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Fred Robison, 64, of Osceola died suddenly July 13, 2013, at his home.
Services were 1 p.m. Thursday, July 18, at Kale Funeral Home, 301 S. Main St., Osceola. The Rev. Terry Roberts officiated. Interment was in Leon Cemetery. Memorials may be given to his family for a tribute to be decided at a later date. Online condolences may be left at www.kalefuneralhome.com.
Byron Frederick "Fred" Robison, son of Lois Nadene (Guilliams) and Billie Dean Robison, was born Dec. 5, 1948, in Clinton.
Fred graduated from Clarke Community High School in 1968.
Fred served in the U.S. Navy during the time of the Vietnam War. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves as a commissioned officer.
On Feb. 2, 1974, Fred married Pamela Joan Johnston in Leon.
Fred and Pam lived in Creston and moved to Des Moines in 1975, where Fred was a police officer for the city of Des Moines. Fred graduated from Iowa Law Enforcement Academy in 1975.
Fred retired as a senior officer after being injured on duty in 1985.
After retiring, Fred started his own P.I. firm.
In 1995, they moved to Osceola. Fred was elected mayor and served his term from 2000 to December 2003.
Fred worked for Star Fleet and transported RVs of all sizes across the country.
Fred was a member of Iowa State Police Association, Iowa Peace Officers Association, Des Moines Police Burial Association, AmVets in Des Moines, Osceola Eagles Lodge No. 3495 and the NRA.
Fred is survived by his wife Pam Robison of Osceola; daughters, Andrea (Todd) Swennumson of Des Moines and Amanda (Brian) Gunnell of Chicago, Ill.; brothers, Rodney Dean (Veronica) Robison of Wilton and J.W. Robison of Los Angeles, Calif.; sister Florene Moomey of Osceola; grandchildren, Kaitlin "Bundle," Emily "Button," Lillian "Peanut," Ian "Lil Man" and Gunthor "Bubba"; mother-in-law Rova Johnston of Leon; brother-in-law Jim (Mary) Johnston of Leon; sister-in-law Vicky (Alan) Shields of Osceola; special nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Fred was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son; and father-in-law Darrell Johnston.


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Some people were upset about smoking begin restricted... Non-smokers were pretty pleased as were most smokers who want to quit (a large proportion), even full-time smokers I've spoken to are happy that it has reduced the amount the smoke and generally improved public spaces.
The aim was to improve the health of the nation and to allow non-smokers not to have to breathe second hand smoke.
Given the high obesity rate in the US (and many other countries), is it not time for the government to make fast food the next target?
*Warning labels on Fast food (Crappy foods cause heart disease etc) similar to cigarette packets could be a start.
*Changes to food supplied in school canteens,
*education of parents to help them stop child obesity (and there own obesity!),
*compulsory nutrition and cooking classes in schools including demonstrations on what happens to the body of the obese.
*Stricter Guidelines and then Large fines for fast food companies (and food manufacturers) that do not meet a minimum nutritional standard in their food.
People KNOW that smoking is unhealthy, some will still do it. It seems completely understated in comparison just how unhealthy fast food is, people should still have the choice to eat it, but more in your face education to get through to people.
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When I lived next to a bar I saw the downside of smoking bans: loudmouths standing outside at all hours basically shouting about 10 feet from my house, every night of the week. It was nice going to concerts and not coming home smelling like smoke, but it has a downside for those who aren't lucky enough to live in a good neighborhood.
Restrictions on cigs haven't stopped smoking. Mostly there are people addicted to cigs who won't quit smoking and just have that much less money to spare. There have also been a lot of changes in food regulations, diet info, etc, and there have been a few of the things you mentioned. I even read about a school that BANNED bringing homemade lunches and forced kids to eat (and pay for) school lunches that were supposed to be following nutrition guidelines.
Making fast food more expensive, I don't know...but making nutritious food available and affordable would be a positive and non-intrusive way to encourage people to be healthier. For low-income people, healthy food sometimes is not readily available.
I find it hard to understand how providing nutrition education in schools and health warnings on crappy quality foods could be considered oppression, such education provides an ability to make an informed choice about how you eat, and if you choose to eat a "clogger" that's up to you. My point really is that most people don't read the small print on the label... a big label like on cigarettes would make it very easy to identify bad foods, people will still buy them, thats up to them. I used to buy Chicken Kievs from the supermarket... then I read the label... WOW!, thats just one product. how many people read labels, its just a kiev, can't be that unhealthy its not a big mac...
Ultimately if you could eat a "clogger" that tastes how you like, costs the same but isn't as bad for your body why would you choose to eat the unhealthy version? That's my direction with this, its not going to happen overnight, but is making food producers more responsible and informing the public about what they are actually eating and educating people how to eat better a bad thing?
Why would nutrition education and health warnings lead to the banning of foods that cause major health issues unless public opinion is swayed that way on the basis of accurate education?
Cigarettes haven't been banned, but restrictions & taxes have been put on them. Maybe children should be able to buy cigarettes legally in the same way they can buy junk food and be obese by age ten? who decides these things? why age 21 in the US - it was only 16 in the UK until recently? you can drive a car at 16 in the US but apparently aren't mature enough to decide about smoking. addiction to junk food is very similar to addiction to cigarettes, and the health implications are equally dangerous.
I hadn't proposed a ban on anything, companies that fail to meet nutritional standards would be fined (or taxed) which would mean they would have to raise their prices, just like with cigarettes. If junk food was more expensive than healthy food then it would be likely that most people would opt to eat better, and in the same way taxes from cigarettes can be used to fund health care, taxes from junk food could be used to subsidize health food and make it affordable to poorer families.
how do you decide which ideals are worth enforcing and which aren't? I suppose in a democracy it comes down to a majority opinion (or at least in theory), but the problem with a majority is when they are all uneducated and just put an X next to the one fox news told them to... so education is ESSENTIAL for people to make informed decisions.
My point is, unless you go and live on an island somewhere, you can't avoid having ideals imposed upon you, the point is deciding which ideals are ridiculous or unnecessary and which are practical and beneficial to the majority.
My position is that obesity is on the increase (rapidly) and that is not a good thing, especially in children who don't have the opportunity to choose if their parents and schools feed them junk and never teach them any different. it is the governments responsibility to look after the health of citizens. Implementing some of the practical suggestions I listed would prevent obesity, rather than waiting for it to happen and then performing very expensive treatments on the afflicted.
I appreciate there is a whole bunch of replies on here but I retracted "large fines" to call it taxation on foods that don't meet guidelines. it basically has the same financial implications and purpose though.
although the act of smoking is "banned" in many public places, you can still buy cigarettes over a certain age (depending where you live). you could say its pretty close to a ban, maybe thats just a matter of perspective...
