Mais uma foto do meu trabalho da faculdade. No detalhe, OSGEMEOS e Ise em uma loja qualquer da Avenida do Estado, na região da Vila Carioca.

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My past couple of posts have looked at PowerShell ISE and described a few aspects of the Script and Command panes, with a brief mention of the Output pane.

Now I’d like to address some noteworthy aspects of the Output pane.

One of the natural habits I have developed when working with PowerShell is to run Start-Transcript before I get into any new work. The transcription feature has been a part of PowerShell since version 1.0. Having a transcript of the commands I’ve typed as well as the output from the shell can be used in auditing, peer review and training, documentation, and script development. It’s almost hard to imagine using transcripts – the same would be true of history. In fact, if I have forgotten to run Start-Transcript before I get into script development, as often happens with the realization that what the previous few commands have done would be even better in a script, and with prototyping, my quick remedy is to run Start-Transcript and then immediately follow-up with a good dose of Get-History. That way everything I’ve done recently is in the transcript, well at least the commands but not the output.

I panicked when I first found out that the PowerShell ISE console host does not support transcription! If you type Start-Transcript in PowerShell ISE, you get an error to this effect. Then I took a deep breath and it dawned on me: I’m in an integrated scripting environment. It’s not quite the same, but has it’s own form of power.

Consider the following sequence.

<Ctrl>+N    – creates a new script document tab

<Ctrl>+<Shift>+O    – navigates to the Output pane

<Ctrl>+A    – selects all of the commands and output in the Output pane

<Ctrl>+C    – copies the whole Output pane contents

<Ctrl>+I    – navigates to the Script pane

<Ctrl>+V    – pastes the Output pane contents into the Script pane

<Ctrl>+S    – initiates saving the output

Remember: nOacivs (or Oacnvs, etc.) It just rolls off the fingertips after you’ve done it many times. But what does this sequence do? Because the Output pane contains each Command that has been typed during this PowerShell ISE session and the resulting output, it’s quite similar to the transcript output, although not automatic. But this kind of taking some commands and output from the session is up-front and explicit. It’s not as hidden in the background, thereby it’s more clear what needs to be done in separating the wheat from the chaff. You can carefully choose what parts of the recent interactive sequence you want for one or more scripts.

Then, once you’ve culled together parts of scripts in this way, the real fun begins, and PowerShell ISE is there to support you – the debugging of scripts. We’ll come back and revisit PowerShell ISE later to discuss that story.

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Aseară a avut loc a nuştiucâta ediţie de Maratonul Publicităţii la ISE, unde nimeni nu a luat-o la fugă, s-a stat şi s-a privit la reclame, multe reclame, organizat de studentii de la secţia de marketing, ASM la o adica.

În deschidere Călin Crainic, Creative Director la Vitrina,  ne vorbeşte despre relaţia dintre nenea Brand şi nenea Consumator, sau mai bine zis tanti Consumator, deoarece nenea Brand şi-o trage cu tanti Consumator ca s-o facă clienta lui. Călin a folosit ca întotdeauna un limbaj care l-ar fi făcut şi pe ultimul prost să înţeleagă ce vrea să zică, cu toate că unii şi-au exprimat indignarea faţă de vocabularul lui şi despre metodele sale de exemplificare… nimeni nu i-a zis asta în faţă.

Au urmat apoi serii de reclame din anii ‘50, ‘60, ‘70,’80,’90 şi anii 2000. Diferenţa dintre decenii se vede clar, şi nu mă refer aici la stilul sau calitatea materialelor, fie ele color sau alb-negru, ci la mesajul transmis de ele.

În anii ‘50-’60 erau la modă mesajele transmise pe ritm de melodie, Cosmote cu Mirela lor cred că asta face, şi mă scoate din sărite!

Organizarea a fost bună, s-a lăsat şi cu un concurs, nu de cultură generală, ci mai mult de noroc, doar îţi scriai numele pe o foaie, îl aruncai într-o cutie şi spunea de 3 ori Tatăl Nostru, cu speranţa că numele tău va fi cel extras, şi câştigai o carte de la nu ştiu ce editură, în engleză.

Mai nou sunt în PRime Cluj, vedem ce o să fie, sper să fie o experienţă bună pentru mine şi să am prilejiul de a îi ajuta şi pe ceilalţi.  Imediat merg la sedinţă să punem ţara la cale.

