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RTS Chosen as Key Technology Vendor for Chinese University of Hong Kong Trading Lab
RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading global trading solutions provider, announced today that the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has selected the firm as the key technology provider for its state-of-the-art new trading laboratory opening tomorrow.
Equipped on the university campus with real-time trading solutions that professional traders employ globally, CUHK students will be able to gain real-world trading experience. Utilizing RTS' low latency and algorithmic trading solutions, they can employ a variety of sophisticated strategies in a simulated, automated trading environment, including hands-on volatility spreads, complex hedging strategies and quantitative research using real data.
In the initial phase, CUHK final-year undergraduate students taking courses on options and derivatives in the coming academic year will utilize the new trading lab. Subsequently, the new facility is expected to play an increasingly important role in the finance training of the university's MBA and Master of Science degree students, as well as those in the executive education programs.
Said Professor van Put, Adjunct Professor of the CUHK Business Faculty: "We strongly believe that our trading lab, with real-time data feeds from the major global exchanges, and assistant teachers who are professional traders, will offer our students a great chance to explore the financial markets and its traded products. This new generation of traders, risk managers and compliance officers are needed to fulfill the increasing need for qualified staff in the Chinese and Asian Pacific financial markets. We appreciate the kind support of RTS as a founding sponsor and welcome the opportunity to offer the firm's best of breed technology in our real-time trading and training efforts."
Alex Lamb, Executive Board Member of RTS, said: "This is a ground-breaking effort that CUHK has undertaken, and RTS is committed to ensuring its success. We are proud to partner with the university and its team of professors on enriching the trading-related academic program and ensuring that the technology reflects the latest ultra-fast tools the industry has to offer."
In September, the Singapore Exchange and NanyangTechnologicalUniversity announced the establishment of the Centre for Financial Education in Singapore, with RTS as the key technology partner.NOTE I now post my TRADING ALERTS into my personal FACEBOOK ACCOUNT and TWITTER. Don't worry as I don't post stupid cat videos or what I eat!


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Movie Moxie Vlogging! I'm tackling gothic vampire comedy Dark Shadows and kinda-review The Avengers.
Mentioned in the Vlog:
- I mention being intrigued by the continual progression of the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaborations including Alice in Wonderland (2010). Although I've enjoyed many of the films they collaborate on, there is something odd about the fact that both Alice & Dark Shadows feel like the story's protagonist is not Johnny Depp's and therefore there is a a disconnect with the predominance of his characters in the films and the marketing of the films.
- I ponder if people who watched & enjoyed the Dark Shadows series picked up a lot more about the characters and the character dynamics in the film. Anyone who has seen it care to share?
- I mention loving films Eva Green is in, including: Casino Royale, The Golden Compass and Franklyn.
- If you want to hear more about Dark Shadows, I will be reviewing it on an upcoming episode of Before the Dawn.
- I only kinda-am-reviewing The Avengers as I was disappointed that I saw it before seeing Captain America, and therefore Captain America was completed spoiled for me. I'll need to give it some time, thought and healing to a) see Captain America and b) re-watch The Avengers before I can feel more objective about the film over the experience of seeing the film.
- I would highly recommend folks see Thor and Captain American before watching The Avengers, otherwise those 2 films will be spoiled for you. You can check out the Iron Man films too, although they aren't as essential.
- If/when you do watch The Avengers - stay to the end of the credits.
- I do note that in true Joss Whedon fashion, The Avengers holds more than you can absorb on first viewing, therefore are compelled to re-watch.
- I also mention that The Corridor is out in release here in Toronto at The Projection Booth; see my Original vlog and written review of the film.
- You can see the Intro and Q&A from The Corridor videos from Q&A from Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2011. They are super-spoilery, but it's noted above the vids and may help you pondering mind after you watch the film.
- As I'm now be vlogging reviews of recently released films 9like here!) as well as DVD Releases, the Bondathon, Prometheus Countdown separately for visual enjoyment*; but if you are more of an audio fans you can listen to the compiled version of the vlogs on the Movie Moxie Podcast. Listen to this weeks episode here.


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An interesting article comparing the characters and situations of the popular Harry Potter book series to situations commonly encountered by children with hearing loss and their families. While this is not directly related to Deaf Education, it does show a fascinating parallel in situations encountered by Hard of Hearing children in school and home settings to that of the famous wizard.
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American President Donald Trump passed an executive order last week that shocked the world. The order has barred people from six countries from entering the US for the next 90 days in order to protect Americans from terrorism. A move that has caused quite a stir all over the globe and received much backlash. Several people have been affected by this, one of them being Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi who was set for travel to the US next month. His film, The Salesman, is an Iranian film that has been nominated in the Best Foreign Film Category at this year's Academy Awards.
Farhadi has earlier won an Oscar for his film A Separation and this is truly an example of how several innocent individuals have been affected by this unfortunate ban. The director has refused to attend the functions even if the ban were to be lifted for him as a sign of protest. In the past few months, we have seen several Hollywood celebrities use award ceremonies as a platform to raise their voices against the newly elected American President and his policies


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Music icon Elton John recently spoke on Jay-Z's open stance toward gay marriage and why he has a big hug waiting for him when they next meet up.
Elton said he respects Young Hov for waving his finger at people who discriminate against the gay community.
In an interview with MSNBC, Sir Elton John spoke on Jay-Z, who eloquently voiced his support for the legalization of gay marriage earlier this year. Elton expressed how important this was, especially coming from Jay-Z. "Jay-Z, who is probably the most respected African American artist, came out and said not only is it wrong to not have gay marriage, but any discrimination in life is wrong. It was an incredibly moving statement," Elton explained. "I take my hat off to him. I respect him so much for doing that. When I next see him, I'm going to give him the biggest hug." (Complex)
In May, Jay publicly vouched his support toward gay marriage.
Rapper Jay-Z on Monday threw his support behind President Barack Obama's stance on legalizing same-sex marriage. The rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, said not allowing gay marriage was "holding the country back," in an interview with CNN's Poppy Harlow. "What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you love. That's their business. [It] is no different than discriminating against blacks. It's discrimination plain and simple," Jay-Z, a longtime supporter of Obama, added. (My Fox DC)


