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A Town of Tonawanda judge has yet to decide on the legal sufficiency of the town scrapping ordinance, which has been challenged by a 67-year-old Buffalo man cited with violating the ordinance earlier this fall.
Don DalFonso appeared in Town Court on Wednesday night with defense attorney John C. Nelson, who challenged the legal sufficiency of the charge lodged against DalFonso Oct. 1.
Nelson met privately with Town Justice Daniel T. Cavarello and prosecutor Mario A. Giacobbe, and the judge told the two he has yet to decide on Nelson's legal challenge. If Cavarello rules against it, he said, he will schedule a bench trial DalFonso.
Afterward, Nelson told The Buffalo News DalFonso is not entitled to a jury trial in the case because he is only accused of a town violation.
During the closed-door session Nelson pressed his contention that the town ordinance against illegally taking garbage that had been placed "out for collection" on a town street is legally vague, and the town lacks proof that the material DalFonso picked up on McConkey Drive several weeks had been placed "out for collection." Giacobbe reiterated the complaint accusing DalFonso of "interference with waste material" was legally sufficient.


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Saturday, November 23, 2013
As they have done in years past, the Knights of Columbus Rev P.N. Lynch Council No. 704 will host a satellite race for our troops stationed overseas in Afghanistan. For the 36th annual Turkey Day Run, the Knights are partnering with Gunnery Sergeant Brian R. Newsom, race coordinator for the Marine Corps Marathon, to organize the race for military personnel stationed in Afghanistan.
Turkey Day Run committee member, Rob Wills has been organizing these satellite races overseas for years. His connection to the military as the operations manager at Ports America in North Charleston originally led him to begin planning these races, but his passion in supporting our troops has led him to make it an annual tradition. "Thanksgiving can be a tough time for soldiers who are away from their loved ones so we're happy to deliver a small taste of home to them," Wills said.
Earlier in October, Wills and the Turkey Day Run sent 100 complimentary race registrations – including bibs, T-shirts and signage for both the start and finish lines to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. The race, which will be held on Thanksgiving morning at their town hall, is aimed at building morale and camaraderie while the soldiers are away from their families and friends back home.
The Turkey Day Run asks nothing in return from the soldiers with the exception of a report on the race experience and some pictures to share, but Newsom has elected to send collected funds from the race to the Wounded Warrior Project on behalf of his unit. Gunnery Sergeant Brian R. Newsom also has the opportunity to send a list of the registrants back to the Turkey Day Run where they can be added to the final results and included on the Turkey Day Run website.
Wills and the Turkey Day Run Committee hope that the satellite race will also remind those of us at home, to be thankful for the troops overseas and their service abroad as we sit down to our Thanksgiving meals this year.
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A white girl with a booty
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Look at that whooty!
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White girl with a booty!
"She's a whooty"
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n- a white chick with a booty like a black chick.
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"She has a whooty."
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White girl with a booty.
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Friday, June 28, 2013
When Charleston Battery practice ends for the day, Zach Prince doesn't join his teammates for a round of golf or for a couple hours at the beach. He ditches the shorts and cleats for slacks and dress shoes and heads to a different kind of work.
Prince, 25, works full-time for a government contractor analyzing communication systems. "It's difficult," he said of the balance between both jobs. "I have to go into work before practice and go in after practice and stay later."
Both of his employers work together to make sure Prince tallies 40 hours with the contractor every week. "Sometimes I have to take vacation (days) to go on (soccer) road trips," Prince said.
He's held the white-collar job for three years and played with the Battery for four. He may be a professional athlete, but he's not paid like the A-list athletes glamorized on ESPN.
During Prince's first year with the Battery, he said he valeted cars at a restaurant in downtown Charleston. "My first contract was pretty low, so I had to do something else," he said.
But, the aspiration to do well in soccer and the necessity to hold another job to pay the bills haven't been a distraction for Prince. Coach Mike Anhaeuser said he did the same thing, playing for the Battery from 1994-98 and working for Blackbaud in research and development at the same time. Back when Anhaeuser was playing, contracts were about $50 per game, he said.
"He (Prince) is a player who I could put anywhere (on the field). That's very important for us without a deep roster," Anhaeuser said. "I'm sure it's the same way with his job."
The veteran coach said Prince's focus is better than it's ever been and praised his commitment and dedication. "They're not making millions," he said. "It's only going to benefit him."
Like most athletic boys, Prince grew up wanting to play professional sports and earn a comfortable living doing so. His dream lasted longer than most, as he played on the College of Charleston men's soccer team and now with the Battery.
But, this will most likely be the final stepping stone. Major League Soccer hasn't denied him, but a working career that he loves is pulling him more and more away from the field. Anhaeuser said this is the first year Prince has really been full time.
"In the beginning, soccer was definitely my main priority, and as I've gone further with this job, it's kind of leveled – not my effort toward the team or anything, though," Prince explained. "Me going to the MLS was like a huge deal early on in my career. Now, I'm more concerned with winning a championship and doing things like that, team-wise."
The 5-foot-10-inch midfielder has scored two goals this season, including one during the Battery's rival match against the Wilmington Hammerheads, May 11. Last season, the Battery beat its North Carolina foe in the USL PRO title game. Charleston won this year's regular season rematch 4-2.
His goals this season match the total amount of times he found the net through his first three seasons. He also has two assists, which also matches the total number he tallied in his Battery career before this season.
"I think it's (the full-time job) actually helped me. When you put so much pressure on yourself individually to go on to the next level, sometimes you just put unneeded – just stupid – pressure on yourself," Prince said.
"Now I've come to the realization that I'm okay with staying with the Battery, because it's a great place, a great club and working this job – I love the job. I'm content doing this has helped me a lot in my career."
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After midnight of every day. Technically it's the next day, but doesn't the next day really start when you wake up in the morning? Therefore; anything happening between midnight, and before you go to bed doesn't really fall into a proper day's definition, and technically never happened. Particularly useful while partying all night.
We were so shit-faced we nailed a picnic table to the neighbors house at 4am last night. Technically, that never even happened cause it was on noday.
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on December 21, 2012 - 8:30 AM
ALBANY – The Buffalo Bills are staying.
State, county and team negotiators have struck a final deal on a 10-year lease with a hefty relocation penalty if the Bills leave – to keep the Bills from delivering an economic and psychological blow to Western New York by shipping out to another city.
The deal was revealed this morning on BuffaloNews.com and formally announced at a late-morning news conference at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
"This is an exciting agreement," Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said of the deal that he described as a seven-year arrangement because of the lesser exit fee the team would pay if it leaves after seven years.
The terms call for a $400 million penalty if the team leaves Buffalo before 2023 with the exception that, after the seventh year, the team would pay only $29 million. After that year, the penalty would go back to $400 million.
"The state pays the majority of the funds in the agreement, and I'm proud of that … It's an investment in Western New York and I'm proud to make the investment," Cuomo told the group via phone from New York. The governor tried to fly to Buffalo for the event but his state plane was kept on the ground because of weather.
