Eva Gabor or Alexandra Smythe?
Yes, it is true. Cate did tell me I was like Eva Gabor on Green Acres that TV show from the 60's. Now you are all thinking that woman (Moi) never has picked up a shovel in her lift. Perfect analogy! Oh, contraire!! I might not be digging big holes in the ground, I do have my limits, but putting on the gardening gloves and getting into the dirt, well, it is my thing.
Now I do have to tell you a funny story. But before I begin let me give you a little background. I live in an area that could be considered very "horsey". Let's put it another way, if you live here and don't want people horseback riding past your home, you shouldn't have moved here.
Even though my neighbors don their jeans to wander around the horse barns, they aren't getting out the shovels to clean up if you get my drift. So a gardening trowel is probably not going to be an instrument they are familiar with.
I, on the other hand, have no problem with looking like I was just working in the barn. Picture me in the following: An old tee shirt, jeans, sweat stained baseball cap, gardening gloves, my Gucci sunglasses (only thing that looked remotely flaunty) and my rattlesnake leg protectors. Yes, I felt the need to wear those since I was going down to my main gate to prune my roses.
So now you've got the picture. As my dear Mother always says, "A picture no artist should paint." And that was not meant as a compliment. I can see her now taking in a large breath of air and then shaking her head to remove the picture of her daughter looking like a homeless person. But I digress.
I have on my gardening outfit, (Lily Pulitzer would not be proud), and I'm at the front gate. The SUV is parked with the back tail gate open so that I can get to all of my clippers, etc., and the radio is blasting on high. I'm knelt down, hidden in between roses and lavender, and I'm definitely in my own little world at this point.
When all of a sudden I hear the sound of a golf cart and then the voices of pubescent boys yelling, "Vegas Baby, let's go to Vegas." I stand up looking like a creature from a horror movie, most likely to them, and the look on their faces is priceless.
No it was not some "hot" teenage girl listening to her music but Mrs. Smythe with a pair of clippers in her hands. The air was thick with silence as they cruised by and I waved and smiled at them so they would be even more embarrassed. Trust me by the looks on their faces, they were!
Now, a few minutes later one of my neighbors is driving by. Isn't it always that way? You look like the wrath of God (another expression from my Mother) and all of a sudden the whole world is driving past your home when there are only three homes on the entire street!
Of course she toots her horn and stops!
Neighbor: "Alexandra is that you dear?"
Moi: "Hello, how are you?" Meanwhile rolling my eyes under my Gucci sunglasses, thinking why me, as I walked over to the car.
Neighbor: "Darling, what are you doing?"
Moi: "Just a little pruning."
Neighbor: "Well, remember dear you don't want to ruin it for the rest of us, do you?"
Neighbor: "Oh I'm sure you are right, but I'm worried for you darling. Now please be careful."
Moi: "I will. See you tomorrow for cocktails at LB's." As I'm thinking right you are worried about me!
But you know what was really funny about this? She obviously had recently had Botox injections and had forgotten to stop taking her aspirin before hand, so she had little tiny black and blue spots where they had placed the injections. Makeup was not doing it for her! Her face was screaming BOTOX! Oh wait until she gets home and looks in the mirror. She will be horrified that I saw that!
He who laughs last! Hee, hee,hee that would be me!
Something tells me that she will not say a word about my gardening attire.
Turned out to be a good day at Green Acres! Will someone wipe the smile off my face?


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Where Did Game of Thrones Go Wrong?
by MAi Research May 29, 2019
As the dust settles on the final season of HBO's Game of Thrones fan reactions are sharply divided, with some calling the conclusion rushed and nonsensical, while others seem perfectly satisfied with it. But the numbers don't lie — season eight is generating much lower scores on both IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes than any of the previous seasons, and critical videos on YouTube are generating hundreds of thousands of views as disappointed fans gather to commiserate and talk through their grief.
So what went wrong in the Seven Six Kingdoms? Why were so many fans underwhelmed with the most anticipated television finale in years?
To find out we turned again to social media, to a thread on the Game of Thrones subreddit where thousands of fans reacted to episode five, "The Bells," one of the most divisive of the season — you know, the one where Daenerys loses her damn mind and bathes King's Landing in dragon fire.
Normally it would be incredibly time consuming to analyze a Reddit thread containing tens of thousands of comments, but with Pathfinder Text Analytics we were able to create a visual concept map of fan reactions that allows us to quickly zero in on what some fans disliked about the episode:
This concept map shows a visual depiction of the topics that fans discussed when reacting to Game of Thrones' penultimate episode. (Click to enlarge)
Note: When reading a Pathfinder Text Analytics map, the size of a word reflects its overall importance to the data set; its proximity to other words shows the strength of the association between them; and its color reflects its connection to the map's main themes.
The map clearly sorts the text data into four distinct themes. Daenerys' theme in blue is dominated by her transformation into a 'mad queen' who incinerates the city of King's Landing with her trusty dragon Drogon. The Starks are grouped together, along with Tyrion and Varys and various other allies — the "good guys," if you will. Cersei and Jaime Lannister form the third theme, along with several other characters who were with Cersei towards the end.
The final theme centers on reactions to the show's writing and production and is dominated by fans' disappointment, particularly with how the characters were written. Which characters in particular? We can learn more by looking at a heat map of the word disappointed, which shows which words are connected to disappointment in fans' comments:
This heat map shows the strength of association that the word "disappointed" has to other words on the map using a color gradient from yellow (strong association), to orange (moderate), to red (weak). (Click to enlarge)
The heat map shows a connection between fans' disappointment and Daenerys' transition to a mad queen, which clearly was problematic for some viewers. But a much stronger association between disappointed and Jaime suggests that the conclusion of Jaime Lannister's story — being crushed to death while embracing his sinister sister Cersei — may be the aspect of the show that fans were most disappointed by.
Exploring some verbatim comments sheds further light on how fans felt:
"The one thing that really bothers me is the Jaime and Cersei death. I understand having a character that seems to be redeemed who has a backslide, showing that not everyone deserves redemption. Or, more importantly, not everyone feels like they deserve it, and create a self-fulfilling prophesy. But I just don't know how to parse the Jaime/Brienne and Jaime/Cersei stuff. Did he love both? Were there two Jaimes, and the outbreak of total war brought out the bad one? Can Jaime only be good when there is a Big Bad not related to his family? I don't know, something tells me this will be the thing I like least this season."
— Reddit commenter jlynn00
"The biggest and saddest death this episode: Jamie's story arc. Rest in peace." — Reddit commenter venbOy
After all, Jaime arguably had the most complicated and morally redemptive journey of any character, starting as a pure villain who cavalierly pushes a child out a window and gradually worming his way into fans' hearts as he developed a sense right and wrong and came to terms with the loss of a hand and, along with it, his defining skill as a swordsman. And so his turning back to Cersei may have been more problematic for fans than Dany's turning into a genocidal maniac, or at least so the data suggests.
Did Jaime deserve better? Only George R.R. Martin can say for sure. But until A Dream of Spring is released in 2045 and we learn how the story really ends, all we have is the HBO version, and for some fans that clearly wasn't good enough.
For more information about Pathfinder Text Analytics or this research in particular, please contact us to set up some time for us to take you through our findings and find ways we might help you learn more about your customers and how they perceive and interact with your brand and your products.
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This course aims to give an overview of a range of analytical methods and instruments of particular importance for applied materials research and nanotechnology. These include ion beam-based methods, electron microscopies, scanning probe microscopy, X-ray diffraction, electric and optical methods, as well as electron and photon spectroscopies. Extensive laboratory exercises provide the students with the opportunity to test hands-on various analytical tools that are available at the School of Information and Communication Technology research departments.
Describe the contruction and functionality of a range of advanced materials analysis methods relevant for applied materials research, especially semiconducor technology and nanotechnology.
Chose an appropriate analysis method or combination of analysis methods to address a specific material issue.
Correlate measurment results obtained from different methods.
Analyse and interpret measurement results.
Be able to suggest the need for additional complemntary analysis.
Understand and being able to critically examine material analysis related results presented in the scientific literature or in other contexts.
Being able to independently use some materials characterization set-ups that are available at the School of Information and Communication Technology.
Lectures (11x2h), laborations (3x4 h), study visit (half day, Ion Technology Center, Uppsala Univeristy), written exam.
Basic physics courses at the bachelor level, incl. optics and waves, electromagnetics and solid state physics.
Selected parts of the books listed below as well as articles and/or other supplements to the lectures.
T.L. Alford, L.C. Feldman, J.W. Mayer, "Fundamentals of Nanoscale Film Analysis" Springer, 2007.
Y. Lang, "Materials Characterization, Introduction to Microscopic and Spectroscopic Methods", Wiley, 2008.
Pelant and J. Valenta, "Luminescence Spectroscopy of Semiconductors", Oxford, 2012.
D.K. Schroder, "Semiconductor Material and Device Characterization, Third Edition", Wiley, 2006.
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Knightsbridge department store, Harvey Nichols rebranded to Holly Nichols for its September campaign 'Let's hear it for the Girls'. Reported in WWD, "The launch comes shortly after the reopening of the store's designer women's wear floor earlier this year".
Reported in Fashion United, the luxury store "features a new illuminated 'Holly Nichols' sign, and has introduced rebranded shopping bags, signage and other collateral across the brand's London flagship and regional stores" as well as "a website called www.hollynichols.com and all social media channels have undergone a temporary rebrand". There are also "quotes from famous women, from Coco Chanel to Melinda Gates, spray-painted all over the pavements outside the store" (WWD).
Reported in The Retail Bulletin, John Lewis and Waitrose unveiled new brand names. They have added '& Partners' to their names "to highlight the company's Partnership business model and culture as it looks to differentiate itself from its main competitors".
The new names can now be seen across all the facades of their flagship stores and will continue to be added to stores over the next few years. As stated by Fashion United, "all logos have been changed on both retailer's websites, as well as carrier bags, uniforms, trolleys, marketing activity, internal shop signs and selected lorries and vans".
Another Department store that rebranded this month was Debenhams. Reported in Fashion United, as part of their new modernisation scheme 'Debenhams Redesigned', they have unveiled a "modern, friendlier brand identity as part of continued transformation". This is their first rebrand in 20 years and spans across its social and digital platforms as well as their stores. The rebrand includes a new logo, store modernisation, a revamped website and a new flagship store in Watford.
As well as their rebranding, Harvey Nichols is in the news again this September for introducing interactive shoppable video technology in stores.
Through a collaboration with Smartzer, Harvey Nichols customers will be able to "shop films shown on full-length touchscreens by tapping on products for more information. The products can then be added to a basket for immediate checkout or connected to a customer's phone through a QR code".
Read the full story from Drapers here.
Instagram unveiled a new shopping feature on their app in March allowing customers to shop straight from a tagged post. They've also recently introduced some updates, expanding the Shopping function into Stories and introducing Shopping to the Explore tab.
Snapchat also announced this September that it has partnered with Amazon, slowly rolling out their shopping feature to rival Instagram's. Reported in Reuters, Snapchat is "testing a new way to search for products on Amazon through its Snapchat app's camera, allowing users to shop directly using the messaging app".
Snapchat is continuously adding more features to get more people to use their app and just like Shazam on Snapchat, the only thing users have to do is press and hold the camera screen to shop. Reported in TechCrunch, "Users can use Snapchat's camera to scan a physical object or barcode, which brings up a card showing that item and similar ones along with their title, price, thumbnail image, average review score and Prime availability. When they tap on one, they will be sent to Amazon's app or site to buy it".


