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you often speak of being a conservative, i often speak of one day explaining to you why you're wrong and you then often speak of me often speaking of such. but now i think its time.
so, explain your beliefs which make you a conservative and especially those which lead you to favor ron paul and i will attempt to make you see why you are WRONG.

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CLEVELAND (January 26, 2009) – In honor of Black History Month, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has planned a month-long tribute entitled Through the Lens of Sepia Magazine: 35 Years of the African-American Experience in Music. This year marks the Rock Hall's 13th annual celebration and will include a series of FREE public programs designed to give audiences a closer look into the groundbreaking Sepia magazine, in addition to the African-American artists portrayed throughout its pages. The months of events focus on musicians and record labels from the 1950s and 1960s, especially the blues artists and vocal groups that gave birth to rock and roll, the rhythm and blues of King Records in Cincinnati and Chess Records in Chicago, and the driving rhythms of New Orleans.
This month is presented in conjunction with the Rock Hall's newest exhibit, The Sepia Magazine Photo Archive - 1948-1983, which is now open in the Museum's Circular Gallery. A complete schedule of events is listed below.
Throughout the month, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame education department will offer a special Black History Month class entitled Picture the Sound: Through the Lens of Sepia Magazine as part of its interdisciplinary educational program, Rockin' the Schools, in which students will view landmark performances and historical photographs, while examining the contributions of Sepia magazine as a whole.
**Unless otherwise noted, all events are free with a reservation. Please email email@example.com or call 216.515.8426 to RSVP.
The Rock Hall's 2009 Black History Month schedule of events:
Wednesday February 4, 7pm, Baker Nord Center for the Humanities, Case Western Reserve University, Clark 309:
Capturing the African-American Experience: An Evening with Carole Anthony, Curator of the Sepia Magazine Photo Archive.
Carole Anthony's presentation will include an overview of the Sepia Magazine Photo Archive collection, in which she will talk about the history of this project. She will also lead a discussion on several of the significant photos in the collection, providing a historical retrospective of African-American musicians, entertainers, composers and producers in a wide variety of musical styles.
Monday February 9, 7pm, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 4th Floor Theater
An Evening with Deborah Chessler, Songwriter and Former Manager of the Orioles
As the songwriter and creative force behind the legendary vocal quintet, the Orioles, Deborah Chessler helped shape a new style of music that would become known as rhythm and blues. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Deborah started writing songs at a young age. After being introduced to the Orioles' singer Sonny Til in 1948, Deborah soon became the group's manager. The Orioles' first recording was the Deborah Chessler composition, "It's Too Soon To Know." The song was such a departure from the pop-influenced songs of the day that hundreds of African-American vocal groups immediately changed their singing styles to sound like the Orioles. During Deborah's six years managing the group (which included the Chessler-penned recordings "Tell Me So" and "Forgive and Forget") the Orioles created a sound that evolved into the Golden Age of Vocal Groups.
Deborah will be interviewed in front of a live audience by Dr. Charles Horner, one of the foremost authorities on early rhythm and blues and doo wop music.
Wednesday February 11, 4:30pm, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Eat to the Beat
Teachers Rock: Professional Development Series for K-12 Educators with Toni Starinsky
This Black History Month edition of Teachers Rock will feature Cleveland School of the Arts teacher and director of visual arts Toni Starinsky. Ms. Starinsky will discuss creative lessons that she has initiated for photography students that encourage critical analysis of relevant socio-cultural issues that face the city of Cleveland. She will outline the methods she employs to develop these materials and her students will present their final projects.
Teachers Rock provides a forum for K-12 level teachers and school administrators who are interested in integrating popular music into their classrooms across the disciplines. The monthly series is offered free of charge from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Each session explores a moment in the history of popular music and includes a featured lesson or resource.
Wednesday February 11, 7pm, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 4th Floor Theater
Hall of Fame Series with Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price is widely known as "Mr. Personality," a nickname taken from his 1959 hit "Personality." His biggest hit was "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," an original song produced by Dave Bartholomew and featuring Fats Domino on piano, which topped the rhythm and blues charts for seven weeks in 1952.
Price continued to place his own recordings on the rhythm and blues charts into the Seventies. Meanwhile, he performed around the country with a nine-piece band while keeping a resourceful hand in various other entrepreneurial pursuits and ventures.
Price will be interviewed in front of a live audience as part of the Museum's Hall of Fame Series, which offers audiences rare and unique access to Hall of Famers in an intimate setting.
Friday February 13, 1pm, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 4th Floor Theater
Hall of Fame Series with Little Anthony & The Imperials
Little Anthony & The Imperials is a rhythm and blues/soul/doo-wop vocal group from New York, first active in the 1950s. Lead singer Jerome Anthony "Little Anthony" Gourdine was noted for his high-pitched falsetto voice influenced by Jimmy Scott. Changing their name to The Imperials in 1957, they signed with End Records in 1958. Their first single was "Tears on My Pillow", which was an instant hit. In 1964 the group made a rare transition into soul music with a series of hit including "I'm On the Outside (Looking In) and "Goin' Out of My Head." Little Anthony and the Imperials will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2009.
Little Anthony will be interviewed in front of a live audience as part of the Museum's Hall of Fame Series, which offers audiences rare and unique access to Hall of Famers in an intimate setting.
Wednesday February 18, 7pm, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 4th Floor Theater
From Songwriters to Soundmen with Philip Paul
Born in New York and raised in Manhattan, legendary drummer Philip Paul began his music career at the age of 16. His career took off when he began playing with musicians such as Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1951, Paul traveled to Cincinnati, where he would soon meet Syd Nathan, president and owner of King Records. Philip became the studio drummer for King Records from 1952 to 1964, playing on over 350 recordings with artists such as Hank Ballard, Milt Buckner, and Freddie King.
Philip Paul will be interviewed in front of a live audience as part of the Museum's "From Songwriters to Soundmen: The People Behind the Hits" free educational series that shines the spotlight on the people whose contributions to the rock and roll art form are often as powerful as those of the artists themselves. He will be joined onstage by his wife, Juanita Paul, a former employee of King Records.
Monday February 23, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 4th Floor Theater
7:00 pm: Film Screening – Cadillac Records
6:30 pm: Special Pre-Screening discussion with Director Darnell Martin
Cadillac Records chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists. In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950's Chicago, the film follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James, and Chuck Berry.
The film stars Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Columbus Short as Little Walter, Mos Def as Chuck Berry and Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James.