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State takes on steroid use
A high-ranking state lawmaker wants Connecticut to launch the country's first statewide program for steroid testing of high school athletes.
On Wednesday, as National Football League officials testified before Congress about the league's steroid policy, Connecticut Rep. Robert Ward, R-North Branford, proposed spending $200,000 on a pilot testing program.
Under the proposal, about 2,000 of the state's 95,000 student-athletes would be randomly tested. The state would spend about $200,000 on the effort, which Ward said could be expanded in future years.
"This is not a broad drug-testing program," said Ward, who as minority leader is the top Republican in the state House of Representatives. "We are focusing on performance enhancing drugs."
Ward plans to amend his proposal to another piece of legislation because it's too late in this legislative session to introduce a new bill. But if the finances can be worked out, it appears there is Democratic support for the testing program.
"I've seen too many anecdotes of kids using these and having crazy behavior and sometimes committing suicide," said Rep. Robert Godfrey, D Danbury. "There is too much emphasis on this magic pill - faster, stronger, more agile. I would have to look at the details and see how much the it would cost."
Though professional athletes have been the focus on the national level, steroid use has increased among high school athletes in recent years. Last month, six student-athletes in Madison, Conn., were arrested for possession or sale of steroids. Various national studies show between 4 percent and 11 percent of high school athletes have used steroids, which can cause an array of harmful side effects.
Steve George, a softball and football coach at Newtown High, hasn't heard of any steroid problems at the school, but he favors a statewide testing program.
"I think it is a great thing," George said. "Testing should be for all illegal drugs, not just steroids. You have to stop drug use at the young level. I would even empower the schools to test their students."
But Newtown High athletic trainer Tim Crowley said he thinks it would violate the constitutional rights of student-athletes to single them out for steroid testing.
Referring to state lawmakers, he said: "I hope they're putting a lot of money in the budget, because they will be dealing with a lot of parents and lawyers if this bill passes. Sure, there's been whispers about steroids among individuals, but I see these kids in the weight room working hard."
Ward's proposal would have the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, which oversees high school sports in the state, hash out most of the details of the testing plan.
CIAC Executive Director Mike Savage said it would be worth the effort. "This is a very serious problem nationally," Savage said. "This would be the first time we would be able to do this and we might be able to provide substantial data."
Savage said any testing plan would focus not just on football and baseball, which have received much of the national attention, but on all 28 boys' and girls' sports played in Connecticut high schools.
Under the plan, student-athletes could be asked to give a urine sample during their sports season. Savage said the tests would cost $100 to $120 each. The state departments of Education and Public Health would play a role in the testing process.
"The tests will be done randomly and not based on a suspicion" an athlete is taking steroids, Ward said. "We want to try to get a handle the size of the problem and the regularity of their use."
Kay Hawes, spokeswoman for the National Center for Drug Free Sport, which conducts drug tests for the National Collegiate Athletic Association, said it makes sense to start testing for steroids in high school.
"Most college athletes that use performance-enhancing drugs didn't come to college and start using them," Hawes said. "They used them before they started college."
Connecticut joins legislatures in Florida, Minnesota, Michigan and Texas in considering steroid testing legislation. No states have enacted policies, said Robert Kanaby, executive director for the National Federation of High School Athletics.
"Now it's basically a decision made by local communities to determine, and we believe it should be that way," Kanaby said. "What's completely new is that Connecticut is allocating a specific amount. Other state proposals have not indicated where it comes from."
Kanaby said testing for steroids is more costly than testing for other types of recreational drugs. He also said there could be legal issues involved, even though a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court decision said school districts can administer random drug tests.
Steroids have become a bigger problem in high school for several reasons, said Joe Boardwine, assistant executive director of the National High School Coaches Association.
Not only do high school athletes want to play better to help their teams win, but they want to earn college scholarships worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Also, revelations about steroid use among professional athletes whets the appetites of teens. Boardwine said high school athletes focus on the benefits of the drugs and not the medical consequences, which can range from acne, hair loss and violent mood swings to high blood pressure, heart disease and cancer.
"Kids are shortsighted. The want an edge," Boardwine said. "It's the same problem teens have with driving and teen pregnancy. They want what they want now and (don't consider) the long-term effect."
News-Times correspondent Jaime Garzon contributed to this report.


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Well, the dust has settled. And I did the thing I swore I wouldn't do, which was take from the budget to go to ACFW. But something kept telling me to do it. I don't know what the "something" was...whether it was just my, "Oh, fer pete's sake, I need a getaway," or whether it was the voice of God. (You know the old saying--if you talk to God, you're praying, but if you hear from God, you're schizophrenic? 'Nuff said.)
It was a great experience overall, although until the very last moment (pretty much literally) I still wasn't sure if I'd actually make it to Indy, make it there when I wanted to be there, or have a hotel room--or TWO hotel rooms--or roommates--or...(agh!). And yes, there were the usual political goings-on that happen in large organizations, things that set our teeth on edge, things that were eye-rollers. I found I had little patience with "worship" this year, for a number of reasons...so I did my best to blow most of it off. I made it a point to attend the Sunday morning session to see the choir sing, however, which was worth the trip. So...food was good, Indy was good (although there were far too many annoying Colts fans), the weather was good, the rental car was OK, the room was fabulous, the pool was relaxing, the church was awesome.
But now I get to play catchup moneywise, which is always an adventure of another sort.
And once again, I find myself thinking mutinous thoughts--and widely contrasting ones.
I'll post more in the next few days, but I have to organize it first. As for today, it's a vacation day--my "cushion" day I always try to build in after a conference/travel situation like this. It'll be well worth the time, even if it is going to be 90 degrees outside today. Bring on fall, is what I'm saying. And it can't come soon enough for this woman, who is thoroughly sick of air conditioning and summer heat. It's almost the end of September, already. Let's get ON with the cool weather!!!!
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FILM REVIEW – ASSASSIN'S CREED. With Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Charlotte Rampling, Brendan Gleeson. Written by Michael Lesslie and Adam Cooper & Bill Collage. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, thematic elements and brief strong language. 115 minutes.
Based on the popular video game series, ASSASSIN'S CREED is entertaining claptrap, helped immesurably by impressive stuntwork and special effects, and a cast much too good for this sort of material. When you have actors like Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, and Jeremy Irons on hand, you know they're going to take things seriously, even if it doesn't deserve it.
The premise is that back in the 15th century, the Knights Templar and the Church sought something called the Apple of Eden which, we're told, gives its possessor the ability to wipe out human free will. It was in the hands of the last sultan to hold power in Muslim Spain, under the protection of the Assassins, a group of defenders who vow to fight to the death to prevent the Apple from falling the wrong hands.
In the present, a Templar project headed by Rikkin (Irons) and his daughter Sofia (Cotillard) has been looking for descendants of the old Assassins and then send them back into the minds of their ancestors in hopes of discovering what became of the Apple. Their latest subject is a murderer named Cal Lynch (Fassbender), who is spirited away from Texas to Spain after his execution. There he is resuscitated and made to go back in time.
The gimmickry is quite clever, as he is wired up like a human marionette so that he can relive the battles in the laboratory while experiencing them in the past. Unfortunately for Rikkin, the head of the Templars (Charlotte Rampling) has informed him he's about to lose his funding, so they need to get results fast. Meanwhile, other people being held at the facility (including Brendan Gleeson and Michael K. Williams) seem to know more about what's going on than Sofia is telling Cal.
Much of the film has Cal back in the past as an Assassin named Aguilar, battling the Knights in an impressive series of action set pieces that seem to indicate he was the first practitioner of parkour in medieval Spain as he runs and leaps across rooftops and the sides of buildings. Many will die–in the past and the present–as the battle for possession of the Apple plays out.
Amazingly, the actors are able to do all this with straight faces given just how much the audience has to suspend their disbelief. Fassbender–who has played in everything from arthouse fare to young Magneto in the "X-Men" movies–is solid as the hero who may be as unstable as some of the people he's fighting. The rest of the cast doesn't seem to worry about the overall plot of the movie, instead simply focusing on putting over whatever they're required to do in a given scene. As a result, one is hardpressed to imagine any of them trumpeting their work here in going for future roles. All of them have already done much more impressive work elsewhere.
Still there's not much in the way of action films this season (unless one includes "Patriots Day" which certainly won't play that way here), and so "Assassin's Creed" fills a niche. It does what it has to do for its target audiece, but isn't likely to reach out beyond that.•••
Daniel M. Kimmel is a veteran movie critic and author of a host of film-related books. His new novel, Time on My Hands: My Misadventures in Time Travel, will be released in early 2017. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.


