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The Other Violence
Direct work links:
The Other Violence I
The Other Violence II
The Other Violence IV
'The Other Violence' is a project of various characters confronted with solitude. It is an ongoing series that investigates the moment a new reality reveals itself and attempts to capture the emotion and weight of the experience of this reality.
In the work I suspend time. I want people to remove themselves from the narrative and undergo the image to find the language it speaks to us. I want to find the silence, and the focus, that makes us part of a moment, an incident, or smaller: of an aesthetic.
The Other Violence I captures a man who seems to drown in open air. To enhance to urgency of the moment the film is shot in one take, using an entire 10 minute 16mm film roll. One action. One movement.
The Other Violence II is an intimate and focussed visual of a woman shedding off her skin.
Wind moves the characters in The Other Violence IV. In the work they yearn for air, but almost suffocate by its abundance.
Except for 'The Other Violence I' the films are single-channel HD video projections. 'The Other Violence I' consists of a single-channel 16mm film projection.
There is a unique sound design per film and an universal soundscape that connects space and projection. This is a crucial element in the screening of the works together. The specific soundtrack intentionally highlights instants of the films.


Today Side Effects Software released three chapters of the GO | Procedural user guide which is designed to introduce artists to Houdini then help build up their skills with a variety of instructional lessons. More lessons will follow as they are written to add to the knowledge available for artists learning Houdini for the first time.
Each lesson comes with a PDF document and a video lesson to support a variety of different learning styles. You can start by watching the video then follow along with the PDF or read the document on the subway then use the video to complete the lesson. Either way, you have access to lots of great new information about Houdini and its procedural workflow.


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Юлийските Алпи (на словенски Julijske Alpe, на италиански Alpi Giulie) са дял на Алпите, разположен между реките Таляменто и Сава. Заемат части от Италия и Словения. Височината им при връх Триглав, Словения е 2864 м.

Местоположение и граници
Този алпийски дял се намира в най-източната част на планината и е оформен като част от Южните варовикови Алпи. Общата му площ е 4400 кв. км., от които 2900 кв. км (или 65%) се разполагат в Словения (до 1991 г. – в Югославия), а останалите 1500 кв. км (35%) са в Италия. На север граничи с хребета Караванкe и с Карнийските Алпи (тоест с Австрия), с които ги свързва проходът Кампоросо. На запад граничи с Доломитовите Алпи. На юг преминава в планината Динара.

Описание
Името на планината се появява за първи път през ранното средновековие и е свързано с римския род на Юлиите, вероятно защото Гай Юлий Цезар построява път през него, довършен от Октавиан Август.

Река Соча разделя дела на две части – източна и западна. Източната е по-висока и се намира изцяло в Словения, докато по билото на западната (където е вторият по височина връх Джоф ди Монтасио) минава границата с Италия. Свързани са от прохода Предел (1561 м). През Юлийските Алпи минава вододелът между водосборните басейни на Адриатическо и Черно море.

Характерни за Юлийските Алпи са скалистите стръмни върхове, изградени предимно от мезозойски варовик и доломит, дълбоките шеметни долини и огромните стени, идеални за алпинизъм. Над всички доминира страховитият масив Триглав, а най-живописен е районът на връх Яловец. Голяма част от района е окарстена, тоест изпълнена с пещери, проломи и подземни реки и езера. В близост се намира прочутото плато Карст, откъдето произлиза названието на този геоложки феномен. Тук са и двете карстови езера Бохинско и Бледско.

Най-високи върхове

 Триглав – 2864 м;
 Джоф ди Монтасио – 2755 м;
 Шкарлатица – 2740 м;
 Мангарт – 2769 м;
 Джоф Фуарт – 2766 м;
 Яловец – 2745 м.

Туризъм
Туризмът е много добре развит. Създадени са около 80 хижи и заслони на всякаква надморска височина. В сърцето на Юлийските Алпи, край едноименното езеро се намира красивият курорт Блед.

Бележки

Планини в Италия
Дялове на Алпите

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Last week Lucy Kellaway, the FT's management columnist wrote a piece that was less than complimentary about the topic of employee engagement, with the tagline "All this stuff about employee engagement is nonsense".
It is a pity that Lucy Kellaway has used one report from one US consultancy to dismiss employee engagement as nonsense, when a wide range of evidence from across the economy points to the opposite conclusion. In an engaged organisation, staff know what their job is and how it relates to the purpose of the organisation, they are treated as human beings not as a human resource, and they know their voice counts; in these workplaces there is no gap between the values on the wall and how people behave. Organisations where this kind of culture flourishes are more productive and profitable, safer and more innovative, and meet customers and consumer needs better than their non-engaged rivals.
At a time when the Francis report into Mid staffs Hospital and the Salz Report into Barclays Bank lay bare the dangers of not engaging your staff, for an alternative view to Lucy's perhaps your readers might go to the website www.engageforsuccess.org, a free to use resource provided by the national employee engagement task force which is sponsored by more than 40 chief executives from across the economy, look at the benefits of an authentic engagement approach, and make up their own minds.
What does everyone else think? Your comments below would be much appreciated.


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> Music>Vinyl>Beneath The Shadows LP
Beneath The Shadows LP
Reference: TSOLPBENEA
Vinyl LP - black vinyl gold foil version
Limited clear vinyl version only available from Rough Trade UK US
Featuring original artwork painstakingly restored and hot-stamped with gold foiling with printed inner lyric sleeve.
Following on from the reissue of the classic debut album Dance With Me in 2019, Beneath The Shadows is the second album by Long Beach punk band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty). Originally released on Alternative Tentacles in 1983, the album hasn't been available since 2001 when it was re-issued by The Offspring's Nitro Records. This reissue version features a hot stamped gold foil cover. Beneath The Shadows saw the band move even further from their hardcore punk roots, and with the addition of Greg Kuehn on keyboards they continued their progression into gothic rock territory. Although the album was critically well received It was all too much for their hardcore punk fans at the time, and after an appearance playing live in Penelope Spheeris' 1984 film Suburbia, founding members Jack Grisham and Todd Barnes left the band and for the classic line-up it was all over until they reunited 16 years later.
"one of the finest U.S. post-punk LPs ever" - Jack Rabid (The Big Takeover)
A) Soft Focus / Forever Old / She'll Be Saying / Beneath The Shadows / Send My Thoughts
B) Glass Streets / Other Side / Walk Alone / Wash Away / Waiting For You
Mastered for vinyl by Cass Irvine (Bjork, Gary Numan, The Woodentops, Afrojack)

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Police logs reveal theft across campus
Info-graphic by Thomas Chesy
Thomas Chesy
The information about thefts at City College came from campus police logs compiled by the San Diego Community College District. City Times reviewed all 2,637 pages of those logs from 2015.
The logs themselves are not organized by college or by the type of crime reported. The information was searched manually selecting the entries pertaining to the City College campus. Not all entries note the value of the loss.
The P Buildings, a complex of three buildings in the northwest corner of campus, had the highest percentage of thefts in 2015, at 16.4 percent of all thefts reported at City, beating out the V Building by nearly 2 percentage points.
The high percentage of theft in the P Buildings appears to be mostly due to the number of locker break-ins occurring primarily in the fitness center building, which is identified on campus as P-2
Bicycles were the most stolen item in 2015, at 34.4 percent of all thefts reported at City, and most thefts occurred at the MS and AH Buildings.
There were also several instances of theft during construction of the C Building, with thousands of dollars of equipment and materials stolen from the job site.
The greatest loss noted in the logs occurred in the L Building when a cash box containing $2,900 was stolen from the KSDS radio station.
In February, campus police arrested City College's former broadcast engineer, Gerald "Larry" Quick. He is awaiting trial on felony grand theft charges in the connection with the theft of four video cameras from the C Building over the winter break.


