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The forecast for the week calls for cooler temperatures, some clouds and even a thunderstorm or two.
Monday's temperatures will climb into the upper 70s. There's a slight chance of thunderstorms, the National Weather Service says. Ditto for Tuesday and Wednesday. Daytime highs for the rest of the week will bounce around the mid 70s to low 80s.
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Batman Fighting Game Online
Who doesn't know Batman? The super hero has returned! Help Batman save the people of Gotham City in this Batman game release – Cobblebot Caper. Find and eliminate the evil Penguin to save the innocent people of Gotham City from his mischievous plans. Beware of enemies sent by the Penguin. They might be hiding anywhere.
Fight your enemies by throwing batarangs, punching or kicking them. You have to fly from one building to another and collect batarangs on your way. Sometimes you need to run as fast as you can if enemies outnumber you or fight them all at once. You are in the city at night, visiting various labs, undergrounds and other frightening places where the entrances and exits might be hidden and it takes time to find them. Use the elevators and your ability to fly and glide to find your way.
How to Play: Press 'A' key to throw a batarang toward the direction you are facing. Press on 'S' to punch and 'D' to kick the enemy. The 'Up' arrow key is to look up, 'down' arrow key is to duck, and the 'left' and 'right' arrow keys are to move to one or the other side accordingly. Press 'Spacebar' button to jump or press and hold spacebar to glide across a pit or over your enemies. Take care Batman, and defeat the evil Penguin!


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Daily SG: 17 Apr 2012
(Cartoon Credit: Facebook – Lalit Arora )
Shock Therapy for Wages
– Palady: The Great Divide in Wages
– Gintai: Professor Lim Chong Yah – The Devil's Advocate
– Yours Toothfully by Dr Chan Joon Yee: So What's The Story?
– Limpeh Is Foreign Talent: The Lim Chong Yah wage gap conundrum
– My Singapore News: Lim Chong Yah's model no productivity
– Publichouse: Shock therapy? But where is this ship headed?
– New Asia Republic: 陈清木补选预测,林崇椰加薪建议,是帮了行动党还是倒了行动党的忙
– Today: Two sides of wage reform coin [Thanks Adrian]
Singapore's World Class Public Transport
– Canvasing Light: Massive Retarded Transportation
– Singapore Notes: Round One
– PropertyGuru: Loss of foreign talent affecting private property rentals
– Wall Street Journal: More Risk in Singapore Housing Market
Strangers in a Strange Land
– Support Site for the Unemployed & Underemployed: Jobless engineer terminated unfairly by PRC Chinese boss and replaced by a Indian foreigner
– TOC: Need for new immigrants to be integrated into our multi-racial society
GIC, Temasek State Funds Investments
– Thoughts of a Cynical Investor: Analysing Temasek's investment in another Chinese bank
Daily Disclosure
– Blaxell in Words: Do Singaporeans pay high taxes?
– Musings From the Lion City: The Trial Of Anders Behring Breivik
– BERNARD CHEN JIAXI 陈家喜: Sparing a thought for the people behind the management of your estate
– A Singaporean In Australia: The Sad Singapore Love Story
– Anything & Whatever: Social Media:- negative(negative) = positive ?
– Yahoo: S'pore Day in New York a hit but will it bring home local talent?
Educate Our Youth
– Kent Ridge Common: Preserving Yale's Exclusive, Elite Identity and Community
– New Asia Republic: Examining Yale-NUS' Curriculum and the Efficacy of Liberal Arts Education in Singapore
– New Nation: Yale College faculty resolution disappointing, says Tommy Koh.
– The Guardian: China's censorship can never defeat the internet
– Hornbill Unleashed: ISA removed but sword of Damocles remains
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Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples and Sean Lennon spread cheer on 'Colbert Report': Watch
Stephen Colbert spread a lot of Christmas cheer last night as Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, and John Lennon/Yoko Ono's son Sean Lennon performed Lennon/Ono's holiday staple, "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" on "The Colbert Report" final new show of the season.
[More after the jump...]
Accompanied by the Harlem Gospel Choir, Staples takes the lead on the tune, while Tweedy, who produced Staples' 2010 album "You Are Not Alone," and Lennon joined in later
Their performance concluded several days of holidays tunes on the Comedy Central show: chiming in earlier in the week were Elvis Costello and Diana Krall, as well as Michael Stipe and Mandy Patinkin.
Last night's version of "Happy Xmas" is available on ITunes and all proceeds will go to Sandy relief efforts.


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DETROIT -- Embattled Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said Thursday he won't resign because of a text-messaging scandal that has engulfed his administration.
"This is what I do. This is what I was born to do. This is what I love to do," Kilpatrick said following an appearance at a senior center.
The mayor's comments mirrored ones he made earlier in the day during a pair of radio interviews and came a day after the state's highest court rejected an attempt by Kilpatrick to prevent documents from being made public that detail a city settlement that helped conceal an apparent affair with a top aide.
The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously upheld two lower court rulings ordering the release of documents. They were made public hours after the ruling.
The papers released Wednesday pertain to an $8.4 million settlement between the city and two former police officers who alleged they were fired or forced to resign for investigating claims that Kilpatrick used his security unit to cover up extramarital affairs.
They include the initial settlement agreement between the city and the former officers, which makes reference to embarrassing and sexually explicit text messages between Kilpatrick and former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty. The unsealed documents do not include transcripts of the actual messages.
They also include a transcript of a Jan. 30 deposition of attorney Michael Stefani, who represented the two former officers in their lawsuit, by lawyers for two newspapers that sued to get the sealed documents, the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News.
In the deposition, Stefani said he thought Kilpatrick rejected an Oct. 17 settlement agreement because the Free Press had filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the settlement.
Kilpatrick said Thursday he had done nothing wrong, denied any evidence of a cover-up and said the documents released a day earlier only strengthened his case.
As for rumblings there could be an effort to remove him from office, Kilpatrick said: "You have a lot of people taking political advantage of the situation."


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Billed as "The Biggest and Best Little Fair in the Country" the 146th edition of the Cummington Fair kicked off the second of a four day run on Friday.
