The project focuses on emission-line massive stars (Be stars) that have material distributed in a form of a disk surrounding the central star. A common characteristic of Be stars is their rapid rotation and this property must play a role in launching stellar material into orbit to form a disk. The formation, dissipation, and variability of these circumstellar disks are long-standing puzzles in this field of research.
Disks are ubiquitous in astrophysical phenomenon – our galaxy is a disk, planets form in disks, black holes are associated with disks and there are many more examples. Be star disk systems offer a valuable probe to better understand disk physics, to potentially to help answer some of these long-standing important questions described above and may offer clues about other systems with disks.
The OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) data base was originally designed to look for dark matter in the Galactic bulge and Magellanic Clouds however stars between Earth and these targets were observed by OGLE and there is potentially a wealth of information within this database. In addition to this database the BeSS (Be Star Spectra) or WEBDA (Web version of Base Données Amas) databases could also be searched for emission stars.
The project will use hierarchical clustering algorithms and machine learning techniques in order to find and categorize emission lines based on their shapes and variability. The results of this work will be twofold: the development of tools to search astronomical databases and insight regarding the frequency and variability of massive stars with emission lines.
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Dan Regna of Greece has assembled a wildly eclectic portfolio of photographs, which will be unveiled at his first exhibit.
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One day you're attaching smoke grenades to a homemade PVC contraption mounted onto a fan, another you're sliding on your belly along the iced-over Webster Park fishing pier.
That's the life of self-taught photographer Dan Regna, of Greece, on his way to assembling a wildly eclectic portfolio of photographs. After less than two years as a photographer, Regna has his first show, at Art Museum of Rochester on Monroe Avenue — opening Oct. 2 and continuing through Oct 30.
It'd be difficult to get bored at this exhibit. Regna is a man of many moods, and his work ranges from a black-and-white landscape reminiscent of Ansel Adams to colorful, abstract ink explosions shot through water. And let's not forget those Mona Lisa-smiling goats shot at his friend's house in Hilton.
His exhibit will include more than 40 works, and though he has been shooting for only a short while, he is hoping to make photography part of a full-time job in the arts.
"I have learned that creative endeavors such as art or music are the only way I can deal with diagnosed depression issues," says Regna, 40.
Music actually came first. He says he has written about 250 songs, but most are unfinished.
"After working on a song for 12 hours or more, if the song was not complete, I would never go back to it as the song was the result of an emotion I may have been feeling during that particular recording," he says. "So the next day I would move to another song."
Cameras solved the problem. "I fell in love with photography when I learned I could capture something in seconds, and it would be complete as soon as the light hit the sensor, as the shutter button was pressed. Photography to me has been a blessing."
As for music, he says she still plays, almost daily. "But I tend to write simpler songs now, that I actually finish."
What: Photography exhibit of work by Dan Regna; also with works by illustrator Chris Sayers. Beer, wine, espresso available.
When: Oct. 2-30; opening reception 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2; Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays.
Where: Art Museum of Rochester, 610 Monroe Ave., Rochester
For more information: (585) 615-9015; artmuseumofrochester.com.

