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Trinity Graphic Design & Visual Communications student Dana Van Etten created this children's book for a class project.
Trinity Graphic Design & Visual Communications student Taylor Reed created this brand guide and poster for a class project.
A narrative film created by student Anthony Morrow, "Forgiveness" follows the emotional roller coaster of a man and woman navigating hurts, failures, and broken relationships. The video was judged "Best of Show" at Trinity Lutheran College's first annual Student Film Festival in May 2011.
"Dear Grandpa" is a first-person account of student Kyna Moore sharing memories of her grand-father's military service during the Vietnam War.
The against-the-odds life story of Ron Dion, who has worked at Trinity Lutheran College since 1985. The video was created by students Kyna Moore and Jordan Trapps.
Students Anthony Morrow and Peter Chase created this video as a sample public service announcement related to homelessness in the community.


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The Tribeca Film Festival has announced that Donald Petrie's "My Life in Ruins" will close the festival on May 3, 2009 at the BMCC TPAC in lower Manhattan. The film, a Fox Searchlight Pictures release, stars Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Rachel Dratch, and Harland Williams, and will open nationwide on June 5, 2009.
"This year's Festival has a number of fun and light-hearted films for our audience to enjoy," said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, in a statement. "We are delighted to bring them another crowd-pleasing film, My Life in Ruins, to celebrate our closing night."
"Ruins" stars Vardalos as Georgia, who "has lost her kefi "(Greek for "mojo"), working as a travel guide in her native Greece while waiting to land her dream job.
Added "Ruins" director Donald Petrie, "We are excited and thrilled that My Life In Ruins is receiving the honor of being the closing night event at the Tribeca Fest. I can't think of a better launching pad for our film."
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Accelerator-driven nuclear energy
The essence of a conventional nuclear power reactor is the controlled fission chain reaction of uranium-235 (235U) and plutonium-239 (239Pu). This produces heat which is used to make steam to drive a turbine. The chain reaction depends on having a surplus of neutrons to keep it going (fission of 235U requires one neutron input and produces on average 2.43 neutrons).
For many years there has been interest in utilizing thorium (Th-232) as a nuclear fuel since it is three times as abundant in the Earth's crust as uranium. Also, all of the mined thorium is potentially useable in a reactor, compared with the 0.7% of natural uranium, so some 40 times the amount of energy per unit mass might be available. A thorium reactor would work by having Th-232 capture a neutron to become Th-233 which decays to uranium-233, which then fissions. The problem is that insufficient neutrons are generated to keep the reaction going.
More recently, there has been interest in transmuting the long-lived transuranic radionuclides (the actinides neptunium, americium and curium particularly) formed by neutron capture in a conventional reactor and reporting with the high-level waste. If these could be made into shorter-lived radionuclides such as fission products, the management and eventual disposal of high-level radioactive waste would be easier and less expensive. As it is, most radionuclides (notably fission products) decay rapidly, so that their collective radioactivity is reduced to less than 0.1% of the original level 50 years after being removed from the reactor. However, the main long-lived ones are actinides.
Accelerator-driven systems (ADS) address both of these issues. ADSs are seen as safer than normal fission reactors because they are subcritical and stop when the input current is switched off. This is because they burn material which does not have a high enough fission-to-capture ratio for neutrons to enable criticality and maintain a fission chain reaction. It may be thorium fuel, or actinides which need 'incineration'.
The capability of high-current, high-energy accelerators to produce neutrons by spallation from heavy elements has been used in the structural research of such materials. In this process, a beam of high-energy protons (usually >500 MeV) is directed at a high-atomic number target (e.g., tungsten, tantalum, depleted uranium, thorium, zirconium, lead, lead-bismuth, mercury), and up to one neutron can be produced per 25 MeV of the incident proton beam. These numbers compare with 200-210 MeV released by the fission of one uranium-235 or plutonium-239 atom. A 1000 MeV beam will create 20-30 spallation neutrons per proton. Some are captured but the others go on to cause fissions at the rate of about 400 per source proton (at 97% of criticality).
A number of research facilities exist that explore this phenomenon, and there are plans for much larger ones. However, in all of these facilities, the heating of the target is largely that of the incident proton beam, and none comes close to using the generated neutrons to sustain a chain reaction.
A matter of dispute in Australia has been whether such devices might be a sufficient source of neutrons so that they are able to produce commercial quantities of radioisotopes, thereby rendering a new research reactor at Lucas Heights redundant. At present and forseeably, the scale of the facility is too small.
Energy Amplifier
If the spallation target is surrounded by a blanket assembly of nuclear fuel, such as fissile isotopes of uranium or plutonium (or thorium capable of breeding uranium-233), there is a possibility of sustaining a fission reaction. This is described as an Accelerator-Driven System (ADS). In this, up to ten percent of the neutrons could come from the spallation, though it would normally be less, even where actinide incineration is the main objective.
In such a subcritical nuclear reactor, the neutrons produced by spallation would be used to cause fission in the fuel, assisted by further neutrons arising from that fission. One then has a nuclear reactor which could be turned off simply by stopping the proton beam, rather than needing to insert control rods to absorb neutrons and make the fuel assembly subcritical. The fuel may be mixed with long-lived wastes from conventional reactors (see below). India is actively researching ADS as an alternative to its main fission program, currently focused on thorium.
There have been proposals to develop a prototype reactor of this kind, based on the thorium-U-233 fuel cycle and using fast neutrons. Professor Carlo Rubbia is the main advocate, but at a national level, India is the country with most to gain, due to its very large thorium resources.
India is already running a very small research reactor on U-233 fuel extracted from thorium which has been irradiated and bred in another reactor. When this started in 1996 it was hailed as a first step towards the thorium cycle there, utilizing "near breeder" reactors.
The other role of a subcritical nuclear reactor or ADS is the destruction of heavy isotopes, particularly actinides but also longer-lived fission products such as Tc-99 and I-129. Here, the blanket assembly is actinide fuel and/or spent nuclear fuel.
One approach is to start with fresh spent fuel from conventional reactors in the outer blanket region and progressively move it inwards. The fuel is then removed and reprocessed, with the uranium recycled and most fission products separated as waste. The actinides are then placed back in the system for further transmutation by fission.
In the case of atoms of odd-numbered isotopes heavier than thorium-232, they have a high probability of absorbing a neutron and subsequently undergoing nuclear fission, thereby producing some energy and contributing to the multiplication process. Even-numbered isotopes can capture a neutron, perhaps undergo beta decay, and then fission. A fast neutron spectrum enables maximum fission with minimum build-up of new actinides due to neutron capture. This process of converting fertile isotopes to fissile ones is called breeding.
Therefore, in principle, the subcritical nuclear reactor may be able to convert all transuranic elements into (generally) short-lived fission products and yield some energy in the process. Much of the current interest is in the potential of ADS to burn weapons-grade plutonium, as an alternative to using it as mixed oxide (MOX) fuel in conventional reactors.
Two alternative strategies are envisaged: (1) the plutonium and minor actinides being managed separately, with the latter confined to a small, dedicated part of the fuel cycle while plutonium is burned in fast reactors; and (2) the plutonium and minor actinides being managed together, providing better proliferation resistance but posing some technical challenges. Both strategies are capable of achieving major reduction in waste radiotoxicity, and the first would add only 10-20% to electricity costs.