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Top 10 Best Actors of All Time
Hollywood-the place where dreams come true. Hollywood has changed the lives of many people and given unprecedented fame to others. And the main source of such a change is acting. Acting is never an easy job and there are schools and theaters which give training to actors. Not everybody can be an actor. An actor has to shed all inhibitions and do something extraordinary to get noticed among several other actors. One has to understand that succeeding as an actor is a tough job because millions are competing to get to the top but over the years, only a handful get selected. Over the years, Hollywood has produced some of the most versatile actors of all time.
It is never easy to select a top ten list for best actors because there have been numerous good actors. My list for the best Hollywood actors is based on the versatility of the actors and how many different roles they have done.
Following is the list of the top ten best actors of all time:
10. Ryan Gosling
Many of you would be surprised to see his name here but he is one of the most versatile actors in the current generation of actors and has done a lot of different roles. From "Notebook" to "Drive", "Crazy Stupid Love" to "Ides of March", he has done everything. He is the one to look out for the future. His upcoming film with Sean Penn and Emma Stone, "Gangster Squad", is one of the most awaited films of the year.
9. Leonardo DiCaprio
He stole many hearts in "Titanic" but he has done a lot of great films, especially with Martin Scorsese. Nominated for Oscars 3 times and Golden Globes 8 times, he has done a number of different roles. He has grown as an actor over the years and now is regarded as one of the best actors of his generation. His roles in "The Departed" and "Blood Diamond" still draws praise from different circles.
8. Heath Ledger
What an actor and what a story he has. He started off with reputation of being only a hot guy. It took him 5 years to get rid of that reputation and get people take him seriously as an actor. His work in films like "Brokeback Mountain" was well appreciated but his biggest scalp came in "Batman: The Dark Knight". The film was not released in cinemas when he died aged 28. When the film was released, his role in Joker was praised by all. He won an Oscar for his role but unfortunately he was not there to receive it. Had death not separated him and Hollywood, he would have bagged several Oscars, a great actor he was.
7. Edward Norton
Edward Norton is an actor everybody admire. The main reason for this is that he does not go for movies that are commercial but are different, innovative and showcase his acting skills. He is best known for "Fight Club", "American History X', "The Incredible Hulk" and "The Illusionist". He has also done many other roles which are all different and very good. He is perhaps the most underrated actor of his time.
6. Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp is one of the most popular actors among all age groups. He has done roles for Disney like Captain Jack Sparrow, and adult films like "Blow" and "Donnie Brasco". He is one of the most versatile actors of his generation and is an immensely popular actor.
5. Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks is one of the greatest actors of his generation. He has won 2 Oscars. His most notable role was in "Forrest Gump". Other notable films include "Catch Me If You Can", "Green Mile", "Saving Private Ryan" and "Da Vinci Code".
4. Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson is one of the greatest actors of all time. He has been nominated for Oscars 12 times, having won it for "One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest" and "As Good as It Gets". Other great roles he has potryed in include films like "The Shining", "The Departed" and "Batman". He is also one of the two actors who have been nominated for an Oscar in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s.
3. Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, The Godfather! Marlon Brando is widely considered to be the greatest and the most influential actors of all time. In words of legendary director Martin Scorsese: "He is the marker. There's 'before Brando' and 'after Brando'." His greatest role came in the greatest movie of all time, "The Godfather" where he played the lead role of Don Vito Corleone and which won him the Oscar. Other great films include "On the Waterfront", "Superman", "Apocalypse Now" and "A Streetcar Named Desire".
2. Al Pacino
Al Pacino had done it all. He has done both theater and movies. He is considered to be the one of the greatest actors of all time. He is well known for his roles in films like "The Godfather", "Scarface", "Heat", and "Carlito's Way". He won the Oscar for his role in the film "Scent of a Woman". May people believe he was unjustifiably denied an Oscar for his portrayal as Michael Corleone in "The Godfather".
1. Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro is the greatest actor of all time. He is best known for the films he did with Martin Scorsese, which include "Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull", "Mean Streets", "Casino", "Goodfellas", "Cape fear". He also played the role of Don Vito Corleone in "The Godfather 2″ for which he won an Oscar. He became the first actor to win an Oscar without speaking English a lot because his role in "The Godfather 2″ was in Italian. He won the Oscar for "The Raging Bull" in which he completely transformed himself for the film by gaining excessive weight. He has earned 4 golden Globe nominations and 6 Oscar nominations. He is, by far, the greatest actor of all time.
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Top 10 Best TV Actors 2012-13 | Top 10 List | Top Ten Plus says:
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Yo, no offense but this list bites!!! Hannibal Lector is going to eat you for not putting Anthony Hopkins on this list!!! Seriously, are you nuts? Because no Denzel Washington or Morgan Freeman, really?
I know these lists are all a matter of personal opinion but no Daniel Day Lewis? Seriously?
Oh yeah, thanks Edward this guy left out Daniel Day Lewis who by the way won the most best actor awards in freakin history!!!!! This list is Wack bro!!!
ben007brink says:
daniel day lewis,ian mkellen, pete posselthwaite, judi dench and many more
Harry K says:
This list goes way off right after Tom Hanks. I don't agree with the rankings. Where's Bo Brundin? Paul Newman once said that he (Bo) would be considered the greatest actor of his decade…Remember Great Waldo Pepper?
Darryl Stewart says:
You gotta be kiding. Although the younger acters are improving, they can't even come close to the greats of the 40s to the 60s. Where on this list are greats like Bogie, Clark Gable, Edward G. Robinson, Richard Burton, and the list goes on. I'm thinking the younger generation has never even seen a movie older than 10 years.
You put Ryan Gosling as number 10, but ignore actors such as Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, and even Burt Lancaster, and Gary Cooper?
Jerome Murphy says:
I can't believe you left off Bogart and Cagney right off the bat. It's obvious you aren't considering all actors, just the actors that you happened to see at the theatres which is a joke.
Cody Markus says:
Morgan Freeman, Will Smith, Eddie Murphy, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey and Harrison Ford should be on there they are amazing actors
Daniel Craig, Orlando Bloom, Alan Rickman, Daniel Radcliff, Rowan Atkinson too these are amazing actors too like Rowan Atkinson – Mr Bean, Daniel Radcliff and Alan Rickman in Harry Potter, Orlando Bloom just wow in LOTR and the Hobbit, Daniel Craig – The James Bond.
Cillian Disken says:
Daniel Day Lewis must be on this list. The English-Irish actor has 3 Academy Awards for best actor and should probably have more. This list overall is very short term minded. A good example of this is when the writer said for Ryan Gosling "You are probably surprised to see his name here", should it not have dawned on him/her that he should not be here period.
argentum47 says:
You can never make a top 10 list, there will always be someone deserving left out.
Virtual Private Servers says:
Robert Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest. Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors.
John Felix Koziol says:
How quickly they're forgotten when they have passed away! James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Fred MacMurray are names that immediately come to my mind. If the actors act in color they are remembered more. If they acted in black-and-white, not so much. How sad!
I want to be a little less critical than some of the other comments. I completely agree with #1. Not sure how far You looked back because I also agree with the 1/9/18 comment. The top 4 can be jumbled, but they do indeed belong in a "Top 10″ list. Go back a little farther and examine a little deeper. Just one good example; study the career and film credits of Christopher Lee. Amazing. There are others. Film has too much history. Try a top 100…


