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15 biggest souvenir-buying no-no's
By Chuck Thompson, CNN • Updated 25th July 2014
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It's an essential part of any trip, an activity we all take part in.
Yet almost none of us are any good at it.
Souvenir buying -- instead of being an enjoyable part of the travel experience, it too often becomes an obligatory slog.
The global economy for ill-conceived souvenir purchases is staggering.
In 2013 alone, travelers spent a total of $2.3 billion on souvenirs that were subsequently ignored, unused, unappreciated, unworn, discarded, disliked, ridiculed and/or stuffed in bottom drawers and backs of closets never to be seen again.
Worse, travelers wasted 427 million aggregated hours fretting over the purchases of pointless doodads, knickknacks, tchotchkes, gewgaws and dust gatherers.
OK, we made all those figures up, but given all the "Singapore is a Fine City" T-shirts, Chairman Mao cigarette lighters, plush koalas and inflatable jumbo airplanes cluttering the CNN Travel office, we're pretty sure people spend a lot of money and time on desperation purchases that unfairly burden recipients with the obligation of hanging on to these dubious prizes for years to come.
The good news is that it's easy to improve your souvenir-buying savvy.
Avoid the common shopping mistakes above and your family, friends and coworkers might actually start looking forward to your return home for a change.
Got a favorite souvenir do or don't? Ever received a terrible souvenir? A great one? Share your souvenir experiences in the comments section.
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|Jan 25th, 2011 10:06 AM
|Wow, you are SO edgy. Linking Star Wars and virginity, nobody has EVER thought of that. You are what is cutting edge sir
|Jan 25th, 2011 04:07 AM
|Star wars sucked. ALL of them even the first, Hayden Christinsen was the only one who could act in those godawefull, too long films. Fuck Stars wars, fuck the jedi bullshit and fuck any fanboy virgin who wants to reply to this comment. FUCK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT!!!
|Apr 2nd, 2010 02:36 AM
|Scooter Atreides
Oddly enough, Lynch was actually tapped to direct ROTJ, but turned it down to make Dune. When I need to go to my happy place I try to conceptualize the wonderful insanity that would have resulted from the director of Eraserhead putting his "unique" spin on the Star Wars trilogy.
|Jan 14th, 2009 09:57 PM
Argh dammit, these points are exactly why I put off getting the damn film for DVD for years. I got ROTS a few years back so I decided to get it cheap off Amazon. At least the Clones were good in my opinion (the Clone Wars cartoon is still annoyingly too expensive to get for me).
And I liked the books and comics guess I know what I've been doing wrong all the time...
|Oct 12th, 2008 12:57 AM
|I hated how every "cool new" evil character is pretty much wasted, as in either killed, mishandled, or both, in short order.
|Sep 24th, 2008 09:15 AM
|my head hurts, i'm so confused.
|Sep 1st, 2008 02:08 AM
|I totally agree that Dooku should have been a wildcard. A front man for a whole other sect, not just another whipping boy for palpatine. He could have been a threat to the Jedi and the empire. Dooku would have been infinitely more interesting and could have survived past the fifteen minute mark of Movie III to pester all sides with his own agenda.
|Aug 24th, 2008 08:53 PM
|I agree with your hate list except the Yoda fight. After two hours of boredom in a movie theater waiting for the fucking clone wars how could you not enjoy a Yoda lightsaber battle?
|Aug 13th, 2008 09:23 PM
I remember when it was cool to diss Prime Minister John Howard... then he got voted out. A similar phenomenon to Bush hating except the people's voice actually helped give him the boot.
As for the Boba Fett issue, Boba Fett is an iconic figure (in more ways than one *merchandising*) because his armour and bounty hunter status has made him loved by many fans, even if he did fall in the Sarlaac Pit, he's still awesome. I guess he has a better life in Internet memes and action figures than he ever did on screen, even Peter Griffin says "You can't touch the Fett" when he's talking about his action figures. Some people don't like him, and that's fine, but Fett is a lot more awesome than Jar Jar Binks, and by the way I was one of the only kids that liked him *this is blasphemy, this is madness!*
|Aug 13th, 2008 02:34 PM
|Oh, if you didn't like the preachy "deathstick" messages, wait'll you get to the not-so-veiled anti-Bush comments in Episode III. Cause it's so "in" for celebrities to rebel against the President (not that I disagree totally, but at times it did come across as just a fad). If only Lucas got the Dixie Chicks treatment as well for this one...
|Aug 11th, 2008 09:51 PM
|Purple Man
|Yeah..."I have had it with these motherfucking Sith on this motherfucking planet!" That would have ruled.
|Aug 7th, 2008 03:08 PM
eck, I am proud to say I have not seen Sith, I'll let Proto see it for me, and dismember it accordingly.
Seriously, watch samurai movies, they're like Star Wars, only they don't suck.
|Aug 7th, 2008 02:26 PM
|Proto, I'm looking forward to your "5 Things" for Revenge of the Sith. Please, show no mercy to the steaming pile of sith.
|Aug 7th, 2008 02:02 AM
The entire new trilogy is the worst waste of time ever, I knew it was up by this movie. I mean, they're not like watching actual movies, the entire tone and pacing is completely the flip opposite of the originals. Which, well, you know what.. there's so many great flicks out there, you want an epic 6 part film series with swords, decapitations, big ass battles, loads of arterial spray?
LONE WOLF & CUB. Stop acting like this pasty tame bullshit is even remotely cool and see some real badass shit.
|Aug 6th, 2008 06:37 PM
|I seriously thought about walking out of this movie during the "frolic-in-the-fields" scene. I literally only stayed because I had paid $7.50 to see it. This movie, coupled with Phantom Menace, was the main reason why I didn't actually see Revenge of the Sith until about a year ago, and that was only because a friend invited me over to watch it at his apartment. Funny thing is, even though RotS was comparatively better than the first 2 prequels, it would still fall into my list of top 10 worst movies I've ever seen...
|Aug 5th, 2008 10:49 AM
|@resident-adam: Obviously you are joking, as no-one with a sane mind could make that sort of glowing comment on a trilogy of shit prequels.
|Aug 5th, 2008 08:54 AM
|I really don't know why everybody knocks the prequels.. I think that they added on to the overall coolness of the whole series; breathing a new life to an awesome franchise.
|Aug 5th, 2008 02:40 AM
|Wow. Finding five things right with Episode II is probably harder, to me at least, than doing the same with Episode I. For all of the crap that Episode I gets- and much of it is deserved- it doesn't end up being a complete steaming pile. I think it comes out somewhat on the level of "mediocre," although it's definitely the most childish of the six. This, however, does nothing right, not even the 30-some-odd minute scene in the battle arena. Lucas managed to screw up what should have been excellent with schmaltzy dialogue, and not even Natalie Portman's perky nipples could save that.
