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|2003-11-09, 07:19
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|2003-11-09, 09:30
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Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Avenger is another of my favorite 3 animes currently. Actually 4 if you count Fumoffu.
Avenger has the same feel and I think the music style is very similar to .Hack//Sign
I like the show alot so far. There is a backstory that is hinted at and is slowly being unveiled. I also like the characters
It had me hooked wityhin the first two episodes.
|2003-11-09, 10:36
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|2003-11-09, 13:31
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Senior Member
I am pretty sure if I can actually stand through 25 episodes of Ultra Maniac I can stand through Avenger.
I love the moon imagery in the series so far...
And I did love .hack//sign, Noir was okay too but I thought there were too much clock flashbacks and stuff to be really interesting. I guess I will like Avenger then. ^_^
|2003-11-09, 15:47
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Middle of insanity
Short answer: Yes. IT's good.
Long answer: The theme is interesting, and although some parts don't make much sence, overall I like the anime and would consider it one of my top 5 anime. I'm sure that the farther we go into the series the more things will make sence, but right now I really like it.
|2003-11-10, 01:28
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In any case the music is good, but you probably know that already.
|2003-11-10, 01:49
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Destroyer of the God Deus
I like the series because it has that doomed feeling to it. You know that this type of show has been done before but yet you still are intrigued to keep watching. The main character is your typical strong as hell but equally as silent, but with a death wish as she has already stated several times. What most attracts me though is the relationship to her father of sorts, not sure if he is or not even though they say so, but I also like anime that always has that impending doom feel to it.
|2003-11-10, 02:13
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|2003-11-10, 03:04
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Well I find the series interesting for the most part, but I thought episode 6 was pretty boring to watch. Too many "quiet" moments where the character says nothing for 5 minutes. I still like the series though. The mystery around the characters makes me curious enough to find out more about them. Lyate and Nei mostly. It's a bit of a shame this series is only 13 episodes.
I haven't seen Noir, but I loved .Hack//Sign. Although, there are more then plenty of people who hate .Hack//Sign, because the characters talked too much apparently.
|2003-11-10, 06:49
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Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
I hear ya, I love the OP and to a lesser extent the ED
|2003-11-10, 09:59
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I'm still undecided. While some of the elements are entertaining and/or intriguing, the first six episodes have been a bit repetitive. There's been very little in the way of plot or character development thus far. I plan to continue watching, though, especially if there are only 13 episodes.
Speaking of which, what's your source on that number? There's no indication of the length of the series anywhere I've seen.
|2003-11-10, 23:31
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Join Date: Nov 2003
As it was said, if you like science-fiction stories of the old "planetary romance" type (Burroughs' John Carter of Mars and Leigh Brackett's "Sword of Rhiannon" come to mind), you will like it. At least, the main character is more relate-able than those from .hack//sign and Noir. And the widescreen format is very nice.
|2003-11-10, 23:48
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*Kyuuketsuki Otaku*
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Somewhere in Hawaii
I like avenger, its one of those series which you can love or hate. To me its very interesting ie Layla Ashley and her bio mechanical doll. Oh yeah the wide screen format really rocks.
|2003-11-11, 00:16
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Location: あんたの頭の中
You know, after seeing several people trash this show in other threads I started watching not expecting much, but was really, really surprised.
First the animation itself is *superb* - very well drawn with a fluidity you seldom see outside of an OAV or movie. There's a minimum of completely static scenes and they take the time to animate stuff like hair and clothes blowing in the wind. The music is also very atmospheric and quite engrossing - it really helps set the feel of the show.
So far I love the story too - it's kind of a mixture of "Dune" and Spielberg's "A.I." (also has a Clint Eastwood "Man with no Name" Spaghetti Westren feel to it sometimes too).
Yes, it's not always action packed (though there is action), and the plot isn't painted out with preschool simplicity. I know some people don't seem happy unless every second is packed with blood, explosions, and/or camel-toes; but I kind of like stories that take time to develop a sense of atmosphere and mystery. Granted, I've seen shows wind up being nothing but atmosphere - full of suggested mysteries the writers never bother to wrap a plot around, but it's too soon to say Avenger is going that direction.
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Breakfast Standbys" Man on the Street John "Doc" Willoughby challenges viewers to a blind oatmeal tasting to see if steel-cut really is better than instant. Then, host Christopher Kimball goes into the test kitchen with test cook Bridget Lancaster to learn how to make the best bowl of 10-Minute Steel Cut Oatmeal. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried is in the Equipment Corner reviewing his favorite moka pots, and Chris answers questions from viewers. D
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P. Allen Smith's Garden Home "Bulb Gardening" Bulb gardening is easier than you think. In this episode Allen gives us some tips to help us through the process, including protecting newly planted bulbs from squirrels. Allen shows us some exquisite dahlias, the secret to planting paper whites and how to make a beautiful tulip and hyacinth arrangement. D
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Lark Rise to Candleford The fourth season opens with the arrival of Gabriel Cochrane, a handsome and once wealthy owner of a large iron foundry. Since the bankruptcy of his business and his wife's death, he is penniless and homeless. Dorcas offers him a job as blacksmith, and a room above the forge.G
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With the wind whipping to the tune of 30 miles per hour, weather was a factor in last Friday's Nassau Class A boys' soccer first-round playoff game between visiting Lynbrook and host Lawrence.
