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In addition, some of the financial information discussed on this call includes non-GAAP financial measures. The bank's earnings release, which was issued this morning and is available on the bank's website, presents reconciliations to the appropriate GAAP measures and explains why the bank believes such measures are useful to investors.
And now, I'd like to turn the call over to Jim Herbert.
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Thank you, Diane, and thanks to everybody for joining our call today. We are very pleased with our second quarter results. Loans, deposits and wealth management assets all grew very strongly. Credit quality remains excellent. Importantly, book value per share has increased 15% from a year ago. We are very pleased to declare an initial quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share. This payout rate represents approximately 15% and we would like to operate in a payout range of 15% to 20% over time.
First Republic continues to perform well across all of our businesses in each of our carefully chosen urban coastal markets. Second quarter results highlight the strength of our business model, even under the currently challenging yield conditions facing the banking industry.Let me quickly summarize our quarterly numbers. Core net income was up 31% year over year. Core earnings per share, excluding all purchase accounting adjustments, were up 22% year over year to $0.50 per share. GAAP EPS was $0.60 per share after a $0.10 per share one-time charge, which was in connection with the redemption of our REIT preferred. Quarterly loan volume totaled $4 billion, our highest ever, and it was 62% higher than the same quarter last year. Loans outstanding increased 7% in the quarter and 10% for the first half of the year. Deposits rose by 4% during the quarter and 8% for the first half of the year, and total wealth management assets grew by 6% in the quarter and 14% so far this year. Our asset quality remains very strong. Nonperforming assets at quarter end were at a very low 10 basis points of total assets, or 1/10 of 1%.
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Oh my stars and whiskers! I have such exciting news this week.
So there's this thing on Monday called an Inauguration, which I don't totally understand, but the part I do get is that there's a PARADE. And guess who is marching in the parade? Here's a hint: blue and yellow and fur. Give up? 132 Canine Companions people (graduates, puppy raisers, board members and staff) and 56 Canine Companion grad dogs and puppies! WOOF!
And, even better, I know some of the people who will be marching: Jeni Exley, (a puppy raiser from Denver), and Jane & Clark Torell (who raised Proton). I've told them I expect a FULL REPORT when they get back from Washington, which I will share with you, dear readers.
How amazing is that, I ask you? Pretty darned amazing, I say, especially when you know that 2,800 organizations and groups applied to be in the parade, and only 60 were selected. The theme of the parade is "Our People, Our Future" and will be broadcast worldwide. WOW -- that's a lot of people watching my friends and relations.
Now I don't think you'll have trouble spotting 132 people and 56 dogs (especially the dogs), but just in case, look for humans wearing bright yellow jackets and hats, and dogs in blue or yellow capes. Wave at them, won't you? We'll be watching and woofing ... er ... waving, from my house.
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Situated near the airport, in Kamloops, this hotel is close to McArthur Island Park, Kamloops City Hall, and Big Little Science Centre. Also nearby are Riverside Park and Thompson Rivers University.
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In addition to a restaurant, Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Kamloops features an indoor pool. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and complimentary wireless Internet access.
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In addition to an indoor pool, Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Kamloops provides a spa tub and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. Event facilities measure 2098 square feet (195 square meters). This Kamloops hotel also offers gift shops/newsstands, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests (available on request). Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- One meeting room
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- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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- Total number of rooms - 89
- Number of floors - 3
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 195
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- Conference space size (feet) - 2098
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White Spot Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
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Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka will soon be donning pinstripes after the ace agreed to a reported $155 million, seven-year contract with the Yankees.
The contract extends through the 2020 season with an opt-out following the 2017 season.
Last year, Tanaka had a 24-0 record with an earned run average of 1.27 in the Japanese League.
"There is risks with pitchers from Japan that I have certainly spoken to," said Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman. "The workload for starters is different because they pitch on every seven days versus five days over here. Strike zones are different. Obviously, the lineups are different. So we obviously believe in this player's talent."
Along with Tanaka, the Yanks have also signed outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, former Met Carlos Beltran and catcher Brian McCann this offseason.
Altogether, the deals total $438 million.
"I think there's an exclamation point that's been made today that our work was not complete or finished in terms of trying to put a team that people could at least talk about as having a shot to take a run of qualifying for the playoffs and playing into October," Cashman said. "I think our fans can recognize that Hal Steinbrenner and Hank Steinbrenner mean what they say when they intend to put a team on the field that can compete on a yearly basis."
In addition to the deal, the Yankees must reportedly pay a $20 million fee to Tanaka's Japanese team.
Tanaka is getting the highest contract for an international free agent and the fifth largest deal for a pitcher.
The Yankees are hoping history repeats itself. They didn't make the postseason in 2008 and then went out and spent more than $420 million on free agents, and then won the World Series in 2009.
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Some of the Meadow City's premier past high school and college football players will suit up for the fledgling Las Vegas Outlaws "semi-pro" gridiron team in its second full season of competition.
The season kicks off Saturday with the TeamBuilders Bowl at Perkins Stadium. The game — pitting the Outlaws against the New Mexico Razorbacks — begins at 2 p.m., but the action commences an hour earlier with a lineup of entertainment designed to pump up the home crowd.