I'm not suggesting even going to the level cigarettes are, just better regulated than now.
I will have to express extreme dissatisfaction with our govt. I am ok with warnings being posted on such items like alcohol, tobacco, and foods. I am not cool with punitive tariffs placed on those items. I would appreciate it very much if voters would keep their nose out of my business when my activities affect no one other than my self. Yes, I do blame the voters since we have a representative government. Remember this! People always want laws that restrict the activities of other people. They holler when the restriction affects them selves. We have legislated away too much of our freedom for security already.
Everyone in a nation effects everyone else, its unavoidable. Smoking next to someone might increase there chance of cancer (we can see that directly-ish), having a nation full of obese people who have to claim disability increases the financial burden on social services and hence increase taxes, who need more health care and hence push up everyone's insurance premiums etc.
I have to re-iterate though that at no point have I suggested that you are going to be stopped from eating 20 clog burgers (Would you actually want to inject yourself with trans-fat? maybe if you didn't understand what that would do to your body you might try it, but I'm guessing you are more educated than that), whilst smoking a pack of cigarettes, but that education, clear information and taxation should be targeted at things that are harmful and cause anti-social effects (ever sat on a plane next to someone who is morbidly obese...) to discourage but not prevent people from having them, and to pay for the problems they cause in society and so that it is the people who are at high risk of obesity and associated problems (regular junk food eaters) who are the ones who pay the most tax on said products.
If it is no business but your own how healthy a lifestyle you lead then you should also be able to shoot yourself up with Heroin whenever you like right? But that could be detrimental to society so government banned it... Whereas Obesity is fine?
Believe it or not, I'm very behind choice, I think narcotics should be legalized so that instead of 15 year olds picking up drugs on the street and either poisoning themselves or ruining there lives, they are sold and controlled over the counter, what you buy would be limited, each dose would be clean, there would be warnings on the pack and safety instructions like "drink water", "only take one tablet" etc. Case in point, Amsterdam has pot for sale in cafes - its mainly for the tourists, they're the ones who turn up and get messed up because they don't normally have access to that stuff legally, is Holland a drugs pit failure of a country. NO. The pot is regulated, like alcohol is, and they do just fine.
Will some people abuse the system, YES, people die of alcohol poisoning all the time, what is the difference between that and drugs and obesity aside from obesity taking a bit longer to kill you? Should these things be regulated by someone who is looking out for their constituents health rather than for profits like Drug dealers and/or McDonalds are. YES, I think so.
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2011 Stats: .269/.385/.399 with 8 HRs and 10 steals in 13 attempts between Fort Myers and New Britain.
Last Year's Rank: N/A
Acquired: Drafted by the Twins in the 6th round out of the University of Miami in 2009.
Herrmann had a breakout year for the Twins in 2011 after compiling a .219/.310/.301 line in 408 plate appearances in 2010 for Fort Myers. Even though he had a rough first full professional year at the plate, he did throw out 36% of attempted base-stealer's. Herrmann started 2011 back at Fort Myers, but after a good start, posting a .310/.404/.425 line, he was promoted to New Britain in early May. His batting average dropped at New Britain but overall he had decent numbers, going .258/.380/.392. He also stole 9 bases. To top off his season, he was very impressive in the Arizona Fall League, going .380/.456/.620 in 57 plate appearances.
Herrmann put himself in the conversation as a top Twins prospect in 2011 and finally gave the system some decent catching depth since Wilson Ramos was traded in 2010. With Mauer's injuries in 2011, the lack of system depth at catcher was really exposed. Herrmann's line at AA as a 23 year old is similar to Ramos' .317/.341/.454 line as a 21 year in New Britain. Herrmann is not the prospect that Ramos was, he is not as big, nor does he have the power or defensive ability but he gets on base and doesn't strikeout too much. He has also shown to be healthier at this stage of his career.
Herrmann's skill-set will provide the Twins with a good back-up option to Joe Mauer. An option who is athletic enough to play other parts of the field. Herrmann, as a hitter, is a poor man's Joe Mauer. He is left-handed, a doubles machine and he gets on base. He just isn't as good of a hitter, nor is he as big. Herrmann is a better offensive catcher than Drew Butera right now, but given the signing of Ryan Doumit, the Twins can give him another year of seasoning. 2012 will be an important year for Herrmann. Another solid year would give him and the Twins options. He could either be a solid back-up to Mauer or a decent starter to replace Mauer, given Mauer's injury history or that he may have to replace Justin Morneau at first.
Ideal scenario: That Herrmann will spend 2012 in AA or AAA and the Twins won't need him . He will continue to develop his bat and his catching ability and be ready to play in the MLB in 2013.
Path to the majors: Herrmann has enough of a bat at catcher to backup right now in the system right now, but there are several short-term catcher options in front of him for 2012 and he would probably be better served spending the season in the minors. He can debut as a back-up catcher/bench bat/Joe Mauer insurance in 2013.
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Location: Doing Anzu's paperwork.
Age: 32
Thanks for the comments - and yes, subtle criticism ahoy. I am, afterall, Malaysian.
With this series, I'm needing a good name overall, and I plan to do small story arcs - 1 or 2-shots - so as to not burn out too much
Fortunate Son is a theme of sorts with Ray, though it doesn't really fit IMO with this first story - Brothers in Adversity, perhaps, would be a better title.
There are a few things I want to focus on: 1) fighting BETA is hard, 2) fighting BETA is motherfucking hard when you don't have spare TSFs, 3) Lipan is a lucky squadron, in that they take occasional losses but remain combat-effective. Unlike the Thai or Indonesian squadrons, or even other Malaysian squadrons, who deploy and get wipe out en masse, the largest number of casualties Lipan has suffered in a single mission is... two. And even then, one of the Hornets was salvageable.
I intend for a running gag of Lipan (Hornet) being confused for Lipas (Cockroach), on account of how the core team never seem to die.
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Location: World Marshall bureau
Writing Comet is coming back on track since this Winter I was:
More Sick
My computer broke down
In that order.
...the girl that got me into Muv-Luv is from Malaysia. She'll probably die laughing once she finds out about this.
Also, all Comet characters have selected images now and image songs!
...But, alas, you can't show that in actual fic, can you?
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Author's notes, or just post here
And yes, I'm sure she'll lol, especially after I post to FFN.
Thinking further about John's gripe on secondhand Hornets, I should note that I've flanderised things: in 1993 when we signed the purchase deal IRL (and in 1997 when the birds were delivered), we had brand new F/A-18Ds that were outfitted as all weather/strike aircraft. And this time, we did buy spare parts.
Still, John's complaining a little too much - these are 2nd hand ex-USMC Hornets, taken from a squadron that recently converted to the Super Hornet, so they aren't that bad... well, if not for the maintennance woes.