Events featured at the fair included Ditsy the Glamorous Clown, Vic and Sticks, draft horse pulling, fair food, a midway and classic cars.
Gates open at 7 a.m. for Saturday's Old Fashioned Fair Day and Sunday's Senior Citizen's Day.


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - A wind-chill warning for much of North Alabama will go into effect at midnight as a prelude to the dangerously cold temperatures forecast for Monday and Tuesday.
The wind chill warning will remain in effect until noon Tuesday, the Madison County Emergency Management Agency said Sunday afternoon.
The National Weather Service forecasts wind chill values ranging from zero to 12 degrees below zero on Monday and Tuesday mornings and remaining below zero through the day Monday. The coldest temps will occur in higher elevations. North Alabama schools have scheduled delayed openings in response to the cold.
In addition to the hazards of prolonged exposure to cold temperatures for people and animals, the rapid arrival of this cold air could cause moisture on area roadways to freeze and cause slick travel conditions.
The Madison County EMA advises residents get prepared to protect themselves from dangerous wind chills including dressing warmly, protecting pipes, checking on elderly and bringing pets indoors.Rain began falling in Madison County around 4 p.m. on Sunday and was expected to continue to 9 p.m., then turn into snow showers. Up to a half-inch of snow is possible and temperatures fall to 12 degrees.
On Monday, look for scattered flurries, mainly before noon. Then skies should be mostly sunny, with a high near 14. Wind chill values could be as low as minus 5. Winds out of the Northwest are expected to be around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday night should remain mostly clear, with a low around 4 and wind chill values as low as minus 10.
The sunshine will continue Tuesday, and the temps will warm slightly to around 20. Tuesday night should be clear, with a low around 11. Expect sunny skies again on Wednesday, with a high near 41 and a low Wednesday night around 28.
Sunday's high temperature was 54, which was 16 degrees below the record set in 1955 and four degrees warmer than average. The high temp a year ago was 49.
The sun will rise Monday at 6:54 a.m. and set at 4:51 p.m., bringing 9 hours and 56 minutes of daylight.


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Stellar Countdown Yields Skymap
Stellar Countdown
The SETI@home screensaver that crunches data in search of intelligent signals from space has produced a list of candidate radio sources that deserve a second look. After an equivalent to a million years of computation aided by more than 4 million computers worldwide, the researchers have highlighted where in the sky to find some of the most promising choices.
In March, for their project called 'Stellar Countdown', three members of the SETI@home team travelled to Puerto Rico. Their task was to point the Arecibo radio telescope at over 150 spots identified as the source of possible signals from intelligent civilizations. To determine if a strong radio signal is more than random noise, a glitch or a passing satellite, Arecibo's 1,000-foot diameter radio dish–the world's largest– listened again to promising locations and frequency ranges.
The candidates for re-observation are particularly strong signals or ones that have been observed in the same spot more than once, some of them five or six times.
|Stellar Countdown locations. Skymap of Arecibo reobservations. Click image for larger view. SETI@home uses the idle time of over four million personal computers to sift through radio data for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. The three main signal types of interest are:
Gaussians are the power curves produced when the Arecibo beam scans a steady celestial radio source. The signal is weak at first, strong when it is at the center of the beam, and then fades again. This produces a bell shaped power curve known as a gaussian.
Pulses represent any celestial radio signal of a fixed frequency that is distinguishable above the background noise.
Triplets are a sets of 3 equally spaced spikes. Whereas gaussians represent a constant signal from space, triplets may represent a series of pulses transmitted at fixed time intervals.
Their list of candidates was far larger than 150, but UC Berkeley physicist Dan Werthimer, SETI@home chief scientist, concluded that 150 is the maximum he and two colleagues could observe during the 24 hours available to them at Arecibo Observatory on March 18-20. Werthimer was assisted by graduate student Paul Demorest and project scientist Eric Korpela.
Their countdown list is a mere fraction of the database of anomalies. Since the project's launching in 1999, SETI@home users around the world have detected no less than 5 billion different signals called gaussians, triplets, and pulses, any one of which could potentially be that sought-for communication. This means that for every signal that was selected for reobservation at Arecibo, 25 million others were discarded, and most likely never be observed again.
Criteria for inclusion in the list included not only a strong radio signal and a signal observed more than once in the same spot and frequency range, but also the signal's proximity to a known star and whether that star is known to have planets.
"These factors let us estimate the probability that a candidate is noise," said UC Berkeley computer scientist David Anderson, director of SETI@home. "We're interested in the candidates that are least likely to be noise."
The early results from the Stellar Countdown are now being compiled. According to the project sponsors at The Planetary Society, Arecibo delivered '24 hours worth of very high quality data', and their reobservations tallied a total of 166 candidates.
Amir Alexander of the Society indicated that the scientists collected two types of data of different sensitivities from each signal candidate–the normal 2 bit recorder, which SETI@home uses throughout the year, and a highly sensitive 8 bit recorder.
Alexander pointed out that the task of treating the higher resolution signals is ongoing: "Because of their different format, the data collected by each of these instruments must be analyzed differently. Processing the data from the 8 bit data recorder is no simple matter. Because SETI@home had never before used this instrument, there are no computer programs in place ready to perform the necessary analysis."
But results of where in the star field these signals are coming from has been compiled already into a skymap.
These points represent a viable star system coupled to a persistent (repeated) signal which can initially be classified among the three types of communications: a pulse, three equally spaced spikes (triplets) or a steady source that rises and falls as Arecibo sweeps across its location. A further refinement on these choices is whether the signal appears to be corrected for its relative motion, or put another way, whether an intelligence is associated with how the frequency is maintained constant despite two planets moving relative to each other.
The candidate stars are located in the northern hemisphere because of Puerto Rican latitude, but the scientists plan to set up a southern hemisphere SETI program at Parkes Observatory in Australia, with that data to be fed into SETI@home.