Director Darnell Martin has made a name for herself as the director of numerous television dramas, including Homicide: Life on the Street, Oz, ER, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Grey's Anatomy, The L Word, and Law and Order: Criminal Intent. In 2005, she helmed HBO's Their Eyes Were Watching God, starring Halle Berry and Terrence Howard, and produced by Quincy Jones and Oprah Winfrey.
Wednesday February 25, 7pm, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 4th Floor Theater
Rock and Roll Night School: The History of King Records
Rock and Roll Night School is a monthly series of educational, discussion-based night classes offered free of charge from 7 pm – 8:30 pm in the Museum's 4th floor theater. Lauren Onkey, Vice President of Education and Public Programming, and Jason Hanley, musicologist and Director of Education at the Rock Hall, will lead this month's class, which will focus on the legendary recordings on King Records.
Between 1943 and 1971, the address of 1540 Brewster Avenue in Cincinnati was home to some of the most vibrant and eclectic music making in America. King brought together the most diverse range of American voices that reflect Cincinnati's unique geographical position as a crossroads of American culture: rhythm and blues, country, bluegrass, rockabilly, pop and blues records all poured out of King's studios.
Join us as we examine Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees like Hank Ballard, James Brown, and label founder Syd Nathan, while also looking at the contributions of artists such as Otis William & the Charms, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, and the Stanley Brothers. This class will also draw on interview footage recently conducted by Rock Hall staff and featuring Otis Williams (of the Charms), Bootsy Collins, and Ralph Stanley.
Additional events will be announced in the coming weeks.
First published in Fort Worth, Texas in 1947 by George Levitan, Sepia magazine often exposed the obstacles facing African-Americans but more importantly, it celebrated their accomplishments. By way of its popular photojournalistic style, the magazine closely focused on various aspects of the culture including politics, lifestyle and music. Especially during the civil rights era, Sepia was a clear and steady outlet of the African-American community to express its views and highlight its accomplishments. The Sepia Magazine Photo Archive, owned by the African American Museum in Dallas, will be open at the Rock Hall until April 12, 2009.
In celebration of Black History Month each February the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum recognizes the extraordinary contributions that African-Americans have made to popular music. Since 1996, the Rock Hall's Black History Month events have included film screenings, lectures, intimate evenings of conversation, and performances by local and national groups such as Robert Lockwood, Jr., The Temptations, Charles Brown, Ruth Brown, Take 6, Al Green, the Ohio Players and the Manhattans.
About the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is the nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission both through its operation of a world-class museum that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form and through its library and archives as well as its educational programs.
The Museum is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On Wednesdays, the Museum is open until 9 p.m. Museum admission is $22 for adults, $17 for seniors (65+), $13 for youth (9-12), $18 for adult residents of Greater Cleveland. Children under 8 and Museum members are free. The Museum is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. When you become a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the world of rock and roll becomes yours to explore. Call 216.515.1939 for information on becoming a member. For general inquiries, please call 216.781.ROCK.


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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:05 am
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Been watching the approval ratings polls and noting how Obama has slipped? Think he'll get a second term?
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As of now, I don't see anyone else I particularly think would make a good President. Personally, I don't think Obama is doing that poorly in this position. I believe he truly thought he could produce more change in things--but then, bingo, life and its challenges and obstacles hit him in the face. I think we all knew that he was reaching high for the stars, and knew that eventually the Presidential and national responsibilities would file a lot of that enthusiasm down.
If the election were tomorrow, I would vote for him. Don't know if I'll feel the same once other candidates pop onto the scene, but that would be a decision for another day.
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From the first, his age, both chronological and political, bothered me, but I voted for him anyway. Now, I think that dismay has increased. He flounders around when it comes to politicking, which, despite the onus that kind of activity generates, is nonetheless almost a necessary ability in D.C., IMO. He simply doesn't have the years in the trenches that would have given him the necessary background, pull, favors, etc., to "politick," and that lack shows.
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:25 am
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The US electorate's mind works in curious ways!
It seems that plummeting approval rates are the destiny for every single recent POTUS: W. Bush 25% at the lowest, Clinton 37%, H.W. Bush 29%, Reagan 35%, Carter 28%... If anything, looks like half of the US voters (those that actually bother to vote) are destined to vote for the wrong guy!
Seriously, I wonder why that is. Are the presidential hopefuls just that good at duping the electorate, is the two-party system to blame, the losing party desperate doing its best to undermine the POTUS at any cost so nothing gets done and all election promises get bogged down, or what is it?
Where I come from, the patern is a total reverse. The next head of the state beats the opponent in a tight, tight election like 51% to 49% (or 50.1 to 49.9), not unlike in the US -- and then goes to enjoy a popularity rate between 62% (the lowest ever) to something like 85%, the mindset being: it's all about a united house that stands strong.
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Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:56 am
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I don't know where you are from, but yes, US elections aren't really about selecting the best candidate in most instances. The two-party system is part of the problem, but not all. In the last decades--probably the last 70 years or so--money has become a real problem: No one can get elected in the U.S. without a large supply of it. Probably too, the mere length of campaigns is a problem. We'd probably be better off if campaigns were limited to about 2 months.
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I think a lot of it depends on the economy, and given what I'm hearing about double-dip recession--or as some would say, a deepening of the crisis temporarily eased by the stimulus--I'd say no, he won't get a second term.
To progressives, he has been a huge disappointment. I don't see him reaching for any stars, but I do see him continuing and expanding Bush-era policies regarding warrantless wiretapping, presidential assassination, and military tribunals. Nor do I see him increasing transparency in government (lots of closed-door healthcare deals went on), and he's very fond of using that old revolving door he pledged to shut. The list goes on and on, but the point is that it is become very clear that he said what we wanted to hear to get elected, and he works for the same people that Bush did--the banksters, the military-industrial complex, and the corporate interests that have co-opted our government.
Personally, I think we're headed for some very hard financial times, and it could be that by the next election, we'll finally be ready for some real change, not the fake stuff we bought last time.
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...and it could be that by the next election, we'll finally be ready for some real change, not the fake stuff we bought last time.
And I don't believe he thought he was saying fake stuff when he said it. I really believe he thought he could make a change. The older one is, the more elections they live thru, the more presidents they see take office. And you realize that there's no magic wand that's handed out at the time of inauguration. All the ideas a candidate has or had meets reality when they become president, in the form of Congress and other leaders. It's not always easy to get your ideas across that diverse body. In order to get something from others, they have to compromise on other things. The new President also faces reality, in that he now gets a clear idea of just what he's up against with all the world problems. Now he's got the inside scoop. I bet minds have changed when ALL the facts are laid out on the table. Just saying.
