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TELEPACIFIC EXPANDS INTO TEXAS WITH TEL WEST PURCHASE, present two arguments. The first should argue in favor of the proposed merger, from the perspective of the firms. The second argues against the proposed merger from the perspective of the broader public interest. In those arguments, answer the following questions.
1. Explain the importance of competition among firms.
2. Explain whether the competitive environment in this industry benefits society or not.
3. Is a high degree of market concentration a boon or threat to consumers? Explain. Use either the allocative efficiency or dynamic efficiency arguments.
4. Can the oligopoly market structure benefit both consumers and businesses by forging common standards in industries that experience rapid technological change?
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Year opened: 2006
Total indoor waterpark space: 103,000 square feet
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Accommodations: 406 suites in one of 10 configurations, including three designed especially for kids
Staff: 655 full-time, year-round
Waterpark description: The North Woods-themed indoor waterpark at Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls has more than 10 water slides, including three tube slides and a cannon bowl slide, a water coaster, a wave pool, two adults-only hot tubs and a lazy river — but the signature attraction is Fort Mackenzie. The four-story, interactive treehouse water fort is in the center of the park and features 12 levels of water-based adventure with more than 60 guest-activated water effects, all interconnected with suspension bridges, cargo nets and web crawls. Crowning Fort Mackenzie is a giant tipping bucket that holds nearly 1,000 gallons.
The "it" factor: From the all-suite guest accommodations to the 103,000-square-foot indoor waterpark, Great Wolf Lodge provides Niagara Falls visitors a comprehensive package of destination lodging amenities in a log cabin-styled setting. The property also offers two themed family restaurants, a spa, Scooops kids spa, a children's craft and activity room, a 100-game arcade, a fitness center and nearly 7,000 square feet of meeting and event space. A testament to the company's commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability, this facility has received a four leaf Green Leaf Eco-Rating from Audubon International's Green Leaf Eco-Rating Program.
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Linda Perucca is currently Associate Director of Global RD&Q Training for Kraft Foods Global Inc. Linda joined Kraft Foods in 1990 as a product development scientist and has held various positions within the organization with increasing responsibilities. Her roles have varied from new product development, quality improvements, and productivity margin improvements. Linda has also managed Basic Sciences Physical Characteristics and Intellectual Property Strategy areas. In her current role, she manages the Global Technical Functional Training Academy for the 3,300 RD&Q Organization.
Prior to joining Kraft, Linda worked three years for Schwan Sales Enterprises as a Product Scientist for the Tony's Pizza Food Service Division. She holds a BS degree from Purdue University in Food Science and a Baking Certification from American Institute of Baking.
Linda has been a member of IFT since 1985 and has held several positions within Chicago Section and IFT. She is the past Chair of the Chicago Section IFT and has held various chair committee positions including Host Section Activities for the National Convention. On the National Level, Linda has been the Chair of the Section Committee and Membership Experience Committee that recently developed the new image and tag line for IFT.


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This is a video from Porsche of seven 911's 'singing' Happy Birthday to celebrate 50 years of the model's existence. Skip to 0:55 if you just want to see the singing, because the first part is introducing all the models and the individual note each will be playing. It's, uh, ... / Continue →
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Two thieves in (where else?) New Jersey made off with a $148,000 Porsche Panamera after taking the car for a test drive with a salesman, and allegedly returning a fake key fob. They then returned later that night and made off with the vehicle. Not bad, guys. I'll give you $1,... / Continue →
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"It's pretty remarkable, what shape most of them are in," Kennedy said. "They last a long time. ... But when they go, they go fast. We have some that are in very rough shape."
Minneapolis doesn't build concrete streets anymore, and it is checking out the latest in concrete renovation to figure out how to extend the life of the ones it has, Kennedy said. It has patched some concrete streets with asphalt — a technique Edina rejected because of the black-and-white "Swiss cheese" appearance — but repairs holes made for utility repairs with concrete.
Concrete has some cracks
For cities, the biggest headache with concrete is that when concrete ages, panels shift and joints need to be repaired. Richfield has county roads that were originally concrete and were overlaid with blacktop, but the concrete base is so deteriorated that "the cracks just shoot to the surface," said Jeff Pearson, city transportation engineer.
In the next few years, Hennepin County will join with Richfield to replace concrete-based arterial streets like Portland Avenue and 66th Street with new asphalt, a decision Pearson favors.
"For a local street, I'd be hard-pressed to find a use for concrete over asphalt," he said.
Edina's Millner agrees. If the concrete streets in Birchcrest were just 30 percent damaged, the city might have repaired them, he said. But about half of the panels in those streets either need repair or will be damaged by major utility work that will be done this summer.
Millner said if those concrete streets were replaced with concrete, residents could not drive on them for a week and the surface would not reach its full strength for almost a month. And residents would be paying about $3,000 more per household to replace their streets.
Rietkerk acknowledges that concrete is not perfect. In some places, his street is cracked and concrete is crumbled around manhole covers.
"Sure, you get chucks, bump, bump, bump," he said. "We put in speed bumps to slow traffic. It's the same effect."
He says he didn't lose the debate over what to do with Tingdale. He's getting a nice, smooth, new blacktop street.
"I think the city lost," he said. "Because they will have to maintain it and they will lose it sooner."
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Awww You Mad? Trina And Keyshia Cole React To Getting Snubbed By The BET Awards…Nicki Minaj Clowns The Show, Too!
- By Bossip Staff Categories: News, Twitter Files, We Broke It Here First!With the announcement of the BET awards nominees making the news recently, it appears that a couple of artists aren't taking too kindly to being left out.
Trina and Keyshia Cole are a little peeved that their names won't be called when the cameras roll.
Trina hit up Twitter with a simple "EFF BET". Nicki Minaj had her back:
"Looks @ nominations. Didn't know it was April Fools… *waits for Trina's name to appear before I take this seriously*"
Damn, Nicki Minaj got nominated like 80 times and she's still clowning the awards show. She must have some serious love for Trina.
Keyshia Cole took the classy route:
Its like this. Been on the scene 7 years. I was 21 when I got signed. 7 # 1 records. No awards 4 none of them/still touring. It is Wht it is. These types of thing R the way they R. I'm not upset about any of it in any way. I hope everyone that goes has a wonderful time.
That awkward moment when u realize in everyone's eyes your not the ISHT anymore. #POW. I've officially got the memo. Thank mtv/bet
It's only been a few hours and people are already throwing stones at the awards choices. Wait till everyone decides to make fun of Chris Brown being nominated for best actor. WTF was that?!


