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Zoo Ball is Lincoln Park Zoo's largest annual fundraiser and is hosted by the Women's Board of Lincoln Park Zoo. Skate over the dance floor and shake your tail feathers to the cool sounds performed by the city's hottest band. Visit the caviar ice station to take the 'swelter' off as you saunter over to the cooling station and get blasted with cold breezes. Need a break? Take five and lounge with friends under the Aurora Borealis and sip an icy treat. $700. 6:30 p.m. Lincoln Park Zoo, 2001 N. Clark St.; lpzooball.org
Sunda invites guests to celebrate Filipino culture with a Kumayan feast complete with traditional Kumayan foods and cocktails. 6-8 p.m. Tickets are $50. Sunda, 110 W. Illinois St., 312-644-0500; nightout.com
Join former Chicago Bear Israel Idonije for hors d'oeuvres, libations, dessert, and a silent auction at this red-carpet event celebrating his foundation's mission of helping youth in underserved communities. 7 p.m. Trump International Hotel & Tower, 401 n. Wabash Ave., israelidonije.org/iifannual
Join the Israel Idonije Foundation for an evening of hors d'oeuvres, cocktails and dessert. The evening will include a red carpet and silent auction before acknowledging the humanitarian honorees. $250. 7 p.m. Trump International Hotel & Tower, 401 N Wabash Ave.; israelidonije.org
Join the internationally known and official sponsor of the British Open, Glenmorangie, as they sample their single malt Scotch at Binny's Beverage Depot. The event will also include a range of appetizers, an augmented reality experience, a virtual reality golf simulator, a raffle of Taylor Made golf clubs, stand up bag and tickets to the BMW Championship at Conway Farms. Starts at 1 p.m. Binny's Beverage Depot, Lincoln Park, 1720 N. Marcey St., 312-664-4394; binnys.com
While guests enjoy cocktails, a dinner buffet, auctions, and a raffle, their canine counterparts can relish "pawdicures" and splash pools on the Pup Deck at the no-kill shelter's summertime soirée on North Avenue Beach. 6 p.m. Castaways, 1603 N. Lake Shore Dr., 773-843-4884, beachparty.pawsevents.org
Marco Foster presents his fifth annual White Party, where guests will enjoy food and drink by Unititled, live entertainment, and fashion. All proceeds benefit local charity, One Hope United. Individual tickets are $55, table packages begin at $500. Untitled, 111 W. Kinzie St., 312-880-1511; mfwhiteparty5.eventbrite.com
Honoring philanthropy in unforgettable fashion, Marco Foster's fifth annual White Party will have Chicagoans painting the town white hot. Chicago altruist and entrepreneur Marco Foster invites guests to an evening of premium food and drink from Untitled, energetic music, creative performances, and sizzling summertime fashion, all benefiting locally founded charity, One Hope United. Tickets can be purchased online here. 111 W Kinzie St.
Lookingglass Theatre hosts an exclusive performance of Cascabel with food and wine. Afterwards, Cascabel will transform into a cabaret and Raúl Esparza, Tony award-nominated actor and singer, will perform. $1,250. 6:30 p.m. Goodman Theatre in the Owen, 170 N. Dearborn St., 312-337-0665; lookingglasstheatre.org
Following an afternoon round on the links, participants at the nonprofit's 13th annual charity golf outing can enjoy cocktails, dinner, and a silent auction. Starts at noon. E-mail email@example.com. Wilmette Golf Club, 3900 Fairway Dr., 312-641-4140, chicagohomeless.org
Join Michigan Avenue, Step Up, Chef Chair Christine Cikowski and more than 700 guests to sip and snack your way through tasting stations from Chicago's top eateries, while raising vital funds for Step Up's mentorship programs for teen girls. Starts at 7 p.m. Bridgeport Art Center's Skyline Loft, 200 W. 35th St., 312-904-2000; suwn.org/sd
Supporting the AIDS Foundation of Chicago and the Dancers' Fund, this 24th annual celebration features performances by companies including the Joffrey Ballet, Giordano Dance Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and River North Dance Chicago. 7:30 p.m. Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress Pkwy., 312-922-5812; danceforlifechicago.org/tickets
Come and enjoy an evening of dancing and dinning, starting with cocktails and performances of solos and duets by members of the nation's top dance companies. There will be an exquisite post-performance dinner and dessert. Tickets starting at $300. Starts at 5:30 p.m. 220 E. Chicago Ave., 312-932 9950; chicagodancingfestival.com
A roster of celebrity chefs including Stephanie Izzard, Rick Bayless, and Art Smith gather in Lincoln Park for a three-day foodie fête featuring libations, light bites, and seminars. Tickets start at $75. Runs from August 28-30. chicagofoodandwinefestival.com
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago hosts its annual art show and sale, which will showcase original art pieces created by 15 local and nationally recognized artists. Hundreds of Chicago's most philanthropic, civic, and community leaders will enjoy cocktails, dinner, raffle prizes, and live entertainment by ABBAFAB: The Premier Abba Tribute Show! Proceeds benefit The Catholic Charities Emergency Assistance Programs. 6-11 p.m. Navy Pier Grand Ballroom, 600 E. Grand Ave.; catholiccharities.net
Bright Pink, a non-profit focused on the prevention and early detection of breast and ovarian cancer in young women, will host the Sixth Annual FitFest in Chicago. Men and women of all fitness levels can participate in the event by registering as an individual or through a team. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fitness Formula Club Union Station, 444 West Jackson Blvd.; brightpink.org/fitfest
Join Bright Pink, a national non-profit with a mission to save lives from ovarian and breast cancer, as they present the sixth annual FitFest. The all day event will consist of high-energy work outs led by instructors from FFC, Shred 145, Dailey Method, and WERQ, as well as breast and ovarian health education, beauty services, wellness workshops, healthy treats, and more. The Chicago Bulls/Sox Academy trainers will also lead those who attend through drill workshops and a series of basketball skills. You can register here. Starts at 10 a.m. Fitness Formula Club, Union Station, 444 West Jackson Blvd., brightpink.org
The Children's Service Board of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago will be hosting its annual award show for a night of cocktails, food, live auction, and chefs stations that will offer local cuisines. Guests will also be treated to a live auction and entertainment from one of Chicago's best DJs. Revel Fulton Market, 1215 W. Fulton Mkt.; luriechildrens.org
The Children's Service Board of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago will host the 60th anniversary of this event, which will include an evening of cocktails, food, music, a live auction, and a retrospective fashion show. Starts at 6 p.m. Revel Fulton Market, 1215 W. Fulton Market; gcfas.com
Come out to the 11th annual" "A Sterling Event" to benefit programs of A Silver Lining Foundation whose mission is to give all individuals the opportunity to receive timely cancer screenings and diagnoses. This year, the event will be honoring Barbara and Bob Sherman as they receive the Evy Award. All proceeds will benefit ASLF's programs. Purchase tickets here. Starts at 6:30 p.m. Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, 2244 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., 312-567-1234
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Rendered unconscious, they rushed me to a concert
Instead of green jello and maybe chicken soup
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"Went unconscious" has a double meaning. In addition to referring to being physically knocked unconscious by an accident, it is also a play on Lupe's label as a "conscious" rapper. The accident makes him "go unconscious," i.e. become the fake, materialistic rapper everybody in the verse (i.e. the doctor and therapist, who represent Atlantic, and all others who pressure him to be mainstream). Not surprisingly, those same people eagerly rush him to a concert, and feed him magazine covers and video shoots instead of green jello and soup.