|Aug 5th, 2008 01:25 AM
|There is one more thing that was good about this movie (actually it was the only thing that I liked at all). During the seen when Anakin and Padme kiss for the first time the music that is playing is swelling and getting more grandiose and then it hits a crescendo when their lips actually meet... then it cuts out completely when Padme breaks the kiss. For some reason this had me (and only me) rolling in the aisles in the theater. Just to see the whiny pathetic look on Anakins face when she pulls away made me happy. The only thing that would have been better would be to have a brick just fly in from off camera and crush his front teeth in and blood would go flying. Yeah... that would have been awesome.
|Aug 4th, 2008 04:56 PM
|My biggest problem was with one of the "plot" elements. The Jedi council has established over and over that Anakin, at best, has some issues that need working out. One of which is control of his feelings. So, in their infinite wisom, they dump him (a raging teen ball of hormones) and Padme (hottie) on a planet that might as well have been called Eden. What did they think would happen? Just more horrible crap from Lucas.
|Aug 4th, 2008 02:17 PM
|Colonel Flagg
I finally remembered! I can't believe it took me so long, but that feeling of "déjà vu" all over again when you highlighted your #2 thing you liked - "The name of the killer is ...." - MONTY PYTHON!
(reading the scrawled message)
"The grail is hidden at the Castle Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Now I get it - Lucas is doing an homage to a great comedy by inserting a defining moment into this craptastic shitstorm. He truly is a genius of infinitessimal proportions.
|Aug 4th, 2008 01:03 PM
|Kybo Ren
*The robot leg was only temporary until he had the time & credits for his black market clone leg. *spoiler alert* he got his clone dna redone so now he'll live another 100+ years and he's the a figure head for a whole government of planets and he can't even set foot on Mandalore now and they retconed the whole other mandalore/fake Boba marvel comics era ANd he's got grandkids AND i kinda want to hit Karen Traviss. with my cock.
Anyways, Send in the Clones:
You know how everyone hates the Padme/Anakin romance cause it's akward? Isn't it kinda supposed to be? Anakins A Space Preppie from the most Elite Prep school in the known Universe (and he spends his free time playing with robots instead of trying to get in Barriss Offee's pants) and Padme's part of the super debate club where Bail Organa's the cool guy! (and she spends her free time helping doomed aliens- see Clones deleted scenes, IF YOU DARE!). No fuckin wonder these two are cliche'd dorks when they're alone. It reminds me of a chess club physics club mixer.
another II plus: Extra scumbag Watto. now there's someone I wanted to see whipping his slaves.
Best line in II: Dooku's speal to captured Obi wan. "A mistake. A terrible mistake"
|Aug 4th, 2008 04:14 AM
You can say what you want about the original movies, but the Dialogue was SUPERB.
Who fucked up the dialogue so impossibly bad in the prequels? Who can I blame for that?
And yes, Ewoks are so retarded. Apparently Storm Troopers can't withstand the fierce assault of an arrow gently lobbed at them by a midget.
|Aug 4th, 2008 02:29 AM
|Mister Tea
|Sure, they suck, but the Rifftrax for these three make it all worthwhile...
|Aug 3rd, 2008 10:40 PM
|Captain PirateFace
And even though the books of Boba Fett crawling out of the Sarlacc weren't written by George "Brilliant" Lucas, somebody else took the bull by the horns and took a kick ass character that Lucas effectively ruined and pulled him from death to make him badass again.
that is all
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According to an old medical report posted on Discover.com, a 24-year-old woman who arrived at a London hospital, fearing she had a cancerous tumor in her vagina, came to discover that the lump was actually "a parting gesture of affection."
The report, which was filed in 1961, notes that while there was, indeed, a hard lump in the woman's vagina, it wasn't actually cancer: it was an onion, which had been placed in her lady area as a goodbye gift of sorts. The medical report states:
On being informed that she had no cancer, but rather an onion, the patient shewed no signs of pleasure or of gratitude on being so quickly cured of her complaint and relieved of her anxiety. Instead she exhibited signs of anger, the reason for which was the same as had caused the presence of this unexpected vegetable in such an unusual garden. It appeared that her male consort and herself had indulged very freely in alcohol on the previous evening and that he had departed sometime during the night leaving her in a deep sleep on the bed. The removal of the onion from a bunch of its fellows hanging on the back of the door, and its subsequent insertion, had been his parting gesture of affection.
Next time, just buy flowers, dude. And stick them in a vase.
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OK, you walked in the ocean and got sand in your picnic snacks. Now what?
There's more than beach to see on the North Carolina coast. Check out these one-of-a-kind attractions for a surfside side trip that's amazing, fun for the family and inexpensive.
Aurora: Pick-your own fossils
The Aurora Fossil Museum owes roughly 90 percent of its collection to the PotashCorp.-Aurora complex nearby. The phosphate mine makes a point of digging up what geologists call the Pungo River Formation, a gray layer found beneath 30 to 40 feet of sand and clay.
That stratum was a sea floor 7seven to 23 million years ago. Just as now, the waters were relatively warm and shallow. A wide variety of primitive creatures lived and died here, and it was a hotbed for tiny animals whose remains decomposed into phosphates a main ingredient of fertilizer.
From time to time, two sandbox-size piles of this prehistoric mine slag are dumped across the street from the museum in a little park. You're free to go picking through it for fossils. The museum hands out a sheet with little photos that identify 27 of the most common pile finds.
Kids have a field day rummaging through the mound, delighted to find something. The pile's pocket-size artifacts are genuine turned-to-stone fossils. The Aurora Fossil Festival is May 25-27.
Aurora Fossil Museum admission: free. Details: 252-322-4238; www.aurorafossilmuseum.com
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Beaufort: Island of wild horses
Down at the Beaufort, N.C., waterfront, buy a round-trip ticket ($18; $10 for kids) to Shackleford Banks, where humans haven't lived for a century. The island's notable residents today are 100-plus wild horses descended (depending on whom you ask) from shipwrecked Spanish steeds or 19th-century Carolinians. They're the masters of this nine9-mile isle in the National Park Service's Cape Lookout National Seashore.
They're small but full-grown. Be careful and don't get too close: They're wild.
Approach them slowly, with caution and from downwind. From 30 feet, you can spot their feral appearance, their untended manes and tails matted into dreadlocks by Mother Nature. (Get horse-watching tips at http://1.usa.gov/IqvdVX).
The wind-and-wave-swept island is great, by the way, for seashells: Bring a bag.
Bring a timepiece, too. If you miss the ferry, you'll be stranded. And carry a water bottle: The only non-saltwater is in horse ponds.
Ferry info: 252-728-7555; www.islandferryadventures.com, 252-728-7555. Shackleford info: 252-728-2250; www.nps.gov/calo; 252-728-2250.