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Welcome to the new official web site for the Baltimore County Professional Fire Fighters & Paramedics. This site is intended both as a general introduction to the public as well as a resource for over 1,500 Active and Retired members of IAFF Local 1311.
Briefly, L-1311 has proudly represented the career members of the Baltimore County Fire Department since 1958. With a full Executive Board, and a host of Station Stewards serving in the field, we strive to serve as the liaison for communications with the County Administration on behalf of our membership. One obvious goal is to constantly improve the working conditions of our members (i.e., safety, environment, benefits). As such, we are active in Local and State politics, community events and organizations, and public service programs.
We are your brothers and sisters, your neighbors and friends, and we appreciate your support.


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Our Mentoring Scheme provides Go tuition to promising young players.
There are two levels of the mentoring scheme.
Another option is to take part in the Online Study Group [1].
This is a scheme where junior players can learn from a series of puzzle sheets, and they can be awarded our official certificates. There are 3 levels, with 11 puzzle sheets in each level. You can get a certificate for completing each level of the scheme.
The puzzle certificate [2] can be downloaded from here in Word format. This puzzles file [3] contains all 33 puzzle sheets. These are in Word format, contained in a zip file. If you would like to be sent hard copies of the puzzles or certificate, please contact the Youth Development Officer.
There is an answer book for the puzzles and we are planning to make this available in electronic format soon. We also plan to produce an introduction and explanation for each puzzle sheet.
You can find these excellent Tips [4] on the UK Go Challenge site.
If you want to get strong at Go you have to practice the fundamentals. A good knowledge of Life and Death can make all the difference to your game. 9x9 Go and Life and Death problems are excellent ways to improve this. Two programs to practice with are IgoWin [5] (Basic) and Leela Lite [6] (Strong). There is also the life and death problem website to visit called GoProblems.Com [7].
Leela is one of the new generation of Computer programs using Monte Carlo techniques. Leela Lite is a free version that will play on 9x9 and 13x13 boards, but it has some little bugs. At 9x9 its strength is around 1 dan.
The green plus button lets you start a new game on your own terms. The yellow plus button lets you start a ranked game. In ranked games you start at 30 kyu. Each time you win, you move up a grade, losing drops you a grade. The ranks will be tougher and more realistic than those you are given when playing against IgoWin
Leela Lite plays with Chinese Rules. Under Chinese Rules placing a stone inside your own territory will not cost you a point. You will see the program regularly playing stones inside its territory at the end of the game, and this is usually a sign that it has lost. Sometimes Leela Lite will incorrectly mark the life and death status of a group. It is a good idea to kill groups completely before passing to stop this. (Remember, you don't lose points for putting a stone inside your own territory.) If your groups are marked incorrectly you can undo by twice pressing CTRL and Z together. The other thing to watch out for is the Positional Superko [8] Rule.
[1] http://www.britgo.org/teaching/onlinestudy
[2] http://www.britgo.org/files/junior/puzzlescert.doc
[3] http://www.britgo.org/files/junior/PuzzlesAll.zip
[4] http://www.ukgochallenge.com/tips/tips.html
[5] http://www.smart-games.com/igowin.html
[6] http://www.sjeng.org/leela.html
[7] http://www.goproblems.com
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The infant pneumococcal vaccine introduced 10 years ago has cut rates of pneumonia, meningitis and other infections among Navajos in the U.S. -- but their risks remain higher than average, a new study finds.
The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, commonly known as PVC7, was licensed in 2000 for protecting young children against several strains of the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterium. The bug causes a range of infections, including so-called invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) -- pneumonia, meningitis and bacteremia (a blood infection).
Before the vaccine was introduced, Alaskan Natives, Navajos and White Mountain Apaches were known to have rates of IPD up to 20-times greater than that of the general U.S. population.
In the new study, researchers found that cases of IPD caused by the bacterial subtypes covered by the PVC7 vaccine have been "virtually eliminated" from the Navajo Nation since the vaccine's introduction.
Dr. Katherine L. O'Brien and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found that between 2004 and 2006 -- the latest year for which they had data -- there were no cases of vaccine-type IPD among children younger than 5.
In contrast, between 1998 and 2000, there were 214 cases per 100,000 children between the ages of 1 and 2, and 161 cases per 100,000 children younger than 1 year.
Among adults age 65 or older -- the other age group at particular risk for IPD -- rates of vaccine-subtype infections fell 81 percent after the vaccine was introduced. Between 2004 and 2006, there were four cases of IPD per 100,000 adults in that age group.
The decrease among older adults is in line with research showing that vaccinating and preventing pneumococcal disease in children helps protect older adults as well.
Despite that success, however, the overall IPD rate remains four times higher among Navajos compared with the general U.S. population, O'Brien's team reports in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Among children younger than 5, Navajos still have IPD rates more than four-fold higher than those in the overall U.S. population -- with all cases caused by non-vaccine strains.
Similarly, adults age 65 and up showed no changes in their rate of IPD from non-vaccine strains between 1995 and 2006. Between 2004 and 2006, there were 159 cases per 100,000 adults in that age group.
The findings highlight a need for more preventive measures, according to O'Brien's team.
Studies have pointed to a number of reasons for the elevated IPD risk among Navajos and other Native groups -- including, among adults, relatively high rates of heart disease, alcoholism and diabetes, which can make people more vulnerable to pneumococcal infection; and, among children, higher rates of influenza and other viral respiratory infections.
More effort needs to go toward control those risk factors, O'Brien and her colleagues write.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a "PCV13" vaccine, which covers six additional S. pneumoniae subtypes, for infants and young children.
But, O'Brien's team says, even if that vaccine turns out to be 100-percent effective against all 13 strains, IPD rates among Navajo children younger than 5 will likely stand at about 20 cases per 100,000.
The study was partially funded by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, which manufactures the PCV7 and PCV13 vaccines. O'Brien and a co-author on the study have received grants from the company.
SOURCE: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/651680 Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 1, 2010.


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...Euler's theory of column buckling (1757), were worked out earlier, the real development began with the English scientist Thomas Young's modern definition of the modulus of elasticity in 1807. Louis Navier published the elastic theory of beams in 1826, and three methods of analyzing forces in trusses were devised by Squire Whipple, A. Ritter, and James Clerk Maxwell between 1847 and 1864....
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...equation is a generalization of the equation devised by Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in the 17th century to describe the flow of incompressible and frictionless fluids. In 1821 French engineer Claude-Louis Navier introduced the element of viscosity (friction) for the more realistic and vastly more difficult problem of viscous fluids. Throughout the middle of the 19th century, British...