This fits in with the next verse, in which Lupe is "Evil as Knievel," undoubtedly still under the spell of his controllers, until he is woken back to "consciousness" by seeing a younger version of himself in the mirror.
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The lone game on Wednesday night in week 11 for college football is a MAC matchup that features Miami (Ohio) Redhawks vs. Temple Owls.
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The college football point-spread in this game opened with the Temple Owls as 11.5 point favorites. That line was pushed up by the early betting money coming in on the Owls. With 60% of the early money backing up the Owls are as high as 13 point favorites in some offshore sportsbook locations.
Miami is off a dominating win against Akron. The defense took down the Zips and controlled the game from the start and only allowed 200 yards of offense. Quarterback Zac Dysert was nearly flawless as he skewered the Zips putting up two touchdowns. The Redhawks will need him to be perfect again when they face considerably tougher defense.
Temple's defense looked less than intimidating against Ohio in their last outing. The Owls could not keep it together and lost what could be a very crucial game. The Owls did look good on offense, as Chris Coyer and Bernard Pierce piled up yards rushing the ball. Now the Owls will need to rebound after a loss, if they hope to stay on the path for a title.
The college football sports betting trends favor the road team in this contest. The underdog is 4-0 against the spread (ATS) in the last four meetings, which is an indication that these games have a history of playing close games. The Redhawks are 5-1 ATS in their last six games following a win and 4-1 ATS in their last five games overall.
The Owls are 1-4 ATS in their last five games in November and will have trouble covering double digits in this game. Ohio showed the Redhawks how to beat Temple and this game will come down to the wire and taking the points is the way to go.
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Arrange celery ribs in 1 layer in a 12-inch heavy skillet and add just enough chicken broth to cover. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer gently, covered, until celery is tender, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer celery and broth to a bowl and chill, uncovered, until cold, 2 to 3 hours.
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kgreggain: I own one and paid pretty well full price when it came out. It actually creates decent images. I don't care about all that external crap people are bitching about, for me, it uses my Pentax lenses, and I use a Hoodman for the viewfinder when shooting video. At 895.00 with the 40mm 2.8xs it was not worth it, but at the current of about 400 or so, it's a decent little camera.
I'm not a Pentax fanboy by any means, I just like the camera. I also shoot Nikon and Olympus - I think Pentax got some pretty bad raps about this camera, but all in all it's not that bad.
Sure sensor produces nice imaged. But in order to produce them, the lens have to be focused efficiently, you know. And the whole package has to work in your hands well.
How quickly does it focus your PDAF optimised lenses with CDAF ? And how do you use its focus-peeking optimised MF in bright sunlight without viewfinder ?
Does really Pentax force you to use its great K-5-like sensor in such a uncomfortablr way ?
While I generally dislike following the herd in my judgements, this time I agree with crowd wisdom. This camera is simply wrongly conceived from the very start. Using PDAF-optimized lenses with CDAF results in poor AF, huge flange distange results in aesthetic/ergonomic disaster, lack of viewfinder makes the focus-peeking assisted MF difficult.
Pentax got the concept of mirrorles completelly wrong
I hope at least somebody here has found this an opportunity to pay respect to this creative and industrious man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Zeiss
ogl: I'd like to see more faster lens.
Then go, buy Nikon V2 with bunch of excellent fast primes and you're all set !
Ben O Connor: God what specs! What a cam!
The most serious treathe to Olympus XZ-2. Come on olympus! Now give us the XZ-3 which has same sensor body & specs with ep-5, smilar amazing lens as XZ-2 which is 20mm on the wide, 120mm on tele end. And not above f2.8
Please :)
Guys, you realize that you ask for impossible ?
Sony RX-100 is just on the border of the possible. It's small overall size was made possible on 1" format exactly by means of slow (f/4.9) lens @ tele.
Having 4/3 instead of 1" with f/2.8 would take you in a completely different territory size-wise. Look here:
ogl: I'd like to see more faster lens.
That implies increased size - and most likely a substantial one. Would you accept that ?
ManuelVilardeMacedo: Mirrorless, as it is done now, is a path that leads to nowhere. Cropped sensors will never equal full frame. The way to go is the one Sony pointed at with the RX1: full frame mirrorless. Price can be a problem, I know, and then there's the lens size issue, but mirrorless cameras like this one are uncapable of the kind of dynamic range a full frame sensor can offer. I use a mirrorless camera alongside a 35mm film one, so I'm not writing this out of bigotry or cynicism. These are my findings after comparing results.
And no viewfinder is an issue, too - although there will always be the X-E1 for those who can't do without one.
I'm curious, which camera's results did you compare ?
Because for example D5200 sensor matches DR of D700 throughout the ISO range, being 1 stop better @ ISO200.
And don't tell me people were unable to create stunning photography before D800 was launched.
Well, wide-apertured, reasonably priced pancake of great optical performance is a "cherry on the cake" of any mirrorless system.
Think of Samsung's 30 f/2.0 or Panasonic's 20/1.7. Fuji seriously hurt its X system by going the Sony's NEX way, rather than Samsung's NX or Panasonic's M43 way.
nicoboston: Poor review IMO.
Almost everything has been described elsewhere for weeks or months.
More importantly, there's not a single word about DYNAMIC RANGE, which was one of the most interesting aspect of X10, thanks to EXR.
In fact, review mentioned the that there is an option for expanding DR. However - due to the lack of EXR- the conventional method of underexposing & tonecurve manipulation is used. This method (used by other manufacturers as well) has drawback of amplifying the shadow noise and requires stronger NR.
EXR was invented to improve upon the situation by underesposing only the highlights, not the shadows. This allows the shadows to be much less affected by noise & NR.
This is how it traslated to real-world (X10 vs X20): http://www.dpreview.com/files/t/E~a0cacda465cd43d6a39dc7c5c3cdab71
Joerampi: The cons
"Video quality not as good as other high-end compacts"
this camera has 60fps for video, which camera is high end that Dpreview mention?
also for me strength in "optics performance" x10 better then X20" (compare the result) both camera using same lens, but why X10 highest poin with x20
anyone can help to explain?
In my understanding X20 resolves more that X10 not because of X-Trans sensor, but because of getting rid of EXR. X20 resolving power is roughly equal to bayer sensors.
X-Trans provides better resolution than Bayer only in the of APS-C sensor (especially when coupled with prime lenses).
I don't agree with you that X20 is blurrier than XZ-2 in general. Look at JPEG results in DPR studio comparison. When it comes to RAW, it seems there is some noise-reduction applied in DPR studio shots, while there is none of it in XZ-2 shots.