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Renowned Israeli-American psychologist Daniel Kahneman long ago recognized that people are hardly "rational actors" when managing their money. Instead, he concluded that predictable biases and behavioral tendencies exert outsized influence over decision making. With investors today drenched in data and financial information, overconfidence is all too common, even among those insisting they possess clear-eyed judgment. In his latest book, Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment, the former Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences argues that to make better decisions investors must embrace a multitude of independent perspectives to reduce the misleading information that often arises from group judgments. Join Daniel and Beverly Goodman, Editorial Director of Investing and Asset Management at Barron's, as they discuss ways that advisors can help clients understand the importance of "noise" and how to ensure that it does not interfere with client goals being achieved.
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Daniel Kahneman is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton. Daniel is best known for his work with Amos Tversky on human judgment and decision making, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002. Daniel has also studied a number of other topics including attention, the memory of experiences, well-being, counterfactual thinking, and behavioral economics. Daniel's book Thinking, Fast and Slow, which appeared in 2010, has sold more than seven million copies worldwide. A new book titled Noise (with Olivier Sibony and Cass Sunstein), published in May 2021, was a New York Times best-seller. Daniel's honors include, among others, the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2002), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2013), the Distinguished Lifetime Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association, the Grawemeyer Prize in Psychology (with Amos Tversky), and the Thomas Schelling Award for contributions to policy. Daniel holds honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, Cambridge, the Sorbonne and several other Universities.
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Beverly is Editorial Director of Investing and Asset Management for Barron's and the Wealth and Asset Management group. Beverly oversees Barron's coverage of investing and personal finance strategies, as well as the asset management industry. Beverly is the editorial lead for W&AM's coverage of the financial advisor industry, overseeing special sections and the launch of the new Barron's Advisor website. Prior to joining Barron's, Beverly was Managing Editor for Fidelity.com, a role that led to becoming an internal consultant, taking the lead on a variety of customer-facing editorial projects. Before Fidelity, Goodman ran Smart Money's investing coverage; TheStreet.com's mutual funds, personal finance, and tax coverage; covered the public markets for Red Herring; and retirement and tax policy for Money Magazine.
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It's an understatement to say that social media is maturing rapidly. The core technology, the adoption by consumers around the world and the strategy of how it fits into an online business marketing effort are all progressing at break-neck speed.
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Social media will continue to play an ever-increasing part in the lives of individuals and the Internet will continue to become a more and more indispensible part of our global culture. Whether they are B2B or consumer, large or small, local or global, marketers will need to make their own assessments of how the future will unfold and based on that assessment develop the social media strategies and tactics that they can manage, measure and profit from.
The results of these assessments will be a complex evolution of consumer behavior, technology, economics and business processes, many of which do not exist today. The emergence of "conversational marketing" will focus on the consumer, the conversation and the ability to listen and engage effectively.


