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Conservationists alarmed by Forest Service project
Published: Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
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A proposed logging project in Pisgah National Forest is raising red flags for local conservation groups and some recreationalists who say timbering threatens a significant natural area, scenic views, water quality and cultural resources.
Public comments sought
The U.S. Forest Service is taking public comments on its proposed Courthouse Creek Project until Jan. 18.
Comments can be mailed to District Ranger Derek Ibarguen, Pisgah Ranger District, 1600 Pisgah Highway, Pisgah Forest, NC 28768, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
A full version of the Forest Service's proposal can be found at www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usda-pop.php/?project=36287.
The U.S. Forest Service wants to spend about $660,000 to log roughly 450 acres in the Courthouse Creek drainage of Transylvania County, reconstruct 15 miles of old roads and thin another 330 acres with herbicides and hand tools to favor the growth of young oaks and hickories.
The agency says the project is necessary to create grassy or shrubby habitat for wildlife species such as the golden-winged warbler, protect water quality by repairing eroding roads and trails, and manipulate forest conditions to favor commercially valuable tree species.
After expenses, the project would produce about $24,000 from the sale of timber, the Forest Service estimates. But Ben Prater, associate executive director of the nonprofit WildSouth, said the agency's fiscal analysis doesn't factor in damage done to tourism from the impacts of logging.
WildSouth, the Western North Carolina Alliance and other conservation groups are pushing to alter the Courthouse project, claiming it overemphasizes timber production to the detriment of ecological, recreational and cultural interests. Some fishermen and hikers echo those concerns.
"Over the last five or 10 years, the Forest Service has become much better attuned to managing forests from an ecological perspective," said Bob Gale, public lands director for the WNCA. "Surprising to me, this is more of an old-school timber sale, like they did in the '80s. It's weighted heavily toward commercial logging, with little regard for the wildlife, recreational and cultural values of the area."
Case in point, said WNCA Biologist Josh Kelly, is the 172 acres of logging proposed within the Pisgah Ridge/Pilot Mountain Significant Natural Heritage Area, a steeply sloped, lush area of waterfalls and rare species identified by the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Instead of producing shrubby habitat in thousands of nearby acres designated for mixed-aged forestry, Kelly said the Forest Service chose to target 80- to 100-year-old woods that are home to sensitive species such as the pink-shell azalea, brown creeper and small-footed bat, which depend on older forests.
"They could get that timber elsewhere in the district, without going into what the state has identified as one of the most important areas of mature forest in North Carolina," Kelly said.
Forest Service officials say the land and resource management plan they must follow by law "does not specifically recognize state inventory areas," but that they considered rare species and habitats while planning the Courthouse Creek project.
While admitting some pink-shelled azaleas, a rare plant species, might be killed by logging or roadwork, Forest Service Botanist Dave Danley said in a report those losses would not impair the plant's survival across its range. He added timbering might actually help the plant spread, a claim Kelly called "dubious."
The blooming azaleas are what draw hikers each spring to the Art Loeb Trail that skirts the proposed project, said Ruth Hartzler of the Carolina Mountain Club. While not opposed to logging per se, Hartzler said the Courthouse project would mar vistas from the Mountains-to-Sea Trail and the Art Loeb.
"We have what you'd almost call a pilgrimage every May on the Art Loeb to see the pink-shelled azaleas," she said. "The timber sale won't necessarily damage all of the azaleas, but it will have an effect on the aesthetics of hiking the trail."
A scenery analysis by USFS Forest Landscape Architect Erik Crews found "evidence of past timber management is visible from many locations in the form of logging roads and timber harvest areas," but determined the Courthouse project would meet all of the agency's "visual quality objectives."
Forest Service officials have said sensitive areas of old-growth forest would not be logged, including the land closest to the Blue Ridge Parkway and Devil's Courthouse.
The agency maintains that roadwork and logging won't add much sediment to Courthouse Creek or other tributaries in the headwaters of the French Broad, but fishing guide Mac Marett isn't convinced. He's watched as the North Fork downstream of Courthouse has grown muddier in the last decade from multiple sources of erosion in the watershed.
"Courthouse has had so many problems, with the hurricanes blowing out (Forest Service Road 140) and all those clogged culverts up there just spewing silt into the stream," he said. "Then we had several summers of really bad drought on top of that. This would be like adding insult to injury."
The Forest Service says without the project, eroding trails and roads will continue to dump sediment into Courthouse Creek and its tributaries, suffocating aquatic life. But Kelly said replacing damaged or missing culverts for one timber sale isn't going to solve water quality issues long-term.
"At this point, the damage has been done by those undersized culverts," he said. "They didn't maintain them then and they're unlikely to do so in the future because they don't have the resources to take care of roads they already have. But they keep adding new ones."
Cherokee Indians used the Courthouse Creek drainage for centuries and several area landmarks are considered sacred by the tribe. Forest Service archaeologists discovered 83 new cultural sites while surveying for the project, 18 of which are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
While agency officials say harvest units were scaled back to avoid impacts to cultural sites, Prater worries logging and roadwork for the Courthouse project will open up easier access for looters and vandals.
"Anyone who has the wherewithal to explore and find places to loot or steal (artifacts) will have an easier time," he said. "We're not confident the Forest Service is going to be doing enough to protect the integrity of cultural sites."
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The history of what is now Art Deco Decor began from the interest and admiration of the art deco styles and bronzes that owner James Pessy has had a great ability to reproduce for the past twenty years. Mr. Pessy's high quality recast statues and custom lighting fixtures are based on the beautiful works of art he so admires. He has created these works of art for homes, galleries and hotels all over the world. Mr. Pessy is sought out from buyers world wide because of the perfection he demands from himself in the production of these works.


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What Is a Blink?
A blink can be either an instantaneous voltage sag or an interruption that lasts for a short period of time. A sag is a momentary decrease in electricity, while an interruption is a loss of electricity. Blinks usually last less than a second. Typically, they occur suddenly, and power is immediately restored to normal.
Sags and interruptions of power can look the same to people. You may see your lights go off for a very short period of time due to either a sag or an interruption, and this is where the term "blink" originates.
Why Didn't My Parents Have Problems with Blinks?
Your parents didn't have digital clocks, VCRs, computers, etc. They had blinks since the reasons for blinks have always existed, but they were less affected.
What Do Blinks Do?
When a blink occurs, it may or may not cause your electronic clocks and computers to require reprogramming. This means that you may have to reset your clocks, TVs, VCRs, and if you were doing something on your computer, you may have to start over again because it might have lost the work you've done. Hitting "save" on your computer more often is always a good idea to prevent loss of material.
What Household Items Can Be Affected By Blinks?
Electronic clocks that don't have a battery backup may begin flashing when a blink occurs. This can be any electronic clock in an alarm clock, refrigerator, coffee maker, TV, VCR, or any of the modern conveniences that have a clock installed in them. TVs and VCRs can also lose their programming.
Can My Utility Eliminate the Causes of Blinks?
No. Blinks come from a number of different sources, and your utility can't eliminate them. Some of these sources are listed below.
Storms can cause both sags and interruptions. Sags may occur on the utility system due to short circuits. Interruptions occur when utility breakers or fuses blow because of a short circuit.
Utility equipment failure can cause both sags and interruptions. Sometimes blinks are caused by a breaker that operates due to equipment failure.
Animals can get into wires or substation equipment and cause blinks.
Accidents involving automobiles with electrical supply equipment are another cause of blinks.
Wiring or equipment problems in your house can cause blinks.
What Can I Do If My Digital Clock Blinks?
For an alarm clock with a battery backup, you may need to replace the battery. If there is no provision for a battery, consider replacing the clock.
