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After day-long meetings on Monday, the entertainment giant's board gave Chief Executive Robert Iger the right to offer Pixar close to $7 billion in stock for an acquisition deal, the New York Times reported, citing "people briefed on the negotiations." The Wall Street Journal offered a similar account, saying the purchase price would offer a "small premium" for Pixar's shares. The company's stock closed Monday at $58.27, giving the company a market value of $6.93 billion.
The deal must still be approved by the Pixar board, and several critical details that could prevent its completion remained outstanding, several reports warned.
According to a separate report in Business Week, Pixar Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs would take a seat on Disney's board. Jobs would become the largest shareholder in Disney, owning about 7 percent of the company's stock, the magazine noted.
If completed, the deal itself is likely to be announced on Tuesday, reports said.
A Pixar representative declined to comment. However, people familiar with the situation told CNET News.com the Emeryville, Calif.-based company's board was to meet by telephone on Tuesday.
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The two companies have been negotiating over whether Disney would continue to distribute Pixar's work, as it has done since the smaller company's first feature film, "Toy Story," in 1995. Pixar's upcoming movie "Cars" will be the last film distributed under their previous relationship.
Pixar had broken off talks with Disney and then-CEO Michael Eisner in January 2004. However, relations between Jobs and Iger appear to have been far more cordial. The two appeared on stage together in October as Jobs launched Apple Computer's video iPod and a video store that included TV shows from Disney.
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- The Steve Jobs Angle - There's Always A Catch
- I have heard through numerous other reports that this deal,
when finalized, will make Steve Jobs among the (if not THE) top
shareholders in Walt Disney Co. It makes sense, to be sure; Jobs
was in a position to resist the takeover - his acquiescence
almost assures that he benefits greatly from the deal.
Disney, on the other hand, has seen in recent years that they
really need Pixar. Their non-Pixar animated films have been
flopping in comparison, and the volatility of the relationship
almost forced them to cut a binding, long-term deal with the
Mad Dog (Mad Mouse now?) and Pixar Animation Studios.
It's the technological implications of this deal that have me
interested. Apple Computers (Job's other brain-child) and Disney
have grown increasingly close over the past year. Disney was
among the first studios to align with Apple to offer
downloadable videos via the iTunes software (through ABC
television shows and Disney-Pixar jointly-produced animated
shorts). Disney and Apple also both sit on the "board" for the
emerging next-generation media, BD-ROM (Blu-ray).
If Jobs really does become a majority stake holder in Disney, it's
likely that Apple and Disney will become as "merged" as Disney
and Pixar. It will be interesting to see what exactly this deal
brings to the table in terms of future technology.
One thing can be assured: if it's not done already, Disney will
soon be switching their servers and clients to Mac OS. And
they'll likely get a major discount.
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- Disney's already Mac/Apple
- Disney is already deep into Apple. They use Macs, and their
main office database is Filemaker Pro (owned by Apple).
The only thing that can happen with Steve Jobs being the
majority stock holder is that Disney will have to get rid of all the
cheesy trappings that has made them so tacky over the past 40
years. They'll have to drop the "mediocre is good enough"
philosophy in making movies, entertainment, creative efforts.
This can only be good for Disney. And unless it's done right, it
can only be bad for Pixar. This is like merging Motel 6 and the
Four Seasons.
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- A shot of "Imagineering"
- Having literally grown up with Disney (all 50 years) I have seen
the company expand with every new and inovative idea that Mr.
Walt Disney produced. From cartoons to Disneyland to Epcot
Center. I still vividly remember Walt explaining his model of
Epcot and Disney World. Every step advancing the latest
techniology without losing the artistc and entertaining edge.
Such harmony of entertainment and technology has never been
achieved more than by Walt. After his death and especially over
the past ten years the company has lost its vision and so has
lost its way.
Then there is Steve Jobs. I have been a MAC user since the the
start. My MAC Plus still is stored in its case and can even still be
started. For a time Apple lost its visionary and losts its way but
when Steve Jobs returned to Apple the vison was restored.
Disney is on the threshhold of being revived and vison returned.
Look what he did with the Lucus company, now called Pixar. I
have said for over a year that there is no one who can match the
"imagineering" of Walt Disney, but for Steve Jobs.
Who does it benefit most, Pixar or Disney? What about Apple?
The answer is that we benefit and my grand kids will benefit the
Let the fun begin!