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This group of NUS Industrial & Systems Engineering graduands gathered for their pre-commencement shots just before the ceremony.

Bright red shoes add colors to the serious dark blue academic gown

Competition doesn't end after graduating

A shot from the floor using remote and wireless Creative Lighting System

Giant Buddha at Todaiji Temple, Nara

So far I’ve spent a lot of time talking about what there is to do in Osaka, but this time I want to give a quick overview of places that can be visited as day trips from Osaka. It is, in fact, the perfect city for this, because of its central location and its function as a transportation hub for the Kansai area.

The obvious destination is Kyoto, which is by far the most popular tourist destination in Japan among both domestic and international tourists. Then is nearby Nara (the imperial capital  from 710-794, before it moved to Kyoto), which like Kyoto is home to a number of famous temples and shrines including Todaiji, Koryuji, and Kasuga Taisha. I prefer Nara over Kyoto because it feels more genuine and is not as crowded. Kobe is known as a pleasant, cosmopolitan city with an international feel–I recommend the waterfront Meriken Park, which is a romantic hot spot at night. Then there’s Himeji, with its soaring castle that is more famous and impressive than any other in the country.

Wakaura Tenmangu Shrine, Wakayama City

If you’re looking for something new, why not try Wakayama City? It has a number of gorgeous old temples, some great food, and lovely beaches and hot spring areas. Iga, one of the two great ninja towns of Japan (the other being Koga in Shiga Prefecture), is located in Nara Prefecture and features a ninja museum that you’re sure to get a kick out of. Kumano Kodo, a pilgrimage route that has been celebrated since ancient times, has recently become popular after being named as Japan’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Yoshino is famous for its autumn colors and spring cherry blossoms, and also has a number of lovely old ryokan and baths. Further east is Ise Shrine (in eastern Mie Prefecture), the most important Shinto shrine in Japan. It is connected to the imperial family, and it has been rebuilt every 20 years on alternating lots using the same architecture and materials since the beginning of Japan as a unified civilization.

Ninja train, Iga

Yes, there are even ninjas inside the ninja train.

Heading north from Osaka, you will find Uji, which is famous for it matcha powdered green tea, and also for Byodoin, a graceful temple that is meant to be an earthly re-creation of the Buddhist paradise (you can find it pictured on the ten yen coin). Fushimi-Inari Shrine is a complex winding its way up a mountainside, featuring paths lined with thousands of bright-orange torii gates that create an impressive tunnel-like effect. The Lake Biwa area is also a treasure trove of great places to see and delicious foods to eat (read about my journey around the lake here).

There are more options available, but the places listed above are all great destinations for day or weekend trips out of the city. With the autumn leaves reaching their colorful peak, now is the perfect time to experience the many faces of the Kansai region.

Recently there have been so many activities to join and I am still trying to rest my body, hence a lot flow under the bridge:

• November 1st was Tsuitachigayu which I haven’t attended since August 1st, when I was hit. Ironic that the activity which brings me peace and relaxation is one I can’t go to because I need peace and relaxation. Soon.
• November 3rd was Culture Day and we had the day off. I was hoping to attend a culture festival, but there were some political twists and the Ise Katagami artist wasn’t going to be present this year anyhow.
• A conflicting interest on the 3rd was the opening of the new Ujibashi bridge into the inner shrine. I really wanted to go, but didn’t have accurate information about the events. Recently I had a Guiness with one of the priests and got filled in for next time… in 20 years.
• November 8th there were two events, one at Saiku and another at one of my schools.
• November 9th was a festival at the Self-Defense Force airbase nearby. I wanted to go get photos of the helicopters in action.

Please don’t be mistaken, I am not missing out on everything; just, my activities have been more subdued and restful. For example, over the weekend, I went to a friend’s farm in the countryside and stayed overnight. Although it was not the 5th, we celebrated Guy Fawkes’ day: a little beer, homemade sausage, Cornish pasties, fireworks, a bonfire, good conversation, and fresh air. It was very therapeutic. Although, I forgot my pain meds, I was relaxing enough that nothing felt too severe. Maybe I should do this every weekend.

Tomorrow morning I will start riding the trains for free until Christmas! Yes, that’s right, I said free. How do you do that, you may ask. Well it is really quite simple. When I moved to Ise in May, I bought a one month commuter pass for the train to try it out and see how I liked riding the train. Every day I calculated how many fares I avoided with the pass. In June I was sure I could ride the train for six months and the passes seemed like a good deal, so I invested in a half-year pass.