Portsmouth: Ghost town by the sea
Southbound N.C. 12 stops on Ocracoke Island, across the channel from Portsmouth Island. And that's where the ghost town is.
For close to a century, Portsmouth, on Ocracoke Inlet, was on a major trading route to the mainland ports. But in the 1840s, a storm opened up the deeper Hatteras channel and the village's economy gradually wasted away. The last two residents left in 1971.
When Cape Lookout National Seashore was set up five years later, Portsmouth's 250-acre historic district was put on the National Register of Historic Places. Wander the quiet streets and go into a house that serves as the visitor center; the post office/store, Methodist church, schoolhouse and live-saving station; the rest _ the other homes are closed. There are a handful of cemeteries. And, in season, squadrons of hungry mosquitoes.
To get there, board the state ferry at Ocracoke (www.ncdot.gov/ferry) for the half-hour ride. Reach Ocracoke via the state ferry from Swan Creek or Cedar Island. The voyage across Pamlico Sound ($15 per car, one way) will take up to 2 1/2 hours.
Details: 252-728-2250; www.nps.gov/calo. Also: www.friendsofportsmouthisland.org.
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Carolina Beach: Weird animals, stranger plants
Never know what you'll find in the wild, but at 761-acre Carolina Beach State Park, just south of Wilmington, walk the half-mile Flytrap Trail to spot the rare, meat-eating Venus flytrap, only found naturally within a 75-mile radius of Wilmington.
Bugs are drawn to the color and aroma of its leaves; if the insect touches one little hair trigger, nothing happens. But when a second is touched, the leaf halves snap shut on it in a tenth of a second. It takes three to five days for the plant's fluids to decompose its prey, then the leaf reopens.
The park holds other botanical carnivores, by the way: pitcher plants, bladderworts, sundews and butterworts.
Unusual animal life includes reptiles: Carolina anoles, five-lined skinks and six-lined racerunners. Keep your eyes peeled for the rare gopher frog. Also rare and there in summer are painted buntings, a bird species that winters in the tropics.
You can occasionally spy an alligator at the park marina. And don't miss the 50-foot Sugarloaf sand dune that has served as a marker for Cape Fear mariners since 1663.
Admission: free. Hours: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily; longer hours May-August. Details: 910-458-8206; www.ncparks.gov (pick "Carolina Beach" from the "Find a park" menu).
Ocracoke: Entering British territory
At Ocracoke, you can leave the United States and enter 2,290 square feet of British territory. It's the British Cemetery, a sad legacy from World War II.
In 1942, German subs prowled the East Coast for merchant ships. In the first six months of 1942, close to 400 ships were lost to German U-boats.
Our British allies sent ships over to protect New World commerce. Among them was the Bedfordshire, a fishing trawler converted into an escort ship for convoy duty. The Bedfordshire was sunk by U-boat 558 on May 11. The entire crew of the Bedfordshire was lost, and three days later, a handful of bodies of crewmen began washing up on shore.
They were buried in a corner of the Ocracoke cemetery later deeded to the Commonwealth War Grave Commission so the sailors there can technically be buried in "home" soil. Though the British Cemetery is maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard station at Ocracoke, a Union Jack flies over the graves.
At 11 a.m. May 11 the day in '42 the Bedfordshire was sunk American and British military units will hold a memorial service for the sailors who were lost 70 years ago.


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Jul-03-08 DCA AWARDS $52.3 MILLION IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS
Funds to Build 872 Affordable Housing Units Across New Jersey
TRENTON, N.J. – Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Joseph V. Doria, Jr. and New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Marge Della Vecchia today announced the award of $52.3 million in affordable housing funds. $15.1 million of the funding is from Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and $37.2 million of the funding is from Balanced Housing/Home Express funds. The funding will support the creation of 752 affordable rental housing units and the preservation of 120 units in nine communities throughout New Jersey. These awards represent 9 percent federal tax credit allocations from the Spring Cycle of 2008 and will serve to attract $124 million in investment capital.
"Governor Corzine is committed to providing New Jersey residents with quality affordable housing," said Commissioner Doria. "These funds will create housing opportunities that greatly impact and benefit the lives of New Jersey's hardworking families and seniors."
The combined funding will be used to construct or preserve 12 housing developments in Camden, Deptford, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Salem City, Somerdale, Stafford, and Vineland. The total development cost for all 12 funded projects is $217,013,328.
"Both nonprofit and for-profit developers throughout the state were chosen for the Balanced Housing/Home Express and Tax Credit awards, in an effort to provide quality housing opportunities that New Jersey families can afford," Executive Director Della Vecchia said.
The joint cooperation of DCA's and HMFA's financing programs represents an improved efficiency in providing funding to meet New Jersey's affordable housing needs. States are allocated low-income housing tax credits by the federal government on an annual per-capita basis. As the designated housing finance agency for the state of New Jersey, HMFA is responsible for the allocation of tax credits to qualified applicants and the monitoring of those projects for compliance with the Internal Revenue Code.
Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits are awarded to developers planning to build new rental apartments or rehabilitate existing units for low-income households. Recipients become eligible to write off a percentage of their personal or corporate income on federal tax returns for a period of 10 years. The rental apartments must be reserved for low-income households for a period of 30 to 45 years. Construction completion for the developments is expected within 12 to 24 months.
DCA's Neighborhood Preservation Balanced Housing Program is funded through a portion of the New Jersey Realty Transfer Tax receipts. The Home Express Program, created jointly between DCA and HMFA, allows HMFA to administer Balanced Housing funds on behalf of DCA for rental projects that are eligible for low-income housing tax credits pursuant to the federal low-income housing tax credit program.
No direct funding comes from the State Treasury for these programs. Please see the below Project Descriptions for more information.
For more information on HMFA programs, please call or 609-278-7400, or log on to www.nj-hmfa.com.
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Camden City: John O. Parker, Jr. Hall will be a development for seniors 55 years of age or older located within the Centerville Section of the City of Camden. The plans call for the development of 77 low-income one and two bedroom apartments within a four story mid-rise building. The apartments will feature bamboo flooring, ceramic tile baths, wall-to-wall carpeting, air conditioning, dishwasher and garbage disposal.
Developer: MBI Development Company, Inc.
Camden City: Market Fair is a unique project combining historic rehabilitation with new construction in two Camden neighborhoods to provide 71 units of affordable rental housing to low and very low-income seniors and over 7,000 square feet of commercial space. This project will preserve one of NJ's historic assets, the New Jersey Safe Deposit and Trust Company building. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been named one of NJ's "Most Endangered Buildings". This building will house 35 units for seniors, and apartments will feature hardwood floors in living areas and energy-efficient stainless steel appliances. The other building will provide 36 units of affordable housing for seniors in the historic Fairview neighborhood.