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Question lingers in violent death
Killing of U of M employee leaves co-workers stunned
One question seemed forefront in the minds of Elaine Walsh's colleagues at the University of Memphis Sunday, all still trying to process the news that their friend and co-worker was dead.
Assuming the police accusations are correct, how could a son violently attack his mother like that, leaving her dead with stab wounds to her head and face?
Walsh, 55, was found dead in her East Memphis home early Saturday morning. Her 22-year-old son, William Walsh, has been charged with first-degree murder in her death.
"That's the big question mark. I'm waiting for an explanation, and I don't have one yet," said David Arant, who worked with Walsh at the U of M's University College. "I'm looking for some kind of rational explanation for an irrational act."
The confrontation started about 1 a.m. Saturday at the Walsh family home in the 5400 block of Gwynne, according to police.
About that time, Elaine Walsh went to speak with her son about about noise he was making in the house.
John Walsh, her husband, told police he went to bed, assuming she would join him after talking to their son. However, she never returned.
Sometime between 5:30 and 6 a.m., William Walsh came into his parents' bedroom and, according to the police affidavit, told his father that he had done "something terrible" and that he had "killed someone."
John Walsh then walked out into the living room and found his wife, dead on the sofa.
Some of those who worked with Walsh said they had no inkling of any problems between mother and son.
"If you lined up eight to 10 people, she would not be at all one that you would select would have such a tragic ending," said Richard Irwin, associate dean at the University College. "We have asked that question at our house for the past 36 hours continuously."
Dan Lattimore, dean of the University College, said William Walsh attended Northern Arizona University for a couple of years, but was back living in Memphis.
All those who spoke remembered a private woman who was absolutely dedicated to her job, someone for whom the title "business manager" didn't even come close to conveying all she did.
"She knew everything. The institutional knowledge was amazing," Irwin said. "She knew who to contact, she knew where there was a file, a person that needed to be tracked down, whatever it was."
Added Lattimore: "She had an excellent work ethic. She never went home on time."
William Walsh remained in jail Sunday night. He is due in court at 8:30 a.m. today.
Counselors will be on hand at the University College beginning at 8 a.m. today, according to the school.
A memorial service is at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Peter Catholic Church, with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, also at the church. Canale Funeral Directors has charge.
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Michigan Police Involved in a Slow-Speed Chase to Catch High Woman
Michigan police were involved in a slow-speed chase over the weekend that resulted in the arrest of a high Southfield woman. Yes, we said slow-speed chase.
Reports indicate that several witnesses spotted a woman driving erratically along Interstate 96 on Saturday evening and called polic


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Is There a Market for Ideas?Joshua S. GansUniversity of Toronto - Rotman School of Management; NBER Scott SternMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) December 3, 2009 Abstract: This paper draws on recent work in market design to evaluate the conditions under which a market for ideas or technology (MfTs) will emerge and operate efficiently. As highlighted by Roth (2007), effective market design must ensure three basic principles: market thickness, lack of congestion, and market safety. Roth also highlight the importance of dealing with "repugnance." Our analysis identifies the factors that are, in most circumstances, likely to inhibit the allocative efficiency of MfT. We show that key institutional developments such as the development of formalized IP exchanges suggest that effective market design may be possible for some innovation markets. Finally, our analysis suggests that markets for ideas are beset by the "repugnance" problem: from the perspective of market design, Open Science is an institution that places normative value on "free" disclosure and so undermines the ability of ideas producers to earn market-based returns for producing even very valuable "pure" knowledge. Number of Pages in PDF File: 35 Keywords: ideas market, intellectual property, market design, repugnance, appropriation JEL Classification: O31 Date posted: January 29, 2009 ; Last revised: December 7, 2009Suggested CitationContact Information
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For patients who need surgery for facial pain caused by trigeminal neuralgia, the most cost-effective procedure is the least often used, reports a study in the September issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
Percutaneous stereotaxic rhizotomy (PSR) provides good pain relief at much lower cost than other types of surgical treatments for trigeminal neuralgia, according to the report by Dr. Siviero Agazzi and colleagues of University of South Florida, Tampa. The researchers write, "PSR, despite being the most cost-effective, is by far the least utilized treatment modality."
Surgical Options for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Trigeminal neuralgia is a relatively common chronic pain condition, especially among older adults. Sometimes called "tic douloureux," trigeminal neuralgia is associated with a typical pattern of painful facial tics. Pain is thought to be caused by blood vessels placing pressure on the trigeminal nerve in the face.
When pain from trigeminal neuralgia can't be adequately controlled by medications, various surgical procedures may be recommended. To compare the cost-effectiveness of different surgical options, the researchers analyzed data on Medicare claims for trigeminal neuralgia during 2011. Of 1,582 patients with trigeminal neuralgia, 94 patients -- six percent of the total -- underwent surgical treatment.
Fifty-one percent of surgically treated patients underwent a procedure called microvascular decompression (MVD), in which a pad is placed to relieve pressure on the nerve. Forty-two percent underwent stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), a less-invasive "gamma knife" procedure. The remaining seven percent of patients underwent PSR -- a percutaneous operation in which the nerve fibers causing pain are destroyed by a needle inserted from the cheek all the way into the skull.
But although PSR was the least commonly used procedures, it was the least expensive, with an average weighted cost of about $3,900. That was about one-tenth the cost of the other two options: about $40,000 for MVD and $38,000 for SRS.
Wide Variations in Cost-Effectiveness
Based on published data, all three procedures reduced pain from trigeminal neuralgia, with some differences in effectiveness. Over ten years, average "quality-adjusted life-years" (QALYs) -- reflecting one year free of pain and without pain medications -- were 8.2 for MVD, 4.9 for SRS, and 6.5 for PSR.
After accounting for these differences, PSR was by far the most cost-effective option. Cost per QALY gained was about $600 with PSR, compared to $4,900 for MVD and $7,800 for SRS. Percutaneous stereotaxic rhizotomy was eight times more cost-effective than MVD and 13 times more cost-effective than SRS.
Dr. Agazzi and coauthors emphasize that their Medicare claims study is only preliminary. It was based on small numbers of patients -- including just seven treated with PSR. It also included limited data on outcomes and complications, such as facial numbness.
But within those limitations, the results suggest that PSR is an "under-utilized" procedure for patients with painful facial tics. The PSR procedure provides comparable pain relief, at a fraction of the cost of more commonly performed procedures. While further research is needed, Dr. Agazzi and colleagues note their findings are consistent with the only two previous studies evaluating the cost-effectiveness of surgical options for trigeminal neuralgia.
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Feeling feisty? Better keep it to yourself if you're flying out of Newark, JFK, or LaGuardia. According to the NY Daily News, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is considering fining flyers for bad behavior.