In light of the fact that the Heroic Fantasy Group is currently working hard on producing our first anthology together we potentially have a great idea for a second anthology, a kind of companion piece to the first.
While the first anthology deals with the theme of what it means to be heroic ( I personally cannot wait to read it.) The second anthology hopes to explore an equally important theme, that strangely hasn't seemed to have been tackled by any anthology I've read.
I'm talking of course about the journey. Now we all know that the destination is the ultimate goal but it is the journey where the various characters truly discover themselves. It is the journey where the naive boy/girl gains the experience and training necessary to become a king/queen. It is the journey where the heartless warrior earns a heart e.t.c.
Unsurprisingly the members of this group love fantasy and this new anthology will be a great chance to do something other anthologies haven't. There is a lot of versatility in writing for this anthology, whether it be an emotional journey inward or a physical journey outward.
Perhaps you have a character that you love, but for whatever reason weren't able to explore their journey in your main story. For those of you with detailed maps of your created worlds I am quite certain that there is a legendary island or lost land that you would love to have the chance to explore but couldn't because it didn't fit in with your main story. This anthology would be the perfect place for you to take such journeys with your characters.
While I do consider this second anthology to be a companion piece to the first, it doesn't have to be directly tied with what you have written for the first anthology. You also do not have to have been apart of the first anthology to be apart of this second one.
Much like the first anthology the second will deal with a theme (the journey) but it will be completely up to you the way you see that journey taking place as well as how your character takes that journey.
Please keep in mind that I am aware that many of you have a number of projects that you are working on ( I have four myself at this very moment). The priority of this group at the moment is to get the first anthology edited and published. So it will probably be a good 6 months before this second anthology can get moving.
Given the uniqueness of this anthology I thought it would be best to mention it now and give you all ample time to have a really good think about it. Provided of course enough of us are interested in this second anthology, an official announcement will be posted sometime down the line.
For now allow this idea to stew in the back of your mind while you get some of your other projects finished. Speaking of which I better get back to it!
Look forward to working with you on this anthology when it becomes official.
I love the idea. The journey always means the most to me. You've read A Song of Betrayal. I love adventure fantasy and I would love to take part in this. Currently, I do have too much on my plate. However, by then, I should be ready and I want in (baring that the first piece I send you doesnt change your mind on an invite).
By Harren (the god not the publisher), I hope not Jesse ha ha. But we will have to sort out the specifics of the second anthology further down the line. Until then let the ideas stew in the back of your mind.
It's always good to line up new projects! People who are interested might as well comment here!
Me please, there are several characters and ideas from my novels which could be used.
Walter, my Google handle is JEM, but Tempus Thales is interested.