Re: Jpeg engine regress ...
I guess the situation might be salvageable by FW update. These are the problems wrt noise reduction:
- chroma denoising induces excessive chroma (esp. red) bleeding. This may be caused either by insufficiently careful calibration of the algorithm or its general undersophistication.
- luma noise NR seems hard-treshholded. It either obliterates any noise together with any details, or keeps the details (& noise) intact. This trait of the NR algorithm leads to both excessive smearing and the artifacts (especially in the form of blackpepper-like dots).
Looking at RAWs, there seems to be nothing to prevent the X20 to utilize similar NR routines that were present in X10.
X20 is an exemplary case of manufacturer listening too carefully to their customers. X10 was often criticised for its limited resolving power, and since (in popular mind) Fuji owned the means to achieve the high resolution results - the X-Trans - people demanded X10's successor to be equiped with X-Trans.
While X-Trans worked for APS-C very well, in the (diffraction & noise limited) world of small sensors there are other contraints - besides OLP (AA) filter- in the way of achieving very high resolution results. And indeed, X20 yields no more lph than Bayers (such as G15 or XZ-2).
It is futile to hope for hi-res from small sensors. Here Fuji's EXR made much more sense, as it was quite successful in combating other small-sensor limitations: it extended DR considerably or provided somewhat better color separation in low-light situations.
Even if Fuji wanted to sacrifice the EXR benefits for resolution, why did it go the X-Trans instead of Bayer ?
GeorgeZ: Great, the last HX series delivered pics as mushy as I've not seen in a long time, even at base ISO. Now we have more MP, same size sensor and even longer lens. Reduced to 6MP, these pics will be ok for many ppl, but this market segment obviously isn't beyond the MP race yet.
The popular belief says images from old, low MP digicams, provided superior IQ compared to current, high MP sensors.
It just not true ! Images from HX20 downsampled to 6MP would destroy output from any of the old 6MP cameras at any ISO.
This is mostly due to the fact that cameras with 6 million native photosites have to be demosaiced to produce RGB output - a process that involves interpolation.
marike6: Making a DSLR smaller doesn't make it more usable. Chopping off the grip may appeal to m43 fans, who seem to believe that ALL cameras should be miniature because it's just too hard, too much effort to carry a normal sized camera, but it won't make the camera easier to shoot with, or balance better with telephoto lenses. It is much, much more tiring to shoot with a camera that has no grip. So I'm hoping this trend towards miniaturization ends soon.
As far as the sensor, it's strange that Nikon used the 16 mp Exmor in the D7000/D5100 for one release cycle and it was class leading for DR, color depth and ISO. Canon has this mediocre 18 mp sensor and they are using it over, and over, and over again. Go figure.
All that said, this camera actually looks pretty interesting, and at least it has a nice LCD and an OVF. If it had a slightly better sensor, it would be more compelling.
There *are* m43 cameras with a grip.
Well, I am not surprised at all ! The appearance of bizzare, halfcrippled, monstruous creatures like EOS M, 700D and 100D correlates well with general impression left by this interview: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/0336328811/cp-2013-interview-with-canons-masaya-maeda
It all speaks a clear message that boils down to single word: cluelessness.
It's hard to believe it is the same company that designed the 10D-40D line of cameras.
facedodge: Some websites are speculating that this is a NEW 18MP SENSOR.... no change in number of pixels, but a change in ISO performance. ISO range is now 100-12800 native - expandable to 25600. That is a one stop increase.
Maybe it's more noise reduction. We won't know until we get to test it.
Well, Canon is actually quite good performer in terms of general (midtone) high-ISO noise levels.
Rather, it's a deep shadows noise (and implied DR) that is 2009-ish.
OvinceZ: Nothing exciting from Canon since the 5DII.
It seems the Canon pays their shills well.
Sdaniella: nothing wrong with padding filler models on the LOW END eco-budget lines, that's where the volume sales aimed at beginners predominate.
no need for 'lead innovations' whatsoever on these models, but the odd one now and then; so 'carry over' or 'trickle-down' features from higher models more likely than having 'exclusive innovations' in abundance on the lowest and thus cheapest models.
detractors should get over it; this isn't a new practice for any mfr; they all do it.
It's just that other manufacturers (Nikon, Sony, Olympus) have made enormous progress in sensor performance (in terms of DR mostly) since 2009; and this progress has transpired into their entry-level modellines as well.
Canon has made no such progress in 4 years now. Currently this technological lag translates to 14Ev (Sony, Nikon) versus 11Ev (Canon) of DR.
And it has serious implications even for JPEG shooters: the in-camera DR expansion modes (DRO, ADL) work much better with 14Ev sensors than with 11Ev sensor.
Rachotilko: Hopefully for Canon (but also for their vendor-locked-in customers) this performs much better in terms of noise floor - ie. the dynamic range - than 650D. In case is does not (and this seems likely), then their trailing behind the competition is truely woeful. But maybe Canon thinks we don't need shadow details @ low ISO.
well, RAW is not the whole story. Sensors with low noise floor give manufacturers more freedom when implementing the various tonecurve (aka "DR-expansion") tricks (such as Nikon's ADL, Canons HTP, Sony's DRO, etc) in JPEG engine.
Hopefully for Canon (but also for their vendor-locked-in customers) this performs much better in terms of noise floor - ie. the dynamic range - than 650D. In case is does not (and this seems likely), then their trailing behind the competition is truely woeful. But maybe Canon thinks we don't need shadow details @ low ISO.


text: 13.3-inch Tegra 3 concept tablet by Toshiba Spotted Stormy Beach 6 March, 2012 3 Comments Concept devices are always a great way to get you looking to the future of Android, or technology in general. At the recent Toshiba 2012 conference, they had a new concept tablet just lying around for people to see. Pocket-lint was there to take a look at it. Sadly the tablet doesn't power on or do anything cool just yet. As a concept though, it was sporting a 13.3-inch screen, and according to a NVIDIA rep on hand, it has a Tegra 3 under the hood. The unit had all your usual connectivity ports like USB, HDMI and SD card slot. Toshiba couldn't say if this concept device would ever amount to anything more than an in-house device right now. They are showing it off as is right now to gauge people's responses and to see if the interest for a larger tablet is there or not. Judging by the photos it looks to be extremely thin. They also make a special note that it is extremely light for its size. With out it being able to power on though, we wonder what other components might not be inside currently. There could still be a great deal of weight left to be added. What do you guys think? Are we over the 10-inch tablets? Are we ready to push it up another level and go to 13.3-inches? It sure would be nice. Hit up the link below to take a gander at more photos of tablet. Via Pocket-Lint Dan For now I think 13.3 inch is too large, we need developers to focus on the standard 10 inch display so that there would be a better ecosystem first. Then i think other sizes can be introduced. FILA Coming soon 24 inch Android Tablet, Sammy Galaxy Tab XL


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JUNEAU -- A hearing on a new bill that would make it a crime to broadcast 911 emergency calls started as expected Wednesday -- with a clash between the First Amendment and a victim's right of privacy.