The Las Vegas Optic has a new advertising manager. Vince Chavez's first day on the job was Tuesday.
Chavez, 52, is in the process of moving to San Miguel County from his home near Taos. He and his wife, Susan Maggie Chavez, are empty nesters who have raised five sons. They also have two granddaughters.
Chavez grew up in the Midwest, but most of his adult life was spent in New Mexico and Colorado. He's lived in Mesilla, Las Cruces and Taos in New Mexico. "My real passion is the West and the diversified culture we have out here," he said.
Santa Fe Indian School and nimble point guard Jenine Coriz didn't do anything fancy.
They just plain outworked Robertson in the pivotal third quarter of Thursday night's District 2-3A girls' basketball clash at Mike Marr Gym.
Coriz scored 10 of her 17 points in that period as the Lady Braves outscored their hosts 20-3 to seize a 48-35 lead.
The Lady Cardinals came to life in the final period, pressing and attacking with the urgency they lacked the previous eight minutes. But they ultimately came up just shy in a 51-49 defeat.
Once again, the road to state in District 4-2A girls' basketball will go through Mora.
The Rangerettes clinched the top seed in this coming week's district tournament by defeating Pecos 53-44 on Wednesday evening at Montoya Gym.
With one game — for Mora, it's Saturday at Monte del Sol — remaining in the regular season, the Rangerettes are 19-6 overall and 5-0 in 4-2A. Pecos' Lady Panthers are 13-11 and 3-2.
DOWN thumb ... KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY. We agree that LeeEtte Quintana is her own person, and we understand that her husband must be considered innocent until proven guilty, but does the City Schools Superintendent Rick Romero really think it's wise that she replace her husband, Jay Quintana, as the girls' team golf coach? Team members might be interviewed by investigators looking into allegations that he had sex with a student for years, and her presence may be an inhibiting factor.
OK, so our little town has been getting a lot of attention, most of it is negative. Most of it is coming from the eastern most part of town too. I think that with the negative attention the town is getting from the Robertson football boys and its academic leaders, the issue isn't only triggering people to say bad things about Las Vegas City school, but West Las Vegas also. I recall going to the New Mexico State Fair parade in Albuquerque in September 2008. Robertson High school band was unfortunately not participating in the parade, but West Las Vegas High was.
In a split vote, the City Council this week passed an ordinance that is somewhat stricter than state law on where sex offenders can live.
State law requires that sex offenders live at least 1,000 feet away from a school or daycare center. The city's new ordinance would expand that to playgrounds, parks and the city's recreation center.
The ordinance was proposed by Mayor Tony Marquez, who told the council that the city can't always depend on state law.
Remember the days before caller ID, when we generally had no clue of who was on the other end unless we recognized the voice or the other person introduced him/her/self?
I can remember a couple of thriller movies based on the idea of a frantic search for the location of the phone booth where a man with a bomb was about to blow up a chunk of the city. Typically, it involved detectives racing through the banks of a phone company building trying to narrow the search to a two-block area.
The downward trend in enrollment continues at the Las Vegas City Schools.
Associate Superintendent LeeEtte Quintana, sitting in for Superintendent Rick Romero, who was in Las Cruces, said at a school board meeting this week that enrollment had dropped.
"Every month we try to keep you abreast of what our enrollment looks like, from last month to this month we have lost 13 more students. Our current enrollment in the district as of Feb 10 is 1,963 students," Quintana told the board.
While Robertson High School's golf coach is on leave facing sexual abuse allegations, his wife will assume head coaching duties — an appointment drawing criticism from some.
LeeEtte Quintana, associate superintendent for the Las Vegas City Schools, already was the team's assistant coach, serving under her husband, Jay Quintana, the head coach.
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Innovators at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center have patented a clamp that simplifies the measurement of forces applied during clamping. The device is particularly useful for applications where it is important to measure specific clamping pressure, such as bonding sensors to substrates, during adhesive bonding, or clamping sensitive or delicate parts. The Armstrong force-measuring clamp includes both clamping and measuring capabilities in a single device. The device contains the loading mechanism, the sensors that detect and measure the amount of force being applied, a power source, signal conditioning components, and a force display. Like many load-measuring devices, the clamp uses strain gauges and exploits the well-known proportionality between strain and applied force or pressure. Conventional methods of measuring clamping forces are cumbersome as they involve the use of complex measuring devices in addition to force-application equipment, including calibrated spring clamps, load washers, and miniature load cells in combination with external power sources and load-indicating equipment. In contrast, this innovation is a complete application and measure system, all in one package.
- Efficient: Provides force application and measurement in a single system
- Accurate: Applies the desired clamping force or pressure with ease, improving precision
- Adaptable: Incorporates a clamp of almost any size to enable measurement of a force of nearly any magnitude
- Practical: Offers ease of operation in a compact device
This innovation can be used to measure clamping force during a variety of critical operations, including:
- Curing of adhesives and composites
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- Joining fragile components
- Determining the pressure exerted by delicate medical equipment
Armstrong has one patent issued (U.S. Patent No: 6,758,098→ ) for this technology.
