Low margins, enormous overhead, perishable inventory, cutthroat competition and crabby customers are just a few reasons the grocery business isn't easy. But that's not deterring Amazon's most recent example of relentless expansion in its hometown of Seattle.
Rumored to be a subsidiary of its Project Como dedicated to cracking the American grocery store nut, Amazon Go offers customers the breezy convenience of shopping without the hassle of lines or cashiers. Scan your phone when you walk in, grab whatever primary perishable items you like and walk out the door. Forget the dry bulk goods, they can be delivered right to your home.
Rather than the traditional model of using cashiers and scanners to total up a basket of goods, Amazon's Go stores rely on cameras, an app and augmented reality technology to keep an accurate running total.
While the company declined a formal interview, Amazon pushed back against The Wall Street Journal's story.
Grocery analyst David Livingston of DJL Research, said the most significant innovation with Amazon Go is not needing cashiers, which he said—in conjunction with smaller footprints—could significantly improve the historically slim grocery industry profit margins. He predicted Amazon's expansion will work its way down the West Coast, with future stores possibly landing in Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Bill Bishop of Chicago-based Brick Meets Click struck a different note, saying Amazon's in-store technology will prove to be the most significant advancement for the grocery industry.
He added that the company's deep pockets and long-term interest in the category will likely lead to aggressive pricing to attract grocery customers. Even if it succeeds in reaching 5 percent of the American grocery market, he said, Amazon can still have significantly negative impacts on larger grocery brands, many of which have a store network that's based on 20- to 30-year leases, making it more difficult to right-size stores to shrink overhead costs.
Regarding Amazon's denial of plans to eventually build 2,000 grocery locations, as has been widely reported, Bishop said that's not so far fetched if Amazon Go turns out to be a success during initial trials.


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This article is how you can setup – for free – a simple to use blog system for your class and have everyone participate. To do this we've used a site called Kidblog which is completely free for teachers.
As a teacher the first step is to set up your own blog. This is simple to do and we had a blog up and running in about 30 seconds from the Kidblog site. On this you write your first blog entry. A good idea here is to make it an introduction to the blog with a few ideas on how you and your students will use it and what it will be about.
The next step is to add your students. The good thing here is that you don't need to include any personally identifiable information (such as emails) for your students: just a name & a password for each one. Depending on how many students you have this whole process will take just a few minutes.
Check also the privacy settings so that the blog is viewable only by you and the students.
In the next class explain to your students the idea behind blogs: that they are short texts (such as diary entries, thoughts, etc) which anyone can write, which the whole class can view and which any student can comment on. Let them know that the whole class will see what they write on the blog (so they don't say anything too personal).
As an example, why not show them one of your blog entries? Perhaps this is a short piece you've written on something in the news of interest to the class, a recent holiday, and upcoming school event… Use your imagination! If you can, get a discussion going about the topic!
Now give each student a slip of paper with their name & password on it. If you have computers in the class you can get the students to log on and then either individually, or in small groups comment on one of your entries or write their own, short, entry. Then encourage others in the class to comment on any new entry.
Of course there is one rule only: English Only!
Perhaps blogs like this are more suited to work at home where the student has time to think and browse and just enjoy reading what others have written.
Setting specific assignments such as writing about their weekend or reviewing a film (of course the assignment will very much depend on the students' levels and interests).
Asking them to leave comments on at least 2 or 3 other blog posts.
The idea is getting the students used to using the blog, reading and writing on it and participating. At the beginning it may need some pushing from you to make sure all students are participating but if you can give them a few specific tasks and let them know that they can use the blog as and when they wish, this will help make the class blog a fun area to use in their free time.
If, perhaps, you know a lot of the class are going to watch the big football game on Saturday night see if you can't get them to log on afterwards and discuss it on the blog.
Of course the ideas above are just a start. There are many ways to use a class blog to engage the students and give them plenty of free practice in reading and writing.
Use the blog to put out homework assignments; invite comments as well!
Make an entry per lesson and encourage students to post their feedback (in this way you can check on whether they have understood the lesson).
Personal expression: have students write reflective entries on either set or free topics.
Depending on the class and how you want to use the blog, you might also want to make the blog a "criticism free zone" or a "correction free zone" where no one will be pulled up for any spelling or grammatical mistake. The blog is there for students to write whatever they want and not worry about whether their English is up to scratch or full of errors.