However, along with fission products, the process generates spallation products from the target material, in direct proportion to the energy of the proton beam. Their radiotoxicity is likely to exceed that of the fission products in the short-term, which is relevant to operation and storage rather than final disposal. Ultimately, the burning of actinides means that overall radiotoxicity is significantly reduced, by 1000 years, and is less than that of the equivalent uranium ore.
The French Atomic Energy Commission is funding research on the application of this process to nuclear wastes from conventional reactors, as is the U.S. Department of Energy since its 1999 budget term. The Japanese Omega project envisages an accelerator transmutation plant for nuclear wastes, operated in conjunction with ten or so large conventional reactors. The French concept similarly links a transmutation-energy amplifying system with about eight large reactors. Other research has been proceeding in USA, Russia and Europe.
Commercial application of partitioning and transmutation (P&T), a process attractive particularly for actinides, is still a long way off since reliable separation is needed to ensure that stable isotopes are not transmuted into radioactive ones. New reprocessing methods would be required, including pyroprocessing. The cost and technology of the partitioning together with the need to develop the necessary high-intensity accelerators seem to rule out early use.
A study conducted by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) showed that multiple recyclings of the fuel would be necessary to achieve major (e.g., 100-fold) reductions in radiotoxicity, and also that the full potential of a transmutation system can be exploited only with a commitment of one hundred years or more.
Further Reading
- WNA paper on Accelerator-driven nuclear energy
- Boldeman, J.W., 1997, Accelerator driven nuclear energy systems, AATSE symposium "Energy for Ever".
- Arkhipov, V., 1997, Future Nuclear Energy Systems: generating electricity, burning wastes, IAEA Bulletin 39/2/97
- Treulle, H. 2002, The answer is No - Does transmutation of spent nuclear fuel produce more hazardous material then it destroys?, Radwaste Solutions July-August.
- Nucleonics Week 7/11/96.
- Euradwaste summary 3/2/00.
- Bertel, E. et al 2003, P&T: A long-term option for radioactive waste disposal? NEA News 20.2.


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Ferdowsi is not a mohawk loyalist, however. He said he has tried out various hairstyles over the years to mark major milestones in the development of Curiosity's $2.5 billion mission, which seeks to determine if the Red Planet can, or ever could, support microbial life.
Curiosity carries 10 science instruments, 17 cameras and several other tools to aid in this quest. Over the weekend, it completed a major milestone, drilling a 2.5-inch-deep (6.35 centimeters) hole in a Martian rock and collecting samples. No robot had ever done this on Mars or any other planet before.
Ferdowsi also marched in President Obama's inaugural parade last month, along with life-size models of Curiosity and NASA's Orion manned space capsule.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cincinnati Reds right-hander Homer Bailey lost his bid for consecutive no-hitters when All-Star Jean Segura singled with one out in the first inning for the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.
Segura dumped a 1-2 pitch into right field for the first hit allowed by Bailey since Josh Donaldson connected for a three-run homer for Oakland in the fourth inning of the Reds' 5-0 loss June 26. Bailey then threw his second career no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over San Francisco last Tuesday.
Johnny Vander Meer remains the only pitcher to throw consecutive no-hitters in major league history. He did the feat for the Reds on June 11 and June 15 in 1938.
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Episode 105 Broadcast 17 April 2011
It's a mini All Star game this week with some great plays and a very tight game. Join announcers Kert Upshaw and August Lusch with Sunday Night Hockey live from Jericho Hill Arena in Second Life
Episode 104 Broadcast 10 April 2011
It's Sunday Night Hockey live from the Cleary Arena on the Empty Net sim in Second Life. Join our solo man in the booth, announcer August Lusch for the play-by-play action on the ice.
Episode 103 Broadcast 3 April 2011
Live from Brooks Arena on the Blueliner Sim it's Sunday Night Hockey. Season 12 continues with a high-scoring game with announcers Kert Upshaw and Maverick Garsdale rinkside for great fast action on the ice.
Episode 102 Broadcast 20 March 2011
"This game is so intense that one of the announcers quit!" Not true about the quitting part but game was a great defensive battle with the score at 0 - 0 for 2+ periods. Join the fun on the ice and in the booth with Kert Upshaw and Vivienne Coppola - and August Lusch.
Episode 101 Broadcast 13 March 2011
Recorded live from the Brooks Arena on the Blueliner Sim, it's a match between Polar Bears vs Ice Lords. Join your announcing team August Lusch and Ashlene McMinnar as they keep up with the fast action on the ice.
Episode 100 Broadcast 6 March 2011
Yes, the grids best loved sport is back on Treet.TV and GOHA is kicking off/facing off/dropping the puck on an exciting Wolves VS Cobras match that is sure to show the prowess and cunning on the ice.
Join our team of Kert Upshaw & Maverick Garsdale at historic Jericho Hill Arena as they let you know what's going on in this the first game of the 12th Season.
Episode 99 Broadcast 23 January 2011
Another match for the season-ending best of seven quest for the Global Cup! Watch this great game between the two best teams in the North American league.
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This week I wanted to lead with a piece from Justin Briggs that I absolutely loved reading. That goes for most things Justin writes, but especially his article Technical Hacks for Content Marketing.
Justin's post talks about the struggle we all face to create truly great content. I love how he challenges himself to create better content and to push his own personal boundaries. As always, his post shows you exactly how he did it and should spark some ideas for you as well.
There is nothing wrong with creating some easy content so long as it is still helpful and your audience responds to it. Hell, that is exactly what I do with my weekly blog post. However, if that is all you are doing you will not get very far.
Incase you missed it our team just released a "for fun" infographic project called The Harlem Shake Vs Gangnam Style. This graphic took time to research and execute but the result is well worth it.
I read an article by Kenneth Hein over on Forbes titled How to Separate The Hope From The Hype. Kenneth interviews Michael Brenner the VP of Global Marketing for SAP about content marketing. The entire interview is fantastic, but I really loved this quote,
"The hope of content marketing is marketing that our buyers don't hate. It is marketing that serves their needs".
I think this quote really gets to the core of what we should all be doing.
In other news of serious and dire importance, Google has given image searchers a way to find Animated Gifs by adding it as a dropdown feature.
Now you can find things like this….much easier.
Google also announced on Google+ that they are providing YouTube data in Google Trends. That would have been a great spot for me to Rick Roll you so be thankful I didn't.
Lastly, are you tired of getting low response rates to your outreach emails? How about thinking about outreach from a Blogger's Point of View. Dana Forman wrote an article over at SEER Interactive that shows some pretty bad pitches she gets on a regular basis. Read these, and if you are doing anything similar…stop!
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I like it.
We've been fans of Aaron Johnson's comic strip 'What the Duck' for years. 'WTD' is one of the best satirical comic strips in the world, and it's published here every week, and also runs in our weekly newsletter.
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What the Duck is a comic strip by Aaron Johnson. It started as a webcomic, with the first strip posted in July 2006. The strip has appeared as print in numerous photography magazines including Amateur Photographer in the UK. It was picked up for syndication in 2008 by Universal Press Syndicate under the name W. T. Duck.
I understand it, but it really is moronic.
Whatever makes you happy.
Sometimes droll, sometimes whimsical, sometimes subtle, sometimes LOL.
