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Europe isn't on the agenda of the U.S. dailies today, but America is making the European headlines in one way or another. President George W. Bush and his wife flew into Prague, making for nice Page One photos in Lidove Noviny and Denik in that city but that's where nice ends. The Daily Telegraph in London headlines the most immediate problem – "Bush flies into row over missile shield," the proposed U.S. missile shield in the Czech Republic and Poland to protect parts of Europe. Russian President Putin doesn't like it, with a headline in El Periodico in Barcelona about Putin reviving talk about an atomic threat while The Guardian in London reports "Putin missile threat 'unhelpful' U.S. says." La Tribune in Paris prefers to report about Bush going to the G8 meetings in Germany and the potential problems following the recent riots even before the summit sessions begin. Indeed, Die Welt in Hamburg has a Page One photo and a story headlined "Controversy over the police strategy in Rostock," about the response to the riots in recent days. La Repubblica's Page One story for its readers in Rome notes the problem of "too little" for the poor countries in the coming G8 economic talks.
But the U.S. dailies had other stories for Page One, including what the Daily News in Los Angeles headlined "No fines for potty mouths on TV," a development that The Washington Post preferred to headline "Broadcasters win appeal of FCC's profanity ruling" and The New York Times called "Decency ruling thwarts FCC on vulgarities." The indictment of sitting Congressman William Jefferson also was a Page One story for many newspapers. You couldn't miss it in his New Orleans hometown daily, The Times-Picayune, with the all-caps bold headline "Jefferson indicted in bribery scheme." The story was squared off at the top of Page One in The Washington Times: "Jefferson charged in bribery and corruption."
For The Boston Globe and the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C., there was room on Page One for a photo and a story about the "Polish Anne Frank" and her holocaust diary, with both quoting "I simply can't believe that one day I will be allowed to leave this house without the yellow star. Or even that this war will end."
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The music written for the ballet Giselle has been present for all to hear since its composition in 1841. But are we hearing the score as the composer left it to us?
Adolphe Adam's score has been subjected perhaps more than most from cuts, additions, recomposed endings and numerous re-orchestrations. Fashions and taste change. Today, there is a keen interest to return to composers' original versions.
The autograph score held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, revealsAdam's methods of unfolding the drama of the story, its composition dictated throughout by some 140 enlightening annotations, many of them copied verbatim from the libretto. It also reveals that provision was made in Act One to include Friedrich Burgmüller's familiar "Peasant" pas de deux whilst the ethereal sound of harps was not to be heard from the orchestra until the darker mood of Act Two.
Research and reappraisal of these earliest sources have resulted in a new engraving of rehearsal score and orchestral material which remains faithful to the composer's original intentions. This publication was happily made available for Pacific Northwest Ballet's new production of Giselle.
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After thrilling fairgoers at Miami Beach's Art Basel 2008, Kris Martin's massive For Whom..., 2007 was displayed at Fairchild for two art seasons through the generosity of Ms. Adrienne Arsht.
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For Whom...,2007
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.
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The Bell was originally installed in 1929 in a Belgian church. During World War II, the Bell was stolen from the church and taken to Germany where it was rediscovered in the 1950s. The Bell was returned to its original location in Belgium and was in use until August 2, 1971, when, during a requiem-or a mass for the dead-a slight and nearly invisible crack occurred.
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Artist Kris Martin removed the Bell's original function: to serve as an audible toll to know the time, a call for collective prayer or the commemoration of the deceased, and essentially admonished the reflection of all invisible things and proved that a bell that does not toll can be anything but meaningless.
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Kris Martin was born in 1972, in Kortrijk, Belgium, and he is currently based in Ghent, Belgium. His career has gained momentum in both the United States and Europe since his first solo show in 2004.
He has had at least one solo show each year since then, culminating with a combined eight solo shows in 2008 and 2009. Martin has shown works all over the world including Dusseldorf, Berlin, Barcelona, New York, Los Angeles, Paris and London. He is best known for his massive, simple sculptures that drip with meaning and purpose such as For Whom…, (2007).
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The reverse operation for the dot product?
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Jan30-13, 03:56 PM
Okay. First off. This isn't homework. I have been working on a personal project and if I could get an equation for this it would really help me out. I'll try and explain the problem the best I can.
What I need:
An equation/method where I can specify an angle theta and a 3D line and it returns the 3D coordinates of the points on the line which make the angle theta with the origin and the point (1, 0, 0).
The problem:
You have a 3D graph with origin O. The positional vector A with coordinates (1, 0, 0) and another position vector B. You could use the dot product function to work out the angle AOB, if you had B. But you don't.
