SHAW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT:Shaw warns FSA stance on mutuals could force mergers
Martin Shaw, chief executive of the Association of Financial Mutuals has warned that the Financial Services Authority s stance on friendly society s use of with-profits funds will force societies to merge or demutualise in order to survive.
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Diamond Could Store Quantum Information
When it comes to quantum computing, flawed diamonds are better than perfect ones. Click to enlarge this image.
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THE GIST
* By manipulating atoms inside diamonds, scientists have developed a new way to store information.
* The technique could lead to quantum computers capable of solving problems beyond the reach of today's technology.
One of the most common defects in diamond is nitrogen, which turns the stone yellow. When a nitrogen atom sits next to a vacant spot in the carbon crystal, the intruding element provides an extra electron that moves into the hole. Several years ago, scientists learned how to change the spin of such electrons using microwave energy and put them to work as quantum bits, or qubits.
The technique has "a fidelity of 85 to 95 percent," Awschalom said March 22
this diamond memory works at room temperature. The spins inside the diamond can be both changed and measured by shining laser light into the diamond
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Welcome to the new Boiler Room website!
Located in Logan Square, the Boiler Room is the newest spot for great food, drinks and fun. Local farm seasonal daily specials! And as always, Jameson on draft.
Boiler Room (2000)
In this drama that explores greed and corruption in American business, Giovanni Ribisi plays Seth Davis, an intelligent and ambitious college dropout who runs a casino in his apartment. Eager to show his father that he can succeed, Seth lands a job with a small stock brokerage firm. He is given a space in the company's "boiler room," where he makes cold calls to prospective clients. As it turns out, Seth has a genuine talent for cold calling, which gains him the approval of his superiors, the admiration of his father, and the attentions of one of his co-workers, Abby Hilliard (Nia Long). However, the higher up the ladder Seth rises, the deeper he sinks into a quagmire of dirty dealings, until he's breaking the law in order to keep his bosses happy and his paychecks coming. The Boiler Room also features Tom Everett Scott, Scott Caan, Jamie Kennedy, Nicky Katt, and Ben Affleck in a cameo as the headhunter who brings Seth into the firm. Ribisi and Scott also appeared together in That Thing You Do; Ribisi was the drummer replaced by Scott, who then led The One-Ders to fictional pop stardom. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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