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You read it right! These guys each have about 50 - 60 jumps and just took the AFF Instructors Course. How is that possible you ask? Well, for starters they are both Tunnel Instructors at SkyVenture Colorado and can fly circles around me. They teach students to fly every day, so why not in the sky??? If you're as curious about this as I am, wait and read about it in upcoming issues of Blue Skies and Parachutist. Keep your eyes open, it will probably be a few months away..... In the mean time, nice job Nate and Jason! Great Flying! To see the FULL GALLERY CLICK HERE.
06 September 2011
50 jumps and ready for the AFF Instructors Course
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Sound and Silence
Why should they please us so,
those impossible runs,
or the knowledge
that the pianist's hand
has spanned an inhuman distance?
That someone years ago conceived
this might be true
and once again it's proved?
Light bends in water,
breaks inside cut glass;
I watched this endlessly as a child.
And now do not know which one
I want more
when sometimes I hear the sound,
sometimes the silence,
and they are equally beautiful
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For the longest time I had been against trying accutane because of all the different things I heard, saw and read. But after having acne for 7 years too long, I finally decided to go for it!
The first two days there was little to no side effects but by the third day I noticed my pores getting smaller. I had gotten really excited thinking maybe it wouldn't be as bad as I've read but not this time!
Now I've been on it for a week and the side effects have definitely begun to show. My face feels extremely tight and dry but because of how much moisturizer and cream I've been putting on, it is both oily and dry. I don't know how that's possible but it is. My face also feels itchy and it looks like a bad sunburn. It's also flaky and red. Not only does my face feel dry but my lips are just as dry! No matter how much stuff you put on your lips it disappears within minutes. Those are really the only side effects I've been experiencing with taking the medicine. I'm sure these next couple of weeks will probably get worse but that's expected. Until next week!


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A-League star given leave to pursue rap career
Joe Champness is determined to prove a football pitch isn't the only place where he's on-song.
The Newcastle Jets winger and aspiring hip-hop artist has been granted indefinite leave to fulfil his musical ambitions in the United States.
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- A-League fixture: Melbourne Derby to open season
Although Champness has a three-year deal with the A-League club, the 22-year-old will instead spend an extended period in Los Angeles. Champness had already missed the Jets' preseason for the 2019-20 campaign so he could meet with producers.
He signed a distribution deal with industry label Creative Music Group last month.
"We allowed Joey to head to the United States to pursue a dream in music at the start of last month," Newcastle chief executive Lawrie McKinna said.
"He's made inroads in the business and the opportunity to remain in L.A. to chase those dreams is one that's too big for him to pass up.
"That being said, Joey's value as a footballer is clear for all to see and we've come to a formal agreement that should he return to football in the next three years, he will return to the Jets."
By prioritising music, Champness, a member of the national under-23 side, has scuppered his chances of representing Australia at next year's Tokyo Olympics.
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Common Sense on Surveillance
Our security demands progress, not politics
By Michael Tanji
It was recently reported that the Bush administration would be turning over documents related to its terrorist surveillance program to members of the Senate, who are currently attempting to craft a legislative solution to the electronic surveillance dilemma. As a quick reminder; current law throws a myriad of serious roadblocks in front of our intelligence agencies when they try to monitor the communications of terrorists.
Civil libertarians decry almost any attempt to gain access to domestic communications systems. They wonder what is to stop the government from turning its intelligence capabilities away from terrorists and towards law-abiding citizens. Functionally speaking the answer is nothing, though the real defense against a true "domestic" surveillance program will be addressed later.
The problems here are numerous and at times complicated. The physical location of those we are attempting to target is not an issue; the fact that their communications are likely to transit a network in the US is. Whether it is a phone call or email, odds are that it passes through a network in the US because we serve as one of the world's largest communications hubs. By US law, intercepting communications on a US network requires a warrant. An additional complicating factor is that one person on the end of the conversation might be a "US Person" (in short but not exclusively, citizens and legal resident aliens): there are special rules that must be followed before a US person can be monitored.
Whether you grasp the legal or technical complexities here or not, all you really need to understand is that FISA was passed in 1978; pre-Internet, pre-mobile phone, pre-instant messaging and back when you actually "dialed" numbers. In a word, current law is archaic.
There are multiple, straight-forward ways to address these problems. Through a mix of legal, technical and political approaches we can effectively monitor terrorists and others who would do us harm as well as protect the privacy of innocents.
First, craft surveillance legislation to focus on what we should be doing to targets, not how we should be viewing systems. In cyberspace physical location means nothing and the law should reflect that. That privacy is in danger because our conversation with Aunt Alice is co-mingled over the wires with communications between al-Qaeda operatives is a red herring.
Second, build a robust and rigorously peer-reviewed data minimization and anonymization scheme. The procedures for sharing "domestic" signals intercepts with other elements of the intelligence community make them useless for analytical work. They are worse than if we collected nothing because an obtuse protection mechanism ensures you will never know if you have a piece of groundbreaking information in your hands. A system that assigns a unique and arbitrary designator to those actually or potentially protected by surveillance law allows important intelligence work to continue without infringing upon anyone's rights.
Third, allow the Government Accountability Office to act as Congress's investigative arm inside the intelligence community. Such a move would have implications beyond just FISA and surveillance cases, but in this particular situation it adds a much needed and widely trusted watcher-of-watchers to ensure strict adherence to new law and policy.
Finally, those on both sides of this issue need to discuss these issues openly, honestly, and without the misleading and often insulting hyperbole that has been exchanged to date. No one who understands agencies like the NSA and its people would admit in a moment of frankness that it was a nest of spooks hell-bent on "spying on Americans," yet that is just what those attempting to monitor terrorist communications are accused of doing. The idea that the current administration has put us back on a course to the bad old days of COINTELPRO and CHAOS neglect the fact that once such systems were in place, any administration could use them. Additionally, unlike the 70s, we seem to get a Pentagon Papers-level leak revealed in the press several times a year. The idea that an actual domestic spying program would not be subject to the antiseptic of sunlight within days of implementation is simply absurd.
This is an issue that needs to be addressed immediately. Few reject outright the general concepts of what needs to be done; both sides need to stop talking past one another and find some common ground to stand on. The government is, after all, the home of the 70% solution. The longer we dawdle the greater the threat we all face – party immaterial – from those who would use technology and our own laws against us.


