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Green is the new blue for Code Labs
According to this comprehensive listing via Google Code, Google Code Labs projects will be associated with a green bar, not light blue. Google Labs that have graduated to full products will have the usual light blue bar:
Instead of the blue page elements that you see on most Google Code pages, Labs products use green. For example, see the title bar above that says "Google Code Labs." For Labs products, you'll also notice "(Labs)" in the title bar, next to the product name.
The other way of denoting a Google Labs project is more pleasing to me, and endearing:
Instead of the typical Google Code logo, Labs products have one with a conical flask as the "L". We're admittedly fond of conical flasks so they may show up in other places as well.
I am fond of Erlenmeyer flasks too.
Google Labs is being discontinued
Which Google Labs projects will be discontinued and which will remain? Unknown.
There will be some survivors, despite the demise of Google Labs announcement several weeks ago. For example, reCAPTCHA is a Google Labs project , but is unlikely to go away! Nor is the Google Prediction API.
Google also indicated that Google Swiffy, the HTML to Flash content converter project, will continue as a Google Labs project, although perhaps in a different location. See image for further details.
Two days ago, Search Engine Land featured a comprehensive post about Google Labs projects status. Some projects will live on, others will not. A few of the more noteworthy decisions were that Google Correlate will survive. Say farewell to Google Sets and Google Squared though.
This is a shock. Straight from the REAL GooglePlex was this sad announcement on 2 September 2011. The following much-loved favorites, at least by me, and profiled in the past here, are closing down:
- Aardvark
- Sidewiki
- Fast Flip
- Desktop
- Google Maps API for Flash
- Google Web Security Does this mean the end of pen test app Gruyère?
- Notebook
- Subscribed links
Google Health and Google Power Meter were discontinued too. The announcement about Google Health and Power Meter was made separately, in June 2011. Google Fiber was not affected.
Fate of Experiments?
I do not know how this will impact Google Experimental Search.
Although the image denotes it as part of Google Labs, the URL is
http://www.google.com/experimental/ a sub-domain of Google, rather than the Google Labs URL of
googlelabs.com. The official description implies to me that it is a search-specific feature:
Google is always experimenting with new features aimed at improving the search experience. Take one for a spin and let us know what you think. Join an experiment and you'll see that feature whenever you do a Google search.


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What Broncos game in 2013 would you pay $500 for two tickets?
The Broncos are the buzz of not only Denver, but also the entire NFL, as quarterback Peyton Manning tries to lead them to the Super Bowl. How hot a ticket are the Broncos? Single-game sales open July 8. If two good seats set you back $500, what home game would you plunk down your hard-earned money to see in person?
The must-see game on the home schedule for me is Washington in late October, when our old friend Mike Shanahan brings RG3 and the gang to town. Peter Burns of Mile High Sports Radio says the season opener against Baltimore has the most appeal. But the real issue is: Would you rather keep the cash in your wallet and watch the game on television at home? Listen to us argue it out here:
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They played a new song called 'Day for the Dead'
Save for the Foo Fighters' honky tonk alter-ego outfit Hot Buns, Dave Grohl doesn't have a whole lot of country in his cache. But that changed tonight at the 47th annual CMA Awards, where the omnipresent drummer manned the skins for Zac Brown Band's new song "Day for the Dead."
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Grohl pounded away to Brown's side at the front of the stage, where he powered the band through the bluesy, upbeat number which punctuated its pop tinge with a yearning slide-guitar lead. The song kicked in to high gear midway through, with a stoner-rock-worthy freak-out typical of Brown's country-jam antics that saw Grohl letting loose like he's known to do.
Grohl is reportedly on deck to produce the next Zac Brown Band album.
Watch Grohl and Zac Brown Band perform "Day for the Dead" below:
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UP Invoice Submittal Process
Union Pacific Accounts Payable uses a 100% electronic invoicing environment and no longer accepts paper purchase order (PO) invoices. In order to comply with this requirement, there are several electronic invoicing options available to you as our vendor:
- ORISS (Online Rail Industry Supply System):
Most vendors are choosing this option as it is a Web-based, user-friendly application that does not require any installation on your computer. The application is accessed through the Internet. There are three invoicing options available in ORISS. These include:
- ORISS with Material Invoicing Only:
This option is free and it allows you to submit material purchase order invoices to Union Pacific. You should have a copy of your purchase order on hand when submitting the invoice to ensure the invoice information you input matches exactly to Union Pacific's system. If the invoice and Union Pacific's system do not match, the invoice will not be accepted.
- ORISS with Purchase Orders and Invoicing:
This option allows you to receive material purchase orders and submit invoices to Union Pacific via the Internet for a small monthly subscription fee. Vendors that invoice Union Pacific for multiple purchase orders in a given month, generally identify benefit using this option. The invoice can be created by accessing the purchase order in the system which reduces key entry and the chance of invoice errors.
- ORISS with Fuel Invoicing Only:
This option is free and it allows you to submit fuel purchase order invoices. These include invoices for diesel, refrigeration and off-road fuel. You should have a copy of your bill of lading/delivery ticket on hand to ensure the invoice information you input matches exactly to the data in the Union Pacific system. If the invoice and Union Pacific's system do not match, the invoice will not be accepted.
- Traditional EDI (Electronic Data Interchange):
Please review the Rail Industry Guidelines regarding EDI. Note that your company must have access to a Value Added Network (VAN) in order to submit invoices electronically via an EDI 810 transaction.
- Third-Party Service Provider:
You may choose to use a third party to submit your invoices electronically, providing they are done so in compliance with the rail industry format referenced above.
- Transentric is UP's preferred provider of this service, and they have a number of options to suit your requirements. Contact Transentric at 1-800-877-0328 or email Transentric
Submitting Your Invoices Electronically
When submitting your invoices electronically, verify that the purchase order number, purchase order line number, purchaser's item number and unit of measure match exactly to your purchase order copy. If these do not match, the invoice will not process. If you are not familiar with where this required information is located on your material purchase order copy, reference these purchase order examples.
If you need a copy of your material purchase order, log on to the Supplier Relationship Management Tool (SRMT). Contact Supply if you have any questions regarding SRMT.
If the ORISS option is chosen for invoice submittal, you will need to obtain a UP Customer Assigned ID number. This number is listed as the vendor code on your purchase order copy. The number is six digits and generally begins with a zero. If you do not have a copy of a purchase order, contact Union Pacific at 402-544-0025 or email us at firstname.lastname@example.com. To ensure you are provided the correct number, please provide a purchase order number and your company name and address.
After the customer assigned ID number is obtained, go to the ORISS application and complete the registration. Detailed instructions are provided in this Registration help sheet. After completing the registration, you should receive an email within a few days from Transentric with your User ID and password. After receiving this information, you can invoice in ORISS.


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The Coggin College of Business adheres to all academic policies and regulations of the University. In addition, the policies listed below apply to all undergraduate students in the Coggin College of Business. Individuals needing clarification of any of these policies, or an interpretation of how a policy might apply in a given situation, should contact the Academic Advising Office.