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Nice, quiet park with plenty of room to explore. There is a long bike trail, over 20 miles. It is about 1 mile to South Sandusky Campground along the trail which also features a small beach area. Has clean bathrooms with flush toilets rather than the standard pit type in Illinois parks. There are also showers which are kept clean. Our loop (White Oak) had 4 showers. I did not have a tow vehicle, but the driveway was long enough for a long RV and probably one or two more vehicles. We camped at North Sandusky Campground COE in a Motorhome.
Buy firewood on the way in, there is nowhere to get it in the campground other than collecting it.
Nice campground. Large spaces between the sites. Roads are good, a couple of the turnaround circles are tight but ok. Rules say no parking on grass but it wasn't enforced. Quiet at night. We will return. We camped at North Sandusky Campground COE in a Travel Trailer.
Nicely spaced mostly shady sites, asphalt pads, it seems the concrete picnic table is on the dirt at most sites. Some full hookup sites, most are electric only, so you must fill water at CG dump station, though spigots are located throughout the grounds. Sites are mostly level, but some waterfront ones may have a bit of a grade - saw several trailers with many blocks under the rear end and the tongue nearly on the asphalt. Electricity was always 124- 126 V. The maintenance contractor is a good one; fire pits are cleaned and the grounds are mowed often. The restrooms and shower house are some of the cleanest I've seen, the shower house has epoxy floors, although shower pressure isn't all that great. The boat launch and picnic area are close by. We camped at North Sandusky Campground COE in a Travel Trailer.
These campgrounds are beautiful! There are 5 or 6 on Rend Lake. The spaces were laid out so that you aren't staring at someone elses camper out your front window. We camped at North Sandusky Campground COE in a Travel Trailer.
The COE visitors center is quite interesting. Judging from the number of fishermen along the lake, it is quite the fishing spot.
Our rate reflects the golden access discount. This is a popular campground with many retirees staying the full 14 days. Some of the sites are waterfront, and reserved well in advance. There are 2 shower houses, the one closest to the fee booth is the one we used, and very modern, clean and immaculate. We checked out the other one and it was rather skanky. We really enjoyed riding the bike trail-- rode down to the South Sandusky Campground, the beach and the marina. The bike trail wound through the woods on nice new, smooth cement. We enjoyed our stay immensely and will return. We camped at North Sandusky Campground COE in a Motorhome.
Several lake front sites available; near a large, beautiful public beach. If staying in the Hickory or White Oak sections, beware that the main bathroom facilities are over a mile away. Excellent biking trail to South Sandusky Campground and on down to the beach. Make reservations well ahead of time for weekends, many sites will fill up with campers and boats / boat trailers for the water recreation. We camped at North Sandusky Campground COE in a Travel Trailer.
Park shows signs of wear and not as well kept as we have experienced at other COE grounds. Restroom very dated, no lighting, excessive leaves, limbs, muddy entrance to site. Probably a result of the stormy spring but still on the edge as far as being an attractive place to camp. Won't return. Plenty of shade and nice lakeside view. Full hookup @ $12 with/Golden Age access was hard to beat. Tried to get a site w/SW clearance for satellite. The lady assigning sites said she did not know South from East. Only here two days, so ended up with no satellite. Dinner at Windows restaurant at the State Park Lodge was a very good meal. We camped at North Sandusky Campground COE in a Fifth Wheel.
Rend lake is the first Corps of Engineer campground that we have stayed in. Our site was right on the lake and it was beautiful. This was a very well-maintained campground. It has a very nice bike trail (paved) that was completed in 2005. We would definitely stay here again if we are in the area. We camped at North Sandusky Campground COE in a Fifth Wheel.
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Arthur Prysock (Born January 2, 1929 in Spartanburg, South Carolina – Died Bermuda, June 7, 1997) was an American baritone singer, whose widest exposure may have come from singing the "Tonight, Let It Be Lowenbrau" beer jingle in the late 1970's. Prysock who recorded for 43 years, released some 60 albums, with bandleaders including Buddy Johnson & Count Basie, on labels such as Mercury & Verve, but the bulk of his work was released via the Old Town…
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Ed "Key Wahoo" McDaniel will be recognized as perhaps one of the most influential Local American wrestlers ever. McDaniel was originally a soccer participant. While playing soccer for the Oklahoma Sooners (in university), he kicked a 91-lawn punt, the 6th longest punt in NCAA background. McDaniel was drafted with the Houston Oilers (who are actually the Tennessee Titans) and performed there in 1960. After long lasting only one period using the Oilers, he continued to try out using the Denver Broncos from 1961 to 1963, the brand new York Jets from 1964 to 1965, as well as the Miami Dolphins from 1966 to 1968. McDaniel began his profession in pro wrestling while still in soccer. He'd wrestle in the off-seasons, and play soccer during football period. After retiring from soccer in 1968, his wrestling profession became full-time. Wahoo was a high pull wherever he proceeded to go, wrestling for the Capitol Wrestling Company (the business that could evolve into Globe Wrestling Entertainment), Georgia Tournament Wrestling, Southwest Sports activities (Fritz Von Erich's TOP NOTCH Tournament Wrestling), the Minnesota Boxing & Wrestling Membership (Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association), Joe Blanchard's Southwest Tournament Wrestling, Paul Boesch's Houston Wrestling, and japan group referred to as International Wrestling Companies (which is normally where he gained his first in support of Globe heavyweight tournament). He spent one of the most timeframe, nevertheless, wrestling for Jim Crockett Campaigns out of Charlotte, N.C. (an associate from the worldwide sanctioning body referred to as the Country wide Wrestling Alliance), where he kept the business's 'NWA' U.S. name five situations (which ties him for the record with Ric Flair). McDaniel also kept the business's 'NWA' Globe tag team tournament four situations with three different companions (Rufus R. Jones, Paul Jones, and Tag Youngblood) and was a four period Mid-Atlantic heavyweight champ. Furthermore he was the last holder from the 'NWA' Country wide title (which arrived over from Tournament Wrestling from Georgia, Inc. after Crockett got the desired time slot machine on Ted Turner's TBS). McDaniel also competed over time for Eddie Graham's Tournament Wrestling for Florida (an NWA member), where he kept the 'NWA' Southern heavyweight name (the very best name in the advertising)…he won the belt the final time conquering "Superstar" Billy Graham inside a tournament before dropping it per month afterwards to then-rookie feeling Lex Luger. McDaniel's last stint within a nationwide advertising was the faltering AWA, that was noticed on ESPN by that time. McDaniel, also the business's booker (mind writer) still left the advertising after a personal injury storyline where the Devastation Crew, who had been at that time the AWA Globe tag group champions and the very best group in the advertising, detached his retina. McDaniel, after a short stint with Ted Turner's Globe Championship Wrestling, held contending in the Carolinas and produced his last nationwide Television wrestling appearance on the WCW Slamboree 1995 pay-per-view, where he was inducted in to the WCW Hall Of Popularity along with "Big" John Studd (John Minton, Sr.), Angelo Poffo, Dusty Rhodes (Virgil Runnells, Jr.), and "The Dean Of Wrestling" Gordon Solie. McDaniel's wellness began to deteriorate in the middle 1990s, and he ultimately dropped both kidneys. He was awaiting a kidney transplant when he passed away from problems from diabetes and renal failing. He was 63.
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1 Inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2010.
2 Former NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion.
3 He was originally scheduled to be on the plane that crashed in 1975, carrying Ric Flair, Tim Woods, Johnny Valentine, David Crockett and Bob Bruggers. At the last moment, he decided to drive and Bruggers took his place. All five wrestlers were injured (Valentine with career-ending injuries).