For sensitive electronic equipment that does not have a battery backup, you can purchase and install a separate battery backup system, commonly referred to as an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). A UPS has a battery and electronics which can power computers and electronic equipment for a short time. The goal of a UPS is to give you enough time to save information and/or shut down the equipment. If you want to get a UPS, you should seek assistance to select the right one for your intended use.
For other appliances or equipment, contact the manufacturer and inform them about the problem that you're experiencing. A manufacturer may have a suggestion for fixing the problem. If not, consider either replacing the appliance or using it as it is.
How Can I Choose Appliances That Are Unaffected by Blinks?
When purchasing appliances that are equipped with electronic clocks or controls, either make sure the labeling indicates that it has battery backup or test it in the store. Another option is inspecting the store display carefully to verify that it has a provision for adding batteries. A simple test can be done by unplugging the display appliance and plugging it back in while at the store. If the clock or control needs resetting, the appliance will be more likely to have problems from blinks. In some cases, it may be necessary for store personnel to assist you in testing the appliance. If the appliance is a TV or VCR, you also want to make sure that the programming is unaffected by the test.
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Who Should Correct Any Wiring or Equipment Problems in My House?
Always hire a qualified electrician when working on your breaker box, fuse box, or household wiring. In many towns and cities, electricians must be licensed as contractors and be bonded.


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Environmental justice in the Philippines
As an archipelago, the Philippines will, in all likelihood, be significantly impacted by the effects of climate change. Greenpeace Southeast Asia has projected that a mere 1-meter rise in the sea level may affect 64 out of 81 provinces in the Philippines. In Metro Manila alone, it is estimated that about 2 million people will be affected.
Environmental degradation is already occurring on a large scale in the Philippines. The World Risk Report 2011 issued by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Safety (UNU-EHS) reveals that the Philippines is the third most vulnerable worldwide because of the frequency of typhoons, floods or landslides. Impacts of disasters range from hunger and susceptibility to disease, to loss of income and livelihoods, affecting human survival and well-being. Population pressure, careless use and exploitation of the environment, and threats of extinction of certain species, are taking a toll on the quality of the environment and human health.
Key initiatives taken to ensure the law works in practice include:
- A pilot environmental capacity building project through the Philippine Judicial Academy, to capacitate judges and other stakeholders to properly adjudicate and litigate environmental cases pursuant to the Rules.
- Publication of a sourcebook on environmental justice entitled 'Access to Environmental Justice: A Sourcebook on Legal Rights and Remedies' to assist the courts and other law practitioners to effectively use the law.
- Publication in 2011 of a 'Citizen's Handbook on Environmental Justice' to educate the general public on their environmental rights and on the various legal remedies available.
- A one day 'Assessment and Planning Workshop' conducted in November 2011, with the participation of 24 representatives from the enforcement, prosecution, court and community pillars of justice, to formulate a roadmap towards strengthening the implementation of environmental justice in the country.
Sustainable, inclusive and green growth is critical to the Philippines. The use of the Philippines' subterranean resources by private corporations is a case in point. According to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, there are 482 approved mining applications covering 1,046,350.87 hectares in the country and an estimated 595,058.11 (56.87%) cover indigenous peoples' territories.
Mining has led to serious environmental damage. In 1996, the breakage of a drainage plug holding toxic mining waste at the Marcopper mine made global news. The poisonous wastes were allegedly dumped into the Boac River and resulted in the release of over 1.6 million cubic meters of tailings along 27 km of the river and the coastal areas. The impact on the river and the people who depend on it for their livelihoods was massive. The 27-kilometre Boac river, which is the main source of livelihood for the resident communities, has been declared dead by government officials. A report by the Department of Health indicated that residents could be harbouring in their bodies amounts of zinc and copper beyond tolerable limits. Residents also complained of skin irritations and respiratory problems which could have been caused by the poisonous vapours emitted by hydrogen sulfide and nitrous oxide from the mine wastes.
The Legal Framework
The fundamental right to a healthy environment is enshrined in Section 16, Article II of the Constitution of the Philippines and environmental rights are viewed as part of basic human rights.
In 2008, UNDP and the Supreme Court of the Philippines recognized that while environmental protection programmes were on-going, there were few avenues to ensure accountability for effective resource management, to enforce environmental laws, and to promote public awareness and prevention of environmental damage.From 2009 to 2011, in partnership with UNDP, the Supreme Court became an implementing partner of the Enhancing Access to the Pillars of Justice Project, which included a major component on environmental justice.
In 2009, the Supreme Court, supported by UNDP, convened a Forum on Environmental Justice bringing together over 600 participants from government, non-government and private sectors to identify the difficulties associated with enforcing environmental laws based on actual cases and litigation experiences. A Memorandum of Agreement was signed during the Forum enjoining officials of agencies and institutions from three branches of Government, representatives of people's organizations and citizen organizations, local communities, indigenous peoples, and members of civil society to work together to protect the environment by consolidating efforts for the effective implementation of Philippine environmental laws. The Forum also validated the draft Rule of Law Procedure for Environmental Cases.
The legislature promulgated in 2010 new Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases (the Rules), a landmark instrument representing a significant reform in environmental litigation and protection. The Rules lay down procedures governing the civil, criminal, and special civil actions in all trial courts regarding environmental cases, with a view to protecting and advancing the constitutional right of the people to health and to a balanced and healthful ecology, and providing a simplified, speedy, and inexpensive procedure for the enforcement of environmental rights under Philippines law.
The Rules empowers the courts to issue environmental protection orders as an immediate action to protect the environment and the communities affected. Other remedies and orders directgovernment agenciesto protect, preserve or rehabilitate the environment. The Rules also enable communities to petition for the suspension or stoppage of destructive, environmental and development activities through the Citizen's Suit provision.
While promulgation of the Rules was a landmark achievement, their effective implementation would not be assured without substantial awareness-raising on the new procedures, and capacity-building amongst the judiciary and other stakeholders.
Access to environmental justice
Access to Environmental Justice: A Sourcebook on Legal Rights and Remedies
This publication addresses environmental policy gaps and provides recommendations for effective access to environmental justice. It was produced by the Philipinne Judicial Academy under a project funded by UNDP's 'Fostering Democratic Governance Programme'.
Indicators of success - making an impact
The Rules, known as the Writ of Kalikasan (Nature) are regarded as the first of their kind in the world and a significant reform mechanism in environmental litigation and protection. They embody the judiciary's commitment towards upholding the environmental rights and development of people and the environment pursuant to the Philippine Constitution and the Johannesburg Principles on the Role of Law and Sustainable Development adopted during the Global Judges Symposium on Sustainable Development in 2002.
While still at an early stage, the implementation experiences on environmental justice already show promising results. Since the promulgation of the Rules over a year ago, the newly adopted special remedies were applied in several environmental cases. The first Writ of Kalikasan in the country was issued by the Supreme Court following a major oil pipeline leak. The Court also issued the first Writ of Continuing Mandamus for the rehabilitation of Manila Bay, whereby the Supreme Court formed an advisory committee to monitor compliance of agencies concerned on the Writ. The first temporary environmental protection order involved a mining case in Surigao, and the second was against coal-fired powerplants in Cebu.
In March 2011, the Supreme Court granted a Writ of Kalikasan to three petitioners against Placer Dome, Inc. and Barric Gold Corporation concerning the Marcopper mining disaster that took place in 1996 in Marinduque, and, in July 2011, the Supreme Court ordered the Court of Appeals to hear and decide the case. The petitioners contended that Placer Dome should be held liable for expelling some 2 million cubic meters of toxic industrial waste in the area and failing to rehabilitate the waters in three Luzon provinces—Romblon, Marinduque and Quezon. In this case, the Rules worked to provide more effective remedies, as there had been five failed attempts to bring the corporation before the courts.