Each team controlled play with the wind at its back, and plenty of scoring opportunities fell by the wayside until 1:39 remained in regulation time. That's when second-seeded Lawrence's Francisco Quintanilla nailed a hard line-drive shot that snuck through the hands of Lynbrook goalkeeper Patrick Doody for the game's only goal. It was Quintanilla's 11th of the season and advanced the Conference A-II champions into the quarterfinals a year after they suffered a first-round playoff defeat as the county's top seed.
"There are no style points in the playoffs," Lawrence coach Pat Leary said. "It's just about surviving and advancing. We didn't talk much about what happened last year. We just wanted to be one of the eight teams still playing after today.
"We've got such a great group of kids who are talented and love playing soccer," he added. "I'm glad they get to keep playing next week."
The Golden Tornadoes (11-2-2), who beat Lynbrook during the regular-season, 3-0, advanced to host No. 7 Jericho, with a spot in this Friday's semifinals at Hofstra going to the winner. It was a tough ending for the Owls (7-7-3), who went on the road Oct. 23 and beat Hewlett in a play-in game, 2-1.
"We did everything we set out to do today," Lynbrook coach Josh Berlin said. "We knew they'd come out hard with the wind at their backs, but we weathered the storm in the first 20 minutes and had a great scoring chance of our own.
"I think once our guys saw that opportunity happen, they knew they belonged here and could win," he added. "Our teams know each other so well and have played five or six times over the last three years. It's heartbreaking to lose like that in the last few minutes. Patrick was everything for us all year. He was awesome. He's an All-County caliber keeper. We're not even here if it wasn't for him."


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Greencastle, Ind. - Coming off a second straight loss of four or fewer points, DePauw returns home to face Kenyon in a North Coast Athletic Conference game. Kickoff from Blackstock Stadium is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 20.
The 1-5 Tigers dropped a 22-20 decision at Allegheny in which they had a chance to tie with less than a minute remaining. DePauw is 0-3 in NCAC play.
Kenyon is 3-3 overall and 2-1 in conference play after Saturday's 33-14 loss at Ohio Wesleyan.
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Upgrading : Scheduler does not start after an upgrade
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Upgrading : Scheduler does not start after an upgrade
|Problem Summary
|Scheduler does not updated after an upgrade to Cisco Unified IS Release 7.5(3) or 7.5(4)
|Error Message
|Not applicable.
|Possible Cause
|Scheduler is not backed up before starting the upgrade
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| Replace the scheduler from the back up location that the installer creates.
1. Locate the backup folder to which the installer program has backed up the scheduler files. This folder is usually located in <CUIS_HOME>\CUISScheduler and named using the current CUIS version separated with underscores(_), for example _CUIS_7_5_4_0_0_0_12.
2. Copy the CuisScheduler.exe.config file from this backup folder.
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Dear Dr. Wally: Hipsters
Dear Dr. Wally
A couple of days ago, I decided to become a hipster. I'm nineteen, so it's cool. It helps that I'm kinda tall and thin, actually 5 feet 10 inches and 145 pounds, so I can fit into those really skinny jeans. But I'm having trouble finding ironic t-shirts here in Broken Elbow because all the ones I've seen either are for sports teams or some variety of farm equipment. I took my Dad's dusty old bike and I'm converting it to a fixed gear. It's an ancient Schwinn, a model I never heard of called a Paramount. It doesn't look like any of the Schwinns at the local W**Mart store. One of my friends said I can make it into a fixed gear by pouring epoxy down into the gear cluster. Will that work? I've already customized it with stickers and I sanded off all those manufacturers decals in symbolic defiance of modern consumer culture. I threw away all that Champ stuff too.
Teen Hipster in Training
Dear Hipster
Is there any chance I can be on the jury when your Dad's trial comes up? For that matter, if he gets a jury of his peers - say, middle-aged men with teenage sons - he'll probably walk. Just realize that your body may never be found. I'd even help him dig the hole.
I'm going to ask you a question that's been asked of me on numerous occasions. Are you out of your mind? Wait, wait. Don't bother answering that. You're a teenager and as such the whole planet revolves around you, right? There's a quote attributed to Samuel Clemens. He said, " "When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." So according to Clemens, you have three years to go. Let's hope you survive them.
My advice - join the Marine Corps immediately and get out of town before your Dad discovers what you've done.
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http://www.ThinkNum.com let's you view financial time-series data and manipulate them using mathematical operators. You can also view corporate filings and click on a label to pull up the associated data as a time-series or to compare among peer companies. It includes macroeconomic data from extensive online datasets, time-series data from all US filings and market data from exchanges across the globe. All of these time-series can be analyzed using algorithms we make available over a web interface.