So if you're asked to sit down, turn off your electronic devices, or just to be quiet—you better comply, because if you delay a flight, you're paying for it.
The fines could potentially reach thousands of dollars, which is how much delays cost airlines in the first place. We wonder, though, how the fines will be levied. Pat Foye, executive director of the Port Authority, told the NY Daily News that "fines would be targeted primarily at repeat offenders and egregious behavior that causes lengthy delays." Will a flight attendant be able to fine a passenger with a screaming baby? What if you're held up in security and they're holding the plane for you—must you pay?
On the other hand, the NY Daily News also reports that Port Authority police responded to around 400 calls last year at New York City-area airports for passengers who refused to turn off electronic devices. (And that number doesn't even include all the incidents that didn't involve police.) Seriously people, Words with Friends can wait. Put down the iPhone!
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Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
Scientific Name: | Rana iberica | ||||||
Species Authority: | Boulenger, 1879 | ||||||
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Red List Category & Criteria: | Near Threatened ver 3.1 | |||
Year Published: | 2009 | |||
Date Assessed: | 2008-12-14 | |||
Assessor(s): | Miguel Tejedo, Jaime Bosch, Iñigo Martínez-Solano, Alfredo Salvador, Mario García-París, Ernesto Recuero Gil | |||
Reviewer(s): | Cox, N. and Temple, H.J. (Global Amphibian Assessment) | |||
Justification: Listed as Near Threatened because this species is in significant decline (but probably at a rate of less than 30% over ten years), thus making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable. |
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Range Description: | This species is endemic to Portugal and north-western and central Spain. It mostly occurs in montane areas up to 2,425m asl (such as the Sierra de Béjar, central Spain). Isolated populations of this species are present in the Basque Country, Central System Mountains, Extremadura in Spain and Marinha Grande and Serra de Sao Mamede in Portugal. |
Countries: | Native: Portugal; Spain |
Range Map: | Click here to open the map viewer and explore range. |
Population: | It is reasonably common in northern Portugal and north-western Spain. Populations in the Central System Mountains and Extremadura of Spain are declining very seriously. There is also evidence of population declines in the Sierra de Guadarrama (Madrid, Spain). |
Population Trend: | Decreasing |
Habitat and Ecology: | This is an aquatic species usually found in shady habitats (with abundant vegetation) close to rivers, streams, lakes and marshes. The species' terrestrial habitats include woods, moors, meadows and areas of low scrub. In the north of its range it can occur down to sea level along slower flowing rivers. Breeding and larval development takes place within various shallow stagnant waterbodies. |
Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
Major Threat(s): | Threats to this species include pressure from tourism development, urbanization of the lowland range, habitat loss through intensification of agriculture and deforestation and re-afforestation with non-native monocultures, introduction of non-native predatory fishes (salmonids) and mammals such as Neovison vison (American mink), desertification in southern Portugal, and habitat loss through hydroelectric projects. Recreational use by people of its habitats may cause disturbance to the species. |
Conservation Actions: | It is present in Parque Natural del Gorbea and Parque Natural de Izki in Spain, where it is also protected by national legislation and listed in the national Red Data Book as vulnerable. This species is listed on Appendix II of the Bern Convention and on Annex IV of the EU Habitats Directive. There have been some recent reintroductions of captive-bred individuals in central Spain. |
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Authors: | Taki Kanda: Bunri University of Hospitality, Japan | ||||
Publication title: | Studies on Consistency Threshold of Kansei in Paired Comparison | ||||
Conference: | 11th QMOD Conference. Quality Management and Organizational Development Attaining Sustainability From Organizational Excellence to SustainAble Excellence; 20–22 August; 2008 in Helsingborg; Sweden | ||||
Publication type: | Abstract | ||||
Issue: | 033 | ||||
Article No.: | 055 | ||||
Abstract: | Human Kansei is very complicated and it is not easy to evaluate it. Methods of paired comparison might be useful for evaluating human Kansei because it is generally said that human Kansei is nonlinear while methods of paired comparison are considered to be able to deal with nonlinear problems. In paired comparison it is important to confirm consistency of answers of each subject because if a subject's answers are inconsistent; it could not be said that evaluation of the subject's Kansei is validity. There are many methods of paired comparison which have been proposed and AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process); which was proposed by Tomas Saaty as a method to help us determine priority of alternatives to select; uses paired comparison for obtaining weights to criteria and values for evaluation of alternatives with respect to criteria. In AHP consistency of a subjects' answers is judged using Consistency Index referred to as C.I. in short. with respect to criteria. In AHP consistency of a subjects' answers is judged using Consistency Index referred to as C.I. in short. Threshold of C.I. on consistency of subjects' answers is generally 0.1 or 0.15 by empirical judgment but there is no theoretical or experimental ground about it. Other than C.I. coefficient of consistency is used for judgment on consistency of a subject's answers in paired comparison. Values of coefficient of consistency are calculated from the number of circular triad which implies inconsistency of a subject's answers. Here it is studied how to determine proper threshold of C.I. for judgment on consistency of a subject's answers in paired comparison | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Keywords: | Kansei; Paired comparison; AHP; Consistency Index | ||||
Year: | 2008 | ||||
No. of pages: | 7 | ||||
Series: | Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings | ||||
ISSN (print): | 1650-3686 | ||||
ISSN (online): | 1650-3740 | ||||
File: | http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp/033/055/ecp0803355.pdf | ||||
Available: | 2008-12-09 | ||||
Publisher: | Linköping University Electronic Press; Linköpings universitet | ||||


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Has anybody had a somewhat young dog (6 years) die within 10 hours of being completely healthy? got up this morning and let him out and he was chipper as always, came in and peed right on the carpet and i let him out again because he had never done that before. This time he just went outside and laid down, which he never does either, he's always running around as happy as can be. Next I know he's throwing up ever hour or so and became very lethargic. all this started at about 10 this morning, started throwing up and became lethargic at noonish, tried getting him to drink, which he did until about 3 when no matter what he put in his stomach it came right back up, went downstairs at about 5 and noticed he hadnt moved from the same spot for over an hour and ran upstairs debating if i needed to take him to a 24 hour emergency vet and my girlfriend came over and we were sitting with him and his breathing became rather labored so I said im getting the car, we're going right now! And as soon as I got the car started up my girlfriend ran out screaming that I had to come in right now!! So I ran in and watched my best friend take the last few gasps of his wonderful life...