For the higher resolution [8-bit] data, "the standard SETI@home program, which is installed on all users' computers, was not designed to process this type of information," said Alexander. "New processing programs for this data must be designed, and SETI@home Project Director David Anderson is working hard on the project. Along with other members of the SETI@home team, he is devising a new distributed computing system designed specifically to deal with the data from the 8 bit recorder. The system, however, will not be ready for several more months, and in the meantime Anderson, Werthimer and their crew are concentrating on the data from the less sensitive 2 bit recorder…the hard work of analyzing the results of the Stellar Countdown continues apace. It's taking somewhat longer than hoped."
One way to classify how worthwhile a particular signal may be to revisit is whether it has changed between its initial recording and the March reobservation. Alexander said, "The team is particularly interested to find out whether the score and ranking of any of the 166 candidate signals revisited during the Countdown had increased as a result of the reobservations. Such a candidate would certainly be the object of much further study."
What's Next
A type of signal that is not closely examined yet, but in future will be part of a reobservation plan is short-pulsed radio beeps. A next generation project will be called, Astropulse, and will be designed to handle the beeps. In addition to processing SETI signals, Astropulse can detect pulsars, which blink on and off at periods up to nearly a millisecond and evaporating black holes, which should emit a brief pulse of radio waves as they blink out of existence. "Astropulse will be the first big test," which also provides enhanced, more realistic 3-D graphics, Anderson said. "If we get maybe 1,000 people participating in the first… trial, we could analyze the re-observation data in just a few days."
In addition to The Planetary Society, other major funders include Sun Microsystems, the University of California, Quantum Corp., Fujifilm Computer Products and Network Appliance.
Related Web Pages
Terrestrial Planet Finder Home Page
What Does ET Look Like from 40 Light Years Away?
Anybody Out There? Part I
Anybody Out There? Part II
Search for Life in the Universe: Neil deGrasse Tyson Interview
Aliens Depend on Time to Grow Brains
Eddington Mission
Darwin Mission
Herschel Mission
Rare Earth? Are we so special?


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The Giants showed some pop last night hitting 2 home runs one from Aubrey Huff and one from Matt Downs. The offense is firing on all cylinders scoring 6 runs as Todd Wellemeyer stayed his execution for a few more days.
Nate with his cannon arm and double in the game momentarily made me forget my man crush on John Bowker. I wish I could post the video but MLB is not very fan friendly with there video sharring rules. So if you have't seen it head over to sfgiants.com and look at the highlights for this one.
Also a tip of the hat for the sweet double play turned in the bottom of the 3rd by the Phillies last night, that was a highlight reel play and well done by everyone all around on that one.
Tim on the mound going for the sweep and pitcher of the month honors. So Rain, Rain, stay away.
Go Giants!
In other news... Kevin Frandsen was DFA'ed by the Red Sox, thats a tough blow for the kid. I hope he finds a new home. I wouldn't mind him coming back as F. Sanchez insurance but I don't think that is likely as it looks like Downs is next on the depth chart. Also I just saw a press release the AT&T just got LEED silver certification making it the Greenest and most transit friendly park in all of the major leagues. Not bad for a 10 year old ball park.


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Iceland was exactly like I expected, and nothing like I expected. We were so lucky with the weather, it was glorious sunshine most of the time, only raining for one afternoon.
Warning: Picture heavy post coming up! But for those that stick with it, there's incentive at the bottom ;-)
Friday we got there, found the apartment, and went in search of food! We had probably the best meal of my entire life at a chic little place called The Fishmarket. Seriously, the food was incredible. As was the wine. And the saki.
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Saturday we spent the day walking around Reykjavik, seeing the sights, absorbing the city.
It has a very slow and gentle pace (until the early hours of the morning that is), and reminded me a lot of San Francisco.
All the cute little painted buildings and boutique-y shops. One of the highlights, for me anyway, was visiting the Hand Knitting Association of Iceland. I bought some lovely Lopi yarn, in rainbow colours, of course.
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I got a beautiful red hand knitted lace shawl instead, which is not scratchy in the slightest and much more my style. I also added a couple of rows to a community project they had going on the bench outside.
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We saw waterfalls, volcanoes, tectonic plates, glaciers and geysers.
We even went skidooing on the glacier which was so.much.fun!
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Everywhere is just beautiful, and so interesting to look at. The scenery (and weather!) changes from one minute to the next so even on a long car journey we were still enthralled looking out the window.
Monday we went to the Blue Lagoon, a natural geothermal heated spa. It was bliss! We had algae face-masks, volcanic rock scrubs, and floating back massages. Unfortunately I have zero pictures of this (water and camera's do not mix!), only this one that I snapped on my phone as we were leaving.
I kinda wish I had more though. My dad entering into the spirit of things and applying a face-mask is totally worth recording on film :-)
One quick stop off at the site of a recent earth quake before we headed to the airport. You could literally see the power and force of nature spilling out of the ground.
So now I'm home. Tired but happy. Very happy in fact. Happier also because a giant pile of parcels was waiting for me when I got back to work this morning. Eeek! I do love a nice mail day. More on this later.
Just FYI, I have about a gazillion unread items in my reader. I'm gonna draw a line under them and mark all as read. Let me know if there's something you specifically want me to see, or you know, if there's some uber hot news/gossip that I'm missing ;-)
And finally, for those that made it through, the lovely Brenda, of Pink Castle Fabrics, and I have organised a little somethingsomething for you guys tomorrow. See you then? ;-)


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I've previously addressed the impact of the corn crunch on ethanol producers like Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM ) and VeraSun Energy (NYSE: VSE ) , but they're not the only ones feeling grain pain. Meat producers like Pilgrim's Pride (NYSE: PPC ) are also getting, well, slaughtered.
Shares of Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN ) have held up relatively better in the course of 2008. Unlike Pilgrim's Pride, the Mechagodzilla of meat is diversified across chicken, beef, and pork. That said, there's only so much diversification to be achieved when all of Noah's Ark is being fed the same staple grains.
In Tyson's fiscal third quarter, gross margin ran a thin 3.8%, and net margin was virtually zero. Let's look at each segment to gauge where the company needs to beef up profitability.
While Tyson's chicken segment passed the biggest price hikes on to customers, the 6.9% improvement wasn't nearly enough to offset the huge jump in grain costs. The chicken business ran at a loss for a second straight quarter.