ThinkNum analysis engine is powered by a semantic web connecting over two thousand data sources. This data can be analyzed by an ever growing library which currently exposes over a thousand data analysis algorithms.
http://www.ThinkNum.com/ - Intersection of Mathematics Computer Science and Social Sciences
Data: ThinkNum includes a lot of data that we hope would be useful for econometric analysis. We have data from over 2000 data sources. One can browse the data at http://www.thinknum.com/
Wesley R. Gray, PhD, says "I predict that technology is going to disrupt the entire financial services economy. Technology will democratize financial knowledge and data, which will allow investors to peek inside the massive conflicts-of-interest box we call "Wall Street." Once investors are educated and empowered, fees for financial planning will be cut in half. The days of "two and twenty" will be limited to uber niche and highly specialized asset managers. Fees for financial data services will be cut in half (watch out Capital IQ, Factset, and Bloomberg). On the prediction that "Fees for financial data services will be cut in half (watch out Capital IQ, Factset, and Bloomberg)" I present a new tool produced by Greg Ugwi. Greg is a Princeton graduate and worked at the Vampire Squid (Also known as Goldman Sachs). He's developed an unbelievable tool for fundamental investors called ThinkNum.com." Read more about it at: http://turnkeyanalyst.com/2013/09/19/cloud-based-discounted-cash-flow-analysis-tool/
ThinkNum.com provides a platform for doing counter-factual data analysis. Traditionally investors have relied on Wall Street analyst projections of companies intrinsic values but with the new spreadsheet-like Web App 'Cash Flow Model' from ThinkNum.com, individuals can easily build their own models. Wall Street analysts typically do not disclose the models used in arriving at their buy, sell or hold recommendations. Users can view and change any formula or assumption that drives the final valuation. This would help you in fact-checking and in conducting 'what-if' analysis. Google DCF 3 Statement Model is an example of a model I built recently for valuing Google's stock. To get started all a user needs is a ticker. The application is completely free. You can view and change all of the formulae used in the model and no longer need to rely on buy/sell recommendations from stock brokers and Wall Street analysts who refuse to disclose their opaque proprietary models. Models can be saved online, downloaded into spreadsheets and uploaded from spreadsheets.
Given a ticker, this application can be used to compute the intrinsic value of the associated company. Financial Model of Google is an example which computes the intrinsic value of Google. The model pulls historical data for the balance sheet, income statement and statement of cashflows from corporate filings. Based on the specified growth assumptions, the model projects cashflows that would accrue to equity investors. Finally the intrinsic value of the company is computed by discounting the cashflows at the appropriate discount rate. Using this application, users can build models for multiple companies as opposed to traditional spreadsheet models where the hard-coded data must be updated manually.
http://www.ThinkNum.com Cash Flow Model - Predict the Future of any Company by altering the Input Variables.
A cash flow model is a tool for translating projections of a company's future operating performance like revenue growth and costs of goods into an intrinsic value for the company. Without viewing the assumptions underlying a model, a leap of faith is required in order to use the model's outputs. With Thinknum, users can view and change any formula or assumption that drives the valuation. The interactive nature of the application allows users to conduct 'what-if' analysis to test how sensitive a company's valuation is to changes in a specific performance measure.
One important caveat is any model is only as good as the assumptions underlying it. We provide data from over 2,000 sources in an attempt to place proper context around companies and help analysts make the best assumptions based on all the information available. ThinkNum users can plot any number in the cash flow models over time. Visualizing numbers over time and comparing metrics across the industry help users gain insight into the company's historical performance and how such performance might vary going forward. For example, simply type total_revenue(goog) into the expression window to pull up the total historical revenue for Google. You can then click on the bar graphs to pull up the corporate filings used in the charts. We are excited about the role the web can play in helping us make better decisions by rationally analyzing available data.
To get started, all that is needed is a stock ticker. After entering the ticker, Thinknum displays a model using the mean of analysts' revenue growth projections. We load the historical numbers for the company's balance sheet, income statement and the statement of cash flows from corporate filings. We then use the growth assumptions to project how the company's financial performance will evolve over time and how much value will ultimately accrue to shareholders. Users can modify the model or build one from scratch. Users can also download the models into Excel spreadsheets.
Just enter a Ticker Symbol like 'GOOG' above and see what happens. Given a company ticker, a user can compute the intrinsic value of a stock using Discounted Cash Flow Analysis. All future assumptions/predictions can be 'diddled' by you, as computations are done on the client side using javascript. On top of this, it gives users the ability to leverage multiple financial equations as well as decide how many statements they want to use as a base line model.
Functions: Thinknum.com has an advanced user interface in which users can specify functions which they would like to perform analysis on right off of the ThinkNum website. ThinkNum maintains a high level of credibility in how these functions are implemented in that they list all of the code that enters each of the functions so that there is no behind the curtain ambiguity.
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Function Current Liabilities to net worth ratio - amount due to creditors
ThinkNum.com can easily generate a wide range of charts using data names to identify which data sets to use and functions to define how to modify the data sets. For example:
For example: Say you were interested in how google stock price is moving with respect to the S&P 500. You want to compare both the daily rate and the 30 day simple moving average and have them plotted on the same graph. The following command will do this. sma(^spx,30);^spx;sma(goog*2,30);(goog*2); sma is the "simple moving average" while ^spx specifies the S&P 500 with goog Google and the 30 is the 30 day moving average. Note, I have multiplied the Google by 2 so that we can see them more clearly on the same graph since the stock price of Google is about half that of the S&P and price scales are arbitrary generally.