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The Treaty of Algeron was a peace treaty signed between the United Federation of Planets and the Romulan Star Empire in 2311, following the events of the Tomed Incident. The Treaty of Algeron was signed approximately 160 years after the conclusion of the Earth-Romulan War. (TNG: "The Pegasus")
The treaty reinforced and redefined the Romulan Neutral Zone, and made clear that any violations of the Zone without adequate notification, by either side, would be considered an act of war. (TNG: "The Defector"; ENT: "These Are the Voyages...") The treaty also expressly prohibited the development or use of cloaking device technology by the Federation. Then-Captain Pressman attempted to circumvent this clause in 2358 with the test of a phasing cloaking device developed covertly at least in some part by Starfleet Intelligence aboard the USS Pegasus. (TNG: "The Pegasus")
An exception to the treaty in 2371 allowed for the limited supervised use of at least one cloaking device on loan from the Romulans. Operation of the cloaking device was to be limited to the Gamma Quadrant. In return, the Romulans would receive all information the Federation obtained on the USS Defiant's voyages into the Gamma Quadrant, most importantly any information concerning the Dominion. As such, the Defiant was the only Federation ship to be permanently equipped with a cloaking device. (DS9: "The Search, Part I", "Visionary") However, Captain Benjamin Sisko and his crew violated this amendment on several occasions by using the cloaking device in the Alpha Quadrant. (DS9: "The Way of the Warrior", et al)
In Q's anti-time future, the Federation possessed and openly used cloaking technology. The Romulan Empire had been conquered by the Klingon Empire, which presumably nullified the Treaty. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
In the video game Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Final Unity, the Treaty has a provision allowing entry into the Neutral Zone for scientific or archeological purposes, which the Enterprise-D exploited to investigate a Chodak planet.
In the video game Star Trek Online, set in 2409/10, the Romulan Star Empire collapsed due to the destruction of Romulus. The in-game lore [1] however states that the elected president of the United Federation of Planets, Aennik Okeg, proclaimed that the UFP and Starfleet are still bound to the contents of that treaty and all efforts concerning the research and/or developing of cloaking technology have been banned within the UFP (The Path to 2409: Volume 16, Chapter 2). This statement was a reaction to the exposed illegal attempts of Starfleet Security to develop cloaking technology of their own when the USS Kelso, fitted with a prototype cloaking device, was lost with all hands on Stardate 72487.91 due to a critical malfunction (The Path to 2409: Volume 16, Chapter 1).
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These collars are nice, but they are too bulky and heavy. Two of our dogs have thick necks but they are little guys, so I feel bad making them wear these heavy collars. The other dogs are smaller, and their collars don't tighten enough (don't have enough holes). They slipped right off. I am drilling more holes. If I bought a smaller collar, I would be worried about them being too tight. Plus, they weren't cheap and I personalized them, so I'm gonna make them work. :) There is also no guide/bracket/anything to tuck the flappy unbuckled part of the collar down.
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We ordered 2. One pink and one Orange and both with black letter embroidery. They are really nice. The only thing I would have changed is to have the size of the lettering smaller. We have large dogs so we ordered large collars which gave us large lettering as well. But it's ok, at least you can't miss their info!!! Haha. Really good quality so far. The pink leather is a little thicker and stiffer than the Orange.
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I ordered a small and it is NOT small. The embroidering looks great but it fits my dog on the first hole with a full 6 inches left hanging. Since her neck is only 9 1/2, that it just too much left - it goes around almost twice. I am going to have to cut it off and hope it doesn't come apart.
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This is the second time we have ordered the embroidered leather collar. The quality is great, and the letters clearly read. And customer service was so forgiving when I bought the wrong quantity of another item. They refunded the money and corrected the order within hours.
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I ordered 2 collars for my brother and sister pair of Lab-mix 7 year olds. One blue,one pink. The colors are beautiful! The lettering is nice and big. Very easy to read. They would be perfect IF there was more space between the names and the phone number. Otherwise I am very happy with these collars. Something I have wanted for my dogs for a long time.
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Stable release | 6 |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Type | Office suite |
License | Proprietary |
Website | http://www.ability.com |
Ability Office is an office suite developed by Ability Plus Software and distributed and marketed by Ability Software International and which consists of a word processor, spreadsheet, database, modules for presentation and photo or image editing, plus a photo/image organiser and vector line drawing application. The current version (V6) offers a level of compatibility with Microsoft Office, allowing users to create, load from and save both to Microsoft Office 2010 (*.docx etc.) and earlier (*.doc etc.) file formats. In the same way, the photo and image editing application will create, load from and save to Adobe Photoshop (*.psd) file formats, together with other mainstream graphical file types.
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Development began in 1994 following a decision to replace Ability Plus, an existing DOS based integrated package, and a first release was made in 1995 called Ability for Windows and consisted of modules for word processing, spreadsheet, database and communications (a terminal program).
A second version was released in 1998 called Ability Office 98. The framework for the entire suite was changed from Borland's Object Windows Library to Microsoft Foundation Class Library resulting in better performance and the database was re-written to use the Microsoft Jet Database Engine.
Since then, modules have been added (an image editing module in 2000 and a presentation module in 2004) but the architecture has broadly remained the same with the step to a fully Unicode version being made in 2008. Ability Office is 100% C++, entirely 32-bit and uses the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 compiler.
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The level of danger for any 21 foot boat traveling into the open Ocean is real and should not be taken lightly, but to use "a flats boat" you've just changed the degree of difficulty and magnified the dangers to an intensely different category - the extreme. A "flats boat" by definition is a low profile open fishing Boat with a single engine, that can operate in "less than" one foot of water. Trolling motors don't qualify. What is unique about this particular "flats boat" is the Intruder 21 has the ability to operate in "less than six inches" of water. This unprecedented record, has a few other unique characteristics - Ralph Brown is the developer of this particular "flats boat – the Intruder 21" - From start to finish, this daring challenge was "unescorted" – carrying their own fuel and depending upon their own seaworthiness. And, the unexpected, un-forecasted Tropical Storm Andrea. Already the Intuder 21 had proven it's abiltiy to defy the ocean's trechurous 6-8 ft waves. While refueling in Bermuda, the ocean had brewed up a new obstacle, The Tropical Storm Andrea. Threatening their record, but knowing the severity of the weather conditions, Ralph and Bob made the safest choice to delay their departure from Bermuda; before continuing on the last portion of their record setting journey. They arrived in New York Harbor at 3:15 p.m. May 11, 2007 where they received a ticket from Officer Teeple of the US Park Police around Ellis Island, at 3:50 p.m. Upon entering New York's Harbor, they had accidentally ventured into restricted waters. Many smaller boats have made longer trips, but they always have either a keel, which keeps them from tipping over or helps them right the boat after tipping over; lots of freeboard, the part above the water; a cabin to get out of the weather; a sail so that they don't have to carry their own fuel; or an escort. The Intruder 21, made by Dream Boats, Inc, www.dreamboats.net More details can be obtained from the World Record Academy's web site: http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/business/longest_unescorted_oceanic_crossing_in_flats_boat_70139.htm Keywords: World Record, Fishing Boats, Flats Boats, Ocean, Intruder, Dream Outdoors » Boating |
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On the Official Catalog of the Library of Potential Literature by Ben Segal and Erinrose Mager:
We are very excited to announce the coming existence of The Official Catalog of the Library of Potential Literature. The Catalog is to consist of a series of blurbs/short descriptions of books that do not exist. In order to compile that Catalog, we have asked many of the writers, theorists, and text-makers we most admire to imagine that they've just read the most amazing book they've ever encountered and then write a brief blurb about the imagined text.