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Sharknado (2013)
Continuity mistake: When Fin's in the water with the surfer girl, many of his closeups are flipped - note the Tilos logo on the neck of his wetsuit changes between Fin's left, the correct way, and his right which is backwards.
Continuity mistake: The characteristics of Nova's large, long, raised scar change considerably from when we first see her at Fin's bar, to later in the day when Matt asks her about it while they're in the surplus warehouse, and it's not even noticeable in many shots where we can see her left thigh between her cutoff shorts and knee.
Continuity mistake: At Fin's house, Baz's watch suddenly vanishes from his left wrist when the water rushes into the house, and then it reappears when he runs from the shark and reaches the stairs.
Continuity mistake: During the school bus rescue Fin rappels down on a rope tied off on the bridge, but the method of how the rope is secured to the bridge keeps changing, and inexplicably there's a pulley with a cable leading from the bridge to somewhere off camera down below.
Continuity mistake: When they're all in the 'movie car', Baz is wearing his leather necklace and bead necklace, but when they get to the flight school the bead necklace vanishes, yet when they all walk into the surplus warehouse that bead necklace is back round his neck, and when they're outside it's gone again.
Continuity mistake: During the scene at the start, the fishing boat engaged in shark finning changes to an entirely different vessel in some shots - note the sails, helm, etc.
Other mistake: The Hollywood Sign has 9 letters - "HOLLYWOOD." When the Hollywood letters are flying through the air toward Fin and the others, there are at least 8 letters in the sky, but when Nova, Fin and the others are driving away from the bridge we can see "L, Y, and O" still up on Mount Lee, which means that only 6 letters should have been in the air earlier.
Deliberate mistake: When a shark lands in front of TCL Chinese Theater (Grauman's), it leaves a shark shaped indentation on the ground right above the square concrete block with Steven Spielberg's signature, handprints and shoeprints. Fun homage to the 'Jaws' director. But in fact the actual concrete block, dated 5-16-84, is rectangle and shared by both Spielberg and George Lucas, and it's also not located at the center of the forecourt in front of the doorway.
Revealing mistake: When Fin decides to help the kids on the bus and says, "Water's rising, I'm gonna go up to the bridge and rappel down," two shots later the camera zooms in on Fin's car up on the bridge, but the problem is that this shot is shown in reverse - all the vehicles in both lanes are going backwards.
Continuity mistake: At Fin's house, at the bottom of the stairs there's a table and a ceramic lamp at the corner of the walls, and when Collin shouts for Fin's help he's standing at that corner and the lamp has been knocked over under the water, but after Collin's demise the lamp is upright and back in place.
Continuity mistake: At the flight school, when Matt, Fin, and the others are hiding from the high winds, one of the magazine pictures is pulled off the wall beside the doorway, but when they all exit after the wind dies down that picture is back up on the wall.
Continuity mistake: After George buys it, while the others are driving to April and Claudia there's a piece of plastic stuck to one of the wiper blades as it swishes back and forth, which keeps vanishing and reappearing depending on the angle of the shot.
Continuity mistake: In the exterior shots of Fin's car, the rearview mirror's style and how it's mounted keeps changing.
Deliberate mistake: April wears a watch and bracelet on her left wrist, but after Fin is swallowed by the shark, when April puts her hands on her head in the closeup it's a flipped shot - note the watch and bracelet are on her right wrist.
Continuity mistake: When Nova and Matt are in the helicopter, the chopper's windshield, cabin, and gauge panel style keep changing.
Deliberate mistake: When Baz is driving the 'movie car' the vehicle does not have hubcaps, but in the closeups of the tires there are hubcaps, and the tires change, plus there's tape covering the brand name at the center of the hubcap.
Continuity mistake: Near the end, after Fin pushes Claudia out of harm's way, the bandage that Fin has wrapped around his left hand vanishes in closeups.
Continuity mistake: When Fin drives the vehicle to blow up the last tornado he's wearing his watch, but after he presses the nitrous button as he jumps out and lands his watch has suddenly vanished. Then when Fin runs back to his family shouting, "Get out of there," he's watch-less, but after pushing Claudia out of the way his watch is back on his wrist.
Continuity mistake: The style of the chainsaw that Fin uses at the end changes between shots, in the shot from the perspective of inside the shark's mouth - note the second black handle. (Both chainsaws can be seen on the table earlier, in the scene at the surplus warehouse).
Continuity mistake: Once April and Claudia are in Fin's car, when Fin says, "My luck, sharks," it's raining and the wipers are on, swishing back and forth, but in the next closeup as Nova says, "Mine too," the front windshield is perfectly dry and the wipers are not on, then next shot it's back to rain and swishing.
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Always the third Saturday & Sunday of July.
2019's show will be July 20 & 21.
The town of Inlet proudly presents the 43rd annual "Arts in the Park." Over 60 vendors will offer their handmade products in Arrowhead Park. Paintings, photography, pottery, jewelry, furniture, clothing, candles, and much more!
2019 application can be found here. This show is full as of 3/16/19. Any applications received after this date will be put on a waiting list.
2019 map layout can be found here.
2019 flyer to print and share can be found here.
Click here for a list of 2019 vendors.
Saturday's music is by Fritz Henry. Fritz is a versatile, interactive, high-energy entertainer with a welcoming personality and a broad-based appeal that all types of audiences from one to 100 have enjoyed for over 20 years. Check out his website at FritzHenry.com.
Sunday's music is by Clef Dwellers, a jazz band comprised of musicians whose library consists of over 400 arrangements. Their basic instrumentation is trumpet, clarinet/sax, trombone, piano (keyboard), banjo/guitar, bass, and drums. They play traditional swing music from the Mardi Gras to the contemporary style. Listen to them at Don Cantwell's Myspace page.
Music Saturday night from 7-9 p.m. by Dan Duggan and Peggy Lynn.
Click here for a list of 2019's vendors.
Additional free parking in front of The Woods Inn and at Fern Park. There's a free shuttle service between Arrowhead Park and Fern Park during fair hours.
Food booth in the picnic area provided by Kids For Utica. Hot dogs, burgers, chicken wraps, sausage, corn on the cob, and more!
Music is sponsored by the Town of Inlet.
Tent for the bands provided by Winslow's Services: (315) 357-3822.
Shuttle Bus by Ted Payne's Bus Service (Inlet SS Minnow): (315) 357-6642.
Porta-johns by Murdock Trucking: (315) 357-3222.
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Iranian Man Is Stuck 11 Years at Paris Airport
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Talk about airport delays.
Merhan Karimi Nasseri has waited patiently in Charles de Gaulle airport for the past 11 years, sleeping on a red plastic bench, hoping for official political refugee status.
Now, the 54-year-old Iranian native can leave his airport home if he wants: Belgium has granted him refugee credentials.
"We are very pleased for him," said Dominique Deladrier, the Belgian consul in Paris. "If we had known the extent of his dilemma earlier, we could have straightened this out a long time ago."
Nasseri, frail with long thinning hair, sunken eyes and hollow cheeks, arrived at Charles de Gaulle in August 1988 after bouncing around Europe with no documents, a victim of bureaucratic bungling and a string of bad luck.
Since then, Europe's increasingly strict immigration and refugee laws, and Nasseri's deteriorating mental state, have kept him trapped in a legal no man's land.
Those close to him say the years of living in the underground terminal have taken a toll on his mental state, and they doubt he will ever leave.
"I hope he will take off soon because it isn't normal or healthy to live underground in an airport terminal," said Philippe Bargain, the airport's doctor, who has tried to help Nasseri. "But the problem is that he is afraid to leave. He has become fossilized here."
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Belgium granted Nasseri refugee status July 2. The documents allow him to travel to Belgium, where he would be provided shelter and counseling.
Nasseri, nicknamed Alfred by the airport staff, says he was surprised when the papers were delivered. But he is insecure about leaving Terminal One, where airport employees have given him food, clothing and pocket change, and he has become a minor celebrity among passengers.
"Eventually, I will leave the airport," he said, smoking a pipe on his bench in the terminal Tuesday. "But I am still waiting for a passport or transit visa."
Nasseri was born in Soleiman, a part of Iran then under British jurisdiction, to an Iranian father and a British mother. He left Iran to study in England in 1974. When he returned, he was imprisoned for protesting against the shah and expelled without a passport.
He went to Europe, where he applied for political asylum in several countries. In 1981, the UNHCR in Belgium gave him refugee credentials, but his briefcase containing the refugee certificate was stolen in a Paris train station.
French police later arrested him, but because he had no official documents, there was no country to which he could be deported. He has been at the Paris airport ever since.
His daily routine consists of showering in staff facilities, writing in his diary, reading magazines and surveying passing travelers.
"He's a part of the airport now," said Ute Lamberton, a ticket agent for Lufthansa Airlines. "He's like a prisoner told he is free after years in jail. I'm not sure he could make it on the outside."


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Scottsdale Office Building Sells for $39 Million
The 200,000-square-foot facility will become the new headquarters of Dansons.
Post By: Helen Floersh
A vacant corporate headquarters facility in Central Scottsdale has sold to barbecue equipment company Dansons in an off-market deal for $39 million, according to a press release from real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield. Dansons will make the building its new headquarters when it relocates from Phoenix to Scottsdale.
"We are blessed to have acquired a beautiful new office building for our company to call home," Jeff Thiessen, Dansons President, said in a statement. "The new Dansons campus will help usher in a new era for our company."
Privately-held Dansons has more than 400 employees. In addition to barbecue smokers and grills, which it sells under its brands Pit Boss and Louisiana Grills, Dansons manufactures and sells wood pellets and animal bedding.
The office building where Dansons will make its new home previously housed a Fortune 100 insurance company. Located at 8877 N Gainey Center Drive, it includes two-story lobby entrances, underground parking and views of the nearby Gainy Ranch Golf Club.
The sale was brokered by Cushman & Wakefield's Dave Carder and Scott Boardman in Phoenix, who represented Dansons in the transaction. Fred Darche and Spencer Nast with real estate firm Lee & Associates represented the seller.
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Helen Floersh is a writer based in Los Angeles. She previously was a staff reporter at the San Fernando Valley Business Journal, where she covered retail, hospitality, health care and biotechnology.
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Okay, i checked at my CU and looks like if i want the $20k loan i will need 2-4 down-payment and a co-signer. that's got me thinking if i go with dealer financing will i still be subject to those conditions? if its like that i will never get a car, maybe i should downsize for a cheaper car but ven if i do go with something that's about 17k i will still need about 20k for the other costs.
Since this blog is about getting out of debt, not how to go further into debt, you have opened yourself to some questions and scrutiny.
Why would still need $20k?
Do lack credit or have bad credit?
Is there something you are not telling us?
If you are in dire straights for transportation and can not buy one outright, buy the cheapest you can from a reputable dealer. Make payments on it for at least 4 months, then ask the CU to buy the loan or refinance it to a lower interest rate.
Do you really need to spend that much on a car? is there a special transportation need you have? i'm not suggesting a clunker, but you should be able to find a decent used vehicle for about 1/2 that amount – you may need to look more, maybe change some thought pattern of what you need the vehicle for – is it status or transporation? Since I don't know your circumstances, I don't know the answer – I know I bought "too much" car once, got caught up in payments that I really couldn't afford and ended up losing the car (voluntary repo) and I still had to pay MORE than the original loan – after 3 years of payments – with various fees and penalties – an expensive lesson well learned. Now my car is paid for – it's an older model – no bells and whistles – but it does what I need it to do – get me from A – B reliably. Just a thought!
I'm confused about your post too. Just as a way to help you with what I think you might be asking is, do you really need $20k for a car? What for? Are there other debts you already have? If not, and your goal is to own a new or newer vehicle, but you can't get a loan on your own for it now, just go for a used car you can pay for fairly quickly. Do you need to get a co-signer to help build your credit? If so, you still may want to start with something way lower priced than $17K. Don't let a dealership sucker you into that. There are more cost effective ways to get a decent running car.
Do you need it just to drive to work? The last vehicle my husband and I purchased was $3000.00 from a personal seller. It was a 1997 SUV in perfect running conditioning, had some dings and bangs on the body, and only needed minor maintenance, that we could do ourselves. We have no payments on it. Only insurance, fuel and maintenance costs (now and then). It's still way cheaper than financing a car. We'll probably keep it until we run it into the ground! It keeps us out of debt that's for sure.
Why do credit card companies even let you go over the limit?