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Students enrolled in Coggin College of Business courses are responsible for assuring that they have satisfactorily met the requirements for all prerequisite/co-requisite courses. Students who do not earn a grace of "C" or higher in a prerequisite will be dropped from the subsequent course.
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Coggin undergraduate students can only apply TWO upper-level, faculty-led study abroad courses towards their program of study. This excludes the 4-week summer and semester programs. Also, Coggin undergraduate students can only use ONE faculty-led study abroad towards their "major" requirements.
Please see the Coggin Study Abroad office and your academic advisors for specific information regarding study abroad opportunities.
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In extenuating circumstances (documentable) when permitted, concurrent enrollment requires prior approval in advance of taking courses at another institution. Students must first fill out a "Waiver of College Policy" form for permission. If permission is granted, students must complete the Transient Student Admission Application at www.floridashines.org. Go to Transient Courses or see your advisor for clarification.Students are not allowed to take courses at another institution in their final semester at UNF. This policy includes correspondence courses and CLEP examinations. If a student obtains permission to take a prerequisite course at another institution, permission to take the subsequent course will not be given until a final grade is provided.
Any UNF students working towards a single baccalaureate degree who satisfies all requirements for two majors within the Coggin College of Business will be awarded two diplomas and both majors will be indicated on the permanent record. Once the degree has been awarded, subsequent course work cannot be added to create a second degree for either major. In order to earn a double major, students must complete all prerequisites and major requirements for each major. Students must meet GPA requirements for each major and earn a minimum of 120 semester hours.
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White House's IP Strategic Plan Not Nearly As Bad As Expected; But Not Great Either
from the balance? deptAs expected, it looks like Victoria Espinel, the White House's IP "Czar" has released the official "Joint Strategic Plan to Combat Intellectual Property Theft," as required by the ProIP Act. Given the history so far, we had expected the report to be quite one-sided in favor of the industry, and the initial announcements about the report suggested that was to be the case. Specifically, in announcing the report, Hollywood's best friend, Joe Biden, made some typical uninformed comments about how infringement was no different than "theft."
"We used to have a problem in this town saying this," Biden told reporters Thursday at a press conference in Washington D.C. "But piracy is theft. Clean and simple. It's smash and grab. It ain't no different than smashing a window at Tiffany's and grabbing [merchandise]."Except, it wasn't "a problem" saying it. It was people recognizing that theft and infringement are very, very different. The Supreme Court has made this clear for centuries, going all the way back to the Wheaton ruling, and more recently in the Dowling case, where Justice Blackmun stated explicitly:
Since the statutorily defined property rights of a copyright holder have a character distinct from the possessory interest of the owner of simple "goods, wares, [or] merchandise," interference with copyright does not easily equate with theft, conversion, or fraud. The infringer of a copyright does not assume physical control over the copyright nor wholly deprive its owner of its use. Infringement implicates a more complex set of property interests than does run-of-the-mill theft, conversion, or fraud.But why let the actual details get in the way of protecting your friends in Hollywood? However, as you start to dig into the full report (pdf), it looks like Espinel actually did consider at least some of the concerns that many of us presented in our filings. Again, this is a bit surprising since her initial request for comment seemed to pre-suppose that the industry's position was entirely fact-based, rather than faith-based. Below is the full report.
By the same token, fair use of intellectual property can support innovation and artistry. Strong intellectual property enforcement efforts should be focused on stopping those stealing the work of others, not those who are appropriately building upon it.While it's not much, at least having a nod to fair use and the importance of creativity inspired by building on the works of others is a small step in the right direction. It's not often you see any such admission in government discussions on copyright law.
There are numerous challenges to meeting these goals of predictability and enforceability. Our effort must be coordinated, efficient and comprehensive. Solutions will require strong and decisive government action, transparency and cooperation from rightholders, importers, exporters and entities that currently benefit from infringement.Again, perhaps it's subtle, but the admission that there should be transparency, and that any discussion should include stakeholders, who also "benefit from infringement," at least recognizes that this isn't as one-sided as the entertainment industry makes it out to be. While the industry goes on and on about "losses" from infringement, it never admits that other parts of the industry actually benefit quite a lot. Still, notice who is missing from that list? Consumers. You know, the public, whom copyright law is supposed to serve. What about them?
The Administration supports improved transparency in intellectual property enforcement policy-making and international negotiations. As such, the U.S. Government will enhance public engagement through online outreach, stakeholder outreach, congressional consultations and soliciting feedback through advisory committees, official comment mechanisms such as Federal Register notices (FRN), notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and notices of inquiry (NOI), as appropriate for the relevant process. In the context of trade negotiations, the Administration will pursue these objectives consistently with the approaches and considerations set out in the President's 2010 Trade Policy Agenda, including consideration of the need for confidentiality in international trade negotiations to facilitate the negotiation process.This is a clear statement on the concerns that many commenters raised about ACTA. While this report and Espinel's role are not directly related to ACTA (yet), ACTA is definitely on a lot of people's minds and they made that clear in their filings. It's good to see Espinel point out that these negotiations need to be a lot more transparent and be willing to bring in stakeholders.
The next part is the part that I'm most happy about. It actually admits that the data on infringement is bunk and that the government should make policy based on actual data:
There is no known comprehensive study that attempts to measure the economic contributions of intellectual property-intensive industries across all U.S. business sectors. Improved measures of intellectual property linked with measures of economic performance would help the U.S. Government understand the role and breadth of intellectual property in the American economy and would inform policy and resource decisions related to intellectual property enforcement.I do have some fear as to how this will be conducted, but it's nice to see the government admit that it needs real data, even if elsewhere in the report it relies on faith-based processes currently in place.
To assess the feasibility of improving measures of intellectual property and linking those measures to economic performance, the Economic and Statistics Administration (ESA) within DOC, in coordination with the IPEC, will convene an inter-agency meeting with relevant agencies to establish a framework for conducting this work. Once that framework is established, ESA will test the feasibility of developing improved intellectual property measures and, if those measures can be developed, they will be linked to measures of economic performance. The resulting analysis and datasets will then be made public.
Of course, there's still a ton in the report that is troubling. It regularly refers to infringement as "theft." Even the name of the report claims that infringement is theft, despite that not being accurate at all. On the more questionable side, we've got things like the following:
Strong intellectual property enforcement supports American jobs, protects American ideas and invigorates our economy. Intellectual property laws provide not only legal protection for creators and consumers, but incentives to encourage investment in innovation.Where is the actual evidence for this? There is none. The actual evidence has suggested otherwise. It has shown that weaker IP enforcement has actually resulted in greater creative output and greater opportunities for creators, consumers and investors.
Included in USTR's annual Special 301 report is the Notorious Markets list, a compilation of examples of Internet and physical markets that have been the subject of enforcement action or that may merit further investigation for possible intellectual property infringements. While the list does not represent a finding of violation of law, but rather is a summary of information USTR reviewed during the Special 301 process, it serves as a useful tool to highlight certain marketplaces that deal in infringing goods and help sustain global piracy and counterfeiting.This is too bad. The USTR Special 301 report is a joke. It is not evidence-based at all. It's entirely based on what the industry claims is a problem. It's too bad that the IPEC would suggest that this plan makes sense and should be continued. We were hoping the IPEC would move to a more evidence-based process, but this is not that.