For example: Say you were interested in how google stock price is moving with respect to the S&P 500. You want to compare both the daily rate and the 30 day simple moving average and have them plotted on the same graph. The following command will do this. sma(^spx,30);^spx;sma(goog*2,30);(goog*2); sma is the "simple moving average" while ^spx specifies the S&P 500 with goog Google and the 30 is the 30 day moving average. Note, I have multiplied the Google by 2 so that we can see them more clearly on the same graph since the stock price of Google is about half that of the S&P and price scales are arbitrary generally.
function: sma(^spx,30);^spx;sma(goog*2,30);(goog*2);
Thinknum.com has dozens of other functions. You can browse the function library here: http://www.thinknum.com/browseFunctions
In addition, ThinkNum has released an R package called "Thinknum" with the single function "Thinknum" which allows for time series data to be imported directly into R.
goog <- Thinknum("goog")
plot(goog, type="l")
Read more about this at: http://www.econometricsbysimulation.com/2013/09/thinknum-new-interactive-public.html
Functions are used to encapsulate one or more computational operations. In order to use a function, a user needs to specify the function name, and, optionally, arguments or parameters. An example is correl(yield@2yr, yield@10yr) which is a function used to compute the Pearson correlation between 2 time-series, in this case - the 2 year interest rate and 10 year interest rate. For documentation of the functions we currently support, please see Thinknum.com/functions
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Function Linear Regression Linest gs spx
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Function price to earnings PE
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Function SALES Corporate Finance returns net sales revenue
http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Bank Cash Assets at Fed Reserve - Banks are still not lending
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|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Blog JPM Putback Risk
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Blog Mortgage Putback Risk abs15g Dodd-Frank rule
ThinkNum indexes financial data by exposing it to a simple application programming interface (API). It serves as a financial analysis engine that brings information typically found in Wall Street to an open platform. The engine connects to over two hundred data sources, and can be analyzed in a library with over a thousand data analysis algorithms. It provides users with curve trade and regression functions, among other algorithms from academia and quant trading. The company currently offers two applications for investment decisions: ThinkNum Plotter and ThinkNum Cashflow Engine. ThinkNum Plotter manipulates time series data using mathematical expressions and analyzes data without writing code. ThinkNum Cashflow Engine views discounted cash flow models online. All assumptions in the model can be changed by the user. Read more at : http://nj-connect.com/2013/09/30/financial-data-indexer-speaks-at-princeton-tech-meet-up/
http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Blog TRW Automotive there is still some upside left
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Chicago Fed Adjusted National Financial Conditions Index
Expressions: Expressions are central to our applications and our API. Expressions allow users to reference and manipulate ThinkNum data without the need to write code. Expressions also enable third-party developers to run analysis on our servers through a simple API.
An expression is a combination of data-tickers, arithmetic operators and functions.
sma(firstname.lastname@example.com,30)-sma(email@example.com,30) is an example of an expression. This expression references the spread between the thirty day simple moving averages of investment grade and non-investment grade asset-backed securities' prices.
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sma(email@example.com,30)-sma(email@example.com,30) is an example of an expression. This expression references the spread between the thirty day simple moving averages of investment grade and non-investment grade asset-backed securities' prices.
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Chicago Fed National Activity Index
ThinkNum's goal is to give Main-street investors a simple-to-use charting tool that taps into some of the macro-level data that the big boys have at their fingertips. In researching this post, I learned there are other econ graphing tools available on the Web: for example, the World Bank has a nice plotting tool on its site, and a world-famous Princeton blogger favors a charting tool from the Federal Reserve Bank. What ThinkNum has going for it is that it lets you create interactive and embeddable graphs using very simple commands. The Wolfram Alpha comparison is a not a completely unfair one, and in fact it was part of the inspiration behind ThinkNum. Though it doesn't have Alpha's natural language capabilities, once you learn the macro commands–or you can simply click on their helpful tree of time series data–you can then assemble it all in Alpha-like fashion into more complicated algebraic expressions. For example, to graph the spread between 10 and 2 year treasure rates, you subtract one variable from the other. ThinkNum also provides basic statistical functions–moving average, linear regressions, etc. In my own experiments, I found a remarkable relationship between GDP and capacity utilization: when one rises so does the other. Seriously, you get the idea: use ThinkNum as an econ sketchpad to work out your own ideas, and also share your creations with others through ThinkNum's gallery feature. ThinkNum also provides web APIs, allowing its data to be fed into other apps. It also has attracted R users through its own package, which means you can then let this statical language's enormous machinery take over. - See more at: http://technoverseblog.com/2013/09/nj-startup-thinknum-rethinks-econ-charts/#sthash.dndSQtGJ.dpuf
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Chicago Fed National Financial Conditions Credit Sub Index
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Chicago Fed National Financial Conditions Index
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Chicago Fed National Financial Conditions Leverage Sub Index
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Chicago Fed National Financial Conditions Risk Sub Index
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Chicago Fed National Non Financial Conditions Leverage Sub Index
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Coincident Economic Activity Index for the Texas
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Coincident Economic Activity Index for the United States
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ CredAbility Consumer Distress Index for Housing
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Credit Mortgage outstanding RMBS and CMBS
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Cumulative Mortgage CMO Issuance Non Agency
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Daily Treasury Yeild Curve Rates 20 year - Real Yields are Negative
|http://www.ThinkNum.com/ Demo Video Basic Introduction
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Demo Video Creating and Sharing Charts
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Equities - Profits - Apple Vs Google Vs Microsoft
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Equities - Research Expense - Apple Vs Google Vs Microsoft
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Equities - Revenue - Apple Vs Google Vs Microsoft
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Equities - Stock Performance - Apple Vs Google Vs Microsoft
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Gold Fixing price 3 PM in london Bullion Market USD
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Google Business Overview
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Govt Credit Outstanding Munis Treasuries Agency Mortgages
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Home Price Index for Los Angeles California
|http://www.thinknum.com/ ISM Manufacturing Inventories Index
|http://www.thinknum.com/ JP Morgan facing Putback Claims by Investors says FDIC is responsible
|http://www.thinknum.com/ JP Morgan facing Putback Claims over 150 Billion from WAMU and Long beach
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Mortgage REITS are levered - Puny Capital Vs Assets
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Mortgage REITS Total Liabilities Vs Repo - Increasing use of Repo Funding
http://www.thinknum.com/ Nonfarm Private Goods Producing large Payroll Employment
http://www.thinknum.com/ Nonfarm Private Goods Producing large Payroll Employment
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Nonfarm Private Service - Providing Small Payroll Employment
|http://www.thinknum.com/ One Month Treasury Constant Maturity Rate
One drawback to referencing data using tickers, as opposed to free-form names in a natural language such as English, is the initial hurdle new users face in familiarizing themselves with the chosen symbology. In our view, this initial cost is minuscule when compared with the power data-tickers unleash by allowing users to analyze data without having to write code. Our users typically do not interact with data-tickers directly but rather use tickers in the context of interactive applications.