Edit Some More: Final version of my snip is up on FF.net, and is now the first chapter of something called Tropical Thunder, which my design concept is essentially "Malaysian Hornets in Action" You can find it at this link.
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Found something interesting enough. While it's not really the best, and IMO doesn't really do justice enough to the settings and the crossover potential, it's still a decent snapshot fic - very much like a chapter of TSFiA.
Muv-Luv Combat: Sword of a Fallen People.
Aka Razgriz One and Nagase fly the final Mission of Muv-Luv Combat 5: The Unsung War, where instead of a ridiculous flight into a train tunnel, they make a Hive Infiltration. Or rather prep for the infiltration.
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A weird online conversation with friends got me transcripting/fictionalizing the conversation. And yes, these friends of mine think I'm crazy...maybe 80% of the time, so don't be surprised. Spoilers for anyone who's not finished the game.
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Spoiler for Transformers idea:
What do you think?
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So, Author's tract!
That's actually Max, minus ponytail. Yes, yes, lame pun I know.
Original Bishop, I kid you not. The only thing that changed would be her eye/hair color.
Not bad for someone who's somewhere in that magic 28/30 boundary, right?
Alice is love, because the feeling of cute girls suffering is the best ^~^. And Mishima Kurone makes the best cute girls.
As for character themes:
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I don't recall that trait about Cliffjumper, but I've been out of the loop for a long time (And I'd always been more for YoJoes than Rolling Out)
Worse idea:
Extra!Yuuko drives a Lancia Stratos.
Wheeljack in Transformers turns into a Lancia Stratos.
Wheeljack is the Autobots' Mad Scientist.
...match made in hell?!?
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TO the MAX!!!!!!!!
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Good news: It's a Macross crossover. And the first chapter is 18,000+ words long.
Bad news: It's a one shot.
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Location: Doing Anzu's paperwork.
Age: 32
Also: I provided BETA services for this fic.
There is some good news however - the Author is planning to continue this story, and in fact has started work on the follow-on. I was the guy who convinced him to keep the intro fic, Try Again, as a one shot.
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For the Transformers crossover idea, I've given it some thought about how to actually make such a thing work. You could have the BETA creators be the Decepticons, and the G-Elements be Energon by another name (unlikely since G-Elements can pull some wacky stuff Energon can't, but hear me out).
Let's say Megs figures out how to convert carbon based matter into Energon, the all-important resource all Cybertronians need. Having this huge automated mining operation will be the next logical step. Think about it.
First, it's completely hands off, so he doesn't need to be present to get the stuff. Second, the sheer scale means there'll be more Energon coming though his door than even he will know what to do with. Third, Megs doesn't give two craps about 'puny humans' getting gobbled up by his mining drones, he knows someone who does.
Optimus and the Autobots, guardians of life, liberty and all that is good, will be practically tripping over themselves trying to stop multiple genocides across the Galaxy, leaving them spread too thin to fight a proper war with the Decepticons.
On one hand, Optimus and many Autobots will feel honor bound to stop this injustice, prably seeing it as 'their war unjustly affecting innocents'. One the other hand, the BETA operation will give Megs such an Energon advantage the Autobots will have to take this seriously or else he'll steamroll them. Either way, at very least he's bought himself some breathing room on Cyberton while the Autobots go BETA hunting. Hell, he might even ambush a few Autobot relief parties who are too busy trying to help the natives. This is the prefect plan.
Evil? He's MEGATRON. He'll probably be enjoying himself while watching the BETA record everything for prosperity while he kicks back on the Iacon and sips Energon martini.
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Spoiler for certain someone in this fic:
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Plus: Any excuse to give Prime a Gun Sweeper loadout...
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How about making Unicron the creator and having Megs reprogram them to do his bidding? Ah well, either way, someone has to bring the BETA to the Autobot's attention. This is not the kind of thing Optimus will ignore, even when he has his own war to fight.
I don't really see Prime as a Gunsweeper. He's a monster in close combat with that axe/sword (depends on the version of Prime we're talking about) and always has been the type to lead at the front. Probably Storm Vanguard.
More importantly, how will humans react when they meet the Autobots? How will the Autobots approach humanity for that matter? With mankind's, very justified, shoot all alien life first ask questions later mentality after thirty years of war, I can't imagine a very smooth first contact if the Autobots handle this carelessly.
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Dream Nights with the CEO by Kathy Lyons
Series: Secret Desires #1
Published by Entangled Publishing, LLC on 2013-05-27
Genres: Contemporary, Erotic
Reviewed by Miranda
Hotel chain CEO and millionaire Wyatt Monroe is a stick in the mud. Sure, he's hot as sin, even with the tie, but free-spirited assistant Megan Bradford refuses to jeopardize their perfect working relationship. Why mess that up with sex? She knows he's the love 'em and leave 'em type, and she's determined to find a family man. Wyatt would never cross the line between boss and employee with Megan, no matter how hard it might be to resist the temptation. But when they visit a mysterious B&B in a bid to acquire the property, he starts having erotic dreams about the sexy brunette that make it hard to resist her in daylight. Soon the line between reality and dreams further blurs when they learn they were sharing the same erotic dreams…
Megan Bradford is good at what she does. As a personal assistant to mega millionaire Wyatt Monroe, Megan learns something new every day. As Megan and Wyatt travel from hotel to hotel to buy them, the attraction between them becomes stronger. When they begin considering buying Miranda's Place, a mysterious bed and breakfast, strange things begin happening. It becomes impossible for Wyatt and Megan to ignore what lies between them. As dreams become reality, Megan and Wyatt will have to make some hard decisions about their working and personal relationship.
Kathy Lyons heats things up in Dream Nights with the CEO. Megan and Wyatt are a super fun couple. I just love the dream part of the story. It also doesn't hurt that the B&B and I share a name. J The great part of this story is the amazing couple and the deep attraction between them. Wyatt and Megan are both scared of how crossing over into the personal will affect their working relationship. However, there is no stopping it because it is impossible to deny the sizzle between them. Looking for a nice afternoon treat? Then pick up a copy of Dream Nights with the CEO.


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Smart TVs: You Won't Just Watch Anymore
Oct 31, 2012 5:00 AM PT
The line between TVs and computers is increasingly blurring, with TVs becoming smarter and more connected than ever. As interactive, Web-connected appliances, smart TVs have search and navigation capabilities, can interact with tablets and smartphones, and offer access to downloadable apps. In short, smart TVs provide the kind of always-on connectivity that consumers have come to expect in the rest of their lives.
"The traditional TV is one-dimensional," Chris Hanburger, vice president of business development with the digital marketing company StepLeader, told TechNewsWorld. "A viewer is limited to one channel at a time with no additional built-in add-ons. Our daily lives do not mirror this experience. While browsing the Internet, don't we all navigate with multiple tabs open? It's the same thinking applied to smart TVs. Smart TVs give consumers news and weather content at their fingertips to access 24 hours a day from their television."