I have to agree with dick, also, when he said there is too much time spent campaigning. There should be less time. He mentioned two months. I would say longer, but not by much.
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I agree, T
, that he believed what he said during the campaigns. In a way, that was one of the problems. An older hand at the game would have had more realistic intentions, I think.
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An older hand at the game would have had more realistic intentions, I think.
Yes, absolutely. Not that a more seasoned candidate still wouldn't advocate change. The difference, I think, would have been in how he would have delivered the campaign message of change. Oh, well--live and learn, and all that other stuff, for the inexperienced campaigners.
The trouble with Monday morning quarterbacking is that we really don't know how another president may have handled any of the situations that popped up within the last couple of years, as well as all the inherited ones--worse, better, or similarly? We can guess forever, but we still will never know for sure. The past is what it is--the past.
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I believe that Obama will go down as a great American president, not because he is black, but because so many economists (and I, NOT one, by any means) believed he prevented another Great Depression. (Yep. I've drunk the Kool-Aid). I give him enormous credit for passing ANY health care reform. I like what he says, and think that he came in on SUCH high hopes, that he was bound to fall. On Inauguration Day, I always mentally tell the President, "Enjoy, because this will be the most loved you will be in office, unless you are assassinated." They almost never listen, tho. <G> I think liberals are disappointed at his reserve, but he IS "no drama, Obama," and they kew that. They are also disappointed at what he hasn't done, but they are not giving enough (dis)credit to Congress.
The unemployment is so bad that I think that nobody as president could improve it in the short run. There are too many causes. I, personally, have been worried about the deficit for years, as I am about our environmental disregard. It saddens me that my hippie, idealistic generation is bequeathing such a selfish and crippling legacy to our descendants, and I wonder why parents and grandparents are content to do so.
I think whether Obama wins will depend on the Republicans. If they run a Tea Party Wanna-Be, maybe not. If we have another terrorist attack, Obama will be blamed, and will lose. I don't see any Republican who can unite this party, but then, again, Obama came out of nowhere, as did Sarah Palin.
We live in interesting times. Maybe the Chinese cursed us?
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You're probably correct that he at least softened an imminent depression by the bailout. And agreed, the legacy he inherited didn't help him much. But I think that, were he a better politician, he could be more successful. He appears at times to flounder around in that arena, not sure how to proceed both for his own political welfare and the welfare of the rest of us--as with the oil spill and Afghanistan. And by being a better politician, I don't mean his campaigning, but his understanding of the ins and outs of D.C. politics or politics in general.
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The right wing in Congress, especially in the Senate, seem to be bent on preventing ANY progress in government. Their obstructionism gives the appearance that they would rather see the country destroyed through inaction than see the government get improved. With that to contend with, it is a minor miracle when anything gets passed or changed in DC.
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With that to contend with, it is a minor miracle when anything gets passed or changed in DC.
Yes, it has been stressed many, many times to voters that, although the Presidency is a most important position, the members of Congress may be even more influential in getting the kind of legislation you want out there. Again, the more elections you live thru, the more you realize how true this is.
We recently had a primary election here in Michigan. Of course, there was a low turnout, with some exceptions in areas where "hot" issues were on the ballot. But by and large, few people are attracted to primaries in the off presidential election years. And, yet, this election determined who will actually be on the ballot in November in local areas. That sounds pretty important to me. By waiting until November and only voting in that election, you have already restricted your voting choice. Someone else chose the candidates you're voting for.
So to be sure that you are at least doing your part in getting your kinds of issues addressed in the way you want, you have to get the person with a similar agenda into a seat in one of the two houses of Congress, as a representative or senator.
I agree with your above statement, Mark. In my opinion, Obama had high goals and ideals. He was a former senator and should have known better because of the relationship between Congress and President. The President is powerful, but can only go so far in many important issues without the cooperation of the reps and senators.
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I am in no way surprised by his low approval ratings. His fiscal policies are running this country into the ground.
The IMF has declared the U.S. bankrupt. Bankrupt. This is not the inflammatory product of some partisan foundation. It's the IMF, and their numbers are confirmed by the OMB. They euphamize it by calling it a "fiscal gap" and hide it in the back of their report, arguably so the U.S. can save face, but that doesn't change facts. I urge you to read the IMF's report.
I'd be interested to hear who claims Obama saved this country from depression and whether they can offer any cogent evidence for this.
The bailout was the product of the Bush administration. Hank Paulson engineered it. The Obama administration used the plan Paulson and his advisers drafted, despite the fact Obama literally stopped taking his calls immediately after he was sworn in. Paulson's proposed changes for regulating the financial sector constitute the core of the financial industries regulation.
The only bailout Obama was responsible for was the auto industry, which was extremely suspect and underhanded (the secured creditors (not to be confused with shareholders) receiving pennies on the dollar for GM assets, establishing a new corporate form, giving the government bailout money directly to the union in the form of shares of the new entity).
The majority of economists agree (the libertarian economists don't agree with any of this) that Paulson's TARP saved the economy.
Conversely, very few agree the stimulus has done much of anything (except Krugman, the Berkeley Keynesians, Obama's NEC council and other Keynsians).
And there are concrete measures the administration could take to promote productivity (the real ingredient this economy needs for a kick start, not the glib "job growth" that demonstrates a distinct ignorance of basic economics). Granted, it would take a lot of work, but there are tangible solutions.
For the good of the U.S., 2012 and a new president can't come quickly enough.
My vote is for Mitch Daniels, the governor of Indiana. He's demonstrated an ability most politicians (and voters) have lost--the ability to actually think through and judge his own actions and whether they're effective or not.
So many politicians and voters today won't step outside the bounds of their own polarized party ideology. We all have confirmation bias and pick out evidence that supports our own view--the person who can go beyond this and show true reflection gains my respect.
Plus, Mitch Daniels is a cracker jack at economics and budget. Indiana was one of two states to run a surplus during the recession.
@Tee--I'm not a Michigander, but I have to commiserate with you over Michigan's primaries. I was so upset when I heard Andy Dillon didn't make it. His platform was amazing, and yet it didn't fall within the tight boundaries of democrat idealogy, so it didn't make it. Enough Jennifer Granholm already.
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In the last decades--probably the last 70 years or so--money has become a real problem: No one can get elected in the U.S. without a large supply of it.
Could you elaborate--money is a problem
exactly? Now, I get that it takes money to get elected: campaign material, crosscountry travel (and yours is a big country, long travel distances!), hotels etc.. However, I fail to see this as a problem per se, more like a statement of reality: stuff costs money.