A total of $130 million will be spent on a range of renovations at the aging stadium. Of that, the Bills will kick in $35 million, which is different from past deals with the state that included no team contribution. The state and county will share the remaining $95 million renovation costs – with $54 million coming from the state and $41 million from the county.
The stadium renovations will include installing new technological advances "to improve the overall fan experience,'' including new video display boards on the facility's east end, as well as a new west end plaza, along with a new team store and improved gate entrance and concession areas.
Cuomo said the sides also will explore building a new stadium in the future "if that is financially feasible and intelligent from a development point of view."
"This is another shining example of Mr. [Ralph] Wilson's loyalty, his commitment, to Western New York, and our unwavering belief that this franchise can succeed long-term in this region," added Russ Brandon's the team's chief executive officer.
County officials said the deal will ensure the team's long-term presence in the region. "The Bills are not only the heart and soul" of the region, said County Executive Mark Poloncarz. "They are a key economic driver."
Asked what assurances the region has the team will stay long term, Brandon said, "The assurance is that we're standing here right now.'' He said the team will be in Buffalo for "many decades to come. Guaranteed."
Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy, a former mayor of Rochester and lifelong Bills fan who was among the key negotiators in the deal, said, "The Buffalo Bills never wanted to leave."
Officials said the team could have left last year and paid only a $2 million penalty.
Duffy also defended the use of public dollars for a professional football team, and said the team's departure would have cost the region money in lost tax revenues and the pride of having the only New York-state based pro football team.
"The Bills are a big fabric of Western New York," Duffy said of any criticism the deal will get for use of public funds.
Brandon said the focus now is on renovating the existing stadium, but that the team and governments will look at the possibility of a new stadium in the next decade. Poloncarz said the plans call for spending part of government proceeds under the deal near the end of the 10-year term for possible design and other work on a new stadium.
The deal comes after months of secret meetings between the sides over what officials have described as complex terms. Wilson has made past commitments to stay in Buffalo but is getting old and has had health problems in the past year or so.
The terms of the deal last for 10 years.
The $400 million penalty is more than the state has provided the team in incentives to remain going back to 1998 during the administration of Gov. George E. Pataki, who also cut his own agreement to keep the team from leaving.
Word of the deal comes just days after The Buffalo News reported "significant" talks were held this past week between the state, county and team negotiators. Gone also, Poloncarz told The News earlier this week, was talk of maybe cutting a one-year deal to push off the complicated matters until next year.
At least with Bills fans, the deal will give Cuomo a major political victory in Western New York, which he did not carry in his first gubernatorial campaign two years ago. Cuomo said in an interview earlier this fall that keeping the team in Buffalo was a top priority for his administration, and he personally became involved in the negotiations on and off in recent months.
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Editor: The following is an open letter to Republicans: If you read editorials in this paper and watch Fox News, you probably believe that our present national budget crisis is the fault of Presiden......
Don't you just love it Pure, when liberals words come back to prove them WRONG?!? lolol.
I love going back and showing them their own words and then waiting a while like Obamacare website now online and NOT working. And it's NOT affordable or cheaper. LOL. PRICELESS!
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LOL; since this article was written on Oct 19th; I wonder what the author thinks now. Since Obamacare's website opened it's been nothing but pure h*ll. Now, we find the GOP was CORRECT. You cannot keep your own insurance OR doctor. You will NOT pay less and have "affordable" insurance as it triples. The liar in the WH IS a liar. WOW; look at the news and all the liberal news media finally admitting all this. Look at all Obama's supporters of this HUMONGOUS TAXATION called ACA and how they now realize they've been duped; used as pawns, as useful unthinking idiots to pass this TAX! A little too late now. Try reading the bills yourself next time before jumping onto any lying politicians' words. Some folks never learn from their mistakes. Unfortunately these same folks will continue blindly believing anything their 'party guy or gal' says again next election.
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Puremagix, you cannot be taken seriously.
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As usual, you have no idea what you are talking about. In this thread alone you have displayed your lack of knowledge about your own paycheck. You state that you are sixty years old and have worked all your life, yet you do not know that payroll taxes and federal income taxes are two entirely different things. You do not know that payroll taxes (FICA) are matched by employers and are contributions to Social Security and Medicare. You do not know that FICA does not pay into Medicaid. Your lack of understanding about the most basic issues is always evident. You refuse to accept facts and deny your ignorance by babbling about wealth distribution and welfare myths.
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I remember distinctly that you were an avid supporter of Sarah Palin, Puremagix. She would have been one heartbeat away from the presidency had the McCain ticket won.
Your comments betray your lack of informed knowledge and your inability to accept facts. I remember your spending an enormous amount of time attempting to disprove a well known American history event. Wherever you are getting your information or however you are inventing it, you are always misinformed and wrong.
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It's hard to believe that an ignorant gas bag like Limbaugh, the propaganda of FoxNoise, the ranting and raving of a grifter like Palin and now the dangerous anti-American speeches of Ted Cruz could influence republican voters. But, Puremagix, you are the typical republican who continues to vote against your own interest.
These are the republican voters who are either in denial about their own lives and cannot separate fact from fiction or are too ignorant of facts to know better. You, Puremagix, are both.
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I do not concede the issue of your saying "immediate family" - you did not. You have made other references to your family accepting government assistance and have told the story of your father losing his job and moving to another state to find work. You stated that you and your family received public assistance during that time. I don't have the time or interest to research the archives to prove this statement but even if I did, you would attempt to squirm out of it with more re-writing of history.
Your Comment about Medicaid is not only wrong, but it was also meant to legitimize Medicaid to fit your own right wing narrative, "...Now, let's clarify that social security, medicare and medicaid is not government assistance since you pay into it through payroll deductions."
It is your political party, politicians and alternate universe media which shames people like you into needing to re-write their own history.
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I have documented your confirmation that your family accepted government assistance in the Comment preceding this one.
Let's move on to another of your statements: "...Now, let's clarify that social security, medicare and medicaid is not government assistance since you pay into it through payroll deductions." SS and Medicare are paid for by employee payroll tax (FICA) and matching employer contributions. Medicaid is NOT. My guess is that one or more of your "family" members are now enrolled in Medicaid.
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Puremagix, you clearly have no idea what a "typical" liberal is. The last time the issue of your family accepting government assistance was noted was in the topic, "Gun Issue Dwarfs Abortion Concerns" - August 10, 2013. In response to my comment re your family accepting assistance - Aug. 16 @ 5:01 pm - this is your comment, "I said my family, not me." made Aug 17 @ 6:32 am. Lying and denying will not change the facts.
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There are three people who post on IM Comments who can verify that you stated your family accepted government assistance. You are such a typical "conservative" that you've become a cliché on these threads. You lie when you think no one is paying attention and when you're caught, you switch to personal attacks. You are not fooling anyone.
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How dare you project your own hypocritical life choices on to me. You admitted that your family accepted government assistance and every word out of your mouth is about how others are just not as SPECIAL and DESERVING as you and your family. Get off your high horse and stop assuming everyone is as greedy and selfish as you are.