Dot Product function:
cos(theta) = A.B/(|A|*|B|)
You also know that B is somewhere on the 3D line r = (x, y, z) + lambda(a, b, c), where lambda is proportional to the displacement from (x, y, z) and (a, b, c) is the 3D gradient. This line can also be represented as a Cartesian line equation in the form x=y=z (but some other co-efficients etc.) e.g it could be 2x=5-y=(3z-2)/4.
I want to specify an angle theta between BOA and work out position vector of A and the position vector of equation of the line B rests on. O will always have coordinates (0, 0, 0), but that doesn't mater as it's just a point of relevance.
Also, it i worth mentioning that there may well be two solutions for B for a given angle theta if the line cuts through the angle twice, or one or no solutions. Actually come to think of it it could have infinite solutions if theta was 90 degrees (Point 90 degrees from the vector (1, 0, 0) are on the plane x = 0, because this is a flat plane, as a pose to a cone shape (the one value of theta where this happens), if the x coordinate of every point line r is also always equal to 0, then there will be infinite solutions).
I like to think about the angle as a cone with the tip at the origin, (where every point on the surface of the cone is theta degrees away from the origin).
Ramblings of a mad man:
I have defined the function dotProduct (3DVector), which returns the angle AOB, when B is the parameter.
The only things that I could work out are that for very large values of lambda in the line r the coordinate tends towards being a multiple of (a, b, c) (3D gradient), as the (x, y, z part gets infinitely small by comparison). And so the coordnate (a, b, c) can be treated as B if lambda is infinitely large. So we can do dotProduct((a, b, c)), which returns the same angle as though B where (a, b, c).
Also I was thinking this:
If you take the line r2 = (0, 0, 0) + lambda*(a, b, c). As in a line with the same gradient as r, but goes through the origin. Then the point on the line r, which is perpendicular to the line r2 through the origin point, is the closet to the origin the line r will get and if we treat that point as B then theta will be within 90 degrees +- the acute angle a point on the line r2 makes with A and O. And since r2 goes through the origin, there are only two angles any point on the line r2 can make with A and O (on acute one when the point is less than 90 degrees and one obtuse one it is over 90 degrees).
The reason why I need this is because I have made a 3D engine, which takes into account perspective and that distortion effect you get when you take a panoramic photo with a large angle of view. To do the distortion effect I am just sampling the 3D line in 3D space very often and joining them with straight lines, but movement 3D space is only proportional to movement in the 2D rendering in very specific directions/positions relative to the camera. I have made it o it only samples as often as it need to (less when it is less distorted, more when it is more distorted etc.), but it would be a big help if I can figure out how to do this reverse dot product, because it will mean I can start rendering at the edge of a certain field of view, which will get rid of a lot of redundant computations.
Thanks for any help guys. I'd really appreciate.
Reagrds, Greg.
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Jan30-13, 04:53 PM
For each lambda, you have a known point r. You can calculate the angle α you get with that value of lambda, and solve the resulting equation (with the fixed angle) for lambda.
You will get some special cases during the solution process, which correspond to "all lambdas are a solution" and similar things.
Jan30-13, 06:00 PM
where x, y, z, a, b, c are know and lambda is known.
let's say we want r when alpha = 80 degrees
Okay so we have the equation alpha = acos(((x+ lambda*a, y + lambda*b, z + lambda*c).(1, 0, 0))/(((x+ lambda*a)^2 + (y+ lambda*b)^2 + (z + lambda*c)^2)^(0.5))*(1^2 + 0^2 + 0^2)^0.5))
(1^2 + 0^2 + 0^2)^0.5) = 1, so alpha = acos(((x+ lambda*a, y + lambda*b, z + lambda*c).(1, 0, 0))/(((x+ lambda*a)^2 + (y+ lambda*b)^2 + (z + lambda*c)^2)^(0.5)))
since wee're using (1, 0 , 0), we only need to consider the x component of r for the dot product, so alpha = acos((x+ lambda*a)/(((x+ lambda*a)^2 + (y+ lambda*b)^2 + (z + lambda*c)^2)^(0.5)))
Then I try to rearrange and get stuck
cos^2(alpha) = (x^2 + 2*lambda*x*a + (lambda*a)^2)/((x+ lambda*a)^2 + (y+ lambda*b)^2 + (z + lambda*c)^2)
If you can rearrange that for lambda I would be very grateful! My maths skills don't seem to be up to it :).
Jan30-13, 08:46 PM
The reverse operation for the dot product?
Hi, cawthorne,
you are doing fine so far. You expanded the square in the numerator of the fraction, and eventually you will have to expand also the three squares in the denominator. This could be done now, or a bit later.