Love this strip!
No one is forced to read it!
I never realized people in here can be THAT dense. The comments... Oy Vey!
It's a comic strip people. If you don't find it funny, move along...
This is funny? Blessed are the poor in spirit.
Finally a comic strip for me!
I noticed that the humor in Garfield had become less cutting edge over the years and was desperately looking for something I could print out and tape to my office door to remind my coworkers of my sharp wit.
Another one I like too:
All I can say is it helps to understand the joke before you make a comment :).
I almost found the comments from those who don't understand the joke as funny as the comic.
Yes, because this joke is too hard to understand, its humor being so deep, so overwhelming, so unreachable.
I would welcome a detailed explanation, with explicit pointers on when, how, and why to laugh. Please help us get the picture, do share the knowledge!
Apparently it was for some.
lol, that's great.
It's easy to understand, as long as you've heard about Google Glass and how it works. Fortunately for Mankind there are geniuses like you that know everything from the cradle...
@JPMontez: Thank you for your kind words.
Dumb & dumber...:((
With all those negative comments and just to be sure: you guys are aware it's a joke on Google Glass, right?...
Now I get it! Thanks!
Yes, we do. Duck captures Duck, adjusts photo, gets beaten. Great joke. Laughing out loud.
WTD: An Unholy Crap series
If that's representative, then one has to have a refreshingly simple sense of humour to enjoy it. And have extraordinarily sensitive satire detection circuits.
Now that I understand this is about the blue guy (wearing Google Glasses) taking photos of the white guy, this is very funny indeed!
WTD as a whole is very funny. I can see it not reaching everybody's standard for free internet humor, but I for one love Mr. Duck and his antics.
PS: Wanna see useless photography related material (that's supposed to be funny)? Check out digitalrev on youtube.
you just dont get digital revs humor. not theyre or our fault that you lack good taste when it comes to comedy.
Oh, so its problem is it's free. Now I get it. Does it have a paid version where the author unleashes all his great humoristic skill upon the subscribers?
So are we supposed to call glass 'the lens?' Hey, glass is our word!
Duck tales....
Very funny, in fact!
Where is the humor in this?
Google "Google Glass"... :-)
Thanks for the wake-up.
"OK Glass" wakes up the Google Glass.
Yes, that is funny.
OK Glass, turn off my computer.
OK, Glass, take a snapshot, permanently archive this lame comic series, then let it wither away as it should.
Yes, the series has been withering away... since 2006... and now Dpreview just put them on the map
Maybe it was better once, but judging from these samples, well let's just say it lacks subtlety...
Certainly not my favorite, this one.
Hehe. Love it!
Ha-ha? 2.7
0.01? WTD for me is a really lame comic strip that never ever causes me to smile even 1 tiny bit. Just my opinion :-)
If you don't like it thats fine. Everyone has different tastes and preferences which makes the world a much miore interesting place to live in.
However from what I can tell a lot many people like the strip (including me) so if you don't like it you are free to ignore this page and look at something else. Dpreview is not forcing anyone to read the comic strip.
I am as free as anyone to post my opinion. You and others like WTD and that is fine. I thought I'd give it another look to see if it is slightly amusing to me. Nope. So I won't bother any more.
It isn't just a matter of having the right to have different tastes. The bigger problem is the huge dumbing down of DPReview this adds to.
must me a Sony shooter...
Hehe. On a 1 to 10 funny scale I give this one an 8.2.
- Very – I couldn't get by without one.9.5%
- Somewhat – It's nice to have but not a deal-breaker.31.0%
- Neither important or unimportant – I can take it or leave it.31.6%
- Not important at all – in fact I dislike touchscreens on cameras.27.8%
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- Mike MacIntyre's football IQ quickly to be tested in talented Pac-12
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- Football recruiting's star rankings might not reflect CU Buffs' future
- CU Buffs go heavy on defense in Mike MacIntyre's first recruiting class
- CSU Rams glad to sign 6-5, 270-pound tight end Trae Moxley from Roaring Fork
- Tight end picks Air Force after "Colorado State pulled my scholarship"
- Northern Colorado adds 19 signees to five who already have enrolled
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1. Chris Fox, Ponderosa
OL, 6-foot-6, 297 pounds, Michigan
Wolverines coach Brady Hoke: "He was in camp here going into his junior year, and we really liked the way he was physical in how he finished blocks."
2. Mitch Parsons, Chaparral
TE, 6-5, 220, Vanderbilt
Commodores coach James Franklin: "He has a chance to be a good player here for a long time."
3. Dan Skipper, Ralston Valley
OL, 6-10, 285, Arkansas
Razorbacks coach Bret Bielema: "A lot of times you see 6-10, and you're like, 'Oh, yeah, he's really not 6-10.' He's 6-10. He's very athletic. Very, very mobile."
4. Daniel Carlson, Classical Academy
Kicker, 6-5, 190, Auburn
Tigers coach Gus Malzahn: "He's got a very big leg."
5. Luke Del Rio, Valor Christian
QB, 6-2, 190, Alabama (walk-on)
Tide coach Nick Saban did not address walk-ons at his news conference Wednesday, but Del Rio passed on a scholarship to Oklahoma State to be a 'Bama walk-on.
6. Tanner Gentry, Grandview
WR, 6-2, 180, Wyoming
Cowboys offensive coordinator Gregg Brandon: "Dynamic player. A big receiver and a dunk machine in basketball."
7. Blake Nowland, Douglas Co.
OL, 6-6, 309, Colorado State
Rams coach Jim McElwain: "Blake is very physical at the point of attack. I'm proud of him sticking with his commitment to Colorado State through this whole process."
8. Phillip Lindsay, Denver South
RB, 5-10, 173, Colorado
Buffs coach Mike MacIntyre: "He's a phenomenal guy with the ball in his hands ... but you watch him on defense and he's just a playmaker."
9. Austin Berk, Grand Junction
DE, 6-5, 225, Colorado State
McElwain: "I'm just really proud of him for graduating early and already being on campus, where he'll be able to go through spring ball."
10. Trae Moxley, Roaring Fork
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Ontario measles outbreak has doctors calling for national strategy
Published Monday, March 31, 2014 8:39PM EDT
Last Updated Tuesday, April 1, 2014 2:00PM EDT
As health officials in three Ontario cities are warning the public of confirmed cases of measles, doctors are pointing out how important vaccines are and how to minimize the risk of outbreaks in the future.
"There are few things in the history of health that have truly changed life for the better," says Dr. Danielle Martin, vice president of medical affairs and health system solutions at Women's College Hospital, to Kevin Newman Live. "One of them is separating our sewage and the other is using vaccines to prevent illnesses like measles."
See our full interview with Martin in the above video.
Dr. Sydney Spiesel, a pediatrician in Connecticut and professor at Yale, describes it slightly differently in a recent blog for Slate.
"If you were to take all the pediatricians and stuff them in a barrel and fling them over Niagara Falls, the world would not be so badly off," Spiesel writes. "The same cannot be said about vaccines: Getting rid of them would be a real disaster."
The measles outbreak in Ontario comes almost three weeks after one in New York.
For Martin, there is nothing worse than seeing people die of illnesses that are completely preventable and she is concerned about the recent resurgence of these vaccine-preventable illnesses.