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Q: JQuery JS / refresh my array by displaying only 3 items at once I would like to refresh my array by displaying only 3 items at once.
My trouble is that it works with console.log but not in web browser ? and I can't modify the
* code because it's generated by wordpress :
I don't understand ?
Here is the link :
https://codepen.io/bubblepix/pen/abYwgrq
Thanks for your help :)
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        let submenu_array = Array.from(submenu_li);

        // Créer des groupes d'items à partir de submenu array
        // splice(position de départ, arrivée) ;
        let items_part5 = submenu_array.slice(12, 15);
        let items_part4 = submenu_array.slice(9, 12);
        let items_part3 = submenu_array.slice(6, 9);
        let items_part2 = submenu_array.slice(3, 6);
        let items_part1 = submenu_array.slice(0, 3);

        // Masquer les groupes créés
        $(items_part1).hide();
        $(items_part2).hide();
        $(items_part3).hide();
        $(items_part4).hide();
        $(items_part5).hide();

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            ++i;
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            $('#submenu_prev').css("pointer-events", "auto");
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            if (i > 4) {
                $('#submenu_next').css("pointer-events", "none");
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Each year on our birthdays a few of us get together for some much needed girl time and pampering. This year we celebrated a friends big day with a trip to Woodinville: The Barking Frog for lunch followed by The Spa at Willows Lodge.
Willows Lodge is a beautiful property nestled in the heart of Woodinville wine country. The hotel is romantic, intimate and surrounded by meandering gardens, quiet seating areas and art.
I've visited the spa on several occasions but this was the first time for a fancy pedicure. The d'vine Pinot Noir ingredients were a nice touch but the ample glass of wine to go with it even better. The three of us each received individual attention by our pedicurist Pauline. What I enjoyed most was sitting together in our private space to catch up and really talk.
I'd definitely recommend for small groups and special occasions when time is not an issue.


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MoviesNews
Dune gets one last delay to late October 2021
Delays are the spice of life...
By Peter Glagowski June 25, 2021
Warner Bros. has announced that the hotly anticipated Dune from acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve has received one final delay ahead of its October 2021 release date. Previously scheduled for October 1 (after having received a year delay due to COVID-19), the Timothée Chalamet starring film will now open on October 22, 2021. You could also ignore all of this nonsense and simply watch the film on HBO Max.
This latest setback wasn't done for shooting or editing purposes, but merely to give Dune a better shot at the box office. It also comes with a number of other WB properties getting delayed, including Cry Macho (now set for September 17, 2021), and The Many Saints of Newark (which will premiere on October 1, 2021). Interestingly, there was no mention of whether or not The Matrix 4 had been delayed…or if it even has a name yet.
In all honesty, a delay for Dune isn't the worst thing in the world. With COVID-19 vaccinations rolling out at a decent click, a few extra weeks may ensure that more people can see this at an actual theater. The home theater experience can be glorious if you invest enough money, but there will always be something special about a big screen. I'd still err on the side of caution, however, so don't go if you don't feel safe yet.
Peter Glagowski
Peter is an aspiring writer with a passion for gaming and fitness. If you can't find him in front of a game, you'll most likely find him pumping iron.


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Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow (2): help needed for Slavonic Studies
In my last post I mentioned Glasgow University's School of Modern Languages and Culture's success in fending off most of the course cuts threatened in 2011.
Sadly, the Slavonic Studies Department isn't out of the woods yet. The following is a message from Jan Culik, asking for support in the Department's petition to the Scottish Parliament.
The petition in support of targeted funding for strategically important,
lesser taught languages and cultures at the University of Glasgow was
discussed by the Scottish Parliament Petition's Committee on
Tuesday 21st February 2012.
The committee has noted the support given to the cause by the
Scottish Education Secretary Mike Russell, MSP and it expressed
displeasure over the fact that the Scottish Funding Council has not to
date responded seriously to the request to introduce targeted funding
for Czech, Polish, Russian and Slavonic Studies.
The Parliamentary Petitions Committee has decided to write to the
Scottish Funding Council asking its members why are they trying to avoid
this issue considering that the Scottish government has just given them
30 million pounds extra for the funding of Scottish universities.
Jan Culik would like anyone concerned about this situation to send an email to Mark Batho, the Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish Funding Council. Mr. Batho's email is: mbatho@sfc.ac.uk
Here's a template you can use:
Mark Batho
Scottish Funding Council
Donaldson House
97 Haymarket Terrace
EH12 5HD
Dear Mark Batho,
I am writing to ask you to introduce targeted funding for lesser-taught languages and cultures at Scottish universities, in particular the Czech, Polish and Russian language-based cultural courses and the intercultural Slavonic Studies programme, which are currently taught at the University of Glasgow.
As you know, Glasgow University is the only university in Scotland to offer a full range of language-based cultural studies of Central and Eastern Europe. These programmes may never bring large fiscal gain to the university, but are nevertheless strategically important to Scotland, to its economy and to Scotland's relations with the region. Hence targeted funding is essential.
If such funding is not introduced, the unique provision for the language-based study of Central and Eastern Europe will disappear in Scotland, which will suffer strategically, economically, culturally and politically as a result.
MovingOn says:
Sorry to hear that these courses still in danger. I think it's a travesty whenever language and culture ceases to be taught, and I wish you the best of luck in securing the funding.
I know – it's such a pity. And it's not as if language and culture courses are the most expensive…


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Q: File read(i.e. using vfs_read()) from LKM init_module() I would like to read files from my LKM "initialization" function so that I can config the LKM from some configuration files.
I'm wondering if it is not a good practice to read files even from the initialization function of LKM; I heard that it is NOT recommended to read files from LKM after all kernel was initialized.
Please advice me.
Thank you.
Daum

A: Reading from/writing to files from the kernel is definitely not recommended.
The Kernel Newbies wiki page describes it quite nicely.

For several reasons:

*

*Selecting where and in what format to read/write data is a policy and    policy does not belong to kernel. A userland daemon is much
  easier to    replace with one that receives or sends the data over a
  network,    generates or converts them from/to different format etc.

*Filesystem operations need a user context (i.e.: current != NULL).    You can't be sure you're in user context so you can't write something
  from (for example) an interrupt handler.

*The kernel allows multiple filesystem namespaces for user processes.    Which one should it use? How do you make sure it indeed
  uses the one    you want?

*Kernel should not depend on particular layout of a filesystem nor on    availability of writable filesystem. The location of the file is
  a    policy decision and policy decisions should be done in userspace.
  Maybe you want to dump the kernel output in a remote MySQL server
  tomorrow, that kind of policy is so much easier in userland.

*Kernel code should be kept simple and stupid, because any bug in it    is likely to have serious consequences. Working with files requires
  being aware of various locking issues and would add unnecessary
  complexity.

If you want to configure the behaviour of the kernel module you're writing, you can pass module parameters that configure it on start up. Alternatively, your module can expose interfaces to sysfs that can be used to configure it at run time.