4 Notable title wins include: Florida Heavyweight title; Texas Heavyweight title; NWA American Heavyweight title (2); Mid Atlantic Heavyweight title (5); NWA American Tag Team titles with Thunderbolt Patterson (2); NWA American Tag Team titles with Johnny Valentine; Southwest Heavyweight title (2); Southwestern Championship Wrestling Tag Team titles with Terry Funk; NWA Southern Heavyweight title (2); Georgia Heavyweight title (2); Georgia Tag Team titles with Tommy Rich; NWA National Heavyweight title; Florida Television title; NWA United States Heavyweight title
5 Former US President George Bush Sr was Woohoo McDaniels baseball coach when he was a kid.
6 Had a large impact on the career of Ric Flair.
7 Inducted into the WCW Hall of Fame on May 21st, 1995.
8 Played pro football for the Houston Oilers (1960), Denver Broncos (1961-1963), New York Jets (1964-1965), and the Miami Dolphins (1966-1968).
9 Played collegiate football at Oklahoma as a kicker, end, and fullback. Kicked the 6th-longest punt in NCAA history for 91 yards.
10 Professional wrestler
11 Former two time NWA American champion, five time NWA United States champion and NWA National Heavyweight champion.
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Mike Graham Presents: The Best of Classic Championship Wrestling Vol. 1 2003 Video Chief Wahoo McDaniel
Wrestling Gold Vol. 5: Beat Me If You Can 2001 Video Chief Wahoo McDaniel
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Has Xi Jinping overplayed his hand?
The Chinese Communist party at 100
July 1, 2021 | 12:19 pm
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The Chinese Communist party's origin story, like so many of its official lines, appears to be an apocryphal tale. But a month-long patriotic extravaganza leading up to its centennial celebration has featured military parades, skyscrapers emblazoned with hammer-and-sickle decor and propaganda blitzes on TV.
None of the agitprop raised eyebrows as much as the main speech delivered by the Chinese president and general secretary of the party, Xi Jinping, in which he marked the milestone and praised China's 'tremendous transformation' and the historical inevitability of its 'national rejuvenation'.
Of course, the party has often neglected to point...
Of course, the party has often neglected to point out that the abject state from which the nation has had to 'rejuvenate' was largely self-imposed by People's Republic founder Mao Zedong. During the post-World War Two economic boom, Mao prioritized emulating other countries' economic growth by commanding China's agrarian economy into an industrialized one. Food production plunged as farmers left their fields and crops to work in steel production, resulting in a great famine that caused untold death. Some experts estimate the death toll to be as high as 45 million. To date there has been no moral reckoning of Mao's 'Great Leap Forward' by the CCP, which continues to primarily blame natural disasters for the famine in official party history. It wasn't until the party gave up on its central planning and collectivist fantasies that the Chinese people were able to lift themselves out of the poverty for which the CCP was responsible in the first place.
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And then came the laughable claim in Xi's speech that China does not 'carry aggressive or hegemonic traits in its genes' and has never 'bullied, oppressed, or subjugated the people of any other country'. Vietnam's history is littered with bouts of Chinese invasion, occupation and retaliation since ancient times, culminating in the Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979. Ask just about any local Vietnamese about war and they think China, not the US. The bad blood continues between the two countries at odds with Chinese expansionism and militarization of the South China Sea. Certainly the Tibetans, Uighurs, Mongolians, Taiwanese, Hong Kongers and those on the China-India border in Ladakh would also have something to say about Xi's denial of 'bullying' and 'oppression'.
For Hong Kong, today also marks the grim one year anniversary of the implementation of the National Security Law. Since then, 117 people have been arrested under the law, popular newspaper Apple Daily was forced to close as its founder and senior executives were imprisoned, and for the first time ever, pro-democracy protests on July 1 were entirely smothered. Almost nothing has been left of the autonomy guaranteed to Hong Kong by the 'One Country, Two Systems' framework that was set to expire in 2047.
Speaking forcefully to a 70,000-strong crowd in Tiananmen Square, Xi delivered a message for China's rivals: anyone who attempts to bully China will 'surely break their heads on the Great Wall built with the blood and flesh of 1.4 billion Chinese people'. These comments were later edited to soften its aggressive tone in the CCP's own English-language translation of the speech.
It was hard to miss the obvious subtext when Xi said that no one should 'underestimate China's resolve, will and the strong ability of the Chinese people to defend their national sovereignty and territorial integrity', matching rhetoric by Xi's repeated commitment to unity with Taiwan as 'unshakable' and 'promised resolute action to utterly defeat any attempt toward Taiwan's independence', drawing a loud roar from the crowd.
After 100 years, what does the CCP, with more than 91 million members, have to show for it? To its credit, the party has reinvented itself several times, including abandoning old Soviet models, embracing economic reforms and the 'open-door policy' that ushered in foreign investment and encouraged the development of the private sector. Still, its Marxist-Leninist foundation inculcated a totalitarian impulse that has never changed — and that today under Xi has only become more visible.
Deng Xiaoping introduced market reforms and China ascended to the WTO in 2001 after the West had spent decades trying to get the CCP to play by the rules of the international world order. The opposite happened — the CCP eroded the world order from inside. China could have taken advantage of Western gullibility for longer, coasting for a few more decades as it played the long and quiet game, enriching itself at the expense of the West while keeping its ambitions for global domination shrouded in secrecy.
But the party's increasing insecurity about its grip on power led China to turn inward and ultimately, with the rise of Xi Jinping who purged corruption in the politburo to preserve loyalists and removed presidential term limits, it fell back to a personality cult not seen since Mao. Steadily in the last few years and particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic, China has turned the world against it by proving itself to be an irresponsible world actor. For starters, after mismanaging the pandemic in its early days and shutting down domestic travel while broadcasting how banning international travel was racist, China continued to hamper independent investigations into the origins of the virus. It retaliated strongly against countries like Australia who demanded a full inquiry by slapping huge tariffs on Australian imports and then absurdly claiming that the virus came from frozen Australian meat. Aggressive vaccine diplomacy involving the questionable efficacy of Sinovac, military excursions in the South China Sea and Taiwan Straits and belligerent wolf-diplomacy all signal China's deep insecurities and fragility.
Few nations have so thoroughly indoctrinated sentiments of historical grievances into the public consciousness than the Chinese about the decline and turmoil brought upon by the Opium Wars beginning in the 1840s, in what has been dubbed the 'century of humiliation' at the hands of the West. With a party too suspicious of foreign entities and influence, too flushed in ethnocentric and national pride, too proud to reverse course and too paranoid to reciprocate on the global scene, the CCP is only hastening the demise of its global reputation.
After a century of existence, the CCP has made a strategic mistake and played its hand too early, revealing the game and the true nature of the party. How should we respond in the next century?
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Omphalocyclus es un género de foraminífero bentónico de la subfamilia Omphalocyclinae, de la familia Orbitoididae, de la superfamilia Orbitoidoidea, del suborden Rotaliina y del orden Rotaliida. Su especie tipo es Orbulites macropora. Su rango cronoestratigráfico abarca el Maastrichtiense (Cretácico superior).