Two scenarios (how money could be seen as the root of all evil in politics) come to mind: 1) Money buys glossy ads that paint a too rosy picture of the product, as ads tend to do; in the U.S.'s case, also ads solely to smear the opponent. Perhaps even more of the latter. In both cases, consumer/voter beware: the ultimate responsibility lies in the electorate, not in the salesman trying to sell his product. If the consumers (voters) waste their money (vote) on a product that sounds too good to be true, shame on the consumers for not doing their homework properly: you get the leaders (& the kind of policy) you deserve. 2) Campaign donations buy access to friends in high places: the interests of a few trump the interests of a whole.
What to do about it then? Place a donation/campaign money cap (like the NHL pay cap) to ensure parity between the teams? Set up a private donations money pool to be diveded between each candidate? Ban private money and make it public financing only?
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I am in no way surprised by his low approval ratings. His fiscal policies are running this country into the ground.
The IMF has declared the U.S. bankrupt. Bankrupt. This is not the inflammatory product of some partisan foundation. It's the IMF, and their numbers are confirmed by the OMB. They euphamize it by calling it a "fiscal gap" and hide it in the back of their report, arguably so the U.S. can save face, but that doesn't change facts. I urge you to read the IMF's report.
I assume you refer to these passages:
IMF wrote:
Moreover, against the background of a record-high U.S. current account deficit and a ballooning U.S. net foreign liability position, the emergence of twin fiscal and current account deficits has given rise to renewed concern. The United States is on course to increase its net external liabilities to around 40 percent of GDP within the next few yearsan unprecedented level of external debt for a large industrial country. This trend is likely to continue to put pressure on the U.S. dollar, particularly because the current account deficit increasingly reflects low saving rather than high investment.
From a long-term perspective, higher U.S. fiscal deficits are especially worrisome because of the precarious financial position of the Social Security and Medicare systems.
Official estimates place the net present value of the programs' unfunded actuarial liability at around 160 percent of current GDP, if measured over a 75-year horizon. But even these estimates understate the financial problems facing these programs because, in the absence of policy action, the programs will be running large cash flow deficits past this projection horizon. Moreover, closing the
fiscal gap
can be accomplished through a variety of policy measures (e.g., tax hikes, spending cuts, and so on) and at varying speed, both of which have different implications that are not captured by typical actuarial measures.
These considerations have led to a renewed emphasis on estimates of the
fiscal gap
, which take into account longer horizons and the intergenerational transfers that are involved. Section IV presents estimates of the U.S. fiscal imbalance using an intergenerational accounting framework that encompasses the entire federal fiscal system over an infinite horizon. The results suggest that the fiscal imbalance is as high as $47 trillion, nearly 500 percent of current GDP, and that closing this
fiscal gap
would require an immediate and permanent 60 percent hike in the federal income tax yield, or a 50 percent cut in Social Security and Medicare benefits. The analysis also illustrates that this
is associated with a severe intergenerational imbalance, with the burden on future generations increasing further if corrective measures are delayed.
This "gap bankrupt/pink elephant in the room" problem predates the current president, going back to President Reagan. Clinton managed to turn the trend for a while, but if the "fiscal gap" is the measure, the IMF declared the U.S. bankrupt in the early 2000s, before Obama was even a United States Senator.
IMF wrote:
U.S. government finances have experienced a remarkable turnaround in recent years. Within only a few years, hard-won gains of the previous decade have been lost and, instead of budget surpluses, deficits are again projected as far as the eye can see.
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Todd Henry Lambeth
Published: Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 3:50 p.m.
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Todd Henry Lambeth died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Thomasville Funeral Home Chapel.
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News & Notes - Donation to hospice center; donations to CFCC
Published: Monday, April 1, 2013 at 11:05 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 1, 2013 at 11:05 p.m.
Sorority makes donation to Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter
BRUNSWICK COUNTY | The Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter received donations from ADK Beta Beta of Brunswick County.
The sorority of teachers donated more than 10 bags of snacks and paper items for the family kitchen of SECU Hospice House of Brunswick. They also gave crayons, markers and paper for the children's area and activity books for childrens' bereavement needs.
Landfall Foundation makes donations to CFCC health science programs
WILMINGTON | The Landfall Foundation recently donated $5,000 to enable students in Cape Fear Community College's health sciences' programs to become certified in their fields of study. The grant will assist students in programs such as Medical Sonography, Radiography, Surgical Technology, Phlebotomy, Dental Hygiene and Pharmacy Technology.
Students in these programs must take certification examinations during their last semester. These exams further qualify students for employment in their chosen fields. Many students have difficulty paying for the exams.
"The Landfall Foundation grant assists health science students with payment for their certification exams at the end of their programs. This generous grant facilitates the timely completion of these certification exams while the material is fresh in the students' minds," stated Regina McBarron, chairwoman of CFCC's health sciences department.
The mission of the Landfall Foundation is to provide funds to local nonprofit organizations for programs and projects that provide for the arts, education, health and welfare in the greater Wilmington area.
The Cape Fear Community College Foundation exists solely to support the students, instructors, programs and mission of the College. The Foundation secures and manages gifts and grants, including cash contributions, deferred gifts, securities, donated services, and equipment and supplies for educational purposes.
For more information about CFCC or scholarship opportunities, contact the Cape Fear Community College Foundation at (910) 362-7207 or visit www.cfcc.edu/foundation.
CFCC receives donation from The Cape Fear Garden Club
WILMINGTON | The Cape Fear Garden Club recently donated $3,000 to Cape Fear Community College to support the expansion of the educational gardens at CFCC's North Campus in Castle Hayne. The funds will also go toward creating an educational apothecary garden at the downtown Wilmington campus.
The Cape Fear Garden Club's donation will enhance the existing landscape gardening facilities at CFCC's North Campus. In addition, the grant will help fund a collaborative endeavor between the landscape gardening program and the pharmacy technology program.
Students in the landscape gardening program will have the opportunity to design, plan, plant and maintain the apothecary garden. Pharmacy technology students will be able to research the medicinal use of plants that can be successfully grown in the Wilmington area.
For more information about CFCC or scholarship opportunities, contact the Cape Fear Community College Foundation at (910) 362-7207 or visit www.cfcc.edu/foundation.
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Dennis P. Williams, Mayor
Mayor Williams Talks About the Issues
On WITN Channel 22 Issues, Mayor Williams spoke with John Rago about issue that affect the people who live in, work in and visit our wonderful city.