Mark-to-market accounting belied some brawny beef results. With the recent lifting of the South Korean import ban, management has a new international outlet for its choice cuts, and expects to make much moo-lah going forward.
Pork also turned in a praiseworthy performance, with particularly strong exports to places like Mexico and Japan. The internationalization of Tyson is a major theme lately. The company has already established two joint ventures this year, in China and India, and says there are more waiting in the wings. Exports, along with renewable energy projects with the likes of ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP ) and Syntroleum appear to be the firm's major growth drivers going forward.
I'm not tripping over myself to pick up shares of Tyson, or any other name in the poultry or livestock spaces today, for that matter. Those input costs are simply killer. If I had to buy something today, it would probably be Sanderson Farms (Nasdaq: SAFM ) , which has carved itself a more profitable niche in a highly commoditized industry. Fortunately, I don't have to be so hasty -- I can just sit and wait for a livestock liquidation sale.
Tyson is rated a tepid two stars in Motley Fool CAPS. Think the firm will fatten up Foolish portfolios? Weigh in right here.


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Corner Brook Regional High Titans' Thomas Payne, right, drives to the basket with Elwood High Lakers' Jon Guy on his heels during the Winterfest B final Tuesday. — Star photo by Geraldine Brophy
Stormy weather wiped out the Male B Division final of the Winterfest 2014 Basketball Tournament more than once, but the Corner Brook Regional High Level 2 Titans finally emerged as champions on Tuesday.
Originally slotted for Sunday, Feb. 16, a large dumping of snow first bumped the game between the Level 2 Titans and Elwood High Lakers to Tuesday, Feb. 18. Unfortunately, that date also had to be rescheduled to Thursday, Feb. 20. Weather again wreaked havoc with the plan, forcing the game to be moved once more to Tuesday afternoon at the Corner Brook Regional High School gymnasium. This time nature cooperated, allowing the Level 2 Titans to defeat the Lakers 61-51.
Thomas Byrne had a game-high 27 points for the victors, while Ryan Rose scored nine and Corey Hepditch and Brady Cook both contributed seven points.
Matt Hiscock paced the Lakers' attack with 19 points, with Lucas Hoyles, David Hardy and Andrew Moss all racking up seven points apiece.
The first quarter saw the Titans jump out to a 22-6 lead on the strength of 10 points from Byrne, but Hiscock got the Lakers back into it with 10 points of his own in the second, leaving the score 27-21 at half-time.
Byrne was strong again in the third, scoring 12 of his team's 19 points in the quarter to give them a comfortable lead going into the fourth.Though the Lakers outscored the Titans 24-15 in the final quarter, they were unable to bridge the gap completely before time expired.
After the game, Byrne admitted the uncertainty of when the game was actually going to be played was difficult to overcome, particularly for players like him, who travelled with the senior Titans to St. John's over the weekend for the Hall of Fame Cup. He played in and finished an entirely different tournament before getting the chance to complete this one.
"It was pretty hard," he said. "We were prepared to play the game, but we were never sure when we were going to play the game."
The nature of the game — with the Titans dominating the first and third quarters and the Lakers owning the second and fourth — was the result of fluctuating energy levels between the two clubs, Byrne said.
"We got off to a good start, but we lost energy and they got off to a nice run in the second," he said. "Then we came back and we managed to pull through.
"I think we played really well overall," he added. "But we could've played better in the fourth."


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Children with food allergies are frequently bullied by classmates but experience less psychological distress when their parents are aware of it, according to researchers at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, who surveyed 251 families during their visits to Mount Sinai's Jaffe Food Allergy Institute in 2011.
The study—published online in the December 24, 2012, issue of Pediatrics—found that as many as 45.4 percent of the children, ages 8-17, reported being bullied, and 31.5 percent reported that food allergy was the reason.
"Parents and clinicians need to ask children with food allergies if they have been bullied," says the study's lead author Eyal Shemesh, MD, Chief of the Division of Behavioral and Developmental Health in the Department of Pediatrics at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. "Bullying is prevalent. Kids often don't tell their parents, and it is important to know this is an issue."
Up to 8 percent of children in the United States have food allergies. Such allergies make children socially vulnerable. The researchers found the majority of bullying incidences happened at school, and that most often the children were verbally teased. About one-third of the time, the food they are allergic to was waved at them.
Scott H. Sicherer, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, and a senior author on the study, says the issue of bullying first came to his attention several years ago, when a young patient tearfully relayed a story about a classmate who threatened to put a peanut in his lunch, knowing he was allergic to it. That led Dr. Sicherer to author an earlier study that queried parents on whether their food-allergic children had been bullied. He found that 50 percent of those with children in grades 6-10 said yes.
"Importantly, our recent study showed that a child's quality of life is better when parents know about the bullying," says Dr. Sicherer. "My advice would be for parents to talk about it with their children, and for physicians to discuss it with their patients and their patients' families."
He adds that school administrators and teachers should be sensitive to the issue as well. "It takes a community to establish that bullying is not to be allowed," Dr. Sicherer says.
This article was first published in Inside Mount Sinai.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Native Staten Islander Lawrence H. (Giggy) Naeder, 77, of Tottenville, the borough's first deputy chief of operations for the city Department of Parks and Recreation, died Tuesday at home.
Born and raised in Richmond Valley, he settled in Tottenville in 1958.
Mr. Naeder served for 37 years with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. During that time, he became the Island's first deputy chief of operations for Parks. He retired as acting chief of operations in 1992.
Mr. Naeder graduated from Tottenville High School. He went on to serve in the U.S. Naval Reserves from 1952 to 1960.
Mr. Naeder was a member of the city Park's Department's Emerald Society; a past member of the board of directors of the South Shore Swim Club; an honorary life member of the board of directors for the Conference House Association, and also of the Knights of Columbus, Stolzenthaler Council, Charleston.
An avid bowler, he, along with his brothers, also belonged to a Men's Bowling League, which bowled on Monday evenings.
Mr. Naeder also enjoyed spending time with his family.
With his late wife, Jeanette Marie, Mr. Naeder enjoyed traveling through 49 out of 50 states and he enjoyed sharing stories about his travels with his family and friends.