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Can you make your own simple spinning wheel? Like from "found" objects? I am curious if it can be done. I have a very good understanding of how a wheel works, but I am by no means a woodworker. Am I thinking of attempting something I shouldn't?
The reason I ask is because I was in a local antique store yesterday and saw the perfect little wheel, probably from a wheel barrow, and for some strange reason, I can't quit thinking about how I could make a spinning wheel. It would make a cute little castle style wheel. I even laid awake last night thinking and planning. Guess I am going to have to go back and get it and put it in the "someday" category.
Gee whiz - like I need something else to do......
the answer is yes - at least two of members here have done so - Pitchy and RabbitGeek - Pitchy's are rustic wood or metal and RabbitGeeks was cardboard(if I remember correctly).
There have been many wheels made from bicycle wheels, wheelchair wheels, you name it. The "wheel" is the easy part - the mechanism (sealed bearings etc) that makes for a smooth clutch-type system for uptake and tensioning is a bit more quirky.
Obviously THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of European immigrants/settlers brought with them the handmade wheels that some handy craftsman in their family made for them. so it is most definitely doable.
Thanks for the encouragement! Hubby is very mechanically minded - I bet he can figure out that end of it. Probably won't happen any time soon, but it can't hurt to start collecting pieces and parts, can it?
my first wheel was "home-made" - not by me - built by a 90 year old man near Duluth who has been making them for 40 years now. He started out making a wheel for his wife, which mushroomed into making them for members of his wife's fiber guild, and has been making them ever since. I got one of his last wheels before he retired.
Heres a youtube clip of a bicycle spinning wheel.
Google 'spinning wheel plans" They are out there to give you ideas. I think it would take a bit of tinkering to get one adjusted just right. Everythign has to be balanced. But it can be done. Some day, when DH has a bit more time, I'll have him build one for me.


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One of the most critical issues facing the Internet today and one that will affect its future growth is security. Too often, we see articles in the paper or on the Internet about data breaches that expose private data including credit card numbers and Social Security numbers. It can take those whose information is stolen years of work to clear up any damage done to their credit reports and their lives. While those attacks are often based on network security flaws, similarly damaging methods can be used through browser-based attacks on insecure websites. By sending malformed data in a web request, a hacker can modify or view confidential data in a site's back-end datastore.
The Archer Group has established an ongoing process to continually review and improve internal security processes so our clients can be assured their customers' data is secure. An action item from the most recent Archer Group internal "Security Summit" was to develop a series of data validators for the agency's Microsoft .NET projects in order to ensure data submitted on client websites is both validly formatted and safe for server processing.
Completion of the action item involved a two-step approach: on the browser side, implementation of the jQuery validation plug-in. This industry-standard and tested code works with browsers to give the user immediate feedback as to the validity of the data they're attempting to submit. It's also extensible, meaning the addition of custom client-side validation methods within its framework is possible.
Any web application security process must therefore include server-side validation logic. Microsoft has provided a number of validation controls in the .NET framework that provide both client and server-side validation functionality. These controls are flexible enough to cover virtually any situation necessary, but any customization of the validation requires manual coding by a developer. Additionally, not all Microsoft .NET web controls are validated by these tools, leaving gaps in what developers can do without coding. For example, .NET contains a CheckBoxList control to display a series of checkboxes but does not provide a way to ensure the user has selected one of those checkboxes. Archer's new server-side security framework not only allows the developer to specify a minimum number of boxes that must be selected but also a maximum.
The goal in developing custom validation tools was to provide a framework that allows developers to utilize standard Microsoft control functionality while allowing the easy implementation of custom validation. To that end, Archer has developed a base validation interface that all Archer-specific validators can inherit from. This interface accepts a WebControl to validate, a WebControl to display the validation result, and an XMLDocument containing the messages to display for each potential validation result. Thus the validation framework can not only inform the user that an input is both invalid, but also why that input is invalid. After processing the control, the validator returns a ValidationResult object that includes references to the control being validated, where to display the result, the specific message and a Boolean (true/false) property indicating if the validation succeeded or failed.
There is also a page-level object which takes an XML document, storing the validation result messages (automatically assigning them to each validator on the page), the collection of validators, and the validation results. This object is assigned to a .NET CustomValidator object to link with the standard .NET framework validation process.
After setting up each validator by assigning its properties as appropriate, the call to process the validation and display the results can be done with a few simple lines of code:
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We Love THE LOOK of Ossie Clark
Raymond "Ossie" Clark (9 June 1942–6 August 1996) was an English fashion designer who was a major figure in the Swinging Sixties scene in London and the fashion industry in that era. As a result, Ossie is now extremely well renowned for his vintage designs, the contemporary fashion era being characterised by past influences and a retro feel to design.
Clark is compared to the 1960s fashion greats Mary Quant and Biba. He is also known to be a great inspiration for many fashion designers, including Yves Saint Laurent, Anna Sui and Tom Ford. Manolo Blahnik has said of Ossie Clark's work: "He created an incredible magic with the body and achieved what fashion should do — produce desire." Ossie Clark and Ossie Clark for Radley clothes are highly sought after, and are worn by well known models like Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell.