My pass is valid through December 24th and cost me 109,300 yen. My estimate is that by the end of the day, I will have used 109,290 yen in fares. Hence, excepting 10 yen tomorrow, my pass has paid for itself. Even though I took a two week vacation to America and had several hospital days after my accident, the pass is still a good deal. Also, it is extremely convenient; especially when I’m running late.

Next I need to decide, with the upcoming purchase of a car, whether to renew the pass or try commuting in a vehicle for awhile. We’ll see.

On my walk to the station there are alot of old houses wedged together. Often they are so tight that one stairs out a window into a sheet metal wall. Recently one of these places was torn down, an outbuilding was turned into an office, and the rest became a parking lot. It looks very sharp and presuming a business eventually makes use of it, perhaps it is a sign of progress.

For me it means I can cut 10 meters or so off my commute by going through the parking lot. When I’m running late this is a benefit; however, this morning I experienced a down side to this improvement.

Normally I love to greet people when I am out and about. So much so, that it is almost reflexive. Walking through the new asphalt today: I glanced left, saw a head, and stopped short of greeting the man just in time. He was inside an open window, but that might not stop me from greeting someone. In this case, the clincher was that he was sitting on his toilet. Anyone walking through will see his morning affairs.

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Today was a holiday in Japan. I slept in very late. After I woke up, I went to a coffee shop nearby for breakfast. I also went for a long walk around Ise. Normally I am in a hurry, so it was nice to relax and look around.

I wanted to buy some bread from a great bakery but they were closed today. The bakery is called Boulangerie Tontin. They also sell French cheeses now. They call this business Fromagerie Tontin.

One reason we selected my current apartment was the relative beauty of the surroundings; for example, a kindly man with a cute cat grows a garden in front of my stairs. Having a little more greenery around the place is nice, plus I can chat with a cat every morning on my way out.

My first week here, I was left wondering how beneficial it was when an odor kept wafting into my office. Mistakenly I thought he was burning garbage in the garden and including a lot of plastics. When I realized the truth I’m not quite sure, but it exonerated the kindly man.

Two blocks from my apartment we have an old bandai sento (番台銭湯) of which I will surely write more later, but for today it is a public bath. This also seemed like a plus, but is the source of my mysterious odor. Everyday they fire up an oil furnace to heat the water. It’s not bothering me now, but we’ll see about the Springtime when I want to leave the windows wide to suck in the fresh air.

Her windows yüklemesinden sonra bilgisayara bazı temel programların kurulması gerekir. Gerekli programları kurduğunuz zaman windows çok daha dayanıklı hale gelecek ve güçlü olacaktır. Bu yazıda yeni windows işletim sistemi kurulmuş bir bilgisayara yüklenmesi gereken 25 ücretsiz yazılım yer almaktadır.

Bu programlar bilgisayarınızı daha güvenli ve daha sağlam hale getirecektir. Aşağıda alfabetik sıra ile programlara ulaşabilirsiniz.

yazının devamı —>

1. Avira AntiVir Personal Edition

Bilgisayarınız için ücretsiz en iyi güvenlik çözümlerinden birisidir. Hem sabit diski hem de harici diskleri tarar. Taramayı özelleştirebilirsiniz.

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2. CCleaner

CCleaner ücretsiz sistem optimizasyonu, gizlilik ve temizlik aracıdır. Sisteminizden kullanılmayan dosyaları siler. Ayrıca internet geçmişini temizler. Ek olarak, tam özellikli kayıt defteri temizleyicisi içerir.

indir | anasayfa

3. Comodo Firewall

Comodo, Firewall Pro ile birleşmiş antivirüs programıdır. Bilgisayarlar için güvenlik duvarıdır.

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4. Digsby

Digsby, IM, e-mail ve sosyal ağ hesaplarınızı tek bir uygulama üzerinden yönetmenize izin verir. AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, Facebook Chat, ve Jabber üzerinden tüm arkadaşlarınızla sohbet imkanı sağlar.

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5. DAEMON Tools Lite

Microsoft Windows için gelişmiş bir uygulamadır. En iyi optik medya emülasyonudur. DAEMON Tools ile fiziksel olarak CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray disklerini sanal disklere dönüştürebilirsiniz yada disk imajı ile sabit sürücünüz üzerinden direk çalıştırabilirsiniz.