The important next step is to notice that cos^2(alpha) is just a constant, because alpha is given. You can pass the whole denominator multiplying to the left side. Then distribute the constant cos^2(alpha), and then expand the squares as you did before.
Finally you will be able to group the terms in lambda^2, in lambda and with no lambda, to find a solution of a quadratic equation. (You will see when you get there.)
Jan31-13, 03:09 AM
Ahhh silly me :P. I did think it might have been a quadratic thing, but I got lost in all the extra terms (which I knew already!) :P.
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Turtle necklace - Great Grandma Midge's
Friday, November 12, 2010
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Unemployment rates of men and women in July 2009
August 10, 2009
In July, the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.4 percent. Unemployment rates for adult men (9.8 percent) and adult women (7.5 percent) were also little changed in July.
Among the other major worker groups, unemployment rates for teenagers (23.8 percent), whites (8.6 percent), blacks (14.5 percent), and Hispanics (12.3 percent) were likewise little changed in July.
The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) rose by 584,000 over the month to 5.0 million. In July, 1 in 3 unemployed persons were jobless for 27 weeks or more.
These data are from the Current Population Survey and are seasonally adjusted. More information can be found in "The Employment Situation – July 2009" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-09-0908.;
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Unemployment rates of men and women in July 2009 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2009/ted_20090810.htm (visited September 23, 2014).
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if you make bomb ass pancakes, you are an option for my life partner. i wish i were joking, but i'm just not.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
This 19 year old boy dropped out of college during his first year claiming it was not a place of collaboration, a place of self motivation, or a place of true learning. He is now leading an entire movement called "UnCollege" which is essentially meant to deter youth from higher education.
First, let me just say: liberal arts.
Now, I know that liberal arts institutions such as my own are not in reach for everyone because of cost… I'm lucky enough to have a great financial aid package that allows me to attend for about the same cost as it would be for me to attend University of Maryland. However, many states HAVE public liberal arts colleges. St. Mary's College of Maryland is one. The College of Charleston in South Carolina is one. These colleges are better options for students not wanting a factory approach to education, students wanting to truly learn.
Second, this kid claims to be self-motivated, an entrepreneur. If that's the case, then he could have gotten MUCH more out of college. Any decent college will have a library with thousands of resources at its students' disposal. You can learn whatever you want whenever you want. Sounds like a better deal than the generally questionable resources you can find on the internet.
And honestly, the problem is less with colleges than it is with how our entire society views education. It is a means to an end rather than an enriching part of life. To know things and understand the way things actually work through in-depth study is probably one of the more fulfilling things I've felt in my life, and I've only been in college for a year. Our country instead views education as just something you have to do to get a high paying job. While this is the case, education is so much more than that, so much more exciting. Yet from the time kids start school in kindergarten, education is a chore. Going to school is a nuisance. The love of learning is lost on the United States.
I'm not suggesting that college is for everyone. Trade school might be the best option for some, apprenticeship for others, and entrepreneurial business ventures might suit a small fraction. Ultimately, however, I believe that with the right outlook, a college education at a college that allows you to study in many areas can benefit anyone.
Young Gus (Psych)
How about this? How about instead of making kids go to school year round, the government stops shitting around, raises taxes for the wealthy, and puts their fucking funding into education instead of wars and breaks for corporations and prisons full of people on marijuana charges? How about instead of funding senators' summer vacations to Fiji and making sure the lawn of the White House is perfectly trimmed and covered in chemicals, they think about the kids who are trying to grow up to function in this society?
It's not how long these kids are in school. It's what is done with them while they are. Of course a public school in a low-income area is a dropout factory… they sit in an ugly, ill-equipped classroom all day with an underpaid teacher who is teaching them material for an utterly useless standardized test that has pretty much no relationship to future success. Honestly, who wouldn't drop out? That sounds completely boring and a waste of my time.
And how about instead of loading kids up with hours of homework every night, extending the school day so that classes can be longer, more in-depth. Part of the reason we are so behind is that all we teach kids is the surface. Solve this math equation, read this book. What about concepts? How can you apply this math equation to the real world, to a problem you've never seen before? THAT's how they do it in places like Finland. Don't just learn how to solve the problem, learn how to use the concept. If anyone expects a kid to be able to do that in a fifty minute class session, they're crazy.
These days, you have to spend the first 25 to 30 years of your life in school to get anywhere. And if that's what it takes to compete with other nations, then fine. But I don't think America is about "innovation." What happened to the "American dream," the hardworking middle class, baseball, apple pie? There will always be outstanding Americans in the academic sense. There will always be progress made in this country. But is that what we really want to define us? And if so, is taking away summer really the way to achieve that?