One drawback to referencing data using tickers, as opposed to free-form names in a natural language such as English, is the initial hurdle new users face in familiarizing themselves with the chosen symbology. In our view, this initial cost is minuscule when compared with the power data-tickers unleash by allowing users to analyze data without having to write code. Our users typically do not interact with data-tickers directly but rather use tickers in the context of interactive applications.
Classic arithmetic operators can be used to manipulate Thinknum time-series data. For example, in order to reference the two year ten year spread, a user need only type
yield@10yr-yield@2yr. ThinkNum pulls up both time-series, joins them based on their respective dates and subtracts the values on each date to come up with the correct output.
In general, operators and data-tickers can be arbitrarily combined. Thinknum.com/CashFlowModel is an application that demonstrates the value of operators in more involved use-cases.
Classic arithmetic operators can be used to manipulate Thinknum time-series data. For example, in order to reference the two year ten year spread, a user need only type
yield@10yr-yield@2yr. ThinkNum pulls up both time-series, joins them based on their respective dates and subtracts the values on each date to come up with the correct output.
In general, operators and data-tickers can be arbitrarily combined. Thinknum.com/CashFlowModel is an application that demonstrates the value of operators in more involved use-cases.
|http://www.thinknum.com/ PMMS 30 Yr FRM Interest rate National - USA
|http://www.thinknum.com/ REITS increased Agency Vs Non-Agency Holdings - Herding Accelerating
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Simple Moving Average sma ABS Customer Sells Volume Market data
|http://www.thinknum.com/ St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Total US Debt in System - No Deleverage
|http://www.thinknum.com/ Wall Street Deleverage - Assets Increasing Vs Liabilities
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Luxembourg Income Study link 1,000 Growth, income, poverty and inequality statistics across 100s countries. LIS
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Central Banks
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Federal Reserve Economic Data link 61,000 Economic and financial data from over 50 primary sources FRED
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Bank of Israel link 2,000 Statistics on the economy and finances of Israel BANKISRAEL
Bank of Mexico link 700 Statistics on the economy and finances of Mexico BDM
Bank of England link 300 Monetary and financial statistics for the United Kingdom BOE
Bank of Japan link 200 Economic indicators for Japan BOJ
Reserve Bank of New Zealand link 200 Economic and financial indicators for New Zealand. RBNZ
People's Bank of China link 100 Statistics on the Chinese economy PBCHINA
Bank of Canada link 100 Exchange rates, interest rates and price indexes for Canada BOC
Norges Bank link 100 Data on prices, financial stability and monetary policy for Norway NORGES
Reserve Bank of Australia link 100 Statistics on the
US Bureaus and Agencies
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Bureau of Economic Analysis link 107,000 Economic statistics including national income and product accounts BEA
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Think Tanks and Academia
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Thomas Brinkhoff link 14,000 Historical population data for large cities all over the world CITYPOP
Penn World Tables link 5,000 International comparisons of production, income and prices PENN
Gapminder Foundation link 2,000 Data on social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels GAPM
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Institute for Supply Management link 25 Data on new orders, production, inventories and employment ISM
National Association of Home Builders link 25 Statistics on housing construction NAHB
National Fire Protection Association link 20 Statistics on fires, firemen, and safety NFPA
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chaokraze wrote:
i feel silly for not having brought this up earlier but- has any of the crunchyroll community dubbed a specific server that the rest of the community can start up on?
personally i'm just playing with some close friends on fort aspenwood.
Due to the last-minute decisions of some idiot Zerg guilds, we are now going to roll on the DRAGONBRAND server.
Overseas until the end of August.
ive never gotten into any MMOs, i bought the first guild wars when it was on sale on steam for something like 5 bucks.... but this game actually looks really good. im looking at pre ordering it if i find people that i can actually play with...... someone should start a thread on here for everyone thats gonna play it so we can all play together.... or we could prolly \just use this thread.... then we just need a vent server or something
i'm playing with some friends too, we still have yet to pick a server...
A rl friend talked me into picking it up to play with him. I'll be downloading it pretty soon. This is the same guy that talked me into wow and then told me to hit cap in before he would play with me but to hell with it, that probably won't be an issue in this game.
I have another friend online that did everything in GW1 and qualifies for all the GW2 bonus stuff, but she isn't picking up the game. Kind of funny.
