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Grad learns about life
December 11, 2003
Dawood Suleman didn't always share his father's desire for education.
While growing up in Narok, Kenya, Suleman's father sent him to the finest schools available, but twice he failed out of high school.
Suleman, who is of Indian and Russian descent, was more of an artist than a scholar and said he would rather hang out with the humble villagers in the small African town than with his peers at school.
Still, his father was determined that he and his three sisters get an education. When it was time for college, his father sent him to the University of Northern Colorado.
On Friday, Suleman, 26, received his master's degree in visual arts from UNC.
The university gave him a good education, but more importantly, the life lessons he learned in school have given him a better understanding of why his father pushed his children to be educated.
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"It's not just about getting a degree to get a better job," Suleman said. "I don't think that is what my dad intended. He wanted us to better ourselves."
Unfortunately, Suleman's father died before he could see his son's transformation.
Complications from diabetes took his father's life this year, two weeks before Suleman presented his paintings at his thesis exhibition.
Had Suleman returned to Kenya to see his father before he died, he may not have been able to come back because of stricter travel regulations for foreigners after Sept. 11.
True to his father's wishes, the family decided that education should come first.
"He sacrificed everything for our education" Suleman said.
A lot has changed in Suleman's life since he first came to Greeley in 1995.
He had always loved art, but he didn't decide to get a degree in it until he lost his eyesight in his right eye. The accident happened when he took a semester off of school in 1998 to paint wildlife art in Kenya.
While sitting atop a wall outside his family's home, a security guard thought he was a burglar and threw a rock, which hit him in the eye.
He spent the next few months in a hospital in Scotland.
"That made me realize I wanted to do art," he said. "If I'm going to go blind, I'm going to go blind doing something I like."
When he returned to Greeley to finish his undergraduate degree, his father's health started to deteriorate.
As his father's illness progressively got worse, he could not work and the family business began to crumble.
Suleman got a job with the university's publication department, which helped pay for his tuition and other expenses, but because he is a foreign student, he can't work more than 20 hours per week and can't get a job off campus.
By the time he graduated and was ready to start his master's program, support from his family had dried up.
Without money for a bed, Suleman found himself sleeping on the floor of a house he rented with two friends.
The experience of living poor made him stronger and a better artist, he said.
"There is a difference between struggling and suffering," he said. "We just struggled, and to struggle is OK. Everybody struggles, but to suffer is much worse."
Suleman's struggles have brought him to a different place in his life, where he is self supporting and confidant for his future.
"When he was an undergrad, he wanted to learn but in a lot of ways he was ignorant," said Sieger Hartgers, a former professor and good friend of Suleman's. "He really grew up tremendously over the last two-and-a-half years."
Next semester, Suleman plans to teach graphics and commercial art classes at UNC.
After that, he is not sure, but he knows he will continue painting.
"I know that I am an artist. It's not what I do, it's what I am," he said. "When I do it, it comes from inside. If I end up making anything of my life, it will come out of that."
With the realization of his father's dream, comes responsibility, Suleman said.
"If he got the family this far, it's our duty as his kids to go even further," he said. "If you're going to live, do the best you can. Don't waste the space or time."


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The population of Jefferson County, TX is 39.8% White Alone, 33% Black or African American Alone, and 21.5% Hispanic or Latino. N/A% of the people in Jefferson County, TX speak a non-English language, and 92.5% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Jefferson County, TX are Lamar University (4,858 degrees awarded in 2017), Lamar Institute of Technology (746 degrees), and Lamar State College-Port Arthur (485 degrees).
The median property value in Jefferson County, TX is $125,800, and the homeownership rate is 59.9%. Most people in Jefferson County, TX commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 20.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Jefferson County, TX is 2 cars per household.
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GT Advanced Technologies, a partner with Apple in an Arizona plant that makes sapphire glass, said it filed for bankruptcy protection voluntarily.
The shares of the company dropped over 90% to just 75 cents, which wiped out a market value of nearly $1.4 billion. The stock was trading at one time in the early part of July at $20.54.
GT Advanced suffered a huge setback in September when its sapphire glass, that is scratch-resistant, was not used on the new iPhones that are larger screens.
It appears, said one industry analyst that something that is very fundamental broke down in the Apple and GT relationship.
Sapphire glass is close to being completely scratch resistant and is almost unbreakable, making it an alternative to other glass for displays on smartphones.
Apple uses sapphire screen for two of three versions of the Apple Watch, which is not available until early 2015.
The company also uses the same material on its touch sensor button and camera cover on the iPhones.
It is a business that has had a solid association with Apple, and was a darling just a short time ago, so it has surprised the market and taken individual traders by surprise, said one Wall Street analyst.
Up through the close of business on Friday, GT Advanced stock was down 36% since September 9, when Apple unveiled the new iPhones
The company had expected a $139 million payment from Apple during October. Apple up to August 5 had made payments to GT Advanced of $439 million.
An exclusive license was granted by the company to Apple for certain applications of its technology of sapphire glass, but the maker of the iPad did not have any obligation to buy sapphire glass from GT Advanced.
GT said in its August regulatory filing that the costs it incurred in connection with the plant in Arizona significantly impacted its liquidity and financial results.


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text: So my baby is now 1 month old and amazing. He was losing weight and at 3 weeks and was half a pound lighter than at birth, the doctor had me supplementing with formula after I nurse him. In one week he had gained 9 ounces!!! YAY!! I was really struggling with nursing. I had scabs on both nipples, and had started to bleed from my nipples (tmi?) Once I got past all that and I thought we had finally got the hang of it all and the pain was going away, I woke up one morning with a high high fever and stabbing pains in my breasts. You guessed it, I had mastitis!!! I had it with Thad and just went to formula. But after the scabs and tears and bleeding and all the pain and tears I went thru to get to this point I was determined not to let it beat me. So I called my doctor right away and got on antibiotics. I have taken them for one day and already the fever is gone the headaches are gone and most of the pain is gone!!! Hopefully this is our last nursing battle we will have to overcome! He already smiles at me, follows me around the room with his eyes, holds his head up without bobbing, and can read!! OK he can't read but almost!!!! He sleeps 7 straight hours at night and is up most of the day. Which means I get some sleep but get nothin done during the day. Keeping up with 4 small children keeps you pretty busy. It doesn't leave much time for laundry, or dishes, or vacuuming, or grocery shopping, or regular showers! Can't complain though! I have to be one of the luckiest women in the world! I have 4 amazing children, a husband who bends over backwards to make me happy and a Father in Heaven who died for me! What more could a country girl from Kansas ask for?