Martin is surprised people have taken a stance against vaccines, because they have shown to reduce mortality rates, but also because "we have no problem treating our patients with high-tech treatments."
She says this is a symbol of how unappreciative people are about effective vaccines, which may be because we are too far removed from the days when people died frequently of these diseases.
Model and actress Jenny McCarthy is usually mentioned with leading the anti-vaccine movement after publicly stating that a vaccine caused her son's autism. Former MTV star Kristin Cavallari jumped on the bandwagon. People often don't get their children vaccinated because of fear, religious beliefs and complacency.
Now doctors like Spiesel are wondering if they should even treat children who aren't vaccinated and some doctors are calling for a national vaccine registry. In addition to existing provincial databases, a national system would track Canadians including newcomers and those who have travelled to measles trouble spots.
"Here is Ottawa, we have a provincial data base [that tracks who has been immunized and when]. It's very useful and a big step in the right direction," says Dr. Rosamund Lewis, associate medical officer of health for Ottawa Public Health, to the Globe and Mail. She continued that "we need a national strategy."
So why don't we have a plan? Dr. Allison McGeer, an infectious disease expert at the University of Toronto says there are two reasons. First, this is a provincial responsibility, so "there is no mechanism by which to create something national," she says to Kevin Newman Live. Secondly, there are issues of privacy and confidentiality in implementing a national registry. She says the debate is over whether vaccine data should be treated the same as medical data. McGeer argues it shouldn't.
The national registry would streamline the flow of information when people move or lose their immunization cards. Doctors would be able to identify who hasn't been vaccinated in a much faster way.
Dr. Martin is supportive of the idea of a national registry, but it doesn't solve the problem of people choosing not to be vaccinated. To minimize the risk of outbreaks like this in the future, Dr. Martin suggests people need more education about the importance of being immunized.


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Proposition 8 and Race Revisited
This commentary is the opinion of the author and does not necessarily reflect that of other authors at Box Turtle Bulletin.
Timothy Kincaid
January 7th, 2009
It disturbs me that forty years after the death of Dr. King we still as a nation seem incapable of having frank discussions about race. And this seems to me to be particularly true within the gay community.
When exit polls reported that African Americans had voted in favor of Proposition 8 by a ratio of 70 to 30 percent, gays tended to respond in one of two ways. A small number of persons seemed to see this as some vindication of their own personal racial animus. But nearly all other gay writers, bloggers, and opinion spouters immediately sought to dismiss, discount, or deny this figure and what it had to say.
There was a lot of creative talk about outreach and errors and even some race-based self-justification. But what seemed to be lacking was much honest discussion about those truths that all seem to want to overlook:
- The Black Church is for the most part hugely homophobic
- Even non-religious African-Americans are disproportionately politically anti-gay
This week the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has released a report that seems to exist for the sole purpose of discounting the second fact. Now, I've long since come to see the NGLTF as more of an agent of spin than an advocate for honesty so it didn't surprise me much that their report seemed more appropriate on the stage of a prestidigitator than in a news report.
But I couldn't ignore this slanting of the story. Mainstream news sites jumped right on this, making such bizarre (and completely false) statements as this from Oakland Tribune reporter Josh Richman:
Neither African-Americans nor any other ethnicity were disproportionately in support of Proposition 8, which changed California's constitution to ban same-sex marriage, according to a study of election results and post-vote surveys released Tuesday.
While the NGLTF report said no such thing, it did make two astonishing claims about the black vote:
- Analysis of the full range of data available persuades us that the NEP exit poll overestimated African American support for Proposition 8 by ten percentage points or more.
- Furthermore, much of African Americans' support for Proposition 8 can be explained by the fact that blacks tend to be more religious than Californians as a whole.
The justification for the first assertion consists mostly of "because I want it to be true". The NGLTF compares polling before and after the election to the exit poll and declared it to be an outlier. What they fail to notice is that the polling before the election predicted the failure of Prop 8 and the exit polls got it right.
Then they provide a graphic to support their claim:
This chart represents an analysis of the voters in four counties in which most black Californians live. This would seem to me to be a pretty reasonable way to verify whether exit polls got it right. But in order to gain value from such an analysis, one needs to avoid making claims that appear wacky from even the simplest glance.
The line you see on this graphic is a running-mean smoother, a way of showing a pattern in data. I don't have access to the raw data, but something strikes me as peculiar about this line.
An "arithmetic mean" is what most folks think of as an average of numbers. You add up the totals and divide by the number of items. Considering this, take a glance at the right end of the chart – that which shows the larger percentage of African-Americans in the voting precinct. Does it look to you as though the line represents a mean average of the data points?
Unfortunately, I don't have the skill or experience to refute the methodology of their line, but I will say that it does not, on the surface, appear to present a visual representation of Yes votes in the precincts shown.
NGLTF does admit that "a slight but unmistakable relationship exists between the proportion of a precinct's voters who are African American and support for Proposition 8". And they estimate that between 57 and 59% supported Proposition 8.
But that just doesn't make any mathematical sense. In their Table 1, they lay out their breakdown of ethnic voting:
Well sorry, but those numbers don't get us to 52.3% support. One of those ethnic demographics is understated.
Frankly, were this from a source I consider more credible, I'd delight in the reduction. I would very much like to believe that a majority of black voters are like the straight black folk I know who were all horrified that Prop 8 won. But based on the available information, I just don't see the justification for this reinterpretation of history.
But what troubles me most about the NGLTF report is what they next assert: "much of African Americans' support for Proposition 8 can be explained by the fact that blacks tend to be more religious than Californians as a whole".
I do not know the credibility of the survey on which they rely for the claim, but I am pretty much willing to accept that African American Californians attend church more regularly than do other ethic groups. However, the graphic provided by NGLTF to show that religion is the reason that blacks voted disproportionately in favor of Prop 8 actually suggests exactly the opposite:
If the above chart is accurate, religion played less of an impact on the black church-goer than on any other demographic. And non-religious blacks were 12% more likely to favor Proposition 8 than non-religious whites. To suggest that it was religion rather than ethnically-shared community values that most strongly determined the outcome of the black vote requires a trip down the rabbit hole.
NGLTF then goes on to discuss how, as a whole, religion, party affiliation, conservative identification, and age are more important to predicting the state's support for anti-gay positions than is race. There is no doubt that these played a great role. No one is surprised that conservative evangelical Republicans overwhelmingly voted for Proposition 8.
But all of that is a smoke screen. Because it is also true that liberal non-religious Democrats overwhelmingly voted against Proposition 8 … unless they were black.
And if the only difference between the voting patterns of liberal Democrats can be traced to their ethnic identity, then it requires magical thinking to say that ethnic identity is not an important factor.
Some of you, no doubt, are already crafting a reply calling me a racist. And, sadly, some are giggling while feeling justified for anti-black biases. Both of those responses are pointless (and wrong) and get us nowhere.
The fact is – regardless of how much NGLTF would wish otherwise – that the gay community does not truly have a strategic alliance with black voters. We do not have African American support. We can fully expect that unless something drastically changes, future votes on gay equality will have large percentages of African Americans voting against our rights.
Now there are a number of things we could do.
We could make a concerted effort to strategize and find allies for a long-term plan to educate and influence the African American community to recognize that discrimination based on sexual orientation is no more admirable than discrimination based on race. We know that many leaders, from Coretta Scott King and Mildred Loving to John Lewis and Al Sharpton, have been open to learning this message.
