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Editorial: Eliminate TB, HIV/AIDS? It is within reach
Santa Clara County, Calif., has a major stake in the global fight against tuberculosis, which is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide.
The county's diversity and attraction of foreign visitors resulted in 176 TB cases in 2012. The San Jose Metropolitan Area ranks third in the nation in the number of cases per 100,000 people for areas of more than 500,000 residents. The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metropolitan area ranks fourth, according to the Centers for Disease Control, making the Bay Area the prime incubator in the United States for the disease.
TB still kills nearly 5,000 people every day around the globe, but the number has fallen 41 percent since 1990, and scientists now say they have the ability to eradicate it - not just control, but eradicate it - as well as AIDS and malaria.
All they need is the money. And in global terms, it's not that much: $15 billion over three years, according to the Global Fund, which manages the fight against these kinds of diseases. It is asking nations to step up based on the size of their economies. The United States needs to do its part.
Great Britain has announced it will double its commitment to the fund, and Sweden, Denmark and Norway are increasing theirs. Santa Clara County officials should push President Barack Obama to commit the United States' full share, $5 billion over three years, at the Global Fund's Replenishment Conference in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2.
The timing is crucial, especially for TB, which is becoming increasingly resistant to the drugs used to treat it. The Global Fund investment will allow countries to improve detection and treatment to the point that doctors believe it can be wiped out.
Similar advancements are occurring against malaria and even HIV/AIDS.
As recently as 2000, in sub-Saharan Africa, only about 50,000 people were on the antiretroviral therapy used to treat HIV/AIDS because of the high cost of treatment, roughly $10,000 a year. The price has dropped to $200 a year, and in 2012, more than 7.5 million Africans were receiving treatment. Studies have shown that early treatment results in a 96 percent drop in the risk of transmission, which gives hope that, over time, the disease can effectively be eliminated.
San Jose Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Mike Honda join Republican Rep. Ander Crenshaw of Florida, co-chair of a committee dealing with these issues, as part of a rare bipartisan coalition supporting the initiative. It truly will save public money in the long run and strengthen economies around the world. Think of the cost now of treating victims of these diseases, of the human misery and the families left in hopeless poverty.
TB and AIDS can go the way of polio and smallpox, diseases that once crippled or killed and now are all but vanquished. In an increasingly heartless world, let's make this happen.


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Editors' Note: As of an August 2, 2011 firmware update, the WD TV Live Plus reviewed here can now also access Hulu Plus (subscription required) and Shoutcast Internet radio (free).
Editors' note (July 22, 2010): The rating of this product has been changed slightly since its initial publication to reflect changes in the marketplace. See the review of the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex TV for comparison.
The first few rounds of network media streamers we tested weren't necessarily recommendable. Sure, this was partially because most of these devices depend on Windows Media Center for connectivity and content, but we also had issues with their sluggish interfaces and shoddy performance.
Fast forward a few years later and it's safe to say that network media streamers have officially hit their stride. We recently took a look at Netgear's Digital Entertainer Live and really enjoyed its additional functionality beyond playing network-connected media. We then checked out the WD TV Live, which added a slightly better interface, improved file compatibly, and access to online services like YouTube and Live365.
Western Digital has upped the ante once more with the WD TV Live Plus--the "Plus" adding even more Internet-based functionality headlined by built-in Netflix on-demand. Other than the addition of these features, the Live Plus is nearly identical to the WD TV Live HD Media Player, which we reviewed in late 2009. Functionality aside, we did notice a slight improvement in overall smoothness and fluidity of the navigational menus. It looks like Western Digital was able to improve the software the WD TV Live Plus runs on, and it shows.
The unit itself is small and can either be positioned horizontally or vertically; regardless, it won't take up a lot of room in your entertainment center. You will need to provide the device with power and a wired internet connection, so plan accordingly. If you want wireless Internet connectivity, you'll have to pay for a separate accessory.
On the rear of the WD TV Live Plus is an HDMI and optical audio out, along with a composite and component out. Western Digital also includes most of the wires you'll need to hook the device up to a television except an HDMI cable. Also around back is an Ethernet port and one of the system's two USB ports. The other USB is on the side of the box.
Both USB ports read every storage device we threw at it, including portable hard drives, USB thumb drives, card readers, a digital camera, and our Kodak Zi8 camcorder.
We really liked the slick onscreen interface that the WD TV Live Plus provides. It's very intuitive and logically laid out. It slightly resembles the PlayStation 3's cross-media bar in which you shuffle through the types of media that you want to play. From within each category (music, video, or photos), you can then navigate from what source you'd like to play media.
Though this setup is great, we do wish you had the choice to first pop into your USB device then pick out a file among various media types. That said, being forced to choose the type of media first, then the source isn't a huge hindrance. Each media category lets you choose other sources such as a network drive or media server, but we'll outline these features a little later on.
In terms of file compatibility, the WD TV Live Plus should have you covered for most of your playback needs as it remains the same compared with what the WD TV Live could play. The list of file types is lengthy; note the impressive number of photo file formats, as usually these devices only offer JPEG.

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Prompting Revision through Modeling and Written Conversations
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This lesson helps students become more comfortable with the revision process, both as writers responding to their peers and as writers engaged in revising their own pieces. Once students watch authors Kate DiCamillo and Debra Frasier revise their own work through online videos, students develop a checklist to help them see what effective writers do to be able to create a well-developed piece of writing. Students are then guided through the process of revising their teacher's work. Later, students communicate their ideas for revision of their peers' work through a written conversation so that peers can remember and reflect upon their thoughts.
Effective Writers... : This checklist provides new writers with specific suggestions ranging from grammatical accuracy to reaching an intended audience.
Effective Writers...Written Conversation Sentence Starters: These sentence starters help students to frame their thoughts in a peer review setting in order to provide constructive feedback to another writer.
Teachers at all grade levels strive to get students to see revision as an integral part of the writing process rather than a hasty, perfunctory step added at the end (if there is time). This lesson focuses on the power of modeling, discussion, and conversation as tools to teach and promote qualitiy revision. Regie Routman warns teachers not to "underestimate the power of talk on writing quality. Informal conversations among students as they write influences the amount and quality of revisions students are willing to make. Conversations with others help students express their ideas more fully and make them their own" (184).
Because writers often need a concrete record of suggestions that come from such conversations, this lesson offers the alternative of written conversations. "In this kind of discussion," Rober Probst explains, "students write simultaneous notes to each other"¦Compare this kind of active, one-to-one exchange with standard "whole-class" discussions in which two or three kids monopolize the conversations (Me! Me! Me!) while everyone else sleeps with their eyes open. When everyone is "discussing' with a partner in writing, then potentially everyone is engaged and acting upon the subject matter" (10).
Further Reading
Routman, Regie. 2005. Writing Essentials: Raising Expectations and Results While Simplifying Teaching. Portsmouth, NH: Heineman.
Probst, Robert. "Literature as Invitation." Voices from the Middle. 8:2 (2000): 10.