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Last night an email dropped into my spam-crowded inbox with the following question:
How much should Sales be involved in Product Development?
We will develop about 10-15 new models this year, the list of which has been agreed upon with Sales at the end of last year.
Since then, we've been discussing these new projects with Sales at each of the monthly meeting they're holding.
I have the feeling that this was a bad idea; the projects have almost been re-discussed from the beginning each month, and there's still endless discussions about what the projects are exactly. The scope just keeps changing.
In my opinion, we should just keep them informed, through the meeting, of the progress of the projects (on track, waiting, ...). Not more.
What's your take on this?
There are those who believe one should treat sales like mushrooms when it comes to product development - keep them in the dark and feed them s__t.
They are coin-operated - sales people are interested in what it will take to close the deal they are working on Right Now, or ones that are looming large in their funnel. This makes them interested in features that are interesting to their customer, regardless of whether the feature helps the company. It's good for their deal, therefore it's good for them. Given the opportunity to steer development, they'll steer it into their deals and their customers first. Speaking of customers. . .
They believe they are the voice of the customer - salespeople spend a lot of time talking to people with money. This, dear colleague, gives them the impression that they are the voice of the customer, an impression they are more than willing to share with you if you give them the opportunity to do so. They will even argue that their opinion counts more than yours, because after all, they spend all day every day with customers, while you, Mr. Product Manager, spend your days writing requirements and looking like you need sleep.
They respond best to Big Animal Pictures - if you feed salespeople on a steady diet of detailed information, they will forget it. This has nothing to do with their intelligence, but on their uncanny ability to filter unnecessary information out of their world. They remember things like "when is it available" and "why is it better than the competition" and "how much does it cost".
Don't get me wrong, I love salespeople. They've got a tough job, and the best ones can be a joy to work with. But if you want to bring them into the development process, there are a few ground rules:
1. Interact with them one-on-one, not in groups, when it comes to getting their feedback - find the reps with accounts you want to talk to, or reps whose experience you respect. Interacting with them on a one-on-one basis doesn't create the sort of group-pressure that comes from one rep bringing up feature x and a lot of other reps chiming in that they want it to. It also gives you a Bat Phone to key decision makers and thought leaders with cash, always a good audience to cultivate.
2. Set expectations up front on how and when you'll communicate with sales - if you do training, if you write collateral, if you do customer visits to review roadmaps, whatever you do, set these expectations up front and stick to them. Ad hoc or unnecessarily frequent meetings too far in advance of a launch can confuse your message and diminish your credibility. Keep it simple, keep it focused, and you'll keep their attention.
3. Be the voice of the customer - more than anything, you need to understand the needs of the customer and translate them into solution capabilities. If you give up this responsibility and depend on sales to tell you what the market needs, you will live to regret it.
4. Publish and maintain a high-level roadmap on a fixed schedule - if sales knows they can go to a certain place on your intranet to find out what's in the queue and where it is in development, they won't need to ask you for it. And every rep will get the same answer. And every rep will understand how and when they can provide feedback to you regarding candidates for the roadmap. Leave out details - those require an NDA. And at some shops, communicating any roadmap information or futures of any sort requires an NDA, so be careful with this one.
As I said, there are those who keep sales in the dark. But I believe that sales works better when they can communicate a coherent, believable and reliable vision to the customer. It's your job to make sure that happens.
UPDATE - Regarding "being coin-operated" - it goes without saying (which is why I didn't say it) that prospects with cash who are interested in capabilities you are planning on developing can have a real impact on your roadmap. Think of their cash as a vehicle to help you set priorities. Just so long as you are talking about features that are still a little ways off - far enough off that you can schedule them without trashing your current devqueue - a salesperson's coin-operated inner nature can help you a lot and make you look like a hero.
UPDATE - Regarding "being coin-operated" - it goes without saying (which is why I didn't say it) that prospects with cash who are interested in capabilities you are planning on developing can have a real impact on your roadmap. Think of their cash as a vehicle to help you set priorities. Just so long as you are talking about features that are still a little ways off - far enough off that you can schedule them without trashing your current devqueue - a salesperson's coin-operated inner nature can help you a lot and make you look like a hero.


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Updated at 1:15 p.m. ET on 2013-08-16
Dozens of families awaiting relocation to make way for the Xayaburi megadam under construction on the Mekong River in northern Laos have been hit by flooding following days of nonstop rain, according to a local official.
Torrential rains that drenched Xayaburi province and neighboring Luang Prabang province's Nan district amid a tropical storm starting last week sparked flash floods and landslides along the rivers in the area, including at the dam site and nearby villages.
The flooding has hit families in Ban Thadeua and Ban Talane, two of several villages where residents are scheduled to be relocated to Ban To Gnay in 2015 to make way for the dam.
"Altogether about 30 families have been impacted and had their houses and farmland flooded," in Ban Thadeua and Ban Talane, a local official speaking on condition of anonymity told RFA's Lao Service.
One resident relocated from nearby Ban Houay Souy said Tuesday that Ban To Gnay was not affected, but the dam site and 70 families living along the river were, in flooding that was likely to have damaged their homes and farmland just as heavy rains had last year.
Among thousands being relocated
Some 600 to 700 people live in Ban Thadeua and Ban Talane combined, and they are among about 2,000 people who have been or will soon be relocated to make way for the dam, which is still in the early stages of construction.
Once completed in 2018, the dam will generate electricity mostly for export to Thailand, forming a key part of landlocked Laos's plans to become the "battery of Southeast Asia" by selling electricity to its neighbors.
But environmental groups have said Laos is building the dam without enough study of likely socioeconomic impacts and have raised concerns about the management of the resettlement process.
Two months ago, hundreds of residents recently relocated to Houay Hip village for the project from Pak Nern were left without electricity after a landslide following heavy rains knocked out utility poles.
According to the Vientiane Times, in addition to the 2,000 people being relocated for the Xayaburi dam, another 1,000 residents in eight villages are being required to move to higher ground within their communities.
Reported by RFA's Lao Service. Translated by Viengsay Luangkhot. Written in English by Rachel Vandenbrink.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that half of the villagers in Houay Souy were awaiting relocation and had been affected by flooding there. All of Houay Souy's former residents have been relocated to Ban To Gnay.


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A regulation victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night would further cement the Avalanche as a playoff contender, if not a cinch by the average optimist.
In the NHL's new playoff format, the top three Central Division teams get automatic postseason bids, and the third-place Avs are already seven points ahead of the Wild, with three games in hand.
If Colorado beats Minnesota in regulation at the Pepsi Center, the Avs would finish 4-0-1 against the Wild and with a comfortable nine-point lead (plus the tiebreaker). After Thursday, the Avs have 29 remaining games and the Wild 26.
"We're not really looking at the standings. We're looking at what we have to do on a nightly basis to win," Avs veteran forward Alex Tanguay said after Thursday's morning skate. "Certainly tonight is no different."
Everyone knows the importance of the fifth and final regular-season meeting between these teams. If Minnesota doesn't finish among the top three in the Central Division, the Wild would have to make the playoffs as one of two wild cards — the two teams with the best Western Conference records outside of the six Central Division and Pacific Division automatic qualifiers.
Avs coach Patrick Roy will go with the same lineup that produced Monday's 4-3 victory against the Stars at Dallas, which is tied for fifth in the Central Division. Colorado is 15 points ahead of the Stars, with one game in hand.
The Avs trail the division-leading Chicago Blackhawks by eight points, and the second-place St. Louis Blues by six. But the Blues and Avs have each played four fewer games than the Blackhawks.
The division champion will open the playoffs against a wild-card team.
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The top shot was a complimentary mushroom appetizer, and the taste was quite forgettable. We ordered the Sea Scallops with Chanterelle Mushrooms and Blueberries (bottom shot) and it was really delicious. A pity that there were only three scallops served. We had four people that day and had to share.
The Dad, as usual, ordered an Aglio Olio (well, sort of a variation anyway) dish. The Tagliolini with Lobster, Cherry Tomatoes and Basil (above top) was a let down. The noodles were slightly overcooked and not al dente, and we all know that the texture of the pasta plays a significant role in the enjoyment of the dish. The only saving grace was perhaps the lobster pieces that topped the dish.
The Sis ordered the Black Angus Beef Tenderloin with Wild Mushrooms and Truffles and it was really good. Truffle-y mushrooms and tender beef slices are always a match made in heaven.
I decided on the Baby Squid Risotto with Black Ink Sauce and Chili Peppers. I really loved this dish as the amount of baby squid they threw in was so much to the point of excessive. The risotto was done just right, and the soft, slightly chewy baby squid morsels were perfectly seasoned. The others tried it and all gave the thumbs up.
The last dish ordered was the Pan-roasted Cod with Smoked Caviar Sauce and Whipped Potatoes. I'm not a fan of cod fish in general, I find that it's just too fatty tasting for my liking. Gimme salmon or saba over cod fish any day. Anyway, this cod was not too fatty tasting and was just the right amount of melt-in-the-mouth consistency. The whipped potatoes were really smooth and light. Delicious.
We were all too full from dinner that we actually gave desserts a rare pass. It was just too bad as I love trying out desserts while dining out. That and the fact that I have a well-known sweet tooth. It's okay, I hope to visit the restaurant again to try out their other dishes. They do serve brunch too, so I hope to revisit during brunch or lunch some other time...