But we also know that there is a strong and unapologetic voice of harshest homophobia that has no hesitation in using race as a justification for denying that gay and lesbian Americans deserve civil equality. If we seek change, it cannot be haphazard or hesitant. It will be no picnic and we have to be willing to offend some who believe that they own the concept of civil rights and not be afraid to be called racist by those who oppose us.
Or we could also just write off this subset of the population and hope that we can sway enough whites and Asians to outweigh the African American vote. But while it may be pragmatic for winning an election, this approach strikes me as particularly cold. It not only leaves another generation of young black gay men and women growing up in a community that has pockets of severe hostility, but it also dismisses a lot of otherwise decent people as not being worth our time or effort.
There are no easy answers. And I don't even begin to know how to go about approaching this issue in a way that is productive or appropriate.
But the one response that I believe is the height of foolishness is to say, as did NGLTF, "differences seen among racial and ethnic groups in support for Proposition 8 … do not merit the amount of attention they have received". Ignoring it won't make this issue go away.


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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- The Colorado prisons chief shot to death at his home last month has been honored in his native state and the college town where he lived for nearly three decades.
More than 400 friends, family members and former Missouri co-workers of Tom Clements packed Friday afternoon's memorial service at Woodcrest Chapel in Columbia, where he had been a youth minister.
Clements was a St. Louis native who worked for the Missouri Department of Corrections for 31 years before taking the top prisons job in Colorado in 2011. He rose through the ranks from a probation and parole officer in St. Louis to an administrative job overseeing Missouri's 21 adult prisons.
Colorado officials are investigating whether a violent white supremacist gang based in that state's prison system was behind the killing.
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Oklahoma news briefs: December 30, 2012
In brief
The Child Guidance program at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department will offer developmental screenings for children up to 5 years old at area libraries. These individual sessions last approximately one hour and are by appointment only. Call 425-4412 to schedule an appointment. There is a small fee for screenings, but no person will be denied services for inability to pay. The sessions will be at the following libraries: Bethany, Friday; Midwest City, Jan. 16; Edmond, Southern Oaks and Warr Acres, Jan. 23; Northwest, Jan. 24; and Del City, Jan. 28.
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ENID — Prosecutors have filed manslaughter charges against an Enid man after his roommate died of a drug overdose. Jeffrey Scott Vickers was charged with first-degree manslaughter in the death of Mark Doyle. The Enid News & Eagle reports that Doyle was found unresponsive Oct. 23, 2011, in the home he shared with Vickers. Prosecutors allege that Vickers gave Doyle a narcotic painkiller that Vickers had bought on the street. An autopsy found that Doyle's cause of death was an accidental overdose of oxymorphine — a painkiller. Vickers faces a minimum of four years in prison if convicted.


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Posted November 20, 2012, 1:59 pm
Longtime department employee is an avid sportsman
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and the Utah Department of Natural Resources are pleased to announce the selection of Greg Sheehan as the new director of the Division of Wildlife Resources.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and the Utah Department of Natural Resources are pleased to announce the selection of Greg Sheehan as the new director of the Division of Wildlife Resources.
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Sheehan, a department employee with 20 years' experience, has been the DWR's Administrative Services chief since 2002. He has served in key advisory and administrative roles for some of the agency's most notable successes:
A new perspective
Sheehan has served as a leader within the DWR for the past decade. He was selected after a nationwide search and an extensive interview process.
"Greg brings a business background to the position," says Mike Styler, executive director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources. "But he's much more than an MBA. I've been in the field with him, and he's truly committed to a bright future for Utah's wildlife. Greg will bring a new and different perspective to the division."
Sheehan is looking forward to working with the public. He appreciates that Utahns interact with wildlife in a variety of ways, and he's open to new ideas.
"I grew up in Utah and enjoy hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing and photography," Sheehan says. "I understand that the public values wildlife for many different reasons. I am committed to working with our dedicated employees and conservation partners to create more wildlife opportunity in Utah."
Changing of the guard
Sheehan will replace Jim Karpowitz, who is retiring on Dec. 1. Karpowitz has led the DWR since 2005.
"I have truly valued Greg's opinions and insights on issues we've faced through the years," Karpowitz says. "He has a really good plan to move the division into new areas and directions. It feels good to be able to hand the reins to a very competent person."
As the DWR's Administrative Services chief, Sheehan has managed a staff of 55, overseen a $72 million annual budget, directed all of the DWR's license sales and worked on behalf of the division with the state legislature and the governor's office.
Sheehan is a resident of Layton. He is married and has two children.
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AN.ONYMOUS Proposes Elevating the Rockaways 10 to 15 Meters Above Sea Level
Posted By Sherrell Dorsey On June 7, 2013 @ 10:18 am In Architecture,Climate Change,Energy,Green Building,Helping People,Infrastructure,Queens,Sustainability Initiatives,Urban Design,Urban Farming,Water,Weather | No Comments
"ex.terra" // by AN.ONYMOUS [4] from IMAN ANSARI [5] on Vimeo [6].
"ex.terra" connects to the existing subway line, bridges and roads in the Rockaways [7] as an anamorphic grid, plugging the city into this infrastructure with designated blocks for different uses. The solution is designed to respond to the potential climate conditions over the next two to three hundred years (versus thirty to fifty years), where the entire peninsula could be entirely under water.
Maintaining the spirit of the seaside community, the infrastructural system creates a series of boardwalks and piers along the beach to activate it, and may one day replace the beach as the new waterfront. Housing blocks would consist of about 100 units facing a courtyard. The courtyard would serve as a public community space intended for farming [8], gardening, recreation, public events, as well as a protected gathering space in case of emergency.
The key element of the proposed designed is the reliance on natural energy. Taking advantage of the daily cycle of nature, such as water tides, sunlight and high wind velocity, the project is able to harness these elements in order to create a self-sufficient community.
Article printed from Inhabitat New York City: http://inhabitat.com/nyc
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[7] Rockaways: http://inhabitat.com/nyc/a-train-service-restored-to-the-rockaways-as-of-today/
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No love for interior designers board
The House approved numerous appropriations bills for state boards and commissions today but rejected one bill after Rep. Dan Greenberg, R-Little Rock, urged a "no" vote.
House Bill 1066, to appropriate $10,635 to the state Board of Registered Interior Designers, was defeated in a 60-30 vote, falling short of the three-fourths majority vote needed to pass an appropriations bill.
Greenberg said the board does nothing that cannot be done more cheaply and efficiently by the private sector. He cited a study that found that problems with interior designers are no worse in states where the industry is unregulated than in states where it is regulated.
"I understand why we have a sex offender registry, but there is no reason to have an interior designer registry," Greenberg said.
Rep. Bruce Maloch, D-Magnolia, said the money would come from fees the board collects, not from taxpayers.
Greenberg said consumers would save $10,000-$15,000 a year if the board did not exist. He said he plans to file legislation to dissolve the board.
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More than just your average art museum, the Palm Springs Art Museum is a showcase for world-famous art as well as a host for award-winning musical productions. Fill a day with cultured fun as you take in Dale Chihuly glass art in the morning and the crescendos and diminuendos of an orchestra in the evening.