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6. Everything search engine

Bu küçük yazılım ile çok hızlı bir şekilde arama yapabilirsiniz. Eş zamanlı sonuçlara ulaşabilirsiniz.

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7. Firefox

Firefox web tarayıcısı hızlı, daha güvenli ve tamamen kişiselleştirilmiş şekilde sörf etmenin en iyi yoludur. Tam özellikle web tarayıcısıdır. Pop-up engelleme, sekme, google arama ile bütünleştirilmiş, sade gizlilik denetimi gibi gelişmiş özelliklere sahiptir.

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8. FileZilla

Bu ücretsiz açık kaynak ftp uygulamasıdır.

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9. Flash Player (Adobe)

İnternete bağlı bilgisayarların yaklaşık %98′i üzerinde bu yazılım bulunmaktadır. Flash Player 3d efektler, özel filtre ve efektler, gelişmiş metin desteği ve daha fazlasını içermektedir.

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10. Flashget

Hızlı bir dosya indirme yöneticisidir. İndirilen dosyayı yönetme imkanı sağlar.

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11. Foxit Reader

Kolayca ve hızlı bir şekilde pdf dosyalarını okumak için kullanabileceğiniz ücretsiz bir yazılım.

indir | anasayfa

12. Google Chrome

Google Chrome, gelişmiş teknoloji ile minimal tasarımı birleştiren hızlı, güvenli, kolay kullanımlı web tarayıcısıdır. Adres çubuğuna dilediğiniz kelimeye yazarak öneri alabilirsiniz.

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13. ImgBurn

ImgBurn, hafif CD/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray yazma uygulamasıdır.

indir | anasayfa

14. K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

K-lite Codec Pack ile tüm popüler film formatlarını ve nadir formatları oynatabilirsiniz.

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15. Notepad++

Windows ile birlikte gelen Not Defteri ve Wordpad programlarına alternatif olarak kullanabileceğiniz bir yazılım.

indir | anasayfa

16. OpenOffice.org

Metin belgeleri, hesap tabloları, sunumlar, grafikler ve veritabanları yapmak için güçlü uygulamaları içerir.

indir | anasayfa

17. Process Explorer

Windows Görev Yöneticisine alternatif olarak kullanabileceğiniz bu yazılım daha kolay iş yapmaktadır.

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18. Revo Uninstaller

Windows Ekle/Kaldır’dan çok daha hızlı bir uygulamadır. Gelişmiş ve hızlı algoritması ile önceki ve sonraki uygulamaları tarar.

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19. Sub Menu Pack

Bu araç ile tek bir tıklamayla pek çok seçenek yapabilirsiniz.

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20. ThumbView Lite

Resimleri önizlemek için kullanabileceğiniz küçük bir uygulama. Başlangıçta sadece PCX, TGA, DDS ve PNG türlerini destekliyordu. Şimdi 19 resim türü desteklemektedir.

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21. Universal Extractor

Arşiv zip/rar dosyalarını çıkartmak için kullanabileceğiniz uygulama.

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22. Unlocker

Bir dosyayı silmek istediğiniz zaman erişim reddedildi uyarısı alabilirsiniz. Bu gibi durumlarda hedef dosya başka bir program veya dosya tarafından kullanıldığı için dosyanın silinmesine izin verilmez. Çözüm için Unlocaker yazılımını kullanabilirsiniz.

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23. VB Runtimes Pack

Çoğu programın çalışması için gerekli dosyaları bulundurur.

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24. VideoLAN VLC media player

MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, OGG ve çok çeşitli ses ve video formatlarını oynatabilen yüksek multimedya oynatıcısıdır.

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25. Vuze (Formerly called Azureus)

HD Film, tv ve video bulmak ve bilgisayarınıza indirmenin en iyi yoludur. Dünyanın en güçlü p2p bittorrent uygulamasıdır.

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I’ve been playing around with FPGA’s, and using Xlinx Spartan 3 from Digilent, I mainly wanted it for the Sump Logic Analyser, but now branching out with it a bit, lets ignore the nightmare install that ISE Webpack is, then the fact that Digilent boards don’t work with the ISE programming tools and focus on the rest of the oddness..