He was a parishioner of Our Lady Help of Christians R.C. Church, Tottenville.
"My dad was the most kindhearted, humble, lovable man I've ever known," said his daughter, Andrea Tolas.
His wife of 46 years, the former Jeanette Marie Kinelski, died in 2005.
Along with his daughter, Andrea, also surviving are two sons, Lawrence and Gregory; two other daughters, Laura Baran and Jeanette Accardi; two brothers, William and Robert Naeder; one sister, Mary Fravola; 17 grandchildren, and one great-grandson.
The funeral will be Friday from the Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home, Tottenville, with a mass at 11 a.m. in Our Lady Help of Christians Church. Arrangements include cremation.


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Isis is a bad thing for the Android development community
Payments through NFC have become increasingly more popular, through methods like Google Wallet. By simply pressing an enabled smartphone to a credit card terminal, a payment is made for the product being purchased. In all, it is a useful feature. However, it has been greatly restricted due to limited availability.
Google Wallet is currently the only service available in the US, and is pretty much restricted to two handset (one of which isn't even native to the US). On top of that, the only carrier supporting it is Sprint. Why only Sprint? Because Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile are all apart of an upcoming NFC payment system known as Isis. Isis is said to work much like Google Wallet, but it already has much more support and partners, despite not even being available.
One of the nice features about Google Wallet is that it still operates on handsets that are rooted, and I can personally confirm this. I used Google Wallet at a McDonald's while the phone in question was rooted, with an unlocked bootloader. Sure, it may have even opened a security hole, but the fact that Google is open enough to offer Google Wallet on rooted handsets is reassuring for those who like to modify their handsets.
And this is where I begin to lose confidence in Isis. If the carriers have their way, Isis will be locked down tight. That includes restricting devices that are rooted from using the service. Such an idea came to me from my dear friend Dima, and it makes complete sense.
The carriers' reasoning would be something like "for increased security". That "increased security" would effectively lock out a large user base from using the service, something I doubt they want to lose. As surprising as it may sound, many who root their Android devices are incredibly tech savvy. Shocker, right?
Those tech savvy users tend to be early adopters. Look at Google Wallet, for example. It is only officially available on Nexus devices, a phone line that is favored by the tech savvy Android community. So, by cutting out the Android development community, Isis is basically shooting itself in the foot.
I can almost guarantee that AT&T and Verizon will not allow Isis to run on rooted handsets, and I'm sure that the banks and credit card companies a board will agree with them. What do you think? Will the restriction to non-rooted phone be the downfall of Isis? Let us know in the comments, or tell me personally @jlehto43 on Twitter!


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APPROVED Approved 8/4/99
May 5, 1999
Harris Hall Main Floor - 1:30 p.m.
Commissioner Bobby Green, Sr., presided with Commissioners Bill Dwyer, Anna Morrison, Peter Sorenson and Cindy Weeldreyer present. County Administrator Bill Van Vactor, County Counsel Teresa Wilson and Recording Secretary Melissa Zimmer were also present.
Dwyer reported that on Monday he will be in Salem.
Weeldreyer reported she will be in Portland tomorrow, attending a planning session for a regional workshop on telecommunications access for rural communities. She noted the City of Coburg asked that the Board not allow construction in the areas for both of the major entrances to their community in the same construction year, so the area wouldnt be impacted. She asked Coburg to assure her that with the new County road construction on Willamette Street, that their wastewater project would not be damaging the new pavement. She said they assured her the wastewater would go on city streets and not the County road and the water lines had gone in as planned. She added they stated they had conflicting numbers out of the assessors office, making it difficult for them to do the budgeting process.
Sorenson reported the Human Service Commission met yesterday and is working on different things. He mentioned the Lane County Home Schoolers Association are having a session tomorrow in Harris Hall at 3:30 p.m. He reported that on Monday, May 10, as part of the National Historic Preservation Week, he will be making a presentation at the Downtown Athletic Club on the National Historic Preservation Act. He added there will be a celebration at the Wayne Morse Ranch as it is being designated on the National Register of Historic Places, on Sunday, May 16 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Weeldreyer noted that Bob Graton is a McKenzie Valley resident who has put his time into trying to work out a community support compromise on the location of a new boat landing on the McKenzie. She stated that group met on Monday night, but she wasnt able to make the meeting. She added the group had made recommendations that will be coming to the Board next week for action to take advantage of the application deadline for Marine Board funding.
Bob Grafton, McKenzie Valley, reported that Bob Keefer did an excellent job where there were differing views. He said the process they went through was excellent, and there was a lot of community input.
Green reported that on Monday there is a PSCC policy group that meets at 12:00 p.m. and an AOC Steering Committee Meeting with the Executive Board and the governor. He noted that today is Cinco de Mayo and there are a number of events happening in the community.
Green noted with assignments, there is a work session for Land Use Compliance, Rob Rockstroh was going to send a memo about the system as it relates to the homeless and contract monitoring and a retrieval of Senate Bill 722.
Van Vactor noted that David Suchart was going to get information on user satisfaction with regard to Directions.
a. PUBLIC HEARING AND ORDER 99-5-5-19 Adopting the Public Works Five-Year Capital Improvement Program FY 99/00-FY 03/04.
Ollie Snowden, Public Works, reported the County has 440 miles of roads and 423 bridges. He said with regard to the funding, there is no property tax involved in the projects and in road funds. He said they get the sources from timber receipts and state highway user fees. He added 40% will come from highway user fees through the state. He noted that it was all state money and the only money that is not from the state user fees would be a fund exchange, where the County takes federal aid money and trades it to the state for 94 cents on a dollar. He said it is a good deal because they avoid the paper work associated with federal aid projects. He noted in the next fiscal year, 2/3 of the road fund budget goes toward operation, maintenance and preservation and 1/3 toward capital projects. He noted what the Board will see today are projects in the CIP that they will not be able to build unless they have new revenue sources or the Board changes priorities on how they are projected to spend the money they have now. He reported the Roads Advisory Committee conducted a hearing in February, 1999 and there were a number of comments orally and in writing that supported two of the projects that were already in the program (Blue River Drive and West Boundary Road) and there were comments from residents in the Harlow neighborhood who wanted the Board to modify the previous Board action regarding the loan portion of the Countys participation in the soundwall. He added there were requests for a number of new projects, Westfir Rest Area was added to the draft that is in the packet and two others, Hulbert Lake Road and Dillard Road, were added to the projects for development.