A sight usually reserved for birds and pilots is available to anyone who boards the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, a 12,800-foot-long ride that takes passengers to a mountain station 8,516 feet above sea level. Beneath the tram, the arid landscape surrounding Palm Springs stretches out for miles. The ride takes around 9 minutes, as the 80-passanger rotating tram ferries vista-seekers into the San Jacinto Mountains.
With literally hundreds of courses, Palm Springs is a golf mecca in the Southern California desert. Known for its year-round sunny skies and stunning landscape, you'll find all the elements of a great golf vacation in Palm Springs.
The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies is a world-famous, Broadway-caliber celebration of the music, dance and comedy of mid-century America, with a cast old enough to have lived through it. Venerated guest stars and international vaudeville acts join the Follies' world-renowned line of performers, whose ages range from 54 to 83. As Billie Burke once said, "Age doesn't matter unless you're a cheese." Our pledge is to remain true to the spirit of early Palm Springs while promising a world-class entertainment experience at every performance.
Fifteen miles long, Palm Canyon is one of the areas of great beauty in Western North America. Its indigenous flora and fauna, which the Cahuilla people so expertly used and its abundant Washingtonia filifera (California Fan Palm) are breathtaking contrasts to the stark rocky gorges and barren desert lands beyond. A moderately graded, paved foot path winds down into the canyon for picnicking near the stream, meditating, exploring, hiking or horseback riding. While in Palm Canyon visit the Trading Post for hiking maps, refreshments, Indian art and artifacts, books, jewelry, pottery, baskets, weaving, and conversational cultural lore.
Riders are treated to a geologic extravaganza on this 20 mile tour that descends through the heart of the San Andreas Fault zone on a paved road to the heart of grape country near Mecca. There are no cross roads, no turns, and very little traffic which makes this a relaxing sightseeing adventure. Riders will see the stark beauty of the desert as they descend a total of 1200 feet over the route.
Journey by open-air Jeep from Palm Springs through the California desert to experience stargazing at its best! Your nighttime adventure includes a guided tour of the San Andreas Fault area at twilight and stargazing through a large tracking telescope as your 'Star Navigator' guide shares the mythology of the constellations.
Nope, it's not a mirage - Wet 'n Wild Water Park Palm Springs is the coolest spot in the desert. Take a break from the heat and splash into fun with refreshing water rides and attractions. Wet 'n Wild is a 16-acre oasis that offers hours of fun for the whole family. Book your tickets in advance to skip the line, then jump right in for a hassle-free day of cool fun.
The Living Desert was established in 1970 by several trustees of the Palm Springs Desert Museum who foresaw the impact that resort development would have on their local desert ecosystem. This foresight led to an interpretive nature trail and preserve in Palm Desert. Among the trustees was Philip L. Boyd who also founded the Riverside campus of the University of California and the Deep Canyon Research Station in Palm Desert. Among his first tasks was to hire a resident naturalist. This person turned out to be a young woman with energy, intelligence and ambition, as well as experience as a zoo keeper and park ranger, plus graduate work in wildlife biology. Karen Sausman was President and CEO of The Living Desert for forty years and has recently retired. The vision that built The Living Desert and the love of the desert shared by Phillip Boyd, Karen Sausman, our members, volunteers, staff, trustees, and friends, will be carried forward by our new President and CEO, Stacey Johnson. For almost four decades The Living Desert has been engaged in the important work of preserving, conserving and interpreting the desert and all its varied plant and animal life. Even as we take immense pride in our accomplishments over the last forty years, we remain as dedicated as ever to the goals that initially inspired us when we first began operations in March of 1970.
To say Joshua Tree National Park is immense would be an understatement. The park covers almost 800,000 acres of desert near Palm Springs. Within its borders visitors will find both fragile ecosystems and immoveable geological features. While a true park experience should be spread out over a few days, those with limited time should make sure to visit Keys View, where vistas of the Salton Sea and faraway Mexico await.
Renowned Austrian Chef/owner Johannes Bacher of Johannes Restaurant offers a unique and innovative Euro-American-Asian cuisine like wiener schnitzel, raw and organic salads, spaetzel and sauerkraut combined with delightful flavors ranging from polenta to wasabi. Everything is freshly made in-house. He also carries a vast variety of award-winning wine selections to choose from.
Zin American Bistro is an attempt to modernize and Americanize the traditional French Bistro concept. With Zin recently receiving 3.5 stars and a review of "quite possibly the best food for the money in the Coachella Valley" from author Peter Osbaldeston's Palm Springs Dining Bible, Chef Nicolas Klontz and wine director Mindy Reed have indeed raised the bar of casual fine dining in Palm Springs.
A casually elegant restaurant, Spencer's features four-star American fine cuisine with a French and Pacific Rim influence, prepared under the direction of Chef Eric Wadlund. The broad menu includes fresh seafood and world-class steaks. Nestled at the base of soaring Mt. San Jacinto, Spencer's glamorous decor and mountain views are the perfect blend of stylish elegance and comfortable informality. Two phenomenal patios, one with gigantic ficus trees, and the luxurious interior created by renowned Los Angeles restaurant designer, Dodd Mitchell, provide a visual feast. The true star, however, is the cuisine.
Chop House Palm Springs offers PRIME, all-natural and grass fed beef and chops, butchered in-house and grilled the classic way, allowing flavors and tenderness to develop fully. The seafood is sustainable and they offer organic vegetables wherever possible. They are one of America's Finest Prime Time Top 10 Steakhouses, as well as a DiRONA recipient (Distinguished Restaurants of North America. They have been voted "Best Steaks in the Desert" for several years.
It's all about cravings. Satisfying the ones you have, and creating sensory experiences that are totally unexpected. Fine dining is re-defined in Circa 59, taking the stage with eco-friendly fish, delicious premium cuts of meat, locally grown farm fresh produce and "shareables" you'll have difficulty, well, sharing.
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Dining in the desert has never been so cool. A rare Alpine mountain experience awaits you, travel on the longest tram ride in North America and have "a culinary experience above the clouds". Peaks Restaurant is nestled on top of the San Jacinto Mountain at 8516 feet above sea level. Floor to ceiling windows treat guest to a panoramic view of the San Bernardino Mountain range, sunsets, glistening snow and the twinkling lights of the Coachella Valley.
A chic and sophisticated decor provides the setting for distinctive "world cuisine", a provocative mix of zesty influences that creates a delightful dining experience in Palm Springs. Plush high-backed semicircular banquettes surround the dining room and offer comfortable and private seating. The cuisine has a light, exotic feel with an emphasis on Pacific Rim specialties, from Chilean Sea Bass baked in Banana Leaves or Kahlua-Barbecued Pork Chops to all sorts of tasty tapas, salads, wood-fired pizzas, and desserts.
Where Palm Springs Eats & Drinks. Located in the the Uptown Design District. An energetic, desert-casual atmosphere and great American modern food at reasonable prices - A place where anyone can come in, sit down and feel at home. Where the locals hangout, eat, drink and have fun. Experience Cocktail hour in the bar from 11am-7pm, $3 Well, $5 Martini's, Margarita's, Mojitos and featuring The Uptown Design District 3 course prixfixe for only $19 from 11am to 6pm 7 days a week.
The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum inspires people to learn about the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and other Native cultures. They keep the spirit alive through exhibitions, collections, research, and educational programs.