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Latinx-founded investment-as-a-service startup Mentum secures a $4.2 mln round led by Google's Gradient Ventures
The startup's investment API enables any company to build fully-digital investment products compliant with local regulations. Preparing to launch in Colombia and Chile next month, Mentum is also eyeing at least three more markets in LatAm.
Daniel Osvath (CTO), Gustavo Trigos (CEO), and Simon Avila (COO), the co-founders of Mentum. Photo: Courtesy/Mentum.
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Mentum, a San Francisco-based startup founded by Latin Americans aiming to offer digital investment services to other companies, has secured $4.2 million funding round led by Google's Gradient Ventures with participation from Global Founders Capital, Soma Capital, and Y Combinator, in addition to the co-founders of Plaid and Jeeves. Founded in 2021, Mentum is getting ready to launch its platform next month in Colombia and Chile — at least three more markets are on the startup's roadmap for the next months.
Mentum's investment API enables any company to build fully-digital investment products compliant with local regulations. Through a set of widgets and a few lines of code, Mentum promises to help companies of all kinds, from neobanks to retailers, offer their customers investment experiences.
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"Besides building a strong technology infrastructure, we want our partners to have a complete and smooth end-to-end experience. That's why we have partnered with two regulated investment institutions and will continue to do so in every country, which allows us to offer our clients investment products in a compliant way and without needing to go through ongoing regulation or authorization processes," Gustavo Trigos, CEO and co-founder of Mentum alongside Daniel Osvath (CTO) and Simon Avila (COO), told LABS.
Mentum's team of co-founders is foremost made of engineers and operators that worked at companies like BlackRock, Wish, Apple, Confluent, IBM, and CI&T. "Our investment institution partners have already worked previously with other institutions and have gotten the green light from regulators to operate a similar business model. That being said, we are building a regulatory ecosystem that allows us to have a close relationship with regulators and communicate key information to them," added Trigos, stressing that the alternatives before Mentum were two or to acquire an expensive investment institution or partner with a local investment institution, which it could a challenge when expanding regionally.
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According to him, companies contracting Mentum's investment-as-a-service structure will be able to offer local mutual funds, ETFs, and even stocks. Two fast-growing Y Combinator-backed fintechs in the region are already beta-testing Mentum's solution and building their investment vertical on top of the startup's structure. Five more are on Mentum's pipeline for the following months.
Mentum is also in talks with over 25 companies interested in using its investment-as-a-service solutions to implement investment products and services through Mentum. Launching first in Colombia and Chile, Mentum wants to reach Argentina, Peru, and Mexico in the upcoming months. Adding DeFi and crypto-compliant offerings is also on the startup's roadmap.
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"We are currently seven people, 5 of which are engineers building Mentum infrastructure in Colombia and Chile. Our goal is to build a global engineering-first team and add additional investment products and subjacent products that enhance the overall end-user experience (remittances, massive payment dispersions, more mutual funds, stocks, and ETFs)," highlighted Trigos.
"The financial services industry is undergoing a massive transformation in Latin America. APIs have created new opportunities for the way we bank," said Wen-Wen Lam, partner at Gradient Ventures, in a statement to the press.
"LatAm will benefit tremendously from innovation in fintech infrastructure," added Fabricio Pettena, partner at Global Founders Capital, also in a statement. "Mentum's team has realized this and they are building something truly unique — a platform that makes it 100x easier for apps to offer investment products, in multiple countries, and compliant to local regulations."
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Oracle refreshed its solar SPARC servers these days for the first time in a brace years, with one analyst asserting the modern boxes are frequently for current clients.
The SPARC servers are in line with the modern SPARC T5 and M5 processors, which Oracle unveiled previous this year. The machines latitude from the only-socket SPARC T5-1B blade the entire method to the SPARC M5-32, which because the cognomen implies has 32 sockets.
"consumers already on SPARC packing containers can exist longing for these methods," stated open Scavo, a managing accomplice at Strativa and an trade analyst. "I reckon it exist mostly a play for sun's installation base."
though the RISC- and Itanium-based mostly server market remains a multibillion dollar industry, salary has declined sharply. Numbers from Gartner on the discontinuance of ultimate month indicated that RISC/Itanium salary dropped essentially 32% in the closing quarter of 2012 in comparison to the same quarter in 2011. additionally, Oracle's server revenue market participate went from 5.three% in the fourth quarter of 2011 to four.1% in the fourth quarter of 2012, losing out to different massive players corresponding to IBM.
Oracle hopes the SPARC refresh will back extend its numbers, and said as a lot in its concurrent income call, including that they thought many SPARC valued clientele occupy been delaying their server upgrade until the modern T5 and M5 servers were obtainable, which is ordinary.
The M5-32 is a complete rack with 32 6-core, 3.6 GHz SPARC M5 processors with up to 32 TB of RAM. Oracle talked about this server could exist focused for back-end database and massive ERP techniques.
Oracle did not give checklist fees, however in its benchmark effects it seems the T5-8 listing fee should exist about $270,000 and the M5-32 list rate can exist about $1 million. The T5-eight, in line with the benchmark results documentation, might exist purchasable in September.
Marshall Choy, Oracle director of programs solutions and company planning, spoke of the brand modern SPARC servers might exist "very singularly focused on IBM as the main competitor."
look at various the setting up by artery of connecting to the software Server's commercial enterprise manager internet page the expend of privilege here URL: http://hostname:1810.
After coming into the password for ias_admin, remember to view a window corresponding to the one shown below.
In $ORACLE_HOME/forms90/server, edit the formsweb.cfg and default.env information to personalize your setup. There are numerous easy methods to configure your types ambiance, so here is an illustration where a grasp profile is used to cognomen newborn types. here assumptions are used: a person ought to travel surfing at first of a browser session, and everything forms are located in a gauge listing.
1) Runform arguments, "kind=" line: enter the identify of your master benevolent (e.g., master_menu.fmx). travel away "userid=" commented out to drive the user logon manner.
2) Values for the types applet parameters, width and top values can furthermore exist adjusted to dimension the applet window that looks on the internet page. "lookAndFeel" can exist Oracle or windows.
in the default.env file, add the region the dwelling your 9i/10g varieties can exist organize to the FORMS90_PATH variable (e.g., /opt1/ias10g/types).
within the $ORACLE_HOME/community/admin directory, edit the tnsnames.ora file and comprise the descriptor suggestions for each database you covet users to exist able to entry by means of kinds on the internet.
To view your kinds on the net, expend the following URL, where hostname is the identify of the host where you installed 10gAS. this may on the spot clients for logon tips, after which cognomen your grasp profile with the aid of default.
Reference: Chapter three, birth and Stopping, Oracle utility Server 10g directors e book (starting and stopping a core-tier example).
On Monday, Oracle formally launched the Sparc T4 microprocessor and a line of servers in keeping with the modern SPARC CPU. Oracle programs government vp John Fowler claimed on the rollout event that early purchasers the expend of T4 servers occupy considered "as much as 5 times [the] efficiency advancements throughout more than a few Oracle and third-celebration functions, and are already placing orders to substitute old-fashioned techniques from their rivals."
for those that are still participants of the Sparc/Solaris attach in base—people that occupy not headed for x86 or Itanium already—the T4 is doubtlessly decent information. It gives a means to preserve investments in existing Solaris knowledge and application whereas getting a major performance enhance over the 12 months-old T3. The T4 will seemingly quit some defections, purchase Oracle time as it prepares its next generation of processor, and crop back the business's dependence on reselling Fujitsu SPARC sixty four techniques to hasten its personal database.
however on the same time, the T4 is never going to win back customers from Intel, or transmogrify IBM vigor users. regardless of the dump-truck crammed with benchmark pronouncements that Oracle delivered together with the reputable T4 launch—most of that occupy been aimed at comparing Oracle's modern SPARC T4-4 servers with IBM's energy line and HP's Itanium-based mostly techniques —the T4 is extra critical as facts that Oracle definitely does intend to invest in continuing solar's hardware and operating device enterprise.
The T4 is, greater than anything, a direction correction from sun's outdated efforts in that it at final brings out-of-order execution (OOE) to the SPARC platform. OOE, which changed into engineered into the energy, x86 and Fujitsu SPARC64 processors returned in the Nineteen Nineties, permits guidelines in a thread to hasten as opposed to seek forward to these in front of them in the queue to comprehensive.
The previous solar SPARC processors hasten threads in-order: the usher masses, and if inputs are ready, it receives despatched to the execution unit of the CPU for processing; if the operands are not competent, the processor stalls. The T3's structure tried to bounce across the in-order processing subject via boosting multithreaded performance—which made it hasten neatly for tasks enjoy operating an internet server. however didn't merit it a spectacular platform for Oracle's databases, mainly on parallel processing projects. In an interview with Ars Technica, precise World technologies' David Kanter stated that sun's SPARC processors "have been really respectable for, even considerable for, many apps. however sun's product line become hamstrung with the aid of the incontrovertible fact that their single-thread efficiency was atrocious."
it is where the T4's architecture has paid off. as a result of the addition of OOE, the T4 can hasten drastically sooner than the T3 youngsters that the T4 has half the processor cores (and half the threads) per CPU that the T3 has—eight cores with eight threads every, in its dwelling of sixteen cores. nevertheless, the T4 lags behind the x86 platforms. Kanter observed that whereas it exist a superb first step on OOE for Sparc, the T4 is "a two-challenge out-of-order processor. if you dissect Intel and AMD, they may exist doing 4 rigor out-of-order."
Oracle claimed a legion of list-breaking benchmark performances for the T4-four. Ellison repeatedly compared the efficiency of the T4-based Sparc SuperCluster to IBM's power line—and the vigor 795 in specific. A one-rack T4 SuperCluster "is twice as expeditiously as IBM's fastest computing device, at half the charge," he claimed.
but the benchmarks that Oracle mentioned had been frequently inside ones. those may hoist some weight for many Oracle valued clientele, however there occupy been only two that basically hint on the T4-4's efficiency beyond application that has been tuned for that processor. one of those third-party benchmarks changed into the TPC-H benchmark for a 1,000 GB load, wherein the T4-4 beat the IBM power 780 and Itanium-based mostly HP Superdome 2 on price/performance, raw performance, and throughput.
however the T4's ranking puts it tenth in the accurate 10 for performance on the TPC-H benchmark (a benchmark that Kanter questions the charge of). The T4 continues to exist outperformed on Oracle Database 11g via HP's BladeSystem RAC configuration running Oracle Linux, and edged out via HP's Proliant DL980 G7 operating Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and home windows Server 2008 both on fee efficiency and uncooked power. each are x86 techniques.
additionally, one of the claims Oracle made about its efficiency on third-party benchmarks occupy been based on chosen interpretations of the facts—which drew catcalls from IBM programs and know-how chief technical strategist Elisabeth Stalh. "Oracle claimed 9 T4 world statistics. 7 of the 9 are not industry regular benchmarks however Oracle's personal benchmarks, most based on interior testing," Stahl blogged. "Oracle's SPECjEnterprise2010 Java T4 benchmark effect, which changed into highlighted, crucial 4 times the number of app nodes, twice the variety of cores, essentially four times the volume of reminiscence and drastically more storage than the IBM POWER7 result."
Kanter said he thinks comparisons between the T4 and IBM's vigour 7 processors is enjoy comparing apples to cantaloupes. "The goal ot the T4 isn't to beat the power 7. The aspect is to provide SPARC purchasers a pretty route to reserve them from defecting to Intel and Linux. in case you view it via that lens, it's a really first rate step."
it's additionally a processor that was inside Oracle's aptitude to execute now, with extra formidable plans on the roadmap ahead. while the T4 is in keeping with 40nm lithography, Oracle has furthermore introduced that a 28nm edition, the T5, is a year ahead of time table. Kanter referred to observe that the subsequent chip is so nigh that "if any one had any doubts about Oracle carrying on with to invest in hardware, these should still exist gone."
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Oracle refreshed its Sun SPARC servers today for the first time in a brace years, with one analyst epigram the modern boxes are mostly for existing customers.
The SPARC servers are based on the modern SPARC T5 and M5 processors, which Oracle unveiled earlier this year. The machines ambit from the single-socket SPARC T5-1B blade everything the artery to the SPARC M5-32, which as the cognomen implies has 32 sockets.
"Customers already on SPARC boxes will exist looking forward to those systems," said open Scavo, a managing ally at Strativa and an industry analyst. "I reflect it's largely a play for Sun's install base."
Though the RISC- and Itanium-based server market is still a multibillion dollar industry, revenue has declined sharply. Numbers from Gartner at the discontinuance of final month indicated that RISC/Itanium revenue dropped almost 32% in the final quarter of 2012 compared to the same quarter in 2011. In addition, Oracle's server revenue market participate went from 5.3% in the fourth quarter of 2011 to 4.1% in the fourth quarter of 2012, losing out to other astronomical players such as IBM.
Oracle hopes the SPARC refresh will wait on boost its numbers, and said as much in its recent earnings call, adding that they thought many SPARC customers were delaying their server upgrade until the modern T5 and M5 servers were available, which is common.
The M5-32 is a complete rack with 32 6-core, 3.6 GHz SPARC M5 processors with up to 32 TB of RAM. Oracle said this server will exist focused for back-end database and astronomical ERP systems.
Oracle did not provide list prices, but in its benchmark results it appears the T5-8 list charge will exist about $270,000 and the M5-32 list charge will exist about $1 million. The T5-8, according to the benchmark results documentation, will exist available in September.
Marshall Choy, Oracle director of systems solutions and industry planning, said the modern SPARC servers will exist "very singularly focused on IBM as the main competitor."
The JumpStart installation helps you to automate the installation of the Solaris software on modern SPARC systems. This installation uses a default profile to determine the software that needs to exist installed. You cannot manually select the software to exist installed. The default profile is selected considering the system model and arduous disk capacity. The JumpStart installation is used in places, such as training centers and corporate organizations, where you requisite to install Solaris on a big number of systems that are configured identically. The recent versions of SPARC systems occupy a pre-installed JumpStart boot image. For JumpStart installation on older SPARC systems, expend the re-preinstall command. The re-preinstall command copies the boot image to the system on which Solaris requisite to exist installed.
The Custom JumpStart installation automatically installs from the Solaris 9 distribution CD in the local CD-ROM drive. A custom profile determines the software that needs to exist installed. The Custom JumpStart installation requires a rule file and a profile for systems of each group or platform. A group refers to a set of systems having similar attributes. The rule file is a text file that contains platform-specific or group-specific rules for systems of similar requirements. The rule file distinguishes the systems, based on one or more system attributes, such as the platform cognomen and disk size.
The profile is a text file that contains instructions on how the Solaris software is to exist installed on systems of each group or platform. It contains keywords and associated values, which usher the installation process. Keywords are system parameters, such as boot disk, disk size, and so on.
Installation can exist performed identically on several systems.
Patches can exist applied automatically.
The -e command represents the MAC address of the client machine, which can exist obtained by using the banner command at the ok prompt. The clientname command represents the client's hostname, which can exist sun4m (SS4/5/10/20), sun4d (SS1000/2000), or sun4u (any Ultra machines).
The sample profile directs JumpStart to install the complete software in addition to the OEM. The specifications for each partition comprise a 2000Mb root partition on slice 0, a 1100Mb swap on slice 1, an unused 4Mb partition on slice 3, and a 1100Mb partition on slice 4 for /var.
Set up a profile for the JumpStart server. To achieve this, create the files, profiles, rules, and config in the /JumpStart/sol9/conf/server directory.
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Part 1 of this train appeared in the August issue of Java Developer's Journal (Vol. 8, issue 8), and Part 2 appeared in the September issue (Vol. 8, issue 9).
JDJ: Microsoft has received quite a lot of worthy press (or propaganda, however you'd enjoy to seek at it) for their .NET product, and there has even been discussion that it will be/is suitable for games evolution with worthy DirectX bindings. Since Java is only just out of the gate (in terms of commercial games development), achieve you view .NET providing sober competition in this burgeoning market, or are there some (perhaps hidden?) advantages to Java that might merit the contrast in this case?
Jeff K: Don't addle .NET the platform with CLR the VM, or C# the language.
.NET will not exist suitable for games. Its XML-based communications protocol is by definition slack and verbose, and that's before you score into the other architectural issues. I occupy no presentiment of .NET becoming the default back-end technology for networked games - it was designed with industry apps in mind, which requisite totally different properties.
As for C# and CLR (which, as I understand it, are heavily based on MSVM), there are a number of points. MSVM has always supported DirectX through JDirect, but it hasn't taken off as a game platform. That they are continuing this back doesn't look enjoy anything modern to me. C#/CLR has not a bit of the benefits of Java (it's not cross platform, being YADC (yet another jargon of C) it's not likely to appreciably better either productivity or code correctness.
About everything it does is muddy the waters around Java, which in my sentiment is maybe everything it's putative to do.
Today they occupy cross-platform technologies emerging in Java that provide everything the benefits of DirectX without sacrificing portability, productivity, or code correctness. Examples of this are the LWJGL open source library project, and the open source bindings for Java to OpenGL (JOGL), OpenAL (JOAL), and controller input (JInput).
Doug T: As Jeff mentions, this mostly affects Java from the C# side of things. One edge Java has is time. At GDC this year, there was a session on Managed DirectX, which is effectively DirectX for C#, and you could occupy replaced every instance of C# with Java in the presentation. We've been solving those problems for years, so they occupy a head start.
Cas P: [Microsoft's] VM technology is currently inferior, but not for long. The easy integration with a direct, ultra-capable gaming API (DirectX) means that it's only a matter of time before M$ starts gaining a majority unless there's some direct competition in the same space from Sun. It's my credit that a three-pronged defense - for defense it is, as Java is the innocent blinking rabbit in Microsoft's headlights - is needed:1. Gang together with game technologies, embrace and wave - OpenGL and OpenAL are Sun's only hope against DirectX, so they'd better start supporting it, encouraging it, sponsoring it, and even helping it. If Sun is seen to exist behind OpenGL to the point where their own products utterly depended on it, you'd score the positive feedback loop required to ensure that both back each other and grow.2. Actively attach major resources into the gaming space, gain the assurance of developers by being seen to achieve this, and start listening more keenly to suggestions and being a diminutive more open about what's being done to address issues. I reflect they requisite a dedicated engineering, marketing, and back team for the all issue, yet I feel that Jeff and Chris are the only Sun employees who are even trying, and they only look to exist let out of their cubicles once they've said their prayers to Solaris and flayed themselves for eight hours over a heated spreadsheet.3. Hardware assault - the big, astronomical question: Is there play for a Java-based console, and if not, why not? Perhaps Sun could even fund it by running it on a Sparc chip. If there's no play for a Java-based console, then truly Java is failing as the games platform of option because it's the best dwelling it could possibly exist from a developer's perspective.
Erik D: I reflect the problem with .NET is that you are specifically choosing Microsoft and Microsoft lonely and, in effect, you explicitly exclude a big market potential.
There's no artery .NET will become available on a PlayStation, for example. Of course, they furthermore occupy no Java (yet?) on PS, so currently evolution will stick to C++.
Java does occupy a longer history than .NET and has proven itself in many more ways than .NET has, such as the obvious platform independence. If Java did spread to PS3 and XBOX, I'd narrate "why C# and stick with PCs if they already occupy Java?" if I were a evolution company.
Shawn K: I achieve view sober competition from this because MS will achieve whatever it can to tide developers to Windows, games or otherwise. It doesn't matter if C#/.NET isn't exactly Java. They listen to their developers and changes score made. The fact that MS will merit .NET travail on the XBox and future XBoxes makes it everything the more compelling.
Also, MS makes games. They merit one C# game that's a hit and it's a done deal. Developers and publishers will seek at C#, and the same dynamic I stated before. The only advantages for Java that I can view privilege now are:1. Huge existing developer basis and knowledge base.2. abysmal covet in game developers not to expend MS stuff. That is a just phenomenon. Many working game developers I occupy talked to will try anything that is not MS tech.
JDJ: I know some of you are currently developing 3D games using Java. What was the reasoning behind your particular approach? Part 2 of this question is: achieve you occupy any regrets? Are there any benefits to another approach that you wish you could select edge of?
Cas P: First a quick mention about LWJGL. LWJGL is a modest library, still in development, and it aims to achieve very diminutive other than to achieve things Java can't, enjoy draw with OpenGL. There is a frequently misunderstood purpose to the library though. LWJGL is not an add-on library to J2SE to allow you to write OpenGL applications in Java. It was designed from the very birth to exist a portable console game library, even if it does discontinuance up being only completely theoretical. There's only one window in LWJGL, and they score a lot of requests for multiple windows. You can't even insist on a title bar and windowed mode; it's specifically meant to provide complete screen-only games. They score a lot of requests to enable one to create lots of windows and occupy them behave as they should. But then it wouldn't hasten on a console, would it? We've deliberately created a platform based around what they know the hardware and underlying O/S requisite to exist for gaming: a display, some speakers, a few input devices - nothing more.
A side consequence of LWJGL is it enables us to deploy games with less licensing restrictions: I can natively compile my games for Windows, which solves a bunch of other problems I won't travel into here, and the demos attain out under the magic 5MB download long-suffering threshold.
I developed LWJGL in the first dwelling because I find the OpenGL API easy and, most important, fast. Java 3D is so far above my head I barely know where to begin. This is the problem a lot of developers occupy with Java 3D. If you want to learn 3D programming, Java 3D isn't the thing for you.
The other reason for LWJGL was simplicity. It's a platform; there's a specification to program to. It's a bit vague privilege now because we're only in alpha, but it removes a lot of suspicion and hassle. I discovered Alien Flux ran on Linux without any concern at all. I was more surprised than anyone. Once it's up and running, it behaves in exactly the same artery as the Windows one. You wouldn't know you were running Linux underneath it because it's complete screen. I occupy the same hope for PlayStation 3 one day. You'd never know it was written for the PC because everything the developer has to expend is an blank black screen, some speakers, and three input devices, not everything of which will even exist present.
Another reason for LWJGL is performance - speed and size. I can write absolutely optimized code for LWJGL and it runs in hardly any memory. Alien Flux would even hasten on a PlayStation's 32MB of RAM with a diminutive tweaking to the graphics. There are no caveats with regard to performance; everything the knowledge about performance is from OpenGL, so it's very widely understood. If you write a slack LWJGL game, it's because you've used OpenGL incorrectly, not because we've written some dicky code in the library.
And no regrets. Not for one instant achieve I reflect I could occupy done it easier or better with any other technology. GL4Java, Direct3D, Java 3D - they're everything deeply flawed when it comes to writing portable games in Java. My only true anguish is that it's unlikely that we'll ever exist endorsed by Sun. Although if I may merit a prediction here: LWJGL is very likely to become the driving factor in Java games development.
Jeff K: In terms of using OGL incorrectly, that may exist just for relatively simple games, but I'm not sure it carries into the A-lines games of today. OGL doesn't give you scene graph management; you're going to requisite to write that yourself. It doesn't give you physics; again you're going to occupy to code that. My guess is that you've covered about half of the core graphics issues with OGL, or about 5% of that 10% I talked about earlier. For some folks that may exist the consummate bar, for others it may exist too low. However, everything that being said, I achieve accord that being able to directly write to OGL is a worthy thing regardless of what you achieve on the top of it.
Erik D: I'm not married to LWJGL "till death achieve us part" or anything, but I achieve occupy a treasure lookout with it because I enjoy the low-level approach. It doesn't restrict me in any artery and I believe it might become a key factor for well-performing games written in Java.
I've been playing a diminutive with J3D, but I thought OpenGL was a lot easier to score into, and I enjoy keeping in complete control of things. Personally, I don't enjoy the notion of J3D completely hiding details; of course, this isn't fully justified because I haven't done much with J3D, but I achieve strongly believe you should always exist able to score as low plane as necessary where games evolution is concerned and I've seen people struggle with J3D issues that they don't look to exist in control of.
If J3D had been built on top of an OpenGL wrapper, I'd probably occupy used that because it obviously addresses the problem of LWJGL, that there aren't any scene graph implementations available for it yet.
Shawn K: One point I'd enjoy to bring to light is the scene graph versus immediate mode argument. They occupy to remember that Java 3D is implementing a scene graph, and Java/OGL is simply immediate mode access through Java. There are pros and cons to both and they're completely independent of Java and Java 3D. That controversy has waged on for generations.
We chose J3D for several reasons.1. Ease of use. I never want to code immediate mode graphics if I can wait on it. It's enjoy assembly for graphics. I expend a high-level language and a high-level graphics system. I occupy furthermore used scene graphs (from SGI to PC) outside of Java and design to reserve on doing so. Eventually the class I school adopted RenderWare (a pseudo-scene graph API) once it was an acceptable practice.
One problem, due to the towering plane and ease of use, is that developers reflect they can merit considerable 3D graphics projects and not know anything about 3D graphics. Sometimes the questions that are posted on the J3D list are atrocious. OGL is so low plane you occupy to occupy a bit better programming skill as well as more 3D knowledge to expend it. I suffer this in my courses as well. The point being, when you know what you're doing, a scene graph or immediate mode are both considerable tools. When you don't know, a scene graph is a lot easier.2. Scene management. Just enjoy some LWJGL users are finding, eventually you occupy to build a scene graph anyway for any scene bigger than a bread basket.3. Common data structures for public as well as private interchange. By this I mean, there's a thriving community of developers who code to J3D and easily trade huge code packages because they everything expend J3D classes and can exist tested and integrated with very diminutive modifications if written well. I'm not epigram those actual packages will discontinuance up in a final production, but the integration-to-test side is lightning fast. If everything these developers were using OGL wrappers, the exchange would exist nigh to nothing.
Look at the OpenGL community as it is. There's a lot of trading but it is everything techniques and code "snippets," not loaders and behaviors or even repercussion systems because each OGL developer has his or her own scene graph equivalent structure on top of OGL that they will occupy to translate to for any techniques and code they score from the outside world.4. Better cross-platform than OGL alone. They used Java/J3D for a long time as a just cross-platform solution. Their students' laptops ran best under DirectX, and their classroom workstations under OpenGL. For their travail it was no problem to expend either install and everything worked. This is less of an issue today as the laptops occupy better back for OGL and the workstations for DirectX. The current Java/OGL world is still an OGL on Linux/Solaris/Windows world so J3D has a slight edge there.5. Legacy. It was the only artery to achieve 3D in Java at the time they started.
Jason R Briggs: Java Developer's Journal contributing editor and your host; games player when he has time, games developer...on occasion.Gerardo Dada: Metrowerks' product manager for CodeWarrior Wireless Studio.Erik Duijs: Former musician/engineer/producer with a (games) programming passion, now an IT consultant. Switched careers for the sake of better pay as well as maintaining a passion for music instead of "eating it" so to speak. Author of the Java Emulation Framework (JEF) and CottAGE.Shawn Kendall: Developed Java and Java 3D-based game technology demos for complete Sail, Sun Microsystems, and I.M.I., and displayed at GDC and SIGGRAPH since 1999. He has five years of 3D technology teaching experience, and in 2002 founded Immediate Mode Interactive, LLC, a game technology company dedicated to the evolution and application of Java technology in computer games (www.imilabs.com).Jeff Kesselman: Architect for game technologies, Advanced Software Technologies Group at Sun. He worked on the JDK performance tuning team and co-wrote Java Platform Performance: Strategies and Tactics.Chris Melissinos: Sun's chief gaming officer and amenable for driving an industry-wide movement toward Java technology-based game evolution and structure infrastructure programs for massively connected game play.Caspian Rychlik-Prince: An IT consultant in the UK who for the final 10 years has specialized in client/server systems with RDBMS back ends. He has just released a modern game, Alien Flux (www.puppygames.net).Doug Twilleager: Chief architect of the Java Games Initiative at Sun Microsystems. One of the architects of Java 3D, he has furthermore worked in the graphics research group at Sun looking at advanced rendering techniques and programmable shading.David Yazel: VP of software evolution of trading systems and portfolio management systems at a leading fiscal investment company (by day), and by night a games developer for (and founder of) the Magicosm project (a 100% Java-based MMORPG).