Ossie Clark staged a fashion show on the streets of London and meter maids famously crashed the show posing as models and hamming it up for the press.
Ossie and his wife Ceclia is featured in David Hockney's 1970 painting Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy[4]. It now hangs in the Tate Britain gallery on Millbank and is one of the most visited paintings in Britain.
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#6 LEATHER & LACE - In a previous post, we shared our fervor for Leather & Lace - "Lovers Forever - face to face". So, it's not a surprise that this trend tops our holiday Want List.
For those of us who've been a little bit naughty and a little bit nice this year... this combination combines the fierce with the feminine. The Nebula is a great bootie to dress up almost any look. If you'd rather show a little skin, the Neat might be more your style.
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PHOENIX — Education-reform advocates won a key victory today, with a judge upholding the constitutionality of Arizona's first-in-the-nation education savings accounts.
The Maricopa County Superior Court rejected a legal challenge by the Arizona School Boards Association and the Arizona Education Association against the accounts, known formally as empowerment scholarship accounts (ESAs).
"Though this is only the opening round of a protracted legal battle, it is gratifying to start with a victory for the kids," declared Clint Bolick, vice president for litigation at the Goldwater Institute, who argued on behalf of the Institute before Judge Maria Del Mar Verdin.
ESAs were proposed by the Goldwater Institute as a way to expand educational opportunities, and were adopted by a bipartisan majority of the Arizona Legislature for disabled schoolchildren in 2010. For eligible children who leave the public schools, the state provides 90 percent of their per-pupil funding in an account that can be used for a wide variety of educational purposes, including private school tuition, tutoring, distance learning, community college classes, and educational software.
The Arizona Supreme Court struck down school vouchers in 2009, holding that because they could only be used for private school tuition, they were impermissible aid to private and religious schools. Judge Verdin noted that ESAs, by contrast, can be used by parents to fund various services from multiple entities. "The exercise of parental choice among education options makes the program constitutional," she concluded.
The Goldwater Institute has called for expansion of the program to children who are enrolled in poor-performing public schools.
Although an appeal is inevitable, Bolick said, "We wish the school boards and teachers' union would call off the attack dogs and direct their resources toward education rather than litigation."
In addition to the Goldwater Institute, the program is defended by Attorney General Tom Horne and the Institute for Justice. The decision comes in the middle of National School Choice Week.


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Bechtel Awarded FEED Contract For A New LNG Project In Mozambique
HOUSTON, Jan. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bechtel has been selected by AnadarkoMocambique Area 1, Limitada to perform a front end engineering and design (FEED) for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in the Republic of Mozambique. This is the first LNG project in the country.
"The Mozambique LNG FEED award builds on Bechtel's extensive experience in LNG and in Africa, where we have worked for more than 50 years," said Jack Futcher, president of Bechtel's Oil, Gas and Chemicals business unit. "We are excited by the prospect of working with Anadarko and its partners to develop a world-class facility that will bring jobs and economic development to Mozambique."
The FEED is for the initial phase of the onshore LNG facility that will be built in the Cabo Delgado province in the northeast of the country. Bechtel will develop a design for a multi-train liquefaction plant with a nominal train capacity of five million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) of LNG, and an overall LNG park plan that will allow for future expansion of the facility to approximately 50 MMTPA. First commercial LNG sales from the facility are planned for 2018.
Bechtel is a global leader in the LNG industry, having successfully delivered 28 LNG trains in nine countries, including Trinidad, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, and Australia. In addition, through the Global LNG Collaboration with ConocoPhillips, Bechtel is currently building four LNG facilities in Australia and an export facility in the United States.About Bechtel: Bechtel is among the most respected engineering, project management, and construction companies in the world. We stand apart for our ability to get the job done right—no matter how big, how complex, or how remote. Bechtel operates through five global business units that specialize in civil infrastructure; power generation, communications, and transmission; mining and metals; oil, gas, and chemicals; and government services. Since its founding in 1898, Bechtel has worked on more than 22,000 projects in 140 countries on all seven continents. Today, our 53,000 employees team with customers, partners, and suppliers on diverse projects in nearly 50 countries. For more information about Bechtel visit www.bechtel.com
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This block is a part of my Fairy Tale series. You can find all of the patterns listed separately as well as in bundles "Once Upon a Time" and "Happily Ever After."
This pattern features the candy house in the forest - still intact before Hansel and Gretel show up! The pattern makes a 10" block.
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- Pilots to vote on American Airlines' final contract offer
- Delta to offer international Wi-Fi service
JetBlue, Emirates forge frequent-flier alliance
JetBlue and Emirates will announce today a reciprocal frequent-flier pact in which customers can earn credits in either of the carrier's loyalty programs.
Starting July 1, members of JetBlue's TrueBlue frequent-flier program will be able to earn TrueBlue points on any of Emirates' worldwide flights.
Conversely, members of Emirates' Skywards program will be able to earn Skywards miles on any of JetBlue's flights in North and South America.
Customers can choose to earn credit in only one frequent-flier program or the other on any given flight.