About Mayor Dennis P. Williams
Born in Wilmington on January 8, 1953, Dennis P. Williams was inaugurated on his 60th birthday as mayor of the city where he has spent his entire life.
Growing up on Wilmington's East Side, Mayor Williams attended Northeast Elementary School (now the East Side Charter School) and graduated in 1971 from Pierre S. du Pont High School. He looked up to his father, a post office manager who learned to speak French and Spanish fluently to better serve his customers. His teachers, especially Guy Molock and Karen Denton Johnson, served as mentors, as did Ernest Webster, a social worker at Kingswood Community Center who dedicated himself to keeping young men and women on the right path.
Mayor Williams remembers Wilmington neighborhoods filled with hard-working people striving to get ahead and dedicated to keeping their communities safe and friendly. Several of his relatives and many of his neighbors worked at the DuPont Co. pigment plant just over the city line in Edgemoor.
Mayor Williams was only in grade school when he settled on his first career. He would become a Wilmington police officer, dedicated to serving the city, and its residents, with honesty and integrity. He joined the city police force in 1976. He patrolled in Southbridge, on the Riverfront and in other communities before eventually becoming a detective in the homicide unit.
As a police officer, he developed a deep compassion for and sensitivity to the needs of crime victims, qualities that served him well as a member of the state's Violent Crimes Compensation Board from 1990 to 1995.
The mayor's interest in politics started early - when he used his wagon to deliver flyers and brochures for John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1960 - but he had no aspirations for elective office until 1995, when Wilmington Democrats needed a candidate for a special election to succeed Orlando J. "Lonnie" George Jr., who had resigned his First Representative District seat in the state House of Representatives to become president of Delaware Technical Community College.
He won the special election by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, launching a 17-year career representing residents of north Wilmington in the General Assembly. He served on committees appropriate for a lawmaker with a police background - Corrections, Public Safety & Homeland Security, and Judiciary - but was best known as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and the Joint Finance Committee, the committees responsible for formulating the state's annual budget.
One of Mayor Williams' greatest legislative achievements came in 2010, when the state faced a deficit of nearly $800 million. He led the Joint Finance Committee in writing and winning approval of a balanced budget that did not require any layoffs of state employees and enabled the state to preserve its AAA bond rating.
While serving in Dover, Mayor Williams developed a reputation as a consensus builder who recognized the importance of building strong teams and relying on them to do their jobs well.
He is bringing those values to the mayor's office, pledging an administration in which people will work together with a unity of purpose to restore pride in the city.
The values Mayor Williams developed in his youth are central to his approach to government, as he seeks to develop a culture of service in city government, a renewed pride in safe and peaceful neighborhoods with beautiful parks and clean streets, an inspired population of young people who cultivate their dreams and value achievement, and, most of all, a community where prosperity and genuine opportunities for a better future extend to all corners of the city.
Mayor Williams, who completed his studies in 1999 to earn an associate of arts degree in criminal justice from Delaware Technical Community College, is a member of Bethel AME Church and the Fraternal Order of Police. He and his wife, Shayne, have three daughters, two sons-in-law and four grandchildren.
Contact the Mayor's Office
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800 N. French Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Phone: (302) 576-2100
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Oklahoma City's Dennis Clowers, director of public works, stays involved with his large community through various programs, especially volunteer organizations.
John Rhodes, trust specialist with Oklahoma City, worked on the Oklahoma River dam project, one of the biggest projects in the city's recent history and a winner of APWA's 2004 Projects of the Year award. These dams were constructed under the auspices of Oklahoma City's "Metropolitan Area Projects" venues designed to enhance economic development and quality of life for citizens. See December 2004 PUBLIC WORKS for more information about this project.
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LaSalle, Ill., often completes water main replacement projects through the cooperative efforts of city public works employees and employees of a local contracting firm, John Pohar and Sons.
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Left: The city of Philadelphia is revitalizing North Broad Street, one of its primary traffic carriers; the $10 million project is expected to wrap in spring 2006 after 18 months. Right: Clarena I.W. Tolson is commissioner of Philadelphia's streets department, one of the city's separate agencies providing public works services.
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Gary Cinnamon's partnerships with neighboring communities and local service departments are what help make the small town of Lyons work efficiently for its citizens.
David versus Goliath. Efficient versus ineffective. Weak versus strong. This is how many people may compare small towns to large cities. Small towns' public works departments have small staffs, less red tape, and fewer political problems while big cities have large bureaucracies, more money, and more professional staffs—right?
The nation's three largest cities (New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago, respectively) may have the biggest public works budgets and the most diverse departments, but this doesn't necessarily mean they are managed better. And cities so small that don't even show up on a typical map may have less paperwork to muddle through, but that doesn't necessarily make their public works departments efficient.
We wanted to find out what the differences really are, so the editors of PUBLIC WORKS talked to four cities—two large, two small. Here are their stories.
Dennis Clowers, PE, has been on the job just a few months. Clowers, public works director of Oklahoma City (OKC), took over the job after 33 years in the private sector. He has taken the helm and tackled many jobs in his short time with OKC.
"The fiscal year 2005–2006 budget includes 428 authorized positions and includes seven different functional divisions: administration, traffic management, engineering, field services development center, street and drainage maintenance, and stormwater quality," he said. His budget of slightly more than $63 million serves 506,000 people (2000 U.S. Census data).
Clowers switched from the private sector to the public arena for a host of reasons, one of which was selling his own firm at an opportune time. He also took the "opportunity to work with a great municipal staff, from the city manager on down," he said. He took on the position as a personal opportunity to give back something to the community in a different way. "My father had worked in government throughout his career," said Clowers. "He was also a civil engineer, but became the first planning director of Oklahoma City, and then the county engineer for Oklahoma County. I love Oklahoma City."
His devotion to the city shines through in everything he does, including is his managerial style. "I feel that I deal with people well, trying to see all sides of any situation," he said. "In my short time with the city, I have tried to allow my employees the freedom to do their job, to make decisions that they are capable of making—both of which I hope will allow for more productivity in our department. We have very capable, well-trained people here and they are a pleasure to work with."
But how does his work ethic translate to large jobs, like the Walnut Avenue Bridge project? The project, which has cost the city more than $5 million already (well above the 1989 estimate of $2.1 million), will replace the bridge with a historically accurate structure that meets current design standards.
"In August 2004, the structure was inspected and rated below three tons," said Laura Story, PE, the GO (general obligation) Bond program manager with OKC's department of public works. "The city had three options: rehabilitate the structure to over three tons, remove and replace the structure, or close the bridge." The city opted to close the bridge, but then ran into some difficulty with Union Pacific Railroad, which was finally settled last month. "As of January the project is back under construction and anticipated to open in August 2006," said Story.