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Matt McLaren, Entomics
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What's Reproduction Got to Do with the Environment?
Dr Katie Dow, Department of Sociology
'The Anthropocene': Why Is It so Controversial at the Margins?
Dr Barbara Bodenhorn, Department of Social Anthropology
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Castlemaine, Maldon and Surrounds
Castlemaine Main Menu
Contact our friendly staff at our Castlemaine or Maldon Visitor Information Centre.
Restaurants, Cafes & General Stores
Cider, Wine & Craft Beer
Castlemaine Visitor Centre and Maldon Visitor Information Centre
Mon to Sun: 9am to 5pm (Excluding Christmas Day)
Accessible itineraries
What to do in Castlemaine, Maldon & Surrounds
Castlemaine, Maldon and Surrounds Attractions
Accommodation in Castlemaine, Maldon and Surrounds
Cumberland Hotel Castlemaine - Accessibility Details
The Cumberland Hotel is a well-designed and wheelchair friendly country pub with plenty of maneuvering room and gentle slopes to the ramps. The dining area has movable seating and ramps that link all areas of the hotel. A private room is also available for groups with ramp access. Level access entry is via Lyttleton Street, under the awning.
From the main entrance, there is clear access to the TAB on the left and the gaming room to the right. At the end of the bar in the gaming room, there is ramp access to the Bistro and Main Bar. Accessible toilets are located at the rear of the gaming room. An outdoor smoker's area is also accessible from the gaming room. There is also a wide double door access to the children's play area.
There is a low countertop in the bistro allowing for accessible service. Dietary requirements catered for on request.
Cumberland Hotel
The Cumberland Hotel offers good old fashioned country hospitality in the heart of Castlemaine.
Where to find them?
Stay in touch with Castlemaine, Maldon & Surrounds
Subscribe to the Castlemaine, Maldon & Surrounds e-newsletter to receive updates on the latest events taking place in the area.
Email visitors@mountalexander.vic.gov.au
Address Market Building, 44 Mostyn Street,	Castlemaine,	3450	VIC
Hours Castlemaine and Maldon Visitor Information Centres open 7 days per week 9am-5pm (excluding Christmas Day). Phone: 1800 171 888
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Mount Alexander Shire Council acknowledges the Dja Dja Wurrung people as the Traditional Custodians of the land comprising the Mount Alexander Shire Council area.
We pay respect to their Elders both past, present, and emerging.