PHOTO GALLERY: A walk-through of Emirates A380
JetBlue customers choosing to earn TrueBlue points on Emirates flights will receive a point total that's tied to the number of miles of the flight. Discounted "Saver" fares on Emirates earn a reduced number of points, with some earning just 50% credit. On the flip side, bonus TrueBlue points would be earned for paid fares in Emirates' first- and business-class cabins. Only the top end of Emirates' coach fares will earn 1 point per mile; Most coach fares on Emirates were earn at the discounted rates of 1 point for every 2 miles flown.
POINTS CHART: JetBlue, Emirates announce frequent flyer earning reciprocity (The Wandering Aramean blog)
Emirates customers choosing to earn Skywards miles when flying JetBlue will receive mileage tied to the length of the flight. As with JetBlue, the mileage earned is weighted by the fare paid. Full economy fares earn a full 1 mile for each mile flown, while discounted fares earn as little as 1/4 of a mile for each actual mile flown.
Additionally, the airlines also plan to add an option to redeem credits/miles for travel on the other carrier, though details of that won't come until February.
More immediately, the carriers are offering double TrueBlue points or Skywards miles for flights on the other carrier. The promotion -- which requires advance registration -- begins July 1 and runs through Sept. 30.
The frequent-flier pact adds to partnerships already in place between Emirates and JetBlue that allow the carriers to sell same-ticket connecting itineraries on a combination of the carriers' flights.
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U Michigan is perhaps the first major university to tap Foursquare to help boost attendance at its athletic events. "...
the general idea is to use Foursquare to provide deals and tips for fans who attend games at venues like Michigan Stadium and provide more visibility to the university's lesser known sports by offering incentives to people who attend competitions."
Yahoo Japan has acquired location-based advertising company Cirius Technologies based in Tokyo. The Sunnyvale, California office of the 30 person company will close after the acquisition is complete.
Per RWW "Marc Harter has released a new web service, command line tool and open source software called Ogre, which transforms geographic data from 16 different formats into GeoJSON, the preferred new format for geolocation web app developers." Per Slashgeo, it's a Web client that uses ogr2ogr.
Are we ready for yet about API based mapping service? What makes the new player, expected to launch in September, Squ0rk Maps different?
Well the design team of Squork Maps take the view that until now, people have had access to maps and finding places, but unless you have expertise in scripting or coding, putting your own data on the map (plotting pins) has been something few people could do by themselves.
What makes Squork Maps different then is that it enables non technical people to upload, publish, edit and download their data on maps.
The data is your own and the offering sits between ESRI/PBBI solutions and Google Maps/Bing Maps. Can't find out much more on it.
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On This Day, We Pause To Remember DANTE'S PRAYER by Loreena McKennitt
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Always Remember September (9-11)
On September 11, 2001 I woke up to just another ordinary Tuesday as a busy mother, wife, and full-time 'non-traditional' college student. My mom came and picked up my two young girls to take them to school, and I jumped into my car and headed up to campus. At the corner of 700 East and … Continue reading
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Today the United States of America celebrates Memorial Day. It was first titled "Decoration Day", derived from the decorations placed upon graves of fallen Civil War soldiers in the 1800s. This day has become set apart to officially remember those who sacrificed everything on our behalf. On May 2, 2000, President Bill Clinton issued a … Continue reading
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Fireman's Park is a public-private project culminating in a joint effort between the Beech Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, Beech Mountain Club, and Town of Beech Mountain.
The nearly two acre park land sits nestled in a triangular pocket between the Beech Mountain Club driving range, BMVFD Station #2 on St. Andrews Rd, and Pine Ridge Rd. The brand new neighborhood park includes parking access at both Pine Ridge and St Andrews roads, and will serve the neighborhoods along this northern/north-eastern corridor of Beech Mountain.
Included in the park master plan is the addition of a new hiking trail providing connectivity between the Pine Ridge parking area, park site, driving range, fire department, and the Town of Beech Mountain Wild Iris hiking trail. Additionally, the quaint neighborhood park will feature benches, picnic tables and grills fit for a wonderful afternoon picnic. Finally, the project will be capped off with the addition of fire themed playground apparatus complete with Beech Mountain Volunteer Fire Department insignias and lettering. Children and parents alike are sure to bask in the splendor of the parks serene beauty and exciting new playground amenities.
The community is proud to embrace this wonderful project that will provide the Town of Beech Mountain with another valuable recreation asset, honoring our local emergency professionals, while continuing to foster positive working relationships between various organizations within the Town of Beech Mountain.
Although ground has already broken on this project, funds are still needed to see the park to fruition. Any and all contributions are tax deductible and go to a great cause. Your help is greatly appreciated!
In the meantime, the park committee invites you to take a stroll along the already completed hiking trail, picnic at the park area, meander along the stream that flows through the park, and enjoy this great new addition to our community!
Again, fundraising efforts for this project are still underway, so please help contribute to the ongoing growth and expansion of this park facility and its variety of amenities that are sure to be of interest to you and your family. Information on how to donate can be found at www.beechrecreation.org or by calling 828.387.3003.
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DR Congo: Using cows for transport to help women farmers
On the road leading to Kisuma, in the region of North Kivu, Furaha pauses briefly and wipes the sweat from her brow without removing the cloth sack she carries securely on her back.