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UAE tops Arab countries in ratio of inbound and outbound students
Published Sunday, February 16, 2014
The UAE tops the list of the Arab countries in the net flow ratio of inbound and outbound students, which stands at 30. The ratio of the Arab world is as low as -8.1 for Morocco, -4.5 for Tunisia, 5.4 for Lebanon. Qatar came second on the list with a ratio of 9.7.
UAE has 34,122 inbound students (overseas students studying here), against 7,719 outbound students (local students studying abroad). These figures have put the UAE at No. 1 position in net flow ratio of inbound and outbound mobile students, while most of the other Arab countries have a negative ratios, dropping to -52.1 in the extreme case of Djibouti.
The figures, published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), is the primary source for cross-nationally comparable statistics on Education in more than 200 countries and territories. These were recently highlighted by Carian College Advisors, the UAE's leading independent educational consultancy focusing exclusively on US admissions, as it announced a scholarship competition for high school students in the UAE.
Peter Davos, Managing Director of Carian College Advisors, said that the UAE topping the list among Arab countries speaks volumes for the high demand among UAE students to pursue university degrees in reputed, quality-driven universities within or outside the country. "We are therefore pleased to offer UAE students an opportunity to receive scholarships for Carian's services, so that they are well informed about education facilities in US universities," he added.
To be eligible for the scholarships, Carian College Advisors is asking students studying in their final two years of secondary school to write a 500-word essay about why they want to pursue an undergraduate education in the US. The winner of the competition will receive a free Crimson Package from Carian College Advisors, which is the consultancy's most premium advising service, allowing them unlimited meetings with Carian's consultants, which would include assistance with up to 14 applications. Carian College Advisors will also award three runners-up with their Ivy Package, which offers weekly meetings with consultants and assistance with up to 10 applications.
"The number of students in the UAE attending university in the United States is on the rise," said Davos. "The scholarship competition allows students considering the US for higher studies to critically analyze the benefits of US education and to begin preparing for the rigorous application process. Furthermore, winners will have access to our talented team of consultants that will assist them in every step of the process."
Carian College Advisors consultants are all Americans with master degrees that have graduated from universities in the United States and have experience in US University Admissions. The consultants guide students through each step of the university and application process, adhering to the highest ethical standards in the industry.


National Biodiesel Board chairman Ron Marr with Minnesota Soybean Processors addressed the second general session of the 2016 National Biodiesel Conference with the message of teamwork to accomplish industry goals.
Marr stressed the importance of each individual member to get involved, particularly on the national level in contacting their legislative representatives. "Never underestimate the vital importance of your individual effort to your team's success," he said.


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Day: 16 Feb 2018
Oil gains as dollar sags near 3-year low; many Asian markets shut
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The U.S. crude contract has risen nearly 4 percent this week after losing nearly 10 percent last week.
Oil prices edged higher on Friday as the dollar stood near a three-year low in subdued Asian trade, with many markets closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.
U.S. crude for March delivery was up 16 cents, or 0.3 percent, at $61.50 a barrel by 0200 GMT, after settling up 74 cents on Thursday. For the week, the contract has risen nearly 4 percent after losing nearly 10 percent last week.
Brent crude was up 26 cents, or 0.4 percent, at $64.59 after settling down 3 cents. Brent is up nearly 3 percent for the week after falling more than 8 percent last week.
"Oil is getting support from a rebound in global stock markets and a weak dollar, but the upside is limited due to a projection for rising U.S. production," said Tomomichi Akuta, senior economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting in Tokyo. "The market is quiet due to a slew of holidays in Asia."
The dollar languished near a three-year low against a basket of currencies on Friday, headed for its biggest weekly loss in two years. A weaker dollar often boosts prices for oil and other dollar-denominated commodities.
Asian shares extended their recovery from two-month lows into a fifth day on Friday as Wall Street's market volatility gauge fell, although Chinese and most Southeast Asian financial markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Here's where oil prices are headed next: Oil analyst 3:02 PM ET Wed, 14 Feb 2018 | 02:49
Oil producers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia aim to draft an agreement on a long-term alliance by the end of this year, United Arab Emiratesenergy minister Suhail al-Mazroui said on Thursday. OPEC and non-OPEC producers including Russia have been restraining production by a total 1.8 million barrels per day in a bid to prop up prices under a deal that is to expire at the end of 2018.
The move comes at a time when Asian demand is on the rise. Indiaimported a record 4.93 million bpd in January to feed its expanded refining capacity and meet rising demand, data showed.
Oil won support earlier in the week after Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said OPEC hopes to keep limiting crude output to leave the market tight.
However, surging U.S. production is offsetting OPEC's efforts to curb supplies. U.S. crude output hit a record 10.27 million barrels per day last week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday, making it a bigger producer than Saudi Arabia.
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Step 4 – Concrete Footing. If attaching your vinyl fence posts to concrete footing, then begin by digging a post hole. You will dig this hole to where it is about 1/3 of the length of your post and about 10 inches in diameter. Get the bottom 6 inches of your hole filled with gravel and put in rebar posts.


Selena Gomez might cancel one of her concerts due to a terrible accident that happened to her. She was riding a motorbike and fell from it! Look, her nose is bleeding, she is all bumps and bruises! Quick, take her to the doctor and help Selena to feel well enough to perform on stage!


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PMO responds for Cochlear implantation facility at AIISH, Mysuru
Mysuru/Mysore: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has positively and speedily responded to a request by a resident of Vijayanagar to start a Cochlear Implantation Surgery Facility at All Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) in city. The same request has been sent to AIISH Director for action. The request was sent to the PMO by…
AIISH Graduation Day tomorrow
KSOU Vice-Chancellor to deliver Graduation Address Mysuru: All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru, will hold its "Graduation Day" in the Seminar Hall at Knowledge Park, Naimisham campus on Dec.14 at 11 am. Prof. S. Vidyashankar, Vice- Chancellor of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), will deliver the Graduation Day address. Dr. Anil Kumar,…
ICMR fellowship for AIISH faculty
Mysuru: Dr. Ajish K. Abraham, Professor, Department of Electronics, All India Institute of Speech & Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru, has been awarded with the ICMR-DHR Short Term International Fellowship for Senior Biomedical Scientists. This Fellowship is instituted jointly by Indian Council of Medical Research and Department of Health Research (ICMR-DHR), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,…
Three-day conference on Indian languages begins at AIISH
Mysuru: A three-day 8th All India Official Language conference organised by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW), Government of India, New Delhi and All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) commenced this morning at AIISH Campus in Manasagangotri here. About 100 language experts from across the country are attending the conference featuring presentation…
Elder Citizens undergo ENT check-up
Mysuru: Elder Citizens Council in association with All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) conducted an ENT check-up camp for senior citizens recently at its Saraswathi Samudaya Bhavana in Jayalakshmipuram. Experts from AIISH gave detailed reasons for hearing loss, blocking of ears due to cold, nasal block, damages to ear drums by using sharp…
International Sign Languages Day observed Signers' Club inaugurated at AIISH
Mysuru: International Day of Sign Languages was observed at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru, with the theme "Sign Language Rights for All". The programme was inaugurated by J.V. Mahesh Varma, President, Mysore District Deaf Association. Speaking on the occasion, he narrated the influence of Sign Language in his life and explained…
International Day of Sign Languages at AIISH tomorrow
Mysuru: Communication is the most common challenge faced by children with hearing impairment in their attempt to get education or employment. At the same time, the fact remains that sign language serves as a bridge between students with hearing impairment and professionals working in the field of hearing impairment. On 19th December 2017, the UN…
54th Annual Day celebrations of AIISH tomorrow
Mysuru: All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru, established in 1965, for human resource development, research, clinical services and public education in the field of communication disorders, will be celebrating its 54th anniversary on Aug.9. On the invitation of Government of India, Dr. Martin F. Palmer, Director, Institute of Logopedics, Wichita, Kansas, USA,…
Appeal to rename AIISH after Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar
Mysuru: President of the HH Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar (SDNR) Foundation Pramoda Devi Wadiyar said that she has written a letter to the Union Government to re-name All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) after her father-in-law Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, the last ruler of the erstwhile Mysore State. Addressing a press conference at the Mysore…
AIISH as Centre of Excellence
95% works completed; facility expected to open after 4 months Mysuru: City-based All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) will be developed as a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in the field of Communication Disorders at a total cost of Rs.137 crore (infrastructure, staff and equipment). The foundation stone for the works was laid by…


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Q: RFID authentification message I am writing some code to authentificate and overwrite some data on rfid chip.
I am using javax.smartcardio and the reader is ACR122U.
Now if I try to send a APDU-command like: ff860000050100066100a0a1a2a3a4a5 (authentificate with standard key at sector 2) I get Error. But I am sure that I have the right key. I tested it in acr122utools. What is the problem? Please help.