Developer: RPM Development, LLC
Somerdale: Gateway Village will consist of 30 garden style apartments in four buildings, conveniently located within the Lions Head Plaza Redevelopment Area at the White Horse Pike (US 30) and Evesham Road in the Borough of Somerdale. Of the 30 apartments there will be 6 one-bedroom, 15 two-bedroom, and 9 three-bedroom units. Each apartment will have a washer and dryer, linen closet, pantries, walk in closets, wall to wall carpeting and air conditioning. Numerous shopping, service and employment opportunities are within walking distance of the property.
Developer: Camden County Housing Association in conjunction with Community Investment Strategies
Vineland: Landis Square Senior Apartments is part of the Landis Square West redevelopment and new construction project in downtown "Main Street" Vineland. The building will include 78 one bedroom and 4 two bedroom one bath units for seniors age 55 and older. The apartment amenities include range, refrigerator, dishwasher, garbage disposal, and electric heat with air conditioning. There will be laundry facilities on each floor.
Developer: Eastern Pacific Development, LLC
Newark: BAT District Lofts is a mixed income development in the Central Ward of the City of Newark. It is a block and a half from the Broad Street Train Station, and within walking distance of the Newark Bears and Eagles Baseball Stadium. The property is an adaptive re-use of a vacant building and will have 68 new apartments. Of the 68 apartments, 18 are for low-income families and 15 units are for moderate-income families. The units will have central air conditioning, high-speed Internet access; there will be a community computer room and an outdoor roof deck.
Developer: Rock Properties
Newark: Brick Towers, Phase I, Montgomery Street is an 80 unit new construction family rental development with 8 one-bedroom, 48 two-bedroom, and 24 three bedroom units that is to be constructed in the historic High District. There will be central air conditioning, a fitness center, media room and on-site parking. The units will be affordable to residents between 35% and 60% of area median income.
Developer: Pennrose Properties
Newark: Newark Genesis Apartments is located in the North Ward and features 51 units of affordable housing for low-income families as well as provide a continuum of residential and supportive services for people with HIV/AIDS. This is the first residential facility in New Jersey where the permanent housing is fully integrated with the case management/medical services provided through a post-acute care AIDS facility. Broadway House staff will provide medical case management and counseling on-site at Newark Genesis. The low-income families residing at the property will receive family stabilization services, case management, and employment services. There will be 31 one-bedroom units, 16 two-bedroom units, and 4 three-bedroom units.
Developer: Help Development Corporation
Deptford: Deptford Family Housing will be a community created and sponsored by Conifer Realty, LLC and Moorestown Ecumenical Neighborhood Development, Inc. (MEND). The development is to consist of 92 apartments situated in 7 buildings. There will be 8 one-bedroom, 53 two-bedroom, and 30 three-bedroom apartments. Each apartment will have a full kitchen, with energy star appliances such as dishwasher, frost-free refrigerator, and electric oven. Each apartment will be separately metered and will have gas heat and hot water, and central air conditioning. There will also be a community building with a computer learning center, exercise room, and a community laundry room.
Developer: Conifer Realty, LLC in conjunction with MEND, Inc.
Jersey City: The Fred W. Martin Complex will be a Multifamily/Supportive Housing mixed-use development consisting of 39 residential apartments with retail/commercial space on the ground floor. Ten of the apartments are Supportive Housing units for developmentally disabled households. This development represents the vision of the Webb-Washington Community Development Corporation and the goals of the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency to rehabilitate this part of the Martin Luther King Drive Redevelopment area. It is convenient to shopping, services, and public transportation including a light rail train station.
Developer: JP Affordable Housing, Inc.
Stafford Township: Stafford Park Apartments is a new construction project located near Route 72 and the Garden State Parkway at Exit 63. The project will contain 112 units, 12 one-bedroom, 58 two-bedroom, and 42 three-bedroom apartments. Each apartment will include a washer, dryer, dishwasher and controlled heating and central air within each unit. Recreational facilities include a tot-lot, and recreational building.
Developer: Walters Group
Paterson: The Eva's Village Apartments is an adaptive re-use and redevelopment of a vacant factory building into affordable, permanent rental housing for persons with low incomes. There will be 50 rental apartments with 26 of which reserved for special needs. There are 7 efficiency units, 21 one-bedroom units, 19 two-bedroom units, and 9 three-bedroom units. All units will be handicapped adaptable and will include modern amenities such as Energy Star appliances, wall-to-wall carpeting, window blinds, ample closet space, and hardwiring for cable TV and internet access. Every unit will have a private kitchen and bathroom.
Developer: Eva's Village Apartments, LP
Salem City: Whispering Waters Phase I is a preservation project that will be part of an already existing Whispering Waters apartment complex, with Phase 2 having previously received NJHMFA funding. Whispering Waters is the largest housing project ever financed by the USDA in New Jersey. Whispering Waters provides housing for very low, low and moderate-income households. Phase I seeks to uplift the complex with rehabilitation of an existing 100 one and two bedroom units into 120 units. Of these 120 units, there are 39 one-bedroom units, 45 two-bedroom and 36 three-bedroom units. All units will have central air as well as Energy Star refrigerators and dishwashers. On-site parking for tenants is included in the development as well a playground.
Developer: Ron Rukenstein & Associates


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An encephalitis virus once thought to be inert in horses has been identified in a Brazilian horse exhibiting neurologic signs, researchers in that country say.
The Saint Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) can cause mild encephalitis in humans and some animal species, but horses have never before shown clinical signs despite frequent infection in North and South America, said Renato de Lima Santos, DVM, MS, PhD, professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. However, a 12-year-old male horse from southeastern Brazil recently developed clinical signs of neurologic disease, which the researchers believe were caused by SLEV.
"This case is very important because, to our knowledge, it is the first SLEV infection in a horse that is associated with neurologic disease," said Santos. "The horse is known to be a reservoir of this virus, but now we know that the virus can actually cause disease in the equine host."
The virus is transmitted from one host to another by mosquitos, Santos said. It is considered endemic in the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, and there are no vaccines or effective treatments for the disease in any species.
In their study, Santos and his research team evaluated the brains of 170 horses from southeast Brazil that had shown neurologic signs for unknown reasons. Only one of these horses was positive for SLEV, Santos said. This horse was free of other equine encephalitis pathogens, including the rabies virus, equine herpesvirus-1 and -4, West Nile virus, Eastern equine encephalitis virus, Western equine encephalitis virus, Venezuelan encephalitis virus, and Sarcocystis neurona (a causative agent of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis). The horse had developed incoordination, depression, and hind limb paralysis, he said, and died within 72 hours of the first clinical signs.