The Rules have also been used to prevent potential harm. The Supreme Court also issued a Writ of Kalikasan to ban mining in the Zamboanga Peninsula, favoring a petition of religious and nongovernment organizations which asked that mining be stopped due to its dangerous effects to the environment and indigenous communities. The Supreme Court directed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and its attached agencies, particularly the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, to stop issuing mining permits and applications to mining firms covering key biodiversity areas and watershed regions, on the basis that they will be degraded by mineral extraction activities and encroach on the ancestral lands of the Subanen tribe.


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Steve Kerr reached an agreement in principle with the Warriors to become their head coach Wednesday, giving the franchise its second straight coach to come right out of the broadcast booth.
Kerr and the Warriors are finalizing a five-year deal worth about $25 million as he spurned the New York Knicks, who reportedly offered a four-year contract to the TNT analyst.
"It's great on a basketball level to inherit a good team and a young team with high-character players and a front office I'm already familiar with and feel very confident in and comfortable with," Kerr told Bay Area News Group columnist Tim Kawakami. "Yeah ... it felt right immediately."
Kerr, 48, comes to the Warriors with no head coaching experience just like predecessor Mark Jackson, who was fired eight days earlier after leading the team to back-to-back playoff appearances.
Yet a three-hour meeting in Oklahoma City on Tuesday with Kerr left Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob praising him in a text message to Kawakami for being "awesome" and "incredibly prepared."
"It just feels like this is a young, up-and-coming organization," said Kerr, whom Lacob said he has known for 20 years. "Joe has spearheaded that effort. And that's exciting."
Jackson might have had differences with ownership and management but had the support of his players, none more vocal than star guard Stephen Curry.
Asked his reaction to the Kerr hiring, Curry demurred, saying, "I just heard about it myself." Kerr said Curry was "very positive" in their talk after the job was accepted and that they planned to get together soon.
On the other hand, Kerr said it was "agonizing" to tell former mentor and coach Phil Jackson, the newly hired Knicks president, that he had chosen Golden State over New York.
The Knicks for weeks were believed to be the front-runner for Kerr, who won three NBA championships playing for Phil Jackson while with the Chicago Bulls.
Mike Tannenbaum, Kerr's agent, said the decision ultimately came down to "personal reasons." Kerr, who said he would relocate to the Bay Area, currently lives in San Diego. He has a daughter who plays volleyball at Cal and a son who plays basketball for the University of San Diego, so staying on the West Coast was a preference.
"It's two organizations that he holds in high regard," Tannenbaum said of the Warriors and Knicks. "It was a very difficult decision."
"He got the result that he was hoping for, and he's going to a great organization."
Phil Jackson was among the influences Kerr cited that could help him get the Warriors to make strides on offense. The former Bulls sharpshooter said the system he plans to run will be influenced by the triangle offense that worked for the champion Bulls, but won't look like it. His other coaching influences were Gregg Popovich and Lenny Wilkens.
Kerr played 15 NBA seasons, shot 45.4 percent from 3-point range during that time, and won five NBA championships -- three with the Bulls and two with the San Antonio Spurs playing for Popovich.
After his playing career, he worked as a broadcaster for TNT before becoming general manager of the Phoenix Suns for three seasons.
In Phoenix, he worked with eventual Warriors president Rick Welts and was set to hire Kirk Lacob, the son of his friend Joe, before stepping down and going back into broadcasting.
Kerr said he got to know Joe Lacob through a mutual friend -- a Bay Area venture capitalist -- and the two have been on golfing trips together.
Kerr said he also knew Warriors general manager Bob Myers well from Myers' days as an agent.
"(Myers) and Steve are going to be an unbelievable team," Lacob wrote. "I am ecstatic."
And after Lacob boldly fired Mark Jackson, a broadcaster-turned-coach, after consecutive playoff appearances due to relationship issues, he found a fit with Kerr, who despite his inexperience emerged as a hot coaching commodity.
"I think Mark really instilled a defensive identity and the emphasis on rebounding," Kerr said. "He did a lot of really good things. That makes my job a lot easier.
"I'm able to build on that rather than starting to try to build a foundation."
The Warriors reached agreement with Kerr the same day that their other top candidate, Stan Van Gundy, was introduced by Detroit as the Pistons' coach and team president.
The Warriors met with Van Gundy, but the Pistons had offered control of their basketball operations. Golden State wouldn't offer that and made their way back to Kerr.
The news of Kerr accepting the job was first reported by TNT's David Aldridge, who has worked alongside Kerr during the Oklahoma City-Los Angeles Clippers playoff series.
For more on the Warriors, see the Inside the Warriors blog at ibabuzz.com/warriors. Follow Diamond Leung on Twitter at twitter.com/diamond83.
The Player
After playing college ball at Arizona, Kerr played 15 seasons in the NBA (1988-2003). He won five titles (three with Michael Jordan and the Bulls, and two with the Spurs) and was regarded as one of the top shooters in the game. He averaged six points per game for his career.
The General Manager
Kerr served as G.M. of the Phoenix Suns for three seasons (2007-10), where his team made two of three playoffs and made one conference final. He may be most remembered for trading for an aging Shaquille O'Neal.
The Analyst
Kerr worked as a color analyst for TNT from 2003-07 before joining the Suns, and again after the Suns from 2010 to


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Local artist Janet Elich presents "Backdrop of Life," the first in this year's Artist Speaker Series, taking place at 4 p.m. Sunday at Summit County Commons, 37 County Rd, #1005 in Frisco. After taking last year off, the free series returns for a third year, sponsored by the Summit County Arts Exhibit Committee.
"The series aims to present the public to local artists and their work so people can get to know who these artists are and understand how they do their work and why," explained Sandy Greenhut, chair and founder of the committee. Colorado artists who live in the county for at least six months of the year are featured.
On Sunday, Elich will share her knowledge about how canvases are made and where they came from before talking about her current work, which includes wall surface plaster finishes, wall glazing and wallpapers.
Elich, a Summit County resident since 1984, started working with canvases and wall surface plasters when a local company needed backdrops for some photo shoots and invited her to produce them. Nowadays her art can be appreciated in a number of locations in Summit County, from private homes to the Bay Street Company in Breckenridge, the Remax building and a mural on Frisco's Main Street.
Currently, she is working on projects exploring bigger and more textured surfaces. "When you work with wallpapers, the sky is the limit. All images can be transported to this kind of surface," Elich said.
The artist speaker series will showcase an artist from a different background every month. Architect Suzanne Allen-Guerra is the guest in February; musician Randall McKinnon plays in March; local elementary students host an exhibit in April; and photographer Jim Sapp, some of whose pictures were featured in the recent Summit Daily calendar, showcases his work in May.
"I'm really proud of this event because when I first moved here, about 30 years ago, there was nothing - no events related to art at all. Summit County was all about skiing," recalled Greenhut.
"Events like this show the local talents we have in the county, who I think deserve to be known," Greenhut said. "People here are wonderful and really support the artists."


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Cave-In-Rock Frontier Festival is held on the banks of the beautiful Ohio River. The festival, which commemorates the extensive and colorful history connected to Cave-In-Rock and the surrounding community, is an entertaining and fun filled community event. First held in the 1960's, the celebration includes a parade, carnival, various entertainment held in the Old Opry House, food and craft vendors. A Little Miss and Mister Frontier Days and Frontier Queen pageant is a highlight as well as various other activities. Come join the festivities for a weekend of fun and entertainment.