This project, along with a host of other items, is on Clowers to-do list for the upcoming months. "The goals for the next six months would include delivering at least $60 million in GO Bond Issue projects this fiscal year, improving our service in our permitting area, and our street resurfacing and repair," he said.
"Long-term, I hope to improve the way we do business for our citizens. We need to demonstrate to the citizens how good a job we are doing. We are preparing to enter a new program called Leading for Results, which will involve instituting new performance measures not only for public works, but for every department in the city. This will allow us to demonstrate to the citizens what they are getting for their tax dollars," said Clowers. "We will also, in the next few months, be putting together a new general obligation bond issue for streets, drainage, traffic, parks, and other public improvements, to be submitted to the voters sometime in late 2007 or early 2008. The implementation of this new bond issue program will be something for the long term, 2008 to 2013."
Clowers feels that with available personnel and equipment resources, the OKC public works department is able to make both non-emergency and emergency repairs to infrastructure in a timely manner. "We can also tackle some of the most complicated issues that may or may not be seen in smaller communities, who often use us for our expertise," he said.
So how is OKC different from a small town? "I have provided engineering services for smaller cities in the Oklahoma City area, such as the cities of Yukon, Edmond, Warr Acres, and Norman. Actually, I don't find a great deal of difference. The staffs are smaller in the others, but you have to work with them just the same as with those in a larger city," he said.
Oklahoma City fast factsPopulation: 506,000Area covered: 621 square milesPW budget: $63.35 millionWeb site: www.okc.gov/pwBiggest hurdles: Funding, staffing, and consistency in delivering capital improvement plan projectsServices outsourced: Engineering/architecture, stormwater quality and water analysis testing, household hazardous waste disposal
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During her tenure, Dunning, helped implement the new Situational Policing Strategy, which focuses on the Wilmington Police Department and the communities actively working together to build strong neighborhoods. She also successfully executed the City's downtown deployment which increased the number of officers and the safety of Wilmington's business district. Dunning also recently, implemented the new, sector deployment strategy throughout the City of Wilmington.
"It's been an honor to serve the City of Wilmington as an officer with the Wilmington Police Department for the past 27 years. I would like to thank Mayor Williams for the tremendous opportunity and privilege to serve as the first female Chief of Police in the history of the Wilmington Police Department. I look forward to moving on to a new chapter in my life, and I am excited about the new challenges and opportunities that await," said Chief Dunning.
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Tapirus indicus
|Scientific Name:
|Tapirus indicus
|Species Authority:
|Desmarest, 1819
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|Further research is needed to investigate whether this taxon contains more than one species.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered A2cd ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Lynam, A., Traeholt, C., Martyr, D., Holden, J., Kawanishi, K., van Strien, N.J. & Novarino, W.
|Shoemaker, A. & Medici, P. (Tapir Specialist Red List Authority)
This species is listed as Endangered due to an ongoing decline estimated from loss of available habitat, fragmentation of remaining habitat and increasingly hunting pressure. Population declines are estimated to be greater than 50% in the past 3 generation (36 years) driven primarily by large scale conversion of lowland tapir habitat to palm oil plantations and other human dominated land-use. The rate of reduction in population is inferred to be proportional to the reduction of the tropical rainforest area in southeast Asia over the same period - but may be more due to indirect threats. Remaining populations are isolated in existing protected areas and forest fragments, which are discontinuous and offer little ability for genetic exchange for these forest dependant species. This situation is expected to continue at a slightly diminishing rate in the future as non-protected areas, which are available as logging concessions, become less available. Because hunting seems to be increasing for tapir throughout the range - this could be cause for concern in the future as already reduced and isolated subpopulations would be at great risk for extirpation.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Tapirus indicus occurs in southern and central parts of Sumatra (Indonesia), and on the Asian mainland in Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand (along the western border and on the Peninsula south to the Malaysian border, and in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in the north), and Myanmar (south of latitude 18°N). Its populations are now highly fragmented within its former range. It was listed as occurring in southern Cambodia and possibly southern Viet Nam by Brooks et al. (1997). It was reported from Hongquan district, eastern Cochin China, Viet Nam, in 1944 (Harper, 1945), and there was an authentic-sounding record from Lao PDR in 1902 (Duckworth et al., 1999). It is presumed to be extinct in all three countries. However, further investigation of these historical records and of other indications from Lao, Viet Nam, Cambodia, northern Thailand and even southern China have found none that has any compelling evidence in its support. In some cases (e.g. the 1902 Lao PDR record; Cheminaud 1939), review of the statement in the context of the same author's wider work means that records sounding, on the face of it, strong need to be dismissed (Duckworth and Hedges 1998, Duckworth et al. 1999, in prep., J. W. Duckworth pers. comm. 2008, G. J. Galbreath pers. comm. 2008). In sum, there is no credible historical-era record from north of the Thai-Malay peninsula, although fossil remains do come from Viet Nam and China and indicate a much wider range under different climatic scenarios. The species' habitat distribution at the northern edge of its Thai range, where the climate develops a more marked dry season, and the tapir occupancy changes from altitudinally wide-ranging to being restricted to the most humid altitudes, strongly supports a climatic limitation (Steinmetz et al. in press), thereby casting further empirical doubt on the 20th century reports from Lao PDR, Viet Nam and Cambodia: these reports showed no association with where, climatically, they "ought" to have been (Annamite wet areas supporting other Sundaic species like Annamite striped rabbit Nesolagus timminsi and crested Argus Rheinardia ocellata, and in fact some came from the driest parts of Indochina, least plausible to support tapirs.
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Native:Indonesia (Sumatera); Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand
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Tapirus indicus occurs in two disjunct and isolated populations - one occurring on mainland Southeast Asia and the other occupying on the island of Sumatra. The species is more widespread and common on the mainland, and it is declining rapidly in Sumatra due to extensive loss of habitat, accidental and deliberate trapping for meat and removal of animals for zoos in Indonesia.
In Malaysia there are approximately 1,500-2,000 individuals (C. Traeholt pers. comm.). Further research efforts are needed to determine the total population size. In Thailand it is one of the least-affected large mammals by recent heavy levels of hunting that have caused severe cross-country declines in many large mammal species (Steinmetz et al. in press).