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Hey bookworms welcome back to another post/Tag! I hoped you enjoyed my Top Ten Tuesday tag even though it was posted a week later than it was supposed to be… If you aren't aware already this blog is starting out as project for my composition class at the University, once the semester is over though I plan to post 2-3 times a week, so please be patient with me! Anywho back to the tag! I will be doing the W…W…W… Wednesday tag which was started by the blog: YouShouldBeReading: http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/. So for this tag you have to answer three questions: 1.What are you Currently Reading? 2. What have you recently finished reading? 3. What do you plan on reading next?
Instead of doing the Third question, I am going to post my planned TBR for November. A TBR is not something I normally do, but I have noticed I have a lot of books on my Nook and shelves that I haven't read yet. That AND I am really behind on my book reading goal for the year. So in the month of November despite school I want to make time to read more! Anyway onto the tag!
- What am I currently reading?
Also reading Shiver picture down below!
- What have I recently finished Reading?
I adored this book it was amazing and so worth the wait mini! I gave it a 5/5 stars!
I finished another series! I was a little disappointed in this last book since it was a little slow and wrapped up too quickly! I give it a 3/5 stars!
I gave this book a 5/5 stars it was good to know more about Kalona. It also let you know more about the Goddess and Eberus. It added a whole new level of emotions and sympathy
I gave this a 5/5 stars I definitely think this is one of her best books well and really does paint grief well and reiterates the fact that people can be quite different from what they seem. More importantly this book focuses on love and healing
Again another 5/5 stars a really good book, especially new adult I love how Sienna triumphed over her hardships, and I adored the Micah! This book is a great reminder that family isn't always your blood
November TBR
- Incarnate By Jodi Meadows
- The Twistrose Key By Tone Almhjell, Ian Schoenherr
- If I Stay By Gayle Forman
- The Maze Runner By James Dashner
- Redeemed by PC and Kirstin Cast
So readers that is my WWW and my November TBR! What have you been reading have you read any of the books I mentioned? What were your thoughts on them? Do you have a TBR planned for November? Any must reads I should read?
Here's The Surprise
So here's the surprise my title mentions the read along my last post hinted to! It will also help me with my reading goal! Two other bloggers and I are going to do a read along of Maggie Stiefvater books, The Wolves of Mercy Falls series (along with the companion novel Sinner)! I am seriously excited to be doing this with two awesome bloggers: Girl in the Pages: http://girlinthepages.com/ and She Reads She Blogs: http://shereadssheblogs.com/ ! We will be starting the overall blogs on them in December starting with Shiver (Posts will be on Girl in the Pages), then Linger (Posts will be on She Reads She Blogs), and Forever (posts will be on my blog), and lastly Sinner (posts by all of us)! That's not all bookworms! We will do mini posts and discussions on various topics about the series leading to the posts to build the hype and get you all talking! Now the biggest part She Reads She Blogs will be doing a give-away of a copy of Sinner! I am so excited to be a part of the book blogging community and making new friends! I am so eager to get to talk about these books! I know this series has become polarized as late, but I personally want to balance it more towards love! So bookworms look forward to our posts and discussions! We're all up for the talk! So please don't hold back!
So here is the schedule and Discussion Posts as well as Reviews you guys have to look forward to:
Reading Schedule:
November 15-22: Shiver
November 23-30: Linger
December 1-10: Forever
December 11-20: Sinner
Posts & Event Schedule:
November 12: Wolves of Mercy Falls Read-A-Long Announcement Post!
November 15: Why Maggie Stiefvater is an awesome author that appeals to you!
November 22: Werewolves 101: Your favorite representations and re-tellings of werewolves.
November 29: Baby It's Cold Outside: Which Shiver character(s) warms your heart/inner fangirl.
December 6: Shiver Discussion & Review @ Girl in the Pages
December 13: Linger Discussion & Review @ She Reads She Blogs
December 20: Forever Discussion & Review @ CK's Reading Corner
December 27: Sinner Discussion, Review, Read-A-Long Wrap Up
As part of the Read-A-Long we'll be hosting a giveaway of a signed copy of Sinner that has the limited edition dust jacket illustrated by Maggie Stiefvater herself!). The winner will be chosen randomly via Rafflecopter and is open to US-participants only. Be sure to check it out and keep updated with all three of our blogs for chances to earn entries!
I wish you all luck! Hope you liked my post bookworms and can't wait to get talking to you all!!!!
Goodreads Links to Books I'm Currently Reading:
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11765920-the-calling?ac=1
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10890808-unleashed
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10339954-the-night-circus
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22606008-until-the-end
Goodreads Links to Recently finished
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13517455-reboot?ac=1
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13324841-son?from_search=true
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16136628-kalona-s-fall
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18607160-lies-my-girlfriend-told-me
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18870150-hold-on-tight
Goodreads Links for the books in the Read-A-Long:
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6068551-shiver
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6654313-linger
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9409458-forever
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18406862-sinner
Publishing Info for Covers Above:
The Calling By Kelley Armstrong Published By Harper 10 April 2012
Wolf Spring Chronicles Unleashed By Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers 22 November 2011
The Night Circus By Erin Morgenstern, Jim Dale (Narrator) Published By Random House Audio 13 September 2011
Until The End By Abbi Glines Published By Simon Pulse 28 October 2014
Reboot By Amy Tintera Published By HarperTeen 7 May 2013
The Son By Lois Lowry Published By HMH Books for Young Readers 2 October 2012
Kalona's Fall By P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast Published By St Martin Press 29 July 2014
Lies My Girlfriend Told Me By Julie Anne Peters Published By Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 10 June 2014
Hold On Tight By Abbi Glines Published By Simon Pulse 3 June 2014
Shiver By: Maggie Stiefvater Published By: Scholastic Press 1 August 2009
Linger By: Maggie Stiefvater Published By: Scholastic Press 13 July 2010
Forever By: Maggie Stiefvater Published By: Scholastic Press 12 July 2011
Sinner By: Maggie Stiefvater Published By: Scholastic Press 1 July 2014
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In Their Own Words
February 09, 1732
Progress Toward Georgia Continued
In London, John Percival recorded in his diary the progress of movement for what would become the colony of Georgia:
"This morning, at nine a clock, I went to Mr. Hucks, in Great Russell Street, where by appointment came Mr. Oglethorp, Mr. Digby, Mr. Heathcot, Mr. More, and Mr. Eyles. From thence we went to wait on the Duke of Newcastle in Lincoln's Inn Fields, to desire him to move the King to sign the warrant for our Carolina Charter, which he promised… ."