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Omphalocyclus incluye a las siguientes especies:

 Omphalocyclus anatoliensis †
 Omphalocyclus cideensis †
 Omphalocyclus errantium †
 Omphalocyclus macropora †
 Omphalocyclus maldonensis †

En Omphalocyclus se ha considerado el siguiente subgénero:
 Omphalocyclus (Torreina), aceptado como género Torreina

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I'm now at the 600 kanji mark. Of course, I'm forgetting them almost as fast as I learn, but flashcards do help to bed them in, and in general my stock accretes.
Which leads me to ask - has anyone here tried skritter.com? The daughter of my York hosts is in Beijing, and apparently recommends it as a way of learning Chinese, but I see the site also has a Japanese string to its bow. Not that I'll venture there until I've finished Remembering the Kanji, as I don't want to mix systems, but it might be useful for reinforcing stroke order, which Reviewing the Kanji doesn't help with.
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Stroke order is left-to-right, top-to-bottom! :-)
Seriously, though, Halpern's dictionary (a must-have, eventually) has a great section on stroke order. And this webpage is basic, but pretty good: http://www.tofugu.com/guides/guess-kanji-stroke-order/
Thanks - that's an interesting page.
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Someone I know who lives in Japan says that his spouse, now in her late sixties, is losing characters. Apparently (he claims) people do, even native speakers and readers. I wonder if a) this is true; and b) it has any effect on Japanese poetry in, by, of old age.
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man, it doesn't happen just to old people. even if you're a native speaker and reader, stop using a language like Chinese or Japanese regularly for long enough (if you move overseas to England, for example) and you shed a lot of characters, and not even necessarily the more obscure ones.
That's interesting. Of course, in the West too many people become forgetful as they get older, and of words (though not so much spellings?) as much as of anything else. Possibly this loss is more pronounced with characters - which would suggest that they are held in memory in a different way from alphabetic words, or more tenuously. I find that fairly plausible, inasmuch as with alphabetic words the memories of the sound and spelling (even in English!) reinforce each other, whereas with characters you don't have that double lock.
do you do writing exercises? when I was learning Chinese in school, from primary to secondary levels we had exercise books in which we had to write new characters/words that we learnt over and over again, at least 20 times. it's rote learning, yeah, but it's the sort of thing that's necessary for pictogrammic languages, I think.
I do write them out, but usually once or twice - or a few more than that if it's a particularly tricky one. Never twenty, I'm afraid!


This post is about how absurd it is to suppose that windmills can maintain an ever-increasing prosperity on earth by providing sufficient energy. It cannot be done!
Sequester? Yeah, right. Your defense dollars at work.
Seven BILLION dollars for windfarms. One of these company's doesn't really even seem to exist.
Constellation NewEnergy Inc., Baltimore, Md., (W912DY-13-D-0021); ECC Renewables LLC, Burlingame, Calif., (W912DY-13-D-0022); Enel Green Power North America Inc., Andover, Mass., (W912DY-13-D-0023); LTC Federal LLC, Detroit, Mich., (W912DY-13-D-0024); and Siemens Government Technologies, Arlington, Va., (W912DY-13-D-0025); were awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price, multiple-award, task-order contract with a maximum value of $7,000,000,000 for the procurement of energy from renewable and alternative energy production facilities that are designed, financed, constructed, operated and maintained by private sector entities on private land under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense. Work location and type of appropriation will be determined with each task order. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 16 bids received. The Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity.
Ninety billion is a rather large number.
via Articles: The Answer Really Isn't Blowing in the Wind.
There really is good reason people stopped using windmills so long ago.


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Raspberry is now nearly 19 weeks in, well, prenatal age, and it is generally around this time that a baby begins to make his or her presence known. Cortney has been feeling "butterfly tickles" ever since the new year, but it has been, for all intents and purposes, a little anti-climactic. Then finally this week - real kicks! They are still not strong enough for Jon to feel them, or to be noticeable externally, but we are pretty sure that is what all those little pops, pulls, and pushes are. In fact, Raspberry evidently prefers to be on the move, so whenever Cortney is still for too long she ends up getting prodded. Right now she is able to ignore those little pokes, but we think nervously of the day that they will become too strong to ignore! Ah well, since we have no other real sign of Raspberry's health, the kickes are a reassuring daily reminder of his or her presence.


