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The new National Australia Bank building in Melbourne's Docklands is highly energy efficient and recycles water. It is part of the Victoria Harbour project, one of only six worldwide that have completed the second phase of the Climate Positive Development Program. Paul Jeffers/AP Images for C40
Is 'Climate-Positive' Design Possible?
Liz Enochs
Advocates say we could design city buildings and neighborhoods that cancel out more carbon than they emit, with the right policies and mindset.
Cities are crucial to fighting climate change. They occupy only 2 percent of global land area but have an enormous climate impact, consuming more than two-thirds of global energy and accounting for at least 70 percent of carbon emissions.
There is a window of less than three years for big cities to deliver on the commitments they agreed to in the Paris climate agreement, according to C40, a coalition of 90 major cities committed to addressing climate change. That goal only became more urgent in October, when the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that the world is on track to heat up at least 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels by 2030.
Just keeping this in check will require unprecedented actions. "To keep the Earth somewhat hospitable for humans, we have to make changes that most people would find unreasonable," said Eric Corey Freed, an architect and sustainability specialist who works with cities around the world to curb their carbon emissions. "Cutting carbon in half is pretty straightforward," said Freed. "What I have to do to get to the last 50 percent is harder."
Some of Freed's recommendations to clients in city governments: Ban the use of internal combustion engines within city limits, buy solar panels for every rooftop, take over your electric utility, buy every citizen an electric scooter.
And that's just to reach carbon neutrality. The stage beyond that entails removing carbon from the atmosphere.
Ban the use of internal combustion engines within city limits, buy solar panels for every rooftop, take over your electric utility.
Can cities revamp their neighborhoods so they cancel out more carbon than they emit? Some designers and advocates are pushing for what they call climate-positive city design, which aims to go beyond zero emissions.
"We know that reducing emissions alone won't get us there," said Pamela Conrad, a landscape architect with San Francisco's CMG Partners who focuses on carbon drawdown strategies. After she developed a carbon calculator to measure a project's climate impact, Conrad said it became clearer how much landscape design could do to offset and reduce emissions. For example, trees, soil and other materials store (or sequester) carbon, and can offset a significant amount of what building materials emit during their life cycle.
Using alternative cement, smart glass, and other materials that curb energy consumption and emissions can also lessen a development's carbon load, as can looking beyond the site level to consider users' transportation patterns. The three variables that cities need to account for, according to Conrad: sources of emissions, such as the carbon used to produce the project's materials; sinks, such as trees and wetlands, where carbon is stored; and costs, like carbon emitted during project maintenance.
Designing beyond net-zero impact is certainly possible. The International Living Future Institute can point to more than 60 building projects that generate more energy than they use. Ranging from an education center in Austin, Texas, to a farmhouse in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the projects have met the "Energy Petal" threshold within its Living Building certification. This indicates that each generated at least 105 percent of its energy needs in its first 12 months of operations. A handful of buildings generated 200 percent of their energy or more.
Designers and planners "need to be holistic," said Ryan Allard, a senior fellow at Project Drawdown, a nonprofit research and advocacy group, at a panel on climate-positive design at the Global Climate Action Summit in September. (Project Drawdown lists and ranks 80 measures that it claims, if taken together, could reverse global warming.) "As planners, you may come in and think of a development as an isolated project which is not fully connected with the rest of the city," Allard said. But the connections are vital, and thinking on multiple scales is a necessity.
Making a neighborhood or campus climate-positive is less of a challenge in terms of technology than in policy, bureaucracy, and mindset. For the central SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco, the city has approved a redevelopment plan that calls for recycling stormwater runoff by channeling it to an underground tank and then using it for street cleaning. In Boulder, Colorado, Andrew Bush, a developer who specializes in highly sustainable buildings, says he can already build residential water systems that pull the heat from wastewater lines and transfer that energy to the drinking and showering water that tenants use. He's now looking to tap into the heat generated from city sewer lines—but getting approval for that is complicated and takes time.
What Will It Take to Make Buildings Carbon Neutral?
Linda Poon
Is LEED Tough Enough for the Climate-Change Era?
Brian Barth
How an Ambitious Minnesota Eco-Project Became a Density Battleground
Jay Walljasper
Given that transportation is now the largest source of emissions in the U.S., transportation systems need to be designed or refined to prioritize walking, biking, and mass transit over driving, said Lisa Fisher, San Francisco's sustainability leader for city design, on the climate-summit panel. While building codes have become more stringent, and some cities have adapted their regulations to embrace carbon-reducing innovations such as gray-water recycling and microgrids, there must be a major shift in that direction quickly for climate-positivity to be feasible.
So far, progress has moved at a creeping pace.
Consider the Climate Positive Development Program, launched in 2009 by the Clinton Climate Initiative, the U.S. Green Building Council, and C40. It focused on advancing one major project per city. Eighteen cities around the world committed to achieve net-negative emissions through the program. Almost a decade later, only six—Sydney, London, Jaipur, Melbourne, Sonderborg, Denmark, and Oberlin, Ohio—have advanced to the second of four phases.
@LizEnochs
Liz Enochs is an award-winning economic, financial, and legal journalist. Her stories have appeared in Bloomberg News, The New York Times, The International Herald-Tribune, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Los Angeles Times, and other publications.


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Science & Astronomy
Time Travel Isn't Possible…Or Is It?
By Paul Sutter
Paul Sutter is an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University and the chief scientist at COSI Science Center. Sutter is also host of Ask a Spaceman, We Don't Planet, and COSI Science Now.
Special relativity teaches us that the three dimensions of space and the solitary dimension of time are woven together like a fabric. It's impossible to think of them as separate entities, only a singular unified entity — space-time. We can't think of motion through space without being mindful of motion through time, and vice versa. Left-right, up-down, back-forth and past-future are all on equal footing.
And yet, time does seem a little different. We have complete freedom of movement within space, but we cannot avoid our future. Time seems to have an "arrow," whereas the spatial dimensions are ambidextrous. Given the unity between time and space, it leads to the obvious question: Is time travel, of any sort, possible? Under any circumstances? At all? [How Time Travel Works in Science Fiction (Infographic)]
Many science fiction stories explore humanity's desire to travel back in time. Is such a thing really possible in our universe? (Image credit: Universal)
Into the future: Sure
Oddly enough, the answer is yes! We cannot avoid moving into our futures, but we can control the rate that we move through time. This is a consequence of another lesson from relativity: Not all clocks are the same.
The speed at which you move through space determines the speed at which you move through time. In the succinct phrase: Moving clocks run slow.
IF you could build a big enough rocket (don't ask me how, that's an engineering problem) to provide a constant acceleration of 1g (9.8 meters per second per second; the same acceleration as provided by the Earth's gravity at its surface), you could reach the center of the Milky Way galaxy — a healthy 20,000 light-years away — in just a couple decades of your personal time.
You could stop for a few hours, have a picnic near Sagittarius A* (the black hole at the center of the galaxy), and then hop back in to your rocket and come back to Earth.
By the time you return you'll be eligible for retirement benefits, if the institution providing those benefits is even around, because while you only traveled for a few decades according to the clock on your ship, about 40,000 years would've passed on the Earth.
Time is relative, but it still flows in the same direction for everyone. To ask if we can go into reverse is the domain of general relativity (GR) — this is the mathematical language we use to not only understand gravity, but the full connection between space-time and motion.
In GR, we ask a slightly more technical question: Is there any arrangement of matter and energy (the stuff that warps space-time) to permit the existence of closed time-like curves, or CTCs? I know this is jargon but it's a fun phrase to toss around at parties. "Curve" here means a path, "time-like" means you never go faster than the speed of light, and "closed" means it returns to its starting point — in other words, its own past.
So, Oracle of Einstein, are CTCs permitted?
Creators of science fiction love to play with time travel, but is such a thing possible in the real universe? (Image credit: BBC)
The possibilities are finite
There are about half a dozen known configurations of space-time that allow CTCs, or time travel into the past. For example, Kurt Gödel (of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem fame) discovered that if the expansion of the universe was accelerating (which it is) and the universe is also rotating, CTCs would be allowed and we could travel into our past on a whim.
As far as I can tell, Gödel used this solution to point out to Albert Einstein that perhaps GR wasn't all it was cracked up to be — I mean, come on, shouldn't any self-respecting theory of the natural world avoid such an obviously absurd solution?
But Gödel's point was moot — all observations indicate that the universe is not rotating, so that particular solution does not apply to our universe, and time travel into the past is verboten.
Ah! But what if we were to construct an infinitely long massive cylinder and set it spinning on its axis near the speed of light. It would drag on space-time around it, and certain paths around that spinning cylinder would end up in their own past. Good thing there are no infinitely long massive cylinders in the universe, or we might have to worry.
Wait, I've got one: If you make a wormhole (a shortcut between two distant locations in space-time) and send one end racing off near the speed of light and bring it back, the normal time-dilation effects would put one end in the "future" of the other, so you could waltz right through the wormhole throat and end up in your past. What's that? Wormholes require "negative mass" to exist, and negative mass does not exist in the universe? Well, hmm.
Into the past: Nope
It's the same story every time (pardon the too-hard-to-resist pun). For every scenario we concoct in general relativity to allow CTCs and time travel into our own past, nature finds a way to confound our plans and rule out the scenario.
What's going on? General relativity allows — in principle — time travel into the past, but it appears to be ruled out in every case. It seems like something funny is afoot, that there ought to be some fundamental rule to disallow time travel. But there isn't one. We can't point to any particle interaction at the subatomic level that clearly prevents the formation of CTCs.
The inevitable progression of time from the past to the future resembles another indomitable law of nature: entropy. That's the iron law of thermodynamics that states that closed systems go from ordered to disordered. (This law explains why an egg will never just happen to unscramble itself if you leave it alone long enough). Is time linked to entropy? Maybe, but that's the subject of another article….
Learn more by listening to the episode "Is time travel possible?" on the Ask A Spaceman podcast, available on iTunes (opens in new tab) and on the Web at http://www.askaspaceman.com. Thanks to Jack S., Evan W., @myscienceylife, and @TanyaDavis. for the questions that led to this piece! Ask your own question on Twitter using #AskASpaceman or by following Paul @PaulMattSutter and facebook.com/PaulMattSutter.
Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.
Paul Sutter
Space.com Contributor
Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute in New York City. Paul received his PhD in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011, and spent three years at the Paris Institute of Astrophysics, followed by a research fellowship in Trieste, Italy, His research focuses on many diverse topics, from the emptiest regions of the universe to the earliest moments of the Big Bang to the hunt for the first stars. As an "Agent to the Stars," Paul has passionately engaged the public in science outreach for several years. He is the host of the popular "Ask a Spaceman!" podcast, author of "Your Place in the Universe" and "How to Die in Space" and he frequently appears on TV — including on The Weather Channel, for which he serves as Official Space Specialist.