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Boaters flock to Mayor's Cup Regatta
A view of the Mayor's Cup from the water
The Mayor's Cup weekend has loads of activities on and off the water, but the one that draws the most people from all over year after year is the regatta.
Using the WPTZ Mobile News App? Click here to watch the regatta video from the water.
"We're in our 37th year and it is the type of race that everybody loves to go to. We get people from not only the local New York side but also many racers come from Vermont and Canada. We've had people come up from Albany before. We've had people come up from Massachusetts," said Mayor's Cup Committee Co-Chair Gail Recore.
Captain Ed Kehn fell in love with boating when he was 8. This year marks his 22nd Mayor's Cup Regatta. Kehn jokes that he's a motor boater without the patience for sailing, but he sure knows a thing or two about it.
He gave NewsChannel 5 the play-by-play as the racers maneuvered for position.
"It's timing. When they cross that finish line, they are all circling around getting ready, trying to look at their watches to see what time they have to start heading down here because if they cross too soon they get a penalty," said Kehn.
From a spectator's perspective, the sunny weather is pretty fantastic, but sailors tell me the lack of wind is somewhat of a let down.
"They're going like turtles," Kehn said.
"I don't recall too many races that the weather has been like this. It's usually pretty good racing weather," Kehn said.
Kehn explained how this year's weather conditions compare to ideal sailing conditions. On windier days they'll make the course longer by putting the markers farther apart.
"A good wind, like 10, 15 knots is probably sufficient this is probably four or five," Kehn said.
Mayor's Cup Committee Co-Chair Gail Recore says you don't need to be a racer or boating connoisseur to enjoy the race from the beginning to the end.


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A visit to the Ganges will change you. The chaotic streets, narrow galis filled with hawkers and touts, dobi wallahs on their way to the river, ringing bells and burning incense. The vibrancy of brightly painted temples against the grey sky, colourful washing drying on the ghats and orange marigolds floating down the river. The hustle and bustle of daily life. The 'norm' in Varanasi is unlike anything you've ever experienced.
Varanasi is the ultimate destination for Hindu pilgrims. Many believe dying in the area brings salvation and make the pilgrimage to the region when they know that death is near. Bathing off the ghats in the sacred water is said to wash away sins, and is a daily ritual for locals and pilgrims alike.
The most confronting aspect of the city – in addition to the rubbish, pollution and endless stream of touts and rickshaw-wallahs – are the very public cremations. The burning ghats cremate over 200 bodies per day, the ashes swept directly into the water. For those who do not require to be atoned for their sins – pregnant women, lepers, priests and children – their bodies are simply wrapped in cloth and floated down the river. It can be a challenging sight for travellers, but is a very normal part of life in India.
What are ghats?
Ghats are steps leading down to the sacred water of the river, and are typically found in riverside cities such as Varanasi and Ujjain. In Varanasi, the ghats stretch along the Ganges River for almost seven kilometres. They are used for bathing, washing clothes, buying and selling goods, and cremations.
Must-see ghats
Dasaswamedh is one of the oldest ghats along the river. Each night, pilgrims and tourists converge at the ghat for the evening Aarti, a fire ceremony performed by local priests. Lamps are lit, incense is burned, and hundreds of candles are floated down the river.
Assi ghat is one of Varanasi's most famous. It's a popular spot for bathing and draws huge crowds during Hindu festivals.
Manikarnika is the main burning ghat. After being carried through the streets on a stretcher, the corpse is submerged in the river and then cremated.
When to go
The best time to visit Varanasi is during the (slightly) cooler months, between October and March. The weather sits between a comfortable 20°C and 30°C; during the soaring heat of summer, temperatures can hit 45°C. Monsoon season is in July and August, when the temperature drops slightly but humidity levels rise.
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The best way to see Varanasi come to life is on a sunrise boat ride along the river. Peregrine's early morning cruise takes you past ghats and temples before returning you to your hotel for breakfast.
Getting around
While you may get lost and you'll definitely get hot, the best way to get around Varanasi is on foot. Cars and taxis are available to hire, however they struggle to navigate the narrow streets and alleyways (also known as galis). There are a LOT of touts in the area, so keep your wits about you. Be mindful of hawkers offering to take you anywhere for a 'better' view.