USTR will continue to publish the Notorious Markets list as part of its annual Special 301 process. Additionally, USTR, in coordination with the IPEC, will initiate an interagency process to assess opportunities to further publicize and potentially expand on the list in an effort to increase public awareness and guide related trade enforcement actions.
It is critical that we station overseas personnel in countries of concern to ensure intellectual property is made a priority.This is another problem. The US has been pushing its own IP laws on other countries for far too long. And the real problem here is that it's actively locking in other countries to rules that have not been shown to help promote progress or creativity, but really are to prop up a few specific companies with big lobbying budgets. We should not be continuing that practice.
The use of foreign-based and foreign-controlled websites and web services to infringe American intellectual property rights is a growing problem that undermines our national security, particularly our national economic security. Despite the scope and increasing prevalence of such sites, enforcement is complicated because of the limits of the U.S. Government's jurisdiction and resources in foreign countries.Yes, this is the "we must shut down The Pirate Bay" part of the plan.
To help better address these enforcement issues, Federal agencies, in coordination with the IPEC, will expeditiously assess current efforts to combat such sites and will develop a coordinated and comprehensive plan to address them that includes: (1) U.S. law enforcement agencies vigorously enforcing intellectual property laws; (2) U.S. diplomatic and economic agencies working with foreign governments and international organizations; and (3) the U.S. Government working with the private sector.
All in all the report isn't nearly as bad as we expected, but it's also pretty vague. What may be interesting is what comes out of the review of regulatory needs (to be completed in 120 days) or seeing how other aspects of this plan are actually implemented.
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Iceland's Eastern Volcanic Zone is the closest thing on Earth to the surface of the moon. Volcanoes in the region recently became more active—and scientists wanted to know why.
Iceland's Eastern Volcanic Zone has been subject to volcanic eruptions in modern times. An eruption of Askja in 1875 sent heavy, poisonous ash throughout the landscape, as well as into Norway and Sweden, and led to a massive wave of emigration from Iceland. The last major eruption was in 1961. Krafla is one of Iceland's most spectacular and most active volcanoes. During the 1970s and 1980s, it became famous for its "Krafla Fires"—curtains of lava fountains from a system of fissures inside the high caldera.
Recently, the area became more seismically active. Whereas in earlier times the area was relatively unpopulated, today it is home to a growing tourist industry as well as a major power plant. Volunteers on this expedition examined signs of increasing seismic activity in an effort to better predict eruptions.
Upptyppingar Volcano has become seismically active, suggesting the presence of shallow magma movements beneath the volcano.
When volcanoes erupt, molten lava destroys everything in its path, while ash and acid rain disrupt activities across thousands of miles.
Volcanic activity in eastern Iceland leads to lava flows and ash explosions; these natural disasters can result in international economic chaos and adverse health impacts. The most recent eruption of Krafla ended in the mid-1980s, and since then large tourist and power industries have grown up in the area. Eruptions in the region today would seriously endanger the local economy and public health.
The effects of Icelandic eruptions are frequently felt in Europe in the form of ash fall and acid aerosol haze. The 1875 eruption of Askja and the 20th century eruptions of Hekla produced fallout across Scandinavia and northern Europe. The recent air travel disruption resulting from a relatively small eruption at the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano had negative economic and health impacts on the U.K.
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The center of the Askja caldera is sinking, and the nearby Upptyppingar Volcano, once dormant, is now seismically active, suggesting the presence of shallow magma movements beneath the volcano. The questions of where the magma is coming from and going, and its ultimate fate, naturally arise. In addition to improved modeling systems to predict the path of erupted ash, a detailed understanding of the shallow crustal structure and processes within it is needed in order to predict when and for how long seismic events will occur.
This expedition started in Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, a small, safe, but lively city that lies on a broad bay surrounded by mountains. Reykjavik, a major fishing port, is heated by geothermal hot springs.
The research activities took place in the northern part of Iceland's Eastern Volcanic Zone, where the Askja, Krafla, and Upptyppingar volcanoes rise dramatically from the plains. Upptyppingar is a cluster of mountains formed by eruptions under the glacier at the end of the last Ice Age. These mountains are part of the overall volcanic system in the region, and are showing signs of increased seismic activity. The region's stark landscape, dotted with geothermal lakes and explosion craters, was used as a model for the lunar surface when U.S. Apollo astronauts prepared to go to the moon.
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Volunteers on the two-week team repeated the schedule above, with the addition of a recreation day.
Volunteers on this expedition lived at the Krafla Power Station. During recreation time, volunteers and staff explored the area and visited nearby hot pools and bird-watching sites.
Earthwatch scientists, all experienced lecturers, shared their passion for this project through talks and seminars on subjects from Darwinism and evolution to plate tectonics and the geology of the solar system. Volunteers were trained in the use of research and safety equipment, including gas masks to be worn when gases are present in or around the craters.
Team members lived and work closely together. All tasks, from food shopping to collating data to checking instrument batteries, were shared. Throughout the day, volunteers and staff worked in small groups, carrying equipment into the field area, setting up and using GPS units and gravity instruments, and accurately recording data.
The scientific papers that resulted from this research impact government policy related to hazard preparedness. In addition, the research found a wider audience through videos posted on YouTube and iTunes U. A program commissioned for BBC World Service on Icelandic volcanism featured this project, reaching an audience of several million worldwide.
Taking measurements on the lava flow.
Earthwatch volunteers on observation platform.
Prof. Hazel Rymer investigates how active volcanoes like the Masaya in Nicaragua affect their environments and global climate change.
Camp consists of several simple buildings erected on a large clearing in Budongo Forest. You'll stay in a single room that contains a bed, beddings, mosquito net, reading desk and a chair. All rooms are connected to solar electricity. There are three pit latrines on site which are shared by all. You'll have access to a warm shower, every evening after a long day's work. Water used at camp is harvested off the roofs or taken from the Sonso River so frugal use is necessary.
Evening meals are prepared by cooks who will prepare dishes including rice, chapati, potatoes, spaghetti, beans, beef, fish, ground nuts (peanuts), cow peas, assorted fresh vegetables and fruits, eggs. There are other local foods such as cassava, stewed bananas (locally known as matooke) and maize bread (locally known as ugali or posho). Breakfast will be western style.
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A woman whose genitals were removed by a rogue doctor has broken down outside a Sydney courtroom after facing the man she says devastated her life.
Struck-off NSW gynaecologist Graeme Stephen Reeves served just 18 months behind bars for the gross mutilation of his patient Carolyn DeWaegeneire in August 2002.
The rogue practitioner, who worked in Bega on the NSW south coast, surgically removed her clitoris and labia without consent during an operation on a pre-cancerous lesion.
He was sentenced to a maximum three-and-a-half years jail in 2011 but was released on parole from Sydney's Long Bay prison in December, sparking outrage among Ms DeWaegeneire's supporters and patient advocates.
Crown prosecutors want the 64-year-old put back behind bars for another year after previous rulings that his original sentence was "manifestly inadequate".