Source: U.K. Historical Manuscripts Commission, Diary of the First Earl of Egmont (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1923), Vol. I, p. 220.


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There is a new breed of women in Rwanda. If you haven't met them, plan to do so. They are heavy-weight-lifters. The first ever Africa's strong women powerlifting competition took place on Saturday at Waka Fitness with Olivia Zank, 27 from Denmark becoming the reigning queen after lifting up to 145kgs.
The competition, which was received with high enthusiasm, attracted five contestants; Jeannetta Craigwell Graham, Olivia Zank, Sarah, Pearl and Neda who have all been training for over five months.
"The sense of pride that I get from powerlifting is a satisfaction that I cannot get anywhere else," said Zank.
For her, powerlifting is more than just lighting heavy equipment, but more of proof that it should not be brushed off or limited to only men.
"They call it powerlifting for a reason. The confidence boost you get after a session carries on to other aspects in life. If you can go the gym and lift 100kgs well then you can handle difficult conversation with your boss. If you have anything in your life that is difficult, then you will have that confidence and strength to say that if I can lift that much weight then I sure can get through this," said Zank.
Jeannetta Craigwell Graham, the co- founder of Waka Fitness said that they decided to do the competition because they want to motivate women to have a healthy focus, instead of setting goals based on what society says.
"We want to reinforce a positive body image for women where they are not only obsessed with losing weight but they get to focus on performance goals and getting stronger instead of them wanting to look like Beyonce," said Craigwell.
According to Craigwell, the powerlifting competition was only for women because they wanted to expose their members to something more empowering.
The facility chose only women because it has a strong community of women who are committed to their health and fitness.
This competition is not a typical thing for women and, "we are encouraging them to get out of their comfort zone to achieve their goals," explained Craigwell. The powerlifting competition consisted of three categories. Back squat, bench press and dead lift.
By order of best first, the overall weights carried by the contestants were; Olivia 301.8kgs Jeannetta 274kgs, Neda 246.4kgs, Pearl 181.9kgs and Sarah 179kgs.
Waka Fitness plans to make the competition an annual event that will be bigger with participants from all around the world.


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Yes, it does seem unlikely doesn't it? Windows has been the only reality for several generations of computer users. But is the tide finally beginning to turn?
At the Education Show held in February 2007, the talk was of 'sustainable' computing and how schools could use technology to reduce their 'carbon footprint'. Nobody had any idea of what was to come – a host of Linux-based, ultra-portable, incredibly cheap and very green personal laptops.
Asus's EeePC was the first to arrive in the UK and has been aggressively marketed by RM plc (traditionally a Microsoft supplier). The EeePC sold out within days of its launch. RM's projected sales for the EeePC are 250,000 units in 2008.
At the Education Show this year British supplier Elonex will launch their 'Elonex One' sub-notebook. A Linux-based device that will retail for less than £100.
Eighteen months ago it would be unthinkable to make the prediction that by 2013 Linux would supplant Windows as the operating system of choice for most school children. We're now beginning to think the unthinkable.
What the new notebooks have in common
- The sub-notebooks are small. Typically they have a 7" screen and weigh under a kilo.
- They use 2 watts to 6 watts of power, have no hard disk or CDROM.
- They have 2-8 GB of solid-state storage and all run Linux as their principle operating system.
- Costs ranges from sub-£100 to around £200.
- They are very robust products aimed squarely at the 'school bag' but most will also work with the keyboards, mice and monitors already at use in schools.
The leading contenders
The One Laptop per Child Project (laptop.org) has the wireless X0-1, is aimed at emerging markets, currently costs less than $200 and runs a version of Red Hat's Fedora Linux.
Intel's Classmate offers two versions of Linux operating systems both using the Red Hat package manager. They also have a Windows XP version.
Asus' EeePC supplied to schools by RM costs less than £170 to educational buyers and uses a Debian-based Linux operating system.
Britains' Elonex's 'Elonex-One' and Canada's InkMedia products have emerged very recently, having detachable keyboards, costing less than £100 and again using a Debian-derived Linux operating systems.
These products are popular because of their size, their cost and the range of software that they come with. The fact that they run Linux and come with free, open source applications is largely unnoticed by the users.
Why Linux and not Windows?
Windows XP Home can run on devices like the EeePc and the Classmate but it is not officially supported by Microsoft and thus obsolete.
Worse still, RM plc is selling their Windows XP Home version of the EeePC to school for 50% more than the Linux version. A £269 notebook will do nothing for school children. Proprietary lock-in tactics so successful in monopolising the desktop, have less effect on a new generation plugged into Web 2.0 and SaaS technologies.
Windows Vista will never be able to run on this new breed of personal computer. Even Becta, the government's quango overseeing the use of ICT by schools, admits Vista is too hungry for power and resources for use by most schools. Microsoft, it appears, simply does not have an operating system ready to fit the new niche. Windows CE is dead and the Pocket PC won't scale up.
Convergence technologies based on Linux are now everywhere - smart phones, set-top boxes, PDAs, satellite navigators, digital photo frames. Any concerns that such devices would be unacceptable to users because they don't run Windows are unfounded. Quite the opposite.
Some go as far as argue that Microsoft has tacitly admitted defeat in as much as they have signed a patent protection agreement with the Linux distributions used by the Classmate (Novell) and the EeePC (Xandros).
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The Miami Heat are just 5-5 since the return of Hassan Whiteside, but make no mistake. They pose a real threat to the Boston Celtics tonight in Miami.
In fact, we're putting our streak-danger meter up to an 8.5 tonight. That's just above where it was against a pesky, well-coached Mavericks team on Monday, for 5 reasons, and the second highest it's been during the run. (Golden State 9.0, Orlando 8.5.)
The Heat is off… and on
1. To the extent anyone has given the Celtics a hard time this season, it's often been someone with up-front speed and athleticism. (The Cavs, the Bucks, the Mavs, the Warriors, and, previously this season, the Heat itself.) The Heat has shooters and rim-attackers. Danger, Will Robinson.
2. Dion Waiters is a streaky shooter, who can stink it up against the worst teams but giant-kill with the best of them. He has heart, and, indeed, made our podcast's All-NBA-I-Don't-Fear-LeBron-James team in 2016-17.
3. The Heat impressed during a 4-3 road swing recently as Whiteside worked his way back into playing shape and rhythm. Even without him, they gave the Celtics all they could ask for in a 96-90 loss in Boston
4. They're well-coached. We made a lot of jokes about Erik Spoelstra — "coach Lego Figure," as one wag called him — during the LeBron era. But with a much thinner roster in the post-James post-Wade period, he's proven himself. Spoelstra is both a top developer and in-game adjustment-maker. You can be pretty sure he's watched the tape of zone defenses against the Celtics and the struggles of some of Boston's outside shooters.