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And yet, Puremagix, you support single payer. As long as YOUR bottom line isn't effected, you really don't care. All of your comments reflect your selfish and greedy little world where if the government can give you something, you're all for it and if you can't get something, you're against it.
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Thursday, September 12, 2013
The Patriots face their toughest test so far this season when the Knights of Stratford roll into town Friday.
Fort Dorchester was strong in a 62-14 win over Carolina Forest in its season opener and a 35-14 win at Cane Bay last week. The Patriots had more than 1,000 yards of offense in those games.
But this week the team faces a Stratford team coming off its best season since 2006 and showing no sign of slowing down. The Knights rolled to a 29-10 victory over Berkeley in Week 1 and to a 42-28 win at Sumter last week.
"They are a good football program," Fort Dorchester coach Steve LaPrad said. "Their quarterback is good and I'm sure they have some other weapons. They always have someone who can run the ball. They are also strong on defense. They are a well-balanced ball club so we know we will have to play a little bit better this week."
Stratford's Jacob Park, a UGA commit, is regarded by many as the best quarterback in the state. Park has already thrown for more than 550 yards and six touchdowns this season.
He is just one part of a senior class that has been looked upon for a number of years as one that could get Stratford back where it used to be. There are a lot of playmakers in that 20-man senior class.
The Knights only returned one starter from last year's offensive line, but that hasn't stopped Park from getting good protection so far. The QB has connected with multiple targets this year.
Last week alone, Stratford had three receivers finish with more than 75 receiving yards. Jordan Johnson and Thad Thompson had nearly 100 yards each and accounted for four touchdowns against Sumter.
Johnson was used mostly as an inside receiver last year, but is lining up more as a running back this year and has done well there.
The Knights also only returned one defensive lineman, but the rest of the Stratford defense has considerable experience.
Senior defensive backs Taylor Morrison and Sheldon Reid combined for 17 interceptions last season.
The Knights also have three starting linebackers returning from the 2012 campaign,
Cecil Smith, T.J. Deveaux and Michael Simmons. Last week they teamed up with defensive end Joe Cook to account for 6.5 sacks.
Against Fort Dorchester last year, Park completed 9 passes for 267 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead the Knights to a 28-21 victory. The QB and Johnson both rushed for a TD in the game.
However, Fort Dorchester is a more experienced team this season and has shown promise on both sides of the ball. The Patriots' junior class is highly touted and the team has several seniors with talent.
At Cane Bay last week, the Fort rushed for more than 200 yards and passed for more than 200 yards. Senior QB Kobe Garrett completed 12 of 16 pass attempts including four TD passes. Six different Patriots had a reception in the game.
Garrett, seniors Matt Murray and Nahshon Cyrus and sophomore Datron James give the Patriots several options on the ground. James had more than 250 rushing yards just in the Patriots' season opener and both Murray and Cyrus have nearly 250 yards for the season.
On defense, the Fort has size and experience at the first two levels but lacks experience in the secondary. The Patriots' defensive backs have held up well so far, but Park will surely be gunning for them.
Of course, the Patriot front seven will have their sights set on the Stratford QB. How successful they are at pressuring Park could determine who gets the upper hand in this game.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Bagwell Stadium.
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A Schnookums, put simply, is a person that is everything that's good in the world, and nothing that's bad.
That's all it is...
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Charlotte is such a schnookums! That's all she is!
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My chihuahua Fluffy is the sweetest schnookums in the world.
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A person or object that is incredibly cute or adorable.
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A word to describe a person that you love more than they love you.
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CURTIS, The sweetest and cutest person ever!
Curtis is my schnookums
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^ this is the dumbest thing I've seen on here
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Quick demo of the new (NOTE: this module only works with .NET Micro Framework 4.2, and the driver is still in beta at the time of this writing) LED Matrix module for .NET Gadgeteer, manufactured by GHI Electronics. The module, which is based on the DaisyLink protocol, and contains its own microprocessor (which can be flashed and reprogrammed, if desired) provides an 8x8 matrix of red LEDs for displaying patterns or glyphs.
In this video, I am using a helper class I wrote to display "HELLO WORLD". The driver for the module exposes a single API, DrawBitmap, which takes as an argument a byte array representing the on/off pattern for the LEDs. To make working with the module simpler, I wrote a class with a series of static properties that return the byte array for the uppercase English letters A-Z and numbers 0-9.
With my helper class, I simply create an ArrayList of the letters I want to display, then loop through the ArrayList, displaying each letter in turn. I've named the letters using the NATO phonetic alphabet to make the API intuitive without using single letter property names.
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Michael Keene, Ph.D.
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Prof. Keene is currently both the Director of Graduate Business Programs and the Director of the MBA in Technology Management Program in the Gore School of Business at Westminster College. Dr. Keene holds a B.A. in Biochemistry from Princeton University, a MBA and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Harvard University. Over the last 25 years he has conducted and managed programs in fields ranging from environmental remediation to fuel cells, and cystic fibrosis to fruit fly genetics. Although widely published during his research career, he soon left academia to become a member of the start-up team for Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., and has since been an executive, founder or board member for a number of technology-based firms. Prior to joining Westminster, he served as both the State Science Advisor and Director of the Utah Centers of Excellence Program under Governors Leavitt and Walker. A co-founder of the Utah Life Sciences Association, he also now sits on the Advisory Council for the Centers of Excellence Program and the board of the Utah Technology Council, and remains active as a company mentor for the Wayne Brown Institute, an external reviewer for the University of Utah's Technology Commercialization Office, and in numerous other roles within the local community.
Graduate courses taught by Dr. Keene include New Product Development, Marketing of Innovative Products, and Commercialization of Technology.


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"Ah, these kids today!"
It's the collective sigh huffed by every adult generation in history: our youth have no respect, no direction, no values. Fortunately examples like Only the Young (Oscilloscope Laboratories), the debut feature-length documentary from Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims, remind us that today's teenagers are more than pop-cultured iPhone zombies—that perhaps they're even human, and not so hopeless, considering the world they're growing up in.
Only the Young follows skateboarders Garrison and Kevin as they navigate their high school years in a small town outside of Los Angeles. Thanks to the rapport the filmmakers earn with the boys, we're able to roll right along with them—to an abandoned house, to the skatepark, and into their homes and their social circle. We meet Skye, who as the boys' cohort, confidante, and sometimes-girlfriend becomes an integral character in the film herself.
Their dyed hair and punk rock T-shirts notwithstanding, the three are conventional youngsters in many ways. They're well-behaved and unpretentious, active in their church's youth group, and come from two-parent homes (though Skye's grandparents are raising her). But the positive forces in their lives can't completely shelter them from the realities of twenty-first century America; their neighborhoods are hit hard by the 2008 economic meltdown, and we're left wondering how kids like these—who show so much promise, if the opportunities are there—will fare in tomorrow's job market.
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A Chicago-area developer who announced in October that he wanted to put a sports bar and apartments in the old Triangle Building downtown has suggested there might be a conspiracy to thwart his plans - which now include purchase of a downtown restaurant.