A: There is a bit different way to authenticate to the card via acr122u.
At first you have to load you key to the reader memory (example: ff 82 00 00 06 a0 a1 a2 a3 a4 a5).
Then you have to tell, that you will authenticate with key from memory:(example ff 86 00 00 00 50 10 00 66 10). It should be done this way, because the authentication is a "challange response". Only the parts of the key will be crypted with a random number and transfered between card and reader. I think, that own implementation of challange response is not the way you would like to go.


As predicted, kingfish appeared offshore over the past week.
Among anglers to catch kingies to 65cm was a client of Gone Fishing Charters' Chris Vasilevski, boating one while targeting snapper.
Anglers chasing kings offshore should try fresh squid strips as bait or 7" Gulp jerk shads in pearl white on 1oz jig heads to either sink deep or be cast long to the feeding fish on the surface, depending on where they are in the water column. Salmon to 3kg can be expected as bycatch.
Corio Bay's inner-harbour fired for flathead, with the grammar school lagoon producing fish to 50cm. Casting soft plastics was effective, while bait anglers had success with bluebait or squid.
Alcoa Pier and the nearby spoil grounds produced pinkie snapper, flathead and pike for anglers drifting in 4m to 6m of water.
Salmon were holding around the pier, although one angler was under-gunned and unable to stop two sizable kingfish after casting a big plastic at them on the surface.
Sam Pitman fished Clifton Springs during an afternoon tide change, catching two snapper around 3kg on squid. By all reports, early mornings and late afternoons aligning with tide changes were ideal for snapper in the bay.
Freshwater fishing was great, with a number of lakes producing brown and rainbow trout.
Lake Tooliorook's jetty fished well for brown trout to 1.5kg on Powerbait, while Lake Bolac gave up some big rainbows again after being quiet for a while.
Ballarat's Lake Wendouree was a hot spot for big browns after dark. Casting mudeye flies from the bank accounted for fish around 2kg, although bent-minnow lures and mudeyes fished floats also got results.


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April 9, 2018: Voices of the Palestinian Resistance
From the Front Lines in Palestine
Multicultural Student Center
Red Gym, UW-Madison
716 Langdon Street
In 2002, the International Solidarity Movement grabbed world attention by bringing volunteers from around the world to defend Palestine through nonviolent resistance. They stayed with resistance fighters in the Nativity Church in Bethlehem. They brought medical supplies to the besieged Palestinians in the ancient Nablus Casbah. They documented and filmed the destruction and mass killing of Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp. In 2002 and 2003, thousands participated at their own expense.
One was Rachel Corrie, who was killed trying to prevent demolition of a home in Gaza. Another was Tom Hurndall, killed by a shot to the head. ISM has operated continuously since then, serving at the request of the Palestinian community through participation in Palestinian nonviolent resistance. In 2009, 2012 and 2014, ISM volunteers were with the Palestinian people in Gaza, reporting the Israeli invasion and helping in the hospitals, clinics and schools that were attacked even as they served the refugees.
But ISM is today unable to fill the demand from the Palestinian popular movement. We need to recruit more volunteers, so we have brought the ISM to North America to talk to interested groups. The speaking team consists of one of our Palestinian coordinators and an experienced international volunteer.
The presentation includes a screening of an abridged version of Radiance of Resistance, a film produced by three ISM volunteers serving in Nabi Salih and featuring Ahed Tamimi and her cousin, Janna Jihad.
Sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine-UW Madison. Free and open to the public.
Islam Maraqa
Islam Maraqa is a Palestinian activist and electrical worker from Hebron. He has been a human rights activist since the second Intifada, in 2003, when Israeli military forces closed his university. Since then he has founded and been an active member of many groups.
He joined ISM in 2006, first as an activist and then as a coordinator and trainer of international volunteers. During that time, ISM work in Hebron included accompanying children to school along routes near settlers, direct confrontation with military forces, resistance against house demolitions and remaining with threatened families. He conducted liaison with localPalestinian committees, organizations and families, for the purpose of assuring that ISM is always Palestinian-led.
Islam is a recognized and active member of his community, and especially in the resistance against human rights violations. Outside of his ISM activities, Islam started the Marmara Housing Project with a group of Palestinians and internationals, to rebuild eco-friendly and practical homes for the Palestinian families whose homes have been bulldozed by lsraeli Forces.
Joe Catron
Joe Catron went to Palestine's Gaza Strip in March 2011, on the first international solidarity delegation to cross the Rafah border after the fall of Egypt's Mubarak government, and lived there through October 2014. Over three and a half years in the besieged coastal enclave, he accompanied farmers and fishermen in Israeli-enforced access-restricted areas, joined popular protests along Israel's separation barrier, supported campaigns in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners, and assisted local organizations through editing and training.
During Israel's military offensive in summer 2014, he and other international volunteers established a constant presence in hospitals threatened by Israeli bombardment and accompanied rescue efforts in conflict areas.
His writing and photography from Palestine have appeared in +972 Magazine, BBC, Electronic Intifada, Middle East Eye, the New York Times, Newsweek, and various other media. He is in Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen's new documentary, Killing Gaza, and was profiled by Ramzy Baroud in his latest book, The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story. He lives in New York and is the U.S. coordinator of Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network.
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The latest news on President Donald Trump's presidency
Kavanaugh Denies Allegation of Sexual Misconduct in School
Meanwhile, 65 women who knew him in high school issued a letter, released by Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying he has "always treated women with decency and respect"
By Lisa Mascaro
Published Sep 13, 2018 at 4:36 PM | Updated at 1:02 PM PDT on Sep 14, 2018
Protesting Dems Interrupt Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Confirmation
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Democratic senators interrupted the start of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearing Tuesday, arguing that they were not given pertinent documents and that some were kept hidden.
(Published Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018)
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Friday denied an allegation of sexual misconduct from when he was in high school, seeking to defuse a potential threat to his confirmation as a handful of key senators remained silent on whether they would vote for him.
In a statement released by the White House, Kavanaugh said: "I categorically and unequivocally deny this allegation. I did not do this back in high school or at any time."
Senate Republicans insist Kavanaugh's confirmation remains on track. But the allegation has inflamed an already intense political battle over President Donald Trump's nominee. It also pushes the #MeToo movement into the court fight, less than two months before congressional elections that have seen a surge of female Democratic candidates.
The New Yorker magazine reported that the alleged incident took place at a party when Kavanaugh, now 53, was attending Georgetown Preparatory School. The woman making the allegation attended a nearby school.
The magazine says the woman sent a letter about the allegation to Democrats. A Democratic aide and another person familiar with the letter confirmed Friday to The Associated Press that the allegation is sexual in nature. Two other people familiar with the matter confirmed it concerned an incident alleged to have occurred in high school. They were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The AP has not confirmed the details of the alleged incident in The New Yorker's account. Two sources told NBC News the allegation was sexual in nature, but both said the letter writer was not specific in describing Kavanaugh's alleged behavior. One source told NBC News the conduct described could allege sexual assault, but said it could also be a lesser allegation — and added the individual making the allegation would have to be more specific with law enforcement officials for any investigation to be able to move forward.
Rallying to Kavanaugh's defense, 65 women who knew him in high school issued a letter saying Kavanaugh has "always treated women with decency and respect." The letter was circulated by Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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"We are women who have known Brett Kavanaugh for more than 35 years and knew him while he attended high school between 1979 and 1983," wrote the women, who said most of them had attended all-girl high schools in the area. "For the entire time we have known Brett Kavanaugh, he has behaved honorably and treated women with respect."
The show of support for Kavanaugh was organized by his former law clerks. Three women reached by AP said they were first asked to sign the letter on Thursday.
The swift pushback comes after the Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, Dianne Feinstein of California, notified federal investigators about information she received about the nominee.
Feinstein won't disclose the information publicly, but the FBI confirmed it has included it in Kavanaugh's background file at the committee, now available confidentially to all senators.
Kavanaugh's nomination has divided the Senate and the new information complicates the process, especially as key Republican senators, including Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, are under enormous pressure from outside groups seeking to sway their votes on grounds that a Justice Kavanaugh might vote to undercut the Roe v. Wade ruling. One activist group favoring abortion choice, NARAL, called on Kavanaugh to withdraw from consideration.
The Judiciary Committee, which has finished confirmation hearings for Kavanagh, still plans to vote next Thursday on whether to recommend that he be confirmed by the full Senate, a spokesman said.
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The White House called Feinstein's move an "11th hour attempt to delay his confirmation."
Collins held an hour-long phone call with Kavanaugh on Friday, her spokeswoman confirmed. It had been a previously scheduled follow-up to an initial visit that Kavanaugh made to her office in August. It was not immediately clear if they discussed the new information.
If Collins or Murkowski should vote for Kavanaugh, he is likely to be confirmed. Every other Republican in the Senate is expected to vote yes — and some Democrats from Trump-won states may join them — though it remains to be seen if the misconduct allegation will cost him any support.
Feinstein said in a statement Thursday that she "received information from an individual concerning the nomination." She said the person "strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or press the matter further, and I have honored that decision."
The FBI confirmed that it received the information Wednesday evening and included it in Kavanaugh's background file, which is maintained as part of his nomination. The agency said that is its standard process.
Feinstein's statement that she had "referred the matter to federal investigative authorities" jolted Capitol Hill and threatened to disrupt what had been a steady path toward confirmation for Kavanaugh by Republicans eager to see the conservative judge on the court.
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Feinstein, who is up for re-election this year, has held the letter close. Democratic senators on the panel met privately Wednesday evening and discussed the information, according to Senate aides who were not authorized to discuss the situation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Some senators, including the No. 2 Democrat, Dick Durbin of Illinois, learned about the information for the first time at the meeting, according to one of the aides.
A spokeswoman for Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., declined to confirm reports that the congresswoman had forwarded a letter containing the allegations to Feinstein. The spokeswoman said the office has a confidentiality policy regarding casework for constituents.
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A White House spokeswoman, Kerri Kupec, said the FBI has vetted Kavanaugh "thoroughly and repeatedly" during his career in government and the judiciary.
She said Kavanaugh has had 65 meetings with senators — including with Feinstein — has sat through over 30 hours of testimony and publicly addressed more than 2,000 questions. "Not until the eve of his confirmation has Sen. Feinstein or anyone raised the specter of new 'information' about him," she said.
Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the second-ranking Republican and a member of the committee, was also skeptical.
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"Let me get this straight: this is statement about secret letter regarding a secret matter and an unidentified person. Right," he tweeted.
Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, was unaware of the information until it was made public, according to a GOP committee aide. Kavanaugh has undergone six federal background checks over his time in government, including one for the nomination, the aide said.
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Every project needs money to move forward. Those funds are made up of equity and debt. The equity is contributed by the owner (or the concessionaire of the project) as a first layer of defense against project failure. The remainder of the project's capital costs is made up of debt. Both equity and debt have methodologies to determine whether they feel they want to participate in the project. Generally speaking, the equity has a heartier risk appetite in comparison to the debt, as it sits first in line if the project fails.
For the purposes of this article, I'm interested in the debt and its underwriting methodology, which determines whether it wishes to move forward with the project, and how it determines the price (or interest) it will charge given the project's various risks.
Before we get into the criteria or methodology used by the debt to determine the terms it will put forward, let's identify the most common sources of project debt (there are others).
The banks use their depositor's funds to lend money to projects on a regular basis. Often the banks have very short-term windows for such lending. Generally, banks will lend for durations no greater than 5 to 10 years. In some jurisdictions around the world banks have been known to lend for much longer durations, likely because the options for a solid return on its depositors funds are very limited (think negative interest rates).
The sale of debt directly to a private investor. In the world of project finance, significant private placement debt capacity can be found from life insurance companies and some pension funds. Generally these sources of debt have longer-term liabilities and feel comfortable offering terms for long-term obligations (30 to 40 years).
Bonds that are rated by third-party rating agencies like S&P, Moodys and DBRS. Generally these debt instruments are longer term in duration and are bought up by sources of capital that have longer-term liabilities on their balance sheet, like pension funds and life insurance companies. As such, these instruments have a much longer duration (30 to 40 years).
Each of the above has its methodology for underwriting. A common underwriting theme, until recently, that is shared by the above sources is that they were all risk averse when it comes to construction. As a result they have (or had) underwriting criteria that tended to focus less on the risk of construction being successfully completed and much more on the security being provided by those responsible for construction. Basically, traditional project debt underwriting wanted to know if they could be paid back in the event the construction phase was unsuccessful. Such underwriting is known as recoverability underwriting. This isn't to say the underwriting process was devoid of any criteria to qualify those constructing the asset, but there was a heavy focus on the financial strength of those responsible for construction and the associated security they put up to equity and debt to guarantee construction.
In recent years, there has been a shift to underwriting methodologies that delve deeper into the qualifications and ability of those responsible for construction to actually complete the project. This trend has been aided by post financial crisis regulatory pressure on the capital community to better, and more deeply, underwrite the projects to which they are providing financing. It appears the debt underwriting community, though still focused on recoverability in the event of credit default, is moving more towards a model that assesses the probability of the construction stakeholders to complete the projects they undertake. This underwriting community has a growing interest in business and safety risks associated with the construction community, and the various risk controls or best practices that can be taken to prevent or mitigate those risks from taking place. Further the debt community is focusing more energy on insurance solutions that offer liquidity for the key risks, which could lead to schedule and cost overruns.They have a growing interest in insurance structures that incentivize the construction stakeholders to implement these best practices that prevent and/or mitigate risks from transpiring.
As contractors play a more pivotal role in securing project financing for owners and concessionaires, it's vital they pay attention to these trends and the tools being used to obtain optimal project finance terms. Not only do some of these solutions provide better project finance terms, they also create less constraint on the construction contractor's capital base. Regardless of your size or geographical area of operations, you should ensure your company is well versed on sources of project finance capacity, project finance underwriting methodologies, and the various risk controls and risk finance solutions being used to efficiently obtain capital for the projects you are building.