Reeves and Ms DeWaegeneire, from Wolumla near Bega, sat within metres of each other during an appeal hearing at the NSW Court of Appeal on Friday.
It was adjourned until June 2 when Chief Justice Thomas Bathurst and justices Peter Hall and Robert Hulme are expected to hand down a decision.
"My life has been totally, totally devastated - totally," a tearful Ms DeWaegeneire said outside court after the hearing.
"I should be enjoying life as an older person - I'm not."
She described Reeves's original sentence as "the biggest joke of all time".
"I've got my medical records. I know damn well what I had before I went in (to hospital). I know damn well what he did."
During his trial, Reeves's lawyers argued the former doctor was saving Ms DeWaegeneire's life and rejected the crown's argument that he did not have consent to remove her genitals.
It's understood hundreds of other women have also complained about the former doctor.
The Department of Public Prosecutions revealed in November that a significant number of outstanding charges against Reeves, dating more than 20 years, had been dropped.
The allegations against Reeves were not pursued because of "insufficient evidence to ensure a reasonable prospect of conviction", NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith said.
Reeves' lawyer, Gabrielle Bashir, on Friday said her client was in poor health and suffering kidney disease and chronic depression, among other conditions, and argued he should not go back to jail.
Prosecutors tendered a doctors' report that stated his health conditions could be adequately treated in prison.
Reeves made no comment as he left the court.


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The Taoiseach said there was no evidence that foreign hedge funds would buy the loan books
The Taoiseach has stood firm on the sale of Irish Nationwide mortgages despite concerns that homeowners could be vulnerable if the loans are bought by foreign firms.
The special liquidators of IBRC – which owns the Irish Nationwide and Anglo Irish Bank loan books – is in the process of selling off the loans as part of its bid to wind up the firm.
Concerns have been raised that a mortgage holder would have fewer rights if their loans came under the owners hip of an overseas buyer, as they would not be subject to the Central Bank's Code of Practice.
Speaking at Leaders Questions in the Dáil, Independent TD Stephen Donnelly accused the Government of selling 13,000 mortgage holders down the river.
He also said it was unfair that home owners had not been given the opportunity to buy their own mortgages at a discount, while larger firms were reported to be buying loans for significantly less than their face value.
However Enda Kenny said Mr Donnelly was assuming that the loans would be bought by foreign hedge funds and asked him if he had any proof that this would be the case.
He said the Minister for Finance had written to the Central Bank in relation to the issue and had been told that repossessions could not happen unless there was adherence to its Code of Practice regardless of who owns the loan book.
Mr Kenny said the special liquidators have a requirement in respect of all the creditors here and when the bid was from a outsider there will be a court observation to make sure that they adhere to the Central Bank's code.
Mr Donnelly called for the special liquidator to release a consultancy report by PwC on the sale of the mortgages, and called on them to pause the sale for the time being.


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Latent Variable Mixture Modeling
George Deitz
posted on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 5:46 pm
If one were to regress class membership derived from a latent profile analysis of a dependent variable upon a latent variable comprised of indicators from independent variables that, for example share common scale endpoints, would this seem a reasonable test for common method bias?
It seems to me that this is a somewhat more rigorous test than the Harman one-factor test that is commonly cited in our literature. However, I've not seen any application/citation of MPlus in this context ...
Thanks for any insights you might be able to offer on this subject.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 - 6:13 pm
I am wrestling with understanding this question. I don't see the connection between Harman's test - which I don't know but must refer to latent variable modeling with continuous latent variables (factors) - and your model which has a latent class variable regressed on a factor with multiple indicators (which in turn have "common scale endpoints"). I guess it boils down to: what is the common method bias that you mention and why do latent classes play a role here?
George Deitz
posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 3:00 pm
Let me clarify and elaborate. I apologize for the need to split my question into two posts.
Common methods variance is that variance attributable to measurement method rather than to the constructs the measures represent. Bagozzi and Yi (1991) note method variance is likely to be one of the main sources of systematic measurement error. It can arise from sources such as item content, scale type, response format, halo effects, social desirability.
In the past, researchers in my area have typically satisfied reviewer concerns over CMB with what has become known as Harman's One-Factor test. This test basically consists of running a factor analysis of all suspect IV and DV indicators. If the first unrotated factor accounts for a relatively small portion of the total variance (no more than 50%, but the smaller the better), the implication is that CMB is not likely to be a significant problem. Increasingly, this test is insufficient to pass muster at our top journals.
George Deitz
posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 3:04 pm
Part II
As an alternative, I am interested in the potential of finite mixture modeling as a post hoc means of assessing CMB. Let's say we have latent dependent variable (Y), measured by v1, v2 and v3. Our results support hypotheses in which the Y was regressed upon three IVs, X1 (measured by v4, v5 and v6), X2 (measured by v7, v8 and v9) and X3 (measured by v10, v11 and v12). In this case, let's say all indicators (v1 through v12) utilized the same scale type.
Presumably (Y) contains some degree of unobserved heterogeneity of an undetermined source. The question is whether this heterogeneity is explained by our use of a common measurement method.
So I'm thinking my MPlus syntax would look something like this:
NAMES ARE v1-v12;
USEVARIABLES ARE v1-v12;
Classes = c(2);
y by v1 v2 v3;
CMB by v4-v12;
C#1 on CMB;
If the logistic regression of class membership upon the common method factor is not significant, would this not provide some degree of evidence that CMB is not likely to be affecting the results? At the minimum, I thinking this might be a better test than Harman's factor analytic approach.
I hope this clarifies my question. Thanks in advance for your response.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 7:46 pm
I understand your discussion of methods bias. But in that connection, how do you think of the interpretation of your two latent classes - why are they different in the y mean and variance?
George Deitz
posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 9:25 pm
I'm thinking that if method bias IS indeed a problem, then this will most likely result in a class with means and/or variances in y that differ from that of a class in which method bias is not a factor.
The latent variable with all IV indicators (which share scale types)would represent CMB. So if the logistic regression of class on CMB is not significant, this would provide some evidence of this not being an issue.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 9:12 am
So the methods bias class would have the CMB factor and the other class not? I am not sure this is likely to work out well because I am quite skeptical about the Harman test to begin with. Having a factor influence all items in a model would seem like it could pick up all kinds of sins beyond methods bias - model misspecifications of other kinds. For instance, there could be left-out demographic covariates influencing several indicators, or there could be indicators for the IV factors directly influencing indicators for the DV factors (have different relations than the factor relations prescribe). In general, however, I am in favor of formulating models with one class following a simple model and another class formed by those who don't fit this model. But in practice there is the complication that the mixture would pick up other differences not related to this, such as outlying observations or different ranges of non-normal outcomes.
Seth Frndak
posted on Thursday, May 31, 2018 - 11:45 am
I think my question is related to this discussion. I am considering including multiple observed variables that are part of the same computerized assessment tool in a LPA. For example, I wish to include number of errors made during the task and the longest length of memorized sequences during the task (Please see the spatial span task). Understandably, the number of errors and the ability to memorize a long sequence are interrelated. You could say that there is common method variance between these two variables. However, from a psychological standpoint, they are also measuring different latent constructs.