Summer is sacred. It's the reason that we're not just a bunch of robots. I think there is something to be said about the skills that can be learned from playing alone in a stream, or gathering with a bunch of friends for a frisbee game. These things just aren't possible during the school year, especially considering the current structure of our education system. I agree, something needs to change. But don't blame the kids for what our government is doing wrong. Let them play.
First of all, it makes me angry that any of this is an issue in the first place. The Supreme Court and the State of Hawaii, along with (I'm sure) numerous other committees and judicial bodies have confirmed that the short form of Obama's birth certificate is valid. Were Obama to be white, or if he perhaps had a less "suspicious" name, I'm certain that nobody would question his citizenship. It's obviously racial, and completely uncalled for.
But what really makes me angry is how much people are focusing on the issue in general. I know I am focusing on it now, which may seem hypocritical, but it does have a larger point.
How are people failing to see that things like this are the root of the problem with the way America works. Our entire nation is so petty and selfish, so focused on beating others down for personal gain rather than building up for the gain of the nation. I think this has, in many ways, been created and exacerbated by the bipartisan system, and it's scary to think that perhaps we are in too deep to realize what's happened. We've lost our focus on things that are significant and are willing to nitpick at the opposing side in an effort to make them fall. We have essentially created two Americas, and neither one is very appealing.
Were I to define myself, I would say that I was a democrat. I find the political philosophy of the democratic party far more appealing. But at this point, I really don't want to define myself. I don't want to be labeled as a Republican-bashing-homosexual-American-dream-hating-firearm-enforcing-baby-killing liberal just because I prefer democratic politics.
My ultimate point being, it seems that we are far more willing to slap labels on people and focus on how we can best rather than addressing the real issues that will help our nation as a whole. There are some people that do discuss these issues, but it seems that a great deal of people have resorted to inane pandering on internet message boards, calling Obama all kinds of unhelpful names. Or calling Republicans all kinds of unhelpful names. And all it is is a great big heap of unhelpfulness.
"Many mainstream blacks and whites persist in categorically negative appraisals of rap, refusing to distinguish between enabling, productive rap messages and the social violence that exists in many inner-city communities and that is often reflected in rap songs. Of course, it is difficult for a culture that is serious about the maintenance of social arrangements, economic conditions, and political choices that create and reproduce poverty, racism, sexism, classism, and violence to display a significant appreciation for musical expressions that contest the existence of such problems in black and Latino communities."
I wish I could hug this man right now. Like could he have hit the nail any harder on the head?
(Source: "The Culture of Hip-Hop" by Michael Eric Dyson")


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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Bobby Valentine smiled his big, wide smile, surrounded by media, talking about the Red Sox and the Yankees.
Baseball's hottest rivalry gets a new provocateur this year.
Valentine stood in the third base dugout at Steinbrenner Field before Tuesday night's exhibition game between his Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, the first of two meaningless spring training meetings that serve as an appetizer for the 18 bitter, tense and often lengthy games during the regular season.
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"We're on the cusp of great economic development, but none of that will happen when you consider that 95% of the freight that's moved in this state is moved on the highways by truck," says Representative Robert Johnson of Adams County, Chairman of the House Transportation Committee.
Johnson points to crumbling bridges and patched-up city and county roads across the state to raise two issues. First, he says, Mississippi can no longer depend on Federal money to fix interstates quickly as repairs are needed. Second, he claims, the state must provide funds to local governments to fix bridges, roads, and streets.
"It impacts our schools. Children have to go 20-30 miles out of the way on a bus drive because they can't go across bridges that are deficient," he says.
At the State Capitol Monday morning, Rep. Johnson was joined by a non-profit group called "TRIP" which is compiling a report on Mississippi roadway repair issues. The group says the costs for car repairs, and lost pay from sitting in traffic, total $1.6 billion a year for Mississippi motorists.
And disrepair equals danger.
"In Mississippi the traffic fatality rate is the 5th highest in the country. Traffic fatality rates on Mississippi rural roads is double what it is on all other roads in the state," says Trip Director of Policy & Research Rocky Moretti.
The Transportation Committee met Monday to discuss what can be done in the next legislative session.
"The Federal government can't figure out what they want to do. But we're definitely gonna try to do what we can to get more state money," Johnson says.