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"Somebody stepped inside your soul." Lykke Li, The Troubles
"and there is a light, don't let it go out." Bono, Song for Somebody
When I left home last Tuesday, the big news on the radio (yes, I still listen to the radio sometimes, because I am elderly) was that scientists thought they found one of the ships of the doomed Franklin expedition, but by the end of the day the big discovery was that about half a billion people had access to a new U2 album. Boom! You're welcome. (Or are you?)
Let's look at this for a bit. There was one of those Apple product launch thingies in California, and the rumour ahead of time was that U2 would play a role in it. It's not the first time that U2 and Apple have teamed up. You may remember way back in 2004 (when the Red Sox won the world series for the first time in 86 years) there was a series of Apple commercials for the iPod that featured silhouettes dancing around with the stark white ear-bud cables, and one the commercials featured U2 singing Vertigo. I thought that maybe this commercial was for the launch of the iPod, but a quick internet search revealed that the iPod has been around since 2001. (we like to keep things as accurate as possible here at MBM. Why speculate when you can google?) (apologies to Marc Maron).
So anyway, I was at work so I didn't follow the product launch all that closely. Apparently there's a new bigger iPhone that looks like a Samsung galaxy, and some kind of weird iPay thing, and a iWatch, which looks kind of like those plastic Swatches we used to wear in jr high. Is it just like an iPod nano but with a wrist band? I'm not even sure it's called the iWatch. Maybe just Apple Watch? Sounds like a hashtag for someone about to make some backyard crabapple jelly. #applewatch2014 I suppose I could look it up, but we always say "why google when you can speculate?" around here, don't we?
But I guess the biggest news is that U2 showed up and played a new song and there was some scripted banter where Apple CEO Tim Cook wondered aloud how they could get this new music out to the fans and the upshot was that a totally new U2 album, called Songs of Innocence was immediately made available for free to iTunes users. Apple and U2 went a step further and actually pushed the album out so it would automatically appear in people's iTunes and on their various Apple devices. It was just sitting there, as cheeky as you'd like, amongst your Belles and Sebastians or your Death Cabs and Cuties, like some kind of benevolent malware.
Now, any friend of this blog will know that U2 is my favourite band, and has been ever since jr high, the Joshua Tree days, so I'm just delighted that there is a new album out there for us to take in, but let's just pretend that in some weird Grey House Alternative Universe there that Tentacled Tim Cook stood up there at the product launch and brought out Billy Joel (who in this alternative timeline was SUPER POPULAR STILL) and then I got home and there was some weird new Billy Joel album on my iPod. I'd think two things at first: either my pal Lindakimbo was pranking me, or my wife finally figured out how to use iTunes. When I found out the truth, I'd feel a little icky, I think. I mean, if they could stick Billy Joel right on there, what else could the be sticking on there, or worse, taking away without our consent? And who knows? Maybe we gave our consent already, I mean, who really has ever read any of those Apple's (or any other tech company's) terms of use? They can do what they want, and we are quite powerless as long as we want to continue to enjoy the convenience of their service. It's like people who complain about Facebook or Twitter selling or using images/content for their own use. I mean, if you don't like it, don't use the product, right? Is that right, or am I victim blaming here? Maybe a little, I don't know. I'm getting a bit off topic here. This was meant to be an album review, but now I'm not so sure.
It does feel like Apple crossed a line by sticking it in people's iTunes, doesn't it? I mean it would be one thing to say that the album would be available to download for free. I don't know if there would be such a "no feeling" attached to the whole thing then. Oh, and incidentally, the album is apparently free until October 14th, when it hits stores (that's such an old-fashioned concept, huh?) with more tracks and acoustic versions of existing ones. That's how they getcha!
As it turned out, I didn't want to wait for the album to appear on its own, so as soon as I got home from work I fired up the computer and clicked around until I was able to get the tracks to download. The last 4 tracks downloaded twice, so I don't know what THAT was all about: maybe a combo of me downloading and iTunes trying to give it to me? I don't know. As circumstances had it, I found myself alone at home that night (well, not quite alone. There was a MAN (a foreigner, even) in my kitchen doing his best to install a new sink and countertop), so I was left to my own devices and I was able to listen to the album all the way through twice.
First impressions: okay, before last Tuesday, I didn't really expect a new U2 album this year. Did you know that it's been so long since the last one came out that our daughter wasn't even born yet? And it seems like she's be around forever. I got used to the idea of no new U2 music, and I was okay with it. I was beginning to think that after almost 40 years and 12 albums I'd be okay with what we already had. Sure there was that song about Nelson Mandela over the winter that sounded just like that other "inter-album" effort Electrical Storm, and of course that new one in the early spring, Invisible which I thought sounded just the way you want a U2 song to sound, but aside from that, the dust seemed to settle on the fans' hopes for anything new.
And I was okay with that. I mean, if I was feeling introspective, I'd listen to the Unforgettable Fire album, if I was pissed off, maybe a little Boy or War would fuel my mood, if I was feeling nostalgic: definitely it was time for The Joshua Tree and if I ever had the urge to listen to the BEST ALBUM EVER RECORDED BY ANYONE ANYWHERE I always had Achtung Baby ready to go. I would visit the post Achtung Baby albums less frequently. There was a time in 1997 when I would play the Pop album non-stop, and I still think of it as being the last best total album put out by them. From 2000's All that you can't leave behind, through 2005's How to dismantle an Atomic bomb to 2009's No Line on the Horizon, two things were clear: the album title's got weirdly longer, and the albums themselves felt less cohesive. I suppose I could act like a musical Dr. Frankenstein and go through those last three albums and make an album length mix of the best stuff off of that, a super-cut of millennial U2. Maybe that's the topic for another post? Back in 2011 when U2 came to town, one of our friends, let's call her Sheebs, was coming to the concert but bravely admitted that she didn't really know U2 all that well, so a group of us devoted fans set out to each make our ultimate mix so that she could familiarize herself with them before the concert. It was really fun, and that was probably the last time I ever made a U2 exclusive play list. Damn it, I'm getting excited to do this list now. I think I'll call it U2000s. Stay tuned.
And as for Songs of Innocence? To paraphrase Stephen King: you've read this far, so why not read a little further? I think, early on, that it is a good album, maybe even a great album. Maybe even the best album since 1997's Pop. Here's my early review, track by track: one sentence per track.
- The Miracle (of Joey Ramone) This song is growing on me, and I think it would make a kick ass opener to any live concert THAT I PLAN ON ATTENDING NEXT YEAR.
- Every Breaking Wave My 2nd favourite off this album. It feels like one of those effortless songs like "So Cruel" that just seems to write itself. It was left off of "No Line on the Horizon" so I'm glad it finally gets its release here.
- California Kinda goofy opening, but listenable. U2 channels and plays homage to the Beach Boys? It doesn't really work, does it?
- Song for Someone My favourite off of here. I know its sentimental and cheesy to talk about one's belief in God, but this song sounds to me like the sound of someone reconnecting with his faith and it's just lovely. So take that, haterz!
- Iris (Hold me Close) A loving tribute to Bono's mom. A counterpoint to Pop's MOFO (which happens to be my favourite off of THAT album if you're keeping score, and would have been my baseball walk up music if it wasn't for the infamous groin pull of 1995).
- Volcano It's pretty much Vertigo style straight ahead rock and roll, tapping back into their Boy/War roots, and I'm down with it.
- Raised by Wolves A bit of weird barking or coughing amps the cheese level in this otherwise earnest and sincere look at a series of bombings in Dublin when the band were teens. Probably my least favourite on this album, but it may grow on me.
- Cedarwood Road Despite what I said about track 3 above, I generally like songs that reference geographical places, and this one is named after the street on which Bono grew up. A lovely answer to the b-side "North and South of the River". Deep cuts!
- Sleep Like a Baby Tonight Is it crazy to think that this one sounds a little like the Black Keys? I think it does, and I'm OKAY WITH THAT. Also reminds me of that other famous b-side that no one ever talks about, Holy Joe. Whatever happened to Holy Joe after they played it in that K-Mart back in 1997? Nobody knows.
- This is where you can reach me now They say that Danger Mouse of Broken Bells fame produced some of this record, and of all the tracks on here, this one sounds the most Broken Bellsy of them all. Did I tell you guys I saw Broken Bells in concert last month? At least I think I did. I was so overcome with heat exhaustion I may have just imagined it. It was really great, in a feverish dream kind of way. I was sure glad I wore the seer-suck that night.
- The Troubles U2 went all the way to Sweden and forced Lykke Li onto a plane and brought her AGAINST HER WILL back to Dublin to record parts on this song, and I'm sure glad U2 committed such a brazen act of international kidnapping because this song is a perfect way to end things off. With a song called "The Troubles" you think it will be political, but SPOILER it seems to be about a relationship. When Lykke Li sings "Somebody stepped inside your soul" it sends shivers up my spine. But maybe they should have written "Somebody stepped inside your iTunes" amirite, everyone?
Gotta go work on my u2000s mixtape now! See ya suckers!