But the hearing took an unexpected twist when it became clear that Alaska State Troopers routinely ignore the state's public records law, at least as the law is interpreted by the drafter of the measure and the aide to the bill's sponsor, Rep. Kurt Olson, R-Soldotna.
Victims' rights bills are always popular in an election year, and this one, House Bill 415, was introduced last week, a month before the end of the Legislative session. Its first hearing Wednesday was in the House Labor and Commerce Committee, which Olson chairs. By the close of the day, Olson agreed the bill needed a lot more work and decided to hold onto it in his committee for revisions and at least one more hearing.
Olson's bill was presented to the committee by his aide, Jennifer Senette, who said a new law was necessary to prevent the anguished voice of a victim of a crime, animal attack or accident from winding up on the evening news or heard millions of times on the Internet.
"The private, excruciating moments in the lives of individuals who call 911, they're splashed all over the airwaves for the public to hear, and that's not necessarily because there's any significant public value -- it's kind of because it brings in the ratings," Senette said. "People should be able to call 911 with the expectation that these calls will not be broadcast for everyone else to hear."
Olson cited the Alaska example of 13-year-old Petra Davis, attacked in 2008 by a bear during a 24-hour trail bike race in Anchorage's Far North Bicentennial Park. The audio of her call was broadcast nationally by NBC's Today Show, which had Davis and her rescuers on the program. The broadcast introduction to her call described her as being heroic as she desperately communicated with dispatchers.
Under Olson's bill, such a broadcast would be a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $10,000, but not with jail.
Senette described 911 calls as public records. The bill would prevent broadcast of the actual call on radio, television or the Internet. But transcripts of those calls would continue to be public record, Senette said.
"The sponsor's not arguing that these things should be pulled back from public records and these things should be confidential," Senette said. "Indeed there's a legitimate purpose to having these things out in the open -- disclosure laws ensure that our state agencies are accountable to the people that they serve, and this is something that the sponsor fully supports. It still would be a public record -- you just can't air it."
That apparently was news to the Alaska State Troopers.
The issue arose when two committee members, Reps. Lindsey Holmes, D-Anchorage, and Tammie Wilson, R-North Pole, wondered why troopers said they would need to hire at least two additional people to implement the measure. Shouldn't there be less work for troopers, not more, they asked?
No, said Lt. Rodney Dial, based in Ketchikan, and Soldotna dispatch supervisor Tammy Goggia. Testifying by phone, both said troopers almost never fulfill media or public requests for tapes and reject requests for transcripts, as well.
Dial said some portions of 911 calls already are private under state law -- they might have a victim's address, phone number or Social Security number, or might contain information that would jeopardize an ongoing investigation, all exemptions to the state's public records law.
Dial said troopers don't have the manpower to edit that information from tapes, so they withhold the entire recording as a matter of routine. And because they withhold the audio, they also don't create transcripts.
But the specific declaration in Olson's bill that "the transcript of a recording of a 911 call is a public record" would require troopers to transcribe calls, then edit the transcript to eliminate nondisclosable conversation, Dial said.
Troopers will respond to subpoenas, Dial and Goggia said. The one exception for the public is when a family member asks to hear a 911 call, such as when it contains the last words of a loved one or when a baby is delivered at home or in a car with the help of a dispatcher, they said.
Wilson asked what would happen if her own life was saved by her 4-year-old calling 911 -- would she be unable to obtain the tape for her own family archives?
That would be the kind of exception troopers would probably honor, Goggia said.
But under the law, if Wilson then posted the audio to a family Web site or Facebook, she could be fined $10,000.
The law also makes no exception for a 911 call played in a trial that is covered by television.
Senette said the broadcast of 911 calls has led five states to ban release entirely and four more to impose restrictions. Legislation is pending in four additional states, including Alabama, the subject of a segment last week on National Public Radio's "On the Media." The Alabama bill contains a provision allowing a judge to release a tape if it's in the public interest, a provision not in the Alaska law. The Alabama measure also permits call transcripts.
Anchorage media lawyer John McKay testified by phone Wednesday and urged the committee to tread carefully on an issue that restricted public and media access to government information. The legislation had emerged very suddenly, he said, and he barely had time to look at it. He started his testimony from a hallway at the University of Alaska Anchorage and finished in the class he gives in communications law.
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The technology, called PCI ExpressModule, is an extroverted version of the ubiquitous PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) standard that until now has been hidden away inside computer cases. Traditional PCI cards are naked electronics boards that fit into slots inside a computer's chassis, but PCI ExpressModule uses cartridges that slide into external slots.
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And Sun won't have any help, at least for now, from the other two major manufacturers of higher-end servers, IBM and Hewlett-Packard.
ExpressModule "hasn't had much adoption in the industry," so IBM is still only evaluating the technology, said Jeff Benck, vice president of product development for IBM's x86 and blade servers.
And HP won't use it in its x86-based ProLiant servers and has no imminent plans for its higher-end Itanium-based Integrity models.
"At this point, the reliability, availability, serviceability, manageability and density of ExpressModule do not demonstrate sufficient benefits beyond the standard PCI-Express form factor, which offers lower cost and wider product selection," said Brian Cox, worldwide director of server platform marketing for HP's business critical server group, in a statement.
But Sun expects minds to change. "I think it's going to take another year before we see (usage) go up dramatically," said Graham Lovell, senior director of systems at Sun. "I think it's going to go mainstream in the big four suppliers"--meaning IBM, HP, Dell and Sun--he said.
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Input-output standards move glacially compared to the rest of the computer market, and the work in building support for ExpressModule has only begun. The ExpressModule debut is a classic example of the who-goes-first, "chicken-and-egg" problem that's common with new technology introductions.
"You need the platform to develop the cards, but the platform needs the cards. It's going to take a little bit of getting there," said Al Yanes, chairman of the PCI Special Interest Group (SIG) that oversees all PCI specifications.
But Yanes is optimistic that Sun's move will help the ExpressModule fortunes. "Sun's a big player. Hopefully that's going to jump-start the technology," he said. "We're hopeful that others will endorse it."
The PCI SIG released the ExpressModule specification in April 2005, scrapping the former Server I/O Module name.
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There are some adapter eggs to go along with the server chicken, Lovell said: Qlogic and Emulex will supply dual-port Fibre Channel adapters; Intel plans two- and four-port gigabit Ethernet adapters; Mellanox plans dual-port InfiniBand network adapters; and Myricom "and others" plan dual-port 10-gigibit Ethernet adapters.
Now that Sun has staked its claim, "We're hoping that it's going to catch the attention of the other server vendors. "It's a great feature on midrange servers and up," said Frank Berry, vice president of marketing for QLogic, which offers dual-port adapters for connecting servers to Fibre Channel storage networks.
New circuit boards must be designed for ExpressModule, Berry said, but the main engineering--the custom processors, software drivers and on-board firmware--is the same. "All that's portable to the new design," he said.