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Motherhood and Female Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Infertility Shocks
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GENEVA -- History labels baseball as the imperfect game, a sport where flaws can be found even when outsiders view a performance as a thing of beauty. So it came as no surprise that the Quad Cities River Bandits would not categorized their season-opening 7-2 win over the Kane County Cougars on Thursday night at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark as perfect. However, it came close to what they expected. "It was pretty good today," QC manager Omar Lopez said. Timely hitting, consistent pitching and flawless defense made the Bandits feel that way. All three were on display as the Bandits (1-0) opened their run as a Houston Astros affiliate in impressive fashion. Eight of the nine spots in the order reached base at least once, the pitching duo allowed seven baserunners and the defense did not commit an error. "We have a great team," said Bandits shortstop Carlos Correa, the No. 1 overall draft pick who finished 2-for-5 with three RBIs. "It was a really good game for us." A five-run second inning set the tone, giving QC all the offense it needed. Roberto Pena's two-out single to right field plated the first run. Two more scored when leadoff batter Teoscar Hernandez's apparent fielder's choice groundout ended in an error by the shortstop. Correa capped the inning with a two-run double down the third-base line. The Bandits added single tallies in the fourth and seventh innings, continuing a game-long theme of performing in the clutch. All seven runs scored with two outs. "That's the approach those kids have," Lopez said. "They showed a very good approach at the plate. They took some good (at-bats). Hopefully, that can carry on the rest of the season." With the offense providing a cushion, Vincent Velasquez and Joe Bircher turned in a brilliant performance. Velasquez's two-out, fourth-inning walk was followed by Rock Shoulder's two-run homer, but the duo allowed three baserunners after that. Velasquez yielded three hits with five strikeouts in five innings to get the win. Bircher, pitching in the "piggyback" relief, earned a four-inning save as he retired the final 10 batters he faced. The two combined for nine strikeouts and allowed five hits. "He went out there and did his job, and I went out there and did my job," Velasquez said. "There's nothing more you can ask for." On this night, the Bandits could not expect more. "We have a great team," Correa said. "It was a really good game for us." By all accounts, it was almost perfect. "They were having fun, helping each other and supporting each other," Lopez said. "That was pretty good. I like that." Extra bases: Velasquez surrendered a two-out double in the second, but Willson Contreras was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple. ... DH Chase Davidson fouled a ball off his foot in the sixth, but continued his at-bat. Terrell Joyce replaced Davidson as DH in the eighth. ... Lance McCullers gets the start in tonight's 6:30 contest, with Daniel Minor backing him up in the "piggyback" system. ... In their first game as a Chicago Cubs affiliate, the Cougars drew a crowd of 4,962.


text: It's one thing to play with LEGOs, but it's an entirely different ball game to play a LEGO. What are we talking about? Ross Crawford's LEGO ukulele. It's crafted almost entirely from our childhood toy LEGO. It's tuned to C-F-A-D, which is to say that it's actually playable and won't snap into pieces.


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Montana Public Schools is asking the federal government to have one standardized test given to students each year to assess their yearly progress. The No Child Left Behind test is a pen and paper standardized test given to students each year. This year, the federal government's goal for students is to have 100% of students to be proficient in reading and math. But, some schools says that is an unrealistic goal."For some students who struggle with emotional challenges or who have suffered learning disabilities, it's going to be difficult for them to achieve those targets," said Mark Halgren, Belgrade Schools Curriculum Director.
Montana Schools Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau wants the assessment testing progress to use a new test called the Smarter Balance test. She said the new testing will comply with their new school standards."It would be content that teachers aren't teaching this year and that students aren't learning," said Juneau. "We want to make sure that we're moving forward measuring the standards that the state has rather than old ones."
She says it seems like the perfect time to change up their assessment testing.
"It seems like a really good year to sort of move forward with the new assessment and work out all the bugs that might need to be worked out,"said Juneau.
The Smarter Balance testing would be a computer based testing that would test students ability to use information in different context rather than recall information and Belgrade Schools is on board.
"We feel like it's more closely tied to the standards. We feel like it's more realistic and that it will prepare our students to be more prepared for the job market and college education," said Halgren.
Halgren said it doesn't make any sense to test students using the old standards.
"Our time would be spent better teaching our students then to accessing them twice," said Halgren.
Juneau hopes to know by November whether or not the Smarter Balance will be given to students this Spring.
This year, the No Child Left Behind standards required students to have 95% proficiency rate in reading and 90% rate in math. In Gallatin County, 20 schools did meet those standards. Three of those schools were in Belgrade Public Schools and eight were in Bozeman.
In Silver-Bow county, nine schools did not meet standards. In Flathead county, 30 schools did not meet those standards. In Missoula county, 31 schools did not meet those standards.


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Residents voice concerns over wharf district plan
Better beach access, pedestrian walkways and more mixed uses are some of the improvements that visitors to Blaine's harbor can expect in upcoming years, according to a joint plan unveiled by the city of Blaine and the Port of Bellingham last week.