First off VITAL, this is a library that ought to be in the IEEE lib’s, but for some reason ( possibly being a cut down version of the software,  but if so wouldn’t it be nice if it said so ) . I managed to get this up and running by installing some software that had a VITAL2000 source code ( vhd’s) and adding them to my project as a new library, changed the USE and LIBRARY options to use VITAL2000 and VITAL_timing_2000 ( the lib i have appends _2000 to all of them ) , then its a case of marking some of the functions IMPURE, they’re just warnings so not really needed. XIinx’s website is no good, and their support forum didn’t turn up anything either.

I even switched to Altera Quartus at one point, but that had similar issues, seems they only have VITAL95 support, and I ran into other issues with it too.

After that the FMF library needs to be updated to use the new LIBRARY and USE settings… So i finally get to the point where the FMF library compiles, the VITAL2000 compiles, and off it goes to compile the model I’m using, brrp! nope, some mysterious error about ‘Port being unsupported in  a Block concurrent statement’  over on the FMF site someone’s noted it from an old build and the admin is wondering if ISE WebPack is indeed a crippled version.

As much used to cross development toolsets and so on, the FPGA has been the most difficult and painful route I’ve ever taken, and I’ve worked on some bizarre stuff, the programming itself is easy enough but the dev tools and support are horrible, I guess you just get spoiled by Microsoft’s level of  devtool’s and support.

Anyway my ‘allotment’ for FPGA time is up for today, so I figured jot down a note that i can fill in later., and hoping that the FMF admin will have a solution..

Every weekday I ride the train from Ise to Tsu. The train ride from Ujiyamada Station to Tsu Shinmachi Station takes 35 minutes. It would take about 1 hour by car. Also, the train uses very little energy per person, but cars use a lot. It is much more efficient to take the train.

However, when I ride the train, I need to ride my bicycle from the station to my schools. Usually I carry a rain jacket, rain pants, and a waterproof cover for my backpack. Today I left home without my rain gear. There were many clouds in the sky, so I was worried all morning.

Now the clouds are disappearing and the sun is shining. I am relieved.

Det eneste som er postitiv med å savne noen, er den følelsen man får når man dem igjen. I går fikk jeg en slik herlig følelse. kribling, knising og smiling.

Kom akkurat hjem fra gym på skolen, og etter en helg borte fra hybelen var det lite mat i kjøleskapet gitt. En gammel skinke, tomt for smør og et knekkebrød uten smak. Lever i luksus.

Jeg skal forresten være Catwoman på halloween festen på onsdag. Siden man skulle kle seg ut etter noe på forbokstaven sin, så passer det jo perfekt. Ellernoe

Nå ble jeg i godt humør. Kjørte bil og det gikk bra, snakket med kattepuse min på telefonen istad og det var kos, nå skal jeg mamsen og papsen ha god middag, og så skal jeg ut med Tina. Lang og veldig god og innholdsrik setning. Ha en fin lørdagskveld!

I always like the weather after a typhoon. The weather before the typhoon is so wild and dangerous. After the typhoon, the weather is so clear and fresh. Also, the rain washes all the pollution out of the air, so we can see a long, long way.

After the typhoon passed Ise, I washed a lot of clothes and hung them out to dry. While I was working, I left the glass doors open and enjoyed the nice breeze.

Often I carry rain gear everywhere, but today I could leave my rain clothes at home, so my pack was light. I am happy today.

(CFD.net.au – Contract for Difference, Share, Forex, ETFs, Commodities Traders) – World stockmarket have finished the September quarter with another round of solid gains: not as dramatic as in the June quarter, but solid nevertheless.

But there are some analysts now wondering if markets will now start moving sideways as concerns about the strength of the recovery in the real economy take hold For a while because market values have Gotten ahead of valuations.

There is increasing evidence that the improvement in economic activity in the US, Japan and parts of Europe may be easing, or even slipping. Figures out overnight confirmed that second quarter Growth in the US eased 0.7% in the third estimate, against a second estimate of a 1% annual fall.

But there are signs the rebound in housing remains uneven, signs manufacturing in some parts of the US is weak and consumer confidence is starting to be a worry with another fall last month and an uncertain outlook Going into the US shopping season at the end of the year.

In Europe, there are signs the easing of the intensity of the slump is continuing, but no real improvement in confidence, output or exports, all of which remain very subdued. Debt and an uncertain 2010 seems to be weighing on the UK (where an election must be held). Germany has gotten its poll out of the way, as did Japan, but that result has impacted confidence in Tokyo.

Inflation is not a worry: deflation is a concern in Japan and in parts of Europe: its no longer a threat in the US, but wages and consumer spending there which are so vital to the overall economy, remain very low.