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Hardin County Fluorspar Festival celebrates the influences brought to the area by the Fluorspar Mining Companies. Located on the banks of the Ohio River. Rosiclare (once known as the "Fluorspar Capital"), has a colorful history that revolved around this mineral. Each year, the Festival highlights and brings back memories of days gone by. Held on the first weekend in October in Downtown Rosiclare, the Festival features an ever-growing list of activities and things to do, including a Queen's Pageant, a carnival, hickory-smoked barbeque, a pet parade, kid's games, karoke, food and craft vendors, a quilt show, an open-house at the American Fluorite Museum, a car, truck and motorcycle show and a large parade featuring local school bands, groups, floats, a Grand Marshall and horse clubs. Local musical talent will also be on hand and the finale is held Saturday evening at the City Park on the Ohio River.
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Among the many free software projects out there, I think ReactOS is particularly worth some discussion. This is an effort to create a complete, clean room re-implementation of the entire Microsoft Windows NT operating system. Here is why I think this project is important:
First, we do have lots of free software today that is either written for, or has been ported to, Microsoft Windows. For those who wish to write such software, or to create portable applications that they may wish to later migrate to other platforms, it is essential to be able to target a clean and generic reference implementation of the Microsoft framework, freed from secret and undocumented behaviors.
Microsoft offers no such thing today—besides the lack of proper interface documentation, many of their own development tools depend on and offer libraries which use undocumented or secret API calls that are then built into applications. This is well illustrated in the difficulty Wine has with running applications, even those that were created purely within "standard" Microsoft development tools and not using odd behaviors or undocumented functions on their own.
We can think of ReactOS, then, as the "Microsoft Windows documentation project". But, more importantly, for those who do wish to write portable applications, or those that do write free software for Microsoft Windows users, ReactOS will eventually give them an entirely free software solution to write and test their applications with, rather than having to depend on developing and testing under proprietary software.
Wine of course tries to offer a Microsoft Windows SDK on top of a Posix platform (such as GNU/Linux, xBSD, and I think it is being ported to MacOS/X). However, Wine cannot execute or be used to develop or use drivers or write low level free software for those familiar with Microsoft Windows. Wine also depends on translation, and so has the difficult problem that many of the underlying services and libraries it depends on were designed and behave very differently, and may well introduce new and different undocumented behaviors. This is part of why Wine still at most only supports well a specific subset of applications written for Microsoft Windows.
ReactOS offers the same underlying functions and behaviors. In fact, they are using Wine to support the upper level interfaces, so their efforts and Wine's now do cooperatively overlap, for the benefit of both projects.
Finally, I imagine there are people out there who have software purchased for older releases of Microsoft Windows that no longer run on current versions. I have seen this phenomena with my neighbors children, where they have old educational games which will not run on the latest version of Microsoft Windows. The software certainly did not stop working, it is as functional as the day it was purchased. The platform it originally ran on is no longer available, deliberately removed from the marketplace, and the replacement will not run it.
What ReactOS has to offer in this situation is, oddly enough, greater compatibility. Even for those that write proprietary software, writing and testing it in the future using ReactOS will mean for them that they will be able to write and test software that works on the largest range of versions of Microsoft Windows as a result.
It will also mean that when or if Microsoft chooses to change or deliberately break interfaces to force software to migrate to their newest operating system release and also deliberately break their own development environments and platform sdk's to force software built from them to require the same, while removing the older ones from the marketplace, these same companies will not be forced to follow this and have Microsoft dictate and control where their software will run or what market their software can be sold into. So ReactOS is important even to proprietary software developers today.
Some say ReactOS may slow GNU/Linux adoption, or development of pure GNU/Linux applications. This may be true, but I look at the question differently. Rather, I think it will further expand the total deployed base of free software as a whole. And this, I think, is a good thing.
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Comment from: DarkTrancer [Visitor]
01/31/06 @ 16:14
Very good article.
There are sensible reasons why ReactOS is vital,but there is also many more reasons.
My personal reason would be i have used windows for many years and know it well,i can fix every problem i`ve had,i have everything customised to how i want and most importantly i have all the software i wish to use (even better is 90% of it is open source/freeware).
Comment from: boohoo [Visitor]
01/31/06 @ 16:37
Instead of blaming microsoft for breaking old apps and demanding unconditional compatibility you could have just pointed to another instance of the evils closed source software presents - the provider goes out of business, no source==no updates==breakage, sooner or later. What kind of mess would any OS's kernel be if no stuff ever gets cleaned out? For an example where not enough stuff gets thrown out just look at the recent wmf disaster, all happening in the name of compatibility with ye olde win3.1...
(linux guy btw :)
Comment from: Allan [Visitor]
01/31/06 @ 16:40
Would someone please disclose a report on exactly what APIs are secret in the windows OS. I work on C windows software day in and out and have for 10 years and I don't seem to have issues finding information on MSDN for just about anything they have on their OS. To be successful Microsoft needs apps on their platform to make it popular so it will sell so why in the world would they hold back APIs we need to build apps with?
Comment from: David Sugar [Member] · http://www.gnutelephony.org
01/31/06 @ 16:56
"...My personal reason would be i have used windows for many years and know it well..."
This is also a sensible argument. Free Unixes came out of proprietary ones in part because people already knew and understood Unix well from an educational background. Free software, however, is about a fundamental idea, and not about a specific platform.
"...you could have just pointed to another instance of the evils closed source software presents..."
It is true, I could have made the point more broadly, or used a different example, and maybe I should have. Because ReactOS specifically deals with the question of Microsoft Windows, I had chose to do so more narrowly and specific to that.
"...disclose a report on exactly what APIs are secret in the windows OS..."
There are apparently published books on this topic, as well as quite a number of articles. Just do a search for "undocumented windows api" and browse some of the 230,000 hits.
Comment from: Ged [Visitor] · http://www.reactos.org
01/31/06 @ 20:59
Many of the undocumented API's aren't even listed on the internet, so a search will not find these.
Reversing the Windows infrastructure is the only way to uncover them. Consider the the number of undocumented API's in the kernel for instance.
Comment from: David Sugar [Member] · http://www.gnutelephony.org
01/31/06 @ 21:49
"...Many of the undocumented API's aren't even listed on the internet, so a search will not find these..."
My impression was that he was trying to claim there were none at all, rather than actually seeking a single true and authoritative list of them. That's why I made the point of answering the way I did. Yes, you will not find a (complete) list that way, but you will get a good and honest idea of the magnitude of the issue.
Comment from: Howard Thomson [Visitor]
02/01/06 @ 00:46
Does anyone know why the sources for ReactOS are currently (apparently) unavailable ?
Comment from: crowmag [Visitor]
02/01/06 @ 03:50
"Does anyone know why the sources for ReactOS are currently (apparently) unavailable ?"
BC, and this is posted on the ROS website, it became known that some of the developers working on the project were privy to the leaked Windows 2K code that was on the WWW a while back.
Although all of those developers deny making use of that code in ROS, now a complete audit of the code must be done - which could take a year or more...
Once the portions of the code that are in question have been removed, what is left will be put into CVS.
As I agree that this could have been a very important project, as far as I can see, without a massive and herculean response and effort to save this project, the news is for all intents and purposes a bullet in the head for ROS.
Sorry if that sounds defeatist, but the reality is that ROS simply doesn't have the manpower or enough support to survive a year or even several years set back.
It's a crying shame.
Comment from: David Sugar [Member] · http://www.gnutelephony.org
02/01/06 @ 16:30
"...but the reality is that ROS simply doesn't have the manpower or enough support to survive a year..."
This was one reason I thought it a good time to discuss ReactOS and why it is an important project. I happen to think they did the right thing, and clearly it was the harder choice, to go forward. It also demonstrates well the unique and viral risk of proprietary source code contaminating other people's work, whether accidental or through sabotage.