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When Will Self-Driving Cars Be on the Market?
This week, we talk about what the Consumer Electronics Show revealed about the progress toward autonomous vehicles, plus the latest on BP and GE.
Taylor Muckerman
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Autonomous vehicles were a huge focus at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. In this week's episode of Industry Focus: Energy, Sarah Priestley talks with Motley Fool Canada Premium analyst Taylor Muckerman about what he saw at CES last week regarding self-driving cars, some of the biggest stumbling blocks that self-driving tech is running into today, and when we might start to see fully-autonomous cars on the road.
Also, the hosts take a look at BP's (NYSE:BP) $1.7 billion hit to profits this quarter, and why the company is still paying up for the Deepwater Horizon spill; what we know so far about GE's (NYSE:GE) potential plans to split itself up, and what they would mean for the company's future; and more.
This video was recorded on Jan. 18, 2018.
Sarah Priestley: Welcome to Industry Focus, the show that dives into a different sector of the stock market every day. Today, we're talking Energy and Industrials. It's Thursday Jan. 18, and today we're going to be discussing Taylor's recent trip to CES in Las Vegas, GE, and BP. I'm your host, Sarah Priestley, and joining me in the studio is Motley Fool Canada Premium analyst and all around nice guy, Taylor Muckerman. Taylor, thank you for joining me! How are you doing?
Taylor Muckerman: Cheerio! [laughs] I'm great! How about you?
Priestley: I'm good. Have you caught some sun from Vegas?
Muckerman: No, it was actually the rainiest two days in Vegas history. The last day, sure, but the first two days were quite miserable.
Priestley: I'm trying not to show too much joy in my voice, because of all the snow right now. What was it like? Did you see anything cool?
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Muckerman: There were a lot of people, so I didn't get to see a whole heck of a lot. But I think that's just par for the course out there every year. Got to ride in an autonomous car with Lyft.
Priestley: That's very cool.
Muckerman: They partnered with BMW for the show. It's not a permanent partnership, it was just something they were doing for the four days of the CES conference. Autonomous cars were a big hit, both in terms of car manufacturers and the technology providers behind the scenes.
Priestley: Was that the first trip you had taken in an autonomous vehicle?
Muckerman: I got driven to the airport in a Tesla Model X, the SUV. The guy took his hands off the steering wheel on the highway, going 80 miles an hour. That was pretty cool. This was point-to-point the entire ride, I think the driver touched their hands on the wheel once, to get us out of the parking lot initially. Thankfully, there was a ton of traffic, so it was just stop and go. But, the car handled itself quite nicely.
Priestley: Yeah, absolutely. It's kind of a testament to the quality of the tech, if it can deal with the traffic as it was, because Vegas is known to have really bad layouts. They don't have lines on the road, and they have a different system.
Muckerman: Yeah, it's all mayhem.
Priestley: So, it's probably very well done on BMW, and Aptiv is the company, formally Delphi, that came up with all the tech around it. On a couple of the articles I saw about this, they talked about the positioning of all the lidar and radar sensors. Did you notice those much when you were around the car?
Muckerman: You really don't, because they built them into the existing body kits of the car. There was a couple right on the right and left front fenders that looked like some vents that you would see on some sports cars. But they were actually cameras there. And they had the lidar, rather than the typical roof lidar that you see that's spinning around in the cylindrical form, it was actually just an addition below the two side view mirrors that I didn't even notice until the representative pointed it out. Very sleek, looked just like the BMW 5 Series you would buy off the showroom floor, only it can drive itself.
Priestley: That's impressive.
Muckerman: Even the monitors on the inside that were displaying all of the information being relayed back to the car from the lidar and radar and cameras, that was a stock display from BMW, so it was perfectly integrated into the car itself. The interior didn't need to be modified at all. They gave us a little iPad that they mounted in the back so you could follow the trip, and it would signify if it was on autonomous mode or manual mode. But that was the only modification there.
Priestley: Those iPads that you mentioned -- I heard that they're trying to test what level of information people are comfortable with when they're a passenger in these cars. So, do we want to know everything, or would we rather it just take us from point A to point B, and we just get out? What did you think of that interface? Was that more information than you would want? I know you were looking at it from an investment perspective, or more like an analyst perspective, but if you were just a passenger, what kind of level of information?
Muckerman: I think all three of us -- myself, Rex Moore, and David Kretzmann -- all kind of just forgot about the monitor the second we got into the car. Felt completely comfortable. We were talking, there was an engineer in the shotgun seat and a "driver" in the driver's seat just in case anything needed to be taken over manually. So, we were just busy talking to them the whole time, not really concerned about much other than other drivers on the road.
Priestley: I think, in this instance, there were 20 predetermined point-to-point locations that you could do this with. But, it actually used Lyft's app. Presumably, it told you you were getting in an autonomous vehicle.
Muckerman: It was funny, no one noticed it at first, but then when we revisited the app when it was on its way to us, the little car icon actually had a lidar graphic on top of its roof, so you could clearly see it was an autonomous car.
Priestley: And I bet people love that there, all the tech.
Muckerman: Yeah. Mark Cuban climbed out of one when we were in the parking lot, so, he came down for a ride. Baron Davis, former basketball player, was there as well.
Priestley: Wow! You're rubbing shoulders with, this is pretty much --
Muckerman: Yeah, paparazzi.
Priestley: [laughs] So, to get back to the investing perspective, this is obviously where Uber and Lyft are heading. Uber and Lyft are private companies, but Uber has suggested that it may go public in 2019. What do you think about this concept, for where it's heading? Do you think, as you've experienced it, this is going to be a really practical way for these companies to go forward?
Muckerman: Yeah, I think it's a no-brainer. Talking to the engineer in the front seat, and my own personal thoughts, and Rex chimed in as well that, maybe not entirely United States wide, North America wide, but within the next 10 years, I think in the next 20 years, you could see the majority of cars being sold autonomously driven. It will take a while to replace every car on the road with an autonomous vehicle. But I think you could see the majority of cars being sold in the next 20 years be autonomous. And the engineer said for sure in the next 10 years, you're going to see these rolling off the showroom floor for everyday drivers.
And you have not only the automotive manufacturers doing it, but then you have companies that would never think getting involved, like BlackBerry on the security side, because these cars are technically hackable because they're connected via wifi or satellite to the headquarters of these individual car manufacturers for updates and things like that, and collecting second-by-second data from their location-based GPS. So, it's hackable, and BlackBerry is focusing very heavily on this. They were well-represented there on the autonomous driving front. Then, NVIDIA, go figure, chasing down that $10 trillion automotive market with all of their GPUs that are revolutionizing so many industries -- AI, gaming, and now autonomous driving. NVIDIA, BlackBerry, and you mentioned Aptiv, which is spun out of Delphi, and multiple other companies out there. Investors, if you wanted a small stake in Uber, you could invest in SoftBank, because they just upped their investment. And I think GM has a stake in Lyft. So, there are some ways, but they're not completely public just yet -- thankfully, because you would have lost quite a bit of money on Uber, had they gone public not too long ago.
Priestley: Yeah. You mentioned GM. GM has committed to releasing 20 all-electric vehicles by 2023. So, they're going to put robot taxis on the road by 2019. That's a huge acceleration, especially when you have companies like Waymo, the subsidiary of Alphabet -- they've surpassed 4 million miles on road tests. So, you have this almost massive imbalance in the industry, companies that are capable of actually making these cars and putting them on the road, and the companies that have actually tested the tech and are probably most likely to get approved, regulatory-wise.