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This Workshop is for singles and couples, however, we must have balanced numbers of men and women.
Rejuvenate your health, open to love and awaken spiritual essence through Tantric connection, energy and massage techniques.
Open to a deeper connection with your partner, using ritual, connecting and breathing exercises.
Learn to expand your multi-orgasmic potential into whole body bliss.
Learn to circulate your vital breath up through the chakra's for healing & rejuvenation.
Experience raising your sexual energy with loving intent, breathing, movement and muscle control.
Learn to give a massage to your partner. And Vise Versa.
Allow energy to move your body and surrender to your spirits wisdom, as you learn to fully receive love and attention in a sacred and safe environment.
Natalie has a deep understanding of Tantric Bodywork, Teachings and a variety of connected healing practices, and is trained in 10+ systems of Reiki. She has a successful private practice offering sessions to men, women and couples, and has taught worldwide.
Natalie is the creator of 0800tantra and Blue Lotus Tantra and has operated 10+ clinics and trained staff over the last 15 years. She introduced Tantra sensual touch to a brothel in Auckland, where it is now the leading product "above sex".
She embodies the work she teaches and has journeyed through her own transformational processes and awakenings.
In the last 25 years, she has studied with many international teachers including Margo Anand, Andrew Barnes and various ISTA faculty. Married to Patrick Zeigler, she worked extensively with All-Love energy for 18 years and is trained in emotional clearing, pranayama breathwork and other powerful clearing techniques.
Natalie now introduces her Tantric Awakening sessions to singles and couples through one-on-one practices, online coaching and weekend workshops and evening events.
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Fundamental limits of fixed-to-variable (F-V) and variable-to-fixed (V-F) length universal source coding at short blocklengths is characterized. For F-V length coding, the Type Size (TS) code has previously been shown to be optimal up to the third-order rate for universal compression of all memoryless sources over finite alphabets. The TS code assigns sequences ordered based on their type class sizes to binary strings ordered lexicographically. Universal F-V coding problem for the class of first-order stationary, irreducible and aperiodic Markov sources is first considered. Third-order coding rate of the TS code for the Markov class is derived. A converse on the …
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Parents of dead NM boy face endangerment charges
The FBI continues to investigate the death of an 8-year-old boy believed to have been mauled by a pack of dogs, and his parents are now facing Navajo tribal charges related to the safety of his three siblings.
Ramah Navajo Police Chief Emil Radosevich confirms that the boy's younger siblings have been placed with the tribe's social services department.
He says the parents, Yolonda Henio and stepfather Keith Comosona, are awaiting a hearing in tribal court this month on charges of child endangerment. It wasn't immediately clear if they had an attorney.
Radosevich says the parents were intoxicated the night Tomas Jay Henio was found dead face down in the snow. The parents told authorities a pack of dogs had attacked and killed the boy.
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Rise in consumer complaints over solar power
Complaints about rooftop solar panels have jumped markedly as more Victorians have taken up cheap offers in the booming green energy market.
The number of people contacting the state's consumer watchdog about solar electricity systems increased from five a month in 2007 to 183 a month this year.
Largely about faulty units, poor installation, service delays and difficulty in cancelling contacts, the complaints have pushed solar power systems into the top five products reported to Consumer Affairs Victoria, alongside furniture, white goods and clothing.
The more serious complaints have been made over sales of defective equipment and failure to honour contracts - allegations that led the watchdog last week to issue a warning about Melbourne supplier Sunburst Solar.
It follows prosecutions of two solar companies earlier this year, one of which was fined $60,000 for consumer law breaches.
The increase in complaints has come as the popularity of solar systems has surged. Driven by government incentives, the falling costs of solar panels and rising electricity prices, more than 126,000 systems were sold in two boom years.
Sales fell in 2013 as government incentives were wound back. But calls to the watchdog remain as high as they did during the peak, with more than 2000 a year.
Consumer Affairs Victoria director Claire Noone said the watchdog was cracking down on rogue suppliers. The warning about Sunburst Solar came after it was contacted about the company 60 times this year.
Ms Noone said consumers reported difficulties connecting their system to the grid and alleged the company provided faulty panels and inverters, failed to reimburse shortfalls in feed-in tariff incentive payments and could not be reached for warranty claims.
''We're concerned that Sunburst hasn't provided adequate detail about the warranty offered on its products and we're concerned that they haven't honoured warranties when consumers have reported faulty products,'' Ms Noone said.
''We want to alert consumers to concerns about their business practices. We're still considering what action we might pursue.''
Sunburst issued a statement through its lawyers saying it was committed to addressing any complaints. ''Sunburst Solar is not aware of any client with an outstanding complaint or issue relating to any installation or agreement … and would encourage any client with such a grievance to contact the company, at which point a solution and rectification will be forthcoming,'' it said.
ASIC records show that Sunburst chief executive Robin Grainger is a director or shareholder in a series of other solar or energy companies. There is no suggestion any of the other businesses have acted inappropriately.
The Consumer Affairs warning follows legal action against two solar companies earlier this year.
Solareco Pty Ltd was fined $60,000 last month for making false representations and Ballarat-based Bailey Designed Engineering was forced to close after losing a series of legal battles over faulty equipment.
Ms Noone said solar suppliers flooding the market in recent years led to some aggressive marketing tactics, misleading practices and substandard products, but was not a reflection of the whole industry. ''We're not saying it isn't a reputable industry, but certainly it's relatively new,'' she said.
Clean Energy Council policy director Russell Marsh said the organisation was committed to raising standards and had introduced a code of conduct to highlight top-performing solar suppliers.


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Meet Max, Netflix's Answer to Siri
Netflix has introduced Max, a new voice on its video streaming service that recommends movies and TV shows for users based on how they're feeling and their personal preferences.
Available only for PlayStation 3 owners in the United States, Max reminds us of Apple's voice-recognition service Siri. Netflix even thinks so too, cleverly describing Max as a relation of Siri's:
Max, rumored to be the child of Siri and HAL 9000, asks a few questions about your mood or movie and TV show tastes to arrive at a suggestion ... One of the experiences Max offers is called the "ratings game," where you pick a genre to fit your mood and then rate a few titles on the familiar Netflix five star scale ...
Sometimes, when Max feels particularly confident, he will offer a fun, personalized suggestion after asking only one simple question ... Other times, when intoxicated by past success, Max will get a little cocky and offer a suggestion right away, no questions required. The catch ... this is a mystery suggestion and you'll just have to press play and trust him.
Max is rolling out gradually to PS3 users in the U.S. in the coming weeks. Depending on the popularity of Max, Netflix may launch the service on other devices
To see Max in action, watch Netflix's senior manager of product innovation Pedro Freitas demonstrate the service in this video:
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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
I have been fiddling about with Data Explorer some more and have built an interesting little mashup that enables one to discover the number of Google Reader subscribers to each RSS feed on SQLBlog.com. Before I show you how its built I'll whet your appetite with a screenshot of the output:
(value) => Text.Replace(value,",","")
N.B. I have, by the way, complained loudly about the inability to resize columns in the Data Explorer UI.
This is where the real work occurs. We are using an API provided by Carter Cole at http://cartercole.com/dev/api/greaderapi.asp that wraps the Google Reader API thus making it easy to query for number of subscribers.
(feed) => StripOutCommas(Json.Document(Web.Contents("http://cartercole.com/dev/api/greaderapi.asp", [Query = [feed = feed]]))[subscribers])
Here I have essentially defined a function that (1) calls Carter's API, (2) passes it a parameter called feed, (3) converts the result into a JSON document, (4) extracts the "subscribers" value and (5) passes the result to StripOutCommas().
This resource is what pulls everything together. Firstly the "Call func on each RSS feed" task calls our "GetNumberOfSubscribersForFeed" resource on each RSS feed in the "List Of Feeds" resource:
Table.AddColumn(#"List Of Feeds", "NumberOfSubscribers", each GetNumberOfSubscribersForFeed([feed]))
The "Rename column", "Convert Text to Integer" & "Sort Subscribers DESC" tasks are, hopefully, self-explanatory.
And that's it! As already stated the mashup has been published at https://ws41451459.dataexplorer.sqlazurelabs.com/Published/SQLBlog%20subscriber%20counts%20on%20Google%20Reader from where you can:
If you want to use the mashup to get similar counts for your own set of RSS feeds simply change the "List of Feeds" resource appropriately. Happy data exploring!
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XPRIZE has joined forces with global tech and science strategy group, Inspired Minds for a second year.
A core tenet of XPRIZE competitions is to democratize problem solving. We advocate for anyone to join our competitions, from established organizations to garage tinkerers. Problem solvers come from all walks of life, and we aim to give them the path to come center stage.
We also seek a diversity of perspectives when recruiting judges, mentors, experts and partners to ensure our competitors are receiving the most valuable guidance that will challenge them and propel their work forward. This search for diversity is amplified on the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, where our 30 competitors are creating innovative artificial intelligence solutions from beehive management to mental health diagnosis and everything in between. We work to solidify partnerships and resources that will provide the greatest amount of value to all of our competitors working in vastly different industries.
That's why Inspired Minds is an ideal partner for us. Their founding ethos to "make AI available to all economics, countries and cultures and to promote AI for the greater good" is accurately reflected in their events. They convene a wide breadth of attendees who are perfectly aligned with what we are continually looking for with event partners. They provide fruitful opportunities for workshops, meetings, and speaking engagements to further the goals of the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, and attendees are ready participants in constructive collaboration.
Our participation in Intelligent Health and World Summit AI in 2018 was a catalyst for additional resources for the prize and its competitors. We're now in the last year and a half of the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, and by December 2019 we will have our 10 semifinalists. It is pivotal to ensure our competitors have the exposure to potential data and financial partners that will help them apply their solutions in the most impactful way. Inspired Minds' 2019 events World Summit AI Americas (April 10-11 in Montreal), Intelligent Health (September 11-12 in Basel, Switzerland), World Summit AI (October 9-10 in, Amsterdam and World AI Week (October 7-11 in Amsterdam) will help us accomplish that.