As many of you know, The phrase 'potential literature' is highly associated with the Oulipo group. We choose to use the phrase here because, as the Oulipo says, their project, properly, is to conceptualize forms and potential works: not necessarily to bring them into being. Literature is potential literature when it is that shimmering non-work of total possibility. Though Official only by way of titular hyperbole (itself, like the blurbs contained within, a kind of unfulfilled and unfulfillable promise), the Catalog will evoke a library of wonderful — maybe even impossible — books; books that, in spite or even because of their non-existence, excite and fascinate. Each paragraph will be the promise of the unopened book in the moment before reading. […]
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My piece on Alain Robbe-Grillet's Towards a New Novel appeared in Guardian Books today.
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The history of The Moors Murderers, the phantom punk band that included Chrissie Hynde and Steve Strange.
In June 1977, Soo Catwoman announced that she was starting a band called the Moors Muderers: "The Moors Murderers thing was a big joke to be honest. I was joking about getting a band together called the Moors Murderers and doing sleazy love songs, I had no idea he [Steve Strange] would actually go out and do it. …" Strange claimed to be part of a band called the Moors Murderers in order to do a photo shoot for German magazine Bravo. Catwoman says she was also present but left the shoot. Steve Strange may have played a gig with The Photons under the Moors Murderers monicker supporting The Slits at an NSPCC benefit concert at Ari Up's school in Holland Park circa Christmas 1977. After the gig, Steve Strange asked Dave Goodman (who had worked with the Pistols and Eater) to produce their song "Free Hindley". On 8 January 1978, The Sunday Mirror published a piece on the band ("Why Must They Be So Cruel?") based on an interview which had taken place at Goodman's office in Fulham. The four band members were wearing pillow cases on their heads. According to Goodman, they included Strange, Chrissie Hynde and Nick Holmes (Eater's roadie who is believed to have played guitar on "Free Hindley").
In mid-January 1978, the Moors Murderers featured in Sounds, wearing bin liners over their heads. They played a few songs for the journalist ("Free Hindley", "Caviar and Chips", "Mary Bell" and "The Streets of the East End"). Following the Sounds showcase, the band played the Roxy on 13 January 1978, supporting Open Sore. Steve Strange was on vocals (calling himself Steve Brady) and Hynde was on guitar. Bob Kylie (Open Sore): "They were terrible! Absolutely dreadful!" On 28 January 1978, Strange told Sounds that he had left the band.
The Moors Murderers probably never released a record, but some tracks seem to have been recorded.
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One of my short stories — "Sweet Fanny Adams" — features in The Beat Anthology 2006-2010, edited by Sean McGahey and published on 30 April 2010 by Blackheath Books. The other contributors are: Darran Anderson, Jenni Fagan, Steve Finbow, Chris Killen, Melissa Mann, Sean McGahey, Ben Myers, UV Ray, Joseph Ridgwell, Lee Rourke and Susan Tomaselli. The first 52 copies include a playing card and a spoken word CD. More here.
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"Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all you can do is go where they can find you."
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Detailed Response to Letter from Norman La ForceFebruary 24 2003 Norman La Force writes: My response: I'm sure there will be no resistance at all to including such language in the goals of the Marina Plan. As far as I am aware, there was never a conscious decision to drop this as a purpose of the plan. Perhaps the oversight was of the nature of staff and/or consultants not feeling the need to address an issue that was non-controversial, and not in need of any kind of affirmative statement - i.e., it's a goal that is very easily taken for granted. Shorebird Park is a good example. This is a fully "developed" preservation and nature study area, and there is little incentive to change it. A stronger designation as a protected area would be welcome, but it is unlikely that this designation would have much effect on it's current use. In other words, it's not an area that attracts much attention from the planning process because there's nothing substantive that needs to be done there. All that said, I support the suggestion to add the Language Norman suggests with respect to preserving and protecting wildlife. It is also worth noting here that the goal of preserving and protecting wildlife and the goal of increasing water access opportunities for wind and muscle-propelled boating are usually not in conflict. The Oakland Middle Harbor project is a good example of both goals enhancing each other, with advocates of both preservation and recreation working together. A similar scenario will likely unfold in the North Sailing Basin. The Schoolhouse Creek outflow area is one of the top contenders for approximately ten acres of wetland restoration as mitigation for the wetlands lost to the Bay Bridge reconstruction. If we follow the successful model of the Oakland Middle Harbor, we can have a valuable habitat restoration and a valuable recreational water access point in close proximity with substantial benefits to both.
Norman La Force writes:
2. Inconsistency with Ceasar Chavez Plan
I am pleased that the proposed dock is taken out of its location on
Ceasar Chavez Park, especially because the staff report makes it clear that
the master plan for Ceasar Chavez Park did not have either a dock or any
water access point to the North Basin Cove in it.
The problem remains, however, that the Marina Plan is still trying
to plan for another park unit through the marina plan. The staff tried to
finesse this problem by stating that the Marina Plan could propose a water
access point, but one would still need to amend the Ceasar Chavez Plan.
This is really planning a--backwards. Hence, even the water access point
should be eliminated from the marina plan. This issue needs to be addressed
in the Ceasar Chavez Plan.
My response:
"A--backwards?" Let's take a look at recent history. We have:
1) The North Waterfront (Cesar Chavez Park) Plan from '79 that makes no mention of boating facilities one way or the other, followed by
2) the '86 Waterfront Specific Plan
(still in effect) which specifically calls for facilities for sailing, rowing, paddling and small craft rentals at the
site in question, followed by
3) the '98 -'99 public hearings for the
Marina Plan which call for facilities for non-motorized boating at the site in question, followed by
4) the recently adopted '02 Eastshore State Park General Plan which calls for non-motorized boating on the body of water in question, and
5) the '02 BCDC policy which
calls for prioritizing new facilities for non-motorized boating where
So now, as step 6), the Sierra Club wants to remove any possibility of
facilities for kayaks, canoes and small sailboats at this site, serving
this body of water, from the Marina Plan. They want to do this before we
have a shred of scientific analysis suggesting that these activities at
this location would be disruptive to habitat in any significant way.