"This is the first reported case in the world of confirmed SLEV infection in a horse that developed clinical neurological signs in the absence of any other detectable infectious agent," Santos said. "There is no logical explanation why the diagnosis was made in Brazil (since SLEV has a worldwide distribution), although as a mostly tropical country, the climate (warm and humid) favors transmission of arboviral diseases (those transmitted by insects, spiders, and crustaceans) in general, which is likely to impose a higher natural challenge."
The study, "Isolation of Saint Louis Encephalitis Virus from a Horse with Neurological Disease in Brazil," was published in the open-access journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.


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Anders Behring Breivik is currently on trial in an Oslo District Court for killing 77 people. The mass murders sent shockwaves throughout the world. And now, prosecutors have offered more evidence to explain his motivation: between November 2010 and February 2011, Breivik played World of Warcraft an average of 6 hours and 50 minutes every day.
According to Norwegian paper Verdens Gang, Breivik was angered by this connection and said, "It is not relevant to this case whatsoever."
However, the prosecution is apparently trying to show that Breivik spent most of his time gaming and is lying about how much time he spent writing his manifesto and preparing for the attack.
Earlier this year, Kotaku covered the virtual life of Andres Behring Breivik, who said at one point he spent an entire year playing Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game for 16 hours a day.
A former World of Warcraft guildmate told Kotaku earlier this year that Breivik was "unremarkable", "socially awkward", and "not very opinionated".
This isn't the first World of Warcraft link, and it's been a constant throughout the trial. In April, when the court case began, the prosecution displayed an image of his World of Warcraft character, Andersnordic. This latest assertion—connecting Breivik's average World of Warcraft gaming time to the mass killings—made him so upset that he threatened to switch off his microphone during the court proceedings.
Prosecutors: Killer Played World of Warcraft 7 Hours Per Day [Yahoo Thanks, Zareh! Thanks Tommy!]
(Top photo: Frank Augstein | AP)


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The penultimate step in our pipeline, HCZ's College Preparatory Program provides comprehensive academic enrichment year-round to students across all of our high-school sites. Services include one-on-one tutoring, standardized test prep, and assistance with college essays and financial aid applications. Students also take trips to visit college campuses and participate in a host of extracurricular activities, including robotics, chess, fashion design, music and video production, creative writing, and much, much more. In building on our students' passions, these activities also help them gain confidence, discover the rewards of commitment, and even get exposure to potential career paths.
At the heart of our College Prep programming is our unique Academic Case Management (ACM) approach. Through ACM, all middle-school, high-school, and college students are assigned a Student Advocate. Whereas guidance counselors in New York City public schools have an average caseload of 400 students, Student Advocates advise an average of 25 students, working closely with each and every one to create individualized action plans with concrete, targeted strategies to help advance both academic and personal development.
Like everything we do at HCZ, helping our students' achieve college readiness is a team effort. In order to better foster and track their progress, Student Advocates collaborate with parents, teachers, tutors, social workers, and other stakeholders. It is also a multi-pronged effort. College readiness calls for a robust knowledge base in core subject areas, certainly. Yet it also calls for strong study habits and academic behaviors, as well as non-cognitive skills, such as curiosity, grit, persistence, and resourcefulness. Across sites and grades, we help students develop both the character traits and the soft skills they need to face the many challenges that college brings and achieve their long-term academic, professional, and personal goals.
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Lawyer: MLB pursued Alex Rodriguez 'at all costs'
NEW YORK >> Alex Rodriguez's legal team has gathered extensive additional evidence since he filed a lawsuit accusing Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig of trying to polish their images and destroy the third baseman's career and reputation, his lawyer said Thursday.
At a Manhattan federal court hearing, attorney Jordan Siev said his law office has gotten more evidence nearly every day to support its lawsuit accusing MLB and Selig of going on a "witch hunt" to ruin Rodriguez's reputation and career. He said the defendants went "way over the line."
He said evidence will prove that MLB and Selig engaged in behavior that subjects them to civil, "if not criminal," liability. The New York Yankees star did not attend the hearing.
MLB attorney Joseph Baumgarten responded by calling the lawsuit "inappropriate." He said the defendants will seek its dismissal.
"It doesn't belong in federal court," he said. Both sides were scheduled to file papers in the case on Friday. A hearing was scheduled for Jan. 23.
Siev is seeking to move the case back to state court, where it was originally filed.
At one point, U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield noted: "It's ironic. Neither side wants to be here, but you're both here."
Baumgarten made little mention of Rodriguez's allegations, but Siev used the public forum to lash out at the league and Selig.
He said baseball's investigation had a "sole purpose of destroying Rodriguez's career and reputation" and was designed "to get Mr. Rodriguez at all costs in an effort to salvage Mr. Selig's reputation as he heads toward retirement."
Siev said Selig "saw this as an opportunity to bring down one of the biggest players in the game."
The lawyer recounted some highlights of the lawsuit, including allegations that the league intimidated and offered cash to witnesses, purchased documents and allowed one of its investigators to engage in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a witness. He said the league made sure to leak information about the investigation to the press along the way.
Outside court, lawyers declined to comment.
The litigation comes after Rodriguez was given a 211-game suspension by the league on Aug. 5 for alleged violations of baseball's drug agreement and labor contract.
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Pittsburgh falls 1 game back in wild-card race
Ben Roethlisberger draped his right arm around Emmanuel Sanders after the receiver emerged from the showers in the locker room, the quarterback accepting the blame for a failed 2-point conversion that settled a yes-no-yes-no-yes-no, 22-20 finish befitting the tense rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens.
Yes. The Steelers scored a touchdown on the first play after the two-minute warning. No. Replay showed that Heath Miller's right knee was down at the half-yard line.
Yes. Le'Veon Bell scored on 1-yard run. No. Replay showed his helmet came off at the half-yard line from a helmet-to-helmet hit by Jimmy Smith that left both players injured.
Yes. Jerricho Cotchery caught a 1-yard touchdown pass on fourth down with 1:03 remaining. No. The 2-point attempt that would have tied the game failed when Roethlisberger's passed slipped through the hands of Sanders, who was screened by cornerback Chykie Brown.
That left the Steelers with a frustrating loss to the Ravens on Thursday night, ending a three-game winning streak and putting Pittsburgh's playoff hopes in serious trouble.
"Ben gave me a good ball; I've got to make that play," Sanders said. "It hit my hands, and I've got to make the play. It's not on him. It's on me."
Responded Roethlisberger: "I got frustrated with myself because I've got to give him a better ball. It wasn't an easy catch, and I could've made it a lot easier on him, so I take that on myself."
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The Steelers (5-7), despite a losing record, started the day in a six-way tie for the AFC's second wild-card berth. Now they can hardly afford to lose again.
"It's definitely a win-out situation," Sanders said. "But what can we do but continue to focus on the next opponent?"