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- Not necessarily a good move...
- Steve is a big frog in a pretty good sized pond (Pixar) right now
with 51% holdings. Disney is a great big pond, but Steve will be a
small frog with only 7% holdings. He could be voted off the board
in a flash. Once Disney captures Pixar's animation skills, Steve is
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- He can't be voted off...
- ...without the news of such action causing a massive sell-off of
Disney shares and a large drop in the stock price. The board would
know this.
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- Have you EVER thought...
- That maybe Steve Jobs (Apple Corp) wants Disney to buy Pixar, because he's planning a strategic loop hole/plan to be on Microsoft's Board of Directors, that you can't understand. For example if he is on Microsoft's then he will know whats going to happen next and what they are planning, then he could improve Apple first and unleash it before Microsoft does for seem like they're copying Apple not the other way around. That could then unleash into a massive war against the two companies which Apple could win or the end up how they are now. YOU NEVER NOW, but I do...
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- Please NO! It will kill Pixar :(
- That's really sad news. I'd hate to see the Pixar's funny, creative, interesting, innovative movies with the LAME, BORING, CHILDISH Disney movies.
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- One could hope...
- You would hope that board at disney would be intelligent enough to, if they do purchase pixar, leave their operations alone, and treat them as a seperate entity. If the leave the talent at pixar alone, and simply do the distribution, I don't see this being a problem. Yet with Disney, I doubt this would be the case.
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- As opposed too....
- You mean, as opposed to the steaming and white-hot adult Pixar movies? :)
Make your peace with it, because I don't see this not happening, nor does anybody else.
http://www.NWLB.net
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- For one, some of Disney movies a childish, BECAUSE THEY'RE MADE FOR CHILDREN, but none of them are lame, they maybe to you because your probally 40 or 50 years old. Also Disney makes many other non-childish movies, for example THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN or GLORY ROAD.
Also all of Disney's movies have gotten on the "Top 10" List and none of Pixar's movies have, execpt the ones Disney did with them, and I think and many other people probally agree with me, and it may not be the people who read Cnet, but the people who watch their MOVIES, would say the probally would do better permanatly being joint with Disney, (not only for movies.)
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|The purpose of this report is to provide background and other information to Council regarding the issue of "double bunking" at the Surrey Pretrial Centre. Council had recently requested that such information be provided to Council in response to concerns that had been expressed by Patricia Bean, Chair of the Citizen's Advisory Board. This board which consists of 3 members of the community including Ms. Bean, Ron Williams, Director of Surrey Pretrial Centre and Pat Annesty, Director of Programs, Surrey Pretrial Centre, was established at the time the Surrey Pretrial Centre was opened to address any community concerns in relation to the ongoing operation of the facility.
|In October 1994, District Director Bill Foster of the Surrey Pretrial Centre, appeared before Council regarding the demand for space at Remand Centres throughout the
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|There was further communication between the City and Provincial authorities between late 1994 and 1996 regarding the issue of allowing double bunking at the Remand Centre. However, the City never agreed to such a change.
|Based on recent discussions with the officials in charge of the Surrey Remand Centre, double bunking has been necessary at the Centre on a relatively consistent basis from 1994 through to the present.
|The RCMP has advised there have been no significant incidents at the Surrey Remand Centre where double bunking was considered to be a contributing factor. The only concerns that the RCMP identified were related to complaints that have been received by the RCMP regarding prisoners at the Remand Centre making rude remarks through the cell windows to the staff and public in the areas surrounding the Remand Centre (i.e., predominantly parking areas).
|Mr. Ron Williams, Director of Surrey Pretrial Remand Centre, was contacted recently and the matter of double bunking was discussed. He advised that double bunking at the facility has been in effect for 9 or more years. There have been no incidents or serious issues as a result of this procedure. The majority of the Remand Centres, and secure Pre-sentencing Centres throughout the Province are presently utilizing double bunking to accommodate the fluctuations in demand for prisoner space (i.e. Burnaby, Prince George, Chilliwack, Vancouver, etc.)
|He advised that the effects and impacts of double bunking include:
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|· Many of the prisoners enjoy double bunking for companionship.
|· Occasionally, double bunked prisoners fail to get along and minor assaults do occur but this is not a regular occurrence and such occurrences are addressed by separating the prisoners.
|· Security cameras have been installed in all holding units so that prisoners can be effectively monitored from a central location on a regular basis. Prior to the installation of the cameras, additional staff was brought in to meet the demands of the prisoner counts.
|Mr. Williams also advised that an assessment is done on each prisoner prior to any consideration of double bunking to ensure that the prisoner is a reasonable candidate for double bunking in relation to the safety of other prisoners. If problems are encountered they are immediately addressed.