At a public meeting Wednesday, Blaine residents crowded a small room at the Blaine harbor office to hear Blaine city staff and port officials discuss their preliminary master plan concept for the redevelopment of Marine Drive, also known as Blaine's wharf district.
The plan includes zoning amendments to allow mixed use residential in some areas, more open spaces and bike paths, and the construction of a pedestrian bridge that would connect Blaine's boardwalk to a future park near the boat launch at the end of Milhollin Drive.
Other plans include a possible realignment of the parking lot at Marine Park to better utilize views, improved signage near the access point at Marine Drive and Peace Portal Drive, and more commercial development near the end of the peninsula.
community development director Terry Galvin said the
city and the port have been working collaboratively on
a plan that was originally developed in 1998 and will
be incorporated into the port and city's
comprehensive plans for Blaine harbor in the near future.
"We got together and we said, 'Why don't we take the marina, the park, the road and the public area and take a look at it from that broader perspective,'" he said. "I think this plan has tremendous opportunity to link the upland area with the marina itself."
Port planning and development director Sylvia Goodwin said she thinks, over time, Blaine could develop a market for a mix of businesses that could include a small hotel, dining and retail establishments as well as increased marine and industrial uses.
"I could definitely see a nice restaurant in there somewhere, probably a few retail businesses as well," she said. "Right now, there are not a lot of places where you can come in on your boat where you could go within walking distance to buy a raincoat, a six-pack of beer or a sandwich."
Goodwin said the current zoning of much of Marine Drive is marine commercial and restricts other commercial and residential uses in certain areas. Creating a mix of residential, commercial and non-marine uses along the east and central portions of Marine Drive could help create a population base that would help businesses thrive, while at the same time adding security to the area, she said.
"For every job, you want one residence and if you can do that, that creates a good vibrancy," she said. "You don't want more retail than customers. We believe that if there were more residents living within walking distance, those businesses would thrive. Retail alone doesn't cut it."
Residential uses would not be allowed, however, near the west end of the spit near Westman Marine because of the potential for industrial noise and "fragrant" smells from fish and crab processing, she said.
Galvin said the city and the port has also been working with the state department of ecology to develop several pocket beaches where visitors can have access to the shore.
"So we can actually for the first time get down on the beach and get our toes into the sand and let the kids go nuts for a little while," he said. "As it is now, we don't have access to the water. I think that would be a tremendous asset to us as community members."
Goodwin added that the plan was developed to preserve views from H and G street intersections on Peace Portal Drive, which look out toward the water tower and the lighthouse planned for the end of the spit.
"Those views have always been a part of the downtown history and we wanted to make sure as we develop that area that we don't block them," she said.
Residents' concerns
Blaine resident Tommy Ryser suggested allowing temporary parking for recreational vehicles (RVs).
"There are about a dozen parking spots for recreational vehicles," he said. "That could generate tourism and should be promoted. It could help the economy."
Galvin said he had looked into RV parking in the past but had encountered strong disagreements from some in the community.
"There are a number of people who don't want to see RV parking in there," he said. "So that's something we're looking for more input on."
Another woman expressed concern about protecting the area's migratory bird population.
"Twice a year, we have thousands of migratory birds stopping here, and right now I don't think the signage is good enough to make sure people are aware of the necessity of giving birds a chance to rest," she said.
The most vocalized issue was the proposed closure of the pier at the end of Marine Drive to vehicles, of which the majority of audience members said they opposed.
Goodwin said that while the plan is still in the development phase, the pier is in need of serious upgrades. She added that because the pier was built out of a former railroad trestle and filled in with gravel, the entire structural support system of the pier would need to be replaced.
"We're going to do some further investigating on cost and if we can get grant funding and if the city wants to divert road funds from other parts of the town to build a road that doesn't go anywhere, then that's something we will look into," she said. "If we can find the money, there's no problem with having it stay open. But it's really a financial issue and that is how much will it cost and where will we get the money to upgrade it."
Blaine resident Ron Snyder received an applause for his comments in support of keeping the pier open to vehicles.
"The road to Mt. Baker goes nowhere. The road to Paradise and Mt. Rainier goes nowhere," he said. "So the road in Blaine that goes to the end of the pier, that is our Mt. Baker, that is our Mt. Rainier."
Blaine resident Laurie Hart agreed. "Street ends are very well preserved in Blaine," she said. "I can't think of a bigger, more important street end than the end of Marine Drive."
Goodwin said the next step is for the city of Blaine and the port to work together to complete the plan and finalize development regulations along with a cost estimate of repairs for the replacement of the wooden planks at the end pier, as well as future and continual road improvements to the road by the city.