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Location: FINRA Manual > Notices > 2005 > 05-78 SEC Approves Amendments to the OATS Rules; Effective Date: May 8, 2006
7440. Recording of Order Information
7450. Order Data Transmission Requirements
OATS Reporting Requirements
Effective Date: May 8, 2006
Training OATS
Rules 6950–6957
On September 28, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to Rules 6950 through 6957 (OATS Rules) relating to the Order Audit Trail System (OATS).1 The amendments to the OATS Rules: (1) implement the OATS reporting requirements for manual orders (OATS Phase III); (2) provide that members are required to capture and report the time the order is received by the member from the customer for all orders; (3) expand the order transmittal requirements to include orders routed to a member's trading desk or trading department; (4) exclude certain members from the definition of "Reporting Member" for those orders that meet specified conditions and are recorded and reported to OATS by another member; and (5) permit NASD to grant exemptive relief from the OATS reporting requirements in certain circumstances to members that meet specified criteria.
The OATS Rules, as amended, are set forth in Attachment A of this Notice. In this Notice, NASD also is publishing information regarding the registration requirements for OATS reporting, as well as questions and answers regarding the application of the amended OATS reporting requirements. The amended OATS reporting requirements and OATS Phase III become effective May 8, 2006. In addition, NASD is publishing revised OATS Reporting Technical Specifications, incorporating the amendments described herein. The OATS Reporting Technical Specifications can be found on NASD's Web site at Regulatory Systems>OATS>Technical Specifications.
Questions regarding this Notice may be directed to the Legal Section, Market Regulation, at (240) 386-5126; or Office of General Counsel, Regulatory Policy and Oversight, at (202) 728-8071. For technical questions regarding OATS reporting, please contact the OATS Help Desk at (800) 321-NASD.
On March 6, 1998, the SEC approved the OATS Rules.2 OATS provides a substantially enhanced body of information regarding orders and transactions that improves NASD's ability to conduct surveillance and investigations of member firms for potential violations of NASD rules and the federal securities laws. OATS is designed, at a minimum, to: (1) provide an accurate, time-sequenced record of orders and transactions, beginning with the receipt of an order at the first point of contact between the broker-dealer and the customer or counterparty and further documenting the life of the order through the process of execution; and (2) provide for market-wide synchronization of clocks used in connection with the recording of market events.
The OATS Rules generally impose obligations on member firms to record in electronic form and report to NASD on a daily basis certain information with respect to orders originated or received by NASD members relating to securities listed on NASDAQ. OATS captures this order information reported by NASD members and integrates it with quote and transaction information to create a time-sequenced record of orders and transactions. This information is critical to NASD staff in conducting surveillance and investigations of member firms for violations of federal securities laws and NASD rules.
The OATS requirements were implemented in three phases. All members were required to synchronize their computer system clocks and all mechanical clocks that record times for regulatory purposes by August 7, 1998, and July 1, 1999, respectively. In addition, in Phase I, electronic orders received at the trading department of a market maker and those received by electronic communication networks (ECNs) were required to be reported to OATS as of March 1, 1999. In Phase II, additional information relating to market maker and ECN electronic orders and all other electronic orders were required to be reported to OATS starting on August 1, 1999. As described in more detail below, the OATS Rules will apply to all manual orders (Phase III) as of May 8, 2006.3
Since the implementation of OATS, NASD staff has reviewed OATS activities with the goal of identifying ways in which to improve OATS and enhance its effectiveness as a regulatory tool. In this regard, NASD staff identified several changes to OATS that it believed would enhance NASD's automated surveillance for compliance with trading and market making rules such as Interpretive Material (IM) 2110-2, (commonly referred to as the "Manning Rule"), the SEC's Order Handling Rules and a member firm's best execution obligations. NASD proposed these changes in SR-NASD-00-23, which the SEC recently approved.
Specifically, on September 28, 2005, the SEC approved amendments to the OATS Rules to: (1) implement the OATS reporting requirements for manual orders (OATS Phase III); (2) provide that members are required to capture and report the time orders are received by the member from the customer for all orders; (3) expand the order transmittal requirements to include orders routed to a member's trading desk or trading department; (4) exclude certain members from the definition of "Reporting Member" for those orders that meet specified conditions and are recorded and reported to OATS by another member; and (5) permit NASD to grant exemptive relief from the OATS reporting requirements in certain circumstances to members that meet specified criteria.4
Implementation of OATS Phase III for Manual Orders
During Phase II, the OATS Rules apply only to orders in NASDAQ-listed securities that are captured in an electronic order routing or execution system. Upon implementation of Phase III, pursuant to Rule 6957(c), the OATS Rules will apply to all orders for NASDAQ securities received or originated by an OATS Reporting Member. This includes orders received via telephone, email or any other method. Accordingly, OATS reporting requirements will now apply equally to electronic orders and manual orders upon implementation of Phase III with two exceptions: (1) members will not be required to pass a routed order identifier for manually transmitted orders; and (2) members will be required to report the type of account5 for which the order is submitted only to the extent that information is available. NASD anticipates, however, that this account type information should be readily available for most OATS reportable orders.
Definition of Time of Receipt
Rule 6954 requires certain identifying information be recorded at various critical points during the life of an order, thereby assisting NASD in carrying out its regulatory responsibilities. In particular, Rule 6954(b)(16) requires that members record and report the date and time the order is originated or received by a Reporting Member ("time of receipt"). During OATS Phase II, which only applies to electronic orders, the time of receipt for an electronic order has been interpreted as the time an order is captured by a firm's electronic order handling or execution system. Upon the implementation of Phase III, the time of receipt for all orders, whether electronic or manual, will be the time the order is received by the member from the customer. As such, depending on the specific facts and circumstances, the time an order is captured in a member's electronic order handling or execution system may not be the time of receipt for OATS purposes.
Expansion of Order Transmittal Requirements
In addition to the time that an order is received by the customer, it also is critical to NASD automated surveillance systems that OATS capture the time that an order is received by the trading desk or department.6 Given that orders may be routed to multiple locations within a firm prior to reaching the trading desk, the amendments require firms to capture the various receipt times (customer receipt time, trading desk receipt time, etc.) by expanding the OATS order transmittal requirements that apply to intra-firm routes to include orders routed to the trading department.7 Specifically, if an order is not received immediately at the trading desk or department, members are required to capture information relating to the transfer of that order to the trading department under the order transmittal requirements of Rule 6954(c). The amended OATS Rules also require that members provide information on the nature of the department to which an order was transmitted, the number of shares to which the transmission applies, and any special handling requests. As with other technical requirements relating to OATS, NASD has specified in the OATS Reporting Technical Specifications how firms should report this information.
Exclusion from the Definition of "Reporting Member"
Certain members engage in non-discretionary order routing processes whereby, immediately after receipt of a customer order, the member routes the order, by electronic or other means, to another member ("receiving Reporting Member") for further routing or execution at the receiving Reporting Member's discretion. Currently, the OATS Rules generally require both the member with which the order originated and the receiving Reporting Member to create and report new order reports and possibly route reports.8 Because this may result in the receipt of duplicative information by OATS, the OATS Rules have been amended to require, in such instances, that only the receiving Reporting Member report OATS data. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 6951(n), a member would not be required to report OATS data regarding an order, if the following conditions are met:
(1) The member engages in a non-discretionary order routing process, pursuant to which it immediately routes, by electronic or other means, all of its orders to a single receiving Reporting Member;9
(2) The member does not direct or maintain control over subsequent routing or execution by the receiving Reporting Member;
(3) The receiving Reporting Member records and reports all information required under Rules 6954 and 6955 with respect to the order; and
(4) The member has a written agreement with the receiving Reporting Member specifying the respective functions and responsibilities of each party to effect full compliance with the requirements of Rules 6954 and 6955.
In addition to eliminating the reporting of duplicative information to OATS, the amended rule will reduce the regulatory burdens on members, particularly smaller members, that route all their orders to another receiving Reporting Member by means of a non-discretionary order routing process, for execution or further routing purposes.10
Exemptive Relief from the OATS Reporting Requirements
New paragraph (d) of Rule 6955 and amended Rule 9610(a) permit NASD to grant exemptive relief to certain members from the reporting requirements of the OATS Rules under the procedures set forth in the Rule 9600 Series. Specifically, members that meet the following criteria would be eligible to request an exemption to the OATS reporting requirements for manual orders:
(1) The member and current control affiliates and associated persons of the member have not been subject within the last five years to any final disciplinary action, and within the last 10 years to any disciplinary action involving fraud;
(2) The member has annual revenues of less than $2 million;
(3) The member does not conduct any market making activities in NASDAQ equity securities;
(4) The member does not execute principal transactions with its customers (with limited exceptions for error corrections); and
(5) The member does not conduct clearing or carrying activities for other firms.
Any exemptive relief granted would expire no later than two years from the date the member receives the exemptive relief. At or prior to the expiration of a grant of exemptive relief, members meeting the specified criteria may request a subsequent exemption. In addition, NASD's exemptive authority will be in effect for five years from May 8, 2006.
The exemptive authority will provide NASD the ability to grant relief to members meeting the specified criteria in situations where, for example, reporting of such information would be unduly burdensome for the member or where temporary relief from the rules (in the form of additional time to achieve compliance) would permit the member to avoid unnecessary expense or hardship.
Members should note that this exemption is available only for manual orders and only relieves the member of its obligation to transmit to OATS all information required to be recorded under Rule 6954. Members that are granted an exemption still must record all information as required under Rule 6954 and be prepared to submit that information to NASD on an as-requested basis.
Implementation of the Amendments to the OATS Rules
In recognition of the technological burdens that may be imposed on members as a result of the new requirements, the implementation date for the amendments to the OATS Rules is six months from the date of this Notice, which coincides with the publication of the revised OATS Reporting Technical Specifications relating to SR-NASD-00-23. The revised OATS Reporting Technical Specifications can be found on NASD's Web site at Regulatory Systems>OATS>Technical Specifications. In addition, NASD will ensure that adequate time for testing is incorporated into the implementation schedule and will make the testing environment available as of March 27, 2006.
Registration for OATS Reporting
Members that have not previously been subject to the OATS Rules that now meet the definition of an OATS Reporting Member, and do not otherwise qualify for, and receive, an exemption from the OATS Rules, must register for OATS by completing a Subscriber Initiation and Registration Form (SIRF) and obtaining an OATS user ID and password. Firms may obtain a SIRF, along with detailed instructions for completing and submitting the form, on NASD's OATS Web site. Information on how to obtain the appropriate user IDs and passwords is also available on NASD's OATS Web site. Members must complete and submit a SIRF, as well as request a user ID and password by no later than April 24, 2006. Members that fail to complete and return a SIRF, as well as obtain a user ID and password by April 24, 2006, will be unable to report OATS data to NASD beginning May 8, 2006.
If a member qualifies for the exclusion from the definition of a Reporting Member under Rule 6951(n), that member must ensure that a valid written agreement, as required under Rule 6951(n)(4), is in place with the receiving Reporting Member by May 8, 2006. NASD will be monitoring firms' use of this exclusion closely and may periodically request a copy of written agreements as part of its routine OATS surveillance activities.
If a member chooses to request an exemption from the OATS Rules pursuant to Rule 6955(d), a written request must be submitted to NASD's Market Regulation Department by no later than February 1, 2006 to ensure that the request can be processed by May 8, 2006. NASD will make every effort to expeditiously review each request so that exemptions will be in place beginning May 8, 2006. NASD notes that members meeting the requirements for an exemption from the OATS Rules must formally request and obtain approval from NASD before the exemption becomes effective. Firms meeting the requirements for exemption, but that do not formally request such exemption, are not automatically exempted and will be in violation of the OATS Rules if they do not begin reporting OATS data on May 8, 2006.
To help members implement the amendments to the OATS Rules and OATS Phase III, NASD staff is publishing the following questions and answers relating to the OATS Rules.
Q1. What types of orders in NASDAQ equity securities have to be reported to OATS under the new requirements?
A. All orders, including manual orders, in NASDAQ equity securities must be reported to OATS as of May 8, 2006, including, without limitation, orders received telephonically, orders received via email, orders received via the Internet, orders received at branch offices and orders received via Instant Messenger.
Q2. Upon implementation of the new requirements, will all of the OATS reporting requirements for manual orders be the same as for electronic orders?
A. Yes, subject to two exceptions. First, although Routed Order Identifiers have been required for orders routed electronically to other members since March 1, 1999 and for orders routed electronically to ECNs since February 14, 2005, Routed Order Identifiers will not be required to be captured or passed for manually transmitted orders. Second, the account-type code (e.g., proprietary, retail, wholesale) is required for manual orders only if available.