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|Bylaw No. 9242, (50 year lease, District of Surrey and British Columbia Buildings Corporation) approved by Mayor and Council in October 1987, stated that the Surrey Pretrial Services Centre would contain "150 beds for male adults, pending disposition under law and/or awaiting Court appearance or transfer".
|The Surrey Pretrial Remand Centre has operated for the last 9 years utilizing double bunking to accommodate fluctuations in prisoner population without incident. It is recommended that Council receive this report as information.
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Picked this up earlier today as I've been highly anticipating it.
I love the redesigned old levels, and I'm having a blast. Got Warehouse and School II 100% complete so far.
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Also it would have been really great if they could have kept the old soundtrack, definitely.
No need at all to say sorry, was just chiming in on why I do not mind it. I will be picking up Doom 3 as well, so maybe I am a sucker for these old games after-all.
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Born Aug. 29, 1915, this Swedish beauty starred with just about every leading man during Hollywood's heyday: Humphrey Bogart, Leslie Howard, Charles Boyer, Gregory Peck and Cary Grant.
She died on her birthday in 1982, after performing as Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in "A Woman Called Golda" in a television film. She received a posthumous Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Special for that performance.
Bergman could pick a role as well as Katharine Hepburn and Meryl Streep, for she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role seven times and received three — "Gaslight" (1944), "Anastasia" (1956) and "Murder on the Orient Express" (1975).
Here's Wednesday's TCM movie schedule: "Adam Had Four Sons" at 6 a.m.; "Rage in Heaven" at 7:45 a.m.; "Saratoga Trunk" at 9:30 a.m.; "Under Capricorn" at noon; "Stromboli" at 2 p.m.; "Europa '51" at 4 p.m.; "Gaslight" at 6 p.m.; "Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde" at 8 p.m.; "Casablanca" at 10 p.m.; "Joan of Arc" at midnight; "Elena and Her Men" at 2:30 a.m.; and "Autumn Sonata" at 4:15 a.m.
Can you name the film in which Bergman created quite the scandal by leaving her real-life husband, Dr. Petter Lindstrom, for Italian director Roberto Rossellini? The answer is "Stromboli" (1950).


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The Leeds School of Business Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR) will host its first curriculum think tank July 25-27. Faculty from a variety of business schools will converge in Boulder for a lively roundtable discussion of best practices in curriculum design, pedagogy and approaches to teaching of ethics and social responsibility. Joining the discussion are faculty from Babson College, Colorado State University, University of Pittsburgh, Michigan State University, University of Denver, Dartmouth University, and many Leeds faculty, including Donna Sockell, Catherine Milburn, Elizabeth Stapp, Kevin McMahon, Francy Milner and Cathleen Burns.
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"By working with other leading programs, CESR can share our best practices and learn from others about theirs, said Sockell, CESR executive director. "By sharing best practices and developing superior curricular initiatives across the country, we can assist other universities in developing and improving their educational initiatives in this area."
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See some of the birds newly added to the Red List
Darwin would not be amused. A bird native to the Galapagos islands, the medium tree-finch, this year joined 191 other bird species newly added to the critically endangered list, the roster of the world's most threatened species.
But while the medium-tree finch is in jeopardy because of parasitic flies introduced to the islands, most of the species on this year's red list of threatened species are imperilled by inexorable loss of their habitat.
"The absolute number one factor is habitat destruction or deterioration," says Martin Fowlie of BirdLife, the organisation in Cambridge, UK, which compiles the bird entries for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's red list of endangered species.
Overall, the number of threatened bird species rose this year by just one, to 1227 – about 12 per cent of all species – with the 192 in the critically endangered category up just two. But the numbers mask much wider fluctuations in the fortunes of troubled species, with 77 changing category from last time, some up and some down.
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Aside from the Galapagos medium tree-finch, eight other species were uplisted to critically endangered. They include the sidamo lark (Heteromirafra sidamoensis) from the Liben Plain of Ethiopia, which could become Africa's first bird extinction due to a change in land use.