5. Kelly Olynyk. There, we said it. Celtics fans know well how frustrating and flat-footed he can be in the post. But they also realize he can occasionally rain threes on the best of them. Luckily this isn't a Game 7.
The Heat have had 3 days to stew about an embarrassing 120-95 loss to the Indiana Pacers. They've seen all the Celtic press clippings and listened to Stephen A. and the ESPN talking heads rave about the Celtics. This has "trap game" written all over it. Happily, so did a lot of other Celtic games this season.
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Good post EGOL, as always.
Also, topsatelliteradio, I enjoyed your tips. So, do you just email students and ask them to put your link up? People accept? I've already asked my brother to try to get my site into his directory, as well as asking his college friends about it. I'm sure I should be able to get my site's BL into a few student directories.
Good note taking Egol!
You are completely right. One thing that I've noticed is that you run into 2 different types of .edu sites.
Static These are sites put up by a professor specifically for a class that was in 2002 and they will never change the site ever again. From my experience if you see a stale date like this, chances are, the professor will never change the site again - not worth your time. Now, Sometimes fiddling with the URL and going to the root of their address with the university can give you a better chance of finding fresh content.
Changing Some of the most fluid .edu sites that I have seen are blogs which are updated 2-3 times per week by a professor or group of professors. I find these highly valuable because they are fresh and....they typically have a list of 20-30 other professor's blogs which you can surf to and try to exchange links with.
I obviously highly endorse the .edu back link and there are plenty of ways to get it! I've noticed that many universities have a directory of students and their webpage addresses, scouring through these and sending a kind e-mail to the students has brought my sites several high PR and high value back links.


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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
As predicted, the used car market seems to be shaking out
Back in April, I linked to an article that predicted a major decline in used car prices - perhaps as much as 50% over the next couple of years. A few months later, I linked to other sources that pointed to the US auto industry as a whole being in serious trouble, largely because of pricing issues.
I'm now seeing those predictions play out in reality. Miss D. and I have been considering replacing one of our older vehicles. Due to the astronomical prices demanded for new vehicles, we've ruled out buying one, and are looking at relatively recent-model used cars. During our search, I got to know several sales people well enough to ask for information "off the record". They told me that many dealers are having serious problems reselling the used cars they've taken on trade for new vehicles. Their customers demand what they see as "fair value" for their trade-ins, but that fair value is based on what they paid when they bought them - not what the market is pricing them at now. If the dealers don't offer that "fair value", the customer turns around and walks out the door, going to the next dealer down the road. Sooner or later (usually sooner), a dealer desperate to sell his new stock will offer them something close to what they want. However, that dealer will then have to re-sell the traded-in unit . . . and may not be able to get back what he paid for it, due to declining used car prices caused by a glut of off-lease vehicles flooding the market (as noted earlier). That means the dealer has to recover his loss on the traded-in vehicle by marking up - or giving lower discounts on - the prices of his new cars. That makes them even more unaffordable to the average purchaser, so he has to offer better trade-in values to persuade customers to buy them. Talk about a vicious circle!
This also means that there are tremendous bargains to be had right now in sectors of the used car market that are less popular with the average buyer. For example, some used full-size cars (or, at least, what's called "full-size" today - which is not what it was!) can be had at extraordinarily low prices right now, compared to smaller vehicles that are perceived (not always correctly) as more economical, or the more fashionable SUV's and pickups. Miss D. and I are actively considering one large car that's amazed us with its drop in value. This model sold new in 2016 for a list price (MSRP) of approximately $40,000 for a top-of-the-line edition. Because it was a sedan, and therefore less "fashionable", the manufacturer had to offer some serious incentives to buyers (at times up to 20% of MSRP) to move it. Then came the glut of off-lease cars, most of which were smaller and (allegedly) more economical, and therefore more popular with less informed buyers. That meant dealers could charge a higher price for the smaller vehicles, and make a larger profit per unit, than they could on larger, more expensive, less popular models. The inevitable result was a dramatic decline in the value of the bigger model, so that (at the dealer we're using at present) five examples from the 2016 model year are available for less than $15,000 - under three-eighths of their new MSRP just a year ago! That's astonishing in anyone's language, but very good news for us. Prices on the five range from under $12,000 for a base model, to a couple of thousand more for versions with all the bells and whistles, including every computerized electronic convenience we could want (and some we don't).
It seems that more "fashionable" used vehicles, such as SUV's and economical town cars, have been holding their unit value better than large sedans; but even those classes of vehicle are now showing increasing downward pressure on prices. Just this year, I've seen declines of up to 20% in the used prices of some less popular, smaller SUV models in local markets. (I've been following them, due to our need to replace a vehicle.) There are lots of them on the market, in part because rental car companies bought them by the thousands to cater for their customers' preferences. They have to turn over their fleets before they lose too much value, so they're forced to put them on the market before they get too old. They compensate for the declining value of their used vehicles by increasing their rental rates. One way or the other, we, their customers, pay for it.
Be that as it may, Miss D. and I aren't complaining. It looks like we'll be able to get what we want at a very much lower price than we'd have had to pay even last year. What's more, all the depreciation in market values has already been priced into it. We plan to keep it for the longer term, so we won't worry about any further decline in its value (which is, in any event, unlikely to be anywhere near as great as what it's already lost).
I don't know if these trends hold up across the country, but they certainly seem to be true for cities within a couple of hundred miles of our home. If you're prepared to be flexible in your requirements and shop around, working with a trustworthy dealer (they are out there, if you look carefully), and wait for the right deal to come along, there may be some outstanding bargains to be had right now.
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- Dad29 said...
Umnnhhh, yes, and no.
From personal knowledge I can tell you that dealers are NOT 'marking up new cars' to offset negative numbers on used ones. They can't, if they expect to SELL new cars.
(Or maybe 'markups' exist on a very few vehicles--or are almost irrelevant--say $100-$200--so that a prospect will not find it worthwhile to go down the road to get that $100.00.)
Instead, they are chopping expenses--including compensation levels for salesmen and service personnel--not to mention the charities, etc.