Who is advocating "planning a--backwards" and who is attempting a "preemptive strike?"
Norman La Force writes:
The second issue with this water access point is that while the City
staff proposes to agree to guidelines that derive from the Eastshore State
Park for this water access point, the staff still maintains that the city
could still proceed first and, essentially, conduct a "pre-emptive strike,"
to use a phrase bandied about on the national level in another context, on
the Eastshore Park Planning process for the water access issues related to
the North Basin Cove. This does not reflect the proposed spirit of
cooperation with the State Park planning for the Eastshore State Park.
My response:
There is nothing "pre-emptive" about the City proceeding ahead of the State Park. Nothing prevents full cooperation between the two agencies, regardless of who is able to implement their plan first. There is nothing preemptive in proceeding with a policy that has been a clear theme of every public planning process for the Berkeley waterfront over the last 17 years.
On the other hand, the elimination of any possibility of a water access element from the plan without first obtaining a site-specific technical evaluation and without re-opening the public process seems to be a good fit for the definition of "preemptive."
Norman La Force writes:
Finally, the term "enhance water access" which is proposed to take
the place of the dock and facilities is vague and open to much
interpretation. Indeed, as it is phrased it could actually mean that the
city is calling for a launch site for motor boats accessible by autos for
Ceasar Chavez Park. While I doubt that is what is meant or intended without
a clear statement of what this enhanced water access means, future planners
and members of the public can interpret that to mean whatever they want.
Since we had the staff drop protecting wildlife as a goal of the marina plan
even though it was supposed to be included, (See above), I am very concerned
about the vagueness of the term "enhanced water access." Therefore, this
issue really needs to be worked out further.
My response:
Agreed, staff should restore the words specifying the general types of watercraft to the plan, and these words should explicitly preclude powered vessels. Previously, the water access point had been labeled "North Sailing Basin dock/launch facilities, rental boat concession, kayaks, canoes" and a single dock (similar in length to one of the three existing docks in the South Sailing Basin) was shown on the map.
The purpose of the dock drawn on the map was to locate the access point, not to design the site. Obviously the operational details of the site and the mix of watercraft types served would have to be determined before the facility could be designed. It might be one or more docks, it might be tidal steps, it might be a "softened" gravel beach for hand launching. It might or might not include on-site watercraft storage (which greatly reduces the need for vehicular access). In removing the picture of the dock in the name of eliminating the appearance of too much specificity, it was not necessary to also remove the words describing the types of watercraft anticipated.
I suggest that we restore the words "access for non-motorized watercraft only" to the plan map. But of course, for the record, no-one involved in this process has ever contemplated a traditional boat launching ramp that would serve powerboats brought to the site on trailers behind large tow vehicles. (And I will note that, sadly, this is still the California Department of Boating and Waterway model for "water access:" A double-wide ramp used almost exclusively by overpowered ski and fish boats with highly polluting 2-stroke outboards, pulled all over the State by oversized SUVs. This model is slowly changing, but meanwhile, every access point designed for non-motorized hand-launched watercraft has the potential to replace many of these destructive forms of recreation with much more appropriate alternatives.)
For what it's worth, here is the proposed wording I submitted to the Planning Dept. Staff on January 23:
Suggest that we add a seventh item to the six items already listed under this category:
"Consider a new access point for non-motorized watercraft along the east shore of Cesar Chavez Park. Planning for this project shall be coordinated with Eastshore State Park, the Waterfront Specific Plan and the North Waterfront (Cesar Chavez Park) Plan. Such a project shall not be undertaken without detailed design and environmental review."
Norman La Force writes:
3. General Plan Policies
The proposed plan does not include all of the general plan's
policies that would pertain to the marina plan. Planning Commissioner
Poschman identified quite a number of these at the Planning Commission
meeting with members of the Waterfront Commission. One example is that the
general plan has a policy that existing roadways will not be widened. That
policy is not included. The fact that it was not included leads me to
believe that in the future the planning staff will come back with a proposal
to widen Marina Blvd. I know this was discussed and proposed, former
Commissioner so stated in public that this was a worthy public project to
enhance access to the waterfront and to allow for increased commercial
development of the waterfront. So I cannot believe that this idea has been
dropped. It remains somewhere in the bowels of the bureaucracy.
Therefore, we must really go through the general plan and get all
relevant policies included.
My response:
It's not clear to what extent we need to restate all of the applicable policies of the General Plan in the Marina Plan. I would think the main thing is to avoid conflicts with the General Plan.
The widening of Marina Blvd. is something of a red herring. The Marina Plan includes a very reasonable proposal to re-align the road to the east where there is a gravel parking lot now, move the parking to a new landscaped parking area where the road is now, and add a planted buffer to further isolate the roadway from the Meadow to the east. To my knowledge there have been no proposals to widen Marina Blvd. or any other roads in the Marina.
For a picture of the section of road in questions, see
www.BerkeleyWaterfront.org "Photo of the Week" for January 24 2003.
Norman La Force writes:
3. Under "Actions," the statement about working with State Parks on the
Eastshore Park remains very unsatisfactory. I don't think it properly
captures the idea of the City working with State Parks on waterfront issues.
The statement is a general one without any real meat in it. This needs to be
revised further.
My response:
I am sure the Waterfront Commission will be receptive to proposed text. In fact, Waterfront Commission comments on the Eastshore State Park EIR were critical of the lack of consideration of some of the likely effects of the ESP on the Marina. So it is safe to predict that language calling for closer coordination will be welcome.
Norman La Force writes:
4. BCDC Policies
While BCDC has a policy of providing water access where feasible, it
also has policies about protecting wildlife. We went through this with BCDC
some years ago with the Emeryville Crescent, and out of that imbroglio, BCDC
improved its policies about protecting habitat. For some reason, staff only
latched onto the one policy about providing water access without noting the
habitat policies. We need to include all appropriate BCDC policies.
My response:
As noted above, the two goals do not necessarily conflict, and very often they can enhance each other.