My question is: should I allow for covariation between these variables, and will that be enough to account for common method variance? Alternatively, if I do not include the covariance, how will this affect my model, theoretically?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, June 01, 2018 - 3:20 pm
Yes, allow for a residual covariance between those 2 variables.
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Indicators - Estimate Resident Population
Populations are counted and estimated in various ways. The most comprehensive population count available in Australia is derived from the Population and Household Census conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every 5 years.
However the Census count is not the official population of an area. To provide a more accurate population figure which is updated more frequently than every 5 years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics also produces "Estimated Resident Population" (ERP) numbers. Based on population estimates as at 30 June, ERPs take into account people who missed the count on Census night, including people who were temporarily overseas, plus an undercount adjustment for those who did not complete a Census form, and an overcount adjustment for anyone who was double counted.
Estimated Resident Population figures are updated annually taking into account births, deaths, internal and overseas migration. In addition, after every Census, ERP figures for the five previous years are "backcast", using information from the current Census, to ensure the most accurate figures are available.
See the ABS demographic publications, 3101.0 and 3218.0(opens a new window) for further details.
Gross Regional Product (GRP)
The gross domestic product (GDP) is one of the measures of national income and output for a country's economy. It is the total value of all final goods and services produced in the economy. GDP provides a systematic statistical framework for summarising and analysing economic events, and wealth of an economy.
In Australia, the ABS is responsible for calculating National (GDP) and State (GSP) Gross Product. See ABS Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product(Catalogue Number 5206.0)(opens a new window) for more information.
Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product(opens a new window), (catalogue number 5206.0)
For the local area this information is synthesized by National Economics using a range of data sources (including ABS labour force survey, tax office and Centrelink datasets) to produce an estimate of the Gross Regional Product of the local economy. GRP is the equivalent of GDP at the local level for a Local Government Area or region, and the calculation method simulates that used for the nation, but is influenced by local characteristics such as types of employment and worker productivity. For more information see National Institute of Economic and Industry Research (NIEIR)(opens a new window)
To enable direct comparison between areas of varying size (eg. local, state, national), each year of data is divided by the base reference year and multipled by 100 so that all areas are compared on the same scale. The actual size of the economy, and growth is shown in the box at the left. All data are expressed in constant dollar terms for the reference year (shown on the chart).
Changes to historical data
This dataset is underpinned by the NIEIR-ID economic model which is updated each financial year. In the 2016-17 update you can expect to see differences in some of the numbers to previous updates. For more details, see Economic model updates.
Indicators - Unemployment
Please note that the local unemployment data are sourced from Small Area Labour Markets, a quarterly publication by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. State and National figures are sourced from the ABS Labour Force Survey (Catalogue number 6202.0)(opens a new window). The Department of Employment data uses the labour force survey as a base and models it to local level using Centrelink data. Local unemployment is updated quarterly in this collection, and while state and national figures are available monthly, these are also updated on the site quarterly to match the time period of the local numbers. These benchmark figures are those widely published by government and media sites but are not directly comparable to the LGA estimates as they are not annual averages. For comparison purposes, LGA estimates should be compared with data in Table 16b of the publication ABS Labour Force, Detailed - Electronic Delivery publication (catalogue number 6291.0.55.001)(opens a new window) which presents 12-month averages of the benchmark regions.
All labour force data are subject to sampling error, as they are derived from a sample survey of approximately 29,000 dwellings nationwide.
All labour force data relate to the civilian population aged 15 years and over.
The definition of unemployment used is the standard ABS and international definition - Unemployed persons are defined as all persons aged 15 years and over who were not employed during the reference week, and either had actively looked for full-time or part-time work at any time in the four weeks up to the end of the reference week and were available for work in the reference week, or were waiting to start a new job within four weeks from the end of the reference week and could have started in the reference week if the job had been available then.
Employed persons are those aged 15 years or over who, during the survey reference week, worked for one hour or more for pay, profit or payment in kind in a job or business, or on a farm; or worked for one hour or more without pay in a family business or on a farm; or who had a job but were not at work for a number of specified reasons; or were employers or self-employed persons who had a job, business or farm, but were not at work.
Indicators - Building approvals
Value of building approval data are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Catalogue number 8731.0 – Building Approvals(opens a new window), Australia. This is a monthly publication, with the data here presented quarterly. Data may be revised up to a year after publication.
The value of approval data includes all approved residential building valued at $10,000 or more and all approved non-residential building valued at $50,000 or more. Value of building work excludes the value of land, and also excludes landscaping, but includes site preparation costs. Both new dwellings and alterations and additions to existing dwellings are included in the residential approvals.
Data presented here are the "Original" series, which has not been seasonally adjusted or smoothed to remove anomalies. Seasonal adjustment is not available at a local level, so for comparison purposes the state and national figures shown here are also "Original". Seasonally adjusted and trend figures are more often reported on a national basis by the ABS and the media, so for this reason, the figures shown here may not match those often reported.
Indicators - Retail trade
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Retail Trade trends are based on estimates of turnover compiled from the monthly Retail Business Survey (RBS) undertaken by the ABS. It estimates of the value of turnover of retail businesses classified by industry, and by state and territory. It is not available for local areas. See ABS Retail Trade catalogue number 8501.0 for more details.
Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retail Trade (opens a new window), (catalogue number 8501.0)
Indicators - Consumer Price Index (CPI)
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures quarterly changes in the price of a 'basket' of goods and services which account for a high proportion of expenditure by the CPI population group (i.e. metropolitan households). This 'basket' covers a wide range of goods and services, arranged in the following eleven groups:
- Food
- Alcohol and tobacco
- Clothing and footwear
- Housing
- Household contents and services
- Health
- Transportation
- Communication
- Recreation
- Education
- Financial and insurance services.
The Consumer Price Index is measured for Greater Capital City regions only, so the state capital is used as a proxy for the whole state, and the Australia-wide index is correctly termed as the "Weighted average of eight capital cities".
CPI is an index designed to measure change over time. See ABS Consumer Price Index, (catalogue number 6401.0) for more details.
Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Consumer Price Index (opens a new window), (catalogue number 6401.0)
Employment by industry (Census)
Employment data is sourced from the ABS Census, 2016 and 2011. It is the total number of persons employed in an industry sector, within the local area. It is based on the ABS coding of workplace addresses, not on residential location. This dataset should NOT be compared with National Economics modelled datasets on the number of workers, which are a more accurate representation and updated every year. Census counts of employment are useful because they can break down to a more detailed level of industry classification than the modelled dataset, and can also present various demographic characteristics of the workers. However it needs to be remembered that they are an undercount of the true employment and exclude:
- People who didn't state their employment status
- People who were entirely missed in the Census
- People who had no fixed place of work
Based on these differences, in most cases, the Census place of work figures are around a 10-15% undercount compared to NIEIR modelling. Modelling also includes Construction workforce on a different basis, where workers are allocated to the location of the construction activity, rather than the address of the company. Note that in the 2016 Census, people who did not state their place of work were "Imputed" to a place of work. So the total undercount should be less than in previous Censuses, but it is still subject to overall Census undercount, and people who stated no fixed place of work.