April 17, 2013: Interest rates on new credit card offers have stalled out, and remained at 14.95 percent for the ninth consecutive week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.
Interest rates on new credit card offers remained at 14.95 percent for the ninth straight week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.
This is the second-longest period on record that average interest rates have remained the same since CreditCards.com began tracking credit card interest rates in mid-2007.
In the past 23 weeks, the national average annual percentage rate (APR) hasn't moved by more than a hundredth of a percentage point, making this the most stable period for credit card interest rates since before the financial crisis.
One credit card issuer did make significant changes to the promotional offer on one of its rewards credit cards. PNC Bank extended the interest-free period on the PNC Points Visa from six months to 12 months. The issuer also shortened the card's promotional 0 percent balance transfer offer from 15 months to 12 months.
Average credit card interest rates are now 3 percentage points higher than they were in December 2008 when the US was in the depths of a severe financial crisis that reshaped consumer lending.
Despite the higher national average, today's consumers are still paying less to carry a credit card balance than they would be otherwise, thanks to an unprecedented Federal Reserve policy that began during the crisis.
The Federal Reserve responded to the grim economic environment in late 2008 by pushing the federal funds rate target — which helps set other interest rates, including those on credit cards — to near zero in order to encourage banks to lend at lower rates and consumers and businesses to borrow.
The Fed hasn't moved the federal funds rate target since, with no direction to go but up, and insufficient reason to do so. As a result, today's cardholders are paying less to carry a balance than they would be otherwise because the majority of credit cards are tied to the US prime rate, which is 3 percentage points higher than the federal funds rate.
When the Federal Reserve does raise the federal funds rate target — which it hasn't done since June 2006 — interest rates on variable rate cards will move up as well, in tandem with the prime rate.
In a speech given earlier this month to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW), Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), spoke about the Fed's decision to keep rates low for such an extended period — and about its recent decision to tie the federal funds rate to unemployment.
"The situation in 2008 and 2009 was like nothing the Federal Reserve had faced since the 1930s," said Yellen in the speech. The crisis prompted the Fed to slash the federal funds rate target about as far as it could go and communicate to the public a vague calendar date for when it would raise rates again in the future.
However, as the slow recovery dragged on, the Fed continued to move forward the expected date for when interest rates would rise. Finally, in December 2012, the Fed decided to publicly tie its interest rates policy to a goal the public could easily understand and anticipate as economic conditions changed in real-time, said Yellen.
That, in turn, will affect a wide range of variable-rate consumer loans, including mortgages, auto loans and credit cards.
When rates will go up specifically is unclear, thanks to the economy's notoriously unstable job market. It's also a matter of significant debate, including amongst members of the Fed's rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee.
Rates: How low, how long?
In her speech at the SABEW conference, Janet Yellen said that much depends on whether the economy improves faster than expected, or if it backslides in the near future.
However, reading the tea leaves on where the unemployment rate is headed is exceptionally difficult these days, even for the Fed, thanks to a job market that keeps bucking expectations.
From December 2012 to February 2013, the economy added a combined 635,000 jobs — an average of more than 200,000 jobs per month. The positive jobs reports fueled speculation that the economy may be improving more rapidly than expected and that rates could be poised to rise in the relatively near future.
However, earlier this month, the Labor Department reported that the economy added just 88,000 jobs in March. The disappointing figures led many experts to speculate that 2013 may end up looking a lot like it did during the past three years of weak economic growth. Since 2010, the economy has improved significantly early in the year, then soured in the spring.
Since the March jobs report's release, a number of Fed officials have weighed in on what it will take to prompt the Fed to change course and raise interest rates.
Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, for example, told the New York Times that the economy would have to be adding 200,000 jobs per month before he'd be willing to take a step back from the Fed's aggressive approach toward monetary policy, according to a transcript published April 15.
However, Charles I. Plosser, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia who, unlike Yellen and Rosengren, is not a voting member of the FOMC, said in a speech on April 16 that the Fed should be selling securities, rather than buying them, and should return to using the federal funds rate target as its main tool for influencing the economy.
Because the federal funds rate target is currently near zero, that could mean actually raising the federal funds rate target sooner than others are advocating.
The International Monetary Fund also has warned the Federal Reserve to be careful about how long it keeps rates at record lows, reported the Washington Post on Wednesday.
The bottom-line for credit card holders?
It's still not clear when rates will rise on short-term loans, such as credit cards. But it's not going to be happening any time soon.
ATM surcharges are on the rise, but consumers are pretty adept at avoiding them, according to an April 2013 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.