Norman La Force writes:
5. Mitigated Neg. Dec.
Mitigation 2 of this document is really inadequate. It proposes
that along rip rap if we find Burrowing Owls, once breeding season is over,
the city can go in and force the owls to move out. Just why it is an
appropriate mitigation measure to force endangered or threatened species to
clear out for our use of their habitat remains an abiding mystery to me. I
doubt any Commissioner or City Council member would be receptive to removing
Berkeley residents from their homes under eminent domain to improve public
access or increase the size of parks in Berkeley for recreational
activities, at least I haven't seen anything like that in my 20y years here.
So, rhetorically, why should Berkeley, a city that prides itself on its
environmental record, propose to make the critters homeless?!
This mitigation measure needs to be rethought.
Mitigation 4 also needs to be reconsidered. This is the now
infamous mitigation measure in search of an impact. This measure is the
proposed access road on the North side of the Meadow for emergency vehicles.
As the consultant noted at the last meeting, the proposed marina plan, as a
project, does not propose any change in the project to require this
"mitigation." Under CEQA mitigations are only for mitigating actual
identified impacts of a proposed project. Now where is there identified a
change in the "project" that creates an impact which would have a nexus to
this mitigation measure.
Indeed, the rational for this "mitigation" borders on the
irrational. Supposedly a second access is needed in case of earthquake, But
if an earthquake occurs of the magnitude to close University Ave, does
anyone seriously believe that the other side of the Meadow will also not be
My principal concern is that Berkeley's fire and police personnel
will demand an asphalted two lane roadway as the only form of access. Such a
roadway will destroy the Meadow and the northshore of the Meadow.
Another way to look at this, would be to ask why Berkeley has not
undertaken to widen streets in the Berkeley Hills which are clearly too
narrow for fire trucks in case of another major fire.
The proposed project does not create an impact to require this
mitigation. Therefore, under CEQA it has no nexus with the project and
should not be included.
My response:
Point taken. The term "mitigation" does seem to be misused in the case of the emergency access road along the north shore of the Meadow. There may still be good reasons for including it in the plan, though.
The appropriateness of the proposed treatment of burrowing owls in the rip-rap is a technical issue. However, note that the vast majority of rip-rap in the Marina is left untouched by the Marina Plan, so it seems unlikely that the impact on the habitat of the borrowing owls would be significant.
Norman La Force writes:
6. Monitoring Program
The proposed monitoring program is good so far as it goes, but it
does not include two important elements.
First, there is no funding provided. Without funding there is no
monitoring. The Sierra Club sees this all the time with developers who
propose monitoring as a mitigation, but provide no funding for it. Without
an identified source of funding in the plan now, this monitoring plan
cannot be used to justify whatever impacts it is supposed to mitigate.
Second, the monitoring is not adequate. The Eastshore Park Plan
proposes monitoring of the impacts of human recreational activities after
the initial study to determine what possible impacts there would be. This
is done in order to get factual data after activities are approved to
determine if the prior assessment of the lack of impact is really true. The
city's monitoring program needs to include ongoing monitoring of impacts in
the North Basin, and in the South Basin by Shorebird park.
My response:
Specific projects requiring continuing environmental monitoring would presumably include plans for monitoring and funding details. The adequacy of these plans cannot be evaluated until the projects themselves are defined in greater detail.
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E.D. Nixon Elementary School held its second annual homecoming parade Friday, complete with horses, motorcycles and royalty.
The school crowned the prince and princess of kindergarten through second grade and the king and queen of grades three to five, and they traveled on a horse and carriage in the parade.
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Growing up in New York City, I never worried about pizza. Ordering a burrito might have been a risky endeavor, but good pizza was always plentiful. As a happy transplant living in San Francisco these past few years, I've grown to love the once-daunting hills, pink Victorians, and calmer pace of life. Only one misgiving about my new home has remained: I miss New York pizza. Pizza in San Francisco often suffers from three problems: a soft, doughy crust, tinny tomato sauce, and a thick, plastic sheet of cheese. In the selfish pursuit of my own happiness, backed by an unwavering belief in San Francisco's capacity to serve top-notch food, I set out to find the perfect slice. With open geographical prejudice, I omitted Chicago-style pizza from my search. Deep-dish pizza is delicious, but it was not what I was looking for. Nor were Wolfgang Puck-inspired duck pesto-topped creations. I wanted to find New York-style, thin-crust plain cheese pizza that could be bought by the slice. Following the recommendations of friends and colleagues, I visited several pizzerias throughout the city. Although far from exhaustive, my search highlighted restaurants representative of the highs and lows of San Francisco pizza-eating. Starting with the lows: although chains like North Beach Pizza and Escape from New York have a loyal fan base, I find them disappointing. At North Beach Pizza, a mound of unmeltable cheese tops a soggy crust and forgettable sauce. The situation is even worse at Escape from New York, where the undercooked crust sticks to your teeth, the cheese is so thick it falls off with the first bite, and the sauce tastes only of garlic powder. A step in the right direction brought me to the adequate, if overstated, Pizza Orgasmica. Although the usual cheese overload prevented any paroxysms of pleasure, the crust is thinner than most and the sauce well-seasoned. Overall, a dependable mid-level choice. Although individual slices aren't always available, Giorgio's pizza is so good it made my list anyway. The folks at Giorgio's know that a thin crust adds just the right bite of texture. Most importantly, they know when to stop: the pizza is topped with just enough cheese to provide a creamy foil for their sweet tomato sauce, but no more. If you can't grab a slice, sit down and order a small pie. It'll be worth the wait. Similar good sense is practiced at Arinell, the mother of all New York-style pizzerias in San Francisco. One look at their pizza told me I was in the right place. The pie is cut into large slices thin enough to hold folded. Instead of coating their pizza with a solid white slab of mozzarella, Arinell uses a lighter hand, allowing the cheese to soak up sauce as it melts. Even the small pools of orange grease look right. My first bite brought back childhood memories: hot strings of mozzarella, bright tomatoes, and a just-crisp-enough crust. With that, I knew my search was over. by Anya Hoffman on Jan 02, 2005 |


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Abstract: It is notoriously difficult to combine quantum mechanics with relativity theory in a satisfactory way. In my talk, I wish to sketch an attempt at meeting some aspects of the challenge by combining the consistent histories approach to quantum mechanics with the logical framework of branching space-times. The consistent histories approach to non-relativistic quantum mechanics describes the evolution of a closed quantum system in the form of a temporal stochastic process. I will first show that most aspects of that approach can be expressed naturally in the form of a probability theory based on the logical framework of branching time. The framework of branching space-times (BST), developed by Nuel Belnap in 1992, is a relativistic extension of branching time. There is thus some hope that a probability theory based on BST could be used to formulate a relativistic extension of the consistent histories formalism. In the second part of my talk I will therefore introduce BST probability theory and indicate some steps towards a formulation of relativistic quantum histories.