Comment from: StolenNomenclature [Visitor]
02/01/06 @ 22:33
The lack of resources and the magnitude of the task ahead for ROS (leaked Windows code aside) suggest it will be a very long time before a fully useable product is available. By then Linux will probably be so well established and Windows well into its decendency that I wonder will anyone really care.
I tend to feel that the window of opportunity for ROS is very small, and that they need to produce a useable near-final product within the next year or two at most. From what I know of the project, which I admit is not much, this does not look like an achievable time frame. Perhaps someone can put me right on this issue.
I tend to think that either the project acquires much larger resources or it might all end up being rather irrelevant.
Comment from: Jastiv [Visitor] · http://www.jastiv.com
02/02/06 @ 04:16
I'm a bit of a dork, so I think better late than never with the ReactOS project. I don't care if the software no longer serves any useful purpose, nostelgia is fun. I'm a little disappointed it is windows NT rather than 98. 98 has way more software that can run on it. I wish I knew how to write code, then maybe I would help out, but since I havn't progressed much beyond "Hello World" that is a moot point.
Comment from: Marcus [Visitor] · http://marcusvorwaller.com
02/02/06 @ 21:27
The point isn't that they're going to be late, it's that they're behind a piece of software that's being actively developed and has more resources than they do. It's like they're on a bicycle trying to catch a bullet train--it doesn't matter when they start, they'll never catch up.
I also disagree with the author--ReactOS will never be a good testing platform for Windows applications because you can't reliably test something for Windows unless you're actually on Windows. Almost Windows or Windows compatible still isn't Windows.
I don't think they're either helping or hindering OSS. It's an interesting hobbby project that is probably teaching some very smart people some useful programming skills. The software probably won't ever be used by a large audience, but the developers will probably take a lot away from the experience and be able to better contribute to other OSS.
Comment from: dugg [Visitor]
02/02/06 @ 23:01
though riding a bike and moving to a motor bike are not the same though they both use the same skill set that you would need to compliment the set no? similar and alomst are not quite it but does make something useable and easier to guess where things are going wrong...
Comment from: um [Visitor] · http://hmm.com
02/03/06 @ 02:28
and search online for "linux error" and you'll find even more hits.
this is just petty and childish.
Comment from: Anon [Visitor]
02/03/06 @ 04:17
Comparing a search for "Hidden API" with a search for "Linux Error" is a petty and childish comparison itself.
If you look at 99% of the hits you get with Linux errors, you will find that it is a new user trying the OS for the first time, and they have configured something wrong. Yes, Linux can be more complicated, but simplicity does not equal functionality.
Here's the real search you should do - compare which OS has a solution of "restart the computer" more often (though I dare not think of that as a solution).
Comment from: David Sugar [Member] · http://www.gnutelephony.org
02/03/06 @ 12:03
"...Comparing a search for "Hidden API" with a search for "Linux Error" is a petty and childish comparison itself..."
I agree. The point of the search I originally suggested is that even on the very first page you got references to published books and other immediately useful references to a topic the original poster seemed to claim did not exist at all. Of course, if someone said like that there is no such thing as Linux "errors" at all, maybe that would be an appropriate search to suggest.
"...Almost Windows or Windows compatible still isn't Windows..."
Microsoft Windows is not generically compatible with itself from one major release to another. Wine, by contrast, and for this reason, both targets and allows switching to directly emulate different effective versions of Microsoft Windows. Combining this with a base platform (like ReactOS) that is not a "specific" version Microsoft Windows, but that if one writes to and tests under and it forces one to use documented or documentable functions also assures a program will run on most or all Microsoft releases and can then more easily be ported or converted later to another platform since it has no undocumented behavior, is very useful, because Microsoft itself does not offer such a platform. Hence "almost" Microsoft Windows I think is actually better.
"...I'm a little disappointed it is windows NT rather than 98..."
Hmm, maybe by using freedos at the bottom, and wine for the application facing api's at the top, one could write the remaining pieces in between and actually accomplish this. Is this a worthwhile project? Some may think it is a horrible idea, but I think what is important is having the basic human freedom to do this.
Comment from: Ivan Minic [Visitor] · http://www.burek.co.yu
02/06/06 @ 22:20
Very well written article about ReactOS....
Old thread ... but ... I'm
Old thread ... but ... I'm with Allan here. I've been coding on Windows platform since Win3.1 days and I've not had a moment where there are some hidden APIs that my app require and this lack of access caused a stop or delay in my development.
While I've not done a comprehensive test, I would think that the so-called "hidden" APIs would be system library calls that is meant to be called *only* by other system / kernel components. Applications are meant to be developed against a set of APIs instead of talking to the lower layer or hardware directly. Like it or not, that is the architectural design that Microsoft adopted for Windows. One can dislike it, but to say that its hidden and hence wrong, is really ... unreasonable.
If however, a non system app (eg, Microsoft Office) written by Microsoft accesses such system library calls that is not part of the API set released to 3rd party developers via SDKs, then this is not right. We can argue till Windows is superseded by some OS in future that Internet Explorer is not a system app, but the way Windows is structured, it is quite a part of the GUI shell, which in the Windows architecture, is part of the system. Again, we can dislike such a design, but if we use our design philosophy and start accusing them of having hidden APIs because of that, then we are arguing on a wrong premise.
Having said that, I would be happy to see a list of *hidden* system library call that is made by a non system app written by Microsoft.
eg, Microsoft Word makes a call to msvcrt.dll (Microsoft Visual C RunTime library) through "XYZ" via GetProcAddress and XYZ is not documented in the Microsoft Platform SDK.
This would mean that Microsoft Word is indeed having access to hidden APIs that is not released to 3rd party developers. This would in fact not just be a case of hidden APIs, but can be used as proof for further case of Anti-Trust infringements.
Point in case, PalmOS also have a set of hidden, or not so hidden calls, system traps (interrupts) that is not officially released, but are utilized by the series of Hacks apps that extend the functionality of Palm apps. Later versions of PalmOS changed the lower layer kernel to a large extent, and a large part, if not all, of these system traps disappeared. Some of these changes were due in part to the migration of Palm pdas to ARM processor from the DragonBall processor, others were due to architectural changes. As a result, many of these hacks broke and would not run on the newer PalmOS.
Under the Palm OS SDK, one would find a list of such system traps that are *undocumented* and declared 'for-system-use-only'. Microsoft may have chosen not to expose any such list. But as mentioned, if anyone can prove that Microsoft non-system applications are accessing such APIs, then there is a case for not just blog accusation, but an Anti-Trust lawsuit.
Until then, I see it pointless to keep harping that there are some hidden APIs.
btw, I develop on Windows,
btw, I develop on Windows, Palm, PocketPC and HandheldPC using C/C++ and numerous variants of BASIC*.
* - Not all variants of BASIC is available on all platforms.
After the death of Windows...
Actually, if GNU/Linux becomes the dominant platform (and I think it's optimistic to think this will happen in just 2 or 3 years -- I suspect it will take anywhere from 5 to 20 years, depending on your definition of "dominant"), and Windows itself is effectively dead, then ReactOS will be even more relevant, because it will be the only consistently maintained way to run old Windows applications (well, unless they run in Wine on top of Linux, but that is nearly the same thing, and some apps will likely require ReactOS).
I like your point about the "viral threat" of proprietary code. It's absolutely true that proprietary code is every bit (or more) devastatingly "viral" than any free-licensed code.
Windows API imelementation
Recently We are doing a migration project from windows environment to linux or Open Source environemtn as Microsoft licenced software are much priced
Would any body please inform me other projects like Wine and ReacOS that does not require a microsoft license to run windows based local applications ...
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ReactOS may have a small window of opportunity
With the upcoming V*sta bloatware, I think that ReactOS may have some small window of opportunity to progress. And since it is open source (I hope they will *publish* the source code), it may well exist when M* W*ndows will have been diminished by the Open Source Ecosystem (GNU/Linux etc) - M* W*ndows stands no chance with Open Source, because it is a stand-alone product, against an ecosystem that never ceases to develop and extend.
