimon tallied 16 points as well, knocking down 12 of 16 free throws. As a team, Duke went a more than acceptable 24-26 from the free throw stripe as well. And then there is the defense which you have probably read about by now, but if not is was stellar and should the level of play continue, Duke will be a tough out.
In talking to the Duke players during the press conference here in Indy and what they call break out rooms where they speak individually with members of the media, it was clear they were tired due to the late end of the game. Some members of the team had to take mandatory drug tests late last evening and the other players while they did not have to, waited for their teammates, putting them in their rooms about 2:00 in the morning. Krzyzewski and others saw this as being ridiculous in nature for many reasons. The team had to be back at Lucas Oil Arena by noon today for the aforementioned interviews and according to many of them, it took some time to wind down from the Michigan State game they had just won. It was impossible for them not to think about that with the dreaded overkill thoughts before bedding down for the evening and to make matters worse, Louisville had to be on their minds as well. While these are indeed young men that can run circles around me, the responsibilities they have which are demanding in nature go unnoticed by fans. But the media knows, for they are on the same schedule with dead lines and in my case it was around 2:48 before I left the arena. Anyhow, Krzyzewski mentioned this as he should, hoping the NCAA will do a study on the situation. There was no reason why today's pressers could not be pushed back at least until say, 2:00. Another thing worth mentioning is that the coaching staff gets very little sleep if any, breaking down film and preparing for the job at hand in order to advance. How tired were Coach K's Devils? Tired enough to only conduct a simple walk through practice today.
Again, I have dubbed this the Final Four regional in that this region is and or was, flat out loaded. For the record, Duke and Louisville are the top two seeds left in the entire tournament and many feel the game tomorrow could in a sense be the national title game. It's almost a crime that these two-storied and strong programs could not meet for all the marbles. I mean it is Pitino vs Krzyzewski for gosh sakes and both teams are playing great basketball. Some feel the winner of this game could actually get a break when they hit the Final Four and I would not argue against that and actually agree with the analogy.
Keep in mind ...
Keep in mind that we'll see these two programs going head to head in the future when Louisville joins the ACC. In that vein, this is an all ACC match up in slightly skewed way. The one thing I noticed when talking to both teams players was the fact that I saw a lot of character. Covering the Duke program up close and personal over the years and even the AAU trail and the kids who eventually go to school in Durham, the one thing I can say with 100% objectivity, is that the Blue Devils players all have immense character in that they are all great kids and citizens on and off the court.
Nobody better than Coach K in Elite Eight play
Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski is 11-1 in Elite Eight play which is an amazing record. Blue Devil faithful are lucky to have him at the helm and who the heck else would you want in this situation? But the fan base should be grateful win or lose tomorrow and not take for granted how hard it is to advance in these tournaments. Remind yourself how it felt to go out last season against Lehigh in order to enjoy the accomplishments which are earned with hard work that starts the very next day the season ends. It's a long process and the season will be full of ebbs and flows but the last team standing will always be the happiest. Duke is one victory away from going to another Final Four which would be the eleventh for Coach K and company, one shy of John Wooden at UCLA.
30 wins, again
Duke won its 30th game of the season and while no fan wants it to end, that in itself is a dream for any school. It's the 13th time in history Krzyzewski has won 30 games at Duke. In fact, he is the only coach to win 30 in Durham and he has more 30 win seasons than any other coach in the long history of college basketball.
Duke just doesn't have it ... Duke will win it all
It amazes me how wrong the talking heads can be with their predictions as the year goes along and their flipping and flopping is akin to being manic. Going into last evenings game, BDN picked the Devils to win and we did so confidently. Maybe it comes from being around since the dawn of the K era for me or maybe it was just luck. Anyhow, Duke is starting to get some favorable press again. After the Maryland loss, everybody assumed a single game performance meant that Duke would continue to play like that and the ship was destined to sink. Maybe those NBA types will start to do their homework a bit more going forward. After all, it is not like anyone invited them to invade their living room trying to pose as college hoops experts.
Sidebar - Duke is 26-8 all time as a no. 2 seed. Duke is playing in their 18th consecutive NCAA Tournament which is the longest such streak of any program. Did you know there were seven couch fires in East Lansing, Michigan last night? Seth Curry knocked down six three pointers, a new Lucas oil Arena record and his is 29 points were the second most scored in the arena. Duke's free throw percentage last evening was the highest in their NCAA tournament history. Cook moved to 19th on the all time Duke assist list.