Snowden reported they looked at the Bloomberg connector project and the most likely alignment would be to realign portions of McVey Highway through the site where the armory is proposed to locate. He said they met with the representatives of the armory in January, and based on preliminary work, it would be about $300,000.
Snowden commented on Coburg Road, having been listed from the north city limits to Game Farm Road for $1.65 million. He said they hoped to build a section from Game Farm Road to Armitage Park this summer. He said they will not make it to contract this year because of right-of-way acquisition and permits. He suggested when the program is adopted, to change the limits back to North Eugene city limits to Armitage Bridge and it should be $2,850,000.
Snowden said with regard to the Delta/Beltline interchange, they go into the program in fiscal 2001 and they had consultants look at alternatives for redesigning the intersection. He said the consultants completed their preliminary report and the recommendation is to construct a set of round abouts at the interchange. He said they were hoping to go to a public review session in Spring, but there is some resistance from ODOT. He said currently they will only allow signals at that location.
Snowden noted with Division Avenue, they moved it from 2001/2002 to 2003, to get the Delta Beltline interchange reconfiguration completed and operating for a period of time before they decide to proceed with it.
Snowden reported with Game Farm Road south, it is a new project that was added and it and has merit. He said they would be looking at adding curbs, gutters and sidewalks.
Snowden noted with Jasper Extension, it had been in fiscal 98/99, but it has been moved to 99/00 and his opinion is that they will not make contract on schedule as they had not gotten a commitment from the property owners in the area to dedicate right-of-way and they cant define the final alignment and go forward with the permitting. He said it would be unlikely to have this project out to contract in 99/00.
Snowden reported with Marcola Road, (Sunderman to Wendling Road) the Roads Advisory Committee arrived at a design concept recommendation and they will segment the project into different phases, but it is unlikely the entire project will go to contract next year.
Snowden noted another project that did not show up is Greenhill Road in the vicinity of the airport from Aubrey Lane to Clearlake Road. He said because of some runway work the City of Eugene is planning, it will close Greenhill Road and the Countys position is there needs to be some functional replacement east of the airport so there is an opportunity for local circulation without going on Highway 99. He added the federal highway would take care of the relocation, and the County took the position that since it is a County road, they should do the design. He said their proposal is to add it to the CIP, the County would do the design but all the design time, field time and construction work would be reimbursed from the Federal Aviation Administration. He noted it is likely to be a $3 million contract. He said it is his understanding that it needs to go to contract next summer. He said if they add the project to the CIP, they end up with $14 million of work in fiscal 2000.
Snowden said with regard to the Lowell Covered Bridge, $860,000 is money from the Forest Highway Program and $140,000 is to go toward engineering. He noted the Forest Service is the lead agency on the project but the Board authorized them to apply for another $700,000 from STP enhancement money. He added they were successful, so the amount needs to be changed to $1,560,000.
Snowden noted the Board recently approved the intergovernmental agreement that dealt with the Jasper Road fund exchange for Beltline, and the remaining amount to ODOT. He suggested to look at the economic development loan program. He said the Board had intended to add another $2 million when it was formed and in the intervening time, the Board directed to give another $300,000 to Cottage Grove under a grant program and about $560,000 that was paid to the Fairgrounds for right-of-way acquisition. He noted what is left is $1,175,000, but urged the Board to consider whether they want to add it to the loan program or do something else.
Snowden noted they were asking for a decision today but they could come back at another time to actually make a decision on adopting the whole CIP. He said the budget the Board is adopting is for a one year period. He said with the five year program, it gives direction to the staff on how they allocate the time in the coming year.
Susan Daluddung, Planning and Development Director, City of Springfield, stated she had a letter from Mayor Maureen Maine, requesting the allocation of $295,000 to reaffirm Lane County Road Funds for the completion of phase 2 for the Sports Center roads. She noted Lane County had originally committed $700,000 in Road Funds for the development of the roads for the Springfield Sports Center in the early 90's. She said the funds were shifted at that time from other Springfield road related projects. She noted the phase 1 development was coordinated and completed with a parking lot that the city put in, and soccer fields. She said since then, the remaining allocation of Road Funds ($295,000) had been expected to coordinate with the field house construction. She said the Road Funds are essential to completing phase 2 of the road segment because there is no alternate way out of the project, it is one long dead-end that is not practical or feasible. She said they believe it is a prudent use of Lane County Road Funds and it is a top priority for the city. She added the project follows through on the long term efforts, to develop facilities with local non-profits to help provide alternative activities for youth. She said she hopes the Board will be able to fund this.
Dwyer stated that Green had the same concerns as him, making sure that they put more public monies in this project.
Kathy Grand, 190 E. 46th, Eugene, and Roy Grey, 42751 Deerhorn Rd., Springfield, stated the sports facility will be open to anyone, and there will be an identification program for low-income service to youth.
Warren Weathers, Mayor of Lowell, 29 S. Alder, Lowell, stated he was supportive of the grant applications for the Lowell Covered Bridge. He said they are working as a community to find a way where they could assume financial responsibility or contribute to the upkeep of the bridge, once the rehabilitation project is completed. He reported that a traffic safety study was commissioned by them because they wondered if the things they viewed as problems were really not problems. He said they are asking for help from the County and the cost would be less than $25,000 or 45% of their entire tax levy. He said there was a recommendation that the County fix the intersection of Pioneer Street and West Boundary Road. He noted they are both County roads and accidents have occurred at the intersection as a result of poor design of the intersection. He noted another low cost item is a 45 mile per hour curb advisory sign on Jasper Lowell Road, where the speed limit is 35 and he wants to have it taken down. He said for the southbound traffic on Jasper Lowell Road, past the post office, there is a stop ahead and by the time they get to it, they forgot about it and they are still traveling at 45 miles per hour going past the post office and store. He said the engineer suggested that it be moved up so it is within 200 to 300 feet of the stop sign. He added the engineer suggested to provide a transition speed zone entering Lowell on West Boundary Road from the east. He said they are going to put in 1500 feet of sidewalk this spring and since it is a County road, it is fair the County share in the cost of making it safe. He said they are proposing that they will pay 60% of the cost for the sidewalk and the Countys 40% share is about $20,000.