The game had its share of weirdness. A first-half field goal attempt by Shaun Suisham was aborted because the Pittsburgh kicker misheard the snap count and started too early. The play turned into a 12-yard loss that gave the Ravens good field position for a scoring drive.
In the third quarter, Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin strayed to the edge of the field as Jacoby Jones streaked down the sideline on a kickoff return. Jones had to alter his path to avoid the coach and was tackled after a 73-yard return.
"I always watch the returns on the Jumbotron, it provides a better perspective for me," Tomlin said. "Obviously I lost my placement as he broke free, and I saw it at the last second, saw how close I was to the field of play."
Asked if he thought he interfered with Jones, Tomlin said: "No."
Jones' take?
"I don't blame other people's actions," Jones said. "I still should have scored."
Then, of course, came the crazy sequence at the end. Tomlin had no problem with the actual rulings that overturned the two apparent touchdowns, but he wondered why it took so long to call for the review after Bell's helmet came off.
"I understand the rule that when a runner's helmet comes off, the play is over," Tomlin said. "The issue I have - I was told on the field that the touchdown was confirmed by multiple officials and then they reviewed. That's my issue, from a mechanics standpoint."
The collision left Bell with a concussion, one of several Steelers injuries that included defensive end Brett Keisel (foot), guard Kelvin Beachum (knee), tackle Mike Adams (ankle), guard David DeCastro (foot) and offensive lineman Fernando Velasco (ankle).
"It's typical Steelers-Ravens in terms of being nip-and-tuck, just not enough plays down the stretch," Tomlin said. "I appreciate the effort of the guys, but we didn't come here with effort in mind. We came here to win."


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|Oracle® Database Application Developer's Guide - Object-Relational Features
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This section describes the new object-relational features of Oracle 10g Release 1 (10.1). New features information from previous releases is also retained to help those users upgrading to the current release.
The following sections describe the new features in Oracle object-relational features:
Oracle 10g Release 1 (10.1) New in Object-Relational Features
Oracle9i Release 1 (9.0.1) New in Object-Relational Features
New object-relational features for Oracle 10g Release 1 (10.1) include the following collection enhancements:
New functionality for nested table and varray storage, including the evolution of varray size and specification of a tablespace when storing nested tables. See "Creating Collection Datatypes".
New functionality for nested table comparisons and ANSI SQL multiset operations for nested tables. See "Operations on Collection Datatypes".
New object-relational features for Oracle9i release 2 (9.2) include:
Character length semantics
Lengths for character types
CHAR and
VARCHAR2 may be specified as a number of characters, instead of bytes, in object attributes and collections even if some of the characters consist of multiple bytes. See "Character Length Semantics ".
Modifying substitutability
In an existing table, you can change the substitutability of an object column by using an
TABLE statement with the
LEVELS clause. See "Modifying Substitutability".
Type synonyms
Synonyms can be defined for user-defined types so that a type can be used without having to qualify its name with the name of the schema in which the type was defined. See "Synonyms for User-Defined Types".
User-defined constructors
User-defined constructor functions make possible custom initialization of newly created object instances. They also make it possible to evolve a type without having to update calls to constructors in existing code to accommodate a newly added attribute. See "Advantages of User-Defined Constructors".
New object-relational features for Oracle9i release 1 (9.0.1) include:
SQL type inheritance
User-defined types can be specialized as subtypes in a SQL type hierarchy. See "Inheritance in SQL Object Types".
Object view hierarchies
Hierarchies can be created of object views based on some or all of the types in a type hierarchy. Object view hierarchies simplify targeting a particular subtype (and perhaps its subtypes) in queries and other operations. See "Object View Hierarchies".
Type evolution
User-defined SQL types and their independent objects can be changed, or evolved, instead of having to be re-created. See "Type Evolution".
User-defined aggregate functions
Custom aggregate functions can be defined for working with complex data. See "User-Defined Aggregate Functions".
Generic and transient datatypes
External procedures can be given fields or parameters of a generic type, such as
SYS.ANYTYPE, that can contain values of any scalar or user-defined type, making it unnecessary to implement multiple versions of the same external procedure just to handle multiple datatypes. See "Transient and Generic Types".
Function-based indexes
Function-based indexes can be built on type method functions. See "Function-Based Indexes on the Return Values of Type Methods".
Multilevel collections
Collections (varrays and nested tables) can contain elements that are themselves collections or have attributes that are. See Chapter 3, " Support for Collection Datatypes" and Chapter 5, " Applying an Object Model to Relational Data".
C++ interface to Oracle
A C++ interface (OCCI) to Oracle, built on top of OCI, enables you to use the object-oriented features, native classes, and methods of the C++ programing language to access the Oracle database. See "Oracle C++ Call Interface (OCCI)".
Java object storage
You can now create SQL types mapped to existing Java classes to provide persistent storage for Java objects. Such SQL types are called SQL types of Language Java, or SQLJ types. See "Java: JDBC, Oracle SQLJ, JPublisher, and SQLJ Object Types".


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Things are getting better! or different or Im heading on a path to living again! Im interacting with people again, Ive changed apartments, this one is more secure and better; Ive got a way of practicing drums in my apartment! and Im now using cell phones instead of lan lines! everything is changing! The next steps! more social; Asian-soulmate girlfriend and truck! Those are the other 2 areas Im interested in! Im always working success based stuff!
I take action but need help! My dissociative disorder leaves me disabled; much like Im autistic; especially when interacting with things; things like new cell phones! That part of my mind that interacts has been ripped to pieces; it does not respond anymore, I simply dissociate if its out in the open to long.
I needed someone to help set up my first cell phone! and my friend did this! He's much faster with things then I am; Im smart but when it comes to outside interactions; Im retarded! Im so slow; I have to learn to ask others for help! and thats part of why Im succeeding! I am having success!
I saw this relative today! I guess he didnt get it! I dont want anything to do with him or the memories associated with his family or any other group like him! These upper middle class folks just dont get it; 2 much money! they either get what they want or they put their heads in the air and squeal of; thats what happened to me! I got dumped again! wasn't 2 bad! He didnt like the fact I was on SSI! I guess its below his status belt! I was on bike and he and his wife in car! They never get it! they judge you to death to your face and then you tell them the truth with no fear and their gone! I guess Im not the kind of guy you invite to your home; so sorry! God likes me! So does Santa Clause!
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Armageddon Time (23) ****
Start roughly 200m right of Time Warp (ie. 75m right of the clump of trees). Below & right of the prominent understepped overhangs is a slightly raised ledge. The climb starts up a shallow open book that leads up to the left-hand extreme of a narrow band of overhangs.
- Pitch 1 : (19) 40m Ascend the book, sneaking left around a roof. Move back right into the break & up to a ledge.
- Pitch 2 : (19) 20m Walk 12m left and climb a shallow recess to a sharp ledge. Traverse left to stance below the main corner .