- This pilot experience aims to use animal traction as a means of rural transportation in order to encourage farmers' mobility and reduce women's workload in North Kivu.
- To date, nearly 4,000 farmers from the region, the majority of whom are women, are benefiting from animal traction.
- The Government of South Korea has funded the project, contributing close to US $3 million for 3 years.
"It's even more tiring to put it on the ground and then pick it back up again," she says. The sack weighs 15 kilograms. "And the mill is still three kilometers away."
Furaha is far from the exception—women carrying heavy loads, sometimes 30 or 40 kilos, are found heading to markets on all of North Kivu's roads.
"Where we come from, women are seen as tools for work. They're the ones who farm the fields, take care of the harvest and transport the food to the markets," explains Christian Ndoole, head of the training center for cattle in Kisuma. The center recently launched its activities by welcoming 30 male and female farmers from 15 community associations.
With support from UNDP and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), as well as funding from the Government of South Korea, this pilot project aims to use animal traction as a means of rural transportation to encourage farmers' mobility and reduce women's workload in North Kivu.
"Providing relief for women will also help create more opportunities to increase their resources, and associations will thus be able to rent out cows for other activities and improve life in communities," Ndoole says.
After 40 days of training, the 30 trainees will return to their respective associations to share what they have learned and transfer their knowledge to other members.
Approximately 4,000 farmers who are members of beneficiary associations, of whom the majority are women, are expected to benefit from animal traction and the use of harnessed teams of cows.
However, the idea of using cattle as draft animals is fraught with cultural resistance among the region's farmers. According to a UNDP-funded anthropological study conducted in 2013, raising cattle is solely geared toward milk and meat production. Moreover, enormous symbolic and social values are associated with herds of cattle, the pride of livestock farmers.
Despite these cultural barriers, enthusiasm is real among the trainee-herders, including Furaha.
"Usually, every Tuesday and Friday, I carry between 15 and 20 kilos of goods between Boabo and Masisi Center," she says. "Using the cows will help relieve my suffering."
This initiative is part of the "Community Recovery and Peacebuilding in North Kivu" project. In addition to promoting animal traction, the project plans to renovate and build rural markets in order to boost economic activities in North Kivu but also to create professional training centers for youth, former combatants and people living with HIV to provide job opportunities for them.
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Nekro challenges you, a once powerful Alchemist, to destroy the King who betrayed you. As you seek vengeance, you turn to the dark powers of the world, transforming yourself into a Necromancer, raiser of the dead. Summoning an undead army, you march towards the King's castle, letting nothing stand in your way.
Playing with the speed and fluidity of an old-school action game, Nekro promises an intense and captivating gameplay experience from start to finish. Use different minions in unison to create a force that's greater than the sum of its parts. Utilize a unique blood mechanic to harvest the flesh of your enemies as you power your undead war machine.
- Create unholy armies using the corpses of your enemy!
- Blood permanently stains the battlefield; body parts squish, bounce, and roll!
- Upgrade your minions to create the perfect 'monster loadout'!
- Equip powerful armors that literally change the playstyle of the game!
- Dozens of abilities, enemies, monsters and powers!
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- No play through is ever the same!
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What is Early Access?
For those of you who may not be familiar with Steam's Early Access service, it is a way for developers to let players test their games before the game is considered complete. Games on Early Access are updated, and all users who have purchased that Early Access game get the update. This allows constant feedback on the game as it progresses, facilitating a relationship between player and developer that can help games cater more to the desires of the player base.
Why Early Access?
We are at a stage in the game where we feel very confident in its performance. It has a lot of content in it and it's fun. We were holding local playtests to get feedback which has been extremely positive but it's time to get feedback on a much larger scale. We will be entering Nekro into public Beta, which will allow us to get tons of feedback on what people like and what they don't. Steam's Early Access is the best way to reach a large audience while cultivating constructive opinion and moving the game forward as a large group.
I Hate Early Access Games! Why DarkForge, WHY!
I'll be the first to say I have mixed feelings about the way Early Access is being handled; I myself have purchased Early Access games only to be burned by the developers not delivering on promises or updating half a year apart.
Here's why Nekro is different:
- Nekro has already been in development for 3 years now – it's not in Alpha; it's in late Beta.
- We have a fully playable game – bugs are at a minimum, all core mechanics work, we've tested the game to all hell and it's fun.
- We will be trying to run our Early Access with an open door policy. Myself and other core members of the team will be personally responding to posts on our Steam Forums. I will attempt to ensure all voices with something constructive to say will get heard.
- We intend to release at least one update every two weeks.
OK, So What is Actually Included with the Early Access Game?
Upon launching Nekro on Steam's Early Access here's what will be available:
- 8/20 Levels will be in the game and fully functional.
- 7/9 Summons will be fully functional and playable.
- 17/20 Enemy Units are in and functional.
- 3/5 Nekro Powersets will be fully functional and playable.
- 14/18 Trinkets are present, collectable and useable.
- 1/2 of the Multiplayer Units are in and playable.
- Multiplayer is fully functional.
How Long Until Nekro is 100% Finished?
From the time we launch Early Access, depending on feedback, we anticipate the game to launch mid to late 2014.