The situation in Thailand is similar, although with much less habitat available, and the Thai populations are is likely to be quite fragile since it is severely fragmented, and most subpopulations are unlikely to reach more than 50-100 individuals at the most. In many places there are only 10-15 individuals left with no chance of linking up to other protected areas and suitable habitats.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|T. indicus is restricted to tropical moist forest areas and occurs in both primary and secondary forest. The more seasonal climate in northern Myanmar, northern (= most of non-peninsula)_Thailand, Lao PDR, Viet Nam and Cambodia and the harsher dry season of the forest (even in evergreen areas, excepting the eastern flanks and adjacent Viet Namese lowlands of the Annamite chain) there is likely to be the main reason this species is not found there. The Malayan tapir is also predominantly found in the lowlands and the lower montane zone in some parts of the range, although it remains common to the highest peaks in its Thai range (Steinmetz et al. in press). Because the lowland forests are disappearing at a faster rate than the montane forests, an accelerated reduction in range and population is suspected (N. van Strien pers. comm.)
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|Tapir meat is occasionally eaten and sold in local markets. It is not a popular food. Live animals are caught for local zoos. Sport hunting for tapir is illegal but does occur.
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Tapirus indicus is threatened throughout most of its range. The primary threats to the species are large scale deforestation and increasingly, hunting. Tapir population have declined by well over 50% in Thailand and Malaysia, whereas it is suspected to be slightly less than 50% in Sumatra. The main reason for declines in the past is habitat conversion, with large tracts land being converted into palm oil plantations. However, increasingly as other large 'prey" species decline in the area hunters are beginning to look towards tapir as a food source.
Destruction of habitat is the main threat to the species: in central Sumatra much of the remaining habitat is outside of any protected area and uncontrolled illegal logging continues; in Thailand, almost all remaining intact forest now lies within protected areas, with mostly degraded lands outside; in contrast, Myanmar's protected areas make up 3.2% of land area (data provided by Myanmar Forest Department) and most tapir habitat lies outside these protected areas. In Malaysia forest loss is extremely severe, especially for expanding oil palm plantations.
Tapirus indicus are shy animals and appear to be highly sensitive to forest fragmentation. In Halabala Wildlife Sanctuary on the Thai-Malaysia border, Kaewsirisuk (2001) found that the species does not venture within a few hundred meters of forest-plantation edges. At Khao Sok National Park, tapirs are interior forest species that avoid forest edges (Lynam 1996). Kawanishi (2002), however, found in Taman Negara, the largest national park in Malaysia, that although the human traffic level was heavier in area closer to the park boundary, tapirs showed no edge effects. While forest loss continues in Thailand, forests in protected areas remain relatively stable in size and composition to other countries because of a ban on commercial logging that has been in place since 1989. For this reason, while tapirs may indeed be threatened in general by forest loss, populations in Thailand and Malaysia are probably more stable.
Large-scale habitat destruction has continued in Sumatra, historically the species' main stronghold, and most remaining habitat in central Sumatra is outside protected areas. In Sumatra, populations have declined by slightly less than 50% simply because the onslaught of habitat only started to be serious in the late 1980s. However, the rate of decline is continuing to escalate in this region. In fact Sumatra has only 60% of the forest cover that it had 15 years ago, so things are developing fast there and future declines of the species are likely well over 50% in the next 30 years. Given the uncontrolled illegal logging situation in Sumatra, they are becoming increasingly threatened island-wide. Localized hunting also occurs and is suspected elsewhere in its distribution range. Unless serious efforts to stem illegal logging and forest encroachment are made, all Sumatran forests outside conservation areas will be lost over the next few decades.
In Malaysia the current forestry trend seems to be stabilized at approx. 43% remaining forest cover (57% lost), of which at least half can be considered tapir habitat. In Thailand, 40% of the remaining forest is outside protected areas and only 5% of Myanmar's land area is protected forest (Lynam pers. comm.).
The species has uncertain status and future in Myanmar due to security issues and forest clearance for rubber and oil palm plantations. However, two new protected areas have been designated in the Tenasserims: Taninthayi National Park and Lenya River Wildlife Sanctuary. If these areas can be protected, they will preserve valuable tapir habitat in the future.
In the past, several Indonesian zoos, especially Pekanbaru, traded in live tapirs for sale to other Indonesian zoos or private collections, or for sale as meat in local markets. Fifty tapirs are reported passing through the Pekanbaru Zoo since 1993. Some of these animals are suspected of having originated from protected areas. Elsewhere, extraction may not be very high but it is uncertain how many individuals are actually hunted every year. Hunting is specifically known to be comparatively (by comparison with other mammals of similar size) very low in Thailand and at least parts of Sumatra (Holden et al. 2003, Stienmetz et al. in press)
There are indications that live tapirs have been traded through several Indonesian zoos, with some destined for private collections or for sale as meat in local markets to the non-Muslim community. Some of these animals are suspected to have originated from protected areas.
Hunting has been a minor threat to Tapirus indicus in the past, but is has been increasingly a cause of concern as more and more hunting of the species is discovered. Some localized hunting has been reported in Sumatra, however, and historically tapirs are not hunted for subsistence or commercial trade in Thailand or Myanmar, since their flesh is considered distasteful. Some hill tribes believe that killing a tapir brings bad luck, so they are not hunted.
|Conservation Actions:
The species is legally protected in all range states and the habitat of large parts of the range is protected, including several National Parks in Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsula Malaysia and Sumatra. The impact of habitat reduction/destruction on the tapir is not fully understood and needs further investigation. It is listed on CITES Appendix I.
Thailand supports one of the most comprehensive systems of protected areas in Southeast Asia. Over 200 National Parks, Marine National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Non-hunting areas cover 17% of land area (Prayurasiddhi et al. 1999). Since most existing Tapirus indicus habitat is already protected, the future for conservation of the species in Thailand is quite positive. In contrast, Myanmar's protected areas make up 5% of land area (Lynam 2003) and most tapir habitat lies outside these protected areas. In Myanmar, Malayan tapirs are entirely restricted to rainforests in the Tenasserim Ranges along the Thai-Myanmar border (Yin, 1993). The tenure of these lands on the Myanmar side of the border is disputed and due to civil unrest, has been inaccessible for wildlife survey until now. A team of Myanmar Forest Department staff working the Tenasserim border during 2001 detected tapirs from camera-traps, track and scat at two sites: the Minmoletka Taung area and the Hitaung Pru Reserve Forest (Lynam 2003).