There was some good news, however, with six critically endangered species downgraded to "endangered". Some owed their reclassification to successful conservation programmes. The threat to the Mauritius Fody, for example, was lifted by moving the remaining birds to an island off Mauritius free of predators.
Another success story is Brazil's Lear's macaw, named after the English nonsense poet Edward Lear. The spectacular parrot has increased fourfold in number through a joint programme involving the Brazilian government, local landowners and conservation organisations.
Aside from habitat loss and predation, the other ominous factor is the impact of climate change, says Fowlie. Mountain-living birds, for example, would die out if the climate they rely on shifts north or south to non-mountainous zones.
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Norton's constantly deletes Gregorian hair DS 14556_GregoriaHairGenesisMetaData_1.0_ds.exe because it detects a threat named WS.Reputation 1. Anyone else having this problem? I could turn off Nortons but want to know if it really is a problem or not?
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Black box testing: The tester has no knowledge of the workings of the system to be penetrated. They must deduce the operation of the system. This tests for attacks without inside information.
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In one of the harshest environments in the world, in the middle of war-ravaged Colombia, is an oasis of sustainable living. A place where innovation and creativity flourish—an experiment in renewable energy and ecological revitalization. It is the village of Gaviotas, founded in the late 1960s by visionary developer Paolo Lugari.
Stopping to rest in this vast expanse, written off by agronomists as the equivalent of a tropical desert, Mr. Lugari decided it was the perfect place to experiment with the future of civilization. He founded a village unlike any other in this war-weary country.
"The only deserts that exist in this world are deserts of the imagination," said Mr. Lugari, 64, on a visit this month to the community he named after the river gulls, or gaviotas, he saw flying overhead on that trip more than 40 years ago.
These days, visitors travel by propeller plane over the bleak savanna to get here, or by bus past the occasional guerrilla or paramilitary checkpoint. The visitors rarely come. But when they do, they get a glimpse into a four-decade experiment to alter civilization's dependence on finite fossil fuels and industrial agriculture.
Its 200 residents have no guns, no police force, no cars, no mayor, no church, no priest, no cellphones, no television, no Internet. No one who lives in Gaviotas has a job title.
But Gaviotas does have an array of innovations intended to make human life feasible in one of the most challenging ecosystems, from small inventions like a solar kettle for sterilizing water to large ones like a 19,800-acre reforestation project whose tropical pines produce resin for biofuel and a canopy under which native plant species flourish.
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Coastguard campaigners have welcomed the publishing of a report by the Westminster Scottish Affairs Committee on the future of HM Coastguard in Scotland.
The Committee of MPs say that the loss of local knowledge in Scottish Coastguard closures poses risks to the quality of rescue services and have demanded that the Government must ensure the service is maintained at its current high standard.
Speaking on behalf of the National Coastguard SOS Campaign Group, Dennis O'Connor says: 'The level of concern from Members of Parliament was evident when the Committee questioned the CEO of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the UK Shipping Minister; Stephen Hammond MP.
'During that meeting, neither was able to reassure the Committee that the Government's station closure plan is either credible or safe.
'It is clear from the Committee's comments on the report that the safety of coast users is being put at risk.'
The Scottish Affairs Committee says it is very worried about the decision to close two of Scotland's Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centres and says that Government must do more to explain the rationale for the decision and how it will ensure that the same high standard of service is maintained.
The Committee remains 'deeply concerned' that despite an extensive Government consultation, those on the front line felt they had been excluded from the process. It says there has been no satisfactory explanation for the decision to close Clyde and Forth MRCCs, which will leave the central belt of Scotland, where the population is most densely concentrated and the extensive Firth of Clyde waterway system a major sailing grounds, without a Coastguard station.
Campaigners point out that the MCA has done nothing to allay the concerns of the public despite their repeated references to the fact that there have been two public consultations.
Dennis O'Connor says: 'The way that the closure programme has been handled has been shambolic.
'The MCA and Department for Transport appear to have paid scant regard to the concerns of Coastguard officers and this remains of deep concern to us.'
The Government has already closed Forth Coastguard in direct contradiction to assurances given by the former Shipping Minister; Mike Penning MP, that no stations would close until the new centralised call centre at Fareham in Hampshire had been rigorously tested for robustness.
This call centre is not due to be operational before 2014 at the earliest and campaigners are concerned that the close of Clyde Coastguard is due to take place in less than five weeks time.