How Much Will the Early Access Game Cost?
If you are a backer, or pre-order you will be entitled to one free steam Key. Additional copies will cost $19.99 USD.
Nekro FAQ
What type of game is Nekro?
Nekro is an action / strategy game, where you, a powerful Necromancer, summons an army of undead to take revenge against a corrupt King. Nekro features action combat with an emphasis on strategy gameplay.
What platforms will Nerko be released on?
Nekro will released on PC, Mac, and Linux
When will Nekro be released?
We are shooting for beta by the end of 2013 and full release in 2014.
How much will Nekro be when it is released?
As cheap as we can make it while still being able to eat! You can preorder it now at a reduced price.
What is the backstory behind the game?
You play as an Alchemist betrayed by the King. In order to exact your revenge, you turn to the dark powers of the world, becoming a Necromancer, and summoning an undead army to march toward the King's castle.
Are there other player classes?
Nekro features one main character and base class. As players progress in Nekro, they will be able to unlock new Nekro Powers. Nekro Powers will change the primary ability of the Nekro as well as change the appearance of the Nekro himself. Each new Nekro Power will play in a unique way, allowing many different play styles that players can choose.
Will there be multiplayer in Nekro?
Multiplayer / CO-OP will not be in the initial release, but will be added in a patch later.
What tools do you use to make Nekro?
Nekro was built in Unity. The team also uses many common art packages used within the game industry, including Photoshop, Maya, 3D Studio Max, and Zbrush.
What games are similar to Nekro?
Nekro is unique, so its hard to really pinpoint a single game it is similar to, but the following have related characteristics: Dungeon Keeper, Myth: The Fallen Lords, Overlord, and Pikmin.


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Authors: René Claxton MD, Derek Angus MD, and Robert Arnold MD
Background Prognostication for ICU patients is challenging. Grieving families, trying to make informed decisions about their loved ones care, often ask What are the chances he or she will get through this? Several prognostic models have been developed to predict survival for groups of patients stratified by severity of illness. These are used in outcomes research to compare patient groups, assess and compare ICU performance and help guide resource allocation. Anecdotally, data from these models is sometimes used in discussing prognosis with family members of critically ill patients. This Fast Fact discusses common ICU prognostic models and their role in guiding patient care and communication.
Widely used ICU prognostic models Common models for predicting mortality in medical-surgical ICU patients include the Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) score, the Mortality Probability Model (MPM), the Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) and the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score (1-4). The SOFA score can be calculated at the bedside based on laboratory and physiologic data; however, this model has not been widely used in either clinical or research practice by the critical care community to predict mortality. The APACHE, MPM, and SAPS models are more widely used and require computer software to calculate a score based on multiple variables including type of admission, the patient's underlying diseases, physiologic data, and – in the case of APACHE – laboratory data. The APACHE score is based on the worst values available during ICU Day 1 whereas MPM and SAPS scores are calculated based on data obtained within one hour of ICU admission. The models require re-validation over time as ICU interventions and outcomes change. The APACHE score is currently in its fourth version. MPM and SAPS are in their third versions. Although APACHE IV and MPM III require proprietary software to calculate a score, the SAPS3 score can be computed using a downloadable calculator (5). Individual institutions may use a model for all ICU admissions for purposes of quality monitoring, outcome reporting, or research, and so some clinicians may have these scores readily available to them.
Accuracy of the prognostic models The discrimination and calibration ability of ICU prognostic models determine their predictive accuracy (6). Discrimination is the ability of a model to predict a mortality rate similar to the observed rate; calibration reflects a model's ability to predict an outcome at multiple levels (mortality rates). The most recent versions of APACHE, MPM, AND SOFA show both high discrimination and calibration. All three models report a score based on the above variables that correlates with a predicted in-hospital mortality rate. For example, a SAPS3 score of 73 correlates with a hospital mortality rate of 62%. The other two models work similarly.
Clinical use of ICU prognostic models All of these models accurately predict rates of in-hospital mortality in a population of critically ill patients. This is different than predicting survival for an individual patient (7), let alone using them to guide individual treatment decisions. None of the models alone can, for instance, predict 100% mortality, a standard that some families and clinicians may require in order to limit life-sustaining treatments. Also, as these models focus solely on in-hospital mortality as the outcome measure, a patient's functional status, quality of life, and long-term prognosis are not predicted. These considerations can be equally as important as short-term survival for families and clinicians in determining appropriate treatment goals. Practically, then, the clinical use of the models is best limited to three uses:
Author Affiliations: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
Fast Facts and Concepts are edited by Drew A. Rosielle MD, Palliative Care Program, University of Minnesota Medical Center – Fairview Health Services, and are published by the End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin. For more information write to: firstname.lastname@example.com. More information, as well as the complete set of Fast Facts, are available at EPERC: http://www.mcw.edu/eperc. Readers can comment on this publication at the Fast Facts and Concepts Discussion Blog (http://epercfastfacts.blogspot.com).
Copyright/Referencing Information: Users are free to download and distribute Fast Facts for educational purposes only. Claxton R, Angus D, Arnold R. Prognostic Models in Critically Ill Patients. Fast Facts and Concepts. November 2010; 235. Available at: http://www.eperc.mcw.edu/EPERC/FastFactsIndex/ff_235.htm.