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Home > Topics > Business > Tablet Reviews > Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Review: The Best Gets Slightly Better
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Review: The Best Gets Slightly Better
November 30, 2015 by Jamison Cush Reads (69,844)
Ratings Breakdown (1-10)
Software & Support
Upgrade Capabilities
Price/Value Rating
Rating 1 to 10, top score 10
Best hardware on the market
Best tablet display, too
Excellent Windows 10 performance
Surface Pen works and feels great
Should have USB Type-C
Expensive and necessary keyboard sold separately
Battery life not great
While other tablets and notebooks offer more value, the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 is still worth its premium price as a better version of 2014's best Windows device.
Microsoft might not admit it, but the original Surface tablets were reference devices. With the radically-redesigned Windows 8 and Windows RT launching, Microsoft wanted to show its hardware partners in unsubtle fashion what a new Windows device should look like; kind of like what Google does with its Nexus program.
Why mess with a good thing? Surface Pro 4 (with optional Type Cover) looks just like the Pro 3.
With the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, Microsoft doubled down and refined the product, but soon thereafter it became clear Windows 8 wasn't working. User preference evolved askew of the tablet-centric market Microsoft envisioned when building Windows 8.
With Windows 10 looming, Microsoft completely rethought the Surface line, ditching RT, and redesigning the Pro with even more of a productivity focus, including a 3:2 aspect ratio and integrated pen experience.
Given how well the Surface Pro 3 was received by users and critics alike, it's no surprise Microsoft didn't change much for the follow-up, the Surface Pro 4. So the question becomes how well an iterative update holds up in a fast-evolving market. Read on to find out.
The Surface Pro 4 looks like the Surface Pro 3 at a glance, but has some minor hardware tweaks. The most salient is the left short edge, which now acts as a magnetic strip for the new Surface Pen, housing only the 3.5mm audio jack on the upper portion. The top long edge now sports the power button and single piece volume rocker in front of the cooling vent, which wraps around the upper portion of the tablet. The Mini DisplayPort and full-sized USB 3.0 sit on the right side, just above the magnetic charging input that debuted with the Pro 3.
The Surface Pro 4 has a magnetic strip for the Surface Pen.
The bottom edge houses the magnetic Surface keyboard and cover connector, which retains the same exact design as it did when the device line first debuted. That means that even a first-generation Touch Cover will function with the Surface Pro 4.
The nearly identical kickstand returns, with its fluid hinge, and it hides a microSD card slot underneath. We cannot discern any difference between this kickstand and the Pro 3's, as both open to about 135 degrees and prove remarkable stable, even when resting on a lap.
The Surface Pro 4 measures 11.5 x 7.93 x .33 inches and weighs either 1.69 (Core m3) or 1.73 (Core i) pounds, making it just .03 inches thinner than the Pro 3, and either .3 or .7 pounds lighter.
Like all Surfaces before it, it's a remarkably well-built machine. We've long claimed that Surface hardware is the best on the market, and that still stands. The Surface Pro 4 has the same magnesium build as its predecessors and it feels solid, with no flex. Judging how well the old Surface models we have in the office have held up with frequent abuse, we are confident the Pro 4 will handle the rigors of daily use very well.
Display & Speakers
The Surface Pro 4 kickstand returns and is still one of its strongest design features.
The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 has a 12.3-inch display with a 2736 x 1824 resolution, which results in 267 pixels per inch. Microsoft brands it a PixelSense display, and it's one of the best on the market.
By just about any metric, it's superb. Colors are startlingly accurate and balanced. It has none of the super saturation found in OLED displays (that actually look quite pleasant on smartphones and smaller tablets, but would just be too much on a device this size), and as a result, is easy on the eyes during extended use. Also this Windows 10 tablet shrugs off glare better than just about any consumer device. Some rugged tablets have absurd brightness levels to cut through glare, but the Surface Pro 4 keeps it reasonable. Its glass is just not as reflective, likely due to an optical bonding process. To be fair, glare can still present issues, but it never rendered the Pro 4 unusable.
The display supports the Surface Pen and up to 10 touch points. It picks up smudges and fingerprints, but it's not what we'd call a smudge magnet. Touch is very accurate and swift. We've complained about lag in recent Windows 10 device reviews, but there is none of that here. The Surface Pro 4 is just as responsive as an iPad or any other mobile tablet.
The Pro 4 has a noticeably better display than the Pro 3, compared side-by-side. It's .3 inches bigger, owing to the thinner bezel, and more pixel dense, 267 to 216 pixel per inch. Microsoft ditched the Windows softkey on the right side, but the light sensor, selfie camera, and pinhole mic remain on the top edge.
The Surface Pro 4 features front-mounted speakers on the upper edges of the display, which is exactly where they should be in order to direct sound at the user. Compared to other tablets and laptops, they are absolutely superb, emitting clear and robust audio. The sound is slightly fuller than what the Pro 3 is capable of producing, and it's loud enough for personal use, even with plenty of background noise.
Take note that we're grading on a curve here. Laptop and tablet speakers are routinely awful, so the Pro 4 is good, making it by far the best of a bad bunch. Music fans, gamers, and audiophiles still shouldn't ditch the external speakers, however.
Ports & Connectivity
The Surface Pro 4 could use a USB Type-C port.
We are always happy to see full-sized USB on any device this thin, but we're getting antsy about USB Type-C. It's time all devices ship with that. We also have issues with the proprietary magnetic charger. Now on its second-generation of Surface Pro, it's elegant, but it's length and thinness make it awkward. It's also really expensive replace, costing $70 as of this writing from Microsoft.
Curiously, our Surface Pro 4 shipped with a one-piece charger, while the Pro 3 shipped with a two-piece charger that's similar to the $80 replacement charger. The main difference between the two is that the two-piece charger has a full-sized USB input. This has so much utility, particularly for travelers looking to charging both their Surface and a smartphone at the same time in a crowded airport or lounge. Given the Pro 4's premium price, it's a shame Microsoft cheaped out here.
The Surface Pro 4 supports 802.11ac, as well as Bluetooth 4.0. Wi-Fi range is sufficient, and the connections are stable. The iPad Pro supports Bluetooth 4.2, and many other devices at least support 4.1. There are some speed enhancements and privacy protections built into the newer standards, but most of the improvements have to do with dealing with LTE interference and data from wearables. It's possible to upgrade 4.0 to the newer standards with a software update.
Same N-trig tech, new Surface Pen.
The new Surface Pen relies on the same N-trig technology as the Pro 3's, but Microsoft wisely improved it. The Pen now supports 1,024 points of pressure sensitivity, up from the previous Pen's 256, which itself is down from the Pro 2's 1,024 when Microsoft was relying on Wacom tech.
The new Surface Pen is longer, with about the same circumference and similar weight. It ditches the two buttons on the shaft, featuring only the tip and the nub, along with a flat side that serves two purposes: it makes it the Pen easier to hold and grip, and it enables magnetic docking on the Pro 4's left short side.
It's still powered by a AAAA battery. A press of the eraser nub still calls up OneNote, while two clicks takes a screenshot. But a long press now launches Cortana. It's a minor feature, but it helps heavy Pen users easily incorporate Cortana into a workflow, and that's a good thing.
Otherwise, performance seems on par with the Pro 3 Pen. We're sure artists will notice the difference with the increased pressure points, but it's not obvious with OneNote. Palm rejection works as it should, and there is no difference between the Pro 3 and Pro 4 in terms of hover action distance. Looking at the linearity pen test, it seems the Pro 4 has the same problem as the Pro 3 in smoothing out slow lines, but its edge detection looks improved.
Surface Pro 4 pen test
New and improved Type Cover, sold separately.
Microsoft seriously upgraded the Type Cover, adding Chiclet-style keys, a glass trackpad, and an option for a fingerprint sensor.
It's an improvement over the old Type Cover design, as we outline in our full Microsoft Type Cover with Fingerprint ID review. But we will say for the purposes of this Pro 4 review that Microsoft should bundle the keyboard. It's necessary, and it's a shame users have to plunk down more money to get full use out of the device.
The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 is available in multiple configurations, ranging from a sixth-generation Intel Core m3 with 4GB of RAM to a sixth-gen Core i7 with 16GB of RAM, with Core i5 model in between.