In Thailand, Tapirus indicus is recorded from forest areas in the west and south of the country (Lekagul and McNeely 1988), including transboundary forest areas in border areas, and large isolated forest remnants. The transboundary forests represent the most extensive, contiguous habitats for large mammals left in the country (Prayurasiddhi et al. 1999). They include the Western Forest Complex (Thai-Myanmar border), which includes 12 protected areas, and covers over 18,730 sq km including both dry and wet forests, and the Kaeng Krachan/Chumpol complex which covers 4,373 sq km, mostly wet evergreen forest on the Thai-Myanmar border. The Balahala Forest is an expanse of 1,850 sq km of tropical rainforest on the Thai-Malaysia border. All areas are contiguous with larger forest areas on opposite sides of the country border. Recent survey efforts (Lynam 1999; Lynam 2000; WCS 2001; Kaewsirisuk 2001; A. Pattanavibool pers. comm.) suggest that tapirs are present though uncommon in each of these transboundary forest areas.
|Lynam, A., Traeholt, C., Martyr, D., Holden, J., Kawanishi, K., van Strien, N.J. & Novarino, W. 2008. Tapirus indicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T21472A9285043. . Downloaded on 29 June 2016.
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Seattle Public Utilities' Project Surveyor Gavin Schrock inspects tilt sensor components on a Tolt Dam monitoring station. The delicate components will be enclosed in weatherproof housings. These sensors gather and correlate tilt-sensor data with receiver observations. If motion by a receiver is accompanied by tilting, this indicates the earthwork — not the entire dam — is moving. Photos: Seattle Public Utilities
This dome contains the antenna for a Continuously Operating Reference Station operating near Tolt Dam in the Seattle region. It is part of a permanent installation used to monitor dam movement.
The antenna and mounting post for a Continously Operating Monitoring Station on Tolt Dam. The black cable shown above connects the antenna to the receiver, which is not visible in this image.
Home to the largest portion of residents in Washington state, the Seattle area is located in an earthquake zone, making it critical to detect sudden physical changes in the area's water infrastructure — including Tolt Dam, which pro vides storage and management for nearly a third of the city's freshwater supply. Owned and operated by Seattle Public Utilities, the dam has a capacity of 56,000 acre-feet of water.
The earth embankment dam was built in the 1960s, with a multitude of monitoring systems installed over the years that include observation wells, piezometers, and seepage monitors. Connected to the dam's emergency failure warning system, the systems provide precise information on the dam's physical integrity but not in real time. They're not intended to act solely as an instantaneous warning system.
The utility had used traditional optical monitoring for years, taking observations annually. While the data's 1/4 -inch precision is excellent, the long intervals between measurements stymied engineers when trying to correlate dam motion with rapidly changing factors such as temperature, water levels, and wind conditions.
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The system consists of five GPS receivers with high-precision antennas, three mounted along the dam's crest and two on the slope near its base. The receivers are connected to the Internet via Ethernet connections to a microwave transceiver at the top of the dam. To provide positional references for the monitoring, employees set up a network of five nearby reference stations. The entire network — GPS receivers and GNSS reference stations — is managed by computers located in downtown Seattle.
The utility's GNSS software, Trimble Integrity Manager from Trimble Navigation Ltd., employs three monitoring techniques:
The receivers are mounted on posts sunk into the dam's earthen cover but not as far as the dam's core. The positioning of these posts is on purpose. Any motion of the receivers could be caused either by slippage of the cover or by motion of the entire dam structure, and that's a critical distinction. To tell the difference, Schrock's team installed tilt sensors on each receiver mount to gather and correlate tilt-sensor data with receiver observations. If motion by a receiver is accompanied by tilting, they know the earthwork — not the entire dam — is moving.
The utility tested the system by placing a translation table (a solid flat surface with a precise grid on it) on the dam and mounting a receiver to it. Resulting data indicate that the server-based RTK could detect motion of a few millimeters within seconds of when the receiver was moved, an outcome that exceeded expectations.
While Tolt Dam itself exhibits very little motion, it's in a tectonically active region. When motion is detected, dam operators need to know if it's coming from the dam. The solution is to treat the regional motion as background noise and separate it from activity on the dam.
To accomplish this, the utility took advantage of an existing asset: a $2.2 million statewide cooperative Trimble VRS network of more than 90 GPS and GNSS receivers. The network was launched in 2002 to serve a wide range of positioning uses including land survey, precision agriculture, construction, science, and environmental mapping. One of the largest GNSS networks in the nation, it's also regarded as one of the most accurate and reliable. The utility uses it to "control the control" for the dam's monitoring system.
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ZF-7196: Zend_Session_Abstract::_namespaceUnset() always unsets the whole namespace
There is a bug on line 123 in Zend_Session_Abstract class file. Instead of unsetting just the variable within a namespace, the whole namespace is unset.
this patch (for 1.9.8) fixes the behavior
Although no unit test is contained - the attached patch actually resolves issue
Attached patch with fix and test but I think ZF-8600 should be fixed before.
This issue requires ZF-8600 to be fixed.
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ZF-8023: Zend_Navigation_Page_Mvc getHref() should have option to set escape to false
I noticed that the getHref() method of Zend_Navigation_Page_Mvc uses the default URL helper to generate the link to a page. However, the first three parameters are passed to it (params array, route string, resetparams boolean), but the fourth (escape boolean) isn't. As I have a recursive page structure in which my regex route accepts a path param with for example the string '/page1/page2/page3/pageN', the default getHref() and thus the breadcrumbs escape these slashes which generates a wrong link.
I solved this by overruling the getHref() method in my own Page class, but I think it's strange that this parameter can't be passed to the default URL helper, unlike the other three.
I have also run into this issue - The router routes hand-typed urls properly, (A regex router sending for example: /pages/path1/path2/pagename to ('module'=>'pages','controller'=>'index','action'=>'index',1=>'path1/path2/pagename') - The url helper does not generate the same url in reverse - path1/path2/pagename is urlencoded, and I don't want it to be.
I would suggest that deciding whether to urlencode parameters should be able to be done by the route configuration. Something like routes.myroute.urlencoding = false or something?
I also ran into this issue. I fixxed it in my setup by patching the class "Zend_Navigation_Page_Mvc". (see attached file) I changed following lines:
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Oh, I forgot: After this patch, I was able to configure the navigation pages like this:
... array( 'label' => 'Link 123', 'route' => 'content', 'module' => 'default' , 'controller' => 'content', 'action' => 'content', 'encodeUrl' => false, ) ...
I also ran into this issue. Ulrich's patch would match my expectations - although, I might name the option 'encode' or 'encodeParams' instead of 'encodeUrl'.
Another work-around, is to generate the url outside of Zend_Navigation using url helpers and set the uri explicitly.