Adaptec, a major manufacturer of adapters for connecting to storage systems, doesn't have ExpressModule models. But it's a fan nonetheless. "We do like the technology. We looked at it as a way to add cards to a server without having to bring the server down. Anything that increases the uptime for servers we're supportive of," said Paul Vogt, director of product marketing.
Conventional PCI has technically permitted customers to add or change cards while a server is running--"hot-add" and "hot-swap" in server jargon--but in reality the idea is too impractical. "There were huge concerns about that--about the danger of having the machine on while taking the cover off," Vogt said.
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Sun is bullish on the idea, though its lower-end products don't use it, at least for now. Lovell expects PCI ExpressModule to be used in dual-processor, rack-mounted machines as small as 3.5 inches thick--the single most popular area of the server market in terms of unit shipments.
But HP, the top maker of x86 servers, will take some convincing.
The industry effectively voted against ExpressModule as the PCI standard plug-in method when it decided how to move from conventional PCI to the faster PCI-Express (PCIe) technology now becoming mainstream, said Dwight Barron, chief technologist for HP's BladeSystem.
"If the industry was going to move to this modular format, the time to have done it was when we made the transition to PCI Express. The industry voted loud and clear. PCIe happened, and we're on the same kind of cards we've been on for a long time," Barron said.
The computing industry is several years into its transition from PCI to PCI-Express, a new version that offers faster connections through high-speed "serial" communications lines rather than the synchronized "parallel" links used in older PCI. While servers today still often use an extension to PCI called PCI-X, lower-end servers have begun the transition to PCI Express.
The ExpressModule is "a relatively a niche product," and HP doesn't have plans to use it in its ProLiant servers, Barron said.
And that lukewarm stance ultimately could mean ExpressModule fans won't see their products coast to easy widespread acceptance. "If HP and IBM don't make use of this, I'm not sure it withers on the vine," said Illuminata analyst Gordon Haff, "but it certainly is a much smaller market than regular PCI-Express cards."
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- Hats off to Sun for setting the pace; the cost difference of modules will pay for themselves in savings in downtime and admin costs in the server room. But to make modules accepted, they need the sex appeal that Apple brought to USB. Jobs could differenciate the quality of the Mac designing modules into new retail machines for ease of upgrade that PCs do not offer. HP or Sony might follow.
Some desktops have PC Card slots already which would also help, but most makers seem to prefer boring boxes then only to wonder why consumers are loosing interest and are frustrated with usuablity. Adapter manufacturers could profit from faster upgrade willingness.
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In the desktop space, hot-plug pciE *might* be attractive for graphics cards within the gaming community, but who is using a sun box for gaming?
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The fire moved back on itself Monday as the Utah National Guard acknowledged it wasn't the first time that live-fire exercises had sparked a fire at Camp Williams, a sprawling compound 30 miles south of Salt Lake City.
Revising earlier reports, fire spokesman Mike Bohling told The Associated Press that three homes were destroyed, not four. Bohling attributed the widely reported discrepancy to confusion during the overnight firefighting operation, and said several sheds, recreational vehicles and at least one water pump house had been damaged or destroyed in the fire area.
Overnight conditions helped firefighters get a handle on the blaze by Monday morning and keep it from spreading, but authorities were trying to keep the evacuated area clear of people as a precaution.
"If we get a change of winds, a pickup in winds, it's game-on again," Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder said. "Right now we're in a fairly static situation but it could turn on us again."
Residents and Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon were questioning the National Guard's decision to fire weapons in dry and windy conditions Sunday, but Lt. Col. Hank McIntire said wind wasn't a factor until after the fire took hold.
"There's always the possibility that some ammunition will catch brush on fire. We felt like we had it extinguished yesterday, then some embers reignited in the wind and it got away from us," McIntire told AP on Monday. "That's when the wind picked up and got it going again, and it rolled through Camp Williams."
By early Monday, 1,652 homes had been evacuated, said fire information officer Jason Curry.
Another fire spokeswoman, Kim Osborn, said authorities got a better estimate on the damage by Monday afternoon and reduced it from 10,000 acres to about 3,500, or less than 6 square miles.
Five tanker planes were in the air, dropping suppressant and trying to get as much of the fire under control before Tuesday, when winds were expected to increase, she said.
"We're doing all that we can to keep everybody safe," Osborn said. "It's looking good now."
Winder said he didn't expect any more evacuations as firefighters continued to get the fire under control Monday.
All four homeowners whose property was destroyed had been notified, he said.
"If you haven't been told that your house has burned down, your house hasn't burned down," Winder said. "What we're doing our best to do here is to ensure that not only no other houses get burned and that nobody gets hurt. And then if the wind does change, we've already got people out. We don't want a ton of people back in this evacuated area."
Herriman is rural community on the southwest side of the Salt Lake Valley. It's flanked to the south and west by mountains. North and west are the valley's suburban communities, with a combined population of about a million.


text: bankruptcy 7 questions and answers about Detroit's bankruptcy By Mark Brush & Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jul 19, 2013 Patrick Gibson / Flickr Detroit filed for Chapter 9 federal bankruptcy protection yesterday. The federal courts have never seen a municipal bankruptcy filing of this size, so there are a lot of questions out there. Earlier today, we asked our Facebook followers, "What questions do you have about Detroit's bankruptcy?" We've been working hard to answer as many of them as possible. Here's what we have so far, but keep checking back as we gather more information for you. 1. Why now? What does bankruptcy mean for Detroiters? By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jul 19, 2013 JasonParis / Flickr Detroit's bankruptcy filing has raised a lot of questions, especially for people who live in the city. It's unlikely the day-to-day lives of Detroiters will change very much under a bankruptcy. Lyke Thompson is the director of Wayne State University's Center for Urban Studies. He says Detroit's city services are already pretty bad, and that there will be few immediate differences for city residents, but things could get worse before they improve. Lessons for Detroit: Municipalities that also declared bankruptcy By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jul 19, 2013 Peter Martorano / Flickr What will bankruptcy mean for Detroit? There are certainly a lot of unknowns as the city navigates through the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history, but we can look to other municipalities that have gone through this process. Here's a brief outline of two other major municipal bankruptcy cases in the U.S.: 1) Jefferson County, Alabama Population: 658,931 Filed for Bankruptcy: 2011 In this morning's news: Gay marriage lawsuit, Detroit pensions, union dues in schools By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jul 11, 2013 User: Brother O'Mara / flickr Hearing date set for challenge to gay marriage ban "A federal judge has set an October 1 hearing date for a challenge to Michigan's ban on gay marriage and adoptions by same-sex couples. A lesbian couple in Hazel Park is seeking the right to marry or jointly adopt the children they are raising together. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed states to continue setting their own rules on marriage, and he is defending the Michigan Constitution," Rick Pluta reports. Kevyn Orr and union leaders discuss pension benefits"A group of Detroit pension and union leaders have met in the first of two closed-door meetings with the restructuring team of the city's state-appointed emergency manager. Kevyn Orr wants huge cuts in pension benefits and health insurance to avoid the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Some bankruptcy experts say the session could be the tipping point that leads to an unprecedented bankruptcy," the Associated Press reports. Reinstated law prohibits schools from taking union dues A Michigan law prohibiting schools from taking payroll deductions for union dues is back on the books. A federal judge erased an injunction on the law after an appeals court struck down her 2012 decision suspending it. The law was approved by the Republican-controlled legislature and signed by Governor Rick Snyder. The appeals court said ending payroll deductions doesn't infringe on a union's right to free speech. Detroit's creditors will not be going on a bus tour of the city By Stateside Staff • Jul 10, 2013 Listen Listening... / 4:27 An interview with Nancy Kaffer, Columnist at the Detroit Free Press. Detroit's emergency manager has canceled a planned bus tour for city bondholders today. The bus tour was meant to hammer home that Detroit is in dire shape and simply cannot afford to pay off all its debts. The Wall Street creditors are in town to talk with Kevyn Orr. They're trying to work out a deal outside bankruptcy court. Nancy Kaffer, Columnist at the Detroit Free Press joined us today. Listen to the full interview above. It's time to plan for what comes after bankruptcy in Detroit By Jack Lessenberry • Jul 9, 2013 Listen Listening... / 2:54 Lessenberry commentary for 7/9/2013 During the last year of World War II, as millions died in history's most sustained orgy of violence, other men quietly and secretly planned what to do after the war was over. They worked out the details of the division of Germany and the administration of Japan even before those countries had been occupied. Doing that in advance was essential. Historians agree that was a precondition for Europe's eventual recovery, and Japan's rebirth as a prosperous democracy. This advance planning also went a long way to prevent a new world war breaking out in the rubble of the old. I mention this because I hope somebody is thinking about what to do when Detroit declares bankruptcy, and even more importantly, when that process is over. Planning how the city will begin the process back to some form of prosperity. In this morning's news: Challenge to gay marriage ban, changing public defense, bankruptcy in Flint By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jul 2, 2013 User: Brother O'Mara / flickr Federal judge will hear challenge to gay marriage ban A federal judge is allowing a legal challenge to Michigan adoption laws and its ban on same-sex marriage to move forward. Judge Bernard Friedman says the decision to strike down DOMA last week left unanswered questions that could be addressed by this case. April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse are raising three children together; they say Michigan law violates the equal protection rights of their children. The judge called a July 10th hearing to chart the next steps in the case. Legislation to improve legal defense for indigent Michiganders Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation yesterday that will make changes to the state's public defense system. The bill will create a commission to set statewide standards to ensure effective legal representation for poor defendants. The commission will also monitor counties to make sure each one is meeting those standards. Flint EM warns possibility of bankruptcy Flint's Emergency Manager, Ed Kurtz, warns the city could run out of money if it's forced to pay retirees full health benefits. A federal judge recently ruled Flint has to give retired workers the benefits they were promised. Kurtz says the decision hurts retirees more than it helps and that bankruptcy would mean much bigger cuts for retirees and current workers. Detroit's possible bankruptcy may hit city retirees the hardest By Stateside Staff • Jun 20, 2013 Peter Martorano / Flickr Listen Listening... / 9:46 An interview with Daniel Howes. It's Thursday, which means it's time for our weekly check-in with Detroit News Business Columnist Daniel Howes. As the story of Detroit's possible---and many say likely---bankruptcy continues to unfold, we keep hearing that many people are going to feel financial hardship. And when you look at all the possible parties who will be feeling the pain, it seems that some of the most vulnerable are city retirees. Daniel Howes joined us in the studio today to discuss what bankruptcy will mean for Detroit residents. Listen to the full interview above. Stateside for Thursday, June 20th, 2013 By Stateside Staff • Jun 20, 2013 Listen Listening... / 48:57 It'll be 50 years ago in August when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his now iconic "I have a Dream Speech." But King gave an earlier version of that speech on June 23rd, 1963 in Detroit. We took a look back to the events during that address that some Detroiters say was just as important as the March on Washington. And, as the first day of summer rears its head, Michigan Radio's sports commentator joined us to remember summers past. And, we spoke with a Michigan poet who has built his own version of Stonehenge just north of Traverse City. Also, author and shipwreck explorer Valerie Van Heest joined us to discuss the mystery behind a plane crash that occurred over the Great Lakes 63 years ago. First on the show, it's Thursday. Time for our weekly check-in with Detroit News Business Columnist Daniel Howes. As the story of Detroit's possible---and many say likely---bankruptcy continues to unfold, we keep hearing that many people are going to feel financial hardship. And when you look at all the possible parties who will be feeling the pain, it seems that some of the most vulnerable are city retirees. Daniel Howes joined us in the studio today to discuss what bankruptcy will mean for Detroit residents. Commentary: Are Pensions Sacred? By Jack Lessenberry • Jun 19, 2013 Listen Listening... / 3:04 Lessenberry commentary for 6/19/2013 We didn't have an early spring this year, but it looks like an early summer. I say that because while it is still technically spring, the authorities are already engaged in what has been a late summer Michigan ritual, digging up a field to look for Jimmy Hoffa. Usually, it strikes me as strange that this case still gets so much attention, but this year we've been so overwhelmed with news from Detroit that we probably need a little escape. Commentary: After the Fall By Jack Lessenberry • Jun 17, 2013 Listen Listening... / 3:02 Lessenberry commentary for 6/17/2013 It's hard to be shocked by anything relating to Detroit's financial crisis. But frankly, I was, when I read the details of the report Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr gave to the city's creditors. For months, we'd been hearing that the city had as much as $14 billion in long-term debt. The real figure is more like twenty billion. No other city in the country pays even twenty percent of its revenue for what they call legacy costs -- debt service and pensions. Detroit pays more than forty percent. Michigan AG says state law protects DIA assets from bankruptcy sale By Rick Pluta • Jun 14, 2013 Maia C/Flickr Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has released a legal opinion that says the collection held by the Detroit Institute of Arts cannot be sold if the city goes into bankruptcy. The opinion was issued in response to a request by Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville. The opinion says the assets owned by the Detroit Institute of Art are held in a public trust for the people of Michigan, and cannot be used to pay off the city's debts. Schuette says in the opinion, "In Michigan, we not only appreciate our cultural treasures, we guard them zealously." Detroit has $15.6 billion dollars in long-term liabilities, and emergency manager Kevyn Orr will need to take some drastic measures to pay those debts. Kevyn Orr -- who is a bankruptcy attorney and turnaround expert -- is in the middle of negotiating a debt reduction plan with the city's creditors. He has said there are no guarantees the DIA's assets would be off the table in the event of a bankruptcy. In this morning's news: Budget passed in Legislature, bill to protect DIA, gas prices in Michigan By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jun 5, 2013 User: Brother O'Mara / flickr Budget awaits Governor Snyder's signature State lawmakers passed a budget that would increase funding to local governments and schools. "Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville calls it the best budget he's ever helped pass. But the budget does not include Snyder's request to expand Medicaid or increase road funding by more than a billion