Muckerman: Yeah. The regulatory thing, I think, will be the biggest hangup. And Volvo has been working with Uber in Pittsburgh. They have self-driving Ubers going on there. Obviously, they show up with an engineer, collecting data and monitoring its driving performance. A lot of companies out there. Magna International, a company we cover in Stock Advisor Canada, one of the largest automotive companies in the world. They work with certain car parts to build for companies, or a car company can outsource the entire build out of the car. So, they work very well with BMW and a few other manufacturers. And they have their MAX4 autonomous system, similar to Aptiv, integrates directly into the preexisting body of a car. That goes all the way up to level four autonomous driving, which is enough to get you on the road without ever having to touch the steering wheel.
Priestley: That's incredible. We're really passing into Dylan's tech territory here.
Muckerman: [laughs] Back off!
Priestley: [laughs] I was just thinking Intel and their Mobileye acquisition, too. I think they have a deal, Intel with Mobileye, and Lyft and BMW have all created --
Muckerman: And Magna is part of the Intel and BMW as well.
Priestley: Yes, you're right! Absolutely! Just one small piece of news to add to this -- Lyft is opening a self-driving vehicle development facility in Palo Alto called Level 5, which I thought was nice.
Muckerman: Hah, yeah, that's the ultimate, that's the top of the heap, in terms of, I don't know if it's a certification or just, you unlock level five, but that's the best of the best.
Priestley: I think those bounds were created by regulators. And it's amazing to me, especially coming from a place that doesn't have the kind of state legislation that we have here, that different states react so differently to self-driving cars. You have self-driving tests going on in Boston, and obviously California is big, but then other states, it's been really difficult to push this through. So, yeah, cool story. Amazing first-time experience, I'm very jealous.
Muckerman: Yeah, it was wild. And they touched on Boston, saying that the streets are some of the most complex in the country, and that's just accelerating the learning curve for them, because they can take that and handle a country road with no problem, because there's just so many distractions and so many different forms of turns that they have to deal with in a city like Boston and Pittsburgh. I've read that the bridges in Pittsburgh are one of the biggest constraints, because you're on a road with no peripheral boundaries, so the computers kind of lost their minds a little bit, trying to bounce the lidar and radar off of nothing. So, that was one of the bigger challenges. But, they're in a city that's full of bridges, and they figured it out.
Priestley: And I think if they can start figuring it out in places like Boston, then places like London and that will have ... because, if you look at a lot of grid cities, like Indianapolis, for example, it must be fairly easy to map and get used to for all that. But, yeah, these older cities like Boston must be much, much more difficult.
We're going to talk about a couple of news items that have grabbed our attention recently. Something that grabbed my attention Tuesday is that BP is taking a $1.7 billion hit to its fourth-quarter earnings because of a settlement claim related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. I'm sure everyone will remember the April 2010 blowout that caused an explosion on a rig in the Gulf of Mexico, sadly killing 11 crewmen and causing the largest oil spill in American history. The cost of the disaster is estimated to be $63 billion. The company reached a settlement with the U.S. government in 2015 for environmental damages for $20 billion, and the company is said to be in a separate U.S. settlement program for Gulf residents and businesses that's nearing close. This is the source of the recent charge.
The company was expected to report net income of $2.1 billion in the fourth quarter, according to analysts. But this charge and a previously announced $1.5 billion accounting charge for the U.S. tax overhaul makes that seem unlikely. So, Taylor, I think people are going to be surprised that BP is still feeling the effects of something that happened almost [eight] years ago. Can you put this into perspective for us? Is this a big deal? Do you think BP will fare fine?
Muckerman: You think about, what did they say, $3 billion this year, that's compared to $5.5 last year and $7 billion the year before. These charges have been adding up. But the good news is, they're trickling lower, so who knows. Maybe next year it'll only be $1 billion. I make that in jest. But, overall, they're estimating $65 billion for the Deepwater Horizon disaster. As you mentioned, almost a decade since it happened, or the better part of a decade. It's one of those long-tail risks that you entail if you're investing in the upstream or even the midstream, I guess it could be the downstream too, if something happens at a refinery. Definitely a big risk. Hopefully, this is the end of it. But I did read that judges have been pushing off some of the more "difficult" cases for these BP lawyers until the end. So, who knows what else is still left to be handled in the courtroom. Another $3 billion to be handed out in terms of fines and judgement.
Priestley: I think there's 400,000 individual Gulf residents and businesses that are levying claims against them. It was an awful thing to happen to the people in the region, and presumably, if they're pushing off some of the more heavy-hitting claims, that might be interesting to come. One question I did have for you that some listeners might have, too, is, obviously, BP is receiving a lot of the complaints, a lot of the claims against them for this. But people involved in making the rig, Hyundai, Transocean, how come it fell to BP, a lot of these claims?
Muckerman: I think, A, they were the operator, they own the lease, and I think they made a lot of the judgment calls that were recorded. So, I think the liability eventually fell to them. Transocean was fined. I don't have the numbers on how much. But they certainly got hit with more than just a slap on the wrist. And I think they probably lost a lot of faith with some of their customers. But they've learned from it. It's still a going concern, and doing well compared to the offshore oil space. So, I think BP took the ownership, because they had the ultimate upside based on the production of that well, so they face the ultimate downside as well. Just to put it into perspective, $65 billion is 2.5 times their trailing 12 months gross profit. It almost erases two and a half years of gross profit at this year's level. It's pretty significant.
Priestley: And the stock tracks Exxon's performance. In terms of stock performance over the past five years, which is a period I was looking at it, it has not had a huge impact. However, this charge is going to be carried on, and going to affect their break-even point on their per-barrel. Is this making them less competitive with everybody else in the industry? Or does everybody else in the industry has their own hangups? Which is what it feels like at the minute.
Muckerman: Yeah, I don't think this is as big of a hangup right now, but it has lingering effects, because $65 billion could be spent elsewhere. They sold off a lot of business units in order to pay for this, and rather than selling those off and reinvesting or just reinvesting without having to shed a lot of their assets, it definitely costs them a lot of future cash flow, and I think that's where they're going to be playing the most catch up if they still want to be compared to the majors of the world.
Whereas, you look at Exxon and Chevron, Exxon has had execution risks on the acquisition side with XTO Energy a while back on the natural gas side. Then, you have Royal Dutch Shell with BG Group. That could potentially bite them if natural gas doesn't recover in the LNG space. But, in terms of future performance, the outlook for that company definitely took a hit. But, as you mentioned, the stock performance doesn't seem to have. But you're looking at a lower dividend, and they've still been buying back shares at a small clip. But that future performance is what took a hit. Not necessarily the immediate numbers. I think their break-even is $50 a barrel. That's still pretty good. But I think they only have like 3 billion barrels or something like that of estimated reserves left. I don't know Exxon's and Chevron's, but I do know it's much higher than that. And they had to sell out of a lot of their renewable assets.
Priestley: I've been reading about the potential Saudi Aramco IPO this year, and their reserve figure is so mind-blowing that it makes everything else seem tiny.
Muckerman: It's like, why even bother producing oil at this point?
Priestley: Yeah, exactly. One more thing we want to talk about is the supposed separation of GE. There's more bad news for GE investors, which I think we both are?
Muckerman: Yeah, I am.
Priestley: So, we're both feeling the pain. The stock was down about 3% on Tuesday on the news that the company is considering a breakup. This fairly dramatic move has supposedly been instigated by the $6.2 billion charge the company has to take in the fourth quarter due to a reassessment of the company's reinsurance liabilities in the GE Capital business. Not to get too technical, but reinsurance is essentially when you pay the claims on policies sold by other insurers.