Q3. Are convertible securities and preferred securities subject to the OATS reporting requirements?
A. Yes. The OATS Rules apply to orders in all NASDAQ equity securities. There is no exclusion in the OATS Rules for convertible securities or preferred securities.
Q4. My firm uses a third-party Internet service provider to capture orders. These orders sometimes are captured after trading hours and submitted in batch the next trading day. Further, the order receipt data is not transmitted by the third-party Internet service provider as part of the order data. Do I still have the responsibility to report order receipt time to OATS?
A. Yes. As with any requirement under the OATS Rules, the decision by a member to use a third-party provider does not change the member's obligation under the rules. As such, the member is required to capture order receipt time on all orders. The batching or other transmittal practices of a third-party provider would not change this requirement.
Q5. My firm receives an order via the Internet then reviews and releases the order to the routing system. What is the order receipt time?
A. The firm is required to capture order receipt time on all orders. The time of receipt is the time the order is received by the member from the customer. The review or other release practices of a firm would not change this requirement.
Q6. Customers type orders directly into my system and my firm does not take any calls. Does the order-received timestamp remain the time it is captured in my system?
A. In Phase II, the time of receipt for an electronic order is the time an order is captured by a firm's electronic order routing or execution system. In Phase III, the time of receipt, for both electronic and manual orders, is the time the order is received from the customer. If the firm's order-received timestamp captures the time the order is received from the customer, then no changes are required. If, however, the order-received timestamp captures the time the order is captured by the firm's order routing or execution system and such time differs from the customer order receipt time, then the firm will be required to record and report the order receipt time from the customer.
Q7. If my firm receives an order from its customer and immediately routes the order to the trading desk, is a Desk Report required?
A. If the time of receipt from the customer and time of transmittal to the trading desk occurs within the same second, no separate Desk Report will be required. A New Order Report is sufficient. However, if the time of receipt from the customer and the time of transmittal to the trading desk is greater than one second, a New Order Report and a Desk Report would be required.
Q8. How does the term "trading desk" or "trading department" apply, particularly for firms that do not have a trading desk?
A. NASD previously has issued guidance that the term "trading department" is intended to refer to the function within the firm that is responsible for executing orders in NASDAQ equity securities. This function includes a trading system where orders are executed automatically without trader intervention; or the trading department where orders are executed with the assistance of traders.11
Q9. My firm sends 100 percent of its orders to our clearing firm and, therefore, I believe we meet the requirements of the exclusion to the definition of a Reporting Member. What do we need to have in our agreement with the clearing firm? Does this change how our clearing firm reports to OATS?
A. A member can qualify for an exclusion from the definition of Reporting Member if it meets the conditions set forth in Rule 6951(n). Your firm must ensure that it meets and continues to meet each of the conditions necessary for the exclusion. All written documents evidencing the agreement between your firm and the clearing firm must be maintained by each party to the agreement. The receiving Reporting Member responsible for OATS reporting will be required to identify the sending member in each New Order Report and include a code indicating the sending member is a member that qualifies for exclusion from the definition of OATS Reporting Member under Rule 6951(n). This code indicating the exclusion should be included in the Member Type Code Field on the New Order, Combined Order/Route and Combined Order/Execution Reports.
Q10. My firm meets only one of the conditions to the exclusion from the definition of Reporting Member set forth in Rule 6951(n). Am I subject to the OATS reporting requirements for manual orders?
A. Yes. Your firm must meet and continue to meet all of the conditions necessary for the exclusion, not just one. As such, to the extent a member does not meet any or all of the conditions for the exclusion, the member would then be deemed a Reporting Member.
Q11. My firm uses our clearing firm's system and sends 100 percent of our orders to the clearing firm. However, we maintain the capability to route orders to other destinations. Does my firm still have the responsibility to report to OATS?
A. Pursuant to Rule 6951(n), one of the conditions for a firm not to be considered a "Reporting Member" for purposes of OATS is that the firm engage in a non-discretionary order routing process pursuant to which it immediately routes, by electronic or other means, all of its orders to a single receiving Reporting Member. As such, 100 percent of the firm's orders must be routed to the same reporting member. If the member accepts and routes an order to another venue, or executes an order internally, that member would no longer meet the exclusion to the definition of Reporting Member and would be required to report OATS data for all of its orders, including those sent to its clearing firm on a non-discretionary basis.
Q12. My firm is a correspondent of a clearing firm to which I send 100 percent of our orders. On occasion, my firm receives a directed order from a customer with instructions to send to a venue other than our clearing firm. Although I enter the order into my clearing firm's system, neither our firm nor our clearing firm has discretion over the order. Would my firm have an OATS reporting responsibility for these orders?
A. Yes. One of the primary reasons for including an exclusion to the definition of Reporting Member under Rule 6951(n) is to reduce duplicative reporting. If your firm routes orders to multiple venues, as in this example, away from your clearing firm, NASD no longer is assured it will receive all information regarding your orders required by the OATS Rules from a single Reporting Member. Consequently, to ensure NASD has a complete audit trail, once even a single order is directed away from your clearing firm, either based on your own discretion or at the instruction of a customer, your firm no longer qualifies for the exclusion to Reporting Member under Rule 6951(n) and must begin reporting to OATS.
Q13. What does it mean that a member does not direct or maintain control over subsequent routing or execution by the receiving Reporting Member in the context of the exclusion to Reporting Member under Rule 6951(n)?
A. To qualify for the exclusion under Rule 6951(n), all orders must be routed to the receiving Reporting Member on a non-discretionary basis. If the receiving Reporting Member provides the ability for the member to direct an order to a venue other than the receiving Reporting Member for execution and the member directs any orders away from the receiving Reporting Member, the member would not qualify for the exclusion. If the member relies on the receiving Reporting Member, or a system provided by the receiving Reporting Member, to determine where the order is routed for execution, the member will not be viewed as directing or maintaining control over subsequent routing or execution by the receiving Reporting Member for purposes of Rule 6951(n).
Q14. How does my firm apply for an exemption to the OATS Rules pursuant to Rule 6955(d)?
A. NASD Rule 9600 Series details the procedures for submitting an exemption request to NASD. Specifically, the Rule 9600 Series requires that exemption requests include the member's name and address, the name of a person associated with the member who will serve as the primary contact for the application, the rule from which the member is seeking an exemption, and a detailed statement of the grounds for granting the exemption. Further, if the member does not want the application or the decision on the application to be publicly available in whole or in part, the member must include a detailed statement, including supporting facts, showing good cause for treating the application or decision as confidential in whole or in part.
Detailed exemption request procedures, including a list of all required supporting documentation, will be published shortly on NASD's OATS Web site. To ensure that exemption requests can be processed prior to the May 8, 2006 implementation date, exemption requests must be submitted to NASD no later than February 1, 2006.
Q15. If granted an exemption pursuant to Rule 6955(d), will I be exempt from all OATS requirements?
A. No. Exemptions will be granted only for members' order transmission requirements under Rule 6955 related to manual orders. Even if an exemption is granted, members will still be required to record and maintain OATS data as required under Rule 6954.
Q16. My firm meets all of the exemption criteria set forth in Rule 6955(d), but we do execute a principal transaction once every six months. Can I still apply for an exemption?
A. No. One criterion for the exemptive relief is that the member does not execute principal transactions with its customers, other than limited exceptions for error corrections. As such, a member that executes a principal transaction with its customer, even if infrequently, will not be eligible for exemptive relief.
Q17. Does an exemption expire immediately if one of the criteria for exemption is no longer true?
A. Yes. Members are required to continuously meet each of the criteria set forth in Rule 6955(d) to qualify for the exemption. As such, to the extent that a member no longer meets all of the threshold exemption criteria, the member would not be eligible for exemptive relief and, thus, would be required to immediately report to OATS.
1 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 52521 (September 28, 2005), 70 FR 57909 (October 4, 2005) (File No. SR-NASD-00-23).
2 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 39729 (March 6, 1998), 63 FR 12559 (March 13, 1998).
3 See Rule 6957(c).
4 See supra note 1.
5 The account type code reflects whether the order was received for the account of an investor, received from another broker-dealer, originated by the member for a proprietary account, or received for the account of an employee.
6 For purposes of the OATS Rules, the term "trading department" refers to the function within the firm that is responsible for executing orders in NASDAQ equity securities. For an ECN, for example, this may be interpreted as either the trading system (where orders are executed automatically without trader intervention) or the trading department (where orders are executed with the assistance of traders). See Letter from NASD Regulation to Charles R. Hood, dated July 30, 1998.
7 See amendments to Rule 6954(c). In furtherance of this provision, the OATS Reporting Technical Specifications require that this information be reported to OATS via a "Desk Report" or by populating desk information on the New Order, Combined Order/Route or Combined Order/Execution Reports.
8 OATS Frequently Asked Questions C29 provides that in instances where a member uses another member firm's electronic order routing or execution system to route orders for execution by that same member firm, the originating member would not be required to report OATS data until Phase III.
9 If any delay results in the routing of an order due to systems problems or other reasons, the member with which the order originated would be required to report OATS data.
10 This exclusion does not change a member's requirement to capture and retain the time an order was received from a customer under SEC Rule 17a-3(a)(6).
11 See Letter from NASD Regulation to Charles R. Hood, dated July 30, 1998.
For purposes of Rules 6950 through 6957:
(a) through (m) No Change.
(n) "Reporting Member" shall mean a member that receives or originates an order and has an obligation to record and report information under Rules 6954 and 6955. A member shall not be considered a Reporting Member in connection with an order, if the following conditions are met:
(1) the member engages in a non-discretionary order routing process, pursuant to which it immediately routes, by electronic or other means, all of its orders to a single receiving Reporting Member;
(2) the member does not direct and does not maintain control over subsequent routing or execution by the receiving Reporting Member;
(a) No Change.
(b) Order Origination and Receipt
Unless otherwise indicated, the following order information must be recorded under this Rule when an order is received or originated. For purposes of this Rule, the order origination or receipt time is the time the order is received from the customer.
(1) through (18) No Change.
(c) Order Transmittal
Order information required to be recorded under this Rule when an order is transmitted includes the following.
(1) When a Reporting Member transmits an order to a[nother] department within the member, [other than to the trading department,] the Reporting Member shall record:
(A) through (C) No Change.
(D) an identification of the department and nature of the department to which the order was transmitted, [and]
(E) the date and time the order was received by that department,
(F) the number of shares to which the transmission applies, and
(G) any special handling requests.[;]
(2) through (6) No Change.
(d) No Change.
(d) Exemptions
(1) Pursuant to the Rule 9600 Series, the staff, for good cause shown after taking into consideration all relevant factors, may exempt, subject to specified terms and conditions, a member from the order data transmission requirements of this Rule for manual orders, if such exemption is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest, and the member meets the following criteria:
(A) the member and current control affiliates and associated persons of the member have not been subject within the last five years to any final disciplinary action, and within the last ten years to any disciplinary action involving fraud;
(B) the member has annual revenues of less than $2 million;
(C) the member does not conduct any market making activities in Nasdaq Stock Market equity securities;
(D) the member does not execute principal transactions with its customers (with limited exception for principal transactions executed pursuant to error corrections); and
(E) the member does not conduct clearing or carrying activities for other firms.
(2) An exemption provided pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall not exceed a period of two years. At or prior to the expiration of a grant of exemptive relief under this paragraph (d), a member meeting the criteria set forth in paragraph (d)(1) may request, pursuant to the Rule 9600 Series, a subsequent exemption, which will be considered at the time of the request, consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest.
(3) This paragraph shall be in effect until May 8, 2011.
6957. Effective Date
The requirements of the Order Audit Trail System shall be effective in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) and (b) No Change.
(c) Manual Orders
The requirements of the Order Audit Trail System shall be effective six months after publication of the revised OATS Reporting Technical Specifications relating to[120 days after SEC approval of] SR-NASD-00-23, for all manual orders, provided that firms shall be required to report information item (18) specified in Rule 6954(b) only to the extent such item is available to them[ and shall not be required to record and report information items (4) and (5) specified in Rule 6954(b) and information item (1) specified in Rule 6954(c)].
9600. Procedures For Exemptions
9610. Application
(a) Where to File
A member seeking an exemption from Rule 1021, 1022, 1070, 2210, 2320, 2340, 2520, 2710, 2720, 2810, 2850, 2851, 2860, Interpretive Material 2860-1, 3010(b)(2), 3020, 3210, 3230, 3350, 6955, 8211, 8212, 8213, 11870, or 11900, Interpretive Material 2110-1, or Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Rule G-37 shall file a written application with the appropriate department or staff of NASD and provide a copy of the application to the Office of General Counsel of NASD.
(b) and (c) No Change.