The difference between the most and least powerful entries is stark when straining the system, but users won't notice much difference in day-to-day use. The Core m3 unit we tested booted up as fast as any system we've powered on. We've complained in the past about Windows 10 issues with recent non-Core i devices (growing pains with a still new OS, perhaps), but there are no issues here. The Surface Pro 4 Core m3 unit is swift, stable, and bug free. As Apple fans can attest, there are palpable benefits to having both the software and hardware built by the same manufacturer.
Our review unit featured a 128GB hard drive, of which, approximately 83GB is available out of the box, with the 64-bit Windows 10 Pro taking up 15.3GB. This number can vary based on the setup process however. Microsoft gives users the option of syncing OneDrive folders, which will take up space for offline availability. Also, our review unit had 17.3GB of temporary files taking up space. This is a "previous version of Windows" that the system retains for those with Windows 10 upgrader's remorse. It should automatically delete after a month or so, and users can be proactive about it to free up space.
Rounding out the Core m3 Pro 4 is Intel HD Graphics 515, which is suitable for casual titles, indie darlings, and most PC games made prior to 2011, and two cameras, a front-facing 5-megapixel shooter and 8-megapixel rear shooter. Both are fine for video conferencing (in fact, quite good at dealing with low-light Skype chats), but not much else.
The Core m3 sits above the low-powered Celeron, Pentium, and Atom chips, but below Intel's Core i offerings. The benchmarks here show it. Of note, Core m has a lot of trouble with the wPrime benchmark, as apparent by the Apple MacBook's and this Pro 4's low scores. The Surface Pro 3 cited in the benchmark charts has 8GB of RAM and a fourth-generation Core i5.
PCMark8 Home (Accelerated) measures overall system performance for general activities from web browsing and video streaming to typing documents and playing games (higher scores mean better performance):
PCMark8 Work (Accelerated) measures overall system performance in Windows 8 for work-related productivity tasks (higher scores mean better performance):
3DMark 11 is a benchmark that measures overall graphics card performance for gaming (higher scores mean better performance):
wPrime processor comparisons (lower scores mean better performance):
CrystalDiskmark storage drive performance test:
The Surface Pro 4 has a 39Wh battery, which is down from the 42Wh battery on the previous Surface models. This still can't account for the drastic difference in battery life between the Pro 4 and the others. Streaming Netflix over Wi-Fi with the screen brightness maxed out and battery saver turned off, the Pro 4 lasted just 3 hours and 58 minutes. The Pro 3 bested it by more than an hour, while the Surface 3 fared worse, lasting just 3 hours and 20 minutes.
Of course, this is the bare minimum you can reasonably expect out of the Surface Pro 4. Turning on Windows 10 power saver and dimming the display will have a noticeable impact on the battery life, and the Pro 4 should last the word day with moderate to slightly heavy use.
Still, this is a disappointing result, especially for a tablet. We will always choose a little extra girth and weight for added battery life.
The Surface Pro 4 comes in the following configurations, each with sixth-generation Intel chip:
Intel Core m3 with 4GB RAM and 128GB, $899
Intel Core i5 with 4GB RAM and 128GB, $999
Intel Core i5 with 8GB RAM and 256GB, $1,299
Intel Core i5 with 16GB RAM and 256GB, $1,799
A Surface Pro Type Cover will add an addition $130 or $160, depending on the fingerprint ID.
Surface products are some of the best on the market, so you will be paying a premium against devices with similar specs. For example, a Core m3-powered Asus ZenBook UX305CA-UHM1 Signature Edition features 8GB of RAM and 256GB capacity, and starts at $599 from the Microsoft store. It's a touchscreen laptop, and considering the cheapest Pro 4 with a Type Cover costs $1,029, with only 4GB of RAM and 128GB, the ZenBook compares favorably.
Just as we stated when comparing flagship Android smartphones, identifying the best device for your personal needs often depends on who's paying.
Microsoft took the best Windows device, tablet or notebook, of 2014 and made it better with slight, but thoughtful, refinements. Compared with the rest of the market, the Surface hardware is still in a class by itself, and no other machine runs Windows as well as Microsoft's own. It's full of good stuff. It has the best display going, the new Surface Pen with its magnetic dock and Windows 10 integration is the best pen-and-tablet combo on the market in terms of both hardware and software, and its speakers are decent by any standard, superb by notebook and tablet standards.
The fact that the Surface Pro 3 still stands up as an excellent device means that what we said about it is true about the Pro 4: It's the perfect combination of power and portability.
That fact also means that Surface Pro 3 owners shouldn't upgrade. As we stated, the Pro 4 is an iterative update, with the same ports, slightly better performance, and worse battery life. Pro 3 owners also have the option of picking up a new Surface Pen and Type Cover, which operate exactly the same on the Pro 3 as they do on the Pro 4.
Anyone else looking to upgrade would be wise to consider the Microsoft Surface Pro 4. While other tablets and notebooks offer more value, the Pro 4 is still worth its premium price as a better version of 2014's best Windows device.
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By admin, 5/26/11, 1:00 AM EDT
ACC Coastal PREDICTION
HEAD COACH: Frank Beamer , 198–95–2 (24 years) | OFF. COORDINATOR: Bryan Stinespring | DEF. COORDINATOR: Bud Foster
With a solid offensive line and defense, the Hokies will be a BCS contender again.
Sophomore Logan Thomas takes over for Tyrod Taylor, Virginia Tech's all-time leader in passing yards. Thomas might not be as shifty as Taylor, and he certainly won't have Taylor's understanding of the position in Year 1. But Thomas, who stands 6'6" and weighs 245 pounds, is five inches taller than Taylor and should have a better view of receivers cutting across the middle.
Tailbacks Ryan Williams and Darren Evans left early for the NFL. Now, it's junior David Wilson's turn to see if he can match their accomplishments. Evans ran for 1,265 yards in 2008, an ACC freshman record. Williams ran for 1,655 yards in 2009, a school record. Wilson is an athletic marvel who has proven himself capable of being a big-play threat. He carried 113 times for 619 yards and five touchdowns last season, and caught 15 passes for 234 yards and four touchdowns. He also had kickoff returns for touchdowns of 90 and 92 yards.
The Hokies don't pass the ball very often — 38 percent of the time last season, when Taylor blossomed into a complete quarterback. But they have an experienced group of wide receivers. Senior Jarrett Boykin is the best and should hold school records for career catches and yards by season's end.
The Hokies return four of five offensive line starters, including senior Blake DeChristopher, a fourth-year starter at right tackle. They should be deeper up front, which will benefit Thomas.
It's not too early to say that sophomore James Gayle might be Tech's next great defensive end, following the likes of Chris Ellis, Darryl Tapp and Corey Moore. At tackle, sophomore Derrick Hopkins was dominant during spring practices. But coordinator Bud Foster wants more production from his outside linebacker spots in order for the Hokies to improve their run defense.
While junior Bruce Taylor should be one of the ACC's best linebackers, Tech's questions are at the Backer and Whip outside linebacker positions. At Backer, sophomore Tariq Edwards takes over for Lyndell Gibson, who decided to transfer after an inconsistent 2010 season. Edwards should be rangier and faster than Gibson. Last season, Foster essentially eliminated his Whip in favor of a nickel package, because Jeron Gouveia-Winslow wasn't good enough in pass coverage. But the nickel had liabilities in blitzing and run defense, so Foster wants to get back to using the Whip more, as long as that player can thrive in pass coverage. To that end, Gouveia-Winslow and fellow junior Alonzo Tweedy both impressed during spring.
If junior cornerback Jayron Hosley plays as well as he did last season, you have to think he'll turn pro. He was an All-American at the field corner spot, but with the departure of Rashad Carmichael, he likely will move to the boundary, which requires more man-to-man defense.
David Wilson, RB It's his turn to be the every-down back, probably the most important role in Virginia Tech's offense.
Bruce Taylor, ILB He led Tech last season with 91 tackles, including 15.5 for a loss, and also had six sacks.
Jayron Hosley, CB Might not grab nine INTs again, as opposing quarterbacks figure to throw away from him.
Sept. 3rd Appalachian State
Sept. 10th at East Carolina
Sept. 17th Arkansas State
Sept. 24th at Marshall
Oct. 1st Clemson
Oct. 8th Miami
Oct. 15th at Wake Forest
Oct. 22nd Boston College
Nov. 10th at Georgia Tech
Nov. 17th North Carolina
Nov. 26th at Virginia
The past four seasons, the Hokies debuted a new kicker — and each time, it was a fifth-year senior. That probably won't be the case this season, as sophomore Cody Journell leads the competition for the job.
Even with a new quarterback, Virginia Tech should be the class of the Coastal Division. The schedule sets up favorably, with four winnable non-conference games to open the season. The Hokies also host Miami and won't play Florida State or NC State during the regular season. They're a dark horse national title contender.
Virginia Tech should be favored over Florida State for the 2011 ACC crown.