Expansion in the mining sector — which includes oil and gas development — was the driving force behind U.S. economic growth in the second quarter of 2017, new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows. BEA found that mining contributed to growth in all but one state in Q2 2017, led by increased oil and natural gas production nationwide. In fact, mining propelled North Dakota, Wyoming and Texas to experience the top three largest gross domestic product (GDP) increases in the second quarter.
This growth was significantly greater than growth in other major sectors, such as health care and social assistance (4.7 percent); professional, scientific, and technical services (5.1 percent); retail trade (5.6 percent); and information services (7.0 percent). Overall, the United States experienced a 2.8 percent growth in real GDP from Q1 to Q2 2017, with mining contributing about 0.42 percent growth to U.S. GDP, or about 15 percent of the overall increase.
Oil and natural gas production's impact on state GDP growth is even more impressive. BEA data shows that North Dakota's economy expanded by 8.3 percent in Q2 – the largest increase nationwide – driven by a nearly seven percent jump in mining. To put this in perspective, the next largest growth by sector in North Dakota during this period was from transportation and warehousing at 0.48 percent. Other states experienced similar growth thanks to oil and natural gas, such as Wyoming, Oklahoma and Texas, where mining expanded by 6.64 percent, 3.79 percent and 2.58 percent respectively.
This is a large departure from 7.6 percent contraction felt by the North Dakota economy in the second quarter of 2016, and is indicative of just how economically impactful oil and natural gas development can be. This data also comes on the heels of news that North Dakota's director of the state's Department of Mineral Resources, Lynn Helms, expects the state's Bakken Shale to see 10 percent growth in oil and gas activity in 2018. Meanwhile, growth in oil and natural gas development is positioning the United States to become the "undisputed leader" of global oil and natural gas markets, according to the International Energy Agency.
It's hard to deny the economic benefits of oil and natural gas development, with this latest BEA data reinforcing just how vital production is for state economies.