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Ferrell Hollow Farm (FHF) is a dedicated retirement farm in TN for senior horses over the age of 20, most of who arrive with special needs. In keeping with our passion to help as many senior horses across the country as possible, we have selected a non-profit sanctuary also dedicated to caring for senior horses to help!
Traveller's Rest Equine Elders Sanctuary (TREES) is a non-profit rescue located in VA. They are not your typical non-profit horse rescue organization though. Many of the residents come to the sanctuary from backgrounds of neglect or abandonment, but TREES does not dwell on the past. Instead, they celebrate the personalities that emerge as their elders return to "just being horses" in a low stress environment. http://www.equineelders.org/index.htm "Honor the Wisdom"!
For a limited time, Ferrell Hollow Farm will donate a portion of its proceeds from sales on their website's store page to TREES! Any web order placed from June 1st thru June 14th qualifies! Please visit
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Ferrell Hollow Farm's Natural Horse Care line was developed out of a need for non-chemical products that actually worked. All formulas are developed and tested by Cindy Daigre on the senior horses at our retirement farm. Only pure grade essential oils and pesticide free herbs are used. FHF also has a natural body care product line for PEOPLE! As with all of our products, only cruelty-free ingredients are used (no animals are harmed)!
TREES has created a wish list of FHF items they would love to have. You can help them double up on the benefits of this program by not only receiving a monetary donation at the end of this fundraising period from your purchases, but consider ordering something just for them to use on their elder residents!
TREES' Wish List of Ferrell Hollow Farm Natural Products:
*Herbal Skin Gel
*Fly Spray
*Fly Balm
*Colloidal Silver Wound Spray
*Colloidal Silver Wound Gel
*Mosquito Spray
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Re: Perhaps a FindMinimum issue...
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg112689] Re: Perhaps a FindMinimum issue...
- From: "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:46:08 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
>From the manual: "Except when f and cons are both linear, the results found by FindMinimum may correspond only to local, but not global, minima. " If Minimize is too slow for you you might try NMinimize. It has various methods that you could try. Cheers -- Sjoerd On Sep 26, 8:43 am, mpolko lokta <mpolkolo... at gmail.com> wrote: > I have been trying to: > > min 1/2*Transpose[w].V.w, > > subject to the constraints > > Total[w] == 1 > > and > > Thread[w >= conformable vector of zeros] > > for a number of different V matrices using FindMinimum. > > One common feature of all the optimization problems I was trying to > solve is that V was always singular. The dimensions of the V matrix > ranged from 50 - 250 items. > > The problem I am facing is that FindMinimum returns consistently > suboptimal results. > > A hint about that was that some of the lagrange multipliers > corresponding to the non-negativity constraints I calculated using the > proposed solution from FindMinimum and the first order conditions of > the Lagrangean of the optimization problem were actually negative > (they should have been positive or zero). Some of the negative > multipliers could be chopped (using Chop[] with default options) to > zero but others still persisted. > > To make sure that I was actually getting suboptimal results that were > not due to rounding errors etc. I used a number of oher software that > provided routines for solving constrained quadratic programming > problems (both proprietary and open source) to solve a small subset of > the original problems Mathematica was supposedly providing me with > suboptimal results. > > Unfortunately, I verified that FindMinimum was actually producing > suboptimal results! > > After that comparison I tried using Minimize on a small subset of the > initial problems and I got results that were "closer" to the "right" > results provided by the other QP solvers, although Minimize's > solutions were still less than optimum. Another drawback of using > Minimize was the time it needed to provide an answer. > > Does anybody know if the behavior of FindMinimum is due to the > singularity of the V matrix and has anybody any suggestion on how to > speed up the time it takes for Minimize to converge? > > Thanks!


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Update: TMZ has now picked up the story. See it here.
Original story: We've been sent some pretty startling news this afternoon. Keep in mind, we are not taking sides on this…just reporting on what is already publicly available. So, with that said…
Former Psychopathic Records publicist Andy Pellegrini is now suing Psychopathic over alleged sexual abuse, discrimination, and asking her to do unethical things as part of her job. Many Psychopathic employees and artists are named in this 86-count complaint including Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, Billy Bill (aka William Dail), "Dirty" Dan Diamond, Jumpsteady (aka Robert Bruce), Boondox, and many current and former office staff.
Now, I know for a fact that Dan Diamond is no longer employed at Psychopathic Records. He seems to be a HUGE part of this lawsuit. If the allegations against him are true, what person in an office environment doesn't know that giving a big dildo and vagina tighteners to your female coworker(s) is inappropriate?
The entire complaint is public, and available online. You can see the 17 page document here:
ICP Lawsuit Documents (17 Page PDF)
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Who knows what the outcome of this will be, but as of now, it seems like there will be a pretty extensive legal battle for both Psychopathic and Miss Pellegrini. Hopefully it can all be resolved quickly and without further damage to any of the parties involved. We'll keep you posted on any future findings. For now, you can read more about it at the links below.