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Atlantic Canada co-operatives collection
The Atlantic Canada co-operatives collection consists of approximately 15 meters of published and unpublished materials. This includes books, serials, brochures, loose papers, photographs and slides, maps, audio and visual material, and artifacts.
The fonds contains information about many individual co-operatives and credit unions, as well as documents from larger region-wide co-operative organizations. There is also a large section of general co-operative literature about co-operation as a social movement, in Canada and around the world.
The age of the materials ranges from the early 1900s up to 2002. The majority spans from the 1950s to the 1990s.


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In his last year of college at Pace University in downtown Manhattan, Giordano got an urge to be involved with his community, he said. He became a member of the Onderdonk Civic Association in north Ridgewood, and was chosen to serve on the community board on behalf of the group.
In 1981, Giordano joined Community Board 5, where he chaired the Youth and Health committees in the 1980s. At the time, he was also treasurer and then executive director for the Great Ridgewood Youth Council.
Giordano then became the district manager for Community Board 5, which serves Ridgewood, Glendale, Middle Village, Maspeth and Liberty Park, in 1989.
"I was the last applicant for the position and there were board members who were pushing me to apply," Giordano said. "I was trying to get a lot of work done at the Greater Ridgewood Youth Council and I probably would've never applied if a number of community members didn't ask me to and keep after me about it."
Giordano said he is proud of the accomplishments the community board made since he assumed the district manager position.
"It's certainly very rewarding when you can get things accomplished in the community," he said. "I think because of the team effort between the community board members and staff, we've gotten a lot accomplished in the last 20 years."
Their accomplishments help make the community a safer and more beautiful place, he said. They include cleaning up problem street corners and bars, improving local parks, and getting eco-friendly public transit vehicles.
In addition, "We have been very big advocates for street tree planting," Giordano said, "which I consider to be very important for the sake of reducing air pollution and beautifying the neighborhood."
One other big project Giordano said the community board will undertake is improving sewer lines in the community, some of which were built 80 years ago.
"We need to get the Department of Environmental Protection to replace the sewer lines expeditiously where there's a break or a collapse," he said. " in the last five years there's been a lot of development in many areas of Queens so there's more demand from the sewer system."


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Atlantic City Defends The (Still Standing) World-Famous Boardwalk Full Page Ad In New York Times On Wednesday, 11/28
Nov 27, 2012, 09:44 ET
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlantic City's national image took a hit during Hurricane Sandy due to sensational, out-of-context and (at times) erroneous news reports about the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk, which is still intact and as beautiful as ever. According to new research data from a national poll conducted by New Jersey-based Russell Research for the Atlantic City Alliance, a stunning 41% of the American public believes the Atlantic City Boardwalk is destroyed (which is not true!).
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121127/NY19143 )
On Wednesday, November 28, Atlantic City's campaign to correct the record continues with a full-page print advertisement in the New York Times featuring the Boardwalk with supplemental digital and email advertising reaching one million people. This is the first national ad for Atlantic City since the new destination campaign launched back in April.
Also, a new television spot featuring the Boardwalk started this week in the New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore DMAs.
Due to the hurricane's storm track, Atlantic City's tourism district suffered minimal damage and reopened for business after five days. However, Atlantic City continues to see a lag in visitation and revenue due to the historic weather event. The livelihoods of more than 40,000 employees in the 12 casino properties, plus hospitality industry workers at businesses catering to the tourism industry, depend on a strong visitor base.
The Atlantic City Alliance was established in 2011 as a private, not-for-profit corporation whose primary mission is to develop and implement a full-scale, broad-based, multi-year marketing program for Atlantic City. For more information visit www.doatlanticcity.com.
Find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AtlanticCityNJ or Twitter at https://twitter.com/VisitAC.
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Sweet George Washington. Looks like the green-toothed, cheese-eating surrender monkeys are saddling up to the hoon-hating Pope. Sorry to revert to silly stereotypes, but this is just lousy. European leaders are in talks with each other discussing the possibility of banning high-powered sports cars on the Continent (and in Great Britain). Why? Global warming. The metric they are working with is that any car capable of going 25% faster than the Euro-norm of 130 kph (about 80 mph) is producing too much CO2. That means that under the proposal, any car that can travel 100 mph will be banned come 2013. Casting aside our hard-won journalistic integrity for a moment, this legislation is so impossibly stupid our head hurts. We once got our old 1.8-liter Sentra shitbox up to 120 mph in Arizona. Luckily, even if this does become law, none of this nonsense will have any legal teeth in Germany (because Germans are awesome), and as Germans make up a large number of the EU members with votes (99 out of 785) hopefully they can
beat talk some sense into their insane stuffy friends. Or at least vote early and often. For the record, Jalopnik votes no.
Europe considers ban on performance cars [Motor Authority]
Merkel Don't Need No Merkin: German Chancellor Stands Up for Bruce [Internal]


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Derek Jeter & Minka Kelly Split
Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly have called it quits after three years together, JustJared.com can confirm.
"The split was amicable," sources exclusively tell JJ of the 37-year-old Yankees superstar and 31-year-old actress. "But they remain friends. They still really care for each other."
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When JJ contacted her reps, they did confirm the split.
Last month, HBO premiered Deter Jeter 3K, a documentary that chronicles Derek's journey of becoming the second player to reach 3,000 hits as a shortstop (the first was Honus Wagner).
Minka is busy in Miami shooting the ABC reboot of the classic show Charlie's Angels, which is being produced by Drew Barrymore and Leonard Goldberg. Charlie's Angels, which co-stars Rachael Taylor and Annie Ilonzeh, premieres Thursday, September 22, at 8/7c.