A useful small video on this from Red Hat site:
RealPlayer: http://www.redhat.com/f/rm/choice_small.rm
Quicktime: http://www.redhat.com/f/mov/choice_small.mov
Ogg: http://www.redhat.com/f/ogg/choice.ogg
Consider how M* W*ndows is surrounded by open source: GNU/Linux on OS-level, OpenOffice.Org on the Office application suite level, Firefox on the browser application level, etc. That is, open source is beginning to "struggle" W*ndows. And it has no chance to survive, because the open source ecosystem pool, will continue to fill.


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LINCOLN, Neb. – April 1, 2013 – During its annual Wetland Conservation Achievement Awards breakfast this past week, Ducks Unlimited recognized the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) for significant contributions to conserving waterfowl breeding habitat in Canada. The award commemorated NGPC's milestone $1 million investment in critical nesting habitat in Canada and was presented at the 78th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Arlington, Va.
"The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission recognizes the critical value of Prairie Canada for waterfowl that migrate through Nebraska," said NGPC Director Jim Douglas. "None of this would be successful without our great working partnership with Ducks Unlimited Canada and contributions and support from our duck hunters with funds from the Nebraska waterfowl stamp. The ability of DU Canada to leverage funds and efficiently put conservation on-the-ground benefits all of Nebraska's waterfowl hunters."
The state grants program was started by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies as one of the very first international public/private partnerships to support migratory bird conservation. The state grants program funds projects that work toward achieving the goals of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP). Contributions from states are matched by DU Inc. and DU Canada, as well as the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. Through this match, Nebraska's $1 million investment has resulted in $5 million in conservation work on the ground in Canada.
"The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission appreciates the importance of Canadian wetlands to Nebraska duck hunters," said Steve Donovan, DU manager of conservation programs for Nebraska. "Through sales of state duck stamps, the NGPC has provided significant funding to DU Canada, restoring and protecting thousands of acres of Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) habitat north of the border, the breeding habitat of the majority of ducks harvested here in Nebraska."
Nebraska is one of four states being recognized this year for significant contributions to the program.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The weather may have unseasonably cool and comfortable for the A's in Kansas City, but the baseball team they played turned out to be quite hot and nasty.
The scorching Royals chased Oakland out of town Thursday with a five-run seventh inning rally and a 7-3 victory at Kauffman Stadium, beating a third member of the club's Big Four starting staff and hammering perhaps their most dominant reliever of late.
The A's have been baseball's best team all year, but the Royals paid them absolutely no respect in winning three of four games in this series. They pinned losses on Sonny Gray, Scott Kazmir and Jeff Samardzija, and ended setup man Ryan Cook's 20-inning scoreless streak. They came up with more clutch hits and stole more bases, and generally outplayed Oakland in all facets with the exception of one lopsided laugher.
In short, the A's learned this is a place they'd probably rather not return to in October, although that's a more distinct possibility as the Royals continue to firm up their standing as a playoff contender. They've won 10 of 11 and are 12 games over .500 for the first time in 11 years. They looked like the real deal.
"We knew exactly who we were playing when we came in here," said Stephen Vogt. "Their pitching staff is one of the best in baseball, and they're showing it. And their lineup grinds out at-bats. They're kind of similar to us in a way. No one's going to come out and wow you. But at the same, 1-9 they are solid, outstanding hitters that just grind out at-bats and make pitchers work."
The A's looked like they might escape with a split when they received a pair of gift runs in the sixth inning after center fielder Jarrod Dyson's dropped two-out fly ball turned into a Josh Reddick RBI triple. Reddick then scored on Albert Callaspo's single to give Oakland a 3-2 lead.
Samardzija followed that up with a shutdown sixth. but the Royals got to Samardzija before he knew what hit him in the seventh. After getting the first out, Samardzija allowed a single to Erik Kratz and a double to Christian Colon, and suddenly he was out. Cook came in to face Dyson and worked to a quick 0-2 count. But Dyson then slapped a ball into right to score one, and Nori Aoki followed with a first-pitch bullet down the right field line for a two-run triple.
Cook said he went with a changeup on Dyson and didn't locate it.
"It's been my best pitch for awhile now, and it's been my put-away pitch to lefties and righties," Cook said. "Right pitch, bad mistake. It's unfortunate, because I felt pretty good. I told myself to miss down and I missed middle. That's really all there is to it. I had all the momentum in that at-bat, too."
And Aoki?
"I don't know, I made him look silly the other night on fastballs in," Cook said. "I tried to go in there again. I haven't looked at the film on it, but I thought it was a pretty decent pitch. Good piece of hitting, really. That's a hot baseball team right now. That's why I'm so frustrated about that pitch to Dyson. You can't make mistakes like that when they're hot."
Samardzija, meanwhile, said Cook never should have been put in that position in the first place.
"After getting the first guy out, I need to put the next two guys away right there and get our guys back in the dugout," he said.
The Royals padded their lead on Billy Butler's two-out, two-run double against Oakland's fourth pitcher, Luke Gregerson.
Samardzija (3-2 with the A's, 5-9 overall), surrendered eight hits and four runs (three earned). He didn't walk a batter and struck out five.
So are the A's wheels a bit wobbly after not only taking their lumps here, but losing shortstop Jed Lowrie to the disabled list?
Manager Bob Melvin isn't worried -- yet. One point of concern is that the A's gave up too many two-strike hits in critical situations.
"It means you're in a position to make your pitch, and we just didn't this series," Melvin said. "We have been very good at it, so it's just a very tough series for us. They (the Royals) are doing everything right right now, and they have a lot of different ways to beat you. We just have to get out of here and go play better in Atlanta."
Indeed, and they need two of their most dependable hitters, Coco Crisp and Derek Norris, to find their respective strokes. Crisp went 1 for 12 in the series with just one walk. Norris went 0 for 14 with six strikeouts and two double plays.
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A look at some key numbers since the A's traded slugger Yoenis Cespedes to the Red Sox for ace Jon Lester and outfielder Jonny Gomes:
A's stat Before After
Record 66-41 7-7
Division lead +2 +2
Starters' ERA 3.32 3.46
Runs per game 5.0 3.9
Cespedes Avg. HR RBI
With A's .256 17 57
With Boston .239 2 8
Lester W L ERA
With Boston 10 7 2.52
With A's 3 0 2.49
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LOS ANGELES -- This is the way you want Giants vs. Dodgers to be: bitter, loud, dramatic, envious and with undeniable national implications.
The Dodgers want what the Giants have, and they want it so desperately that they're willing to do almost anything to get it.
They're putting a target on the Giants' backs and taking aim, aren't they?
"You'd have to ask them," said Giants catcher Buster Posey after the Dodgers' 4-0 season-opening victory at Dodger Stadium on Monday.
"But with the success we've had the past few years, I'm sure that people are excited to play us."
There's nothing wrong with that, or with stating and showing it in clear terms, which is what happened here in the season opener.
Before the game, the Dodgers showcased new part-owner Magic Johnson, summoned Sandy Koufax, and highlighted a slew of stadium improvements.
Then they put ace Clayton Kershaw on the mound.
It was one game, but it was against the defending champion Giants, to start a new season with a splashy new Dodgers ownership group that has spent wildly to improve the roster and promises to spend much more.
The Dodgers are always motivated to play the Giants, and vice versa, but Monday, there was a different kind of spark in the Southland.
They want what the Giants have. They're not hiding it at all.
So the Dodgers and their fans roared when Kershaw broke up a scoreless tie with a long home run and screamed when he finished off his shutout.