Entertaining Ecosystem
There's no single definition of "smart TV," and there are a variety of ways TVs incorporate connectivity and interactivity. Some, including Panasonic and LG models, provide access to video on demand and browser-based games and other content, while allowing a smartphone to become the set's remote control. Samsung offers a suite of smart TVs, featuring everything from facial recognition to gesture and voice control.
Whatever their high-tech features, however, smart TVs, like traditional TVs, have one primary use: entertainment.
"The key to the smart TV is the online interactive experience provided to users, regardless of whether that is app-, widget- or browser-driven," said Jeff Haynes with TechBargains. "The device is meant to be much more of an entertainment center that enriches your television-watching experience in a variety of ways."
While mobile devices, smartphones and tablets provide constant connectivity, TVs have larger screens and are often centrally located with a couch or comfortable chairs nearby, making them more appealing for settling in and watching a movie.
"You can argue that I can get movies through my mobile device, but people are still fairly comfortable with sitting on their couches and having a TV," Haynes told TechNewsWorld. "There's always going to be a need for a TV set, and increasingly people are going to want it to be connected."
It's not as if those devices are entirely separate, however, since smart TVs integrate with mobile devices to create an entertainment ecosystem.
"Consumers are increasingly seeing the benefits of owning multiple connected devices that enable them to view and share content on any screen in the home, and many smart TVs now allow consumers to push content from a second screen device to the TV or vice versa," David Watkins, a research consultant with Futuresource, told TechNewsWorld. "Smart TVs should no longer be seen as standalone devices but as a core part of a wider ecosystem of connected products interacting with one another, and each having a distinctive role to play depending on the type of content being consumed."
Smart TVs might, in fact, become the way that content is distributed to devices throughout the home.
"Moving forward, the TV is likely to be the central device in the connected home," said Watkins. "There are applications beyond entertainment that are likely to find a home on the smart TV set, ranging from home security and home automation to health monitoring and interactive TV shopping."
Video Conferencing
Another benefit of smart TVs is that they can allow for video conferencing, using Skype or other built-in apps.
"You can envision sitting on a couch, and somebody calls you up," Sailesh Chittipeddi, CEO of Conexant Systems, which manufactures video conferencing chips for Samsung smart TVs, told TechNewsWorld. "You don't want to run around looking for a phone or an attachment. What we specialize in is the ability to talk to your TV set from your couch and be able to hook up to the other side. The other side doesn't hear the background of what you're listening to on your TV."
Using far field voice input processing, TVs with Conexant chips pick up the sound of a voice across the room and filter out the sound of the TV so that a conversation can take place.
"Conexant plays a role in a real room environment, which is far different from sitting at your computer or with a handset," said Chittipeddi. "If you're sitting in a room, when you talk with somebody you have echoes, and the dynamics change quite a bit in a real room environment."
Splitting Up
TVs that don't have built-in intelligence can be made smarter by virtue of accessories and apps. These make a non-connected TV connected, and companies are beginning to design apps to make use of this newfound connectivity.
Brightcove is in the process of partnering with Discovery International to offer information on a dual screen to viewers of the network's shows. Thus, while watching Dirty Jobs, for instance, viewers with Apple TV and an iPad will be able to see information about a particular episode, behind-the-scenes photos, facts and other related details.
"It lets you control the experience and interact with content," Jeff Whatcott, chief marketing officer with Brightcove, told TechNewsWorld. "People talk about the second screen experience. Often that means something is shown on TV, and you have a tablet that's attaching itself to what you're watching on TV. You still as a consumer are passive, though, and you don't have control of what you're seeing. You're attaching your tablet experience onto that. It's just one more screen pushing content onto you. This model is the inverse of that. Instead of having traditional television broadcast going on, you are in control of it."
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No matter how smart they get, however, TVs are not likely to replace computers. Rather, they'll join the ever-growing ranks of intelligent, connected, and interactive household appliances, each with their own particular functions and uses.
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Some Help for Understanding Guide Numbers?
Posted 27 October 2012 - 12:01 PM
How is the brightness difference measured between different guide numbers. For example, how much brighter is GN24 than GN 20. Same question between GN 20 and GN 32 or 34? What about GN 40? Is GN 40 twice as bright (one stop?) or even brighter than GN 20. Let's assume, for now, the same angle of coverage to keep it simple.
Thanks for any help!
Posted 27 October 2012 - 12:57 PM
A strobe w/GN of 40 would reach twice as far as one that is 20. Power wise, the strobe with GN of 40 would actually be 4x as powerful since at 40 m away, the light is 4x weaker given it has spread to an area 4x greater.
For UW use, it is not quite the same, since the returning light of the strobe from the subject would also become bluer the farther away it is. So a strobe with GN of 20 could light something properly 10m away when using f/1 and ISO 100, and another strobe with GN of 30 would do so for subject 15m away. In acdtual use, it would be even less since you are also competing with ambient light.
Posted 27 October 2012 - 02:00 PM
Thanks for the response!
Posted 27 October 2012 - 02:05 PM
Edited by Lwang, 27 October 2012 - 02:08 PM.
Posted 27 October 2012 - 02:06 PM
The guide number formula is simple, GN=fstop x distance (meters), but you need to be careful, sometimes GN are given in air (mostly) and sometimes in water and sometimes in meters (mostly) and sometimes in feet.
Let's take the new S&S D1 as an example. It has a GN of 24 (with the diffuser that everyone uses) in air and an UW GN of about 12 (depends on clarity of the water obviously). A GN of 12 means that for a shot at 1 meter from the subject you can use F12 or to use f22 you need to be about half a meter away (.54 meters or 21 inches or so), if the water is quite clear. YMMV in the real world that isn't the NASA pool. In any case, take the GN of the strobes with some salt, since measuring them is not at all trivial.
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Posted 28 October 2012 - 07:11 AM
I use a two strobe set-up and thus would have 4 YS-01s (one pair on each side).
According to the above, the YS-01s will give a GN of 28 (each pair) at 100 degrees. I have tried this with two (to make a single strobe), and they are very bright and the recycle seems almost instant even shooting at night and at f16, with a 14mm lens about 15' from the test wall (my garage door). It does, as expected, seem about twice as bright (one stop) as a single ys-01.
Of course, you have to deal with two strobes, two sets of batteries and it is larger than the YS-D1 but surprisingly it is not at all unmanageable.
Against these disadvantages there is always redundancy in my dual strobe setup if one strobe fails, where if I have only 2 ys-D1s then I am down to one strobe. Also, for shooting macro, I can just use single strobes for getting into tight places.
I can get two used YS-01s for about $600. A single new YS-D1 costs about 700.
Opinions, anyone?