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Still on content marketing, the use of guest posting. This is basically getting your content to be published in big sites with high authority. This is a sure way to ensure that you have trust among the potential clients.
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In addition to the content being unique, it should as well be meaningful comprehensive and shareable. The bottom line of this phase is to show the potential clients that you are relevant and a key player in the community of your industry. There are lots of tools that can help in the ranking of keywords that are related to the e-commerce industry. From these tools, all you may need to do is to edit your strategy so that you are able to match the keywords to the needs of your brand.
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Justia Regulation Tracker Agencies And Commissions Securities And Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Extend the Operative Date of Recent Changes Made to Rules 4613(a)(2)(F) and (G), and Rule 4751(f)(15), 4536-4537 [2013-01076]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Extend the Operative Date of Recent Changes Made to Rules 4613(a)(2)(F) and (G), and Rule 4751(f)(15), 4536-4537 [2013-01076]
Download as PDF 4536 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 14 / Tuesday, January 22, 2013 / Notices to support the compensation committee's role to oversee executive compensation and help provide compensation committees with the resources necessary to make better informed compensation decisions. For the foregoing reasons, the Commission finds that the proposed rule change, SR–CBOE–2012–094 is consistent with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to a national securities exchange, and, in particular, with Section 6(b)(5) of the Exchange Act.87 It is therefore ordered, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,88 that the proposed rule change, SR–CBOE–2012– 094 be, and it hereby is, approved. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.89 Kevin M. O'Neill, Deputy Secretary. BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–68654; File No. SR– NASDAQ–2013–007] Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Extend the Operative Date of Recent Changes Made to Rules 4613(a)(2)(F) and (G), and Rule 4751(f)(15) January 15, 2013. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ''Act'') 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3 notice is hereby given that, on January 14, 2013, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (the ''NASDAQ'' or the ''Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ''Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared by the self-regulatory organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change The Exchange proposes to extend the operative date of recent changes made to 1. Purpose On December 17, 2012, the Exchange filed an immediately effective rule change to retire the automated quotation refresh functionality (''AQR'') provided to Exchange market makers under Rules 4613(a)(2)(F) and (G), and to make conforming changes to Rule 4751(f)(15).4 The proposed changes are operative on January 15, 2013. The Exchange received one comment letter to the rule change, seeking an extension of the AQR retirement date to February 25, 2013.5 The commenter, an industry association which represents a substantial number of NASDAQ members, noted it was concerned that the January 15, 2013 retirement date does not allow sufficient time for implementation of all functionality associated with the AQR system. The commenter explained that new functionality to automate quote movement after quote execution must be developed and incorporated into order management and trading systems. In support of its argument for an extension, the commenter noted that some firms require architectural reprogramming to mission critical systems that control trading operations, and that thorough testing of such changes must be done. The commenter further noted that yearend code freezes, which typically 4 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 68528 (December 21, 2012), 77 FR 77165 (December 31, 2012) (SR–NASDAQ–2012–140). 5 See Letter from Manisha Kimmel, Executive Director, Financial Information Forum, to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Commission, dated December 21, 2012. 87 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 89 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 1 15 U.S.C.78s(b)(1). 2 15 U.S.C. 78a. 3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 88 15 18:11 Jan 18, 2013 II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements. A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change [FR Doc. 2013–01109 Filed 1–18–13; 8:45 am] VerDate Mar<15>2010 Rules 4613(a)(2)(F) and (G), and Rule 4751(f)(15) to February 25, 2013, thereby extending the retirement of the automated quotation refresh functionality from January 15, 2013 to February 25, 2013. Jkt 229001 PO 00000 Frm 00160 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 extend into the first week of January, will make it difficult for firms to adequately implement and test these significant changes to their systems by January 15, 2013. The Exchange has received similar telephonic comments from some of its member firms that are Exchange market makers. In light of member firm and industry feedback received on the current retirement date, the Exchange believes that a brief extension is warranted to allow member firms adequate time to program and test their systems to use the Market Maker Peg Order 6 or develop alternative means of complying with their market maker obligations. Given that member firms may not be prepared to comply with their market making obligations on January 15, 2013 in the absence of AQR and the potential market disruption that may be caused by eliminating AQR on that date, the Exchange has determined to extend the retirement date of AQR to February 25, 2013, and likewise extend the related changes to Rules 4613(a)(2)(F) and (G), and Rule 4751(f)(15) filed with the Commission on December 21, 2012 7 to February 25, 2013. The Exchange reminds member firms that AQR presents difficulties to market makers in meeting their obligations under Rule 15c3–5 under the Act (the ''Market Access Rule'') 8 and Regulation SHO under the Act.9 The Exchange emphasizes that market makers using AQR remain obligated to monitor their quotes and are responsible for complying with all Exchange rules, the Market Access Rule, as well as Rule 610, Rule 611 of Regulation NMS and Rule 200(g) of Regulation SHO, even in the event that AQR is not functioning properly. Market makers must have policies and procedures to address such contingencies and systems in place to ensure that they can continuously meet their two-sided obligation. 2. Statutory Basis The statutory basis for the proposed rule change is Section 6(b)(5) of the Act,10 which requires the rules of an exchange to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system and, in 6 On August 2, 2012, the Commission approved the Exchange's new Market Maker Peg Order, which is designed to replace AQR. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 67584 (August 2, 2012), 77 FR 47472 (August 8, 2012) (SR–NASDAQ–2012– 066). 7 Supra note 3. 8 17 CFR 240.15c3–5. 9 17 CFR 242.200 through 204. 10 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). E:\FR\FM\22JAN1.SGM 22JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 14 / Tuesday, January 22, 2013 / Notices general, to protect investors and the public interest. The Exchange believes that the proposed rule meets these requirements in that it provides a brief extension to the retirement date of AQR to allow member firms that are market makers to adequately test and implement changes to their systems. AQR is a duplicative function and has been replaced with a new order type that allows member firms to better meet their minimum market maker quotation requirements and also comply with regulatory requirements, such as the Market Access Rule and Regulation SHO. Given the feedback received from both member firms and others in the industry concerning the AQR retirement date, NASDAQ believes granting a short extension will minimize the potential that an inadequately-tested or -implemented member firm market making system will disrupt or otherwise harmfully impact the market. B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will result in any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The proposed change is designed to promote market making on the Exchange that complies with other regulatory obligations, such as the Market Access Rule and Regulation SHO. By extending the retirement date of AQR, member firms will be afforded additional time to test and implement new coding to their systems, thus avoiding the potential market disruption that may be caused by one or more market makers that are unable to meet their market maker obligations due to a system error. C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others Written comments were neither solicited nor received. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not: (i) Significantly affect the protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii) become operative for 30 days after the date of the filing, or such shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has become effective pursuant to Section VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:11 Jan 18, 2013 Jkt 229001 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 11 and Rule 19b– 4(f)(6) 12 thereunder. The Exchange has requested that the Commission waive the 30-day operative delay.13 The Commission believes that waiver of the operative delay is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest. Such waiver provides a brief extension of the AQR retirement date in response to concerns by market participants that the currently scheduled retirement date does not allow sufficient time for testing and implementation of changes to member firms' market making systems. Accordingly, the Commission designates the proposal operative upon filing.14 At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. IV. Solicitation of Comments Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: 4537 Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR– NASDAQ–2013–007 and should be submitted on or before February 12, 2013. Electronic Comments • Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ rules/sro.shtml); or • Send an email to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–NASDAQ–2013–007 on the subject line. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.15 Kevin M. O'Neill, Deputy Secretary. Paper Comments • Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–NASDAQ–2013–007. This file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help the SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 11 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b– 4(f)(6) requires a self-regulatory organization to give the Commission written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change at least five business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission. The Commission has waived this requirement in this case. 13 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6)(iii). 14 For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay, the Commission has considered the proposed rule change's impact on efficiency, competition, and capital formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 12 17 PO 00000 Frm 00161 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 [FR Doc. 2013–01076 Filed 1–18–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P [Release No. 34–68637; File No. SR– NYSEMKT–2012–48] Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE MKT LLC; Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 3, and Order Granting Accelerated Approval for Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment Nos. 1 and 3, To Amend the Listing Rules for Compensation Committees To Comply With Securities Exchange Act Rule 10C–1 and Make Other Related Changes January 11, 2013. I. Introduction On September 25, 2012, NYSE MKT LLC (''NYSE MKT'' or ''Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange 15 17 E:\FR\FM\22JAN1.SGM CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 22JAN1