The Transport Select Committee [TSC] are also due to publish its findings fro am second inquiry into Coastguard closures and Mr O'Connor says: It is very likely that this report will be every bit as damning as the first one was – but at the very least, it will serve to underline the concerns raised today by Scottish MP's.
'The sooner the TSC report is published the better as far as we are concerned. Staff at Clyde Coastguard are staring down the barrel of a gun and are being put under intolerable pressure whilst maintaining their vigilance and professionalism under the most extreme of circumstances'.
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FUTURE OF TAMPA STREETCAR DEBATED AT HARTLINE/STREETCAR MEETING-Andrew Stelzer
The THS board, which governs the Tampa Streetcar, and the board of the Hillsborough Area Rapid Transit, or HARTLINE held a joint meeting this morning to discuss financial problems with the streetcar, and possible solutions. The Streetcar has come under intense criticism from County commissioners Rhonda Storms, and Brain Blair, who are concerned that Hillsborough county is helping to financially support a project that provides minimal benefit to the majority of county residents, and the streetcars board has had to dip into an endowment fund to help cover what an 2005 audit found was a loss of $2.1 million dollars. Rich Clarendon, HARTLINE's general manager of administration, said that Ridership has increased 2% each year since the streetcar opened in 2002, but at the current rate, the entire endowment will be gone sometime between 2011 and 2025.
ACT ââ¬Ånet withdrawals were always contemplated, we planned to dip into the principal, they amounted to up to 300,000 per year, and so what you se if look at the table. The dollar volume hasnââ¬â¢t become close to what was projected, but it was clear it would shrink.ââ¬?
Clarendon said one of the streetcars largest unexpected expenses is insurance for the spot where the streetcar crosses the CSX railway line. The Tampa port authority has also been contributing 700,000 per year to the streetcar, but its unclear if after 2007, they will continue to do so. Sponsorship opportunities were discussedââ¬â6 stations and 4 cars have been named by corporate donors so far, and Clarendon said that there are many more which can be named for 35,000 a peaceââ¬âhe hopes that will take place between 2009 and 2020. Businesses and non-homesteading homeowners along the routes of the streetcar, in Ybor and channelside also have to pay a special assessment fee, which Clarendon estimates could bring in as much as 1.6 billion dollars. And there are plans for 25 cent fare increases approximately every 3 years, thats above the 2.000 fare which already is in place.
County Commissioner Rhonda Storms, who arrived at the meeting a half an hour late, immediately began discussing how she believes the streetcar serves no benefit to Hillsborough county residents outside the city, and she believes the county, and HARTLINE is taking on an unfair burden by supporting it. But Tampa City council man John Dingfelder disagreed.
ACT-Storms ââ¬Åwhile I donââ¬â¢t have objections, the primary purpose is to benefit the city, then it should be the citys responsibility.. DING:_doesnââ¬â¢t anything also benefit the county..they will both prosper. STORMS: we cant afford any fanciful thing, hundreds of millions county funds, we cant afford it, DING: I would differ, county commissioners were on board. County budget has nothing to do with it. You could talk about an elusive distraction, its part of transportation. STORMS: I disagree, there is a cost DING: how much money? DONââ¬â¢T interrupt!..it could have gone to bus lines.ââ¬? STORMS: DING: show me an item STORMS: weve already said that if it goes flat, the city has the obligation. DING: its already part of the contract. LETS ask somebody..ââ¬? OTHER PERSON: As part of part 4 , any shortfall will be made up by the city..ââ¬?
Storms then said that she believes when the streetcar is in financial problems, they will come to HARTLINE and ask for money, to which several people replied thatââ¬â¢s hypothetical. Streetcar board member Jan Smith pointed out that the majority of federal and state money used to fund operation of the streetcar could not be used for buses. Discussion ten ensued about whether the streetcar was indeed economic development or simply a luxury for tourists. Storms argued that channelside would be seeing development whether or not there was a streetcar, and that if it really was an economic development tool, I would belong in east Tampa, or west Tampaââ¬âtwo areas which are ailing financially. Streetcar board member Edward Giunta responded.
ACT-Giunta ââ¬ÅI donââ¬â¢t know that anybody down in the channel district would have said oh no, its just a nice little amenity..there's no way to use it to go anywhere, best case Ybor, but they cant ride it and get to to work, itââ¬â¢s a shame that people have to drive 6 blocks, when transit cant get them there.ââ¬?