"Some people are saying that some people do not want us to come in," said Suresh Mekala of Bloomingdale, Ill., in a phone interview last week.
He cited difficulties with contractors and a service professional, "bureaucratic issues" with the city and difficulties obtaining a bank loan, although he has "no clue" why anyone "would stop us trying to do a good thing," he said.
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A Chicago-area developer said he is having trouble renovating the Triangle Building on 12th Avenue.
City and economic development officials and his own local architect said his project has widespread support and that he's mistaken about covert opposition.
"I thought it was going to be easy," said Mekala, who first came to public notice when he outlined his plans at a City Council meeting. "[But] it's very difficult to start a business in Altoona."
Contractors have been rude and uninterested and have proposed prices two and three times what is reasonable, he said.
His architect has overcharged, he said.
The city has been "impossible," failing to issue one-time permits for alternative contractors he's chosen to work on the project, he said.
And the board of a bank in a neighboring county canceled an already-approved loan to buy the former Le Bistro restaurant as a location for the sports bar - leaving the Triangle available for an ice cream shop and apartments, he said.
Complicating matters further, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board won't commit to allowing the transfer of his liquor license from the Triangle to Le Bistro until he buys the latter, he said.
"We are at a crossroads," Mekala said. "It's Catch-22."
He had expected to spend up to $350,000 on the Triangle Building but found that plumbing and electrical work alone would cost $230,000, he said.
"I could build new in a vacant space for that amount," he said.
He's learned that he might need to spend $42,000 just for fire-protection sprinklers, he said.
Some in his organization have suggested that some "high net-worth individuals" might be trying to redirect him to use their space, he said.
Contacted late last week, city officials said they hadn't known of Mekala's disappointment.
"We rolled out the red carpet for him," said Planning Director Lee Slusser. "If there's any problem we can fix, we'd be happy to do it."
Early on, there were complications with interior demolition, after a contractor for Mekala obtained a permit, then surrendered the work to another contractor, rendering the first permit invalid, according to Slusser.
But since then, the city has approved Mekala's architectural drawings, while two weeks ago, it made the building, mechanical, plumbing and electrical permits available for pickup, said Rebecca Brown of the planning office.
The city gave permission for Mekala's own crew to do basic construction, she said.
The heating, ventilation and air conditioning permit can be picked up by any HVAC contractor registered with the city. There are no competency qualifications, she said.
The plumbing and electrical permits must be picked up by city-registered - and therefore qualified - master plumbers and electricians, she said.
At one point, an electrician from Morrisons Cove whom Mekala planned to hire applied for a one-time permit - one per year is allowed - but lacked the necessary license as a master in another municipality, Brown said.
The city offered him the opportunity to take a test to qualify as a master, but he hasn't come to take the test, Slusser said.
Initially, the city provided Mekala a list of contractors licensed in the city - general, mechanical, plumbing and electrical, Brown said.
There were "pages and pages," she said.
"[But] it's not our job to make sure he gets a contractor he's happy with," Slusser said.
Mekala has a software business based in the Chicago area and a news TV channel, software business, travel agencies and restaurants in India, plus business interests in Singapore, where he's involved with a client bank, he said in October.
He's "an amazing, nice guy, a remarkable person," said Judy Coutts of Altoona, his architect.
But he underestimated the costs of the Triangle project, she said.
"We told him from the very beginning his budget was very tight," she said. "Too low for what he wanted to get accomplished."
Mekala may have underestimated the difficulty here because of a project he did in Johnstown, where the building involved was probably in better shape, she said.
"Based on that experience, I think they thought, 'This is fun, this is easy,'" she said. "But they picked a harder building."
Development is hard and obstacles inevitable, she said.
"If it was easy, everybody would be doing it," she said.
Still, the contractors Mekala ended up connecting with "did a superb job of working with him to align the scope of work with his budget," she said.
Some, by contrast, might have shied away because members of Mekala's group "have a hard accent," making communication difficult, she said.
"But I can't say people are prejudiced," she said.
Irv Seltzer, whom Mekala didn't mention by name, but who is the owner of many downtown buildings and much available space, said he knows nothing about a move to thwart Mekala or redirect his attention.
"From all I've heard, everyone is supportive of this effort," he said.
He himself is supportive, and especially pleased at Mekala's plans to buy Le Bistro, he said.
The same is true for Patrick Miller, executive vice president of Altoona-Blair County Development Corp., whose financial help Mekala has declined.
"From an economic development perspective, we would welcome having this group rethink and reopen Le Bistro," he said.
Mekala needs to talk to city officials, Slusser said, "so we can work with him to overcome [these problems]" he said.
Coutts still considers her relationship with Mekala to be "positive."
"I really like Suresh a lot," she said.


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I'm hoping we find ourselves at the beach again this weekend. Lately it is the only place I can find peace. So we go there.
At the close of yet another arm of summer's July, here are some of my posts I'd love for you to take a peek at:
- I was a big fail of a parent this week, and I'm taking it personally. Is it even possible to prepare for motherhood?
- The truth about extended breastfeeding... I Still Occasionally Breastfeed My Toddler
- Oh my heart, if I could save them all: Should safe haven laws be changed to protect older kids?
- Full-day vs. half-day kindergarten- what a debate!
- How can you avoid this news story? Why I couldn't watch the Casey Anthony trial


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Should the ISU and the National Associations tighten up the rules on ages?
I have been watching figure skating for nearly 10 years now. For most of that time I have been mainly restricted to watching what Eurosport was showing i.e. the European Championships, the World Championships and the Grand Prix Series.
Until a few weeks ago, I had never watched a national championship before. So, I was expecting them to be run to the same sort of rules as the likes of the Europeans or the Worlds. But, what I saw at the recent Russian Nationals was not what I was expecting.
One thing I always liked about the Grand Prix Series is that it gave us a chance to get a preview of some of the young up-and-coming skaters that were currently too young to compete in the main championships. For example, this year there was Julia Lipnitskaya; last year there was Adelina Sotnikova and Liza Tuktamysheva (and Jason Brown in a gala); the year before there was Yuzuru Hanyu.
But, after watching the 2012/13 Russian Nationals, I have changed my mind completely. Now, I feel the ISU and the National Associations need to tighten up the rules for the ages skaters are allowed to compete in competitions.
Watching the Russian Nationals was the first time that I felt distinctly uncomfortable while watching figure skating. There were too many youngsters who looked like they should be at Primary School!
I should warn you, this discussion will mainly be about the female skaters. The simple reason is that although there were male skaters who looked young, they did not look quite as young as their female counterparts.
The first competition I watched was the Ladies, because I desperately wanted to know how Leonova, Sotnikova and Tuktamysheva got on.
Now, at the stage I started watching (the morning after the SP), only one person had started uploading routines from the SP to YouTube. But they had only uploaded about half of them (it was most of the top 10 finishers, but with a couple missing). But, I watched the performances they had, as I wanted to try to catch up before the gala.
When Elena Radionova came out, my mouth dropped. I had heard a lot about Elena, and so knew that she was a brilliant skater, and a real prospect for the future. But, I had never actually seen her before, or even looked her up. So, I never realised that she was as young as 13. Or that she looked more like 10!