- October 31, 2017 at 7:49 AM
Locally the part of the market where supply is the tightest is the sub 4000 and sub 3000 market. Once plentiful, these cars and trucks are harder and harder to find. Who cares about clunkers? Aren't these things on the way to the scrap yard anyway? Well, they're actually critically important to the working poor, the disabled, the elderly, those with bad credit, those who can't or won't go into debt for a car, those who just can't stomach paying a HUGE mark up and interest at a "buy here, pay here" dealer. It may well be a bonanza for new car buyers and for people who can drop 10 to 20k on a car but for those on the margins living paycheck to paycheck it's tough sledding. It's getting extremely difficult to get any sort of reliable transportation without spending 5 to 8k. The days of buying a 1200 to 2500 vehicle and getting 6 or 8 years out of it are as gone as the 500 buck beater pickups you would buy for farm chores or hauling firewood with.
Just my experience in my area.
As an aside, I still see lots of 50 to 80k pickups and SUVs being sold off dealer lots. How people are affording them I don't know. That's like low/mid end house money in my neck of the woods. Between the payments which have to be getting to the 10 or 15 year point, the insurance and licencing I don't know how people buy these things. Plus in my state, Missouri, you have to pay Personal Property Tax on all vehicles and many other personal assets. On a new truck it is well over 3000 a year just for that vehicle in addition to the payments, insurance and plates on it.
- October 31, 2017 at 8:17 AM
- Peter said...
@Anonymous at 8:17 AM:
"The days of buying a 1200 to 2500 vehicle and getting 6 or 8 years out of it are as gone as the 500 buck beater pickups you would buy for farm chores or hauling firewood with."
I agree. I'd say the $1200-$2500 bracket is now the $5000-$8000 bracket, and beater pickups can't be had for less than $3000-$5000 in this neck of the woods. However, that's not all because of supply and demand - it's also because of the declining value of the dollar, caused by ongoing inflation, which remains far higher than official statistics would indicate. That's affecting vehicle prices as much as it is other consumer needs - but our salaries aren't keeping pace, and in many cases are falling further and further behind.
- October 31, 2017 at 8:51 AM
- LindaG said...
That was my complaint with the stupid "cash for clunkers" program. That all those vehicles, working or not, had to be destroyed. As you note, the working poor, disabled, elderly; heck, the welfare families, could have been given the vehicles for free or at reduced cost. It really made me angry when the government said they had to be destroyed.
- October 31, 2017 at 8:59 AM
- Billll said...
So a $1500 vehicle now runs 2-4 times that and a sudden influx of relatively new vehicles with water still dripping out of them have just hit the market. Good thing there's no inflation (sayeth the government) and no less than scrupulous dealers dumping flood damaged vehicles on us at deep discounts.
- October 31, 2017 at 9:19 AM
- Steve Sky said...
That was the whole point of the "Cash for Clunkers" program. Since American consumers wouldn't "voluntarily" (how I hate that word), buy "efficient, non-polluting" new cars, the gov't would destroy the old ones, and force you to buy the new ones. The payoff to the Detroit auto unions for their voting support was just a bonus.
- October 31, 2017 at 9:47 AM
- B said...
If you are buying a used car, spend the $$ and get a decent bumper to bumper warranty for at least 5 years. Read carefully, and get a decent warranty. Repair costs are HIGH for newer cars, and you have no idea how the previous owner treated it.
If you do your research, at the end game of the negotiations, you can get the dealer to give you the warranty for his cost. (Example: Retail cost is ~ $4k, his cost is below $2k). Do this at then end of your negotiations. If possible, get a warranty backed by the factory. Ford or Chevy vs 3rd party.
- October 31, 2017 at 11:33 AM
- SQT said...
Leasing has really changed the market too. My dad was a car salesman/wholesaler for over 30 years and he always told me that the car market can change on a dime because there's so much inventory and markets vary from location to location. What I'm seeing now is a glut of used cars coming to market every year when the lease returns come back. I picked up a used suv last year with low miles that was priced well below it's value as it was brand new and only had one owner.
- October 31, 2017 at 11:45 AM
- Jester said...
It may be regional, as here in SE Wyoming we are not seeing a glut of anything. Nothing in Denver really either. I also can mirror that the cars that are 1k to 5k are like my current car. 216k miles on it. Most the cars in this bracket have -serious- issues. Want to get a truck? Expect it to have 150k on it and still pay 15K for it.
- October 31, 2017 at 7:48 PM
- Dad29 said...
I should have mentioned earlier that in order to maintain profitability on car sales, dealers are using their "business office" to bring in revenues.
Typically, the regular car dealer does not finance a car purchase--he merely provides the information for a bank or captive finance outfit (GM Fin'l, Ford Credit, etc.) and in return, the dealer gets a slice of the interest. Then there are the "products," which include exterior/interior treatment, additional warranty coverage, and longer-term maintenance agreements (service contracts.) The dealer's net profit on those usually runs about $2500.00 or so.
Some dealers run games in the business office, jacking up their revenues by seriously inflating the interest rate paid. Be smart: get your own bank to quote you a rate and use any of the internet tools to translate that to payments (Microsoft Office has a tool in their Excel package.) KNOW THE RANGE OF PAYMENTS YOU SHOULD BE IN before you step into that office. Don't quibble with the dealer over two or five bucks/month, but know your limit and do not be afraid to get up and walk out. Remember, 72 months times $20.00 is $1400++ bucks!!
As to "cheap trux," here in the North all trucks are 4X4, and you don't want to buy a truck for less than $20K. Many dealers simply will not SELL them because they have a reputation to protect and don't like constant complaints about their sold goods.
- October 31, 2017 at 8:38 PM
As you look be very careful not to buy a "reconditioned", or formerly flooded, used car. You live in Texas and used car dealers are not above lying about the car's history. Remember the recent Hurricane and flooding in Houston? My boss's brother , who is a car salesman, says they are having a real problem with people who have bought a previously flooded cars coming into their dealership and demanding warrantied service on cars that are out of warranty due to flooding.
- November 1, 2017 at 4:35 PM
- Jesse in DC said...
All you have to do is to adjust you car desires a bit. I have kept myself in cheap Jaguars for YEARS. Since I was 21, and I am near 60 Current one is a 99 XJR, supercharged sedan. I paid 500 bucks for it, the heater hoses under the supercharger were leaking. I fixed it in a long day (first time I had done that job). Even if you took it to a shop it would be less than 1500.00. So I have a car that cost 80 grand new, gets 18 mpg commuting, looks OK, and starts every day. It had 137137 on it when I bought it. XK8s can be had for 4 to 5 K all day long here, and the non supercharged sedans are 2 to 5 K. These were well built cars, they have some known issues, so find one where they have been fixed. Since they were spendy new, people generally take care of them. With what I have in it, it is essentially a disposable car, but I will most likely get 4 or 5 mostly trouble free years out of it.
- November 1, 2017 at 7:39 PM
- Arrgh said...