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Equity futures are continuing lower this morning following more "worse than expected" data. The dollar is roughly flat, bonds are sharply higher, oil is down some more (down 13 of last 15 sessions), and gold is higher.
Yesterday S&P downgraded the debt of Ireland which is sending yields upwards. Of course this is well after the horse has left the barn, grown old, and has already passed away from old age. Still, it again raises the specter of national risk in the Euro zone area, and the likes of Ireland and Spain are far more significant than Greece. Greece, of course, was foolish enough to take loans and austerity measures from the IMF gangsters and thus are suffering accordingly. Once the reality begins to permeate the psyche of investors again, the potential for meaningful trouble is high (where isn't it?).
The still worthless MBA Purchase Applications Index rose .6% in the past week, with the Refinance Index rising 5.7%. Again, their methodology is simply trash, what we do know is that we are just off historic lows in their index. Here's Econoday:
Record low mortgage rates fed a 5.7 percent surge in refinancing applications during the August 20 week. On a four-week basis, the volume of refinancing applications is up 26 percent. Low rates, the lowest in the 20-year history of the Mortgage Bankers' survey, are making it pay for borrowers to refinance loans that they had already refinanced within the last two years. Refinancing made up 82 percent of total applications, a reminder of how dormant purchase activity is. Purchase applications did rise 0.6 percent in the week. The average 30-year fixed mortgage fell five basis points in the week to 4.55 percent.
All the spin and yet homes sales are at record lows with record inventory (12.5 months worth), and hidden inventory to boot. Below is a good chart showing yesterday's Existing Home Sales versus recent history:
Robert Schiller was on Bloomberg yesterday trying to mitigate the numbers… he called them "an anomaly" due to the end of the tax credit. No, Robert, it was the numbers with the tax credit that were the anomaly, yesterday's report was showing more realistic demand, if you call 97% of mortgages backed by the government reality. Just imagine what true demand would be without the government behind nearly every mortgage, that would be reality and it would be very ugly indeed. On that point Bill Gross is right. But the ugliness he insinuates is coming without more intervention (to prop up his investments), in my opinion, is coming one way or the other.
I've been paying attention to real estate lately, in fact I have been actively looking for opportunities to take advantage of. Early, I know, but I was hoping the right distressed situation would present itself. I can say that I'm not finding those deals that I think will mark a bottom as they are still not penciling out. Those who are distressed are so underwater that they are controlled by the banks who are still not willing to take a loss on their balance sheets, and so I wait and hunt the deals. I am looking at both residential and commercial type properties. Anecdotally, I have also been watching the bubble world of boating in the Northwest and have long kept one eye on boat slip pricing. I am finally seeing some movement down in prices there, but it's still so far from penciling that it's not even funny. For example, a 45 foot slip sold at the peak for about $250k. I saw one advertised yesterday for $128k – it is leased for $410 per month. Drop the pencil to that and it is still two times more expensive, even at today's historically low rates, than it can earn in rents. Not even close to a bottom, not even close to historic rent ratios.
Durable Goods came in worse than expected for July, but better than June's -1.0% reading. Coming in at a .3% month over month rise, the consensus was looking for a wildly optimistic 2.5% rise. Ex-transportation was an even larger disappointment:
Manufacturing is not as strong as hoped-based on July durables. New factory orders for durable goods in July rebounded 0.3 percent, following a 0.1 percent decline the prior month. The July rebound came in significantly below the consensus forecast for a 2.5 percent comeback.
The bounce back in July was led by the transportation component. Most other components slipped. Excluding transportation, new durables orders dropped 3.8 percent, following a 0.2 percent rise in June. While durables orders are a volatile series and some month-to-month dips are to be expected, the latest news is disappointing.
Most of new orders strength came from transportation which jumped 13.1 percent, following a 1.0 percent decrease in June. Nondefense aircraft spiked 75.9 percent after falling 25.3 percent in June. Defense aircraft orders declined 8.3 percent in the latest month. Analysts often focus on the ex-transportation component to see the underlying trend without the sharp monthly swings from aircraft. But excluding transportation also excludes one of the other few big positives in the report. Looking for a silver lining, the ex-transportation series may actually overstate weakness a bit. Within transportation, motor vehicles continued to post healthy gains, rising 5.3 percent in July after increasing 4.0 percent in June.
Other components were mostly down for the latest period. Declines were seen in fabricated metals, machinery, computers & electronics, and electrical equipment. Advances were seen in primary metals and in "all other."
Businesses may be hitting the pause button on equipment investment. Nondefense capital goods orders excluding aircraft in July fell 8.0 percent, following a 3.6 percent jump the month before. Shipments slipped 1.5 percent in July, following a 1.0 percent rise in June. However, orders and shipments for this series have shown strength for several months.
Year-on-year, overall new orders for durable goods in July were up 9.3 percent, compared to 17.1 percent in June. Excluding transportation, new durables orders came in at up 9.5 percent, compared to 16.1 percent the prior month.
Equity futures fell on the release.
New Home Sales are released at 10 Eastern.
Yesterday did produce yet another confirmed Hindenburg Omen, the third clean one with one more that was on the line. This cluster is very similar to the cluster that preceded the declines in 2008, and about in the same place in the decline – during and just after a wave 2 bounce, these are telling you that the market is very divided and that wave 3 is poised. We have already declined significantly since receiving the first Hindenburg, now nearly 400 DOW points. Those who did not take them seriously already are taking on water, it will get worse, and I hope that what follows takes Jim Cramer and CNBS completely off the air. When that happens, it may actually be time to go long.
On the very small wave scale, it is possible that we are close to finishing a subwave 5 down as the action over the past two days has produced what could be considered wave 4 of 1 of 3 of 3. That means that we could encounter a small degree wave 2 up soon. Below is a 30 minute chart, you can count those wave down from the previous larger degree wave 2 double top. Note that there are three sets of necklines on this chart:
Breaking support again below 1040 is the next step, we have targets at 1025ish, at 1010ish, and all the way down at 860ish.
Bonds are absolutely on a tear. The TNX is rapidly moving through support and is approaching its initial 2.3% target. If it were to break below that, then the target becomes the prior low at a minimum. Can rates possibly go lower than that? I don't think so, not with all the middle-men who take cuts in the banking world. One wild idea I'm hearing bandied about is for the government to make mortgage loans directly to the public, thus cutting out all the middle rate steps. While ultra-low mortgages sounds nice if you work in the real estate industry, from my position that would be a complete disaster for our nation and for the world – but let's face it, a disaster is unfolding now regardless, and structural change is coming:
The other day I pointed out a very classic Head & Shoulders pattern on Wells Fargo. Those who took that trade on a break of the neckline are doing well. This chart belongs in a textbook, pretty for technical analysis, not so pretty if you bought into the wave B manure that the debt pushers were marketing:
There are a lot of chart that look like that, and there are a lot of charts that look like the DIA daily chart below. Here you can see that prices have been pushing the lower Bollinger down and out of the way. The down move is coming on higher volume, but not yet panic type of levels – meaning the decline is likely not over despite reaching oversold levels on the daily charts (the weekly and month charts are not oversold). These charts have the same look and feel as the roll over during 2008:
The VIX is making an orderly turn higher out of the very large pennant it created. This is bearish in that there has been no panic days to send the VIX to a close over the upper Bollinger. Instead it has been slowly turning the Bollinger up:
The bulls can twist and shout all they want, but the cleansing is not over and I feel fine…