After watching the videos they had, I went hunting for the remaining girls. And after watching the remaining girls, I soon discovered why the first uploader had not uploaded them. With the exception of Elena Radionova (presumably because of her doing so well), the first uploader had skipped all of the really young girls.
I felt really uneasy watching so many very young girls, especially when they were wearing skimpy outfits. OK, so some of them had their legs and arms fully covered, but the outfits were still totally inappropriate for girls of that age.
What made matters worse was that the youngest of the girls looked even younger than they were. Just like I have already pointed out about Elena Radionova. Of all the girls that were born in 1999 or 2000, there was only 1 that did actually look her age all the rest looked a lot younger.
But, it was in the Pairs competition that I felt the most uncomfortable.
Now, ever since Zhang Hao retired, I have thought that it looks really strange seeing Zhang Dan and his new partner Peng Cheng together. Like, he is nearly double the size of her, and nearly double the age!
During the Russian Nationals, we saw some more cases like this where the guy was a lot bigger and older than the girl. But, for me, there was one partnership that I thought looked very strange together. That of Anastasia Gubanova and Alexei Sintsov.
From looking at him, Sintsov does look quite young, particularly around the face. Maybe 15 or 16 years old. But, Gubanova looks extremely young. To such an extent that she makes Sintsov look like a giant, which he isnt! She looks about 8!!!
Curiosity got the better of me, so I went searching to see if I could what ages they were. I couldnt find out anything about Sintsov. But I found one article about Gubanova ( http://upcomingskaters.blogspot.co.u...a-gubanov.html ). Now, this article was written in May 2012, and, unless there is another skater about with the same name (which isnt beyond the realms of possibility), it said she was born in December 2002. Which would make her only 10!!!
Now, I am not sure about the accuracy of that article (or whether it is even about the same girl they look very different. But, you know how quickly girls can change their appearance!) But, Sintsovs partner certainly looks extremely young. So, if she is only 10 (or younger), that begs the question: why on earth is a girl that is too young to do Junior competitions being allowed to compete in a Senior competition?!
Which brings us to another point I wanted to make. Why are we having Junior skaters competing in what is supposed to be a Senior competition? Is it a case of trying to make up the numbers? I would believe that if we were talking about somewhere like Britain, where skating is a VERY minority sport.
But this is Russia we are talking about. Russia (and the USSR) has long been a power-house of figure skating. For goodness sake, they are one of the most successful nations in skating history. And we are not just talking ancient history they have been very successful in the recent past too. In the past few years, there seemed to be no shortage of good Russian skaters about. To the extent that we were predicting Russia to start dominating in all categories again.
So, what has happened? Why are the Russian Nationals full of Junior skaters? Where are all the good Senior skaters?!
As I said at the start, this was the first National Championship that I have ever watched. So, I am starting to wonder: are all Nationals like this?!
At the time of the Grand Prix Finals, I intended watching the Junior final as well as the Senior. But, I never got round to it. Now that I have seen just how young Elena Radionova is, I am glad I didnt. I was expecting most of the skaters in the Junior competitions to be towards the top of the age range. You know, kinda like the Youth Olympics mainly 14 and 15 year olds.
You know, I really enjoyed watching the Youth Olympics. Perhaps it was because I had already seen a lot of the top competitors before [in the GP Series for figure skating, and in the World Cup for ski jumping]. Perhaps it was because the competitors were at the older end of the Junior age scale. I dont know.
But, what I do know is that I did not enjoy watching children of 12 or 13 skating, even though a lot of them were very good!
So, I would propose that the ISU and the National Associations should tighten up the rules so that:
If you are aged between 12 and 15 you compete in Junior championships
If you are aged 15 or over you compete in Senior championships
Of course, that would take away the opportunity to see previews of the up-and-coming 14 year olds in the GP Series. But, that is a small sacrifice to make, as it will not be long until they are old enough to compete.
Also, I do not like the way that the rules are at the minute that to compete in Senior championships you have to be 15 before the start of the July before the season starts.
The case of Adelina Sotnikova demonstrates perfectly the problems with doing it like this. She was born on the 1st July 1996, the day after the cut off for the 2011/12 season. So, even though she was the Russian Ladies champion in both 2010/11 and 2011/12, she had to wait another year until the 2012/13 season before she could compete in the European and World Championships.
For me, a much better way of doing it would be to have it so that you have to be 15 on or before the start of the individual competitions, rather than before the start of the season. This is how they do it in Motorcycle racing, and it has worked very well, as this example shows.
In the Motorcycle Grand Prix paddock, the schedule is that you have Free Practice on the Friday, Qualifying on the Saturday and Racing on the Sunday. You dont have to take part in the Free Practice Sessions, but it is always beneficial to have as much track time as you can. But, if you want to race, you MUST do qualifying.
In 2002, the factory Derbi team signed a young up-and-coming rider from Majorca called Jorge Lorenzo to race in the 125GP World Championship. Unfortunately, Jorge had to sit out the first 2 meetings as, at only 14, he was below the age limit of 15. However, his 15th birthday was on the Saturday of the 3rd race meeting the Spanish GP. So, although he had to sit out Free Practice as he was still underage, he was able to take part in qualifying, and hence the race. He finished the race in 22nd position, and by the end of the season finished 21st in the Championship ahead of (amongst others) 5 future World Champions.
As for Jorges career, although he never won the 125GP World Championship, he came 4th in 2004. He moved up to the 250GP class in 2005, finishing 5th in his debut year, and World Champion in 2006 and 2007. Jorge then moved into the top MotoGP class in 2008, finishing 4th in the championship in his debut year, 2nd in 2009, World Champion in 2010, 2nd in 2011, and World Champion in 2012!
So, starting his international career mid-campaign hasnt done Jorge Lorenzos career any harm!
I cannot see why the same principle cannot be applied in figure skating. This is how it could be done:
In normal competitions where there is no Preliminary Round, the skater should be 15 on or before the day they do their Short Programme.
If, however, the skater does have to qualify for the SP, the skater should be 15 on or before the day they take part in the Preliminary Round.
For Pairs and Ice Dance, it should be the younger member of the partnership that should be 15 on or before the first day they are taking part in the competition.
If this sort of system had been adopted by the ISU and the National Associations already, then:
Adelina (July 1996) would have been able to compete in all of the Senior competitions last season;
Nikol (September 1996) would have been able to compete in all the Senior competitions from the Nebelhorn Trophy onwards;
Liza (December 1996) would have been able to compete in all the Senior competitions from Russian Nationals onwards.
It is interesting to note that this system I am proposing would not have made any difference to Julia Lipnitskaya (June 1998) she would have to wait until the 2013/14 season to compete in Senior competitions.
So, what do other members think of my ideas? Do you disagree with my ideas? Or, do you have other ideas that you think would be good that I have not thought of?


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TRUCKEE, Calif. - On Wednesday, the Nevada County Elections Office released updated voting totals from the 2012 General Election.