This table presents information at the ANZSIC 1-digit (division) level, with sub-categories available at the 3-digit (group) level. A total of 293 industry categories are available at this level, by clicking on the table entries, or exporting the full version of the table. Only division level data appear in the charts.
Residential location of workers
This dataset is known as Journey to Work, and is derived from Census question 41 – "For the main job held last week, what was the person's workplace address?" With residential address also known, Journey to Work comprises a matrix linking origin (residence) and work destination.
The data presented here in table form show the Statistical Local Area of residence for employed persons who work within Strathfield Council. The map shows the spatial distribution of these workers.
Please note that the workforce in a Local Government Area calculated from Census data is generally considered to be an undercount, due to the number of people whose workplace address was not stated, could not be accurately coded, or stated a non-permanent workplace address ('no fixed place of work'). These people appear in the employment data at their residential location but cannot be coded to a work destination.
In 2011, a record number (over 1 million or 10% of employed persons) have been coded to an undefined work destination which cannot be mapped, and so these are excluded from the working population. For this reason some LGAs may notice an apparent drop in their Census-based workforce numbers between 2006 and 2011. While only 2011 data are presented here, this is most likely the reason.
If comparing work destination information with Method of Travel to work, please note the differing time periods – Workplace address relates to the week prior to Census, while Method of Travel relates to the morning of Census day. This has a negligible effect on the total counts but can explain some of the small numbers of strange LGA-LGA pairings which crop up such as people appearing to travel interstate to work. Some of these may be genuinely Fly-in/Fly-out workers (likely if the work destination is a known mining area), but others may have moved address in the differing timeframes assessed by the two questions.
Work location of residents
This dataset is known as Journey to Work, and is derived from Census question 41 – "For the main job held last week, what was the person's workplace address?" With residential address also known, Journey to Work comprises a matrix linking origin (residence) and work destination.
The data presented here in table form show the Statistical Local Area of work destination for employed persons who live within Strathfield Council. The map shows the spatial distribution of where these residents work.
Please note that not all employed persons can be accurately coded to a workplace address. In 2011, a record number (over 1 million or 10% of employed persons) have been coded to an undefined work destination. These undefined locations are broken down by state, and shown in the table, but they cannot be mapped, as there is no information on the geographic location of work apart from their state.
For this reason, there may be difficulty comparing 2011 work destination data to 2006, and only 2011 data are presented here. This very large increase in undefined workplace location is believed to be due to the change to the new geography standard (ASGS), and the inefficient coding mechanisms used to code to it.
If comparing work destination information with Method of Travel to work, please note the differing time periods – Workplace address relates to the week prior to Census, while Method of Travel relates to the morning of Census day. This has a negligible effect on the total counts but can explain some of the small numbers of strange LGA-LGA pairings which crop up such as people appearing to travel interstate to work. Some of these may be genuinely Fly-in/Fly-out workers (likely if the work destination is a known mining area), but others may have moved address in the differing timeframes assessed by the two questions.
For more information please refer to the data quality statement for Place of Work(opens a new window) on the ABS website.
Residents place of work
This data describes the work location (LGA/SLA) of employed residents of the local area. Journey to Work data is created by cross tabulating a person's main workplace address (Place of Work Data) with their place of usual residence to create a matrix of home to work.
The dataset is presented at the Statistical Local Area (SLA) level. SLAs are either whole LGAs or parts of LGAs and presenting the data at this level can show movements within the LGA for larger councils, as well as movement outside the LGA. This information is generally not available at the small area (suburb/locality) level due to geographic limitations when being coded or processed. Data are presented for both 2011 and 2006, but in some areas geographic boundary changes may render comparisons non-comparable. For this reason, while different years can be selected, numerical change is not shown. In some areas with stable statistical geography, comparison may be OK, but please check the boundaries being used.
Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics(opens a new window), Journey to work data 2016.
Local workers - Key statistics
This data summarises the demographic characteristics of people employed in the selected industry division (or all industries). Includes all persons working in the area regardless of where they live. Some of the figures in the summary table are taken from other topics. For those which don't appear elsewhere, the following notes apply:
- Persons – people aged 15 and over who were employed in the week prior to Census
- Individual income – Median income is the midpoint of incomes for all employed people.
Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics(opens a new window), Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2011.
Local workers- Key statistics
This data summarises the demographic characteristics of people employed in the selected industry division (or all industries). Includes all persons working in the area regardless of where they live. Some of the figures in the summary table are taken from other topics. For those which don't appear elsewhere, the following notes apply:
- Persons – people aged 15 and over who were employed in the week prior to Census
- Individual income – Median income is the midpoint of incomes for all employed people.
Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics(opens a new window), Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2011.
Resident workers - Key statistics
This dataset summarises the demographic characteristics of people in the local labour force. It includes people in the labour force who usually reside in the local area regardless of where they work (if working).
Some of the figures in the summary table are taken from other topics in the worker and labour force profiles sections of economy.id - please refer to the relevant data notes for those topics. For those which don't appear elsewhere, the following notes apply:
- Persons – persons in the labour force (persons aged 15 years and over who are looking for work, or are employed, full time, part-time or casually) who reside in the local area.
- Individual income – low and high quartiles relate to those people earning in the lowest and highest 25% of incomes in the state respectively
Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (opens a new window), Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2006
Local market - Key statistics
Describes the age structure (by sex) of people who usually reside in the local area. Includes all persons except 'overseas visitors'.Education institute attending
Describes the education institutions attended (by sex) by people who usually reside in the local area. Excludes 'overseas visitors'.
- 'Catholic' refers to infant, primary and secondary schools run independently by the Catholic Church.
- 'Independent' refers to private and other non-Government schools.
- 'TAFE' refers to 'Technical and Further Education' institutions.
English proficiency aims to measure the ability of persons who speak 'English as a Second Language' to also speak English. The data, when viewed with other ethnic and cultural indicators, tends to reflect the ethnic composition of the population and the number of years of residence in Australia. In general, an area with a higher proportion of persons born in English-speaking countries or who emigrated from non-English speaking countries several decades ago is likely to have greater English-speaking proficiency.
Note: A person's English proficiency is based on a subjective assessment and should therefore be treated with caution.
Responses to the question on Proficiency in English in the Census are subjective. For example, one respondent may consider that a response of 'Well' is appropriate if they can communicate well enough to do the shopping, while another respondent may consider such a response appropriate only for people who can hold a social conversation. Proficiency in English should be considered as an indicator of a person's ability to speak English and not a definitive measure of this ability.Employment status (hours worked)
Describes the employment status (by sex) of people who usually reside in the local area. Excludes 'overseas vsitors'.
- Includes persons aged 15 years and over.
- 'Employed full time' is defined as having worked 35 hours or more in all jobs during the week prior to Census night. 'Unemployed' includes those not employed and actively looking for work, while 'Not in the labour force' includes all those people not employed and not looking for work, including retirees, students, home duties, discouraged jobseekers etc.
Describes the qualifications (by sex) of people who usually reside in the local area. Includes persons aged 15 years and over.