dollars," Michigan Radio's Jake Neher reports. Senate voting to protect DIA The Michigan Senate is expected to vote today on a measure to protect the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit's emergency manager Kevyn Orr has warned the Institute's assets could be at risk if the city goes bankrupt. If this bill passes, the same protections would apply to collections in other museums across Michigan. Michigan gas prices amongst highest in nation Gasoline prices in Michigan are the second highest in the United States right now. It could be several weeks before there's any relief at the pump. "Analyst Patrick deHaan of GasBuddy dot com says there are fewer gasoline refineries in the Midwest than other parts of the country, and gasoline commodity traders are also driving up the prices," Michigan Radio's Tracy Samilton reports. Stateside: What would a Detroit bankruptcy bring? By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Dec 5, 2012 John F. Martin / Creative Commons Listen Listening... / 18:16 As the prospect of a Chapter 9 Bankruptcy looms over Detroit, many are wondering what will become of the city. We spoke with Forbes.com contributor Micki Maynard and the Detroit News' Daniel Howes about restructuring the city and those who run it. "It would be very difficult for the image of the city. It would be the largest municipal bankruptcy in the history of the country. It would probably last three years and be very unforgiving to the employees and residents," said Howes. Howes insisted that taxpayers would mostly likely have to fund the restructuring of the city. Is bankruptcy a good option for Detroit? By Jennifer White • Feb 3, 2012 Michigan State University The city of Detroit continues to try to find a way out of its fiscal crisis. A new report led by Michigan State University economist, Eric Scorsone, examines the impact of a bankruptcy on the city – something Governor Snyder, the legislature and the city leaders want to avoid. Borders closes: 10,700 workers to lose jobs By Jennifer Guerra • Jul 19, 2011 Steve Carmody / Michigan Radio After 40 years in the business, the national bookstore chain Borders has officially called it quits. Pres. Obama marks the end of government ownership of Chrysler By Steve Carmody • Jun 3, 2011 (photo by Bridget Bodnar/Michigan Radio) President Obama congratulated a crowd of Chrysler auto workers today in Toledo for their hard work as he stood surrounded by an assembly line of Jeeps. He stressed the importance of the 2008 bailout of Chrysler and G-M to the rest of the auto industry, including Ford: Borders prepares for important bankruptcy court date this week By Steve Carmody • May 30, 2011 (photo by Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio) Attorneys for Borders will be back in court this week asking a judge to give the troubled Ann Arbor-based book store chain more time to exit bankruptcy protection. When Borders filed for bankruptcy protection in February, the hope was the bookstore chain would be able to quickly turn itself around. That apparently isn't happening. Borders Books liquidation sales coming to a close By Steve Carmody • Apr 19, 2011 (photo by Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio) The company handling the liquidation sales at more than 200 Borders bookstores says most of those stores will close by this weekend. The liquidation sales have already been completed at many of the stores, including one in Ann Arbor. Rick Kaye is a spokesman for Hilco Merchant Services, the company handling the liquidation sales. Report: Borders to leave Ann Arbor for Metro Detroit By Zoe Clark • Apr 6, 2011 Lorna Is / Flickr The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Borders Group Inc. will move its headquarters from Ann Arbor to the Detroit metro area. The company is currently operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. From the Journal: Borders Group Inc. plans to tell publishers and landlords Wednesday it has achieved major cost savings, including more than $30 million in rent reductions, and that it will move out of its Ann Arbor, Mich., headquarters for cheaper office space in the greater Detroit metro area. Presenting its business plan to an unsecured creditors committee, predominantly made up of publishers and landlords, Borders also plans to say it has now closed about 50 superstores as part of efforts to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to people familiar with the matter. Altogether, Borders will close 226 by the end of next month, although a handful of additional stores could be closed, depending on negotiations with landlords, the people said. News organizations around the state were quick to pick up the report: The Detroit Free Press: Report: Borders HQ to leave Ann Arbor The Detroit News: Report: Borders eyes HQ move to Metro Detroit The Ann Arbor Chronicle: A2 Business AnnArbor.com: Wall Street Journal: Borders plans to move headquarters out of Ann Arbor Borders will get more time to review bookstore leases By Steve Carmody • Mar 15, 2011 (photo by Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio) A federal bankruptcy judge has decided to give Borders Group another 90 days to review leases for its bookstores. The Ann Arbor-based bookstore change is working to emerge from bankruptcy later this year. Borders is already closing 200 bookstores across the country, including 4 stores in Michigan. Borders is expected to announce plans to close additional stores and renegotiate leases on about 600 other outlets. GM expected to announce $5 billion profit for 2010 By Steve Carmody • Feb 23, 2011 user santoshkrishnan / creative commons General Motors is expected to formally announce its first 'full-year profit' since 2004 on Thursday. It was just two years ago General Motors had to seek bankruptcy protection. Now, the automaker is expected to announce a 5 billion dollar profit for 2010. Aaron Bragman is an automotive analyst with IHS Global Insight. He gives a big part of the credit to the federal government for helping GM through bankruptcy. "I don't think we'd be in the place where we're at right now if the government had not intervened and actually funded their bankruptcy. We'd be in a very different place." Bragman says 2011 might be another good year for GM, because of rising gasoline prices. "Chevy is bringing several small vehicles to market. The new Spark is on the horizon. The new (Sonic) is coming this year. So we're actually seeing a lot of these small cars coming…and now we're seeing a market force that may actually drive people to go an buy them." Bragman says high gasoline prices may hurt Chrysler, because it doesn't have as many high- mileage vehicles to offer car buyers. Borders files for bankruptcy By Vincent Duffy, Mark Brush, Jennifer Guerra & Steve Carmody • Feb 16, 2011 Update 4:37 p.m. Independent bookstores are waiting to see what kind of impact Borders' bankruptcy will have on business. Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra spoke with Nicola Rooney, owner Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor. Rooney expects business to pick up at her store now that one of the Borders in Ann Arbor is slated to close. She said Borders' financial problems are not emblematic of the book business in general: "No, it's not the death knell of bookstores by any means. They did a lot of things wrong over the years…and at any time there were things they could have done differently that they did not, and this of course from someone who knows maybe two percent of what was really going on inside, because you never know the real story," said Rooney. Rooney blames Borders's problems on its poor website strategy, and frequent management changes. Update 12:07 p.m. Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra reports that of the stores slated for closing so far, four are in Michigan: Dearborn Utica Grosse Pointe Ann Arbor - the Arborland location. Guerra spoke with Ann Arbor resident Jack Love about the bankruptcy: "I'm sad. They're nice places to go, pick up a book, look through it, of course Borders has more than just books: coffee, book readings, public gatherings," said Love. Guerra says Love partly blames himself for Borders' financial problems - he's a book fiend who buys most of his books online at Amazon. Update 11:58 a.m. The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog has posted a list of the top Borders creditors - Who's Owed What in Borders' Bankruptcy. Not surprisingly, book publishers top the list. Penguin Putnam Inc. is at the very top. They're owed $41,118,914. Update 11:33 a.m. Michigan Radio's Steve Carmody just spoke with Rob James, the president of EXP Realty Advisors. EXP specializes in real estate valuations for companies in bankruptcy. James told Carmody that "no doubt about it" the Borders store closings will have a ripple effect in the retail industry: "It's going to put a lot of strain on the shopping center industry and its going to hurt a lot of landlords," said James. Update 11:07 Here is the list of stores Borders plans to close Update 11:00 a.m.: The company has released a list of stores it plans to close. We'll have that list posted shortly. The Wall Street Journal reports the company has secured a loan that will keep the company going while it goes through bankruptcy reorganization. From the WSJ: The Ann Arbor, Mich., company also said it has lined up a $505 million loan from GE Capital to fund its operations while in bankruptcy. Access to such a loan is subject to court approval. In its bankruptcy petition, Borders listed assets of $1.28 billion and liabilities of $1.29 billion as of Dec. 25. Borders' five largest unsecured creditors are the book publishers Penguin Putnam Inc., Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster Inc., Random House and Harper Collins Publishers. AnnArbor.com has some extensive coverage of the bookseller's bankruptcy filing, including a live blog. Nathan Bomey of AnnArbor.com reports on some of the scenarios that could unfold during the bankruptcy reorganization. They also highlight some of the missteps in Borders history. From AnnArbor.com: Among the company's biggest mistakes was allowing Amazon to manage its online sales from 2001 to 2008. "They never really harnessed the power of the Internet," said David Dykhouse, a manager of Borders' Arborland store from 2002 to 2007. "As someone once said, the Internet is the comet that killed the dinosaur. I'm afraid Borders is one of those dinosaurs." 8:09 a.m. Borders Group is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization after a long struggle to stay afloat. Borders had a difficult time keeping up as the book and music businesses changed beneath its feet. The 40-year-old Ann Arbor company plans to close about 30 percent of its stores, or about 200, over the next few weeks. The company will receive $505 million dollars in so-called debtor-in-possession financing from GE Capital and others to help it reorganize. Borders has recently delayed payments to its vendors, landlords and other creditors. Big-box bookstores have struggled as more people buy books online, in electronic form or at grocery stores or discounters such as Walmart. The 2 types of bankruptcy facing Borders By Mark Brush • Feb 15, 2011 user brewbooks / creative commons With the impending bankruptcy of Borders Group Inc., we thought we'd give you a quick explanation of the two types of options facing the company. Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Also known as "liquidation" or "straight bankruptcy." It sparks an 'everything must go' sale of the company's assets. The company may cease operations after filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The company that owes the money files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in court. The company's assets are turned over to a bankruptcy trustee who then sells the assets and tries to pay back the company's creditors. In exchange, the company that owes the money is freed from having to pay all of its bills in full (unless some wrongdoing is found). The details of Chapter 7 rules vary from state to state. Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Also known as "reorganization" bankruptcy used by many corporations (like K-Mart and General Motors). After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company that owes money typically keeps running its business and keeps its assets while going through a reorganization process overseen by the court. A reorganization plan is put forth, and if the majority of creditors accept it, and the court accepts the plan - the company continues operating and repays its creditors under the reorganization plan. Payment to creditors can come from the sale of assets, repayment from future profits, or from mergers or recapitalization. GM CEO says automaker has been humbled By Zoe Clark • Dec 10, 2010 Sarah Hulett / Michigan Radio Dan Akerson, General Motors' CEO, told the Economic Club of Washington D.C. this morning that his company was humbled by its "near-death experience" during its 2009 bankruptcy. Hamtramck ratchets up bankruptcy debate By Sarah Hulett • Nov 19, 2010 Ian Freimuth / creative commons The city of Hamtramck is ratcheting up the pressure on the state to allow it to file for bankruptcy. Hamtramck's city attorney has sent a letter to Governor Granholm urging her to issue an executive order allowing the city to seek federal bankruptcy protection. The letter also says appointing an emergency financial manager would not give the city the tools it needs to correct its financial problems. Hamtramck asks state to file for bankruptcy By Sarah Hulett • Nov 17, 2010 The city of Hamtramck says it will run out of money at the end of January, and officials have taken the unprecedented step of asking the state for permission to file for bankruptcy.Bill Cooper is the city manager of Hamtramck. And he says he's been a little surprised at the uproar his letter to the state has caused."That one little word got a lot of attention," Cooper said, sitting in his city hall office as the phone rang with a call from a reporter.The word: Bankruptcy. Pages« first ‹ previous 1 2


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Jared's Wild Rose Ranch Resort
Jared's Wild Rose Ranch Resort
Hotel Guest Rating: 5.5/10
3778 Highway 87
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Jared's Wild Rose Ranch Resort
Offering on-site boat rentals, this Island Park resort is located on Henry's Lake. Jet skiing and water skiing are also available and guest rooms feature a fireplace.Guest rooms at Jared's Wild Rose Ranch Resort boast wood paneled walls and satellite TV.Dining can be found at The Rose which serves American cuisine. Guests can also cook on the outdoor barbecue facilities.Yellowstone National Park's West Entrance is 18.6-miles from the Wild Rose Ranch Resort. Henrys Lake State Park is a 15-minute drive away. ...read more
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per night is not appropriate. The dead insects between the sugar packs were disgusting. Not even a paper-cup in the room.
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I guess it would be a good place if you went there to fish. Fore me, I would never go back.
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the room itself was not bad. the water was hot. the location is beautiful. i really couldn't expect much considering the time of year we were there was not the greatest, but you would think if it was a bad time of year this place would not be an option. the greatest part was we had the place to ourselves and it was a warm place to sleep at night. it was great for the reason we were in island park. the price we paid was equal to the stay and the amenities we had, we may have paid a little more than what it was worth. I've stayed at super 6 motels that had better services than this place and paid a lower price. also a little bummed about the credit card situation. i don't want to lay blame on anyone but it just seemed a little strange to me. ...
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Im reporting some issues from the previous beta here, mainly because I cant put them on the old thread.
- Firstly I sent some logs last night when I had finished paving but not in a receiption area (so had not clicked the stop button) but Waze had the message 'Searching network'. To be fair it did fine the network for about 2 minutes but I knew it wouldnt last so didnt finish up. However when the network 'should' have come back (eg. I had full reception at home but still the 'Searching network' message) - I sent logs before turning off paving and then afterward.
These two are reports from the other end of share my ride, as I was driving I cant confirm exact details:
- The share my route function works until there is no reception then it just stops and never catches up. eg. I drove from New Plymouth to Palmerston north (around 3 hours) however reception is lost just before Wanguanui (just over 1 hour into the trip), the people watching the trip were then told I was 2 hours away even when they checked just before I pulled into the driveway.
- On the share my ride page the other end sees 'apparently' the screen doesnt move with the car, so if Im going 100km I disappear off the screen and they cannot keep up. I would suspect this maybe because they moved the map slightly, and then didnt know how to get back to a follow mode?
Compared to the first Beta I tried this one was a marked improvement, I did have some other bugs but im hoping that the new one that was released last night will be just as good and I can test them again before the next release.


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