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4536-4537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01076]
[Release No. 34-68654; File No. SR-NASDAQ-2013-007]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC;
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To
Extend the Operative Date of Recent Changes Made to Rules 4613(a)(2)(F)
and (G), and Rule 4751(f)(15)
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) \1\ of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the ``Act'') \2\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\3\ notice is hereby
given that, on January 14, 2013, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (the
``NASDAQ'' or the ``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the ``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described
in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared by the self-
regulatory organization. The Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
\1\ 15 U.S.C.78s(b)(1).
\2\ 15 U.S.C. 78a.
\3\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to extend the operative date of recent
changes made to Rules 4613(a)(2)(F) and (G), and Rule 4751(f)(15) to
February 25, 2013, thereby extending the retirement of the automated
quotation refresh functionality from January 15, 2013 to February 25,
II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and
discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in
Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in
Sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
On December 17, 2012, the Exchange filed an immediately effective
rule change to retire the automated quotation refresh functionality
(``AQR'') provided to Exchange market makers under Rules 4613(a)(2)(F)
and (G), and to make conforming changes to Rule 4751(f)(15).\4\ The
proposed changes are operative on January 15, 2013. The Exchange
received one comment letter to the rule change, seeking an extension of
the AQR retirement date to February 25, 2013.\5\ The commenter, an
industry association which represents a substantial number of NASDAQ
members, noted it was concerned that the January 15, 2013 retirement
date does not allow sufficient time for implementation of all
functionality associated with the AQR system. The commenter explained
that new functionality to automate quote movement after quote execution
must be developed and incorporated into order management and trading
systems. In support of its argument for an extension, the commenter
noted that some firms require architectural reprogramming to mission
critical systems that control trading operations, and that thorough
testing of such changes must be done. The commenter further noted that
year-end code freezes, which typically extend into the first week of
January, will make it difficult for firms to adequately implement and
test these significant changes to their systems by January 15, 2013.
The Exchange has received similar telephonic comments from some of its
member firms that are Exchange market makers.
\4\ Securities Exchange Act Release No. 68528 (December 21,
2012), 77 FR 77165 (December 31, 2012) (SR-NASDAQ-2012-140).
\5\ See Letter from Manisha Kimmel, Executive Director,
Financial Information Forum, to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary,
Commission, dated December 21, 2012.
In light of member firm and industry feedback received on the
current retirement date, the Exchange believes that a brief extension
is warranted to allow member firms adequate time to program and test
their systems to use the Market Maker Peg Order \6\ or develop
alternative means of complying with their market maker obligations.
Given that member firms may not be prepared to comply with their market
making obligations on January 15, 2013 in the absence of AQR and the
potential market disruption that may be caused by eliminating AQR on
that date, the Exchange has determined to extend the retirement date of
AQR to February 25, 2013, and likewise extend the related changes to
Rules 4613(a)(2)(F) and (G), and Rule 4751(f)(15) filed with the
Commission on December 21, 2012 \7\ to February 25, 2013.
\6\ On August 2, 2012, the Commission approved the Exchange's
new Market Maker Peg Order, which is designed to replace AQR. See
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 67584 (August 2, 2012), 77 FR
47472 (August 8, 2012) (SR-NASDAQ-2012-066).
\7\ Supra note 3.
The Exchange reminds member firms that AQR presents difficulties to
market makers in meeting their obligations under Rule 15c3-5 under the
Act (the ``Market Access Rule'') \8\ and Regulation SHO under the
Act.\9\ The Exchange emphasizes that market makers using AQR remain
obligated to monitor their quotes and are responsible for complying
with all Exchange rules, the Market Access Rule, as well as Rule 610,
Rule 611 of Regulation NMS and Rule 200(g) of Regulation SHO, even in
the event that AQR is not functioning properly. Market makers must have
policies and procedures to address such contingencies and systems in
place to ensure that they can continuously meet their two-sided
\8\ 17 CFR 240.15c3-5.
\9\ 17 CFR 242.200 through 204.
2. Statutory Basis
The statutory basis for the proposed rule change is Section 6(b)(5)
of the Act,\10\ which requires the rules of an exchange to promote just
and equitable principles of trade, to remove impediments to and perfect
the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system
and, in
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general, to protect investors and the public interest. The Exchange
believes that the proposed rule meets these requirements in that it
provides a brief extension to the retirement date of AQR to allow
member firms that are market makers to adequately test and implement
changes to their systems. AQR is a duplicative function and has been
replaced with a new order type that allows member firms to better meet
their minimum market maker quotation requirements and also comply with
regulatory requirements, such as the Market Access Rule and Regulation
SHO. Given the feedback received from both member firms and others in
the industry concerning the AQR retirement date, NASDAQ believes
granting a short extension will minimize the potential that an
inadequately-tested or -implemented member firm market making system
will disrupt or otherwise harmfully impact the market.
\10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
The Exchange does not believe that the proposed rule change will
result in any burden on competition that is not necessary or
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. The proposed
change is designed to promote market making on the Exchange that
complies with other regulatory obligations, such as the Market Access
Rule and Regulation SHO. By extending the retirement date of AQR,
member firms will be afforded additional time to test and implement new
coding to their systems, thus avoiding the potential market disruption
that may be caused by one or more market makers that are unable to meet
their market maker obligations due to a system error.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others
Written comments were neither solicited nor received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Because the foregoing proposed rule change does not: (i)
Significantly affect the protection of investors or the public
interest; (ii) impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii)
become operative for 30 days after the date of the filing, or such
shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has become effective
pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \11\ and Rule 19b-4(f)(6)
\12\ thereunder.
\11\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
\12\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b-4(f)(6)
requires a self-regulatory organization to give the Commission
written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change at
least five business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed
rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission.
The Commission has waived this requirement in this case.
The Exchange has requested that the Commission waive the 30-day
operative delay.\13\ The Commission believes that waiver of the
operative delay is consistent with the protection of investors and the
public interest. Such waiver provides a brief extension of the AQR
retirement date in response to concerns by market participants that the
currently scheduled retirement date does not allow sufficient time for
testing and implementation of changes to member firms' market making
systems. Accordingly, the Commission designates the proposal operative
upon filing.\14\
\13\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(6)(iii).
\14\ For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay,
the Commission has considered the proposed rule change's impact on
efficiency, competition, and capital formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).
At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule
change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule
change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Electronic Comments
Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
Send an email to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include
File Number SR-NASDAQ-2013-007 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NASDAQ-2013-007. This
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently,
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on
the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all
written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are
filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to
the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other
than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and
printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available
for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All
comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does
not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File Number SR-NASDAQ-2013-007 and should
be submitted on or before February 12, 2013.
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets,
pursuant to delegated authority.\15\
\15\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-01076 Filed 1-18-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011-01-P