Posted 28 October 2012 - 01:58 PM
Alternatively, you can use a white card on the opposite side of the strobe to bounce some light back to the shadow side, but you can't carry a giant white board when the subject is a little farther away.
If you want to light up subject 5 ft away in situations where there is alot of ambient light, then the YS-D1 w/o the diffuser has much more power than even 2 YS-01 and produce better result.
The YS-D1 has better TTL and slave TTL, which is not avail in the YS-01.
Posted 28 October 2012 - 02:09 PM
Edited by guyharrisonphoto, 28 October 2012 - 02:11 PM.
Posted 28 October 2012 - 02:19 PM
4 YS-01 would have GN of 40, much more power than 1 YS-D1. If you use a pair of YS-D1, then its GN would be 45 (at 80 deg coverage). You definitely will have less batteries, arms fiber optic cables, etc to work with.


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Jordan Ward-Finder welcomed a baby girl today, Arri Monroe. Arri joins big brother, Noah James.
Jordan Ward appeared on the third season of 16 and Pregnant. She has a twin sister, Jessica. Both of the did modeling. She married her boyfriend, Brian, who is the father of both Noah and Arri. Brian joined the Air Force and I believe Jordan is a stay-at-home mom.
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Posted 06 November 2011 - 04:49 PM
Love Arri as a nickname (obviously) but not as a full name.
Monroe ehhh not my style.
Monroe ehhh not my style.
Posted 11 November 2011 - 01:58 PM
Arri is cute as a nn
but i don't like Monroe
but i don't like Monroe
Posted 15 November 2011 - 07:18 PM
I agree with the Arri being a nickname, and as for Monroe, i never understood why someone would name their child that. Much less a daughter....
Posted 17 November 2011 - 05:35 PM
Pretty name-- My sister's name is Chanel Monore, and I'm Harper Rome.. my mom was into unique names.... I always loved our names because they were so unique, and so did my sister!
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doing a quick Google search on Secession brought me to articles about 3 different states all in the Secession game. the linked article above was the best though, so i will discuss it's contents.
first of all, the general idea here is to eliminate the power of the federal gov't. i'm sure they still want all the money from Washington, but they don't want to comply with federal law. they think that they should be able to legislate their state as they see fit, without any pesky Constitutional interference.
what do they want? no gun regulation, no recognition of gay marriage, no abortions, no environmental policies, no separation of church and state, and no hate crime laws. at least for openers.
what a list! i'm not sure how they left out the ability to teach Creationism, but i guess that's covered under the whole reinterpretation of the Establishment Clause.
while this Bill will never pass, and even if it were it would be thrown out by the Courts (i assume). but i have a bigger question that has been popping into my mind recently - should we let them leave?
personally, i'd love to just tell them good luck and never look back. morally, i have problems with abandoning the non-crazy folks who live there. but how could you want to remain in a state that keeps going backwards like this? shouldn't you want to get out? or is it the responsibility of the rest of the Nation to lift them from their state of ignorance? at this point, i'm not even sure that it is possible. they are lost, and i fear there is no hope of them ever becoming found.
what say you? let them leave or try to keep their sorry asses?
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i'm sorry, but who hates America again? these are your so called "Patriots"?
"But this ballot measure would go much farther than most other Tenther proposals, essentially sanctioning the philosophy of sovereign citizens — radical anti-government activists who believe they can unilaterally secede from the the state, stop paying taxes, and live by their own rules."
we really may be nearing another Civil War, aren't we?
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what do they want? no gun regulation, no recognition of gay marriage, no abortions, no environmental policies, no separation of church and state, and no hate crime laws. at least for openers.
As to their ilk: if they feel (as I suppose) that they aren't really true Americans because of this, let them secede. Good riddance. These are the values of third world autocracies, not of America.
However: Secession and partition of the US is not just an extreme-right Tea Party ideal, some of the progressive states (Vermont, most prominent among them) also have a huge secession movement.
Hawaii and Alaska, due to its geographical isolation, also have secession movements and in fact Sarah Palin's husband was pro-independence.
There's also a movement to turn northern California into Jefferson State, and another movement to divide California into a North Cali and South Cali (although there's already a Baja California in Mexico).
If Puerto Rico and DC become states, this may turn the movements that wish to turn larger states into multiple smaller states mainstream. This would assist in more accurately having the amounts of residents in each state be represented in our political system. Also, smaller states are easier to administer and their govts are nearer to the people and more approachable: smaller states are more governable and more democratic: the people have more say.
When the country was founded, the original colonies were supposed to be semi-sovereign states who worked together as equals. Maybe instead of discussions of secession, the constitutional rights of the states should be upheld and there should be 60 or more states instead of 50.
There are many (mostly in the Libertarian movement) that favor an increase in the amounts of US states instead of secession.
Hiram writes:
"Maybe instead of discussions of secession, the constitutional rights of the states should be upheld and there should be 60 or more states instead of 50."
Not sure of any specific Constitutional "rights" granted to States, but aside from secessionist silliness, these are ideas that have been discussed before, and seem, at least to my superficial understanding, Constitutionally sound.
I am of the notion that the founders would approve of having more representation by having more states affording more political access to more people.
That I might be in agreement with Libertarians, however, gives me pause.
I have not read advocating increasing the number of States in any Libertarian literature. Then, again, I don't really pay that close attention to the paranoia of the government from the extreme right.
Who Knew? Secession Again on the Agenda in Missouri
It says Missouri - in the article title
perhaps, but since it has nothing to do with the discussion could you explain why you posted it here?
There is no legal path to secession. Any bills drafted by states to secede are unconstitutional, and could possibly be classified as treason.
i agree, and i hope that Russell Pearce, for example, gets his comeupance. he's the guy who is drafting Arizona's bill.
What is the consequence of Treason? I have a feeling I can guess. Won't ever happen.
Of course it won't happen. At least not for right wing-nuts. Look at Gov. Prick Perry of Texas. After he called for Texas secession, he became a short-lived "contender" for the GOP Presidential nomination. Which of course, begs the question. Why do you want to be President of a country which you do not wish to be affiliated with?
I dont think it would be considered treason. Seems to me that I read something a few years ago about Montana threatening to secede if there were gun bans. Their reasoning was that when they joined the US there was a contract..that contract was the US Constitution. If that constitution were to be circumvened, that would mean that the contract was null and void. Therefore Montana could say that it was a breach of contract and no longer enforcable. Thus allowing them to become a separate entity once again..
I could be mistaken, but that is what I recall from the situation.
i'm not aware of any contract that states have with the US. each state is a part of the Union, period. they aren't allowed to break federal laws and they are not allowed to leave. i'm pretty sure the Civil War settled that argument.