Then they all guffawed when Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp dumped a bucket of ice water onto Kershaw's head afterward.
Kershaw the Giant Killer, and that takes on enormous meaning after the Giants won two of the last three World Series titles.
"He's been tough on us," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said dryly of Kershaw's dominant performance. "We've seen a lot of these games."
The Dodgers have spent and spent, and all we really know is that when Kershaw is pitching they're as good as anybody; but that's nothing new.
The test of the season is to get great performances from all other parts of the roster, just as the Giants did in 2010 and last season.
I think the Giants are still better than the Dodgers overall; we'll see how that works out over 162 games, not just one, and it starts again Tuesday with Madison Bumgarner on the mound.
Which brings us full circle: If the Dodgers want to win a championship, they know they almost certainly have to knock down the Giants to do it.
"They might be," Giants starter Matt Cain said when I asked if the Giants feel as though the Dodgers are aiming for them. "But we know they made some big moves last year and in the offseason. So we're looking at those guys as well.
"But we can't sit there and focus on each other the whole entire time."
That's definitely true, and that's also the unique situation the Giants face.
This is a testament to how much this franchise has achieved: They're not a one-title fluke, they're the franchise everybody wants to be.
The best thing the Giants can do is play exactly as they did in 2010 and 2012: Win as many games as possible and let the other teams deal with their own hopes and goals.
"I think it's a natural thing to expect teams to target you because you won the world championship, but the reality of it is I think that's just a bunch of words," reliever Jeremy Affeldt said.
"I think you want to win every game, whoever you're playing. Do we have a target on our back? I don't know. I just look at it as every team wants to beat you."
On Monday, the Dodgers beat the Giants, then threw a mini-version of a playoff-clinching party.
Every game between these two teams might feel a little like this, and that's a good thing -- for the rivalry, for both teams, and for everybody watching.
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Instead of pushing her own pet projects, Palo Alto Mayor Nancy Shepherd called on residents during her state of the city address Tuesday to help the city council plot a course for the future.
About 100 people crowded into the ballroom of the Lucie Stern Community Center to hear her nearly 20-minute speech. Past mayors have used the opportunity to outline initiatives and objectives.
Shepherd focused on the city council's ambitious work plan for 2014, which includes addressing a parking shortage in the downtown and California Avenue business districts, reviewing a controversial type of zoning known as planned community and updating the city's housing element.
"These actions are not easy," the mother of four said. "And we may have a tendency to revert back to our 'Palo Alto process' delay tactic, so we need your help to keep us moving forward. This is where your ideas and participation will help inform the council's decisions."
Shepherd acknowledged concerns that the city is changing for the worse as a result of its success. Commercial vacancies, for example, are at all-time lows, and values have soared from $900 to $1,100 per square foot. As a result, some small businesses are being shown the door.
But Palo Alto has wrestled with change since its inception, Shepherd said. She pointed to its transition from a grain and lumber town in the 1870s to one occupied by orchards. The opening of Stanford University in 1891 ultimately transformed the city into the high-tech powerhouse it is today.
"Like those before us," she said, "we must strike the right balance between evolving as a city while maintaining those things that make our Palo Alto livable."
To drive home her point about change, Shepherd played a short video clip from 1969 of Fredrick Terman, the so-called "father of Silicon Valley," addressing complaints from residents about the city's industrialization.
"If they came here 20 years ago, they love the Palo Alto of that time. They complain about the changes -- the increased traffic and more land being built on and so on. If they came here five or eight or 10 years ago, they like it that way and they're perfectly content," said Terman, who mentored Bill Hewlett and David Packard at Stanford University.
"The fact that each new group of, you might say, immigrants that come here and settle down in Palo Alto like the town the way it was when they arrived, even if they only arrived fairly recently, means it can't all be bad."
Shepherd invited residents to help the city chart a course for its future through its new "Our Palo Alto" initiative. She also vowed to hold related conversations far from the confines of City Hall. For instance, a picnic in a park could serve as a venue to discuss the parks and recreation master plan.
"Yes, there are challenges ahead," Shepherd concluded. "And those will continue. But many of the issues we will tackle together as a community are borne of this incredible Palo Alto 'adventure,' this transformation into a global city with neighborhoods that are still connected. This is our Palo Alto."
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Last night at Brookfield High School, the latest chapter of the Highway 36 Rivalry played out as the Marceline Tigers took on the Brookfield Bulldogs in a wrestling dual. The Dogs came out on the winning end of this chapter, taking all but one match, and winning the team score.
The night began at 182 pounds, with Reed McBroom winning in an open for the Dogs. Brycen Corf (195) and Trevor White (220) both also won in opens for Brookfield.
In the first contested but of the night, Brookfield's Dexter Carmichael defeated Marceline's Michael Arnold at heavyweight by pinfall in 1:59. At 106, Dalton Fisher won in an open for the Tigers.
At 113, Marceline's Eric Thurman won a 6-4 decision over Brookfield's Matt Jackman. Garrett Zahner won by pinfall in 46 seconds for the Dogs over Lane White of the Tigers at 120.
Blaine Sportsman (126) won in an open for Brookfield. Cody Niemeier won over Austin Moudy at 132 by pinfall in 3:25 for the Dogs. Gage Maxwell defeated Nathan Moore at 138 by pinfall in 2:53 for Brookfield.
Anthony Cupp (145) and Micah Blakely (152) both won in opens for the Dogs. Ramzie Cooper defeated Bo Hustead by pinfall in 1:22 at 160. In the fi al bout of the night, JJ Abongo pinned Tanner Sims in 45 seconds.
These wins gave Brookfield a 72-9 team score win over Marceline.
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New FFMpeg Changes Headers Location; Breaks Stuff
Recently, and it's hard to say exactly which SVN snapshot this occured in, the FFMpeg project changed the location of a number of its header files. This has caused soem havoc with other applications that use FFmpeg for video decoding or encoding.
Amongst other things, Open Movie Editor complained that certain libraries were not installed, which they plainly were. This could be seen from running a simple "ffmpeg -i" command to see what which libraries FFmpeg had been configured again.
Trying to re-compile Open Movie Editor from source struck some problems, in that OME was looking for FFmpeg headers in the wrong place. To overcome this issue, so that OME would compile and then install correctly, I made the following changes.
The first crash will be with regards to avformat.h in the file nle_main.cxx
and the other two files you need to make some small edits to can be
found in the "src" directory created when OME is unpacked.
There are three files you'll need to edit in the text editor of your choice:
Open each of those files and near the beginning (around line 35) will be references that look something like this:
#include <ffmpeg/avformat.h>
You'll need to find where avformat.h, avcodec.h and swscale.h are residing on your machine.
You can do this by using the following command:
>sudo find / avformat.h
On my machine, a build of Debian Lenny, these files can all be found in /usr/local/include
I edited the files so the code looks like this (example from VideoFileFfmpeg.H):
#include </usr/local/include/libavcodec/avcodec.h>
#include </usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h>
#ifdef SWSCALE
#include </usr/local/include/libswscale/swscale.h>
Once you've saved those files, OME should now be able to find the FFmpeg header files and build correctly.
Hopefully a new version of Open Movie Editor will soon be available where these issues have been rectified in the source.


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Thirty-four preschoolers raised more than $1,200, and Thursday they spent it all to buy toys for less fortunate children. The kids and their parents raised the money in just three hours during a bake sale at Okemos High School.
Teachers and parents say it was a good lesson to teach the two, three and four year olds.
For many children, Christmas is associated with Santa and presents, so the children were able to learn about giving. Teachers and parents spoke with the kids about buying toys for others and not for themselves.
With the money, the preschoolers picked out everything from balls to Barbies, trucks, dolls, games and stuffed animals. The kids were excited and happy to be doing something for someone else.