As is the case in California every election year, results compiled by each county on election night are only semi-official, as a number of vote-by-mail and other ballots from a variety of county-wide precincts remain outstanding. Last week, a Nevada County spokesperson indicated about 18,485 ballots were still to be counted.
According to results released Wednesday by Nevada County, a good deal of those lingering mail-in ballots came from Truckee precincts, although the winners of each local race did not change. Below are updated numbers for those races.
For the complete list, visit the county's elections website at www.mynevadacounty.com/nc/elections and click "Cumulative Report," under "November 6, 2012 Results:" on the front page.


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Getting the ball rolling early this week because I have time.
This week we are in Zone 4: The Master Bedroom
This month's Habit is: Making Your Bed
Zone 4: Mission #1 Monday
Dear Friends:
Ahhhh the Master Bedroom!! This is the one room that seems to get things
tossed into it when you can't find any other place to put something away.
Your mission for today is to set your timer for 15 minutes and gather up
some things that just don't belong in your bedroom. Spend 5 minutes
gathering and 10 minutes on a delivery mission to either put things away
or toss them in the trash!!
No obsessing or criticizing yourself as to why these things are
there, just focus on getting them OUT!!!


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Sun Zhe, commenting on the US-China discussions at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Beijing on November 12, 2014. He was quoted by Reuters.
PRC President Xi Jinping, speaking on Nov. 12, 2014, at a joint press conference at the Beijing Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking on Nov. 4, 2014 at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.
Wang Yi, China's foreign minister, during a visit to India, quoted by The Hindu and cited by the Associated Press on June 8, 2014.
Dali Yang, University of Chicago professor, discussing why the Chinese government has recently demoted or forced officials to resign if they had spouses or children with permanent residency abroad. Yang was quoted by the Associated Press on June 11, 2014. Such officials are called "naked officials," because their families are not with them.


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Top ten legal developments in FOSS during 2013
Top 10 legal issues for free software of 2013
The year 2013 continued the trend of the increasing importance of legal issues for the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community. FOSS projects have increased from 900,000 in 2012 to 1,000,000 in 2013, according to Black Duck Software.
Last year, I provided a look at the top legal issues from the year before. Continuing with this tradition, here is my take on the top ten legal developments in FOSS during 2013.
1. Android patent litigation
The litigation surrounding the Android operating system has continued around the world, but a new front has opened in a suit recently filed by the Rockstar Consortium against Google, Samsung, ZTE, Pantec, Asus, LG Electronics, HTC, and Huawei. The Rockstar Consortium consists of Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, Ericsson, and Sony. Unlike the litigation between Apple Computer and Samsung, this lawsuit goes after basic features of Android and could have a much broader impact on the Android market. The litigation between Apple Computer, Inc. and Samsung continues with cases pending throughout the world.
As I mentioned in last year's post, a decision in Silicon Valley awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages for Samsung's violation of its patents. The judge reduced the damages, but the parties were granted a new trial and in the fall of 2013, the jury resolved the dispute over damages by awarding Apple $290 million. According to eWeek, Apple has been awarded $930 million across all of its suits (Red Hat represents some of the parties in other matters, I offer no opinion on the correctness of the decision). The litigation will clearly continue.
2. License compliance and standard of care
On June 14, 2013, the district court of Hamburg found that Fantec violated the obligation in the GPLv2 to provide to its customers the "complete corresponding source code" of the software. Fantec objected that it had been assured by its Chinese supplier that the source code received from the supplier was complete. And Fantec claimed that they had investigated options with third parties for source code analysis and had been informed that such reviews were quite expensive and not completely reliable. The court rejected these excuses.
The court required Fantec to pay a contractual penalty based on the prior settlement agreement. In addition, the court awarded the plaintiff's expenses in enforcing the GPLv2. The distributor of GPLv2 software is responsible for compliance with the terms of the license and cannot delegate such responsibility. Even the most sophisticated companies can have problems with the compliance as demonstrated by Samsung's problems with the inadvertent release of the native Linux driver for Microsoft's exFAT file-system.
3. Rise of forks in major programs
One of the major advantages of open source software is the flexibility for companies to modify the software and even develop a completely different version of the product, so called "forking." Although forks have occurred in the past, they are frequently temporary departures which are reintegrated into the original product. However in 2013, we witnessed a well-financed fork in a major product of MySQL software: Intel Capital led a consortium of investors in a $20 million round of financing for SkySQL (which is now managing the MariaDB version of MySQL).
Google announced that it would migrate all of its MySQL software to the MariaDB version of the software. MySQL software is widely used and the effect of this fork is difficult to predict. Although not strictly a "fork," the Android operating system continues to have challenges due to its fragmentation. These problems may be exacerbated by proprietary extensions such as the CyanogenMod, which is a customized, aftermarket firmware distribution for several Android devices. The CyanogenMod is designed to increase performance and reliability over Android-based ROMs released by other vendors and carriers. Cyanogen has recently received a $23 million financing led by Andreessen Horowitz.
4. Enforcement of the FOSS licenses
Although FOSS is widely used and GPLv2 is the most widely used license, the GPLv2 has rarely been the subject of litigation, particularly in the United States. Until 2013, this litigation has been brought primarily by non-profit entities on behalf of small companies and individuals. However, this year two lawsuits were brought by commercial companies to enforce the GPLv2 against other commercial companies: Continuent v. Tekelec and Ximpleware v. Trilogy. As FOSS is more widely used, it is natural that it could become part of disputes between companies. The question is whether these suits indicate a trend or whether they are simply unusual situations. In addition, if the suits go to trial, they could provide guidance on the interpretation of the GPLv2.
5. GitHub adopts a license selection policy
As I noted last year, one disturbing trend was the posting of "FOSS" modules without licenses. This problem was particularly acute on GitHub. However, Simon Phipps of the Open Source Institute (OSI) worked with GitHub, and GitHub stated that "sharing your code isn't everything... it's also important to tell people how they can use that code" and that "choosing an open source license can be confusing." GitHub then created choosealicense.com, a website to assist developers to select a license. Although I disagree with some of the statements in the choosealicense.com site, it is an important change to GitHub's policy. (I am particularly concerned about the inclusion of "No license" as an option similar to a traditional license).
6. Good news in the patent wars
Patent settlement on VP8. Although much ink has been spilled over patent suits filed against open source projects, we rarely get to announce good news. This year, we have such an opportunity: Google settled patent threats from MPEG LA, LLC about Google's use of the open source VP8 codec. The dispute arose in 2011 when Google announced that support in Google Chrome for the widely used H.264 codec would be dropped. Google would promote the VP8 codec as open source. Google had acquired this codec as part of the purchase of On24 Technologies in 2010. MPEG LA had been threatening On24 Technologies for a long time and, thus the settlement is a surprise; the announcement of a Department of Justice antitrust investigation into MPEG LA over its call for a patent pool for VP8 may have encouraged the settlement.