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Crossing the border
This photo of my wife and I was snapped during the summer of 2005, back when I was an intern getting my feet wet with MLB.com. Man, what a summer that was.
We lived in a studio apartment on Yonge St., about a mile or so north of the Finch subway stop. Our TV quit working midway through the summer, our air conditioner followed suit around the same time and we slept on an air mattress.
It was basically the ultimate test to see if my lovely wife, Kelly, would stick with me. For some reason, she stayed — and gave me a lift to and from the subway station every day — allowing me the chance to follow my goal of becoming a baseball writer.
Why do I bring this up?
Well, after parts of six seasons as an MLB.com reporter for the Blue Jays in Toronto, the time has come for me to start a new chapter in my life. As first reported by the New York Daily News (kidding, Mark), I will be taking over as MLB.com's reporter for the Cleveland Indians. The move will be official later this week.
For those of you who have followed along over the past few years, you'll no doubt realize why I'm making this transition. As a native of Chicagoland, and a grad of Michigan State, I have a large base of family and friends back in the Midwest. With a son now, being closer to family has never been so important for us.
This move to Ohio allows me the opportunity to continue to do what I love, but puts my wife and I a lot closer to family in the process. We enjoyed our time in Toronto and leave with so many great memories. After that first summer, we moved across the street from the ballpark (literally) and loved checking "live downtown in a big city" off our life list.
As a runner, I already miss the lakefront and the Don Valley path. I can't tell you how many miles I've logged along both and I plan on returning to Toronto to complete a marathon in the future (keep it up, Mal). We'll also miss our trips to the Beaches, the great food all over the city and all the great people we met along the way.
As a reporter, I'll miss covering a group of players that I watched grow over the past few years. Shoot, I covered Casey Janssen when he was with the Lansing Lugnuts and I was a reporter for the Lansing State Journal while at MSU. I saw a lot of those players go from Minor Leaguers to established big leaguers, and formed some great relationships in that clubhouse as a result.
I also learned a lot from some great reporters north of the border. I'll miss the late-night pizza hunts with Griffin in New York, stops in Baltimore record shops with Blair, comparing photos with Mr. Lott, making fun of Northwestern to Morgan and quoting the Simpsons with Sandler. Shi, Wilner, Ian, Zoro, Rob, Mr. Elliott, Ruts, Kenny, Cathal, and everyone else in the Rogers Centre pressbox, thanks for everything, guys.
I've also enjoyed the bond that was created with readers via this blog and Twitter. It has been fun seeing how interaction with fans has grown in the past few years and I was thrilled to be a part of that with the Blue Jays fan base. There is great passion among the Blue Jays' loyal fans and social media and blogs has allowed that show.
All this said, you will still see my byline on MLB.com and I'm keeping my same handle on Twitter (http://twitter.com/MLBastian). One small difference is I will be moving my blog — still called "Major League Bastian" — to a new URL. You will be able to find my new blog at bastian.mlblogs.com.
You'll also continue to see my byline some on bluejays.com in the coming days and weeks, but soon I'll will be moving camp entirely to indians.com, and passing the torch to a new Blue Jays reporter in Toronto in the process.
Thanks for everything, Blue Jays fans.
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Best of luck in Cleveland. I hope they acquire Encarnacion, and you get to use the video again.
A sad day for Jays fans. You will be sorely missed.
This is about the metric system, isn't it?
^Agreed. The New Guy has some awfully big shoes to fill. All the best in Cleveland.
Geez… First EE, now Bastian! I wish AA would stop letting good guys go for nothing! Bastian's a great reporter, and I'm sure we could have gotten a number of good pieces in a trade. 😉
Seriously, though, it's our loss, Cleveland's gain. All the best in the Midwest, and don't forget about us when the Jays come to town.
You will be missed. I appreciated your dedicated coverage of the Jays these past several seasons. Something that stood out for me was the quality of your coverage during spring training. The photos you posted as well as the many blog posts and articles on the main site, were the light at the end of the tunnel that is a Saskatchewan winter.
However, despite the excellent job you have done your legacy as the Blue Jays beat reporter will always be, being the guy who was in a doctors office waiting room when the Halladay trade went down:) Thank you for representing the Blue Jay's fan base well! Best of luck to you and your family in Cleveland!
Ah… So that's why you asked John Farrell to recommend a dog walker and dry cleaner at his presser. I was afraid that was the case.
Thanks for your great writing and enthusiasm for the Jays and this city. You will be missed.
And on a personal note, thank you for an email you replied to a long time ago about writing for MLB.com.
Now, how do I get the job you're leaving behind?
hi jordan
thanks for the spectacular effort in keeping us jays fans
in the loop…
we will definately miss your great posts and i just want to say
toronto's loss is cleveland's gain
good luck
we will keep an eye on you
You did great a job for the Jays over the years. Thanks for all your hard work. Good luck!
Good luck in Cleveland Jordan! I've really enjoyed your posts, commentary and TV appearances over the past 5 years. You've upped the quality of Jays-broadcasting.
Sorry to lose you as things in Jays-land start to get real interesting. Though moving close to family is a pretty good trade!
Wow, seems like only yesterday I emailed you to look out for the osprey at Knology Park. I thank you for your reply then and every word written, text'd, and tweet'd since. Good luck to you and your family. You have a gift – continue to share it. Be well.
Knock 'em dead in Cleveland, JB, we will all miss you. Toughest part is going to be breaking in a new blogger!
Thanks so much for your writing here.
I'm sure the fans in Cleveland will show you the love too!
Welcome to Cleveland, Jordan! It sounds like you will be missed in Toronto, but we are glad that you are coming to Cleveland.
Wow I never thought if you leaving, and just realized how much I'm going to miss seeing your name on the Jays site. Best of luck of Cleveland!
Good luck Jordan! I've very much enjoyed your writings on my Blue Jays. You've also inspired my own baseball-writing career and for that I cannot thank you enough.
Have fun in Cleveland, and I hope you don't secretly love LeBron. They'll find you there and I'm not sure they'll be nice.
Travis Reitsma
Sucks that you are leaving. You truly did a first class job.
Family is very important and it is wonderful that you will be closer to your families . Best of luck to you and your family …take care
Good luck in Cleveland Jordan! I will miss reading your articles and your spring training soundtracks! Hope the new guy is PJ fan too!
Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. I truly enjoyed my time in Toronto. Fans like you are a big reason for that.