The Palm Springs Air Museum is a nonprofit educational institution whose mission is to exhibit, educate and internalize the role of the World War II combat aircraft and the role the pilots and American citizens had in achieving this great victory. In addition to flying aircraft, related artifacts, artwork, and library sources are used to perpetuate American history.
The Moorten Botanical Gardens boasts 3,000 examples of desert cacti and other desert plants grouped by geographic regions: Arizona, Baja California, California, Colorado, the Mojave desert, the Sonora desert, South Africa, arid South America, and Texas.
When it comes to fun, Boomers! Palm Springs got it all. Race to victory on the Go Kart Tracks, become a golf legend on the Mini Golf Course, or get the highest score in the giant arcades. Boomers got all the greatest attractions and games so there's plenty of fun for all ages.
When it comes to fun, Boomers! Palm Springs got it all. Race to victory on the Go Kart Tracks, become a golf legend on the Mini Golf Course, or get the highest score in the giant arcades. Boomers got all the greatest attractions and games so there's plenty of fun for all ages.
To some, the concept of a "living desert" may be a bit oxymoronic, when in fact deserts are home to some of the most diverse life on the planet. The Living Desert, found a short drive away from downtown Palm Springs, showcases exotic animals accustomed to this environment, including meerkats, giraffes, leopards, zebras and even cheetahs.


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Kander announces order in sweetener plant failure
Thursday, April 4, 2013
By JIM SALTER
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander announced action Thursday against a financial management company connected to the failed Mamtek artificial sweetener plant in mid-Missouri.
Kander filed a cease-and-desist order against Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., which was the underwriter for bonds for the Mamtek project at Moberly. Kander said bond purchasers investing in the failed plant lost $6.5 million. The order alleges that Morgan Keegan failed to adequately investigate Mamtek's business plan and failed to disclose risks to investors.
The city of Moberly issued $39 million in bonds to fund construction of the plant that sits idle. Morgan Keegan made $2.5 million off the bond sale, Kander said. The order seeks restitution, civil penalties, fees and costs.
No criminal charges have been filed against Morgan Keegan, which is now a division of Raymond James Financial Inc. Messages seeking comment from the company were not returned.
Kander said Morgan Keegan misrepresented to investors that Mamtek had patents for artificial sweeteners that it didn't really have. He said the financial firm also indicated that Mamtek had an operational facility in China, when it did not.
"If Morgan Keegan had done its due diligence and investigated the feasibility of Mamtek's business plan we would not be here today," Kander said at a news conference in St. Louis. "This is unacceptable."
Criminal charges were filed last month against former Mamtek CEO Bruce Cole, who is accused of perpetrating fraud by persuading Moberly to issue the bonds and the state to authorize up to $17 million in incentives. The incentives were never paid because the Mamtek project failed before the company met the criteria to receive the aid.
The Mamtek factory was once hailed as an economic development success story for Moberly, a town of 14,000 residents. While seeking government incentives, Mamtek officials said they had developed proprietary technology for the artificial sweetener sucralose and promised up to 600 jobs.
Cole also faces a civil lawsuit from the federal Securities and Exchange Commission and a bankruptcy suit filed by UMB Bank, the bondholders' trustee.
Columbia, Mo.-based Shelter Insurance invested $5.6 million in Mamtek bonds, in part because it wanted to support neighboring Moberly, said Joe Moseley, Shelter's vice president of public affairs.
"It was something that evidently looked like a good investment at the time," Moseley said. "We put a chunk of money into it."
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Wait till their UFB plans take off and see the hit on profits then...
Vodafone New Zealand posted full-year profit that dropped by more than two thirds as it took on costs related to the acquisition of TelstraClear and increased the proportion of lower-margin fixed-line sales.
The country's biggest mobile phone operator reported a profit of $55.9 million in the 12 months ended March 31, from $175 million a year earlier. Revenue rose by $149 million, or 9.2 percent, to about $1.77 billion (TelstraClear had revenue of $353 million in its final year as a Telstra subsidiary) but was offset by a $136 million gain in cost of sales and $83.5 million increase in operating expenses.
"This reflects the change in revenue mix with an increase in lower margin fixed line revenues," a spokeswoman said. "The increase in op-ex was caused by the increase in staff and costs brought in with the TelstraClear acquisition."
Vodafone acquired fixed-line operator TelstraClear and its Clear Communications subsidiary for $860.9 million cash last October, expecting to slash back-office duplication, use TelstraClear's backhaul and transmission services, and cut its reliance on Chorus.
The combined businesses amalgamated as at March 31 and the performance of both the existing and acquired business "was in line with expectations in an increasingly competitive market," the company said. TelstraClear was renamed as Vodafone Fixed and the net assets were valued at $843.6 million.
Labour costs jumped to $233.6 million in the latest year from $158 million a year earlier while related party finance costs rose to $116 million from $97.4 million. Cost of sales climbed to $757 million from $621.8 million.
Vodafone New Zealand paid management fees and other charges of $48.3 million in the year to entities of its parent Vodafone Group, down from $56.6 million a year earlier.
According to the parent's second-quarter results, released in July, the New Zealand unit lifted mobile customers by 19,000 to 2.326 million as at June 30. The percentage of pre-paid customers fell to 64.4 percent from 66.7 percent at the end of the March quarter.
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Nice spin. Mobile is heading to where fixed is now. It's a commodity and the ability to price gouge has gone. Smartphones don't need mobile networks, even for voice and TXT - they're just a device like any other. What will slow Voda's profit decline, to the consumer's cost, is the benefit of the fixed duopoly that the sale has created.
Pity they couldn't re-invest some of that profit in a few extra bags of peanuts to pay some additional monkeys to answer their phones within 30minutes. Honestly, three phone calls in two days and not one of them has been answered within 30 (or 40) minutes ...
I wonder if Vodafone CEO has to wait this long for anything anytime?
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October Events
- October 1st and 2nd come enjoy our annual Camden Harbor Arts, Juried Arts, and Crafts Show of the season featuring 100 plus artists and craftsmen displaying and selling their wares in our harbor park and amphitheater overlooking Camden Harbor.
- October 6 & 7 enjoy the Foreign Auto Festival at the Owls Head Transportation Museum. Vintage vehicles from around the world featuring Volkswagen. Fun for the whole family.
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More than 1.4 million Americans were audited last year, the most in a decade. Even more audits are expected as the Obama administration plans to spend $8.2 billion in tax enforcement initiatives in 2011, a nearly 10% increase over last year.


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Star Trek: The Darkness? Into Darkness? Into Darkness, that's the one.
Right after work yesterday, I headed over to check out the new Star Trek movie.
Background on me: I didn't watch much of the TV show…I enjoyed most of the earlier movies…but I really, really liked the first movie of the re-boot…so I had high hopes going into this one.
I need to learn my lesson….Lost…Fringe…Alcatraz…I need to come to the realization that that I will enjoy 80% of a JJ Abrams-produced film/TV show..but I will be completely disappointed in the last 20%.
That's where I'm at with this Star Trek: Into Darkness.
I thought that the early action scenes were incredible…and the mystery behind the villain's motives is definitely intriguing….but then it falls apart.