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AMHERST, Mass. - The MIT men's track and field team took part in the NEICAAA Championship hosted by UMass-Amherst over the weekend, finishing 19th among 41 teams from all three NCAA divisions. The Engineers had a limited number of competitors, as many of those competing were looking to qualify for the upcoming NCAA Championship.
Paul Welle had an impressive showing in the 3000m Steeplechase, finishing third with a provisional qualifying time of 9:18.09, just behind two runners from the host Minutemen.
One week after his record setting performance in the long jump, Stephen Morton picked up a pair of sixth-place finishes in the long and triple jumps. The junior All-American recorded jumps of 22-7.00 and 45-4.25 feet respectively. Greg Tao and Nathan Peterson also picked up important points for the Cardinal and Grey in the pole vault. Tao cleared 15-3.00 feet to finish sixth, the highest Division III finisher. Peterson's vault of 14-9.00 feet was good for eighth place.
Yermie Cohen ran a personal best time of 3:54.48 in the 1500 to come in 10th. Matt Bieniosek also set an individual best at 800 meters, finishing in 1:55.18 and in 16th place.
The University of Rhode Island captured the team title with 103 points. The Engineers totaled 16 points on their way to the 19th place finish.
MIT will compete in the ECAC Division III Championship beginning Thursday, May 14 at Springfield College.


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Exposed LVLs & Glulam
Laminated veneer lumber and glued laminated timber are two materials used for structural beams in place of solid wood. LVLs (for short) and glulam are more dimensionally stable than solid wood, and their spanning capabilities are a bit higher, too. Plus, they're cheaper and more eco-friendly than traditional heavy timber (or steel, for that matter!). What's really cool is when you spot LVLs or glulam beams exposed on the interior of a home. Here, we've collected a few examples to share:
They're a bit imperfect with their many layers of built-up wood, but that adds to their texture and character. We think LVLs and glulam lend a warm-yet-industrial feeling wherever they're exposed. Like the look but aren't building a new home anytime soon? Check out this mirror from Etsy's This Century Modern!
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2. Exposed glulam in a project from the Urban Improvement Company.
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4. Curved LVL beams in a bedroom by David Johnston Architects.
5. Mirror from This Century Modern.
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Rory McIlroy played his worst golf in the Match Play Championship the year he reached the final.
Henrik Stenson was on the verge of losing in the first round to Zach Johnson in 2007, facing a tough up-and-down to avoid falling two holes behind with three to play. He saved par, Johnson missed a birdie putt, Stenson birdied the next two holes and the Swede wound up winning the Accenture Match Play Championship.
There are brackets, just like the NCAA Tournament.
There are no Coastal Carolinas.
The most fickle of World Golf Championship gets underway Wednesday. The whole tournament is a bracket buster. McIlroy was asked about this chance this week, and all he knew was that he played Boo Weekley in the first round.
Here are five things to consider going into the opening round, one of the most exciting days in golf:
THE CURSE OF THE NO. 1 SEED: Tiger Woods, who is not playing this week, has been the No. 1 seed nine times in 13 appearances, and he has done fairly well. He won the Match Play Championship three times, lost in the final another time and was knocked out in the first round only once as the top seed.
The others have not been so fortunate.
In three of the last four years, the No. 1 seed was gone after the opening round — Rory McIlroy (by Shane Lowry) in 2013, Luke Donald (by Ernie Els) in 2012, and Steve Stricker (by Ross McGowan) in 2010. The exception was Lee Westwood in 2011. He lost in the second round.
The burden this year falls to Stenson, who is the No. 1 seed because Woods and Adam Scott are not playing. His opening round was against Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
DOVE MOUNTAIN: The Match Play Championship hasn't been warmly received since moving to the high desert north of Tucson. It was held on The Gallery course for three years, then the Ritz-Carlton. Even with wide fairways, there is a premium on accuracy because of desert golf. Golf balls roll forever in the desert, stopped only by a bush or a cactus. And that usually leads to an unplayable lie.
This most certainly is the final year at Dove Mountain. Accenture is not renewing as title sponsor, and the tour is looking at options.
RYDER CUP PREVIEW: In a peculiar coincidence, half of the opening-round matches will have a Ryder Cup flavor to them — USA vs. Europe. Just don't expect Tom Watson or Paul McGinley to be glued to the television.
Most of these matches feature players who have only seen a Ryder Cup from their living room.
Bubba Watson plays Mikko Ilonen of Finland. Watson probably has never met Ilonen. It's a fair bet he's never heard of Finland. Matt Kuchar plays Bernd Wiesberger of Austria. Billy Horschel plays Jamie Donaldson of Wales.
The most compelling match is the first one — Ian Poulter against Rickie Fowler, two of the most fashion-conscious players at Dove Mountain.
"It's not about out-fashioning Rickie Fowler, it's about beating him on the golf course," Poulter said. "My job is to send him home as early as possible and that's what I will try to do."
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP: Now that the Tavistock Cup is (thankfully) history, perhaps they should move this to Lake Nona in Florida. Graeme McDowell or Gary Woodland could have saved the trip out West. Not only are both Lake Nona residents, they flew out on the same plane. And now they play each other in the first round.
"We'll have one Lake Nona player through to the second round — we know that much," said Stenson, who also was on the plane.
Others from Lake Nona include Peter Hanson and Justin Rose.
THE ABSENTEES: There's a small consolation for sponsors, fans and television viewers who lament the absence of three top stars — Woods, Scott and Phil Mickelson have chosen to sit this one out.
Neither of them were around very long last year, either.
Woods is missing the Match Play Championship for the first time in America when he was healthy. He was planning to be in Sochi until girlfriend Lindsey Vonn re-injured her knee. Mickelson's attendance has been spotty in recent years, and now his two youngest children have spring break this week. As for Scott?
"My record speaks for itself in Arizona," Scott said at the start of the year. He only made it to the second round twice since it moved to Dove Mountain in 2007.
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Normally, red blood cells last for about 120 days in the body. In hemolytic anemia, red blood cells in the blood are destroyed earlier than normal.
Alternative Names
Anemia - hemolytic
Hemolytic anemia occurs when the bone marrow is unable to replace the red blood cells that are being destroyed.
Immune hemolytic anemia occurs when the immune system mistakenly sees your own red blood cells as foreign substances.