Marines collected the toys for the Toys for Tots program. They will help distribute the toys to needy children.
The students purchased the toys at the Meijer store in Okemos. Meijer gave the kids a 10-percent discount.
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Troop B officers will be joining statewide efforts with other law enforcement agencies for an aggressive "Click It Or Ticket" mobilization to get more motorists to buckle up.
Despite evidence proving the benefits of wearing a seat belt, nearly one in four Missouri motorists are still not "making it click." Preliminary 2012 statistics show 64% of individuals killed in Missouri traffic crashes were unrestrained.
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Christie's Approval Rating Drops After Bridge Scandal
The George Washington Bridge scandal appears to be chipping away at Gov. Chris Christie's support, particularly among the Democrats he has worked hard to court.
A Rutgers-Eagleton poll released Wednesday found the New Jersey governor's approval rating stood at 46%, down from 65% right after he was re-elected by a landslide in November. That is the lowest approval rating the Rutgers survey reported for Mr. Christie since March 2012.
Mr. Christie's response to superstorm Sandy caused his appeal to surge after the 2012 storm, and it has remained strong since. The bridge scandal involving his allies appears to be one of the first reversals of that trend.
More In George Washington Bridge
- Defense Lashes U.S. Attorney Over N.J. Bridge Lane Closure Evidence
- Bridget Kelly's Lawyers Accusing Christie Administration Counsel of Not Keeping Bridge Scandal Documents
- Chris Christie Wants Media to Say Sorry for Bridge Scandal Coverage
- George Washington Bridge Scandal Trial Postponed
- Christie Super PAC to Hold First N.J. Fundraiser
- Judge in GW Bridge Lane Case Appointed By President George W. Bush
Mr. Christie's favorability rating is still strong among registered Republicans and independents, standing at 78% and 55% respectively, the poll found. But 19% of registered Democrats had a favorable view of the Republican governor, down from 45% in November.
Earlier this month Assembly Democrats released subpoenaed documents showing the involvement of Mr. Christie's aides and allies in the closures of lanes leading to one of the nation's largest bridges for allegedly political reasons, and polls conducted right after showed little impact on Mr. Christie's approval. But the continuing headlines about the scandal appear to have an impact, said David Redlawsk, the poll's director.
"With another week of revelations, damage appears to have been done," Mr. Redlawsk said. "The good will the Governor built up among Democrats with his handling of the Sandy aftermath is gone, at least for now."
A spokesman for Mr. Christie declined to comment on the poll's findings. Mr. Christie has been highly critical of the Rutgers-Eagleton poll in the past, once referring to it as "crap."
"It's never good, it's never accurate," he said when asked about the poll's findings in 2012. "When it's good for me it's not right, when it's bad for me it's not right."
Mr. Christie had no public schedule Wednesday, and state offices were closed because of the snowstorm.
The poll found that 78% of those surveyed had heard a lot about the bridge controversy. Those polled were about evenly split as to whether a state legislative committee should continue to investigate the lane closures.
The telephone poll conducted last week surveyed 826 adults and had a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.


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This is a brand new computer I just built. So everything was basically from scratch from hardware to OS. So I dont really know whats wrong. Used to have PMS on my old laptop and it worked fine untl my laptop overheated and decided to shutdown. So after months of saving up finally built this system, but now cant play my mkvs on my Xbox Heres a description of what happens:
It start by stuttering maybe once or twice at the beginning of the video file and continues streaming only for the file to stop playing at any given time. Either at the close to the beginning or in the middle of the video file playing. Tried this http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3507&p=38484#p38969 thinking it might be the problem but still happens. Which is when I surrendered and decided to ask for help here. Please help! :'( I cant live without my anime and my family uses my HTPC most because I have it setup with a cablecard for them. I beg of thee
1. Your computer specs (CPU, memory, OS) and the exact version of PMS you are using (e.g. "1.53.0" or "Build 99932ae01", not "latest version").
AMD A-10 5800k
Kingston HyperX 8gb
Win7 64-bit
Latest Version.
I have System Monitor app on my tablet, and during operation I never see the CPU or RAM go anywhere above 60% unless its a huge file, like a 2gb movie I was watching yesterday. But that one worked flawlessly.
2. The device you are streaming to (PS3, XBox360, etc). If you are using a custom renderer profile, provide the .conf as well.
Xbox 360 and no CRP
3. If you're reporting a connection or streaming problem, please indicate your local network setup (WAN/ISP bandwidth does not matter) including connection type (Wifi, homeplugs, 100mbit ethernet, gigabit) and what you are connected through (direct connection, switch, router). E.g. PC <-Wifi G-> Linksys WRT54G Router <-100mbps-> PS3
Doubt this could be it but WIFI with an ASUS RT-N16 router. The HTPC is hooked through gigabit ethernet. While the Xbox is on WIFI
4. Which engine you are using if you are transcoding (MEncoder, AviSynth/MEncoder, FFmpeg, tsMuxeR).
Whatever the default is. Never really played around with it cuz it always just worked.
5. Detailed information on what is not working.A copy of the debug.log per the following directions - FAQ: How can I supply details to help diagnose my problem?
File attached. Used the plug-in to make the file.
6. File-specific information - if you're having an issue with a specific file or set of files:
Its happening with some MKV files, meaning during transcoding. I mostly use PMS to watch my anime. An example file could be any release from Commiesubs. Seems to be the ones it happens the most with.
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Definition of dichotomous in English:
1Exhibiting or characterized by dichotomy: a dichotomous view of the world
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- My thinking on this curious dichotomous view of the Church (and the even more curious affinity it has with leftist dissent) can be found here.
- The media promotes this dichotomous view of the world.
- Grappling with ACTION's history helps make the case for why a dichotomous view of Civil Rights and Black Power obscures more than it illuminates.
2 Botany (Of branching) in which the axis is divided into two branches.
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- Most members of this lineage also have the combination of pseudomonopodially-branching main axes or rhizomes, with dichotomous branch tips.
- Subsequent branch orders may be dichotomous or pseudomonopodial.
- They produced several types of foliage all characterized by pinnate leaves with open dichotomous venation.
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- Items in the condom use self-efficacy scale were recoded dichotomously to determine the extent to which groups interviewed differed in their endorsement of each item.
- It is clear from the Proterozoic fossil record that meristem differentiation, including apical meristems associated with dichotomously branched thalli, must have evolved in the terminal Neoproterozoic or earlier.
Late 17th century: via late Latin from Greek dikhotomos (from dikho- 'in two' + temnein 'to cut') + -ous.
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Definition of intuitionism in English:
(also intuitionalism /-ˈiSHənlˌizəm/)
1The theory that primary truths and principles (especially those of ethics and metaphysics) are known directly by intuition.
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- This theory of intuitionism influenced later philosophers, in particular Rousseau and Bergson, but also the existentialists.
- Although Dummett's work on deduction has its roots in the debate over intuitionism, it does not necessarily follow that, in every case, the alternative logic advocated by a Dummett-style anti-realist would be intuitionistic logic.
- They both fail for open set logic, which is to say intuitionism, just as they both fail for its topological dual, closed set logic.
1.1The theory that mathematical knowledge is based on intuition and mental construction, rejecting certain modes of reasoning and the notion of independent mathematical objects.
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- A corresponding slogan for intuitionism would be that in mathematics, to exist is to be constructed.
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- The authors, breaking with the intuitionism that had dominated eighteenth-century French treatises, updated the logic of geometry manuals.
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- He is an epistemological realist, an ethical intuitionist, and a political libertarian, too extreme for my tastes but always provocative.
- The intuitionists seldom differ from the rest of us in the number of facts referred to in describing how we come to understand logical statements and their relations.
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