The dow fell 29.92 points, or 0.5%, to 9,776.82, leaving it up 2.3% For the month and 15% For the quarter. This was the dow’s best quarterly rise in more than 10 years.

The S&P 500 Index eased 3.53 points, or 0.3%, to end at 1,057.08, leaving it up 3.6% For September and 15% for the quarter.

The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost 1.62 points to 2,122.42, up 5.6% For September and 15.7% For the quarter.

Since bottoming at a 12-year low March 9, the S&P 500 has gained just under 57%; the dow has jumped around 49%, and Nasdaq has gained nearly 68%.

The S&P 500 has rallied around 57% from the 12-year lows of early March.

A year ago on Tuesday the Dow suffered its biggest slide ever when it plunged 778 points after U.S. lawmakers first rejected a $700 billion financial bailout.

The Australian dollar was one of the big movers in the quarter, jumping by 9.6% and hitting a series of 13 months highs, including one overnight of 88.47 US cents.

The latest rise came after the strong retail sales and housing figures which prompted more speculation the Reserve Bank will lift interest rates from the current 3% level as early as next Tuesday.

Europe’s Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index jumped 18% in the quarter, the steepest quarterly rise since 1999, but Indexes in Austria (the ATX), Ireland’s ISEQ and Italy’s FTSE MIB were the best performers in western Europe this quarter, with each advancing more than 23%.  

The London market jumped 20.8% in the September quarter, a very solid rise; Germany’s Dax rose nearly 4% in September and a respectable 18% in the quarter. 

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index (including Japan) added around 3.5% in September, a seventh straight monthly advance and 14% for the quarter.

The MSCI index of Asia Pacific stocks traded outside Japan jumped 21% (emphasising the sharp slowdown in the Japanese market) in the quarter, adding to the second quarter’s 32% rise.

For September, the Nikkei 225 dropped 3.4%, the first fall since February and the steepest decline among the world’s major markets.

It climbed 1.8% in the July-September quarter, after surging nearly 23% in April-June.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell Wednesday, but rose  12% in the September quarter, much slower than the 34% rise in the June three months.

The Shanghai Composite Index rose yesterday, but lost around 7% in this quarter, the worst this year so far.

The Aussie market though had its biggest quarterly gain in 22 years.

Although the market finished lower on the day, the All Ordinaries was up 20% over the September quarter — the best gain since the September quarter of 1987, when the market rose by 27.4% (and then went into the Wall Street plunge in October of 1987).

The ASX 200 index rose by 19.9% in the September quarter; the best gain since it started in 1992.

This means another good quarter for super funds.

Gold had its best quarter since the first three months of 2008 (when Bear Stearns was bailed out in March of that year).

Gold regained the $US1,000 mark overnight and ended up around 7%, the best since the 9.9% rise in the March three months of last year.

It hit an 18 month high in early September of $US1,023.85 an ounce, a few dollars under the March, 2008 high of $US1.030.80.

New York platinum futures for January delivery rose 9.9% in the quarter (and closed higher yesterday). It tracks car production (and some speculative interest).

Nymex New York crude oil finished up more than $US3 on the day at just over $US70.50 a barrel.

It was up 0.9% for September and around 1% over the quarter for the most active month, the third quarterly gain this year.

Source: Markets: Good Quarter, Month

Recentemente esbarrei com a excelente série “Grafite em São Paulo”, produzida pela Tv UOL. Os seis capítulos dão voz a expoentes da street art na maior cidade do Brasil (atenção, eu não disse “melhor”). Vale a pena dar uma olhada no trabalho dos caras, e ouvir o que eles tem a dizer. O talento explode pelas paredes e telas.

O primeiro é com Os Gêmeos, há pouco tempo a dupla ocupou as salas do Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil com a exposição “Vertigem”. Quem perdeu pode ter uma palhinha abaixo.

Os outros cinco vídeos são igualmente interessantes, principalmente para perceber o quão distintos são os estilos dos artistas que dividem as ruas.

Finok

Onesto

Ise

Ciro Schu

Nunca

With 150 gymnasts in Ise, Japan for the Rhythmic Gynmastics World Championships the city is filled with very bend-y women. When on the mat, these ladies are twisting and twirling their ribbons, playing with their balls and contorting their bodies in ways that seem unreal — and intriguing…

[NY Post]