Red blood cells may be destroyed due to:
- Genetic defects within the red cells (such as sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, and G6PD deficiency)
- Exposure to certain chemicals, drugs, and toxins
- Infections
Other causes are:
- Blood clots in small blood vessels
- Transfusion of blood from a donor with a blood type that does not match yours
You may not have symptoms if the anemia is mild. If the problem develops slowly, the first symptoms may be:
- Feeling grumpy
- Feeling weak or tired more often than usual, or with exercise
- Headaches
- Problems concentrating or thinking
If the anemia gets worse, symptoms may include:
- Blue color to the whites of the eyes
- Brittle nails
- Light-headedness when you stand up
- Pale skin color
Shortness of breath
- Sore tongue
Exams and Tests
A test called a
These tests can identify the type of hemolytic anemia:
- Absolute
reticulocyte count Coomb test, direct
- Coomb test, indirect
Donath-Landsteiner test Cold agglutinins
- Free
hemoglobinin the serum or urine
- Hemosiderin in the urine
Platelet count Protein electrophoresis - serum Pyruvate kinase Serum haptoglobinlevels Serum LDH
- Urine and fecal urobilinogen
Treatment depends on the type and cause of the hemolytic anemia:
- In emergencies, a blood transfusion may be needed.
- For an overactive immune system, drugs that suppress the immune system may be used.
- When blood cells are being destroyed at a fast pace, the body may need extra folic acid and iron supplements to replace what is being lost.
In rare cases, surgery is needed to take out the spleen. This is because the spleen acts as a filter that removes abnormal cells from the blood.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Outcome depends on the type and cause of hemolytic anemia. Severe anemia can make heart disease, lung disease, or
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you develop symptoms of hemolytic anemia.
Jager U, Lechner K. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr, Silberstein LE, et al., eds. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 44.
Price EA, Schrier SS. Extrinsic nonimmune hemolytic anemias. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr, Silberstein LE, et al., eds. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 45.
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Pizza Hut Orders Smaller Restaurants
Pizza Hut is ordering up smaller restaurants. As Anne Gasparro explains on Lunch Break, the iconic red-roofed chain says downsizing and remodeling will allow it to open more restaurants and turn a profit faster for franchisees. Photo: Getty Images.
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the date in the update box has ALWAYS meant that the score is coming.
Quote from: cbc on June 29, 2007, 03:56:10 PMthe date in the update box has ALWAYS meant that the score is coming.oh yeah, and hasn't the list changing to "cannot be displayed" ALWAYS meant that the score is coming to?
Not to (potentially - maybe I'm remembering this wrong) ruin the whole 'waiting until Monday and not having to sit at a computer all weekend' thing for you guys, but didn't the Sept '06 scores come out on a Saturday?
I thought the update box filling meant that they were definitely on their way in a matter of hours???
I still have some hope.The first update didn't go out until 4 hours ago. From what I understand, 3:30 PM EST is pretty late for the update thing to happen.If that's true then we can still hold out for a while longer here. Haven't scores gone out on Thursday *night* before? Like later than normal business hours? At any rate... please I want to go get drink in celebration or despair... I don't want to have to get drunk just to make the day go by faster.


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Public transportation in the United States is finding it does not always pay to be popular. As more Americans leave their automobiles at home and go by bus or rail for local travel, they are straining many transit systems nearly to the breaking point.
Forget the basic economic law of supply and demand. With conventional mass transportation, an increase in riders usually means greater financial losses to be made up by government subsidy. That is because most new ridership comes during the peak commuting hours, forcing transit systems to invest in more employees and equipment which for most of the day runs nearly empty and loses money.
This axiom puts conventional public transit at a crossroads: Should it expand and improve service, as Americans apparently want, and worsen its already shaky financial position? Or should it maintain the status quo, effectively discouraging new passengers?
Taxpayers, urban planners, transit operators, and independent transportation analysts offer various answers. But there is wide agreement that this issue will be the key in determining to what extent public transit grows as a transportation option in the 1980s:
* "Transit in the 1980s has the potential for both boom and bust . . . ," a top federal government transportation official notes.
* "It costs us $1.20 for each new rider we get, and our average fare is 41 cents," says the general manager of one major urban transit system. "Our constituency wants more service, but the more riders we get, the more money we lose. It boils down to a delicate balancing act of never being too far out in front of what the public is willing to pay for."
* "There is a growing perception that the fiscal appetite of public transit is voracious and nearly impossible for elected officials to control," a leading transportation scholar asserts.
* While the strength of support for public transit "at the moment appears quite robust . . . the national mood appears increasingly to be toward the limitation of government expenditures and toward 'balanced budgets,'" a transit analyst at a large research institute warns.
Another way to look at the question of costs is to ask what taxpayers get in return for the growing public subsidy that transit is enjoying.
About 6 million households in US central cities do not have autos, and for many of them urban transit is a necessity for working, shopping, and recreation. For many suburban commuters who work downtown, particularly in older cities like Boston, New York, and Chicago, mass transit is essential, given the cost and shortage of parking facilities in town.
In a broader sense, where mass transit is well planned and well used as an alternative to the automobile, "you get reduced congestion, somewhat less air pollution, and some energy savings," says Anthony Downs, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Still, transportation analysts point out that a poorly planned and poorly used transit system may offer no social benefits, or at least far fewer than justified by the costs.
For example, studies of the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) system in San Francisco contend that given the total cost of building and operating the system , it remains cheaper to drive a car during the peak commute and that overall highway congestion is not much improved, since many BART riders were previously bus patrons. But arguments such as this typically call into question the use of one mode of public transit vs. another -- rail vs. bus, for example -- rather than the basic notion that mass transit can make society more efficient in moving people.
What seems clear from the stacks of studies on the costs and benefits of mass transit is that (1) it is prudent to preserve and upgrade the existing major urban transit systems, which are integral to the survival of many of the nation's largest cities; and (2) in cities with reasonably high population densities and worsening automobile congestion, public transit can help increase the efficiency of the local transportation system. In these cases, analysts say , experience has shown that conventional bus systems and streetcars are generally more successful than heavy-rail systems.
"With rapid rail, the capital cost is so enormous that no matter how well it works, it carries a tremendous built-in subsidy that is almost impossible to recover," says Kenneth Small, an assistant professor of economics at Princeton University.
One response to the worsening financial picture in urban transit has been higher fares. For years, transit operators and the governmental bodies that set their policies have viewed fares as a political hot potato and deliberately kept them low. From 1963 to 1978, for example, the average transit fare in the United States actually declined marginally when adjusted for inflation, according to the American Public Transit Association.
About 90 percent of the nation's transit vehicles are publicly run. They are usually independent, nonprofit authorities established and owned by cities, counties, or regional governments.
Many of these operators now view this pattern of falling fares as a mistake, and in the past two years rate hikes have been widespread. In the future, transit patrons in most cities can likely expect fares to keep rising in tandem with the rate of inflation, analysts agree.
In Atlanta, for example, a 1971 referendum calling for a 1-cent sales tax to support local transit also promised to keep fares at 15 cents for 7 years. The measure passed and the commitment not to increase fares was kept. But the fare policy simply postponed the inevitable, and last year the fare was raised to 25 cents, then, earlier this year, to 50 cents. Those steep increases caused some ill feeling among some local low-income minority groups, feelings that might have been avoided with steady, smaller fare increases.