Muckerman: Insure the insurance.
Priestley: Yeah. It's a minefield. The policies causing GE a headache are underpriced long-term care agreements. Though the company hasn't sold reinsurance coverage since 2006, they're now having to pay on the policies as these claimants age. And, as we know, it's an aging population.
Muckerman: And they're living longer.
Priestley: Exactly, living longer. It's creating a much bigger headache than they expected. The company got in outside actuaries and accountants, and they said they need to set aside $15 billion to cover the next seven years. For anyone listening who isn't familiar with GE, it's a 125-year-old company, they sell everything from airplane engines to hospital equipment. It was, at one point, the most valuable company in the United States. But it's been struggling. It lost more than $100 billion in market value last year on declining profit margins, inventory buildup, they've had falling sales in their power business. So, basically, it's adding to this mess. Flannery announced this, he had said in the November call that we would be looking at a charge coming down the pipeline, but I think that people underestimated the extent of this. Some analysts are saying that this actually wasn't a surprise for GE, and they may have already done valuation discussions and those kinds of things. Were you surprised by the news?
Muckerman: A little bit. As you mentioned, they sold off these businesses right after the financial crisis, Jeff Immelt did. But in that agreement, they agreed to keep these liabilities on their books for this reinsurance, vs. selling that off. I don't think it was included with the Genworth spin off, but around that same time, when they sold off their insurance business that Jack Welch bought in the '80s. Two different CEOs, one bought the business, one sold the business, and now the third CEO in this lineup has to deal with the ultimate mess of paying this $15 billion. As you mentioned, around $6 billion right now, and then $2 billion per year until 2024. So, it's going to be parsed out over time. Definitely interesting, now that he says the power, aviation, and healthcare businesses could be on the chopping block in parts or in whole as spinoffs.
Priestley: It's not pretty.
Muckerman: We'll get a clearer picture in the spring. But, definitely going to be a much different company moving forward.
Priestley: Yeah, a much smaller company.
Muckerman: Much smaller.
Priestley: We're seeing a lot of this. There's a lot of investor pressure to create more streamlined operations. I'm thinking off the top of my head, Hewlett-Packard, DowDuPont, Alcoa have all been broken up recently as I think people strive to be more efficient, nimble organizations. This is kind of the last huge conglomerate. Do you think if this goes, this is going to be the end of the conglomerate concept?
Muckerman: It could be. There's still a few out there, but I don't know if you'll see the formation of many more. Because DowDuPont tried, and they're pretty much reversing course less than a couple of years later. I think Agrium just brought Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan -- they didn't just buy them, but they just finalized it and changed their name to Nutrien. A little bit more aligned, in terms of their end users, than so many disparate businesses, as GE has. First off the bow, we're going to see the transportation and their current business be sold off. That current business is lighting and energy management. So, the foundation business of GE being sold off, in terms of light bulbs and Thomas Edison. This liability isn't the only thing that's going to tag them. They're also going to be more negatively affected from the tax reform than most every other company. A, in terms of their tax loss, it's going to be less, because the tax base will be a lower percentage, and B, because of higher tax charges on foreign profits. A double whammy.
Priestley: Yeah, it's really not good. From an investor perspective, this is undoubtedly going to make people nervous. However, I will say that I do think there's potential in breaking up these companies and creating profit centers, whereas before, you've had aspects of the business like healthcare, which has been incredibly successful masking -- I mean, they didn't even know that they were losing money to the extent that they were losing money on this insurance issue. In an organization that big, you can mask some of the success. And I think what we'll see is that being broken out.
Muckerman: Yeah. Hopefully they get a little bit more focused out of this out of this whole thing. One other thing we forgot to mention is that GE Capital has to shelf the dividend that they've been paying up to GE. More money going out, less money coming in.
Priestley: Yeah. [laughs] We don't have much good to say right now, do we?
Muckerman: Yeah. You know, that's when you've really got to start doing some digging and consider a contrarian outlook vs. the market.
Priestley: What is it, "be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy"?
Muckerman: That's what they say. Harder done than said.
Priestley: It's very true. Well, thank you so much for joining me today and talking about CES and helping me get through the GE issue.
Muckerman: We'll cope together.
Priestley: [laughs] Yeah, we're in group therapy. That's it from us today. If you would like to get in touch, please feel free to email us at industryfocus@fool.com, or tweet us on Twitter @MFIndustryFocus. As always, people on the program may own companies discussed on the show, and The Motley Fool may have formal recommendations for or against stocks mentioned, so don't buy or sell anything based solely on what you hear. For Taylor, I'm Sarah Priestley. Thanks for listening and Fool on!
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TV presenter Max Rushden shares his thoughts on dreaming about Madonna, Gary Neville becoming part of the England coaching set-up and car adverts.
This is my final column and I think it's for the best. It's a bit like when rock stars say they 'need to take a break' from song-writing.
I know I need some time off because last Saturday I dreamed Madonna had sent me an email. I was more excited about having some material for the column, rather than what The Material Girl might want with me.
I dreamed it would be funny if the email address for Madonna was simply madonna@hotmail.com – when work affects your imagination in such a way, it's time to get out. I then thought about emailing dave@hotmail.com – Not Dave1, Dave_1, or the ever hilarious Dave69 – just Dave.
You must have got this email address ages ago? Were you the first person to have the internet?
The postmaster never delivers good news. Did Dave get an email address that's a genuine piece of history and then just give it up?
If I'd known the England football team would offer a job to a Sky Sports presenter, I'd have made more astute comments about football and played that clip of Roy Hodgson rubbing his face really quickly a lot less. What has Gary Neville got that I haven't? Apart from his Uefa A and B coaching licences, 85 England caps, eight Premier League titles, three FA Cups and a Champions League winner's medal. Playing regularly for Polytechnic 5s in the Southern Amateur League doesn't quite match it.
I was speaking to a player who quit international football because it wasn't exciting and he wanted to do other things with his summer. I would do anything to play football for my country. If you're a professional, it's your job. Still, after a whole year of doing it, you might not be as excited about doing it some more.
The same thing could be said of rock stars. There'll be some days where Bono just wants to stay in and watch an episode of Columbo.
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It got me paying attention to car adverts. My favourite is for the 'all-new Ford Ranger', in which a man with a deep voice tells us how brilliant it is at handling the Sani Pass in Lesotho, South Africa.
How does that help me? I don't often drive to Lesotho. As it arrives at the summit, the deep-voiced man announces: 'The Sani pass – tamed.' Then you see an old woman carrying a stick waving at the car; she has clearly just wandered up by herself. They should have got her to move out of shot.
The only reason to have children is to dress them up as pieces of fruit or animals. I don't have children and I never get asked to babysit but I hope, if and when it happens, I dress my kids up as pineapples or bumblebees until they are at least eight.
In the meantime, perhaps I'll get a cat. The other day, I was pointed in the direction of http://www.catsinbread.com , which is, as it says, full of pictures of cats in bread. Or, perhaps more accurately, cats with slices of bread stuck round their face. Genius.
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\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\author{}
\begin{document}
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    \left[
    \begin{array}{cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc}
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    \end{array} \;
    \right]
    \]
\end{document}