A second public hearing on the draft plan is scheduled for later this spring after which it will go to the port commission and the city council for adoption as early as September 2008.
"If it is adopted, it will probably be at least three or four years before we start to see development in this area," she said. "Once we get the plan done and the zoning to allow it, then it really becomes a market issue."


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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers released three players on Wednesday including import running back Chris Garrett
Garrett appeared in 11 games over four seasons with the Blue Bombers, rushing for 689 yards and four touchdowns over that span.
His best season came in 2011 where he had 92 carries for 576 yards and four scores. Garrett also helped the Blue Bombers reach the 99th Grey Cup that season, rushing for 190 yards and a touchdown in the team's Eastern Final win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
He missed all of the 2012 season with an Achilles injury and had not played in a game for the team this year.
Import defensive lineman Marquis Frazier and import defensive back David James were also relseased.
Frazier appeared in two games with the Blue Bombers after signing with the team in July, recording three tackles and one sack.
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YARMOUTH, N.S. (Canadian OH&S News)
School might be back in session for most students, but for teachers working at a high school in Nova Scotia, that might be short-lived. Concerns over the air quality at a Yarmouth, N.S. school are believed to be making the staff sick, and has prompted many of them to refuse to work in an unsafe environment.
In a meeting on Jan. 4, the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) met with teachers at Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School to hear complaints about headaches, fatigue, dizziness, sore throats, drowsiness and dry eyes, explained Shelley Morse, president of the NSTU.
More than 20 teachers have been off sick between November and mid-January, and some have exercised their right to refuse to work in an unsafe environment under the union's mandate and the province's Occupational Health and Safety Act. Morse added that those who can perform their duties from a remote location have been reassigned to different locations for the time being.
The issue began in November of 2012, after a doctor's note prescribed a sick teacher two weeks off work and attributed her illness to the poor air quality in the building. More and more teachers experienced the same symptoms, which prompted the school board to rethink their original theory. Initially, the board had chalked up the illness to a common circulating cold or flu. Instead, they deployed their occupational health and safety investigators both in the summer and the day before school started.
"The administration contacted me and we did our own investigation," said Jamie Moses, the occupational health and safety director for the Tri-County Regional School Board. "I tested it again for carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, particulate temperature, humidity, things of that nature. Everything, I should say, came back within normal limits. No test found any trace of carbon monoxide, and everything else was within the legislative limits."
Mechanical systems in school not functioning properly
Moses said a second, independent contractor came up with the same results, however, he determined that the mechanical systems in the school were not functioning to par. For instance, poor air flow, ventilation and pressure variances could explain some of the sick staff. He added that the humidifiers and air handlers were not functioning either, making the air very dry, and the new lighting system was working intermittently, making some areas of the building too dim and others too bright.
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I have a 3 1/2-year-old who has never slept through the night, sleeps with his mother in his room, and drinks six to 12 bottles a day of juice and milk. We really believe he is a "high-need" kid and requires special attention. We have been reading a book called Raising Your Spirited Child, by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. Have you heard of this book?
Is there anything you suggest we do to help him sleep through the night? Is drinking so many bottles a day not a good idea, and if so, why? My wife and I are in disagreement on what we should do. Can you please help?
There are many different parenting styles, and theories as to which is the best come in and out of fashion. Remember "Spare the rod and spoil the child?"
Each parent, child and family is different, so there's no "one-style-fits-all" answer.
Your preschool-age child is continuing with the habits of a much younger child, being unable, or unwilling, to sleep alone and through the night, and still using bottles. Is this really OK with you?
If not, it's time to encourage him, teach him, and then expect him to develop more independence. This can only be successful if both you and your wife are on the same page. If the two of you aren't consistent with the messages that you each send, the child will be confused.
The bottles definitely need to go. Not only will they cause significant tooth decay, but 12 bottles a day doesn't leave much room for a healthy solid intake. Either phase them out slowly, replacing some with water first to make them less appealing, or throw them out altogether. Sure, your son may be mad at first, but probably won't choose stubborness over satisfying hunger and thirst.
To change the sleep pattern, I encourage you to at least read a book by Richard Ferber called How to Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems. Being firm on this issue will teach him better future sleep habits, allow you, as his parents, to assert the authority that you need, and let you and your wife have more time together in the evening.


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Pros: This car has excellent handling on the road and I love the traction and stability control. The cars styling is a head turner where ever I go with high end quality interior, love that you can change the color of every light inside the car with just the push of a button. It has so much get up and go that you may find yourself driving alot faster than what you need to be if you have a heavy foot, but at the same time it's just as easy to accelerate at a normal speed.