"You don't build up any credits in this business and there is no point in avoiding fare increases," says Alan F. Kiepper, general manager of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.
In Washington, D.C., the policy is simple: On the new rapid rail subway system, fares rise with the consumer price index, and bus fares increase at half that rate.
Looking ahead, transit analysts expect more aggressive fare policies to bring to a head the issue of how best to protect the poor, elderly, and young central-city residents -- a major share of the transit ridership -- from being immobilized by fares they cannot afford.
The US Department of Transportation is studying the feasibility of programs of direct subsidy to Americans with low incomes who depend on public transit. Most analysts who have explored this idea say its major drawbacks are the complexity of administering such a program on a national scale and the problem of verifying and setting standards for those who would qualify for transit aid.
George E. Gray, chief of mass transportation at the California Department of Transportation, says a better approach might be for already established social welfare programs to reimburse transit operators for the fare subsidy they provide users who cannot afford more.
One clear incentive to keep fares rising at least at the same pace as the inflation in operating costs is the public's insistence that service not deteriorate. Many transit operators in all parts of the country have had to hold frequent public hearings on proposed fare increases in the past few years. They are nearly unanimous in their assessment that riders are more concerned about the quality of service than marginal increases in fares.
After months of community hearings in the New York metropolitan area, John Simpson of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is the regional policymaking agency, concluded, "No one believes service should be cut."
New York City's fiscal problems have magnified what happens to an urban transit system when financial constraints cause service to deteriorate. In the mid-1970s, as inflation rapidly raised the cost of operating the New York bus and rail system, the transit authority's budget was kept essentially flat. Nonessential maintenance and personnel training were reduced sharply.
Today, as a result, on-time performance is down, and public hostility is increasingly evident in growing vandalism and abuse of the subway cars and buses.
"It's a long road back up the hill" to stabilizing the quality of service, says Steven K. Kauffman, general manager of the New York City Transit Authority. And as New York plays catch-up on maintenance, Mr. Kauffman is concerned that this could divert attention and funds from expanding the system to meet the transit needs of the city in the next 20 years. New York already accounts for roughly one-third of the daily US ridership on public transit.
In Chicago, where some 90 percent of the area residents coming downtown to shop or work each day use mass transit, there is also concern that the system is not being adequately maintained. While insisting that enough money is being spent to keep the Chicago rail and bus system safe, Harold H. Geissenheimer, general operations manager at the Chicago Transit Authority, warns that "orderly replacement of the system requires much more than we are spending."
The result, he says, is that the city's rail system, particularly the elevated "loop" that circles downtown, has a "turn-of-the-century look" that does little to entice new riders.
The worsening financial plight of the nation's public transit industry is evident in two developments since 1972: While ridership has increased, the combined net operating deficit of operators nationwide has been rising by an average annual rate of nearly 20 percent, according to an analysis by Michael A. Kemp, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute.
To the rescue have come federal, state, and local governments. They now provide more than half the money it takes to keep the nation's public transit systems operating. The rest comes from fares.
Major federal involvement in public transit began in 1964 with legislation that permitted capital grants for new equipment and facilities. Such grants amounted to $51 million in 1965 and required operators to meet one-third of the cost of projects with local funds. Today, capital grants from the federal government require only a 20 percent local contribution, and they are budgeted at $3.3 billion for fiscal year 1981.
Since 1974 the federal government has also been providing operating assistance to help transit systems meet day-to-day expenses. Operating subsidies have grown from $300 million six years ago to more than $1 billion in fiscal 1981.
Theodore C. Lutz, administrator of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, says the level of federal investment is warranted when one considers that the nation's urban transit service was near collapse when government involvement began in the 1960s. And, he maintains, "the alternative to this investment was not so hot: more freeways, congestion, and pollution."
Still, most analysts agree that the rapid growth of federal assistance to public transit in the 1970s will not be matched in the '80s.
Sen. Harrison A. Williams Jr. (D) of New Jersey, a longtime advocate of public transportation and the architect of many of the funding bills that have funneled more aid to it, warns that the "fragile coalition supporting urban transportation in recent years is rapidly changing." It is being altered by more fiscal conservatism in Congress, and could jeopardize any major increases in federal transit aid in the coming years, he says.
President-elect Ronald Reagan has said little to indicate his views on government aid to public transit, but his clear preference for a reduced federal role in local affairs could mean fewer dollars for transit. California's Mr. Gray, who also served in transportation during Mr. Reagan's tenure as governor, speculates that Reagan "will tend to see if the private sector can take care of more of the cities' transit needs before encouraging more government involvement."
One sign that federal dollars for public transportation may grow more scarce is reflected in the heightened sense of competition for federal subsidies among transit operators. As this goes to press, Congress was considering a major transit authorization bill that would alter the formula for awarding operating grants. It would be based on the amount of service provided. The current system is based instead on an urban area's population and density.
The net effect of such a formula change would be to shift more money to the large, already established transit systems at the expense of cities where public transportation is a relatively minor component of local travel.
With tax subsidies expected to become more scarce, transportation analysts predict that transit operators will be forced to make existing systems run more efficiently and to explore new, more cost-effective kinds of paratransit service.


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I have four question concerning rSAP and your application. I just want to be sure that this application is useful for me, before I will buy the full version.
1. I just connected to my skoda's bluetooth system using your program (trial version). The problem is, that the phone is recognized as compatible by car only after I go on my mobile phone to rSAP->Settings->Check SIM card access. It goes successfully through the test, and became visible as compatible with rSAP (as I suppose the connection to SIM card is established just after test). What can cause this issue?
In both cases I'm connecting during 10 minutes trial time, so that should not be the case.
2. Please instruct me how to enable/disable sim connection properly (not using connection test as mentioned above).
3. Is it possible to use Internet in phone when rSAP is connected? If yes, how to set this? I noticed, that after rSAP connection is enabled my Internet connection is automatically disabled.
4. Is it possible to connect to COLUMBUS phone set without rSAP? I read something about connecting any bluetooh phone in hands free mode, but when I'm connecting my phone I don't see any option to choose between full integration (rSAP) or hands-free mode?
My phone profile is already configured and saved with PIN in the car.
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NowGamer: 'Ken Levine might have previously quashed any idea of multiplayer existing in BioShock Infinite but there was a time when it was a real thing.
Speaking to NowGamer, level designer for Irrational Games Shawn Elliott tells us that it was happening, but turned out it just would not have been good enough for BioShock Infinite.'
Hey, people still play Bioshock 2's multiplayer...
I think it could have been good in Infinite, but no biggie.
I got Bioshock 2 on PS Plus and I tried the multiplayer. I mean it was okay but nothing really special and I feel that the game could have done without it and all those resources could have been spent on going full force with the single player.


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