HARTLINE board member Dave Mechanik said there is not a funding emergency, and strategies need to be developed over the next year or 2 to make sure the streetcar is financially viable. The group then turned to a vote taken in January, in which the HARTLINE board voted to seek bids for the job of running the streetcar, as opposed to doing it themselves, when the current contract expires in September. It was pointed out that if a new organization operated the street car, HARTLINE would still have to maintain the street cars, would have to do administrative work and might have staff laid off, but could not apply for any state or federal grants to offset the cost. Mechanik said he was the one who made the motion last month, but after several people pointed out it may not be a good idea, he was willing to change his mind.
ACT-mechanik ââ¬ÅI was interested in the idea of seeing if a lower price could be achieved..since then ive been to a streetcar meeting and consultant said itââ¬â¢s complicated, im fearing putting THS through that turmoil will compound the problems..ââ¬?
The motion to not ask for bids to operate the street car passed 6 to 1, with Rhonda Storms the one vote in opposition. Storms made her own motion to call on the city of Tampa to begin funding the draining of the streetcars endowment, but no one seconded the motion. Councilman John Dingfelder then suggested several ways to generate more income for the streetcar. Getting assessment fees even from homesteaded properties along the streetcar route, change state law to use tourist development funds, ask the state legislature to change the law so the insurance is less for the place where the streetcar crosses the railway line, or to try and get some of the money from the channelside or Ybor community redevelopment agencies(abbreviated CRA), or the monies from the Tax increment financing districts, abbreviated TIF). The last suggestion was objected to by Commissioner Storms
ACT-Storms ââ¬Åwhen the county agreed to TIFs, and the city has a pattern of subverting, to pay for a failed boondoggle, that went belly up..TIF and CRA. That may be a great idea, but may not be financially beneficial to the vast majority of people, the point is to introduce developmentââ¬Â¦. DING: it all depends on how you define. STORMS: id like to finish my thought..civility..it ironic DING; ironic, boondoggle sports complex, ill remind you, when that goes belly up you figure that out..you donââ¬â¢t need to go into a diatribe STORMS: no I operate in a different universe, ââ¬?
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Dispirited - How Contemporary Spirituality Makes Us Stupid, Selfish and Unhappy by David WebsterPosted by emmetocuana at 05:40
Sorting out what is and isn't true, and what can and can't be, dependent on what we do and don't accept is vital - and it is hard. I want to be clear here: contemporary spirituality, with its approach to multiple truths, encourages lazy thinking that has a disregard for truth.
Throughout this book author David Webster makes disparaging remarks to the current interest in Mind, Body, Spirit with the acronym MBS. It is the last two letters that are probably the most significant. This book is nothing less than an attack on the confusion of pseudo-science and the arrogance of faith-based certainties. In this regard Webster thankfully joins the likes of Francis Wheen and Ben Goldacre, rather than the more aggressive Sam Harris.
Because Dispirited is as much about the foolishness in taking sides in arguments about belief that merely create more unthinking, tribal divisions, as it is a critique of the inauthentic claims of post-modern spiritualism.
It is this thread of Webster's argument that I find most fascinating, that the breaking down of religious barriers through the increase in cross-denominational or mixed bag spirituality has actually led to more ignorance. Instead of a free exchange of ideas, the exercise of thought has become absurd. If everything is true, then nothing is meaningful. Webster's introduction of Kierkegaard into this discussion is a welcome one, his notion of a 'Knight of the Faith' is often contrasted with Nietzsche's Ubermensch. A compelling case is made for the intellectual rigor of religious philosophy, as well as its trickle-down legacy to modern existentialism. Heidegger began as a theologian after all and his being-towards-death underlines the core of the philosophical project, which as Webster points out was an aspect of the Socratic definition of what a philosopher is - a man able to face the thought of death.
New Age spiritualism and cod-philosophy that is in fact disguised navel-gazing, is denounced in Dispirited as a evasion of any true investigation of life/death, therefore as far away from philosophy or science as it is possible to be. Webster's argumentation is passionate - which excuses the odd typo in my edition, I imagine his finger-tips compelled by an emotive moment of inspiration pounding away at the keys - and learned, drawing on a number of sourced material to back up his claims. In effect what he is describing is consumer faith, superficial and unchallenging - one size fits all. There is also an incisive analysis of the notion of online 'community', versus the destabilizing reality of lived in neighborhoods and towns, now full of strangers insulated from one another courtesy of their internet connections.