- Pitch 3 : (20) 35m Climb the right-facing book to the base of the roofs. Traverse right and up (15m) until able to move up on pockets to a blank open book. Balance left into the easy break left through the roof to a large ledge. This pitch can be linked with the previous one.
- Pitch 4 : (21) 17m Turn the roof to climb the left-facing corner. Traverse right to a sloping stance beneath another corner.
- Pitch 5 : (21) 30m Step down & rail right across the void. Climb the flake system above to a ledge on the right. Climb the corner above to a higher ledge. This pitch can be linked with the previous one.
- Pitch 6 : (16) 20m Climb up to the big half-way ledge.
[ The Route continues up the headwall to the right of the huge broken recess/corner. Walk 80m right to a small corner with a flake at it's base. 5m to the right, just before a higher ledge is a short layback corner.]
- Pitch 7 : (23) 45m Climb the crack & move left over onto the ramp (thin). Either stance on the ramp or continue diagonally left to a short, steep, left-facing corner. Climb this to a ledge. Its impressive to do this as one pitch. It was opened as two pitches.
- Pitch 8 : (19) 35m Step down and climb left & up to a short layback flake. At the top move left under the roof past a small blocky ledge to a stance 4m diagonally higher.
- Pitch 9 : (20) 45m Move up right & climb the break. Climb left through a small juggy overhang past a ledge to a roof. Rail right to a crack, and climb it to a ledge on the left.
- Pitch 10 : (19) 45m Ascend a crack to a ledge. Avoid a gully by tending right on good grey rock to a ledge. Pull through the bulge 3m left of a chossy crack. Follow a short crack to the summit.
FA: Pitch 1-8 R. Suter, G. Morton & J. Fisher Pitch 9-10 R. Suter & G. Morton
FA: J. Fisher & P. Schlotfeldt 1987 (See Topo Diagram )
The Thin Crack above the stance after pitch 2 is graded 24. FA: J. Colenso, K. Smith & S. Middlemiss 1988
EITHER walk right to the gulley between Smalblaar ridge and the chesspieces. This involves three short abseils.
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Bob Judd, a former ad executive, recalls the insight gleaned from Jackie Stewart while the racing legend showed off the '83 Thunderbird. — Ed.
Jackie Stewart was down on his hands and knees, under the car, looking for the rattle he'd heard coming down The Corkscrew. "I can't find it but these prototypes are all hand built and you never know which bits they forgot to tighten."
It was wet and cold and the light was lousy, but we had Stewart and the track for a day, plus the director and film crew so we had to shoot the commercial. This was in 1981 and the new Ford Turbo-Thunderbird was a whole new direction for Ford. Story was that a couple of years before, there was a pre-production meeting in the new President of Ford Phil Caldwell's office. Caldwell looked around the room at the designers of the new Thunderbird. The car looked like a pagoda with wheels and Caldwell said, "I see a lot of glum faces. You guys like this car?"
"No, but it's what we gotta do to sell it."
Ford was hemmoraghing money. The new Thunderbird was already a year behind schedule. "Well why don't you guys come back when you got a car you like," Caldwell said, a decision that would turn the company around. This was that car, the new Turbo Thunderbird. The one that Jackie would later say was faster than a BMW 633 CSi. (And prove it at a press day in Detroit.) Jackie Stewart was the spokesman for Ford and I was the Creative Director for the agency.
In the morning while the film crew had been setting up, Stewart was having fun showing us the different styles of Formula One drivers. "See how we're coming into the corner in a flurry of feathers and blood," he'd say as the car heaved into a turn squealing and skittering on the limit. "That's how Kekki does it."
Then he'd do a lap of supreme smoothness and speed. "That's how Prost does it," he said happily.
Film production is 90% sitting around waiting; waiting for the crew to get set up for a shot, waiting for a bit of sunlight, waiting for the magic light before sunset, waiting for the agency/client to make up their minds.
Meanwhile Stewart had been talking about how his senses come alive at speed, how when he was at the limit he was supremely aware of the world around him. How he could smell the cut grass, see the scatter of grit on the track, sense the grip of each wheel. Then he said, "when I am driving really well, I always have plenty of time."
It seemed like a paradox at first. I had driven race cars and I never had any spare time. Until it occurred to me that racing at the highest level is a mind game. That the best driver's mind is faster than the car. And that was the key to writing about a sport that had defied attempts to make it come alive on the page. Write it in the first person, give us all the sensations and thoughts, make it come alive in the mind of the driver and you can fill two pages with the detail of coming down the straight at Brands Hatch and it will seem to the reader, so fast it will take his breath away.
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The following thesis tries to rescue the novels Sab and Dos mujeres, written by the XIX century writer Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, from the hegemonic discourse offered by the contemporary critics. This is possible by comparing the Epistolar novel Tu amante ultrajada no puede ser tu amiga with the two novels analyzed. Also, this thesis examines the epistolary novel as a set of documents that creates a literary work on their own. That is to say, it studies how these letters, written to her lovers during the years 1839 to 1854, create an autobiographical fiction, a novel of the romantic …
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In the past there have been tales of skullduggery (see: Beware: Competitor Hijacks Google Local Business Listing? Maybe, Maybe Not!) at Google Maps which have proven to be false. It appeared that Google Map's verification system was robust and while there may have been algorhytmic problems, there had been no reports of abuse….until recently.
It appears that some companies are managing to spam Google Maps local listings via Bulk Upload. This abuse was first reported to Google in the Maps for Business Group on 7/19/07 and substantiated on 7/20/07. Google's response from Maps Guide Jen:
Right now there's no easy way to report these listings or get them removed,
especially if there's a lot of them. If you can let me know the specific
search term that you're looking at, I might be able to do a quick quality
The abuse reported was multiple local listings by TechPros. In a brief check of other areas, their listings were found in all major and minor metropolitan areas of the US that I checked (perhaps in every zip code), using the exact same PO Box and phone number on every lisitng. In the example shown below Google Maps show 487 results for Techpros near Chicago, IL. Google is also showing 264 for Techpros near Olean, NY (by way of reference Olean barely supports 5 computer repair facilities).
A similar situation seems to exist for a company called RentAGeekInc.com, showing results of 148 for Rent a Geek near Olean, NY and 603 for Rent a Geek near Chicago, IL (click on image at right for a screen capture of results).
It is important for public confidence that Google not only take care of these listings immediately by removing them but that they implement a better system for preventing these types of entries in the future.First Case of Large Scale Abuse at Google Maps? by Mike Blumenthal


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If you are in the business of selling old-timey ads — that is, ads you're not going to see on this screen or any other part of the Web — then the first three months of this year were kind of rough.
So says Kantar Media, which notes that U.S. ad spending was down 0.1 percent in Q1. Jon Swallen, Kantar's top researcher, describes those numbers as "lackluster," though if you were selling a certain kind of ad product, the start of the year wasn't terrible.