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Q: Multisampling on iOS can't get depth texture? I have set up rendering to a framebuffer with color and depth textures on iOS, all works ok. I then tried to add multisampling via APPLE extensions (I used this code Rendering to texture on iOS OpenGL ES—works on simulator, but not on device ) but there's a catch apparently.
After resolving the multisampled buffer into my original framebuffer (which I use for post processing effects), I only have the color buffer resolved. glResolveMultisampleFramebufferAPPLE() apparently does not touch my depth texture at all, so if I use multisampling I have to give up on my depth texture effects. Is there no way to get the depth texture if I use multisampling ? I know how multisampling works, I just want a depth texture alongside the color texture.

A: Spec on APPLE_framebuffer_multisample tells that glResolveMultisampleFramebufferApple resolves color attachment, this means that you will have to write depth to color renderbuffer in additional render pass and resolve it to get depth information.

A: Ok, so after a couple more days of looking into this matter, I got my answer.
So the APPLE extension exists (and is different from the EXT one) just because it only resolves color. The GL ES 3.0 Standard (Probably coming to iOS 7.1) or DesktopGL says that in order to resolve Color or Depth you use glBlitFramebuffer which copies and resolves things. I tried it with DesktopGL 4.2 and blitting the depth buffer works.
I also went back to my DirectX11 renderer and tried the same thing with a GPU that Supports DirectX 11.1 level features and I was surprised that leading edge hardware can't do that in a single resolve call. ID3D11DeviceContext::ResolveSubresource throws errors when you try to resolve textures bound as depth. The workaround is to either have a special shader pass that does the depth resolving, but that implies using Texture2DMS ( A DirectX 10_1 level feature ) or to ping-pong the texture through 2 separate textures that are not bound to depth (implies 1 resolve call and 2 full depth texture copies).
Using the same counterpart in GL means using glTexImage2DMultisample images instead of multisampled renderbuffers (part of Desktop OpenGL 3.1) and then using sampler2DMS in a pixel shader for the actual shader texel fetch.
EDIT: Whether or not glBlitFramebuffer resolves depth seems to be marked as implementation dependent. On desktop GL (HD7850) it works, on GLES3 it still doesn't resolve it.

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Christian Wendler (* 20. November 1989 in Düsseldorf) ist ein deutscher Eishockeytorwart, der seit der Saison 2020/21 für den Herner EV in der Oberliga spielt.

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Als Kind und Jugendlicher begann er beim damaligen EC Ratingen von 1995 bis 1997. Als der ECR dann seinen Standort nach Oberhausen verlegte, spielte er von 1997 bis 2001 für den nachfolgenden Klub, die Ratinger Ice Aliens.

Von Ratingen wechselte er 2001 nach Essen. Dort spielte er zwei Jahre, um dann in die höchste Nachwuchsliga, die Deutsche Nachwuchsliga, zu wechseln. In der DNL spielte er für den Krefelder EV. Während der Saison 2004/05 absolvierte er sein erstes DEL-Spiel für die Pinguine. Nach der DNL verbrachte er sein erstes Profijahr 2007 bei den Lausitzer Füchsen. Zudem war er mit einer Förderlizenz für die Frankfurt Lions ausgestattet, für die er allerdings nicht zum Einsatz kam.