Commissioner Green opened Public Hearing.
Pat Sullivan, 3674 Oxbow Way, Eugene, stated she was Co-Chair, Harlow Neighbors Association and Chair of the Harlow Neighbors Subcommittee for the I-105 Soundwall. She thanked the Board, the Roads Advisory Committee and Jack Radabaugh for all of their efforts. She asked the Board to be fair in the funding for their project. She noted at the April 27, County Budget Message and Public Hearing, the neighbors were pleased that Weeldreyer recognized the need for a formal policy for funding the projects as they come up in the future. She asked the Board to adopt a written policy to determine how things will happen for future projects. She asked the Board to treat them the same as the Beltline residents, by funding 25% of their wall. She stated at the budget hearing, there were two grant funds as possible funding sources, but using the monies from the different funds should not be necessary since the full 25% is already programed in the CIP. She added instead of a loan for the portion of the money, they request equal treatment on the measure and asked the Board to fund the full 25% of the project. She said the neighbors did not agree to and cannot afford the 25% split. She said on behalf of her neighbors and herself, she thanked the Board for the 12 1/2% that they had agreed to fund and convert the 12 1/2% repayment to a granted amount.
Jim Baker, 51013 McKenzie Highway, Fin Rock, stated he was representing the River Unity Development Corporation. He said he supported Lane Countys Public Works Department CIP because in it is the Blue River entrance project, to fix the triangle, the main entrance to Blue River. He said they are ready to work to help advance the partnership of Lane County and ODOT. He added they have the support of the McKenzie Watershed Council and they are seeking ways to work with the schools and local nurseries to help with part of the landscaping.
Charles Biggs, 2405 Willakenzie Rd., Eugene, stated that he would like any unallocated funds to be used to upgrade the design of Project 93073, Coburg Road, to improve the northbound bike and pedestrian access via a new entrance on the east side of Coburg Road, and to include a northbound LTD pull out near the new entrance. He noted since the initial design project was created, the County had obtained the rights to Armitage State Park and there are new access issues that could be accomplished with either T-21 funds or park funds in improving access so bikes and pedestrians dont have to cross two lanes of 55 mile per hour traffic to get into Armitage Park.
Mary Watson, 2855 County Lane, Eugene, stated she was speaking on behalf of the soundwall. She said the County is not risking its money on a deteriorating area, that there had been many improvements to the houses in the neighborhood. She added the noise from I-105 is increasing. She said the project is so valuable that is worth finding the money in order to put in the soundwall.
Mike Farthing, stated he lived in the Harlow neighborhood. He stated he did not support the funding of the soundwall. He believes it is a land use decision because it will have an impact on land use decisions in the area of the soundwall. He said he was aware of the noise from I-105 when he bought his property nine years ago and he paid a price based on the proximity of the freeway. He said that wall would benefit 70 or 80 homes, which calculates to $18,650 per residential unit. He said there is still about $15,000 being spent by the public to benefit these people and properties for a situation they knew about when they moved in. He added there is a significant amount of vegetation that would have to be taken out to construct the soundwall. He said devoting more money toward landscaping, natural vegetation and vegetative screens would be a better way to spend the money than putting the soundwall in. He noted that the soundwall would open up to graffiti and bring added costs to remove it. He urged the Board to delete this funding.
Chuck Imus, 2720 Country Lane, Eugene, stated he was for the soundwall. He added he knew the freeway was there before he moved in, he didnt realize how bad the noise was until he lived with it for 24 hours per day. He said they wanted to be treated equally as they did with the Beltline. He said he agreed with Weeldreyer that there should be a policy about soundwalls.
Michael Mooser, 32468 Dillard Rd., stated he was glad that Dillard Road was added as a future project and hopes it continues on track. He said with regard to Hidden Meadows, that they move up the project with the speed zone, as the speed of traffic is too fast in the area and wants to see the speed reduced.
Goodson commented that this project did not meet the state speed requirements.
Jack Radabaugh, 1361 Luella, St. stated he is a Co-Chair of the Harlow Neighbors and is on the Roads Advisory Committee. He thanked the County for the $300,000, which made the soundwall possible. He urged the Board to come up with a policy for soundwalls as there could be proposals from other neighborhoods. He suggested that the Commissioners amend the repayment statement in the agreement. He added the $300,000 is already in place and if they were to amend it, it would close the matter. He suggested to use other funds if necessary to find another $150,000, but since the money is already there, amending the repayment clause would take care of the problem.
Harold Mayer, 38446 Wendling Road, Marcola, stated he represents the Marcola School District, the Upper Mohawk Community Council and the Marcola Roads Committee. He noted that Marcola is a small rural community with high poverty, low income and high crime. He said the biggest problem is lack of community pride. He said there is a difficulty in getting services out there as they dont seem to be a priority. He asked the Board to make Marcola a priority to become a viable community in the County. He said they have an opportunity for that to happen, with sidewalks and curbs through the town of Marcola. He said the people around Marcola do not have the money to pay for the assessments for curbs and sidewalks. He said the feeling of the community is that the sidewalks and curbs are good, but they cant be paid for. He asked the Board to help them with it. He said he is dealing with the safety of children coming to and from school, crossing a highway to get there. He said they are asking for less than 1/3 of 1% of what is in the road funds ($220,000) or approximately $333 per person. He stated they have a once in a lifetime opportunity to help their community address the safety issues. He added he had applied for several grants in the hope of matching funds for the County, to offset the costs.
Snowden stated the sidewalks are in the final proposal. He said the Roads Advisory Committee agreed that the sidewalks and curbs had merit and have included them in the recommended design concept, but also recognized the policy issue over payment.