Cable TV ads were up more than five percent, for instance. And Spanish-language TV is booming, and those ads were up 13.5 percent.
From the not-so-great part of the ledger: Broadcast TV ads were down more than five percent. Newspapers, of course, kept slipping, and their ads were down four percent.
Okay, so, what about Google, Facebook, AOL and everyone else in Webland? They're still up a lot, right?
Probably! Kantar doesn't have anything to say about digital ad sales, but says it will soon, after it reworks the way it tracks display-ad spending.
This is probably a good idea. The last time we looked at Kantar's digital ad tracking, we found some … surprising data.


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* AOP is good only for tracing and logging
* AOP doesn't solve any new problems
* Well-designed interfaces obviate AOP
* Design patterns obviate AOP
* Dynamic proxies obviate AOP
* Application frameworks obviate AOP
* Annotations obviate AOP
* Aspects obscure program flow
* Debugging with aspects is hard
* Aspects can break as classes evolve
* Aspects can't be unit tested
* AOP implementations don't require a new language
* AOP is just too complex
* AOP promotes sloppy design
* AOP adoption is all or nothing
Like any new and exciting technology, AOP has generated its fair share of buzz, and also its fair share of myths and misunderstandings. After following AOP coverage on the Web and listening to the questions asked at conferences, I started to see some common themes (or myths) that deserve to be cleared up.Have any of these myths prevented you from using AOP? Do you have or have you heard of other myths?
The myths I address in this article are for the most part not malicious: many of them often stem from AOP advocates who are themselves confused about the technology. Nonetheless, these myths make it harder for developers to assess accurately whether or not to adopt AOP. Left alone, they will continue to cause incorrect perceptions and hinder the beneficial use of AOP.
Of the 15 myths I hope to resolve, two are common enough that even developers with no interest in AOP have probably heard them; a handful deal with various technologies or practices believed to eliminate the need for AOP altogether; and the remainder are systemic, having to do with the incorporation of AOP into the bigger picture of application design and development. Once I've laid these myths gracefully to rest, I'll discuss ways that you can adopt AOP in a pragmatic, risk-managed fashion, so that you can safely try it out in your own system and learn from experience rather than hearsay.


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(WASHINGTON POST) — A proposal by the Prince George's County Board of Education to copyright work created by staff and students for school could mean that a picture drawn by a first-grader, a lesson plan developed by a teacher or an app created by a teen would belong to the school system, not the individual.
The measure has some worried that by the system claiming ownership to the work of others, creativity could be stifled and there would be little incentive to come up with innovative ways to educate students. Some have questioned the legality of the proposal as it relates to students.
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The United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) oversees a number of voluntary conservation-related programs. These programs work to address a large number of farming and ranching related conservation issues including:
FSA accomplishes these goals through the conservation programs listed below.
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) pays a yearly rental payment in exchange for farmers removing environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and planting species that will improve environmental quality.
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Read the CRP State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) fact sheet
The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP), an offshoot of CRP, targets high-priority conservation issues identified by government and non-governmental organizations. Farm land that falls under these conservation issues is removed from production in exchange for annual rental payments.
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The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) provides funding and technical assistance for farmers and ranchers to restore farmland damaged by natural disasters and for emergency water conservation measures in severe droughts.
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The Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP), which is very similar to the ECP, provides funding to restore privately owned forests damaged by natural disasters.
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The Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP) is designed to restore wetlands and wetland buffer zones that are farmed. FWP gives farmers and ranchers annual rental payments in return for restoring wetlands and establishing plant cover.
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The Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) works to prevent grazing and pasture land from being converted into cropland or used for urban development. In return for voluntarily limiting the future development of their land, farmers receive a rental payment.
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The Source Water Protection Program (SWPP) is designed to protect surface and ground water used as drinking water by rural residents. The program targets states based on their water quality and population..
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Glen Canyon Park to Ocean Beach
San Francisco, CA
Peak2Peak 2013
12+ miles. 10 peaks.
This is no ordinary walk in the park.
See the city like never before! Discover hidden stairways and explore new paths while you support Walk SF's work to create safer streets and more walkable, livable neighborhoods throughout San Francisco.
The route:
The 9th annual Peak2Peak follows a new route beginning with a morning snack in the heart of Glen Park. You'll climb up Glen Canyon along a spine of the city, then head over San Francisco's highest "mountain," Mount Davidson, and also explore some of the city's lesser-known hiltops.
After a delicious picnic lunch served at a meadow in Golden Gate Park, ambitious walkers can bag several more peaks on their way to Ocean Beach via the Sunset and Land's End, while those who want an easier walk can take a shortcut along the southern edge of Golden Gate Park.
Finally, you'll celebrate over a well-earned beer and refreshments at the Park Chalet.
This guided full-day walk offers you a whole new way to experience San Francisco.
Drawing by Wendy MacNaughtonDate: Saturday, September 7, 2013 Time:
Rolling departure times: 9:00, 9:30, and 10 a.m.
Ending arrival times depend on walking speed -- between 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Peak2Peak starts at Glen Canyon Park. After lunch in Golden Gate Park, walkers will meet up at the Park Chalet for a well-deserved beer, refreshments and prizes from Fitbit, City Carshare.org, Zipcar, Other Avenues, Yoga Tree, Sports Basement, and more.Cost:
Early-bird (first 50 registrants): $75
Regular: $95
Get the iconic "I Walk SF" t-shirt for $20 more; see below.
Cancellations on or before August 16 will receive a full refund. Cancellations on or before September 4 will receive a 50% refund (including Walk SF membership benefits). Cancellations on or after September 5 will not receive a refund.
Raise funds, win prizes:
Get friends to sponsor your walk, support Walk SF's work to win safer streets, and win prizes! It's easy. Sign up, set a goal, let people know, and you're on your way! The top three fundraisers will win awesome prizes from Fitbit, City CarShare, Zipcar, Other Avenues, and Yoga Tree. Tell your friends why you care about better streets, safer walking, and a better city -- and help make it happen!
All participants who finish the route will enter a drawing for great prizes from local businesses, too.
Rock the t-shirt:
When you register, you can order the popular "I Walk SF" t-shirt for just $20 more -- pick it up at the event and wear it with pride!
Share your photos, support Walk SF:
Share your photos from the event on Walk SF's Facebook page and/or on Twitter (tag with @walksf, #peak2peak).
Thanks to our sponsors!
David Baker + Partner Architects, Rahman Law PC, Champsee Solutions, Panoramic Interests, Clif Bar & Company,City CarShare.org, Other Avenues, Park Chalet, Fehr & Peers, GJEL, The Hassell Law Group, Nelson\Nygaard, and Zipcar.
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