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Q: Prevent BoxShadow from being clipped by parent I'm building my own material-like card with a box shadow. I want to have several of these combined in a PageView, so that I can swipe between cards - each Card should fill out the entire width of the screen.
The cards are having a BoxShadow as decoration, however when inserting the Card into the PageView (or any other wrapping widget), the BoxShadow will disappear as it is clipped by the PageView's bounding box.
This can be fixed by wrapping the Card into a Padding, but that's not what I want since I prefer the padding to be given by the outermost widget to all child widgets of that entire view - so that in case my padding ever changes I don't have to change every single widget.
This is how my Card code looks like:
class Card extends StatelessWidget {
  final Widget child;
  final EdgeInsetsGeometry padding;

  Card({@required this.child, this.padding});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Container(
      decoration: BoxDecoration(color: Colors.white, boxShadow: <BoxShadow>[
        BoxShadow(color: Color.fromRGBO(0, 0, 0, 0.1), blurRadius: 14.0),
        BoxShadow(
            color: Color.fromRGBO(0, 0, 0, 0.1),
            offset: Offset(0, 2),
            blurRadius: 2.0)
      ]),
      child: Padding(
        padding: padding ?? EdgeInsets.all(20),
        child: this.child,
      ),
    );
  }
}

Wrapping several of these results in the described clipping behavior.
Is there a way of telling Flutter not to clip whatever is "leaking" out of the bounding box?
The same behavior happens when positioning widgets on a stack out of bounce.

A: You can use margins:
...
Container(
  margin: EdgeInsets.all(10),
..

Maybe you would be interested with viewportFraction PageController  argument:
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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT? IT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT IDEA!
You're on your own, in your own house, asleep. A noise downstairs wakes you up. You wonder, half in hope, whether it was your imagination. Then it happens again. Someone is definitely in your property. You know your own house, so you know that no one could have simply wandered in uninvited! In fact, you take great precautions in securing all windows, doors and every other conceivable access.
Someone, you conclude, has gone to a lot of trouble to get in.
You decide to risk having a look.
If there is someone in, you'll need to get to the phone and call the police to help.
You feel frightened, obviously, but all the statistics and received wisdom from the government prove that burglars are more frightened than the householders whose premises they are invading and will quickly run away if they hear the householder moving about.
You know these facts because you've read them in government literature. They were next to the facts proving that there are no poor people in Britain.
You move slowly and cautiously out of your bedroom and head towards the telephone.
Before you can do anything a figure on the stairs looms into view.
You're trapped - not knowing what could happen next. All you're conscious of is the terror you're feeling.
All of your possessions and valuables suddenly acquire nil worth.
Though you're voice is barely audible because of the shaking of your body, and your dry throat, you manage to speak: "Just take anything you want and go - I've called the police, they're on their way!"
Instead of running away, frightened, the figure on the stairs is joined by another figure. And another.
You try to run back into the bedroom and lock the door while they 'take what they want' and go.
They have other ideas. They break through the door and set about beating you, kicking you, stamping on you. Even when you're down. You're no possible threat to them - you haven't been since you first woke up and heard the noises!
They carry on hitting, kicking, using fists, feet, knees, elbows, pieces of wood, metal bars and bricks they'd brought with them - anything they can lay their hands on - to batter you.
All you're conscious of are thuds, being jerked violently from one position to another by the force of the assault, and flashes of light as your eyes and brain are unnaturally stimulated by the violent concussions.
You'd decided, against your better judgement you now realise, not to take the shotgun you had in your possession with you when you ventured out of the bedroom. After all, it's illegal, isn't it, to threaten people. Through the barrage of kicks and blows, you try to orientate yourself and find it.
You'd had faith in the law, the justice system, the police. You'd believed the government figures and statistics. You'd never done anything to anyone.
The coroner at your inquest won't know these facts, of course.
Your death will be interpreted as a citizen trying to challenge some burglars and taking the law into his own hands - with tragic consequences.
You're name is Tony Martin.
What other choices did you have?
You're a fool, you now believe.
You could have installed a phone in the bedroom and called the police from there, hoping they would arrive in time to scare the burglars off; maybe even stop and catch them.
You could have moved from the place where you were born and grew up; moved and spent a fortune looking for another place, far from family and friends; moved and been poor for a while as you looked for another way to support yourself.
You could have exited your own house by the window, instead of foolishly going through your own bedroom door and facing them; left your own house and everything you own and let them have it all.
You could have sold everything of worth and lived in absolute poverty and squalor, so the burglars would have nothing to target you for. What were you thinking of, working hard all your life and spending it on your own house and possessions and food and necessities?
You could have made it easier for them to break in. Maybe they wouldn't have been in such an angry mood and murdered you.
The last thing you should have done is to be so frightened that you took any kind of weapon out of your own bedroom and antagonise someone in your own house with it.
After all - you did have choices!!
A few weeks ago, a few miles from where I live, a woman, living on her own, disturbed some people in her house, in the middle of the night.
She was 87 years old and, like Tony Martin in the above piece, was no threat to the burglars.
She asked them to leave her alone. Not a demanding plea, one would have thought. After all, she could hardly overpower them and hand them over to the police.
No! She probably annoyed them by asking for a second favour.
She asked them to take what they wanted and go.
They decided her provocative attitude needed a short, sharp shock. This would probably teach her to be more civil to the next group of hard-working, self-employed entrepreneurs to visit.
There were three of them, aged, 14, 15 and 16, so they felt reasonably confident they could take her.
It was a tough, long, drawn out battle. But, they triumphed.
They gave her a lesson she wouldn't forget in a hurry.
They victored without a scratch.
She had severe bruising all over her body, broken ribs, a fractured skull and two severed fingers. For good measure - a clever ploy to stop her recognising them - they blinded her.
Lucky that she hadn't heard them sooner and called the police and had to fill out all those forms.
Lucky that she hadn't called the police, had the burglars arrested and then had to go to court to identify them and have her address read out for all of the burglars' friends to remember and plot to pay her back.
Lucky that she didn't have to hear and know their names, as, if she'd slipped up and named them, she could have been considered in contempt of court and jailed, because their names were protected 'for legal reasons'.
Lucky that she hadn't dared to have any kind of weapon in her own home.
Lucky that, if she had, she hadn't dared to use it.
A very lucky woman, indeed.
Just think of the trouble she could have got herself into. Some people never learn.
Just before Christmas the lady above died. The powers that be have declared that they are uncertain whether to charge the little bastards who murdered her with murder because, "...it can't be certain, or proven, that the attack led to her death...".
I'll let the best people to judge that make their own decision. Won't you?