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Today, it's more common than ever for families and friends to live long distances away from each other, including from their aging parents.
Whether the children have relocated for work or the senior has retired to a resort community, in these situations, it may be that you don't get to spend as much time together as you'd like. A visit every few months and a daily phone call can show your loved one that you care, but you may be missing crucial signs that they need more help than you had realized.
A small dent in their car, a refrigerator full of spoiled food or a bruise from a fall they're too proud to admit could all be warning signs of underlying problems that you're not able to see over the phone.
Face-to-face interaction tends to remove the veil masking independence. That's why most professional caregivers are hired at or around the holidays. But in many cases, the problems don't begin during the holidays. That's just when most people finally notice them.
Unfortunately, its inevitable that a person's fine motor skills will decrease as he or she ages. The changes can happen slowly or rapidly. This could make it hard for a senior to do everyday tasks that he or she has taken for granted, such as preparing food or dealing with fasteners on clothes.
Here are a few other things you can't see over the phone, but all of which could be signs that your loved one needs more care to live safely, comfortably and happily at home:
Hiring a professional caregiver is an increasingly popular way to help your parents maintain their independence in their own home. The caregiver will inevitably build a relationship with your loved one through the actions of going into his or her home to help with daily tasks — like assistance with hygiene, dressing or toileting, as well as meal preparation,light housekeeping and grocery shopping.
If your loved one loves to cook but has trouble standing that long or carrying in groceries, a caregiver can help with that, too — driving to the grocery, carrying the bags in and acting like an assistant in the kitchen.
The caregiver can also be an additional part of your care team and family, so you can have peace of mind about your loved one's health from afar.
Even if you live close to your loved one, it may be that a professional caregiver can spot warning signs that an untrained eye might miss, particularly related to dementia. There are small signs that can indicate problems, like little memory lapses or difficulty with numbers.
Being proactive with your elderly loved one's care now can help to avoid problems later. And in doing so, you'll keep everyone happy during the holidays.
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Meet the Team
Ante Qu
Princeton Junction, NJ
West Windsor - Plainsboro High School South
Grade: Junior
Computer games, Starcraft, computer programming, having fun
Science Olympiad, science bowl, math club, chess club, Christian club, Orchestra, Cross Country
USA Math Olympiad, Princeton Math Competition, HMMT, Moody's, USACO gold division, USABO, Science Olympiad, Science Bowl, and US Physics Team
I am Ante.
I was first interested in physics in 7th grade when I got one of those Chinese toys with plastic balls that collide into each other (similar to newton's cradle, but plastic and spins around) and tried to apply what I learned in science to explain why one ball stopped moving when another started. It took me almost two years before I finally understood it, and then my comprehension of physics grew after that. My physics teacher, Mr. Field, introduced me to this competition in my freshman year, and I've taken it every year since. This year I started solidly learning physics in the classroom, and that gave me the understanding needed to make this camp.
I'm someone who asks a lot of questions. Ever since I was young I've asked interesting questions like "Why am I specifically me?" to which I have not exactly been able to answer. It wasn't until I was 12 years old that I started believing in God and trusting in Him. I realized only someone like God could change my heart and mindset so drastically and rapidly, and I became a Christian soon after.
Becoming a Christian doesn't directly answer, reduce, or change my questions, but it provided me with a mindset in which everything became clearer. I believe everything has a purpose, and there is a plan. Best of all, I have a sense of security that answers exist to every question.
Although I have significant amounts of free time, I admit that I don't spend it very productively. I spend a good amount of free time playing online text-based games, and sometimes I play starcraft when I feel like it. I also spend a lot of time working on science olympiad. Free time is also time that I'm willing to spend with anyone else who is free, because my friends are awesome.
I like it when I make things work. I also like things in big quantities. When solving a problem I try a large quantity of ideas. When choosing food I pick the choice with the larger quantity.
I really look forward to spending time with people who like physics as much as I do.
I just ran out of stuff to talk about, but if you have questions you can just ask me.
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Bin Laden Dead
'Nuff Said.
Rest in PIECES at the bottom of the Indian Ocean
you murderous bastard.
I'm joined by literally millions of peace loving people celebrating the death of Bin Laden. I'm also sad that there are many that will mourn his passing at the hands of U.S. special forces. I pity those poor souls.
I note with pleasure that the last thing Bin Laden saw was the muzzle of a gun held by a U.S. soldier fire a round directly at his skull.
On a personal note there were two reasons I kept this domain around as it is. First was being for local talk radio (check & done) and second was 9/11. Most likely we will never be free of terrorism but I'll be changing things and do something different here over the course of the rest of 2011. This really is liberating on so many levels.