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7th April, 2008: Eros International, the leading company in the Indian media and entertainment sector announces an unprecedented line-up of films for 2008 by an Indian studio. Following a highly successful 2007 with some of the biggest blockbusters including NAMASTEY LONDON, PARTNER, HEYY BABYY and OM SHANTI OM, Eros has further raised the stakes by releasing an unrivaled line-up of more than 35 releases this year including many groundbreaking Tamil films.
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In addition, romantic comedy GOD TUSSI GREAT HO starring Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan and Sohail Khan is slated for release this year. Packed with great music and comedy, it is expected to be another successful film of the year. Also scheduled to release is the Ganesh Acharya directed comedy MONEY HAI TOH HONEY HAI with Govinda, Aftab Shivdasani, Celina Jaitley and Hansika Motwani in the lead roles.
Eros will release Ravi Chopra's BHOOTNATH, the Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla starrer with a special appearance by Shah Rukh Khan internationally this year. Other films in the pipeline for release internationally by Eros in 2008 include the madcap comedy - Rakesh Roshan's KRAZZY 4. Directed by Jaideep Sen, the film stars Juhi Chawla, seen after a long gap in a comic avtaar along with leading character actors Irfan Khan, Arshad Warsi, Rajpal Yadav and Suresh Menon as the gang of crazy four; and master story teller Ram Gopal Varma's SARKAR RAAJ. Starring the highly anticipated trio cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, SARKAR RAAJ is the sequel to award winning SARKAR, which was based on the politician-underworld nexus in Mumbai. It is one of the much-awaited films this year with the ensemble of the Bachchan family adding an interesting dimension.
Other noteworthy releases during the year include MEHBOOBA, a romantic comedy by Afzal Khan and starring Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan and Manisha Koirala, HAAL-E-DIL, a young love story directed by Anil Devgan and starring newcomers - Producer Kumar Mangat's daughter Amita Pathak and actor Shekhar Suman's son Adhyayan Suman. Also in the pipeline are HAD BAHEDI with Rishi Kapoor, THE GREAT INDIAN BUTTERFLY by Sarthak Dasgupta which has earned rave reviews in the festival circuit, PANKH an unusual story starring Bipasha Basu and Mahesh Manjrekar, Hijack by Kunal Shivdasani and starring Shiney Ahuja and Esha Deol and MR. WHITE MR. BLACK, a comic suspense thriller starring Suniel Shetty and Arshad Warsi.
Eros International has recently released BOMBAY TO BANGKOK, SUNDAY and the critically acclaimed BLACK & WHITE directed by Subhash Ghai this year.
In the regional cinema space, leading integrated Tamil media & entertainment company Ayngaran International, an Eros International company, has at least 15 films lined up for release this year. Films by directors like Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram, Jhananthan, Vishnu Vardhan, Selva Raghavan and other leading filmmakers will be part of the Eros-Ayngaran bouquet.
The Eros International-Ayngaran slate includes Aegan by Raju Sundaram starring south superstars Ajith and Nayanthara, a yet untitled project by dancing legend Prabhu Deva in the director's chair with Vijay and Nayantara in the leads, PERAANMAI by Jhananathan having Jeyam Ravi as the lead star, SARVAM by Vishnu Vardhan and Arya along with Trisha in the lead roles, two untitled projects by Selva Raghavan and a host of other films.
The international line-up of Tamil films include KURUVI by Dharani starring Vijay and Trisha, Jeeva and Aneez' DHAAM DHOOM with Jeyam Ravi and Kangana Ranaut in the lead, Varanam Ayiram by Gautam Menon and starring Surya with Sameera, Kanthaswamy with Vikram and Shriya, the Surya and Tamanna starrer Ayan and more.
With this unprecedented line-up, Eros International will again raise and set the bar for the Indian Media and Entertainment industry this year.