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Taxpayers fund at least $350K in security costs for Obama Hawaiian vacations
First lady Michelle Obama stayed behind in Hawaii to party with the likes of Oprah Winfrey for the first lady's 50th birthday.
By Malia Zimmerman | Watchdog.org
KAILUA, Hawaii — During her recent visit to Maui and the home of close family friend Oprah Winfrey, First Lady Michelle Obama was escorted by Maui police.
The tab for that protection? $54,233.70, said a spokesman for the Maui Police Department.
That's a drop in the bucket, though.
Honolulu police protected the First Family while they spent some 15 days during the holidays in Kailua, Oahu.
Michelle Yu, spokeswoman for the Honolulu Police Department, said Thursday the department spent $293,731.99 for overtime only, an expense that excludes normal salary pay.
Neither county police department will seek federal reimbursement for those expenses, putting the burden on local taxpayers.
In 2008, when the Obamas first visited Oahu during the holidays, the City and County of Honolulu sought reimbursement, but were never repaid. Now the county budgets for the president's annual holiday visit.
The Obama Hawaiian vacation costs more than $4 million total for travel, staffing, security, housing, car rentals and transportation of vehicles and a helicopter.
Michelle Obama's extended vacation on the island of Maui, which the president said was an early birthday present for her, also entailed the cost for Secret Service travel, rental cars and accommodations, as well as transportation.
White House Spokesman Jay Carney acknowledged in a news conference just after the First Lady flew to Maui that taxpayers are picking up some of the cost of her trip and travel back to Washington D.C., but would not disclose the details.
"As with all personal travel, the first family will appropriately fund personal expenses … And in line with travel of past presidents and first ladies, the First Lady will travel via government aircraft," Carney said in response to a question from Fox News.
According to the Congressional Research Service, the First Lady typically flies in either a C-40 or a C-32 aircraft.
Operational cost per flight hour ranges from $19,755 on the C-40B to $42,918 on the C-32A, so a 10-hour flight could cost anywhere from $197,550 to $429,180.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took her own Hawaiian vacation in December, which overlapped the president's by one day.
Pelosi stayed on Hawaii Island for nine days in December, costing local taxpayers $22,873 for police security details. The Hawaii Island police will not seek reimbursement.
Pelosi makes the trip here annually, and she covers her own hotel and flight costs on commercial airlines.
Reach Malia Zimmerman at Malia@hawaiireporter.com
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Wyeth Laboratories Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, produced this Ovral brand oral contraceptive around 1968. The 21 pills are in a blister pack that is inserted into a white plastic holder. The holder has the days of the week embossed around the perimeter. The pills come with a carrying sleeve decorated with flowers and a butterfly. This box of physician's samples includes 6 blister packs that were used as refills for the white plastic dispenser.


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Afghanistan News
Pak FM, Afghan politician discuss peace process
Published On: Jan, 12, 202106:26 PM
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday held talks with leader of Afghanistan's Hezb-e-Wahdat-e Islami party Karim Khalili in Islamabad on the war-torn country's peace process.
Pentagon Presses Ahead With Afghanistan Troop Drawdown Despite Law Barring It
Published On: Jan, 12, 202107:27 AM
Halting the drawdown could jeopardize the U.S.-backed Afghanistan peace process as a February 2019 agreement with the Taliban calls for a complete U.S. troop withdrawal by May in return for the...
Taliban attacks pushed back in Kandahar: Afghan official
Taliban attacks on various parts of Afghanistan's Kandahar province in the last few weeks have been pushed back and the group has suffered heavy casualties, a senior security official said on...
Afghan negotiators leave for Qatar to resume peace talks
The negotiating team of the Afghan government left for Qatar on Tuesday where they will resume the second round of the peace talks with the Taliban.
Taliban intelligence operative captured in Afghanistan
A Taliban intelligence operative has been arrested in Afghanistan's Balkh province, army spokesman said on Monday.
Pakistan cancels 200,000 fake citizen ID cards held by Afghan refugees
Pakistan has cancelled about 200,000 computerised national identity cards (CNICs) fraudulently held by Afghanistan refugees.
60 militants killed in Afghanistan's Helmand
At least 60 militants have been killed and several others injured in clashes and airstrikes in Afghanistan's restive Helmand province, the army said on Sunday.
Targeted killings to be discussed in Afghan peace talks: Top official
A chief negotiator of the Afghan government has said that the issue of targeted killings will be discussed when the next phase of the peace talks with the Taliban will resume on January 5.
'Taliban presence in Pak will challenge Afghan peace'
Published On: Dec, 25, 202003:34 PM
The presence of Taliban leaders and their fighters in Pakistan is a clear violation of Afghanistan's national sovereignty and will challenge the war-torn country's peace process, the Ministry of...
Rockets fired at US airbase in Afghanistan: Officials
Four rockets were fired at the Bagram Airfield, a major US airbase in Afghanistan, on Saturday, officials said.


In the town of N. there is a main street. After the war linden trees were planted in the holes that remained after projectile explosions and those who died during the bombings were buried in a mass grave. To the right of the grave there is a hill, one can even take it for the burial, however, there used to be an ancient castle here that was blown up 50 years ago to produce bricks for a club construction. Now this club can be found in N.'s downtown.
On New Year's eve a huge Christmas tree is put just in front of it decorated with a garland. One day, under unclear circumstances, it was cut down at the height of 1.7 meters from the ground. Behind the club, in Stroitelei Street there is a kindergarten "Teremok" with a five-year old boy who got stuck between two trees not long ago.
The town of N. is located 40 kilometers from Minsk, the Belarusian capital. I come here rather often to solve various issues, but even more often – without any specific reason. It is always quiet here and it feels a sort of emptiness. This place is so close in its distance but at the same time so far away in a parallel reality. Everything stands still in a tacit collusion – nature and the space of the town, people and myself.
I am looking for a reason to come here again but whomever I address, I get the same answer, "there is nothing special around." When noticing me, anyone I meet in this street looks like they want to talk, but the closer we approach each other, the denser the air becomes; this air makes us accomplices, brings us closer, but it does not let us speak the same language.
I do not learn anything new, I learn nothing at all, but I do go on shooting because it is my only shelter, my only excuse to be here, my permission to stare around. The camera seems to present me evidence, but what does it prove? My shots make me a witness. I am a witness of something that did not happen here, in the town of N., of something that remained in the air of my pictures.