Auch die Saison 2008/2009 bestreitet er für die Lausitzer Füchse. Eine Förderlizenz hat er in diesem Jahr nicht erhalten. Im Sommer 2009 verließ er die Füchse und wechselte in die Oberliga zum EHC Dortmund. Nach zwei Jahren bei den Elchen, wechselte er zur Saison 2011/12 innerhalb der Oberliga zu den Löwen Frankfurt. In der Saison 2013/14 stand er für die Hammer Eisbären im Tor und wechselte anschließend in der Saison 2014/15 zu den Moskitos Essen. In den folgenden Spielzeiten 2015/16 bis 2017/18 stand er für den Herner EV im Tor, wechselte für die Saison 2018/19 zu den Moskitos Essen und anschließend für Die Saison 2019/20 zu den Füchsen Duisburg. Aktuell steht er seit Beginn der Saison 2020/21 wieder beim Herner EV im Tor.

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Even after the Fukushima No. 1 crisis in March 2011 forced Japan to rethink its use of nuclear energy, the resource-scarce nation had hoped nuclear power would still serve it well. Although only nine of Japan's 38 commercial reactors are currently operating amid delays in getting approval for restarts by the Nuclear Regulation Authority, the government and the nuclear industry had hoped it could export its way out of trouble. For the government, the plan was a key component of its infrastructure export program to boost domestic economic growth. For Japan's nuclear industry, overseas opportunities were the last hope to keep it afloat after the Fukushima disaster. And for a while, it appeared to be working. Big names like Toshiba Corp., Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. made inroads into foreign markets with the help of past and current prime ministers directly selling the idea abroad. Japan's public-private partnership to build power plants abroad was regarded as a lucrative opportunity. After all, nuclear energy, which emits virtually no greenhouse gases while generating power, is in demand in countries such as Turkey, Poland, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Argentina that are eager to cut carbon dioxide emissions and boost their energy security. Now those plans are falling apart at the seams.
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Most of the world's nuke-ready plutonium is held by a few countries with powerful militaries: the United States, Russia, Israel, India, China, Pakistan, France and the United Kingdom. And then there's Japan. Japan is perhaps the most pacifist, large nation on Earth. It also happens to own 100,000 pounds of primo, weapons-grade plutonium. That could be enough to create more than 5,000 nuclear bombs. All of this plutonium has been processed, Japanese officials say, with the intention of generating electricity. Moreover, every last lump is monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency, says Tomohiko Taniguchi, a special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. Japan owns enough plutonium to create at least 6,000 nuclear warheads.
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YouTube has greenlit "State of Pride," an original feature documentary that promises an unflinching look at the significance of the gay-pride movement from award-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
The documentary is slated to debut in June 2019 on YouTube — on the free, ad-supported version of the service, not behind the YouTube Premium paywall. Epstein and Friedman's past work documenting the LGBTQ experience include the Oscar-winning "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt" and Emmy Award-winning film "The Celluloid Closet." The duo direct "State of Pride," which is produced by digital studio Portal A.
"State of Pride" promises to capture a diverse range of LGBTQ+ perspectives on the meaning and value of the pride movement through interviews by Raymond Braun, who previously led LGBTQ outreach efforts for YouTube and has become a leading voice in the community. In the film, Braun travels to major U.S. cities and rural towns to speak with individuals about the significance the Pride event in their personal journeys. The documentary is being filmed over multiple months, covering the entirety of the Pride calendar in America and set to launch during next year's Pride Month.
"State of Pride" is developed and produced by Portal A with executive producers Nate Houghteling, Kai Hasson, and Zach Blume for Portal A, Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein for Telling Pictures, and Raymond Braun. Portal A, Raymond Braun, Rob Epstein, and Jeffrey Friedman are represented by WME.


Video of Avenged Sevenfold performing 'Afterlife' live from the Taste of Chaos tour stop in Long Beach, California has been posted on the Huntington Beach, California heavy metal act's YouTube channel. The footage is included on their upcoming CD/DVD 'Road to Realization', out later this year on Warner Bros. Records. Watch it below.


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KRK Rokit G4 Nearfield Studio Monitors
Product Name: KRK Rokit G4 Nearfield Studio Monitors
Price: $299.00 +
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KRK are back with the next generation of these all-too-familiar studio monitors. Alex Wilson cranks up a pair to see what's going on.
Note: This piece first appeared in Australian Guitar #134. Subscribe to our print edition here!
The very yellow KRK Rokit series of speakers are infamous for two reasons. The first is that they are the world's highest-selling line of nearfield studio monitors. The second claim to fame – that they are the ill-informed first choice neophyte home studio owners duped by the inaccurately hyped sound and low low price – is one that the bigwigs at KRK would very much like to bury.
KRK don't appear content to cruise on the fact that people keep buying Rokits. The company is intent on leveraging its market advantage into a product that is not just the best-selling, but the best-sounding. Having already reviewed a pair of Rokit G3s among these venerable pages about a year ago, we have some context for assessing what improvements these new speakers have nailed. We'll start with the sound itself, and then move on to some of the added features.
WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY, KENNETH?
If you're new to the world of nearfield monitors, you may be asking what all this fuss about hyped frequency response is. In short, Rokits are known for exaggerating the treble and particularly the bass frequencies. This leads to a big, bright sound that makes music and mixing sound exciting (literally). However, an experienced mix engineer knows that a truly useful studio monitor is "flat" – representing the sound is it has actually been recorded, no extra flavour added or subtracted. Monitors like this can sound less good to an inexperienced ear but are far superior for the diagnostic and surgical tasks that mixing often requires.
The good news is that the Rokit G4s do represent a significant improvement in performance and accuracy. KRK's promotional boilerplate states that these new Rokits have been "completely re-engineered from the ground up" in order to provide the best sound at the lowest price. And while no monitor in this price range is ever going to afford the specs to be truly flat, the Rokits nonetheless present a balanced, full-spectrum sound. The bottom end still feels nice and large, but also calmer than the hyped thud of the G3s. This difference is apparent in the improved punch and transient response of the bass instruments.
In short, the low-end accuracy is improved by reducing the exaggeration and increasing the detail. There's also improvement to be found in the top end of the frequency spectrum. Compared to the somewhat dark G3s, the Rokit G4s simply have more brightness in them. This is not a bad thing at all – again, it feels more like a truer representation of the source material rather than a dial pushed too far. In terms of engineering, these new Rokits now boast full Aramid Fiber (aka Kevlar) composition for both the tweeter and the main speaker, so there is a solid basis for why we're hearing these improvements.
Apart from the significant performance improvements, the other noteworthy feature of these new Rokits is the onboard DSP for tuning your room. On the back of each speaker is a backlit LCD display that allows you to customise the frequency response. The amount of detail and user-friendliness built into this system is usually not available in products at this price point. It's a great incentive for beginning engineers to learn about acoustics and room treatment when their entry-level speakers can handle this kind of sophisticated correction.
To make this feature even better, KRK has also release a companion Audio Tools app, boasting useful diagnostic tools to help an engineer identify and eliminate phase and stereo imaging issues, as well as an automatic calibration feature that will help your new monitors perform best in your studio space. While I didn't personally have access to this tech, beta-tester reports from the internet suggest these tools are in good shape and will provide genuine value.
KRK have used their position as a market leader to significantly improve a flagship product. The company has struck a tremendous balance here between great performance and an awesomely low price. With this new generation of Rokits, we can now feel assured that the new generation of audio engineers have access to a great product so early on in their careers.
• Aramid Fiber speaker and tweeter
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• Front-facing ports to reduce noise and resonance
• Excellent onboard DSP
• Forthcoming KRK Audio Tools app
• Massive improvements in audio performance compared to the prior generation
• Incredibly affordable
• A great introductory product
• Will never have the same accuracy of a more expensive high-performance monitor
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KRK Rokit 5 G3 Studio Monitors
Alex Wilson investigates the latest iteration of these common, low-budget studio monitors to see if they deliver the goods.
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