People like me should be herded in to ditches and shot.
Most of the new racial dances are quite odd. The humans get the best one. I call racsim! LOL
Overseas until the end of August.
my computer is in the middle of installing it right now... im debating if i want a guy or a girl character... and the only race i really have any desire to play (long term at least) is human... idk if they put it into the game but norn and charr just look like theyd be slow, sylvari remind me of tree huggers, but the asura do kinda look like theyd be fun... i will probably make a charr at some point and an asura tho
Is anyone going to be playing it at midnight or is everyone pretty much starting tomorrow morning?
Overseas until the end of August.
I'm getting on at midnight playing til I pass out. Once I make my character I'll post my name and whatever else if anyone wants to join.
I'll prolly go onto that dragon band server. Simply because that's the one I assume everyone on here( or at least a lot of people from CR) will be on. Mainly because that was the I ly server I've seen posted here.
dragonbrand was full :/ im in fort aspenwood
my characters name is Kiiritto (im not creative... i know)
add my/find me/ friend me ...whatever it is you do if you want
or the other name that shows up when i hit the friends button is UnknownDevelopment..6572
My account name is Schmoopies... so since you're allowed to guest on friends' servers n PvE, if anyone needs help with something I can bop over there to your server or vice versa while in party.
Overseas until the end of August.
I tried GW2 when the first beta came out, and I really didn't like it that much. I rolled a Mesmer and found the class interesting, but I wasn't really having fun.
Fast forward to today where I installed it on a whim since it's opening weekend. Love it. Obviously, I must have just not liked Mesmer very much in beta because playing a different class now and I'm enjoying the hell outta the new class. Also runs a ton better now that it's actually optimized. What I find strange is that I don't feel compelled to level quickly. Playing the game as it is and exploring all the areas and quests is really fun in itself.
Under Night In-verse
i love the W v W v W, current standings where my world is
something like this : (llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll)
my world is green
i successfully just transfered to dragonsbrand... free of charge too!


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Phil Everly Dead - Everly Brothers Singer Dies at 74
Everly Brothers singer Phil Everly has died, according to Variety.
The 74-year-old singer passed away from complications relating to his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on Friday (January 3).
"We are absolutely heartbroken," Phil's wife Patti said to the LA Times. "He fought long and hard."
In 1997, Phil won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award with his brother Don, who was the other singer in Everly Brothers.
In case you didn't know, the Everly Brothers were known for their hit songs, such as "All I Have To Do Is Dream," "Wake Up Little Susie," and "Bye Bye Love."
Our thoughts go out to Phil's friends and family during this difficult time.


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The Omid Foundations were established to help vulnerable young women in Iran to transform their lives. The center in Tehran takes some of the most vulnerable, abused and neglected girls and works with them to give them the tools they need to lead happy and productive lives.
The Omid-e-Mehr center takes the best teachers and psychologists in Tehran to provide therapy and education for over 150 girls at any one time. Our unique holistic approach helps the young girls achieve self-awareness, self-determination and self-sufficiency.
We value and nurture the voices, hearts, and minds of these underprivileged and vulnerable young women and help them transform their lives.
"Omid was the miracle of my life"
— Azin
We help girls like Nasrin who left home at 14 to escape the abuse of her step-father. Her own father, a heroin addict and drug dealer, abandoned her and her mother when she was only three. Nasrin was moved from one Behzisti (local authority) home to another before coming to the Omid-e-Mehr center. She was extremely angry and destructive when she first came to us but has now changed dramatically. She has finished high school, is attending university preparatory classes, and is determined to make a career for herself as a lawyer. She is no longer angry and she has been reunited with her brother and grandmother, and is now also a regular visitor at her mother's house.
We believe that through love and care in the context of sustained relationships where practical and emotional needs are addressed, the girls will be able to overcome the traumas of the past and work towards a better future.
We couple this with excellent educational opportunities and our graduates become highly valued employees with many going on to top professions and university.