Can you confirm these amateur observations of Malpolon monspessulanus?
Type locality: Montpellier, Southern France; restricted to: Les Cresses, Vic-la-Gardiole, altitude 6 m, environ 43°28'36"N, 3°47'49"E, soit à 15 km SSW du centre de Montpellier, by BOUR et al. 2017.
Holotype: MZUS Strasbourg (D. Roubioux, 1798), lost.
Veith (1909) reports about a Coelopeltis lacertina (= M. m.) biting Zamenis gemonensis.
Subspecies: Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus (GEOFFROY DE ST-HILAIRE 1809) has been elevated to full species status with fuscus as a subspecies (CARRANZA et al. 2006).
Type species: Natrix lacertina WAGLER 1824 is the type species of the genus Malpolon FITZINGER 1826.
Distribution: Not in Corsica, though Kohler & Handke reported in 2007 (Herpetozoa, 20: 81-82) one skin shedding of this species, nobody ever reported a snake alive (M. Delaugerre, pers. comm., 6 Aug 2013). Natrix lacertina WAGLER 1824 was listed in "Serpentum brasiliensium" (??). Not in Albania fide Miszei et al. 2017. Not in Libya fide Bauer et al. 2017.
Etymology Named after the Latin name for Montpellier in southern France.
Tabachishin, Vasily G.; Zhdokova, M.K. 2002. The morpho-ecological characterization of the Montpellier snake (Malpolon monspessulanus Hermann, 1804) population in Kalmykia. Povolzhskiy Journal of Ecology 2002(3):297-301.


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Do we really know the truth about many things in our way of living where we coexist and cooperate with others? Or do we simply have a trust, faith and loyalty to believe things to be as others tell us? If we can't verify it ourselves to demonstrate the veracity and veritas/truth of something, then we're going on trust and belief that it is that way.
I buy much that is organic. Buying organic can be more expensive. But I don't want all the chemicals and poisons that are considered "mostly" "safe" to larger animals like us humans, meanwhile they are harmful to smaller non-human animals.
Am I to trust the evaluations of others? To have faith in their assessment? To be loyal to their claims of truth that I can't verify and demonstrate myself? To believe what they say is safe for me to consume when it's known to be harmful for other smaller animals?
I don't trust them. Especially since many of the chemicals and pesticides aren't completely safe,a and have been shown to have levels of health risks by being consumed. We put these in plants, they go into the soil, and the plants absorb them through the roots. Then we eat the plants. I prefer to get the least amount of man-made or natural made chemicals, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides in my body.
But, when I buy organic, I don't actually know the food is grown without anything that can be harmful to my health. I also don't actually know the food is actually grown in an organic way. I don't have the truth demonstrated to me by me being able to verify it.
Others say they verified that a grower is organic. Others says they verified that certain growing methods are safer than more chemically-laden methods. I have a belief, trust, faith and loyalty to the honesty and integrity of those who do verify in my place.
This is how much in our society and our lives works. We can't know everything to be true. We can know much about many things as pieces of knowledge, as information. But whether it's true or not is harder to determine.
We can't verify everything. If we would try to, most of our time would be spent trying to verify what others give us as truth since we aren't the ones who know it as a truth. If we want to know something to be true, we have to verify if it is true. Otherwise, we have to trust in the honesty and integrity of others caring for the truth in reality to convey that truth.
Trust is the default that we base much of our perception and conception of reality upon, because we only have truth in a limited scope of what we can verify and demonstrate for ourselves. Even if something is true, we can't really apply and use the word true to it, because it can't be known to be true by ourselves.
It may be true that someone is growing plants organically, but I can't really know that as a truth. I just trust the certification authority to do their job with honesty and integrity to make sure the grower is doing things as they are supposed to.
When we receive some piece of knowledge or information that is claimed as true, it has come down a chain, from a source to us and others along the way. We all relay information, some of it we have verified to be true, and some if not most of it is relayed based on belief, trust, faith and loyalty if the source originator conveying the truth in reality as it is.
But the world is filled with dishonest and disintegrated people who don't care about truth, about aligning with truth, about being in harmony with truth. And we all fall victim to our own cognitive biases that can allow us to relay misinformation, disinformation or falsity as if it were "truth".
Most of us don't willingly lie all the time to purposefully convey falsity as truth, but that doesn't mean many people don't do it sometimes. And regardless, falsity gets accepted as truth because we are trusting in others and the original source conveying the truth and not falsity. Most people have belief, trust, faith and loyalty in the "authority" of the news to convey "real news" as opposed to "fake news" or false news.
This is how easy it is to create a perception of reality in the minds of the masses. Anything that the "authorities" say, is trusted by the majority. What people think is the reality outside of their local lives (that they actually can verify) isn't verified, but is simply accepted as true and real. The media has a hold on the minds of the masses, shaping reality even if it's an unreality.
Discernment is less employed when our trusted sources of information feed us what to trust and believe in. Reality and perception management is easily done when blindly trusted messages are projected across a nation and across the planet to influence and have people accept a version of reality that may not even exist.
People join establishments that fit into the mainstream narrative and reality they've been injected with through word "magic" and social engineering. People become soldiers and fight manufactured wars for their masters who sit as game masters behind a chess board. The world's a stage. It's a big deception in large part.


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When Is a Lease a Lease?
The answer will prove pivotal to companies' balance sheets when a new lease accounting standard comes out.
Sarah JohnsonNovember 2, 2009
A revamped lease accounting standard in the works will likely put hundreds of billions of dollars in assets and obligations onto some companies' balance sheets. That has had companies that will be most affected by the changes — such as airlines, retailers, and railroads — dreading any progress the rule-makers might make in creating a new standard. And executives of those companies have been pushing for the United States and international accounting boards not to apply the new rule to all leases.
Businesses may have gotten at least part of their wish, if the decisions made at a recent joint meeting of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board are any indication. In one of the latest agreements made in the boards' glacial move to overhaul the existing lease accounting rules, FAS 13 and IAS 17, they have chosen to exclude some leases from a final new standard.
But since the boards have yet to explain how companies will know which leases will be exempted, it's too early to tell how much of an impact this change could have on the effects of the new rule, which won't be ready until at least 2011. It's also too early to know whether it will lead to the restructuring of how current lease agreements are arranged.
After all, the standard-setters must tread lightly to avoid creating a new standard with defects that are similar to those critics have cited in the one U.S. companies have been following for 35 years. A particular concern about the current rule: bright-line rules can result in the structuring of leases to inaccurately reflect a company's assets and liabilities.
Under the current rule, standard-setters believe, companies have been reworking leasing agreements to have them fall under the "operating lease" classification. In 2005 the Securities and Exchange Commission staff estimated that in this way, publicly traded companies are able to hide $1.25 trillion in future cash obligations. For example, as IASB chairman David Tweedie has noted, airlines' balance sheets can appear as if the companies don't have airplanes.
That could change under the new plan. Companies would have to capitalize assets that have traditionally fallen under the operating-lease classification. The result: companies that lease would appear more highly leveraged.
Earlier this year, FASB and the IASB released a paper outlining their initial thoughts on the plan, and they expect to propose a standard next year. But they're still ironing out the details and have met six times so far this year on the subject. They have only recently begun deliberating how lessors will fit into this new regime.
At least one item they have agreed on: the premise. Rather than distinguish between capital and operating leases, companies should think about their "right to use" a leased item, whether it be plants, property, or equipment. Lessees will record that right as an asset and their obligation to pay future rental installments for that item as a liability.
In simple terms, "The basis of the right-to-use model is to move off of thinking about the thing [under lease] and think about the right to use the thing," according to IASB board member James Leisenring.
For lessors, "the concept behind the right-of-use model is, I've given you an [item], it's mine, so it should be on my books and I'm letting you use it, day by day," explains FASB member Thomas Linsmeier.
Lessors will have to record a liability for their commitment to lending out an item and giving up the temporary right to use it. The thinking is that even though they are not using the item, the lessors still retain control of it and need to account for it. And their right to receive rental payments will be recorded as an asset.
Last week the standard-setters decided that lease contracts that are effectively purchases — in which an item is financed for ownership — will be scoped out of the new standard. Previously, the boards seemed to be tilting toward including all leases under a new standard. "A one-size-fits-all model for lessee accounting was the expedient approach, but it wasn't the correct approach," says Bill Bosco, who consults for the Equipment Leasing and Financing Association and sits on the International Working Group on Lease Accounting for the U.S. and international accounting boards.
The ELFA, which celebrated the move and has been very active in trying to influence the final standard, believes the boards are acting too quickly to meet their 2011 deadline and have accused them of not following due process. In particular, the discussion paper released earlier this year did not address lessors, so it did not give the public an opportunity to comment on the subject before a proposed standard is released, according to the trade group. In addition, the ELFA has always feared the rule would be too sweeping, and it doesn't want it to apply to small or short-term leases. According to the ELFA, more than 90% of leases involve assets worth less than $5 million and have terms of two to five years.
Rule-makers have yet to decide on issues of materiality for this standard. And they have not yet seriously discussed how companies will transition into compliance with the new rule and whether they will have to rebook current leases. Moreover, an effective date has not been proposed.
The changes apparently won't deter CFOs from their need for leasing agreements. In a survey of 846 CFOs and controllers in late September and early October, 59% told Grant Thornton they would continue to use leases or lease financing the same way they do now.
Still, says Bosco, with specifics in the new rule still being worked on, it may be too early to tell how it could affect lessees' behavior. For instance, small businesses that use leasing agreements for their short-term capital needs will still need them. And the new rule may not allow much wiggle room. "All leases will be capitalized, so the ability to do any financial engineering, which [the boards] are very afraid of, will be severely diminished," he says. "All leases will be on the balance sheet."