Are you watching out for flood cars? Anyone know what my 2003 honda pilot EX with 102,000 miles is worth? It's in good shape. The tell you a value sites on the net are all over the place on a price. It's a spare car and I want to sell it to free up room in the garage.
- November 3, 2017 at 1:26 PM
- LCB said...
Along the lines of what "B" said, I'd recommend a Dealer Certified vehicle. They're usually leased cars that have been traded in. You can buy them for several thousand less than a new car but still get 2 or 3 years of the remaining bumper to bumper and the 100,000 mile power-train warranty (at least with Hyundai.)
- November 3, 2017 at 4:37 PM


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Rediscovering Natsume Soseki: with the first English translation of Travels in Manchuria and Korea, Celebrating the centenary of Sōseki's arrival in England 1900-1902
"First publication in English of Soseki's travels through Manchuria on the then recently-acquired South Manchurian Railway. 6-week travelogue including boat from Osaka to Dairen, railway up the Liaodong Peninsular to Fushun. Many descriptions of Manchuria."
Ruined by Design: Shaping Novels and Gardens in the Culture of Sensibility
2009 Winner of the SAMLA Studies Award
"By examining the motif of ruination in a variety of late-eighteenth-century domains, this book portrays the moral aesthetic of the culture of sensibility in Europe, particularly its negotiation of the demands of tradition and pragmatism alongside utopian longings for authenticity, natural goodness, self-governance, mutual transparency, and instantaneous kinship. This book argues that the rhetoric of ruins lends a distinctive shape to the architecture and literature of the time and requires the novel to adjust notions of authorship and narrative to accommodate the prevailing aesthetic. Just as architects of eighteenth-century follies pretend to have discovered "authentic" ruins, novelists within the culture of sensibility also build purposely fragmented texts and disguise their authorship, invoking highly artificial means of simulating nature. The cultural pursuit of human ruin, however, leads to hypocritical and sadistic extremes that put an end to the characteristic ambivalence of sensibility and its unusual structures."
Book Essays
My Individualism and The Philosophical Foundation of Literature
"In these rare personal essays, Soseki defines the role of art in light of the isolation of the modern world. Each essay includes personal anecdotes that act as allegories about the fate of Japan. In her introduction, Soseki expert Dr. Inger Sigrun Brodey sensitively explores the crises in Soseki's own life that led to his powerful sense of dislocation and to his particular style of writing, and then masterfully unravels the complexities of the two essays." –Amazon.jp
Nature, Woman, and The Art of Politics
"This impressive collection of previously unpublished essays examines the relationship
between competing conceptions of "nature" and "woman." By looking historically and comprehensively at the problems and questions associated with human thinking about nature and woman, the contributors strive to gain the proper vantage point from which to assess modern virtues and vices. Also taking note of important religious and literary contributions to thought on nature and woman, these essays present a broad range of claims from classical Greece to the present intended to stimulate modern thinking. Nature, Woman, and the Art of Politics will prove indispensable to scholars of philosophy, political science and women's studies."
A Companion to European Romanticism
"This companion describes the way in which the Romantic Movement swept across Europe in the early nineteenth century, transforming literature, music, painting, religion, philosophy, politics and personal relationships. It is the first book of its kind to focus on the whole of European Romanticism, moving between the national literatures of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia and Spain on the one hand, and common themes, subjects, forms, and sources on the other. Subjects addressed range from orientalism, capitalism, and nature, to the revival of the lyric and the influence of the French Revolution. The volume also includes cross-disciplinary contributions on literature and music, literature and painting, and the general system of Romantic arts. There are over 30 essays in all, written by leading Romanticism scholars from America, Australia, Britain, France, Italy, and Switzerland."
The Philosophy of War Films
"LaRocca offers a synoptic anthology of essays that brings to our attention how war films can provoke contemplation and meditation because of the ways that such films inevitably focus on the mortality and vulnerability of human beings. The essays, written by an outstanding array of international scholars, work out various ways in which the genre can compel our thinking to become philosophical. This collection of essays constitute a significant contribution to not only the philosophy of the war film, but also to philosophy of film itself." — Daniel Flory, Montana State University
"Inger S.B. Brodey's 'The Power of Memory' is … enjoyable as prose as well as its fascinating comparison of post-World War II films by John Ford and Akira Kurosawa. The similarities between cowboys and ronin as nostalgic symbols of a pre-industrial commercialized world are remarkable."–David Luhrssen
Approaches to Teaching Austen's Mansfield Park
This volume is the third in the MLA Approaches series to deal with Austen's work. It provides information about editions, film adaptations, and digital resources, and then nineteen essays discuss various aspects of Mansfield Park, including the slave trade, the theme of reading, elements of tragedy, gift theory, landscape design, moral improvement in the spirit of Samuel Johnson and of the Reformation, sibling relations, card playing, and interpretations of Fanny Price, the heroine, not as passive but as having some control.
A Few Recent Articles & Essays
"Power of Memory and Memory of Power: War and Graves in Westerns and Jidaigeki" in The Philosophy of War Films. Ed. David LaRocca. University Press of Kentucky, 2014. 287-310.
Brodey, B.B., Goodman, S.H., Wirth, R.J., Baldasaro, R.E., Brooks-DeWeese, A., Wilson, M.E., Houts, C.R., Brodey, I.S., & Doyle, N. M. "Development of the Perinatal Depression Inventory (PDI) Using Item Response Theory: A Comparison of the BDI-II, EPDS, PDI, PHQ-9." Archive of Women's Mental Health. 2015 Aug 14.
"Avenues, Parks, Wilderness, and Ha-has: The Use and Abuse of Landscape in Mansfield Park" in Approaches to Teaching Mansfield Park. Eds. Marcia McClintock Folsom and John Wiltshire. New York: Modern Language Association, 2014. 175-189.
"Ema: The New Face of Jane Austen in Japan," Southern Japan Review (2011): 7-32.
"Cactus Roses and Camellias: Flowers, Action, and Masculinity in Sanjurô and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" [Japanese title: サボテンの花と椿:三十郎」及び「リバティ・バランスを撃った男」に見る花とアクションそして男らしさについて], U.S.–Japan Women's Journal 36 (2009), 3-27.
Current Book Projects
Cowboys and Samurai: Authority, Nation-Making, and Individualism
Jane Austen in Asia
A Few Recent Honors
Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters awarded by Colorado College (Opening Convocation, August 24, 2015)
Bank of America distinguished term professorship (2012-2017)
Named one of the top 100 notable professors at research universities nationwide by Online PhD program: http://onlinephdprogram.org/notable-research-professors/
Chapman Family Award for Excellence in Teaching (2010-2011)
Recipient of Wells Fund for Faculty Excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences (2010)
SAMLA Studies Award for the best scholarly book of 2008-2009.
Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (Spring, 2006)
Director, Comparative Literature Program (2011-2015).
Director, Global Cinema Minor (2012-2013).
Director of Graduate Studies, Comparative Literature Program (Fall, 2011 and Spring, 2012)
Department of English and Comparative Literature Executive Administration Committee (2011-2015)
Undergraduate Honors Director, Comparative Literature. Supervise and administer all Honors' Theses, UNC-CH, 2003- 2015.
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Comparative Literature Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003- 2015.
Faculty Advisor, CLOUD (Comparative Literature Organization for Undergraduate Discussion), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003- 2015.
Member, Board of Directors, UNC Press (2012-2017).
Member, Editorial Board of Persuasions: Journal of the Jane Austen Society of North America (1996-present).
Book Review Editor, JASNA News, quarterly periodical for the 4100 members of the Jane Austen Society of North America (1996-2001). Assigned and edited an average of 15 reviews (20 current books) per year. 1998-2001 reviews also appear on JASNA website: http://www.jasna.org/bookrev/.
Member, Board of Directors, Jane Austen Society of North America (1996-1999).
AAUW Grants and Fellowships (2013)
NEH Language and Literature Grants (2005)
NEH Enduring Questions Grants (2009 & 2011)
Hecate Journal
Philological Quarterly
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We should be going after Iran's leaders who are enriching uranium and who threaten the safety of the region and the world. The Syrian situation is confused and Obama's foreign policy centers around protecting himself. If we end up at war with Syria, we will in essence be in a proxy war with Iran and Russia. The Washington Institute believes that engaging in Syria is the best way to deal with Iran, but is it?
Mr. Obama showed no concern for the Syrians while more than a hundred thousand of them were being murdered.
Once he was mocked for saying they had better not cross the red line, he became interested.
We don't even know what the truth is. Are we going to believe a man who has told lie after lie or had his talking heads tell lie after lie?
Where was Mr. Obama when Morsi's people were slaughtering the Coptic Christians in Egypt? He was giving Morsi money to support the slaughter!
Are we going to war to support rebels who commit atrocities? The only question is if we are going to war. The atrocities are being committed. There is a chance that we could bring the 'good' rebels – the secularists – to power but only with a well-thought out strategy for the action and the aftermath. Mr. Obama has no strategy other than wanting to launch a quick strike to save face.
The NY Times published an article Thursday with a video and photo of seven Assad soldiers partially stripped down, bloodied, and terrified. All were shot and their bodies dumped into a well.
The rebel commander recited a revolutionary verse just before he shot them:
For fifty years, they are companions to corruption," he said. "We swear to the Lord of the Throne, that this is our oath: We will take revenge."
The moment the poem ended, the commander, known as "the Uncle," [Abdul Issa] fired a bullet into the back of the first prisoner's head. His gunmen followed suit, promptly killing all the men at their feet.
The Uncle's father was believed killed in the Brotherhood suppression 27 years ago and he is out to settle an old score. He promised his fighters to exterminate the Alawites — the minority Islamic sect to which the Assad family belongs.
He is fighting on the side we hope to join.
Issa claimed that he killed the soldiers because they had cell phone videos of soldiers raping Syrian women.
A former rebel smuggled the video out because he was disgusted that the rebels are now using the same tactics as the enemy.
The rebels are comprised of the 'good' rebels with a loose command structure and the more organized radical Islamists. In the outlying areas, the rebels have disintegrated into criminal elements.
There is a criminal environment in much of Syria which is 'populated by gangs of highwaymen, kidnappers and killers,' according to the NY Times.
Mr. Kerry said only 10% to 20% of the opposition forces are al Qaeda. Rep. McCaul said they comprise 50% of the forces.
The Nusra Front and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria comprise some of the opposition and are firmly in command in parts of Aleppo and Idlib Provinces and in the northern provincial capital of Raqqa and in Deir al-Zour. They cut into the border with Turkey.
The Islamists have cooperated with the good rebels but, as McCain indicated, they are focused more on 'establishing a zone of influence spanning Iraq's Anbar Province and the desert eastern areas of Syria, and eventually establishing an Islamic territory under their administration.'
Many areas, especially around Damascus, are under the control of 'good' rebels – secular forces.
Who do we believe? McCain? McCaul? Mr. Obama? Mr. Kerry, the former Hanoi John?
We managed to turn Libya into a failing state. Will we do it again?
Here is a brief refresher course with a few of the Obama lies:
Benghazi was over a video, the IRS doesn't target anyone, the DOJ doesn't spy on journalists, the NSA isn't spying on American citizens, you can keep your doctor and your insurance plan, Fast & Furious was caused by some underlings and the administration knew nothing, Obama never drew a red line, Obama is not going to destroy the coal industry and he will build nuclear power plants, Obama's the DC outsider who will change Washington and there won't be any lobbyists in his government, he won't spend the money Bush spent it and will cut the deficit in half – then he said he did cut the deficit in half, he loves public education, Obamacare is a tax and it's not a tax, he will eliminate the income tax for seniors who make less than $50,000, he had little involvement with ACORN, the public will have five days to look at every bill, the border fence is all but 5% complete, and nine times SCOTUS found his actions unconstitutional – he is a constitutional lawyer.
NY Times has the details of the story and the horrific video.


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Steps to Run Corda – Cordapp Sample on Ubuntu 18.04.01
What is Corda?
Let me start with brief & precise explanation of Corda.
Corda is an open source Blockchain platform. Corda is a Distributed Ledger Technology designed for businesses from the start, such as banks/financial institutions, to keep a shared ledger of transactions and thus removing the need for the involved parties to constantly check that each of their books are in line after interacting with each other.
What are Cordapps?
The core model of Corda consists of state objects(data), transactions, and transaction protocols, which when combined with contract code(allowable operations), APIs, wallet plugins, and user interface components results in constructing a Corda distributed application (CorDapp).
What does Corda Ecosystem consist of?
A Corda network consists of the following components:
- Nodes, where each node represents a JVM run-time environment hosting Corda services and executing applications ("CorDapps"). Nodes communicate using AMQP/1.0 over TLS.
- A permissioning service that automates the process of provisioning TLS certificates.
- A network map service that publishes information about nodes on the network.
- One or more pluggable notary service types (which may be distributed over multiple nodes). A notary guarantees uniqueness and validity of transactions.
- Zero or more oracle services. An oracle is a well known service that signs transactions if they state a fact and that fact is considered to be true.