- Excludes 'overseas visitors'.
- Excludes schooling up to Year 12.
'No qualifications' refers to persons still studying for their first qualification, persons who do not have a qualification, and persons who have a qualification out of the scope of the Census version of the Census version of the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED), 2001.Household income
Describes the household income (by sex) of people who usually reside in the local area.
Household income comprises the total of incomes of all persons in the household who stated an income. Excludes 'visitor only households' and 'other non classifiable households'.
- 'Not stated' includes 'partial income not stated' and 'all incomes not stated'.
- 'Partial income not stated' includes households where at least one, but not all, member(s) aged 15 years and over did not state an income and / or at least one household member aged 15 years and over was temporarily absent. In these cases, the aggregate of all stated individual incomes would be less than the true household income so these households are excluded from the classification.
- 'All incomes not stated' includes households where no members present stated an income.
Describes the housing tenure of occupied private dwellings in the local area. 'Purchasing' includes dwellings with a mortgage and those being purchased under a rent/buy scheme.
- 'Renting' includes both public and private rental, and people renting from an employer. Other categories including rent-free occupancy and life tenure schemes are not shown in this summary.
Describes the dwelling structure of all occupied private dwellings in the local area. This data is classified by the Census collector on visiting the household, and the categories are broadly based on the density of the housing types.
- 'Separate house' includes all free-standing dwellings separated from neighboring dwellings by a gap of at least half a metre.
- 'Medium density' includes all semi-detached, row, terrace or townhouses and flats in a one or two storey block.
- 'High density' includes all flats/apartments in a 3 or more storey block.
Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (opens a new window), Census of Population and Housing 2011.
SA2s used in this report to build the LGA boundary for the tourism visitor pages are:
- 119011355 - Chullora
- 119011357 - Greenacre - Mount Lewis
- 119021362 - Belmore - Belfield
- 120031396 - Homebush
- 120031397 - Strathfield
- 120031575 - Strathfield
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PCLinuxOS is a binary-based Linux distribution that got its start during the summer of 2003 and was based at that time upon Mandrake 9.2 (now known as Mandriva). It's presented as a livecd, but one of its main features is its wonderful graphic harddrive installer that offers the user a beautiful fully functional complete desktop operating system. To call it a livecd is an injustice. However, Texstar, the main developer calls it just that on his site. To quote the legend, "PCLinuxOS Preview 9 is an English only self-booting live cd that runs entirely from a bootable CD without installing anything on your computer. Data on the CD is uncompressed on the fly allowing up to 2 GB of programs on one CD."
Preview 3 made it's short lived appearance in the early Fall of 2003 and was originally built upon Mandrake 9.2. Preview 4 was released in October 2003 and was mainly bug fixes and a few updates to Pre-3. However subsequent releases have been built upon the prior. At that time Mandrake was still using a 2.4 kernel, devfs, and XFree86. Texstar et al have since built an entirely new os upon its own structure and its own merit. It has evolved into its own right much the way Mandriva has evolved way beyond its Redhat beginnings. Texstar has developed PCLOS into a modern os utilizing a 2.6.11 kernel, xorg 6.8.2, and udev with hal and KDE 3.4.1. Again, it'd be better to quote the man himself from a post right here on tuxmachines, "PCLinuxOS Preview 4 was initally based on Linux Mandrake 9.2. PCLinuxOS Preview 5,6,7,8 and 9 have been built against the prior PCLinuxOS release. Thank you Mandriva for giving us a good base to work upon.
Preview 9 features Kernel 2.6.11-oci11 which has been patched and tested to work well with KDE 3.4.1. KDE 3.4.1 utilizes the Hal/dbus backend for autmounting removable media such as usbkeys, cdroms, cameras, scanners and other perpherials. We have tried to provide you with a complete out of box working experience."
Another advantage to livecds is their innate ability to allow the user to test a distribution before actually installing to their harddrive. I believe most modern Linux binary distributions will eventually go this way - or should. This method has so many advantages in addition to try-before-you-commit, such as having a fully functional computer while the install takes place. No more are the bored minutes watching a progress bar with anticipation. Read your email, surf the web, or play a game while the harddrive installer does its thing.
The harddrive install is a thing of beauty. Not only does it function well, but it does it in style. A gorgeous graphical interface walks the user through the install hiding the tendious innerworkings without limiting the users choices. It's so easy, click click click and you're in your nice new operating system ready to add any desired software and carry on with your work or play.
This is exactly what I did. When I booted up my new os, the first thing I did was fire up synaptic and effortlessly installed the kernel sources. Two or three clicks I believe was all it took.
I exited my session of kde and chose "console login" and was taken to the terminal. Here I mounted my archive partition and ran the nvidia graphic driver installer. Then I edited the xorg.conf with nano, changing nv to nvidia under the device section, and issued the command "startx". No fuss no muss. Can't ask for anything more! But that the key to PCLOS. With perhaps only a few exceptions, none I experienced personally, it just works. In less than 5 minutes from booting my fresh PCLOS install, I was enjoying gl screensavers and 3D games.
New versions in this release include:
- kernel-pclos-i586-up-1GB-2.6.11.oci11.mdk-1-1oci
- kdebase-3.4.1-4tex
- xorg-x11-6.8.2-3tex
- udev-057-1tex
- gaim-1.3.0-2tex
- fluxbox-0.9.12-1tex
- Full List
Updates and newer versions of applications are continuously being offered. Seems almost as though Texstar works around the clock 24/7 to update, fix bugs, and fill requests. His synaptic (and apt-get) installable rpms are offered on mirrors all over the world and Preview 9 comes with some mirrors already configured. I needed only to say yes to the pop up suggesting I update the list. To help support development, Texstar et al also have a Premium server for those individuals who make donations. As explained by Texstar,
"To reward those who send development funds via paypal, we have established a premium access software server for PCLinuxOS. This repository provides unlimited bandwidth and storage. It is not a free server and is only available at this time to those who donate funds towards the development of PCLinuxOS. All new software packages appear on this server first then at a later date, the public server gets the packages."
If you would like to make a donation and receive your PASS to the premium server, please consult this page for details.
In conclusion, this release, much like its predecessors, was the most gorgeous operating system I'd ever seen. But beyond that it was still the most stable, fully functioning and complete OS I'd had the pleasure of testing. I found it fast in operation, a feast for the eyes, and unsurpassed in ease of use. It just gets better and better each release.
Besides the sneak peek shots showing the absolute beauty of PCLOS, I have posted some of the final depicting some of the functionality that can be yours. Please see my Sneak Peek for more details on some of the new features included as well.
Bittorrent available here. It was coming in as fast as my dsl could handle earlier today.
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|Home > Churchill & Dresden > Was Churchill responsible?
In 1992 the Queen Mother unveiled a bronze statue of Arthur Harris, the head of Bomber Command during World War 2. The event caused international criticism and people attacked the statue. They were protesting against the deaths and destruction caused by the bombing of Dresden.