7. FOSS enters government use
The use of FOSS by governments and government participation in FOSS projects would seem to be a natural fit but has frequently run into problems in implementation. One example of a great success is the OpenStack cloud software project which began as a joint venture between NASA and Rackspace. The OpenStack project is now managed by an independent foundation and is one of the fastest growing open source projects, with over 290 supporting companies and 13,000 individual members.
However, open source adoption by governments is very uneven.
Germany has been particularly active in 2013: in January, Jimmy Schulz, a member of Parliament and chairman of the Interoperability, Standards and Free Software Project Group, stated that current law prohibits governments from being part of the development process in FOSS projects because they cannot give away services; he recommended that the law be changed to permit such participation. More recently in December, the new governing coalition agreed that public administrations should give priority to open source in their public procurement and commit the coalition to support open source at a European level. Munich also implemented its transition to open source IT in October and November. However, the UK, despite early commitments to open source, has not effectively implemented those strategies.
In France, Jacques Marzin, the French state Chief Information Officer (CIO), confirmed that government is working to implement the Open Source Guidelines approved last year by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (these guidelines promote the use of free software and open source in French ministries).
The situation in the US remains complex with FOSS being widely used but actions by some departments making such its use more difficult. The Department of Defense's (DoD) release of the DoD Open Systems Architecture Contract Guidebook for Program Managers, v.1.1 in June demonstrates the complexity of the landscape for FOSS. On the one hand, this DoD publication acknowledges the "strong relationship between Open Source Software and Open Architecture" and, consistent with the DoD's Better Buying Power 2.0 Initiative, encourages the managers of the DoD's major systems to explore the use of FOSS; on the other hand the Guidebook cautions that certain FOSS licenses "may be problematic for the Government." Recently, Lockheed donated the source code of the Distributed Data Framework (part of the Distributed Common Ground System) to the Codice Foundation, a nonprofit supporting government open-source projects; this donation makes the code available to all government agencies and their commercial partners.
In addition, Representative Issa introduced the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act to encourage the use of FOSS and required that regulations be revised to ensure: "The standards and guidelines shall include those necessary to enable effective adoption of open source software." Finally, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY 2014 NDAA) includes two sections that should ultimately work to encourage the use of FOSS. Specifically, Section 935 of the FY 2014 NDAA, titled "Additional Requirements Relating to the Software Licenses of the Department of Defense" provides that the Chief Information Officer of the DoD shall update the plan for the inventory of selected software licenses of the DoD required under section 937 of NDAA for FY 2013, to include a plan for the inventory of all software licenses of the DoD for which a military department spends more than $5 million annually on any individual title.
With respect to cloud computing, Section 938 of the FY 2014 NDAA, titled "Supervision of the Acquisition of Cloud Computing Capabilities" provides requirements for reviewing, developing, modifying, and approving the requirements for cloud computing solutions for data analysis and storage by the Armed Forces and Defense Agencies. Section 938 also includes requirements for reviewing, developing, and implementing plans for the competitive acquisition of cloud computing systems, including developing plans to ensure that the cloud systems are interoperable and universally accessible and usable through attribute-based access controls, and plans to ensure the integration of cloud systems with enterprise-wide plans of the Armed Forces and the DoD for the Joint Information Environment and the Defense Intelligence Information Environment.
8. Contribution agreements and projects
The management of contributions to FOSS projects continues to be important. The Eclipse Foundation revised their contribution process by implementing new, simpler Contributor License Agreements (CLAs) for all contributors at Eclipse. This CLA is much shorter than CLAs for other projects, limiting the agreement to stating that the contributions will be provided under the license(s) for the project to which they're making a contribution. They automated their process to accept contributions via git and Gerrit as well as automating their workflow.
The importance of the terms of contribution agreements was also important in 2012 in the context of the departure of Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos from the GnuTLS project. As the primary drafter of the Harmony Project contribution agreements, I have had an opportunity to consider these issues in detail. I am in favor of making the contribution process more simple, but the process should be clear. I have some concern that the Eclipse CLA goes too far in simplifying the CLA, for example by not including standard provisions from Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (all of the old favorites, such as waiver of consequential damages and disclaimer of implied warranties).
9. Rise of open source collaborations
Open source collaborations continued to grow last year. Two of the major new collaborations were the AllSeen Alliance (the Alliance is based on the AllJoyn open source project which develops software which "can communicate over various transport layers, such as Wi-Fi, power line or Ethernet, regardless of manufacturer or operating system and without the need for Internet access") and Open DayLight (software "to accelerate adoption of Software-Defined Networking and Network Functions Virtualization").
Both of these projects chose to become members of the Linux Foundation Collaborative Projects rather than developing their own independent organization. This option can be very attractive because it reduces the cost of starting the project. The OpenStack Foundation continues to grow at a rapid rate, increasing the number of companies involved from 150 to 290 and individual members from 6,000 to over 13,000 in early 2014 (as a matter of transparency, I represent the OpenStack Foundation).
10. Commercial companies support FOSS
Commercial companies have realized that the support of FOSS projects is an important strategy. IBM announced that it will invest an additional $1 billion in Linux and other open source technologies to support its Power System servers.
As noted above, Intel invested $20M in SkySQL to develop MariaDB software, a fork of MySQL. Netflix is providing its cloud tools as FOSS, named Netflix OSS, to other cloud service providers. Netflix had developed many tools to fill in the gaps in Amazon Web Services (for example, the Chaos Monkey software for testing web application resiliency) and is now making them available as FOSS to other cloud providers. The adoption of the Netflix FOSS tools by other cloud providers could lead to such cloud providers being able to provide more scalable public clouds; such public clouds might even become an alternative to Amazon Web Services. Netflix also established the Netflix OSS Cloud Prize: $200,000 across ten prizes to reward developers for assisting in developing Netflix's cloud platform.
EMC and VMware took another approach: they spun out its Cloud Foundry software (a FOSS project) to form Pivotal, a new company with 500 employees. General Electric then invested $105 million in Pivotal. IBM also announced that they would collaborate with Pivotal in developing its technology.
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These problems may be exacerbated by proprietary extensions such as the CyanogenMod, which is a customized, aftermarket firmware distribution for several Android devices.
CyanogenMod is a fully opensource AOSP based firmware which is available for most android phones and tablets. Source code is available at the organizations public github repository. Due to the broad device support of CM, it combats fragmentation because it brings consistent updated software to devices which in most cases only have dated firmware available which tends to be riddled with issues due to manufacturer proprietary interfaces.
Thanks, I've fixed the link.
You missed the biggest one:
Basically the pro-software patent forces decided to push for such a court when they saw the resistance to change the law via the failed directive of 2005.
The software patent fight in the EU has been going on for years. Some European countries allow software patents and others do not. The EU is attempting to establish a unified patent system to replace all of the individual countries patent systems. Personally, I think that this is a good idea.
Where the problem arises is that there is a bitter fight about whether the unified patent system will allow software patents or deny them. The opponents of software patents in Europe have consistently fought to block the entire unification process to prevent the European wide adoption of software patents. I think that we should change our position to agreeing to the unified European patent system if that system refuses to patent software.
Steve Stites
"I think that we should change our position to agreeing to the unified European patent system if that system refuses to patent software."