Disclaimer: Fast Facts and Concepts provide educational information. This information is not medical advice. Health care providers should exercise their own independent clinical judgment. Some Fast Facts cite the use of a product in a dosage, for an indication, or in a manner other than that recommended in the product labeling. Accordingly, the official prescribing information should be consulted before any such product is used.


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Castle Raiders
Coming soon from Binary Helix:
Castle Raiders
An internet multiplayer game of building and raiding... More info to follow.
Whoa, you guys are still alive and kicking?
Lost track of you after Dangerous disappeared into limbo somewhat... really looking forward to this.
What happened with all the ambitious stuff you had planned for Dangerous?
For example, in the HD build, you'll be able to fly down to the planet's surface and watch it tessellate in real-time. There are photo-realistic ringed planets, with asteroid belts with 50,000 separate individual asteroids. And lots more cool stuff. And the best part, everybody with the HD build gets it for free. And the SD build got some graphics love, too.
But enough about Dangerous. This new game is much more casual friendly, and will hopefully be the juice we need to finish Dangerous and a whole host of projects. I think there will be much excitement when we finally take the wraps off of Castle Raiders.
Real shame about Dangerous, too bad it didn't go well enough.
Here's to you being right on Castle Raiders...
Can you provide some more details already? The info in your initial post is quite sparse.
E.g. what does "building and raiding" mean here?
If you want to appeal to a broader audience, change the artwork for the females:
Both are way too cliche and appear to be made to cater to the typical oversexed hormone-overdosed male teenager audience.
While the left one looks ok, outside a Louis Royo painting you do not go adventuring in your "playtime" clothes. Give her some decent armor, really.
The right one is worse: spelunking in a cheap neglige, or what?
Just found a great quote, here http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/to...ex/4596976/11:
NO to oversexualised robes.
EDIT: Or well, Bioware wasn't a fan of chainmail bikinis. The World of Warcraft style (not in latest item sets I think) has been a lot about women fighting in plate thongs and having swimsuit magic robes.
Directly above that post there is a nice picture.
This one is even better: http://www.elfwood.com/~yang/Female-...e.3349724.html
Unless you have a game rule that clothing interferes with female spellcasting , you *can* make cool-looking chars that aren't (half) naked.
Thanks for your comments and feedback. It's much appreciated.
*grin* I don't have a problem with nakedness either, nor with good-looking women shown with not much on despite a huge sword. Nothing is horrible about showcasing the female form, quite the contrary. I didn't mention Royo for nothing
I just think it is a bit out of place here.
Like your female thief: what would she look like as a man? Wear the same clothes?
For fun, swap her and the knight: case her in the heavy armor, and him in the skimpy briefs.
I certainly didn't say that out of political correctness (which I quite despise actually), but from a "be realistic" angle. On most fantasy book covers, ridiculous male Barbarians in Fur Thong of Bulging Manhood +3 luckily are a relic of the last century, and females in Robe of Boobiness +85 DD hopefully will go the same way too at some point.
Louis Royo is the best example: he is consistent. Either nobody wears much, like in his fantasy art. Or everybody is dressed reasonable for the job, as you can see in his SF art (say, for Shadowrun) where both sexes wear sensible clothing and armor.
Anyways, back to the game No clue about Minecraft, but the raiding stuff alone sounds like fun (not that I like WoW, always refused to play that).
Almost forgot that:
I like the way the thief looks
And the Mage on the left is very well done, too. Necromancer?
Something is wrong with the Knight, though: his head looks somewhat like it was tacked on after the armor was drawn, cannot describe it any better; it just looks, well, off to me.
And the Sorceress looks even stranger, also mostly because of the face.
Nullzone, I appreciate your feedback. Thanks for the pointer on Louis Royo, I like his art style. Unfortunately, not much we can do to change things now even if I wanted to since we commissioned an artist to do that image and logo at prevailing cover art prices (which ain't cheap). The one real bit of an experiment here is that while our game environment is blocky, we are going with more realistic characters. That may be more incongruous than even the cover art, but I'm tired of seeing blocky everything. And eventually, I plan to swap out the blocky environment for something more curvy and realistic.
By the way, if anybody wants to give the game a whirl, it's live on Google Play for free:
Castle Raiders v0.1
We're following the MVP (minimum viable product) strategy in getting the game out the door quickly, followed by weekly iterations depending on feedback. We also have an ambitious roadmap of features planned, too. So anybody with an Android device, please give it a try and let us know what you think.
We'll port it to iOS after getting the kinks worked out since the lead times for iOS app approvals are lengthy.
Don't worry about it. If you are happy with the artwork, that is the most important thing for now.
Don't have an Android device, so I cannot hop in to take a closer look.
From the screenshots and what little I saw of Minecraft screens, I'd say it looks minecraft-ey enough
Wish you best of luck that things turn out well for you.
Holler when things are ready for iOS
So one year later.. Any update on this? Stumbled here from Nullzones link in the Dangerous thread. Damn I got excited thinking Dangerous was getting updated. But this looks interesting..
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