text:
import styled from '../../lib/styled'
import {
  border,
  backgroundColor,
  inputStyle,
  secondaryButtonStyle
} from '../../lib/styled/styleFunctions'

const dialogZIndex = 8000

export const StyledDialogBackground = styled.div`
  position: fixed;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  z-index: ${dialogZIndex};
  display: flex;
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: flex-start;
`

export const StyledDialog = styled.div`
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 450px;
  ${backgroundColor}
  ${border}
  border-style: solid;
  padding: 20px;
  border-width: 0 1px 1px 1px;
  font-size: 14px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px;
  box-shadow: 0px 8px 15px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
  outline: none;
  display: flex;
`

export const StyledIcon = styled.div`
  font-size: 70px;
  line-height: 100%;
  margin-right: 15px;
`

export const StyledDialogBody = styled.div`
  flex: 1;
`

export const StyledDialogTitle = styled.h1`
  margin: 0 0 10px;
  padding: 0;
  font-size: 14px;
`

export const StyledDialogMessage = styled.p`
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-size: 12px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
`

export const StyledDialogPromptInput = styled.input`
  width: 100%;
  margin-bottom: 15px;
  height: 32px;
  outline: none;
  padding: 0 8px;
  ${inputStyle}
`

export const StyledDialogButtonGroup = styled.div`
  width: 100%;
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: row-reverse;
`

export const StyledDialogButton = styled.button`
  padding: 5px 10px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  margin-left: 8px;
  user-select: none;
  ${secondaryButtonStyle}
`

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text:
package base

import (
	"expvar"
	"testing"

	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
)

func BenchmarkExpvarString(b *testing.B) {
	expvarMap := initExpvarBaseEquivalent()

	b.ResetTimer()
	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
		_ = expvarMap.String()
	}
}

func BenchmarkExpvarAdd(b *testing.B) {
	expvarMap := initExpvarBaseEquivalent()

	b.ResetTimer()
	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
		expvarMap.Get("global").(*expvar.Map).Get("resource_utilization").(*expvar.Map).Add("error_count", 1)
	}
}

func BenchmarkExpvarSet(b *testing.B) {
	expvarMap := initExpvarBaseEquivalent()

	b.ResetTimer()
	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
		expvarMap.Get("global").(*expvar.Map).Get("resource_utilization").(*expvar.Map).Get("error_count").(*expvar.Int).Set(1)
	}
}

func BenchmarkExpvarGet(b *testing.B) {
	expvarMap := initExpvarBaseEquivalent()

	b.ResetTimer()
	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
		_ = expvarMap.Get("global").(*expvar.Map).Get("resource_utilization").(*expvar.Map).Get("error_count").(*expvar.Int).Value()
	}
}

func BenchmarkExpvarAddParallel(b *testing.B) {
	expvarMap := initExpvarBaseEquivalent()
	res := expvarMap.Get("global").(*expvar.Map).Get("resource_utilization").(*expvar.Map).Get("error_count").(*expvar.Int)
	b.ResetTimer()
	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
		for pb.Next() {
			res.Add(1)
		}
	})
}

func BenchmarkNewStatsMarshal(b *testing.B) {
	sgwStats := NewSyncGatewayStats()

	b.ResetTimer()
	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
		_ = sgwStats.String()
	}
}

func BenchmarkNewStatAdd(b *testing.B) {
	sgwStats := NewSyncGatewayStats()

	b.ResetTimer()
	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
		sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilizationStats().ErrorCount.Add(1)
	}
}

func BenchmarkNewStatSet(b *testing.B) {
	sgwStats := NewSyncGatewayStats()

	b.ResetTimer()
	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
		sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilizationStats().ErrorCount.Set(1)
	}
}

func BenchmarkNewStatGet(b *testing.B) {
	sgwStats := NewSyncGatewayStats()

	b.ResetTimer()
	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
		_ = sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilizationStats().ErrorCount.Value()
	}
}

func BenchmarkNewStatAddParallel(b *testing.B) {
	sgwStats := NewSyncGatewayStats()

	test := sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilizationStats()
	b.ResetTimer()

	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
		for pb.Next() {
			test.ErrorCount.Add(1)
		}
	})
}

func TestSetIfMax(t *testing.T) {
	sgwStats := NewSyncGatewayStats()

	// Test an integer
	sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilization.ErrorCount.Set(10)
	sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilization.ErrorCount.SetIfMax(100)
	assert.Equal(t, int64(100), sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilizationStats().ErrorCount.Value())
	sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilization.ErrorCount.SetIfMax(50)
	assert.Equal(t, int64(100), sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilizationStats().ErrorCount.Value())

	// Test a float
	sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilization.CpuPercentUtil.Set(10)
	sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilization.CpuPercentUtil.SetIfMax(100)
	assert.Equal(t, float64(100), sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilizationStats().CpuPercentUtil.Value())
	sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilization.CpuPercentUtil.SetIfMax(50)
	assert.Equal(t, float64(100), sgwStats.GlobalStats.ResourceUtilizationStats().CpuPercentUtil.Value())
}

func initExpvarBaseEquivalent() *expvar.Map {
	expvarMap := new(expvar.Map).Init()
	expvarMap.Set("global", new(expvar.Map).Init())
	expvarMap.Get("global").(*expvar.Map).Set("resource_utilization", new(expvar.Map).Init())

	resourceUtilization := expvarMap.Get("global").(*expvar.Map).Get("resource_utilization").(*expvar.Map)
	resourceUtilization.Set("process_cpu_percent_utilization", ExpvarFloatVal(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("process_memory_resident", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("system_memory_total", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("pub_net_bytes_sent", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("pub_net_bytes_recv", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("admin_net_bytes_sent", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("admin_net_bytes_recv", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("num_goroutines", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("goroutines_high_watermark", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("go_memstats_sys", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("go_memstats_heapalloc", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("go_memstats_heapidle", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("go_memstats_heapinuse", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("go_memstats_heapreleased", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("go_memstats_stackinuse", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("go_memstats_stacksys", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("go_memstats_pausetotalns", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("error_count", ExpvarInt64Val(0))
	resourceUtilization.Set("warn_count", ExpvarInt64Val(0))

	expvarMap.Set("per_db", new(expvar.Map).Init())
	expvarMap.Set("per_replication", new(expvar.Map).Init())

	return expvarMap
}