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Zombies & Me in Review – 8lb Gorilla..A Team With Braaaaaains!
When EA made the announcement about 8lb Gorilla, the general public seemed to be excited. Dubbed as their "micro studio", 8lb Gorilla, (a group of young developers), were charged with the task of developing 99 cent, pick up and play style games for the iphone. With the successful history of EA standing behind them and the decisive fanboy masses in front of them, they did their thing and in the end, put out a pretty solid first title, Zombies & Me.
It's a pretty straight forward game (ala 8lb Gorilla's modus operandi). Zombies are attacking Grandmas house and you need to save her. You do this by running around getting the zombies to follow you (leaving Grandmas house alone) into lit up target zones. Once there, they will not run any further as they will be distracted staring at the bomb that is about to drop on them and obliterate everything within ground zero.
Options within the Zombies & Me are minimal. From the main screen you can view a basic "how to" and there's also the Score Highlights screen, which will show your best stats so far. The Options screen, allows you to play songs from the iTunes library, use in-game music, or forgo music altogether.
There are 2 control types: Tap, and Hold. With Tap, you can tap anywhere on the screen and Guy will run towards that spot. If you don't want to always be tapping you can also drag your finger around on the screen. The other option is Hold, where you have to keep your finger on the screen to move around, otherwise you'll stop dead in your tracks (no pun intended).
Zombies & Me has you are constantly moving. There is a never ending supply of zombies and you have to keep them all away from Grandmas house. As I mentioned before, the way you kill them is by getting them to run through the glowing targets that pop up all over the screen. Once there, they get bombed. However, you need to make sure you aren't in or around the target, as the bomb will hurt or kill you as well.
On top of that, you also have zombies that are trying to kill you. Every now and then they will catch up and the screen will darken as they surround you. Your only hope is to tap away until you can release yourself from the hold they have you in.
At the end of each round you can view how many zombies you have killed, as well as how many bonus points you earned (for killing multiple zombies at once).
In the end (though many people for some reason seem to be getting on EA and 8lb's back about the apparently missing "depth" and "quality" of their $0.99 game), I found the game to be quite amusing. It is true to the "pick up and play" genre; casual gamers will get a kick out of it and the graphic quality is better than some $4-5.00 games. With 8lb Gorilla reportedly planning on releasing a title approx. once a month it looks like the $0.99 app segment is about to get interesting.
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text: Bush speaks about the Middle East conflict Speaking at a joint press conference, Bush said that a deal was "almost reached" but went on to say "there's much to be done". "We want Russian accession to the WTO and will continue negotiating," he said. While relations between the two have been frosty in recent months, the Russian president looked at ease as they spoke. Responding to questions from journalists about whether he felt let down that an agreement had not been reached, Vladimir Putin said: "It's a complex process that lasts years. I can't say that we were not expecting such a complication. "We will continue to work, defending our interests and the interests of our growing economy." "Although our personal relations help us work together ... they also don't stop us from defending our national interests in any sphere." Up for discussion Key issues on the G8 agenda are energy security and the growing violence in the Middle East. Bush spoke about the conflict between Israel and Lebanon. "The best way to stop the violence is for Hezbollah to lay down its arms and to stop attacking," he said. "And therefore I call upon Syria to exert influence over Hezbollah." Bush refrained from advising Israel to curb its attacks. Putin said that the actions of Hezbollah were "absolutely unacceptable" but said that Israel's military response should be "balanced". "We consider Israel's concerns to be justified. But, the use of force should be balanced. In any case, bloodshed should stop as soon as possible," Putin said. Talks on the conflict may be sensitive with Bush's stance on the issue at odds with that of Jacques Chirac, the French president, and other leaders attending the G8 summit. Talks stalled Russia has signed bilateral agreements with other key trading partners and is waiting for US agreement to join the 149-member Geneva-based WTO, which sets global trade rules. Russia is the largest economy outside the WTO. The talks made slow progress on a few issues. The US wants more concessions to allow US farm goods into the Russian market and wants Russia to apply stricter controls over intellectual property rights. The two agreed to work to help secure agreement on a UN Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's recent missile tests. SOURCE: Agencies


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Hopefully Mr Blogger is playing nicely this week
and it's Wednesday morning and I am sharing
this weeks Crafty Creations challenge
Summer Lovin....with you!
I am off on my holibags with the family
and yes my roof is still being replaced - pray for good weather!
I have used this wonderful Mo Manning image for my card
and to me this is Summer Lovin to a tee!
Basic Grey Dp and copics with Sakura!
Thanks to all that applied for the DT call and good luck!
Sorry I couldn't get round you all - no computer
access while I am away!
Pop by and share with us some of your Summer Lovin...
at Crafty Creations!
Also you can see what a fab prize Jaime has in store for you!


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Over 2,300 individuals, elected officials and organizations have endorsed the United for Homes (UFH) campaign to make modest reforms to the mortgage interest deduction (MID) to provide tax relief to more low and moderate income homeowners and to reinvest the savings into rental housing solutions to end homelessness and housing poverty. On Wednesday, January 11, NLIHC will relaunch the UFH campaign with a webinar at 2:00 pm ET for the campaign's current endorsers. This first webinar will include previews of new advocacy tools and research to help spread the message about reinvesting savings from tax reform into affordable housing programs that serve families with the greatest need. An additional webinar will be scheduled in February for all advocates of affordable housing who wish to learn more about the UFH campaign.
With comprehensive tax reform a top priority for the new administration and Congress, and with reforms to the MID being actively considered by key policymakers, we have a tremendous opportunity to increase rental housing resources for the lowest income households while also benefitting lower income homeowners—without any additional cost to the federal government.
The federal government spends approximately $200 billion each year to help Americans buy and rent their homes. Three-quarters of those resources goes to subsidize higher income homeowners—most of whom would be stably housed without the government's help—through the MID and other homeownership tax breaks. Just one quarter is left to assist the poorest families with the greatest needs. Each year, we spend more to subsidize the homes of 7 million households with incomes over $200,000 than we do to help the more than 55 million households with incomes of $50,000 or less, those far more likely to struggle to afford housing.
The MID is our nation's largest housing subsidy, but it is poorly targeted, primarily benefitting America's highest income households. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the nation's top 20% wealthiest households receive 75% of the benefits of the MID and the top 1% get 15% of the benefits. Four out of every 10 dollars spent on the MID benefit families earning more than $200,000 a year, and 8 out of every 10 dollars goes to families making more than $100,000. Three-fourths of all taxpayers - households who rent and approximately half of all homeowners, those who take the standard deduction on their taxes - do not benefit from the MID. Moreover, economists agree that the MID does little to promote homeownership: those who benefit from the MID would choose to buy a home whether or not they were receiving the tax benefit.
The UFH campaign calls for lowering the portion of a mortgage eligible for tax relief from $1 million to $500,000 and converting the deduction to a nonrefundable credit. These two changes would a) give tax relief to 15 million lower income homeowners who do not currently benefit from the MID and b) generate approximately $241 billion in savings over ten years to invest in affordable housing programs serving the lowest income families with the greatest needs.
With tax reform on the near horizon and leaders like House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on record recognizing the logic of lowering the MID cap, NLIHC and the UFH campaign will work to ensure that any savings from MID reform be kept in the housing sector to benefit lower income households.
We urge all UFH endorsers to join the January 11 webinar and to help us promote this campaign broadly. Years of hard work by affordable housing advocates have led to this moment—let's seize this opportunity and ensure that we are all United for Homes!
If you are a current UFH endorser, register for the webinar at: http://bit.ly/2hbONus
If you are not already a UFH endorser, please join the campaign at: http://nlihc.org/unitedforhomes/support
If you are not sure if you are a UFH endorser, check the list of endorsers at: http://bit.ly/2hXD7O1