Overview and HistoryTehran is the capital of Iran and the largest city in the Middle East, with a population of fifteen million people living under the peaks of the Alborz mountain range.Although archaeological evidence places human activity around Tehran back into the years 6000BC, the city was not mentioned in any writings until much later, in the thirteenth century. It's a relatively new city by Iranian standards.But Tehran was a well-known village in the ninth century. It grew rapidly when its neighboring city, Rhages, was destroyed by Mongolian raiders. Many people fled to Tehran.In the seventeenth century Tehran became home to the rulers of the Safavid Dynasty. This is the period when the wall around the city was first constructed. Tehran became the capital of Iran in 1795 and amazingly fast growth followed over the next two hundred years.The recent history of Tehran saw construction of apartment complexes and wide avenues in place of the old Persian gardens, to the detriment of the city's cultural history.The city at present is laid out in two general parts. Northern Tehran is more cosmopolitan and expensive, southern Tehran is cheaper and gets the name "downtown."Getting ThereMehrabad airport is the original one which is currently in the process of being replaced by Imam Khomeini International Airport. The new one is farther away from the city but it now receives all the international traffic, so allow an extra hour to get there or back.TransportationTehran driving can be a wild free-for-all like some South American cities, so get ready for shared taxis, confusing bus routes and a brand new shiny metro system to make it all better. To be fair, there is a great highway system here.The metro has four lines, tickets cost 2000IR, and they have segregated cars. The women-only carriages are the last two at the end, FYI.Taxis come in two flavors, shared and private. Private taxis are more expensive but easier to manage for the visiting traveler. Tehran has a mean rush hour starting at seven AM and lasting until 8PM in its evening version. Solution? Motorcycle taxis! They cut through the traffic and any spare nerves you might have left.People and CultureMore than sixty percent of Tehranis were born outside of the city, making it as ethnically and linguistically diverse as the country itself. Tehran is the most secular and liberal city in Iran and as such it attracts students from all over the country.Things to do, RecommendationsTake the metro to the Tehran Bazaar at the stop "Panzda Gordad". There you can find anything and everything -- shoes, clothes, food, gold, machines and more. Just for the sight of it alone you should take a trip there.If you like being outside, go to Darband and drink tea in a traditional setting. Tehranis love a good picnic and there are plenty of parks to enjoy. Try Mellat park on a friday (fridays are public holidays), or maybe Park Daneshjou, Saaii or Jamshidieh.Remember to go upstairs and have a look around, always always always! The Azadi Tower should fit the bill; it was constructed to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the Persian Empire.Tehran is also full of museums such as:the Contemporary Art Museumthe Abghine Musuem (glass works)the 19th century Golestan Royal Palace museumthe museum of carpets (!!!)Reza Abbasi Museum of extraordinary miniaturesand most stunning of all,the Crown Jewels Museum which holds the largest pink diamond in the world and many other jaw-dropping jewels.Text by Steve Smith.


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Americans might be anxiously waiting for Spring and warmer weather, but the season change will also bring higher gas prices.
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The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released a new report Sunday showing the price of gasoline increased 10 cents over the past two weeks to $3.51 for a gallon of regular fuel.
Patrick DeHaan, senior analyst at GasBuddy.com, says prices typically increase this time of year because of refinery maintenance and the switch to summer gasoline.
"Refinery maintenance results in lower production, temporarily, while refineries prepare their facilities for the summer driving season," DeHaan says. "There's an added cost because there's less being produced. There is also unrest in Venezuela and Ukraine which have increased oil prices."
DeHaan predicts prices at the pump to stay high through early May, once refinery maintenance season is over.
"We should see prices slide into Memorial Day and for a good portion of June," he says.
So if you are looking to save some cash amidst the latest spike in pricing, here are a few tips from DeHaan and GasBuddy.com.
No. 1: Use online tools to research. Knowing where prices are higher and lower can help you to save up to 25 cents per gallon. "Every station is charging a different price," he says. "Shopping around with a quick free app means you can find the cheapest station."
No. 2: Drive defensively. Adjusting your driving habits may seem burdensome, but it can help you use up less gas per trip, he says. "If you slow down and drive more defensively, you can increase your fuel economy by about 10%," he says.
No. 3: Consider wholesale clubs. Joining a wholesale club like Sam's (NYSE:WMT) or BJ's can bring cheaper gas prices.
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ForumAdmin wrote:This isn't just about threading, ladies and germs. It's about giving
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Helen Lebowitz
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Volosyanka, Czechoslovakia
Helen was one of seven children born to a Jewish family in Volosyanka, a town in Trans-Carpathian Ruthenia. Nestled in the Carpathian mountains, Volosyanka was a small town with a sizable Jewish community. Jewish life revolved around the town's synagogue. Helen grew up in a close-knit family; many relatives lived nearby. Her father owned a shoe store in the town.
1933-39: When I was 11 years old, Hungary occupied the Transcarpathian region. At once, Jews were prohibited from holding government positions, and beaten and arrested, often for no reason. The Hungarians closed our synagogue and prevented us from attending school. Worshiping was done secretly because any Jewish gathering was illegal. My grandfather, fearing for the safety of the synagogue's Torah scroll, secretly brought it home.
1940-44: In 1944 the Germans occupied our town. We were ordered to wear a Jewish star, rounded up and sent to the Uzghorod ghetto. There, the Germans discovered the scroll my grandfather was hiding. They took him to the center of the ghetto, and after beating him, cut off his long white beard. A week later, my family was deported to Auschwitz. My grandfather was beaten and thrown in a truck because he wouldn't give up his Torah scroll. I was assigned to a forced-labor brigade in a Nazi munitions factory in a different camp.
Toward the end of the war Helen was transferred to the Bergen-Belsen camp, where she was liberated on April 15, 1945. She immigrated to the United States in 1946.


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A woman has pleaded guilty to 48 counts of forgery and theft for crimes she committed while working for a Leavenworth County company.
A woman has pleaded guilty to 48 counts of forgery and theft for crimes she committed while working for a Leavenworth County company.
Jaime L. Warhurst, 36, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Leavenworth County District Court. Forty-five of the charges are for forgery. She also pleaded guilty to two theft charges and one count of attempted theft.
The crimes occurred in 2010 and 2011.
As part of a plea agreement, there will be a recommendation for a 30-month prison sentence.
Warhurst was the payroll accountant for National Cold Storage in southeast Leavenworth County.
According to a stipulation of facts that was presented in court, Warhurst stole $34,592 by forging signatures on payroll checks from National Cold Storage.
She forged the name of a manager who was the primary authorized signee for the account. She also forged the signatures of other employees to endorse the checks to her.
At least 56 forged checks were cashed over the course of a year.