I'm not going to spoil it …but you'll definitely get the feeling that you've seen this movie before. There were scenes where I audilbly groaned…and the Trekkies in front of me nearly lost their minds. They…were…ticked.
Plus, the final battle? I thought it was lacking a huge element…an element that makes Star Trek…ummm….Star Trek.
If you see it this weekend, drop a comment below and let me know what you thought!
Iron Man 3…Star Trek…so far, it's not a blockbuster summer…it's a lackluster summer.
The Office Finale
I thought the finale of the Office last night was very well done. It was sweet & touching. I thought they should have done more with Michael Scott's return though…by the way, what was up with his gray hair?
I wish they wouldn't have done the trick of jumping a year ahead…I would have liked to have seen Stanley's retirement party….and there was no reason to fire Kevin.
Guten Prank.
The hour-long retrospective before the finale was great….it made me tear up a few times…and I laughed out loud more times than I could remember. Hearing the behind-the-scenes about The Office was fascinating. They scripted every look…every "uhhh…ummmm".
Farewell The Office. Thank you for the laughs.
Two Things My 2 1/2 Year Old Son is Totally Into:
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2. Froot by the Foot – Holy cow, he devours this stuff…and he has some weird Froot by the Foot radar…no matter where I hide the box, he finds it.
Two Things my 16 Month Old Daughter is Totally Into:
1. Chocolate – Priscilla is definitely a chocoholic.
2. Showing Her Beebo – A.k.a. belly button. Oh, and she'll find yours too.
Mike Wolfe From American Pickers
We went his appearance at the HyVee in Urbandale as well…but the line was a bit too long for me & the kids. I asked Dexter if he wanted to go home, and he said "no, we wait in line to see Mike"…however, I think I lacked the patience. Last night while I was putting him to bed, Dexter looks up at me, and says "Daddy, we don't see Mike today…next time?" Super sweet.
For fans of American Pickers, just by watching the show, you'd assume Mike is a nice guy…and it's sort of true…he's actually even nicer in person. He couldn't have been more personable & friendly, and just a good, genuine guy. Meeting a celeb that you're a fan of, and having that celeb exceed your expectations is a great thing!
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LAS VEGAS — Colorado coaches haven't detected any mechanical flaws in Askia Booker's delivery, so they are hoping the sophomore guard shoots his way out of a prolonged slump.
Everyone agrees CU's chances of making some noise in the postseason improves dramatically if Booker can regain his shooting eye.
"There's nothing wrong with his form," CU coach Tad Boyle said. "We're ready for 'Ski to have one of those 6-for-8 games from the field."
Fifth-seeded Colorado (20-10) faces 12th-seeded Oregon State (14-17) in a 3:30 p.m. Wednesday rematch during the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The Buffaloes were upset 64-58 at home on Saturday by Oregon State, unable to solve the Beavers' 2-3 zone defense.
Booker hit just 3-of-13 shots despite getting open looks throughout the game.
Boyle said he is not about to put the clamps on one of the team's most dynamic offensive players. "He's hit some big shots for us this year," Boyle said. "He's capable."
Booker, who is averaging 12.6 points, said he appreciates the confidence afforded him by his coaches, and his teammates, who, without hesitation, continue to pass him the ball.
"I just have to stay confident," Booker said. "You have to be unconscious out there. You can't think about the shot you just missed. Coach tells me to keep shooting."
Booker's shooting slump extends back over a month. He has shot 50 percent or better in just one of his past 10 games, going 7-for-13 in an overtime loss to Arizona State. He's hitting only 26.8 percent from the field in the past five games, including 4-for-24 on 3-pointers.
Last season, as a freshman, Booker shot 40.2 percent from the field and made 37.2 percent of his 3-pointers. His percentages are down this season to 36.9 and 30.4.
"We're going to keep getting 'Ski open shots," sophomore guard Spencer Dinwiddie said.
Boyle said he knows Booker is doing everything he can to snap the slump.
"Ski is the kind of guy that is going to get in the gym (on his own)," Boyle said. "He's been pressing for a while. He's the only one who can get out of it. Nobody can do that for him."
Booker said he has watched videotape of his past few games to try and identify the cause of his shooting woes.
"What I'm doing is, I'm rushing (the shots)," Booker said. "That's what I've been working on, being relaxed and shooting under control."
Now it's tournament time. Colorado could use a victory to solidify its status in the eyes of the NCAA Tournament selection committee. According to most "bracketologists," CU appears to be in solid position for an at-large bid, no matter what it does in the tournament. But, a loss to the Beavers in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament, on the heels of the home loss Saturday, could make for a close call on Selection Sunday.
Last year, Colorado claimed the trophy in the inaugural Pac-12 Tournament by winning four games in four days. Can the Buffs do it again? Boyle said this year's tournament is "anybody's game," with as many as nine Pac-12 teams capable of claiming the title.
"I tell our guys, we just have to do what we do, be who we are," Boyle said. "We have to play Colorado basketball. Play hard. Play smart. We don't have to be Superman and be somebody we're not."
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Buffs vs. Beavers
Team: No. 12 seed Oregon State
Record: 14-17, 4-14 Pac-12
Conference play: The Beavers and Washington State tied for 11th in the Pac-12, but the Cougars won the tiebreaker.
Against CU: Oregon State stunned the Buffs on Saturday in the regular-season finale, winning 64-58 in Boulder. CU won 72-68 in Corvallis, Ore., on Feb. 10.
Up next: The winner will play against No. 4-seeded Arizona in the quarterfinals at 3:30 p.m. Thursday.


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The story of Little Red Riding Hood is reinvented for a new audience in this colorful retelling of the classic fairy tale. Set against the backdrop of West Africa, the famous red-caped heroine expands her fashion horizons by donning a more culturally appropriate ensemble than the classic red hood ("Salma put on her blue scarf, her stripy ntama, her pretty white beads and her yellow sandals"). Detailed illustrations play out a multi-hued environment bustling with activity, from the natives carrying food in baskets on their heads, to cars driving by, crammed with passengers. Initially Daly sticks to the traditional storyline, sending Salma out on an errand to help Granny and then encountering the wolf-like Dog. The latter character is somewhat less frightening than in the original story, making some threats that he fails to follow through on. The author then mixes the plot up a bit by employing some African-influenced devices like a boogeyman mask and native drums. In fact, it is these tools, along with help from Salma's grandfather, that help save the day and reverse the endangered Granny's fate. This version will appeal to a new generation of readers with its fast pace, vibrant imagery and final universal message where good triumphs over evil. Ages 5-8. (Apr.)[Page 49]. Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
K-Gr 3-- Daly's boldly colored illustrations perfectly match this West African incarnation of the classic story. Pretty Salma is sent to the market by her grandmother and told to come straight home, but she takes a shortcut through the wild part of town and encounters Mr. Dog, who tricks her out of her basket, sandals, ntama , scarf, and beads. Mr. Dog scares Salma off and he goes to Granny's house to trick her. Meanwhile, Salma finds her grandfather in his Anansi costume telling stories in the village square and the two of them quickly set off to rescue Granny. The cartoon-style paintings capture the sights and flavor of the setting and add dimension and humorous details to this modern version of a timeless tale. Enjoyable on its own, this story would be especially fun combined with and compared to the many other "Little Red" stories available.--Genevieve Gallagher, Murray Elementary School, Charlottesville, VA[Page 121]. Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.