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Q: Numerical ways of solving $\det(A(x)) = 0$ Consider a real square matrix $A$, lets say $4$ by $4$. Each entry of this matrix $A(i,j)$ is a polynomial function of $x$. For example, $A_{ij}=a_{ij}x^3+b_{ij}x^2+c_{ij}x+d_{ij}$. The parameters of $A_{ij}$, namely $a_{ij}$,$b_{ij}$,$c_{ij}$,$d_{ij}$, are known explicitly.
I would like to solve the equation $\det(A(x)) = 0$. It is cumbersome to write down this determinant explicitly as a polynomial in $x$. Is there a way to (1) compute explicitly the coefficients of the scalar polynomial $\det A(x)$, and (2) find its roots?

A: This is called a polynomial eigenvalue problem, and the standard way to solve it is converting it into a standard eigenvalue problem with a technique called linearization: if $(Ax^3+Bx^2+Cx+D)v=0$ for some $x\in\mathbb{C}$ and a vector $v\in\mathbb{C}^{n}$, then
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\begin{bmatrix}
x^2v\\xv\\v
\end{bmatrix}.
$$
If the matrix $\begin{bmatrix}
A\\&I\\&&I
\end{bmatrix}
$ is nonsingular, then you can multiply both sides by its inverse and reduce to a standard eigenvalue problem; otherwise, it is a problem of the form $Mw=xNw$, for $M,N\in\mathbb{C}^{N\times N},w\in\mathbb{C}^{N}$, which is called generalized eigenvalue problem and can be solved with a generalization of the same techniques that are used to solve eigenvalue problems in practice.
This will give you generically $3n$ solutions (or $dn$ for a degree-$d$ polynomial), which are all the solutions of the original problem. Some may appear with higher multiplicity. There are methods to define the geometric multiplicity of an eigenvalue for a matrix polynomial, but they are quite involved (see e.g. the first chapter of Matrix Polynomials, Gohberg-Lancaster-Rodman).
If $A$ is singular, there will be fewer than $dn$ solutions; the "missing ones" can be defined to be "eigenvalues at infinity", and this definition behaves consistently with most standard changes of variables and projective geometry tricks (e.g., if you reverse the coefficients of the polynomial you get the inverses of the eigenvalues).
There are alternative ways other than (1) to construct two block matrices to linearize the problem (and determining which one is the best one numerically is still an active research topic); that particular one is known as Frobenius companion form. It is a block version of the well-known Frobenius companion matrix.
In practice, on a computer, with numerical data, if you have Matlab available, you can just use polyeig.
If you really want the coefficients of the characteristic polynomial, first linearize, then compute a Schur, QZ or Hessenberg factorization of the linearization, and finally compute its characteristic polynomial by evaluation-interpolation. See e.g. my comment here for slightly more detail. Note, though, that going through the coefficients of the characteristic polynomial in order to find eigenvalues is not a good idea numerically.


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New Provost Named at Grand Rapids Community College
Aug. 9, 2019; ccnewsnow.com
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Brian Knetl will be Grand Rapids Community College's next provost and executive vice president for academic and student affairs, President Bill Pink announced Thursday, Aug. 8.
Street Talk: Patriotic partners prosper
Aug. 9, 2019; Grand Rapids Business Journal
… On the job
Grand Rapids Community College has been awarded a $140,000 grant to participate in a national effort to expand registered apprenticeship opportunities.
Northview unveils alternative schooling program
Northview Public Schools is launching an alternative high school program to expand career pathways and flexible learning options.
… Some students will spend time at Leslie E. Tassell M-Tech at Grand Rapids Community College. Others will spend their time with companies or other organizations.
Jets Sign TE Nick Truesdell, Waive CB Derrick Jones
Aug. 10, 2019; newyorkjets.com
The Jets have signed tight end Nick Truesdell and waived cornerback Derrick Jones.
The well-traveled Truesdell, who played collegiately at Cincinnati and also attended Grand Rapids Community College, first signed with the Jets Aug. 4 before he was released two days after. He had a couple of stints in the Indoor Football League (IFL) and multiple stops in the Arena Football League (AFL) and had brief stays with the Colts and the Vikings and most recently played with the Salt Lake Stallions in the Alliance for American Football. The 6'5", 246-pounder combined to catch 127 balls for 1,527 yards with 38 touchdowns in the AFL.
New J-Hawks coach treating Jefferson like a 'startup'
Aug. 11, 2019; Rockford Register Star (Ill.)
ROCKFORD – In November 1993, Jefferson was finishing up its eighth playoff season in the previous nine years under football coach Joe Blume.
… "I don't care about the history. (Winning) has to happen sooner or later," said (Jacob) Arnold, a Plainfield North graduate who played football at Grand Rapids Community College in Michigan and the College of DuPage before finishing up at Rockford University.
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Looking at the travel schedule detailed in that last post, I'm starting to think it's about time to pick up a Nintendo DS Lite. I'm thinking this not just because of time spent on the plane, but because that seems to be a major method of interaction between people at certain cons. At PAX in particular, people whiled away time between events, at boring panels, and sitting in lines, playing DS games on Wi-Fi. So many people were playing, in fact, that the wireless connection started lagging. A friend of mine commented that it was the first time he'd ever seen people actually using Pictochat. A fellow I met at South by Southwest, meanwhile, realized he was seated on the plane with a fellow SXSW-attending "nerd buddy" when they both pulled out DS's (and subsequently played together).
I wonder, though, how people play with handheld systems when not attending special events. I once saw a guy on a bus here in Philly on a DS, and I once saw a woman in an arcade playing on a PSP while a couple of her friends played pool nearby, but that's about it for my actual sightings in the wild, as it were. I'm interested in DS Buttons, a site that sells little pin-on buttons to invite the world to play DS with you, but I have no idea how often that actually leads to interaction with strangers.
Video gaming may have a reputation for discouraging social behavior, but the DS—which has dominated video game sales numbers for some time—may be on the road to being the most successful (non-PC) gaming system ever. Interesting that this title could be bestowed upon a handheld device rather than the consoles with massive processing power that the industry has pushed toward for so long.
Which Blogs and Cons Should I Be Visiting?