Representatives from National Cold Storage reported the series of forgeries and thefts to law enforcement in July 2011.
Warhurst fled from Kansas before she could be arrested. After fleeing the state, she reportedly accessed several accounts she had set up while working for National Cold Storage. She withdrew another $5,355 of company funds from these accounts. She later attempted to withdraw an additional $20,633 but a bank denied these transactions, according to the stipulation of facts and a news release from the Leavenworth County Attorney's Office.
Over the next two years, Warhurst traveled to Mississippi, New Mexico, Arizona and finally to Utah, where she was arrested after a high-speed, long-distance car chase that ended in an armed standoff lasting several hours, according to the news release.
Warhurst, who previously lived in Parker, made her first court appearance in the Leavenworth County case in July after waiving extradition from Utah, according to court records and defense attorney Kevin Reardon.
Warhurst had been scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Tuesday. But she waived the requirement for the hearing because a plea agreement had been reached with Assistant County Attorney Adam Zentner.
Warhurst signed a copy of the plea agreement in court Tuesday. District Judge Gunnar Sundby took a brief recess in order to read the plea agreement and stipulation of facts.
When he returned, Sundby reviewed the possible sentences Warhurst could face.
"I'm not bound by that (plea) agreement," Sundby said.
The judge said he can impose a shorter or longer sentence than the 30 months that will be recommended as part of the agreement.
Sundby asked Warhurst how she pleaded to each of the 48 charges. For each charge, Warhurst said, "guilty."
Warhurst had been charged with a total of 72 counts, but 24 of the charges were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
"I cannot sentence you today," Sundby said. "The law requires a pre-sentencing report."
Sundby scheduled sentencing for Dec. 18.
Reardon said his client would accept an earlier sentencing date if one is available.
Sundby said the pre-sentencing report will take time because there are 48 counts. But he said the sentencing can be held early if the report is completed in time and the attorneys are available.
Warhurst remained in custody of the Leavenworth County Jail Tuesday.


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With the benefit of hindsight, it's actually difficult to pick out the most offensive aspect of 'new rave', a term that, depending on who you ask, was either coined or hijacked by NME back in 2007.
Perhaps it was the cynical suggestion that music with little artistic worth beyond its suitability to soundtrack Rimmel ads actually had some relation to the original rave scene. It might have been the lazy application of such a meaningless tag to bands that had something genuinely exciting to offer, like musical Bermuda Triangle victims Late of the Pier. Regardless, time wasn't especially kind to those singled out as the movement's frontrunners, as CSS, Klaxons and New Young Pony Club can all testify.
The latter's debut, Fantastic Playroom, was by no means without merit; 'Ice Cream's cocky sleaze became an indie disco staple, but album standout 'The Get Go' proved they could manage subtlety and restraint, too, which made it all the more disappointing that the rest of the record contained so much filler. The follow-up carried a non-sequitur of a title - the name of 2010's The Optimist's belied its more serious tone, and as much as you could hardly blame them for wanting to make a definitive move away from anything that might have been labelled new rave - however arbitrarily - the result was a muddled, confused affair that lacked its predecessor's palpable sense of fun.
Further attempts to make a break with the past are evident on NYPC; that's now the name of the band, too, which currently only comprises founder members Tahita Bulmer and Andy Spence. The video for lead single and album opener 'Hard Knocks' begins - surely pointedly - with a shot of an ice cream that's been dropped on the floor. Indeed, pretty much everything about the attitude that permeated NYPC's big hit has gone by the wayside; instrumentally, they don't need to strive to make everything else fall in line with Bulmer's smug strut of a vocal style, as it's now very much a thing of the past.
Instead, she's on relatively sedate form, leaving the band's tried-and-trusted palette of synths to take the weight; guitars are used sparingly throughout, and only for colour and punctuation when they are. 'Hard Knocks' is a subdued take on LCD Soundsystem's 'Tribulations'; its minimalist approach to percussion - something that underscores the record - is key to its lack of punch. 'Sure as the Sun' flounders in similar fashion; with lackadaisical synths and ineffective looped vocals, there's no drive, nothing that's going to lodge itself stubbornly in the listener's mind.
'Things Like You' is the template for the direction that NYPC should have headed in on this record; Bulmer wrestles her way back to the forefront with an assured vocal, and the nod to 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' with the fizzing keyboard riff is a nice touch. The glacial 'Overtime' is perhaps the record's highlight, steered by a throbbing, persistent beat towards a climax that mercifully makes good use of something that much of the rest of the album cries out for - harmonies. There's promise, too, on 'I Came Through for You' and 'You Used to Be a Man', but both sound decidedly undercooked; there's attempts at understatement, and then there's turning in tracks that sound like they're still in demo form. It's a problem that plagues NYPC; nice ideas are by no means in short supply, but the whole thing sounds in desperate need of fleshing out.
The peculiar inclusion of steel drums on 'Everything Is' does little to mask the fact that it's at least a minute too long. And whilst the deliberate, groove-driven ascension of closer 'L.O.V.E.' sees proceedings wrapped up on a comparatively impressive note, it can't really detract from the fact that NYPC have spurned the opportunity to make a real statement with this album. Ultimately, it suffers from the same paradox as The Optimist; laying the deadpan stroppiness of Fantastic Playroom unequivocally to rest is undoubtedly a mature move, but leaves a gaping hole where NYPC's sense of fun used to be.
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