Stick around, for a lot more is coming from Indy.


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"Fashion Month" is in its final throws in Paris as we speak. When I wasn't traveling into the depths of Africa, I was quietly watching this Season's shows from the comfort of my computer screen – and I can confidently say that Australian label Sass & Bide's show during London Fashion Week is my absolute favorite!!
It's no secret that I'm generally obsessed with Australian fashion…but come on – how amazing are these looks??! The clean lines, amazing fabrics, metallic weaving & embroidery and the unexpected pops of a fresh yellow are just so modern and luxe. The silhuettes are mostly relaxed yet feminine, and above all, they convey a feeling of freedom and ease – which is such a quintessential and beautiful thing about Australian Fashion. Founders & designers Sarah- Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton have created another incredible collection that I can't wait to get my hands on!
Watch the Runway Video Here:
{Images via Marieclaire.co.uk, Video via Youtube.}


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Seventh edition of festival, which runs Nov 9-17, will be bookended by Waiting For The Sea and Una Pistola En Cada Mano.
Having promised 60 world premieres, it has been announced that the seventh edition of the Rome Film Festival, which runs Nov 9-17, will screen 59 world premieres and five international premieres.
The official selection of the revamped festival, the first under new artistic director Marco Mueller [pictured], will consist of five strands: the International Competition; a choice of 2012 Gala screenings Out of Competition; a CinemaXXI competitive section dedicated to new trends in international film with no distinction of genre or format; and Prospettive Italia which will take stock of the new directions in Italian cinema.
With 13 world premieres, the International Competition will feature the likes of Roman Coppola's A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III, Takashi Miike's Lesson Of Evil, Paolo Franchi's E La Chiamano Estate, Larry Clark's Marfa Girl and Jacques Doillon's You, Me And Us, as well as two surprise films. As previously announced, Take Shelter director Jeff Nichols will chair the International Jury that will give out seven awards, including the Golden Marc'Aurelio Award for Best Film and the Special Jury Prize. The film awarded the Golden Marc'Aurelio Award will not receive any other prizes from the International Jury.
The climactic part of the Twilight series, directed by Bill Condon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, P.J. Hogan's Mental and Michele Placido's The Lookout are among the films screening in the festival's Out of Competition strand, which will feature five world premieres and four international premieres. Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov's Waiting For The Sea and Cesc Gay's Una Pistola En Cada Mano will also screen in the section as the festival's opening and closing films, respectively.
Featuring 21 world premieres and one international premiere, the CinemaXXI competitive section will show the likes of Stéphanie Argerich's Bloody Daughter, Xu Haofeng's Judge Archer and Mike Figgis's Suspension Of Disbelief. Scottish artist Douglas Gordon is president of the CinemaXXI jury, with Vienna International Film Festival director Hans Hurch, cinematographer Ed Lachman, art historian Andrea Lissoni and contemporary artist Emily Jacir also on the jury.
The Prospettive Italia strand will host seven world premieres of feature films in competition and six documentary world premieres in competition, including Francesco Amato's Cosimo E Nicole, Alessandro Gassman's Razza Bastarda and Luca Ferrari's Pezzi. Italian director and screenwriter Francesco Bruni heads the jury, which also includes actor and film editor Babak Karimi, filmmaker Anna Negri, director and producer Stefano Savona and actress and producer Zhao Tao.
As previously announced, director, actor, and producer Matthew Modine will chair the Best Debut and Second Film jury with eight debut films and six second films in competition eligible for the award.
Walter Hill will receive the Maverick Director Award at this year's edition, where his latest film Bullet To The Head will world premiere, while Peter Ramsey's Rise Of The Guardians will receive the Vanity Fair International Award for Cinematic Excellence.
Mueller commented: "While we have carried out a necessary review of the program's strengths, which permitted us to re-evaluate the number of films being presented (highlighting the core importance of the three competition sections, each of which will now only host world premieres), the 2012 edition of the event does not feature substantial structural changes compared to past editions. Should these be made in the future, they will need to stem from a further work of redefinition of our goals and purposes.
"We – a deeply motivated, expert team and I – had little more than four months to find the best possible course to follow, one aimed at enlivening our relationship with those who make films and distribute them, and to consider our potential audiences not as a predictable answer, but as a constantly renewing question. The program that resulted is one we believe has a distinct identity."
For more information, visit Rome Film Festival's website.