Takeaway: Set your thermostat to about 65ºF (18.5ºC) when you sleep, and think of your bedroom as a cave: cool, dark, and quiet.
Estimated Reading Time: 1 minutes, 57s.
My girlfriend and I share a bed, but our sleeping preferences could not be more different. I like a few, thin sheets, and she likes ten heavy blankets piled on top of one another. She likes a bit of light in the room, and I like it pitch black. She likes the room to be as hot as possible, while I like the room to be slightly cool.
Among those variables, the room temperature sticks out the most to me, because it has affected our sleep so much. That motived me to do some research to ask: what's the exact temperature we should set the thermostat to in order to get a good night's sleep?
Multiple studies have found that participants with insomnia has significantly better sleep when they slept in a cooler room.
For the last couple of months I've been diving deep into experimenting with my sleep. I promise I'll share more lessons learned as the weeks roll on!


Linda Laird was a little girl but was larger than life! She was determined, persistent but kind, generous, nonjudgmental and extremely well read, and sensitive to the downtrodden and weary. She was raised by affluent parents and a loving grandmother and her grandmother's wisdom.
Her grandfather, Claire Davis, was a wildcat oilman and along with his partner, Frank Phillips, started what became Phillips Petroleum. Two dreamers, who hit it big in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Not all was easy, for wildcat oilmen back then, as danger was common, so her grandfather kept the family in Minneapolis, and commuted to Bartlesville. With a less volatile environment, Donna Davis became Donna Laird and Linda became Linda Laird, wife and daughter of Douglas Laird. VP of Pillsbury.
Linda soon was introduced to ballet and became a young ballerina and danced with the best for many years.
If the name Laird "rings a bell", it should! Her uncle was Melvin Laird, Secretary of Defense under the Nixon Administration. No wonder she possessed the perseverance of a leader and a drive to succeed.
After high school, rock n' roll and Mankato State, Linda met Ron Kelsey, a young, intelligent, soon to be successful Renaissance Man and made Linda Mrs. Kelsey. They raised two children, Heather and Sean. After life's tragedy, and the loss of her daughter, Linda was divorced and took her son and moved to Denver, Colorado, where she ran the Saks 5th Avenue Club and made her mark of success with Saks.
From her high school success with modeling for Seventeen Magazine, this beautiful young lady now had major responsibilities as a single mother, a young son, and a new challenge which she handled very confidently. Her qualities with people served her well at Saks 5th Avenue and she propelled the 5th Avenue Club beyond management's expectations.
So, it wasn't any wonder, Bob Armbruster came upon a powerhouse lady with genetic credentials! When I interviewed Linda for a Sales Associate position, and suddenly realized I couldn't afford this young, beautiful, bright, vivacious lady, chemistry took over and I pursued a different approach. "I courted this girl" and a precious memory.
Shortly after her success, Linda met a young Apparel Sales Representative named Bob Armbruster and they were married at Calvary Temple. Linda frequently and humorously commented to Bob "You married up Bob – good job." To this day, this was the best thing I ever did and life became truly a pleasure with Linda in my life. She brought so many powerful adjustments to my life. I became a better person and a better husband and father.
After four months Linda was told she had Breast Cancer, Bob told Linda he had lost his main Apparel Line, so they sat down and planned how they would tackle the new life's challenges. They both had determination and after several years, they accomplished their plan, but not without more of life's surprises and disappointments.
Linda went through rigorous medical procedures and Bob had to put together new Apparel Lines, but they persevered together and trusted the wisdom they asked the Lord for.
Linda had Bremie "Golden Retriever" who took a nap with her every day she had a chemo or radiation procedure. Yes, Linda beat breast cancer, but not until the chemo damaged her heart, which brought new issues for her to live with!
Time tends to take it's toll, in this case! I found her to be my true hero, with an abundance of courage, never complaining and always believing she could overcome her new painful issues. She always said 'if it isn't a matter of life or death, get over it." Don't whine and complain!
Linda ran a good race with pain and suffering, but her odds were higher than her heart strength.
She adored her grandson, Garrett Kelsey and often said she just wanted to live long enough to see her son have to take Garrett to pay a traffic offense! Dr. Kortz, her Breast surgeon, called her "Tiger" because of her comment when he told her she needed to grieve because she only had a few months before she would lose her life from her breast cancer, and her response was "Well we will see about that." She was a true fighter through adversity!
On December 29, 2018, I spent the day with her at Swedish ICU and she said "Bobby, I don't want to do this anymore. The pain and suffering all these years needs to be over." And then shortly after that, she closed her eyes, her head drooped, and she was gone from our lives, but onto a better place where she could rest in peace. I will miss Linda Kelsey Armbruster so much, and for a very long time. Yes, she was exceptional in so many ways because how do you replace God's best gift to Bob Armbruster!
She had a personal relationship with "Our Lord" or as she referred to Him "As the Big Guy" and I think she knew they were coming to take her home.
Linda was preceded in death by her daughter Heather Kelsey; husband, Ron Kelsey; sister, Lori; mother, Donna Davis Kegel; stepfather, Stan Kegel.
Linda loved deeply and loyalty was a must in her relationships with people.
Linda was always for the downtrodden and discriminated.
Linda is survived by her son, Sean Kelsey; daughter-in-law, Heather Kelsey; grandson, Garrett Kelsey, husband Bob Armbruster, all of Denver, and stepbrother S.J. Kegel of Minneapolis.
We will always love you deeply Linda until we see you again. Your loving husband, Bob.