I have written the above code but I am having two issues:

*

*There are spaces appearing inside the matrix after the dots specifically in the third last column.
I don't know how to fix it.

*Also \mathbf{{J^T}}  and \mathbf{{A-(n-2)I}} are appearing very small in the matrix.
Is there any way to make $J^T$ and $A-(n-2)I$ appear larger?
I tried using \huge but its of no help.
Can someone kindly help me out?
Thanks in advance.

A: By placing the bottom textual row in a zero-width \makebox, I could eliminate the excess space.  It also allowed me to specify \Large before entering $...$ inline math mode, so as to make the text larger.
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\author{}
\begin{document}
    \[
    \left[
    \begin{array}{cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc}
    1      & 1 & \dots                & 1 & 1
        & 1 & \dots &\dots &\dots &1            & 1  \\
    0      & 0 & \dots                & 0 & 0
        & 0 & \dots &\dots &\dots &0           & 0  \\
    \dots      & \dots & \dots                & \dots & \dots
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    \dots      & \dots & \dots                & \dots & \dots
        & \dots & \dots             & \dots &\dots &\dots &\dots \\
    0      & 0 & \dots                & 0 & 0
        & 0 & \dots    &\dots &\dots &0         & 0  \\
    \cline{1-11}
    &   &                      &   & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{}  &   & \\
    &   & \makebox[0pt]{\Large$\mathbf{{J^T}}$}    &   &
       \multicolumn{1}{c|}{}  &&   &&
       \makebox[0pt]{\Large$\mathbf{{A-(n-2)I}}$}      \\
    &   &                      &   & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{}  &   &
    \end{array} \;
    \right]
    \]
\end{document}

A: This is actually a two-by-two block matrix, so I'd treat it as such.
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}

\begin{document}

\[
\left[\begin{array}{cc}
\begin{matrix}
  1     & 1     & \dots & 1 \\
  0     & 0     & \dots & 0 \\
  \dots & \dots & \dots & \dots \\
  \dots & \dots & \dots & \dots \\
  0     & 0     & \dots & 0
\end{matrix}
&
\begin{matrix}
  1     & 1     & \dots & \dots & \dots & 1     & 1  \\
  0     & 0     & \dots & \dots & \dots & 0     & 0  \\
  \dots & \dots & \dots & \dots & \dots & \dots & \dots  \\
  \dots & \dots & \dots & \dots & \dots & \dots & \dots \\
  0     & 0     & \dots & \dots & \dots & 0     & 0
\end{matrix}
\\
\hline
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\mathbf{J}^T} &
\vphantom{\begin{matrix} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0\end{matrix}} \mathbf{A}-(n-2)\mathbf{I}
\end{array}\right]
\]

\end{document}

With a phantom I force the lower part to be as high as three rows. Add rows inside it for making it higher.
Note that you don't want \mathbf{A-(n-2)I}: only "A" and "I" should be boldface.

For making the symbols in the lower part bigger, I already suggested a trick:
\newcommand{\bigentry}[2][\huge]{\begin{tabular}{@{}c@{}}#1$#2$\end{tabular}}

With this in the preamble and modifying the last part of the array into
\hline
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\bigentry[\LARGE]{\mathbf{J}^T}} &
\vphantom{\begin{matrix} 0 \\ 0 \\ 0\end{matrix}} \bigentry[\LARGE]{\mathbf{A}-(n-2)\mathbf{I}}
\end{array}\right]

you get


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