- CorDapps which represent participant applications that execute contract code and communicate using the flow framework to achieve consensus over some business activity.
- Standalone Corda applications that provide manageability and tooling support to a Corda network.
Software requirements to Setup Corda Platform
Corda uses industry-standard tools:
- Oracle JDK 8 JVM – minimum supported version 8u171
- IntelliJ IDEA – supported versions 2017.x and 2018.x (with Kotlin plugin version 1.2.51)
- Git
- Applications on Corda (CorDapps) can be written in any language targeting the JVM. However, Corda itself and most of the samples are written in Kotlin.
Setup Environment :
- Open a new terminal and add the Oracle PPA to your repositories by typing "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java". Press ENTER when prompted.
- Update your packages list with the command "sudo apt update"
- Install the Oracle JDK 8 by typing "sudo apt install oracle-java8-installer". Press Y when prompted and agree to the licence terms.
- To setup Git, from the terminal type command "sudo apt install git"
- Jetbrains offers a pre-built snap package that allows for easy, one-step installation of IntelliJ onto Ubuntu. Click Install, then View in Desktop Store. Choose Ubuntu Software in the Launch Application window. Ensure the Kotlin plugin in Intellij is updated to version 1.2.51
Install IntelliJ from Launch Application window in Ubuntu
Now that our environment is set up, we can start working with Corda!!!
Downloading & Installing the example Cordapp
In this step we will be installing an example Cordapp written by the Corda Team. It will demonstrate sending IOU contracts across a network of three nodes.
- Start by downloading the example Cordapp from GitHub. Type following command on terminal git clone https://github.com/corda/samples
- Change directories to the cordapp-example folder: cd samples/cordapp-example
Opening the example CorDapp in IntelliJ IDEA
Load IntelliJ. A dialogue will appear as below.
Click on Open, then navigate to the folder where you cloned the cordapp-tutorial and click OK.
IntelliJ will show a bunch of pop-up windows. One of which requires our attention
Click the 'import gradle project' link. A dialogue will pop-up. Press OK. Gradle will now obtain all the project dependencies and perform some indexing. It usually takes a minute or so. If you miss the 'import gradle project' dialogue, simply close and re-open IntelliJ again to see it again.
Once the project is open
- Click File, then Project Structure.
- Under Project SDK:, set the project SDK by clicking New…, clicking JDK, and navigating to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_XXX (where XXX is the latest minor version number).
- Click OK
Select File then Project Structure. Select Modules. Click on '+', click on Import Module, then select the cordapp-example folder and click Open.
Choose to Import module from external model, select Gradle, click Next then Finish (leaving the defaults) and OK
Choose Gradle JVM as same version when you set Project SDK
Gradle will now download all the project dependencies and perform some indexing. This usually takes a minute or so.
The example CorDapp has the following structure
Building Cordapp
There are two ways to run the example CorDapp: Via the terminal and IntelliJ
- Open a terminal window in the cordapp-example directory (change to cordapp-example directory)
- Build the test nodes with our CorDapp using the following command : ./gradlew deployNodes
- The deployNodes Gradle task allows you easily create a formation of Corda nodes. This will automatically build four nodes with our CorDapp already installed.
- After the build finishes, you will see the generated nodes in the kotlin-source/build/nodes folder
- There will be a folder for each generated node, plus a runnodes shell script to run all the nodes simultaneously
- Each node in the nodes folder has the following structure:
. nodeName
├── corda.jar // The Corda node runtime.
├── corda-webserver.jar // The node development webserver.
├── node.conf // The node configuration file.
└── cordapps // The node's CorDapps.
Running the example CorDapp from IntelliJ
- Start the nodes by running the following command from the root of the cordapp-example folder: kotlin-source/build/nodes/runnodes
- You may have to install xterm. Linux it will open up a new XTerm for each node.
(Commad to install Xterm from the terminal – sudo apt-get update, sudo apt-get install xterm)
- For each node, the runnodes script creates a node tab/window as below image.
It usually takes around 60 seconds for the nodes to finish starting up. To ensure that all the nodes are running, you can query the 'status' end-point located at http://localhost:[port]/api/status (e.g. http://localhost:10009/api/status for PartyA).
Running the example CorDapp from IntelliJ
- Select the Run Example CorDapp – Kotlin run configuration from the drop-down menu at the top right-hand side of the IDE
- Click the green arrow to start the nodes
- To stop the nodes, press the red square button at the top right-hand side of the IDE, next to the run configurations
Interacting with the example CorDapp - Via HTTP
The nodes' webservers run locally on the following ports:
PartyA: localhost:10009
PartyB: localhost:10012
PartyC: localhost:10015
These ports are defined in each node's node.conf file under
Each node webserver exposes the following endpoints:
/api/example/create-iou with parameters iouValue and partyName which is CN name of a node
Below is the image for Node A
Submitting an IOU via the web front-end
To create an IOU between PartyA and PartyB, navigate to /web/example (e.g http://localhost:10009/web/example), click the "create IOU" button at the top-left of the page, and enter the IOU details into the web-form.
The IOU must have a positive value. For example:
Counterparty: Select from list
Value (Int): 10
Click on Create IOU. The modal dialogue will close, and the nodes will agree the IOU. This may take some time.
Assuming all went well, you can view the newly-created IOU by accessing the vault of PartyA or PartyB
Interacting with the example CorDapp - Via HTTP API
PartyA's vault: Navigate to http://localhost:10009/api/example/ious
PartyB's vault: Navigate to http://localhost:10012/api/example/ious
Via web/example:
PartyA: Navigate to http://localhost:10009/web/example and hit the "refresh" button
PartyB: Navigate to http://localhost:10012/web/example and hit the "refresh" button
The vault and web front-end of PartyC (at localhost:10015) will not display any IOUs. This is because PartyC was not involved in this transaction.
You are now able to run CorDapps from both the terminal and from an IDE.


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Twin Sisters beach is a small stretch of beach located about 0.4 miles south of the Glass Window Bridge on the Caribbean side. Its name is derived from the two boulders in the water, and the beach is visible and easily accessible right of the main road.
The water is turquoise blue, clear, and relatively shallow; it's an ideal morning beach because of the Casuarina trees that provide lots of shade from the rising sun.
- Beachcombing
- Picnicking
- Snorkeling
- Swimming
Year Round
Fees: None
This beach might not be suitable for persons with mobility impairments or using a wheelchair, because of the slope leading to the beach and the sandy/rocky terrain.
Persons are encouraged to take their garbage with them, to prevent it from destroying marine life in the ocean.