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Cameron picked the fight, but defeat is looming
The mood music has changed substantially. Just last week sources in the European Commission were briefing that Jean-Claude Juncker was on the point of withdrawing his candidacy to be the new President of the Commission (he denied it).
Today, in a 180 degree about turn, the talk is of the Luxembourgeois being a shoo-in for the job.
What's changed? Well not much, except that Germany's Chancellor Merkel has made up her mind, and will, by all accounts, demand that J-C Juncker be installed at the European summit in 10 days time. And when the great lady speaks, the rest of Europe falls dutifully into line.
Well, perhaps not David Cameron and the UK, who will scream a fair bit and then sulk a lot, and then talk even more about 'Brexit', but for everyone else on the continent these days, politics is a bit like football.
You talk discuss, debate, sometimes even vote, for the full 90 minutes, and then at the end the Germans win.
So Britain will have to live with an(other) arch-Federalist at the helm of the EU's ship of state, a man who makes little secret of his disdain for the UK and for British views of Europe.
To make matters worse for Cameron, the European Parliament will have won a significant victory over national Governments on the question "who runs Europe".
It is fair to say that not even the framers of the Lisbon Treaty ever imagined that a provision for the Commission President to be selected after "taking into account the elections to the European Parliament" meant that the Parliament got to choose who it wanted and that was that.
But this is how it has played out, and not even the unhappiness of the British, Dutch, Swedes, Hungarians and Italians was enough to stop it. Even the French weren't particularly enthused by Juncker.
Ironically enough, the other person who didn't think much of him was Angela Merkel herself, but she came under intense pressure at home to 'do the democratic thing' and appoint the candidate of the biggest group in the new Parliament.
And when push comes to shove, Frau Merkel regards her own domestic position as significantly more important than the difficulties of David Cameron. Which is a lesson to all those who think she might help him win a 'new deal' ahead of a 2017 referendum.
Juncker's appointment will be a significant defeat for Cameron. The credibility of his claim that he can win powers back from Brussels before the referendum, will be in tatters.
He picked a fight here which, in the light of the eurosceptic surge in the European elections, he thought he could win.
He couldn't.
He thought widespread voter dissatisfaction with the direction Europe was heading was enough to start changing that direction. But he clearly hasn't spent enough time studying the recent history of the EU.


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The use of responsive design for your website has become a major part of web designing. Making your website optimized with a responsive design connotes the inference that your website should be made available to all of its website visitors or users regardless of what type of a device they use when accessing your site, be it desktop, laptop, tablets or Smartphones. Not being able to use a responsive design to your website will make you lose the opportunity of reaching a wider audience or visitors to market your brand or business. The use of responsive web design involves a lot of challenges as the following issues are commonly raised among web designers. The technical challenge in responsive web designing.
You will also need a team to work with in order to accomplish a successful project through discussion of the outcomes and to consistently keep on refining the design to meet the evolving needs of mobile users. You may want to use alm software for time tracking and even some testing in order to make your designing more profitable and streamlined.
One of the commonly raised challenges in responsive web designing involves the technical aspect of designing page styles when accessed through older web browsers. It is the ultimate goal of a web designer to make the page style of a website more capable of breaking down well in order to adapt to the screen size of the device used for viewing and to optimize the images displayed in the website according to the device's screen resolutions. Accomplishing these goals is difficult when using older web browsers.
Poor information architecture
The creation of a responsive design for your website sometimes compromises the content architecture of your site. In certain instances, there are responsive layouts that may highlight one aspect of your website such as displaying your product clearly for Smartphone viewing but with some other information lacking which could appear on a tablet viewing. Using a responsive design will require website owners to use less content on their site in order to accommodate the enhancement of mobile viewing experience of mobile users. Along the way, web designers are tempted to design a layout that could possibly compromise the information architecture of a website when viewed in a smaller screen.
Website download time
The issue implicated as a challenge in responsive web designing in terms of the download speed of a website even with a responsive web design layout is still the same regardless whether the website displays smaller size images or less visible content. There is no guarantee that even when a web designer creates a responsive design that will only show small images and a few content, the download speed will improve. You may wonder why this is an issue. According to Kissmetrics, the speed of loading of a website could dramatically impact the productivity of e-commerce websites where there is the possibility of losing $2 million a day of profit in just a single second of delay in page loading. The download speed issue using a responsive web design may not be such a big deal to bloggers or other regular internet users but it is a million dollar issue among e-commerce businesses.
Responsive web design of generic devices
Web designers are more focused on designing a responsive layout for websites that will enable the site to accommodate all forms of devices, thus we call generic devices, like Smartphone, tablets, desktop and laptops. Because of this, it is a great challenge how they could make a more responsive web design without necessarily enhancing the viewing experience of a website visitor when using a specific device in particular. Making it more complex is the need for designing a responsive web layout that will give them better viewing experience and a faster download speed without overusing resources such as scripts and codes.
Higher costs for a responsive web designing project
In order to facilitate and enhance your responsive web design project workflow, the process may incur higher costs in order to acquire all the resources you need to make the project more successful. Responsive web design is a field that still currently evolves and you need to work on more project plans involving text design, sketches, prototype, visual design and testing in mobile devices. You will also need a team to work with in order to accomplish a successful project through discussion of the outcomes and to consistently keep on refining the design to meet the evolving needs of mobile users.


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London, UK - In a spooky nod to the protector of lost causes whose feast day falls on 28th October some British Justice Ministry wag has moved the start date of Rebekah Brooks' NewsCorpse hacking trial to St Jude's Day this Monday.
Flame-tressed ex-media diva Brooks and former Prime Ministerial spin doctor Andy Coulson are in the Old Bailey dock with a dozen or so ex-work mates accused of an industrial scale phone hacking rampage.
Plus attendant cover-up.
"Makes the NSA's global bugging ops look like chickenfeed," the litigation editor at online spread betting site Aintgottaprayer.con commented, "unless of course the Brit phone buggers were bugging the US buggers. Uh?"
Other omens on the Brooks/Coulson horizon are reports of the deadliest hurricane since 1987 to hit Southern England on Sunday night in what Wiccans are interpreting as a portent of some imminent major international fuck-up.
Rupert Murdoch's divorce lawyer's cell phone has been disconnected since Friday night.


text: On my way to SXSWi this morning but my usual luck, the flight is delayed. This is my third time attending SXSW (2006 and 2010) and the third time experiencing delays on my way. The weather is Montreal is not nice this morning but that is not the reason for the delay, apparently mechanical difficulties with with the airplane. So, while I sit in the airport waiting an extra two hours for my my flight I am having a breakfast of a BLT and a bloody Caesar. My layover in Dallas will now be four hours instead of forty five minutes so I guess I'll munch on some BBQ while waiting there. Expecting to arrive around 5, should still be able to make my dinner time with old SXSW friends


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Garic supplies many figurations of portable toilets for hire and this mains powered 24'x9' 4+2 combination features six non-chemical fully flushing toilets – which only use a very economical one pint of water per flush – and two urinals.
In line with current CDM regulations, both the female and male units have forearm sinks with hot and cold running water, integral waste and water tanks; and as you would expect from Garic, each anti-vandal portable toilet is manufactured from steel with multi-point locking doors and high level windows.
Our temporary toilets are available for a very flexible minimum hire period of one week and with the support of our 5-star service team, you'll never get caught short – we'll deliver your water, liquid soap and toilet rolls too.
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Swimming & Tennis Lessons
We've recruited specially-trained tennis and swimming coaches. We realize it's important that children are confident swimmers.
Many kids have learned to swim independently whilst at Country Kids. Our tennis pro Didier is specially trained to teach children and outings to the tennis court for lessons with him are a highlight.