There are no guarantees that the system will refuse patents for software.
Quite the contrary.
I would say the probability to have them kicked out for the right reason are probably around 5 pourcents, where you assume that all those specialized patent guys do not see anything wrong with patenting softwarre.
Furthermore, this Unipat project has even more deficiencies when it comes to respect of fundamental rights.
Patent law should not operate in a vaccuum, and hopefully the Americans still have a supreme court, which won't be the case with the proposed Unitary Patent court.
Thanks for this great article Mark. Collaboration on open source projects and the support of FOSS by commercial companies will continue to grow. An addition to the last point is the growing involvement of Microsoft in open source projects. The following site talks a lot about the same:


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Announcement has been made of the engagement of Meghan Sholder and Vincent Mach, both of Pittsburgh.
A Sept. 14 wedding in Williamsport is being planned.
Sholder is the daughter of Diane and Steven Sholder, Williamsport. She graduated from the former Bishop Neumann High School, now St. John Neumann Regional Academy, in 2006 and received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Villanova University in 2010. She is employed by West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, as a registered nurse.
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Mach is the son of Michele and Paul Mach, Williamsport. He graduated from South Williamsport Area High School in 2007 and received a bachelor's degree in human development and family studies from Penn State University, Altoona, in 2011. He is employed by Community Human Services Corp., Pittsburgh, as a case manager.


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Sources: Sharp, UnWired View
quote: It's also equally pointless to stuff 1TB drives, 2.8GHz quad core CPUs, or 4GB of RAM into a laptop.
quote: There is certainly a point of diminishing returns, and >400 DPI is probably it.
quote: If a user is turning down the resolution to make on screen text easier to read then the OS is doing it wrong and rendering the text too small.
quote: You think > 200 dpi is the point of diminishing returns on a phone, why?
quote: Uh, you're clearly confused. Human vision doesn't work the way you describe; screen size is irrelevant, it's distance from the eye that determines how small the pixel can be resolved.
quote: Turn the resolution down on your 24" display from 1920x1080 to 1280x800 and tell me that "screen size doesn't matter."
quote: it's distance from the eye that determines how small the pixel can be resolved


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We did not get that house. Actually, over time I realized I think I wanted it so badly mostly because of the barn cat. ? It was equal parts awesome and money pit. It was on all this land but close to the road. And a lot of the surrounding area (over 35 acres of "view") was for sale. My view was for sale.
We did not pursue and I think it sold not too long after that. To its rightful owners.
I said I wouldn't be ready to get our house to sell until after my show anyway, and now it's after my show. I'm working slowly very slowly here and there to get it ready. I feel no rush. The urgency to have a house with many windows, mature trees, and a spectacular view has left me for a bit. I'm quite satisfied and content with what I have right now. I don't know why I was so restless before. Now, I think just knowing that we will move and that I can wait until it's the house meant for us, it is enough.
Jeff gave me a new laptop for Mother's Day. He said I asked for more windows and, well, this has Windows 7. It's the best he could do right now and it's still pretty awesome. I was tempted to post a photo of the laptop I've been using this past year but I will spare you, it's that inappropriate and embarrassing.
I want the Family Stone house. I want a place that fits us all and guests in the kitchen. I would like my own room. Like an office or art room or a place to read. I don't want it too close to a busy road. And I want there to be enough room for parking if we want to have a party, or for when all of the kids are driving. And there must be windows and a view.
And I'd really love a barn cat, but I'm not sure he'll make it to my vision board when it's all said and done.


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If reports from this weekend's Southeastern Wildlife Exposition are any indication, Charleston is off to a strong start for the spring tourist season.
Actual numbers for ticket sales won't be available until later this week, but organizers, exhibitors, visitors and restaurant owners were unanimously optimistic they may have witnessed the biggest crowds in the festival's 30-year history.
"Things look really good so far for 2013," SEWE Executive Director John Powell said late Sunday afternoon. "Just by eyeballing the lines at Brittlebank and the crowd size at Marion Square and the volume we've had here at Charleston Place, it looks like we beat last year. Walking up and down King Street, it looked like businesses were doing well. I know many of the hotels were full."
The performance bodes well for other events that draw crowds to Charleston in the spring, such as BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival, Charleston Fashion Week, Family Circle Cup tennis tournament, Cooper River Bridge Run, Flowertown Festival and Piccolo and Spoleto festivals.
"We use Southeastern Wildlife as the barometer for how the year is going to be, and we're just thrilled it's been so successful," said Helen Hill, executive director of the Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Advance ticket sales for the Wine + Food Festival and Fashion Week already are up significantly over last year, she said.
Hotel reservations also are up over last year, partly because more groups and conventions are starting to come back to Charleston after the cutbacks during the recession.
"It hasn't been like that the last few years," she said. "It's awfully encouraging to see."
Crowds were heavy at Marion Square this weekend, other than when it rained and people moved to the inside exhibits until the weather cleared.
"It was a great year, great crowds," Ducks Unlimited Regional Director James Meadows said as he packed up Sunday, "the biggest I think we've ever seen."
Area chairman Mark Hartley agreed.
"We had our big oyster roast on Friday night, and the crowd was big as we've ever had, and the money that they spent broke a record," he said, pointing out that the money helps preserves wetlands from development.
Area restaurants were generally packed all weekend, according to reports from those trying to get a seat and from owners.
Steve Kish, co-owner of 82 Queen, said his crowds were the biggest he could remember.
John Keener of the Charleston Crab House said his business was jammed all weekend.
Steve Carroll, who owns Red's Icehouse on Shem Creek in Mount Pleasant and Bohicket Marina on Kiawah Island, also said the crowds this year were bigger than any he remembered.
Kathy Britszius, executive director of the Greater Charleston Restaurant Association, said she heard nothing but optimistic reports from restaurant owners this weekend.
"The crowds were tremendous," she said. "I think we're off to a great start (for the tourist season)."
The mood also was upbeat inside Charleston Place, where a $60,000 bronze sculpture of three turkeys greeted visitors to the ballroom where the featured painter and sculptor were on hand with other artists.
Acacia Lohman of Charleston has been coming to SEWE every year since 2002 and always takes home the featured bird poster. She said the crowds were bigger than she had ever seen.
"It seems like every year they are growing more and more," she said.
Reach Dave Munday at 937-5553 or twitter.com/dmunday.


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Source: Daily Finance
quote: Sure, I skipped Battlefield 3.
quote: You're missing out. BF3 is friggin awesome!
quote: "OMFG Internet required!!!???"
quote: I literally cannot wait for this game, I waste countless hours playing Battlefield 3 already.
quote: Damn, we actually agree on something.
quote: The move in shooters to grinding for gear/perks, regenerating health that encourages conservative play
quote: Why are you so defensive about BF3? Not everyone is going to share your love for modern shooters, no big deal.
quote: Slower gunplay clearly works for lots of people
quote: My biggest problem is that the series got boring.
quote: For me the newer games are pretty boring in comparison and have a lower, flattened out skill cap.