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In a modern globalised world, how do you build or adapt your identity?
Bauman (Identity in the Globalizing World; 2001) writes that 'needing to become what one is is the feature of modern living'.
What means do you use to become yourself? Are they represented offline, online, or both? How do you build your identity? Is it easier or harder to maintain an identity when so much of our lives is online?
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Sean Brother 20+Aug 18 2013: Hi, Bethany. In my humble opinion, the fact our lives are online is not so fundamental for building our identity. We must know how to recognize ourselves, and we must always feel who we are, and where we go. It's (very) important to know how the others see us, be online or in other different ways. And I think this is because the relationship with other people is essential (and usually grateful) for humans. We need the others. It's part of our social condition.
I think the building of our identities is a process lasting all along our lives. And adaptation is a condition, not only of survival, but also of a superior intelligence,
So, I think our efforts must be directed to be poperly ourselves, feel as authentic, honest and truly people, caring of and growing up the better human qualities.... and enjoying while we do it.
Aug 19 2013: I completely agree, Sean. I think the debate of whether the online world changes who we are is an interesting one. However, I completely agree that it is not personally fundamental in identity construction, and that identity is a life long, adaptive relationship that we have with ourselves and others. Thanks for the input!
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Imagine you're in a dimly lit Italian restaurant. Famished, you take the first bite of a juicy eggplant parmesan dinner, and it turns out to be a big hunk of plastic. (Yuk.)
That's the reality for fish in an area of the ocean known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where fish are mistaking their food sources with a growing amount of floating trash.
Two graduate students at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Pete Davison and Rebecca Asch, joined the Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition, or SEAPLEX, where they found evidence of plastic waste in more than 9 percent of the stomachs of fish collected during their voyage to the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The mid-water fishes contained plastic debris, primarily broken-down bits smaller than a human fingernail.
"That is an underestimate of the true ingestion rate because a fish may regurgitate or pass a plastic item, or even die from eating it. We didn't measure those rates, so our 9 percent figure is too low by an unknown amount," said Davison.
Based on these rates of ingestion, they estimate that fish in the intermediate ocean depths of the North Pacific ingest plastic at a rate of roughly 12,000 to 24,000 tons per year, but the real number could be much higher.
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It may sound clichéd, but Chris Helms, a community affairs officer with the 19th Precinct, became a police officer in 1994 for all the right reasons.
"Before joining the NYPD, I was working in a restaurant waiting tables and bartending while I was going to college," Helms recalled. "I decided to become a police officer because I like helping people."
Helms said his parents taught him to be a good person and to always "do the right thing."
Growing up in Sloatsburg in Rockland County, Helms said that being a police officer looked exciting as a career option. "The hustle and bustle, going from place to place while protecting the citizens of New York, meeting people, talking to people—those were things I liked to do," Helms explained.
"I just couldn't see myself sitting behind a desk or having to stay in one place for too long," he said.
At age 44, Helms, who has spent his entire police career with the 19th Precinct on the Upper East Side, has done anything but sit behind a desk.
"My typical day is always different; every day our precinct is affected by things that happen all over the world," he said, explaining that he frequently gets involved in preparations for various visits from dignitaries including President Barack Obama, Pope Benedict XVI, other world leaders and celebrities.
"As a community affairs officer, you have to plan for many large-scale events such as parades, street fairs, demonstrations and generally taking care of the community within the precinct's borders," he said.
Prior to being assigned to community affairs in 2007, Helms worked in various units, including community policing, where he tackled quality of life issues including street narcotics, prostitution, unlicensed vendors, panhandlers and the homeless.
While Helms says he's had many "good arrests" in his career, nothing compares to his time helping out at the World Trade Center in the aftermath of 9/11.
"I was working and trying to help out at ground zero for the months after the attacks," he said. "It was probably the most memorable time in my career…nothing comes close to dealing with what happened down there."
Asked if he's seen the city's quality of life improve over the years, Helms said he sees a big difference from when he first joined the force nearly 18 years ago.
"The quality of life has definitely improved in the city," he said. "There are less homeless on the street and fewer quality of life crimes throughout our precinct."
Latha Thompson, district manager for Community Board 8 in Manhattan, has nothing but praise for Helms.
"Chris is an outstanding police officer who is always willing to help the community any way he can," Thompson said.
In his downtime, Helms, who is also an avid golfer, enjoys spending time at home with his wife of 9 years, his son Ryan, 8, and daughter Katelyn, 6.
He said he gets along with almost everyone he meets in the community and added it is a special place because it is home to some of the wealthiest and most influential people in the world as well as everyday working folks.
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