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A majority of residents in the city of Rochester have repeatedly shown, through the ballot box, that they are happy with an elected three-person police commission overseeing the Rochester Police Department. Just last November, voters told the City Council that they wanted the commission to continue to do its work, as it has for the past 50 years and more.
Televised monthly meetings enable the general public to keep abreast of the business of the police commission and the police department. It is a model of transparency and a citizen's safeguard in an age of creeping bureaucracy and consolidation of power.
This time last year, in urging that the Police Commission should not be abolished, the Rochester Times and Foster's Daily Democrat editorialized that the commission should be allowed to continue its work, as the Police Department was working efficiently and smoothly. Nothing has changed in that regard.
At that time we noted "the council has its work cut out dealing with the kinks in the comprehensive rezoning process, learning lessons from the Lafayette Street housing boondoggle and ensuring there are no more time and cost overruns with major public works projects."
Since that time, the Public Works Department has had an upheaval, still unresolved, and the cause of which still remains unclear. The city manager also declared his intention to put the ice rink guy in charge of the Rochester Public Library. State law stymied him there, because the Library Trustees are the legal overseers, but by coincidence, the well respected library director announced his retirement just as soon as he learned of the city manager's intention. In this same past year, the city manager has named two deputy city managers, with one of them starting out with a $10,000 pay hike. Seems to us that the three police commissioners, each being paid $1,200 a year, are a bargain.
Being elected, the commissioners also have the public trust (if they don't they can be voted out) and as such are receptive to hearing and adjudicating any complaints that may arise concerning the police department. Don't underestimate the vital importance of this role, albeit rarely needed.
The current three commissioners each bring something a little different to the office. Al Bemis has law enforcement experience, which is useful in understanding a patrol officer's perspective; Dave Winship comes with a background in the sheriff's department and people respect his father, who is a retired Rochester police captain; and Jim McManus, with over two decades as a city councilor on his resume, is widely known by regular citizens as a most approachable public official.
These police commissioners, and those who went before them, have always believed in keeping the public fully informed and accordingly, for decades, have provided the police log, detailing a wide range of police activity in the city, to the press. (This editorial writer has written the Rochester Police Log in the Rochester Courier and the Rochester Times for almost 25 years.)
The police log is of great interest to Rochester residents — indeed, it is the most widely read item in the Rochester Times every week. It is a contributory reason why Rochester has a thriving weekly newspaper, while Somersworth and Dover do not. Disturbingly, though, the deputy mayor makes it plain in his letter below, that if he gets his way and the police commission is eliminated, the very informative police log will no longer be made available to the Rochester public.
We fail to see how making less information available to the general public is a move in the right direction. It sounds more like Big Brother, to us.
We also believe the Police Commission serves not only as an important buffer between the Police Department and a City Council eager to expand its power, but it also shines a light on an important and well-managed department — a light that would be extinguished if monthly Police Commission meetings were to be no longer televised, and the Rochester Police Log were to be no longer available.
On Nov. 6, we endorse a No vote on City Charter Amendment 1 — the Rochester Police Commission should not be abolished.
Police Commission ensures transparency
A majority of residents in the city of Rochester have repeatedly shown, through the ballot box, that they are happy with an elected three-person police commission overseeing the Rochester Police Department. Just last November, voters told the City Council that they wanted the commission to continue to do its work, as it has for the past 50 years and more.


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An Oakland man has been charged in the beating death and rape of a woman whose body was found April 5 outside a recreation center not far from Lake Merritt, police said Tuesday.
Prince F. Tsetse, 40, is charged with murder and the special circumstance that the slaying occurred during a rape in the death of Kimberly Robertson, 23, a mother of a young daughter who moved to Oakland from Texas six months ago.
Police said Tsetse, who sells clothing items at local farmer markets, admitted that Robertson was in his SUV at one point the morning of her death but denied killing or assaulting her.
Police said Robertson had left a bar in the 300 block of East 18th Street just after 2 a.m. April 5 and was waiting for a bus when she was picked up Tsetse in his red Toyota 4-Runner.
Sgt. Randy Brandwood said police do not have any information that Tsetse and Robertson knew each other before then.
Police said witnesses saw Robertson get into the SUV. Brandwood said police have video surveillance of her being picked up and video that shows the SUV in the area of where she was found.
Police were able to trace the SUV to Tsetse. He was arrested at his home last Thursday and charged Monday.
Brandwood said police recovered evidence indicating Robertson was beaten to death and sexually assaulted inside the SUV before being left on the sidewalk outside the Francis Marion Smith Recreation Center in the 1900 block of Third Avenue where she found by a bicyclist about 6:40 a.m. April 5. That site is just a few blocks from the bar where she had been.
Tsetse is being held without bail at Santa Rita Jail.


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Well, what a day!
I am aching, my hands are full of cuts & splinters and my body has practically seized up. Wading through 100's of metres of water that is over two feet deep does that to you at my age. I enjoyed it though. The experimental side of things was just that, experimental. Not all is lost though, the lessons learned are that I either get the fire brigade or Territorial Army in to supply me with a serious body of water, or, I wait until the rainy season in Wales (this could be at anytime of the year) and use the drain tracing dye then.
When the soil has been battered by relentless rain I have witnessed the water systems working in full flow. The water erodes any soil build over the dams drain outlet and literally pours straight down it. As you can see from the film, we had to spray the water directly onto the soil hoping that the tracing dye would not be filtered out. As it was the ground was that dry, and the system that long, that nothing came through. Of course, my theory of the dam and drain being of one system could be incorrect but future experiments will prove that either way. Many thanks go to Neil of WelshDrainage who not only provided the water for the experiment but also provided the drain dye free of charge. More people running business' like that are worth their weight in gold to people like us. You can see a very short video of what we did here. That has been edited right down but we will produce a more polished effort when the time is right and we have more time to organise things.
The cleaning of the possible wharf went well and it sprang up a few surprises. I had only seen it once or twice before and that was at a distance, but as I approached it I realised that it was a larger than I had previously thought.
The Sisters at the Abbey had kindly invited me for lunch but after lunch at the abbey the only thing you really want to do is sleep. I had around one and half hours to get as much cleared as possible.
After fish for lunch (well it was a Friday) I started clearing the remaining vegetation which thankfully was mainly ivy rather than brambles, thorns and stinging nettles. After I had cleared it all away it was possible to start getting some dimensions. Its length was just over fifteen metres with a height of one point eight metres. Interestingly the walls were constructed so they curved back into the banks at either end, probably to enable the bank to take weight and also to stop the structure being washed away. They also curved towards the bank away from the perpendicular. This feature may have been incorporated to make berthing easier. It is the direct opposite shape of a curved hull.
That was not all. Spending the amount of time that I had in this area gave me the opportunity to take a good look at the surrounding landscape. As you may have noticed in the above picture the bottom of the Dowlais Brook also contained surviving masonry. Not only that I had noticed that there were walls buried on the opposite bank. So I cleared all of the vegetation away to get a better view.
I think I shall leave it at that for now. Obviously I have a lot more investigation to carry out and that is on this one structure alone. The day was a success in that I now have more information to work with. What I have suggested may change in time as more and more evidence comes to light although at least I have enabled myself to tighten my research for a comparable Cistercian structure.