This is a knowledgeable, balanced and intelligent work, a sincere engagement with contemporary debate that too often descends into a shouting match.
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[Update] Sony Xperia Z1 (Honami) is Now Official: Full Confirmed SpecsAuthored by: Kris Carlon — Sep 4, 2013
We've just witnessed the conclusion of the Sony press conference and can now officially confirm the specifications we reported on last night for the Sony Xperia Z1, the smartphone formerly known as Honami. For a picture gallery of the new flagship device from Sony, just check out our previous article (linked in the text above). There's also some cool new aspects, like the option to stream live feeds directly to Facebook and snap 61 images in less than two seconds to ensure you get the best picture possible. As expected, the new Lens G attachment (which is actually called Cyber Shot DSC-QX10/DSC-QX100) was also pushed as the perfect accessory for the Xperia Z1 (but it will work on almost any smartphone).
What else can we tell you? Well, the device was so thoroughly leaked in recent weeks that we saw everything accurately revealed before the main event: press renders released by Xperia Blog, the press release last night also from Xperia blog, along with various leaked pics, videos and the usual mishmash of other information. But the cake turned out just as we expected – there were no surprises when it was finally pulled out of the Sony oven. And that's a good thing because we expected quite a bit.
Just for confirmation's sake, here's the officially confirmed specs for the Sony Zperia Z1, aka Honami i1:
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|3000 mAh
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There's a few nifty camera features that will come standard, like:
- Social live: Broadcast precious moments live from Xperia Z1 to Facebook and get your friends' comments right on your screen.
- Info-eye: Innovative visual search function that provides related information on landmarks and on items such as books or wine simply by capturing them with the camera.
- Timeshift burst: Capture the perfect shot every time - Xperia Z1 takes 61 images in 2 seconds - a second before and after pressing the shutter - so you can scroll back and forth to find the perfect image.
- AR effect: Overlay a selection of fun, customizable animations to create pictures using Sony's SmartARTM augmented reality technology.
You'll also get PlayMemories Online, a cloud-based image and video service that is integrated into the Album application. More applications will be available to download from Sony Select.
Living Up To Expectations
With the confirmation in the bag, it's safe to say Sony have forced their way back into the playing field for high-end smartphones and may, with a bit of luck, manage to put a dent in the Apple/Samsung duopoly. If the Xperia Z1 mini also lives up to expectations there's going to be some serious purchasing choices on offer for anyone in the market for a new flagship smartphone with a super-impressive camera. As other devices are announced and their specs confirmed today and in the coming IFA week, we'll get some comparisons up for you quick smart.
To summarize, the Sony Xperia Z1 will feature a 5-inch Triluminos LCD display at 1,920x1,080 pixels, pack a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset pounding away at 2.2 GHz and come with 16 GB on-board memory with expandable microSD slot. There's 2 GB RAM to push your phone through its paces as well and the pièce de résistance: a 20.7 MP main camera with ''G Lens,'' BIONZ Image Processing Engine and Exmor RS image sensor. It's also dust and water resistant (IP55 & IP58). The pretty package rounds out with a 3,000 mAh battery and Android 4.2 straight outta the box!
The Sony Xperia Z1 will be available this month.
[Update: 20:15 Berlin time 04.09.2013]
Andreas' first impressions
The Xperia Z1 feels a bit more refined than the Xperia Z, due to small but subtle differences, like the chassis being made from billet aluminum. Otherwise, the phones are similar but large and heavy and from the front you can barely tell the two apart. Sony retains its OmniBalance design line very faithfully.
The Android 4.2.2 operating system responds as expected without delay and the interface looks basically the same as on other high-end models from Sony. When you enter the camera menu though, you can tell the difference: it has been completely redesigned and offers a wealth of new features (Info-Eye, Timeshift burst, AR effect, etc.). The quality of the photos I can not really test on-site, but I'm already sure that Sony will not make any mistake in this department.
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Hey Philipp, the Z1 has IP55 and IP58 certification - the Xperia Z had IP55/57, so theoretically the XZ1 is better. We'll see how it performs under some rigorous tests though.
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is there something known about which IP code the device has (about water/dust protection)???


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