Last Friday Whisker Graphics got a mention from Wanwisa on her beautiful blog, Modern Vintage. Her site was a new discovery for me and now I have it safely bookmarked so I can visit often. I got blissfully lost in visiting all her posts! She featured some of my PDF template designs. (After seeing my product photos compared to other photos on her site, it is glaringly apparent that I really must get better at taking photos. I'm trying, really I am.) Go take a look here.
Cool site! I think your photos are great! I struggle with mine, but part of my problem is living in MN where it is winter a majority of the year!


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In a blow to retirement savers and pensioners, the Bank of England has kept interest rates at the record low of 0.5% and voted to inject £50 billion more cash in to the economy by quantative easing.
The net result is interest rates on savings accounts and ISAs are unlikely to rise in the imminent new financial year and the price of gilts is likely to slip even lower.
For those approaching retirement or living off fixed pension income, the news is all bad.
Annuity income is fixed on gilts and rates have already plummetted and falling further just makes financial planning tougher for the over 55s and gives them less money to spend.
Bank rates were anchored at 0.5% in March 2009 and have not moved since. The new QE programme will bring the total spent on buying gilts to £325 billion.
Some commentators are worried that the bank is shovelling more cash in to the economy by quantative easing without having enough data to review whether the tactic is a success or failure.
The reality, according to pensions guru Dr Ros Altmann, director general of over 50s group Saga, is different.
"The jury is still very much out on whether QE is actually providing an economic stimulus," she said. "Despite the billions of pounds of new money, consumer lending fell last year, growth weakened and inflation sapped consumer confidence.
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Jerith Style 202 aluminum gate is made to fit a 48 inch opening. Style 202 gates have 4 horizontal rails to match the 72 inch tall style 202 aluminum fence panels. Jerith gates have a welded frame for strength and durability and a half inch welded "A" brace between the top two horizontal rails. This brace adds strength to the gate frame and helps to keep the gate from sagging. Style 202 gates are sold by their opening size, so a 48" gate fits into a 48" opening between posts. Jerith gates are powder coated for a maintenance free, rust proof finish. The finish is in-between shiny and matte.
Jerith style 202 at 72 inches tall is made to make most local pool codes. Most pool codes require 45 inches in-between the two innermost horizontal rails. This gate in 54 inches tall or higher should make most pool codes. Check your local codes for what the requirements are to make pool code in your area.
When installing a style 202 gate between two gate posts, leave an opening of 48 inches between the inside of the gate posts. Install the hinges and latch with the provided self tapping screws. If you are installing this gate between columns that are wider than 2 inches, you will have to install the hinges on the corner of the column. To install the gate in the middle of a column, you will need to build a shim that will allow the hinges to be installed and be able to open. If possible, it is recommend to use blank gate posts when installing between columns. Our help articles and Jerith installation guides provide more information on installing Jerith gates.


A Notary stamp or embosser is required in Wisconsin. Most Wisconsin Notaries use an inked stamp. Some Notaries use an embosser in addition to their stamps for extra fraud protection. Notaries are advised to keep their seal in a secure location when not in use.
The NNA offers several different stamp and embosser choices that are in compliance with Wisconsin state regulations.


Hi! I'm wondering the kind of trends when designing a new website and the use of ribbons. I found some cool ribbons and get a little inspired but not sure of how to use them... anyone with examples or ideas?


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Some of the wildlife artists we market have an appreciation of the natural world that few of us ever experience in this modern world. That's why it's nice to own something beautiful which exhibits the expanse of nature with it's wide variety of fauna. One of those artists is Scot Storm. He has a passion for nature, a commitment to accuracy and the artistic skills to draw a viewer into an image have all come to characterize the work of Scot Storm. An ardent lover of the woods and waters of his northern Minnesota home, Scot has spent a lifetime preparing for the day he would become a part of the wondrous world of wildlife art. In 1999, Scot gave up a career as an architect to devote himself to his art. Although he has received broad recognition and many awards as a painter, he took particular pride in winning the millennium Pheasant Stamp contest for the state of Minnesota. As he strives to expand his portfolio, Scot has worked closely with Pheasants Forever, Ducks Unlimited, the Danbury Mint art collection and Apple Creek Publishing. Through his many exhibits and displays throughout the Midwest, he has earned a reputation as a knowledgeable, skilled, creative force in the field of wildlife art.
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When it comes to making an artistic statement in your interiors, why not do something different that will give people a sense of nature with Scot Storm art prints? We suggest that you make an investment wildlife prints which will give you beauty and an increasing value over time. Many of today's best wildlife artists come from remote areas where the land influences people deeply. There's nothing quite like a natural scene to stir quiet emotions that are sometimes shouted down in today's busy world.
When we exhibit or talk about Scot Storm art prints, we aren't so much about selling a painting as we are helping you bring some of the beauty of these outdoor images into your interior rooms. Imagine a herd of deer in a in a field or the majestic flight of an eagle as it hunts for prey. You don't have to imagine it as we have prints from many famous artists, the best in their genre, bringing this into your life. You'll like working with us as we are as passionate about this art form as you are. Think about areas that you may want to exhibit these great deer art pieces, a game room, living room or maybe a dining room where it will draw the special attention of your guests. There are so many ways to incorporate these fine art pieces into your home.
You may want to browse our wildlife prints and you'll find that our selection of Scot Storm art prints is one of the deepest on the Internet, along with many other artists listed here. We're adding new paintings and prints everyday, after that you may want to move onto our original paintings area which will give you an idea of the depth of the art we carry. It's exciting to be a part of an offering which brings people such a sense of satisfaction and joy. We have many personal relationships with many of these artists that we exhibit and sell, and they trust us to portray their art in a correct manner.
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Jonathan Kenworthy was born in wartime Britain and started sculpture at the Royal College of Art aged eleven, going on to later study at the Royal Academy Schools. There, he won ten scholarships and became the youngest student to ever win the Gold Medal; this in 1965, the same year as his first exhibition in London's West End.
Kenworthy's early success allowed him the freedom to develop his art at his own pace. He creates movement with bold, abstract applications of clay, giving the broadly figurative themes a distinctive vigour and life, and punctuates this through refined touches and delicate detail. The images he has created have brought a fresh new approach and eye to sculpture and to bronze. Consequently, Kenworthy has an international following of private collectors, dealers and artists alike. In a career stretching over fifty years he has pursued his personal view with travel to the wild and remote areas of Africa and Asia, where he finds his subjects.
Last year saw the publication of a book covering his life as a sculptor from his precocious beginnings to present day and is entitled, Jonathan Kenworthy: Sculpture and Works on Paper. The book includes a catalogue raisonné of the bronzes which were exhibited and sold in London and New York between 1965-2008.
Kenworthy has a unique ability to model clay with a skill and sensitivity which remains unsurpassed in today's hard-edged, commercial world.


58 Bainbridge Street, Brooklyn, NY, New York 11233. 58 Bainbridge Street. This three family brick townhouse is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac in the heart of Stuyvesant Heights. Perfect for 1031 exchange the building is 17ft x 45ft on a 100ft lot, with a combined living space of approximately 3100 sq ft. Many of the original details in the house are still intact including floors, crown molding, pocket doors fireplaces and wainscoting. The property has an owner's duplex consisting of garden and parlor level with yard access from the ground level. A one bedroom apartment on the third floor and a two bedroom apartment on the fourth floor round out this income producing townhouse. 58 Bainbridge Street has the potential to provide a cap rate of approx 4.5% from the two existing rental apartments and the owners duplex. There are separate utilities for each of the three units. There are no leases with current tenants, and it can be delivered vacant. The property is very close to A/C line at Utica Avenue, B15, B46, B25, B26 bus lines and the retail corridor on Fulton Street. Enjoy a game of chess two minutes away in Fulton Park or listen to the musicians play at the bandstand in the summer. Close to Saraghina, Brunswick, Peaches and the magical Bar Lunatico.