As head of Bomber Command, Harris was responsible for bombing operations. However, he and his colleagues questioned and double-checked the decision to attack Dresden. Harris wrote in his autobiography: 'I know that the destruction of so large and splendid a city at this late stage of the war was considered unnecessary even by a good many people who admit that our earlier attacks were as fully justified as any other operation of war. Here I will only say that the attack on Dresden was at the time considered a military necessity by much more important people than myself, …'. (Bomber Offensive, 1947, p. 242)
Some very senior commanders believed that area bombing was an effective way to disrupt cities, damage infrastructure and so end the war. Bombing of German cities (such as Berlin) had been going on since 1940 when Charles Portal was head of Bomber Command (and Harris's boss).
Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister and also the Minister for Defence when the policy of area bombing took place. He had a major input into military strategy. Historians debate whether he was directly involved in the decision to bomb Dresden. He wasn't consulted about every bombing raid, but there is some suggestion he supported the decision to attack Dresden, perhaps as a result of a request from Britain's allies, the Russians.
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Sunday's magnitude-6.0 earthquake caused an estimated $300 million in damages to homes and private buildings, according to Napa city leaders' most recent assessment released Wednesday.
The dollar figure includes only private structures, and not the damage to public buildings or general economic loss, according to the city report.
City leaders also said 113 buildings have been added to the red-tag list of buildings deemed uninhabitable, and 83 water lines still need to be fixed.
In addition, 500 buildings were still on the yellow tag list of buildings that people could go inside, but at their own risk.
The numbers keep moving, and the city created a map to try to reflect the most current figures, showing where all the problems are, and when they're being fixed. As of Wednesday, PG&E reported all customers had their power back on, down from a peak of 70,000 customers who had no electricity.
And most all Napa students headed back to public school for the first time since the earthquake.
In terms of the human toll from the quake that struck at 3:20 a.m. Sunday, 209 patients were treated at Queen of the Valley Hospital, with 18 admitted for some period of time. Most injuries were orthopedic.
Thirteen-year-old Nicholas Dillon was one of those patients was airlifted to UC Davis Children's Hospital, and despite a pelvic fracture, he was feeling lucky that things were not worse.
No one died during the quake, the largest one to hit the Bay Area in 25 years.
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Work out which sounds cause you most problems in Hindi. Depending on what your first language is, you may have problems with certain sounds. For example, French speakers have difficulties with "th"; speakers of Mandarin have difficulties with "r" or "l", and Arabic speakers have difficulties with "p" and "b".
Practice the sounds you find difficult. A useful exercise is a "minimal pair" exercise. For example, if you have difficulty distinguishing between "p" and "b", try practising pairs of words which are the same except for the sound "p" and "b"
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Melissa Stockwell: How I became a Paralympian
Melissa Stockwell competed at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in swimming. Now, she is three-time world champion paratriathlete and hoping to win her first Paralympic medal when the sport of paratriathlon debuts at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Paralympic Games.
When I woke up in the Baghdad ER on April 13, 2004, the furthest thing from my mind was being a Paralympian. At the time, I didn't even know what that word meant. After 24 years of having both my legs, I was suddenly missing one, taken from me by a roadside bomb on the streets of Iraq. My initial thoughts were being thankful to have my life and then the endless questions on what my life would be like moving forward.
I got to Walter Reed Army Medical Center to start that process of moving forward. I saw immediately that I was one of the lucky ones. I had three good limbs, my mind, my eyesight and I was alive. It was then I made a promise to live my life for those that didn't make it back and who gave the ultimate sacrifice. I was a lucky girl. And a proud American.
The days turned into weeks and those into months. Too many surgeries, too many infections, but the constant knowledge and reassurance that things would be OK. I took my first steps on my prosthetic leg 52 days after I lost my real one. A day that reassured me that I would walk again and the assurance that I would once again be independent. But as a lifelong athlete, I wanted more. An aspiring young gymnast who dreamt of the Olympics, I was looking for something bigger. Once an athlete, always an athlete.
Lucky for me, multiple organizations helped me realize that not only could I still be athletic, but I could do things I never imagined doing with both my legs. Thanks to the Wounded Warrior Project I skied down the ski slopes of Breckenridge, Colo., on one leg proving to myself that there were no limits. Achilles' Freedom team gave me the chance to handcycle the NYC marathon on 2005, one that I would go back and run years later. The Challenged Athletes Foundation invited me to do a triathlon with Operation Rebound, and as I crossed that finish line I felt invincible, like I could do anything. It was a life changing couple of months and the start of a life lived through sports.
In early 2005, a man named John Register from the United States Olympic Committee's Paralympic Military and Veteran Program came to Walter Reed to present on the Paralympic Games. An event that as an athlete with a disability, with some hard work, could bring you to the worlds biggest athletic stage, representing your country and showing the world what you were capable of. In 2005, I knew that in 2008 there would be a Paralympic Games in Beijing, China, held just weeks after the Olympic Games in the same venues. And a dream was born.
After being medically retired from the Army in April 2005 with a Purple Heart and bronze star, the hard work began. Swimming was an obvious choice as I swam at Walter Reed for rehab. I loved the water and had lots of room for improvement. I joined my first competitive swim team, learned to love the smell of chlorine and slowly improved my times.
Following the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, Melissa Stockwell transitioned to paratriathlon, a sport where she has won multiple national and international titles.
At the end of 2007, I moved out to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., and was fortunate enough to be coached by the late Jimi Flowers. He taught me to always work hard and believe in myself. When U.S. Paralympic Trials came around in April 2008, I was a long shot to make the team, minutes from where I needed to be. Realizing that hard work pays off, and that dreams really can come true I had the meet of my life and was named to the 2008 U.S. Paralympic Swim team. I was going to be a Paralympian.
The 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games came and went. Although there were no medals won, I learned that in life, sometimes the journey is more important than the destination. And as I carried that American flag into that sold out Bird's Nest Stadium at the Closing Ceremony, I had never been so proud. A proud American. And a proud Paralympian.
Since 2008, my life path has made a slight turn into the sport of paratriathlon. A sport that will debut in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where I hope to once again represent this country I am so passionate about. Until then, there will be more athletic goals and more challenges. And most importantly, giving back to a community that I am so fortunate to be a part of. Through Dare2Tri paratriathlon club, I am giving other athletes with disabilities the chance to experience the thrill of a triathlon and realize what they are capable of. I am forever grateful to the organizations that helped me on my way.
I am thankful daily for those that have helped me live a life of sport. It builds confidence, it changes lives and as I compete and stand on podiums around the world I realize that I wouldn't have it any other way. Life is good.
Melissa Stockwell, ret., U.S. Army, was the first female American soldier in history to lose a limb in active combat. She competed in swimming at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, where she was the U.S. flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony. Stockwell, now a three-time world champion paratriathlete, hopes to win her first Paralympic medal when the sport of paratriathlon debuts at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Paralympic Games.
Melissa Stockwell, ret., U.S. Army, was the first female American soldier in history to lose a limb in active combat. She competed in swimming at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, where she was the U.S. flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony. Stockwell, now a three-time world champion paratriathlete, hopes to win her first Paralympic medal when the sport of paratriathlon debuts at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Paralympic Games.


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