Why am I under attack?
Why does it feel as if the closer I become to Jesus the harder the evil one attacks me?
Many people say they have the same experience: the closer they walk with the Lord; the stronger the devil seems to attack them. I'm not sure if it is actually true or if a closer walk with Jesus makes one more sensitive to what is going on in the spirit realm nearly all the time.
However, make no mistake; there is strategy in the evil empire. He may not care "who", but Satan will always press in hardest when he has the most at stake – the most to lose. First, he is into "prevention"; he wants to prevent people from becoming free in Jesus Christ with heaven as their assured eternal home. So I believe people are probably under quite intense attack right before they get saved.
Next, he is going to target the new believer for back sliding. Can he get them to renege on their commitment to Jesus Christ? Can he tempt them back into the sin that kept them enslaved and in the dark before? Can he convince them they never really got saved? Can he render them impotent through doubt and discouragement?
Satan is also going to intensely attack anyone who is a threat to his maintaining his own territory or who may effectively advance the kingdom of God. The higher the calling from God, the more Satan will press in to prevent that destiny from becoming reality. Maybe this is where you are now. You will need to evaluate the nature of the attacks you are having.
Next: Evaluating attack versus trial.
There is a question we can ask ourselves regarding whatever difficulty we are going through. Is this an attack of Satan, is it a trial from God, or, did I make some bad choices and am I reaping what I sowed? Sometimes the answer is not very clear and the line blurs a little bit but we should still pursue the discernment to understand the nature of any hits we are taking. We do this so we can counter any schemes of the devil most effectively.
If we examine our conscious with all honesty and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal any hidden sin and we come up empty we can narrow our search down to actual enemy attacks or trial from God. You do not discuss the exact nature of your attacks in your question. Is Satan playing with your mind? Things such as doubt, fear, unbelief, depression (I'm not talking about a physically based problem here), or hopelessness are never trials from God. Neither does God author temptation.
You are the best person to decide what's really going on, perhaps with some godly counsel from a mature Christian who knows you well and who knows the details. The good news is that it doesn't matter as much that you are being attacked as it does what you do with it. You can turn things around.
Next: How do I get out of this?
You have choices when you are under attack. You can cower in a corner, cover your head or cry out "poor me." You can shut down any ministry work you are doing in the hopes that the enemy will withdraw from attacking you. OR, you can go on the offensive. I think going on the offensive is the best choice.
Also, if you are under attack, you need the closeness and presence of the Lord in even greater measure. Increase your prayer and praise time. Listen to worship music, sing to the Lord, bless and pray for your family and friends, your pastor and your church but especially pronounce blessings on your enemies.
Remember that nothing on this earth lasts forever. Attacks come, attacks go. Things change and you will have seasons of rest and refreshing again. You may have to fight now but later God will give you a furlough for a time and then you will probably return to battle again. Be assured that you have the greatest potential for spiritual growth while you are under attack. In this way, Satan's attacks only play into God's hands to bring you to full maturity. In the meanwhile, continue to pursue closeness with Jesus; he is our only true place of immunity.


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KCC Corporation (renamed from Kumkang Korea Chemicals Co., Ltd. on February 25, 2005) is a Korean chemical and auto parts manufacturer, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Operations
KCC's products include various kinds of paints, float glass, soft sponges, silicon, chassis, and car parts. This company is the biggest provider of construction materials and paints in South Korea. Various types of industrial materials such as epoxy moulding compound, alumina metallizing, silicone etc. are produced in 13 domestic locations.
KCC Corporation has 9 overseas liaison offices and 7 overseas factories over the world:
 KCC Houston (Texas, U.S. - Liaison Office)
 KCC Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan - Liaison Office)
 KCC Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China - Liaison Office)
 KCC Dubai (Dubai, U.A.E. - Liaison Office)
 KCC Greece (Piraeus, Greece - Liaison Office)
 KCC Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany - Liaison Office)
 KCC Iran (Teheran, Iran - Liaison Office)
 KCC Moscow (Moscow, Russia - Liaison Office)
 KCC Shanghai (Shanghai, China - Liaison Office)
 KCC Kunshan (Shanghai, China - Paint Factory)
 KCC Beijing (Beijing, China - Paint Factory)
 KCC Guangzhou (Guangzhou, China - Paint Factory)
 KCC Singapore (Singapore - Paint Factory)
 KCC Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Paint Factory)
 KCC India (Chennai, India - Paint Factory)
 KCC Turkey (Istanbul, Turkey - Paint Factory)
 KCC Poland (Lublin, Poland - Liaison Office)
 KCC Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh, VietNam - Liaison Office)

Main Rivals in Silicone Markets
KCC's silicone is one of major market which is developing. There are some main rivals for this Korean company to develop market as the list below:
 Dow Corning (USA)
 Momentive (USA)
 Shin-Etsu (Japan)
 Wacker (Germany)
 Bluestar silicone (China)

Purchasing Basildon Chemical
April 2011, Basildon Chemicals was purchased by the KCC Corporation of Korea. In this partnership, KCC gains a company with a history in silicone emulsification.

See also
Economy of South Korea
Jeonju KCC Egis

References

Chemical companies of South Korea
Manufacturing companies based in Seoul
Chemical companies established in 1958
Auto parts suppliers of South Korea
Paint manufacturers
Companies listed on the Korea Exchange
South Korean brands
Chaebol
Hyundai
South Korean companies established in 1958


I trashed my right achilles in early November - in the middle a hard repeat set of 800s during our Jim Spivey Running Club workout I came up with a sore achilles and left hip and pulled off the track. Later I figured out that a large amount yard work the weekend before had thrown me out of whack and then running a hard 13 miler in this condition had really screwed me up.
Ever since then, my workouts have been spotty. I managed to run the Florence (Italy) Marathon at the end of November, with not a great time (but the race was a lot of fun). Since then, I have cut back (also because work has become very demanding). For example, my hours the last four weeks up until this week have been 3.52 hours, 1:35 hours, 7:06 hours and 2:39 hours.
Finally I am running without achilles pain and my stride is back to normal. And my speed is coming back, as well. I capped off a decent week today with 11.5 miles on our hilly Morton Arboretum road course. I ran much of the course with a younger runner who is well matched with me in terms of time and is Boston training. Her coach had written that she needed to pick up the long run for the last 2.5 miles. We got it on - egging each other up in speed, I gaining on the hills and she on the flats. My HR bumped up from the 140s to the 160s, 10k race pace. Finally for the final quarter mile, a flat stretch, I decided to open it up all the way to see what I could do. She tried to match me but I pulled ahead and held it to the cool-down point. Now that was fun!
Afterward I rode on my trainer for 1:15 and watched all five of the Ironman Canada videos I have. An inspiring recovery exercise! And my achilles is feeling fine.
All told, I logged just under 9 hours this week, including 31.5 miles running in five running workouts (plus three bike workouts and one masters swimming workout). It's good to get back in the groove.