Wendy Dixon, 2801 Country Lane, thanked the Board for listening to them as they desperately need sound protection in their neighborhood. She said living by a freeway is very irritating. She said it is a great neighborhood but a $2 million soundwall is out of their reach. She said a soundwall would be a good investment in a good established community. She added a lot of houses are older and were built when the road wasnt there. She urged the Board to give consideration to providing the extra 12 �%, so the neighbors could afford it and continue in their activities as a neighborhood.
There being no one else signed up to speak, Commissioner Green closed the Public Hearing.
Weeldreyer asked why the Countys policy was different for the soundwall than what it was for the Beltline soundwall.
Snowden responded that Beltline Road was constructed by Lane County in the 1960's and early 1970's. He said it was turned over to ODOT in 1979 in exchange for the County receiving River Road. He added when the soundwall issue came up on Beltline the first time, the Board at that time felt there was some obligation of the County to participate because it had at one time been a County road and that is not the case of I-105. He said that I-105 was built by ODOT, and to this day remains an ODOT facility.
Green wanted the Board to focus on what was in front of them today, the draft CIP and noted that a lot of the projects will not get funded or done due to timing and other issues. He noted that he had distributed letters from Springfield , 4J and the Bethel school districts requesting funds.
Snowden stated there were two choices, to add projects to the list, (they could be added with the recognition that unless something changes with the revenue stream, there is more projects to the tail end of the program that will not take place) or add them to the list and delete projects that are currently programed.
Sorenson said to figure out which way they were going, to expand the list of projects for the five year CIP, assume they will be built, and draw down the amount in the Road Fund as has been the practice of the Board to this point. He said he is concerned about the money being used in the road fund.
Snowden noted what is likely to happen will be projects not going to contract. He said the issue of how far down into the cash reserve needs to be addressed. He suggested the Board take the Finance and Audit recommendation and wait until the legislative session is over and see if there is success or failure in Washington, D.C. before they look at the issue again. His suggestion is if the Board is going to add projects, to look at the $1.175 million identified as an Economic Development Grant Program and take the money out of there.
Green asked the Board to cease putting money into the Economic Development Loan Program and a Community Development fund be created for projects in the community and to move away from the loan aspect.
Dwyer agreed with Green. He said the fact of economic development is critical, especially the sidewalks in Marcola.
Weeldreyer agreed with Dwyer to assist unincorporated communities in doing development projects that help their sense of community and provide economic development and public safety considerations. She noted that the proposal to convert the loan program to a community development program she would support, knowing what the future of the road fund is going to be. She suggested an outright grant program for community development projects for match money where some money from the County could be taken and leverage it against other sources of funding.
Morrison shared Weeldreyer s concerns. She said she would support a community development fund but to be cautious on how that fund is used. She added considerable thought needs to be given on how the monies are spent and how it is stretched. She said she has reservations about some of the projects. She said it needs to be an equitable program across the board that everyone knows about, that they can access before decisions are made.
Green asked how the road fund was getting replenished.
Snowden responded that now it is roughly equal, state highway fund transfers and timber receipts. He added gas tax monies are not as much as it was a few years ago.
Green stated to propose to assist the school districts (4J and Bethel) with their future plans. He said there are future needs and he wanted the funds identified, recognizing that they are estimated costs.
Weeldreyer said she was supportive of exploring a public policy.
Dwyer stated the Roads Advisory Committee could look at something in the future in determining what the policies should be.
Morrison said if the Road Advisory Committee comes up with policies, that the Board listen to their recommendation.
Green stated he liked Sorensons suggestion about having an advisory group composed of different agencies who do not participate in the Roads Advisory Committee. Green asked if the members of the Board who were supportive of the I-5 soundwall would fund the project and have policy discussions later to address future needs.
Dwyer said a policy needs to be developed, but the money had been committed in the CIP.
Green added the Board made an agreement that the people didnt agree to.
Dwyer noted that the Roads Advisory Committee is a committee. He said he may or may not take their advice. He said he would support the concept of utilizing the money, but there needs to be a broader discussion around the money.
Green said he understands the Board wants a different process than the one he is suggesting. He said he will suggest the same with the soundwall. He said he has a problem when the Board wants to fund a project and then develop a policy later.
Dwyer wanted direction regarding the soundwall. He said the state recognizes its responsibility in regard to noise. He noted the County put in $300,000 to fund its portion, and then a motion was made by a commissioner to loan them 12 1/2% and that was the policy. He said they spent ten years on this. He said the Board needs to develop a policy that treats all future projects around soundwalls on state and federal highways. He said this soundwall is along a federal interstate whose traffic is growing.
Green stated what hadnt been discussed were alternatives. He said he heard from the people that it is noisy. He said a berm could be used as an alternative. He said there is a berm that is on the south side of the Beltline.
Dwyer stated that the federal government wouldnt put berms on their interstates. He said it is not a County road. He added neither was the Beltline when they built the soundwall, it was a state highway. He noted this project had been in the works for ten years and in the process of being completed. He said there are plans to have this done within the next fiscal year and it isnt something that could be put off and that is why he wouldnt favor putting it off.
Green asked if ODOT was committing money to this.
Goodson replied they had.
Snowden noted that ODOT made a political commitment to fund it, but the reality of finding the money is something they are still working on.
Weeldreyer asked if they approved the money today for the I-105 soundwall, when they would they start to see construction of the wall.
Snowden replied he didnt know for sure because they are trying to identify the funding source. He said ultimately they will have to make I-105 six lanes and in order to do that, they have to put the soundwall back to the right-of-way line. He added in order to do that, they have to build another wall underneath it and ODOT had been committed to pick up the cost of that wall up with their preservation project. He guessed that they were a number of months away from any kind of intergovernmental agreement with ODOT that would require putting the money into escrow.
Weeldreyer noted as traffic increases and infilling happens, this is not the first nor the last time this Board will be approached for funds from the Road Fund to be able to build soundwalls. She said she believes there needs to be a policy on how they are going to do this and if the policy will be consistent with whether it is a retrofit or part of a new build. She said in order to protect the livability of the community, there will need to be discussions in the future. She said knowing that ODOT doesnt have its funding in place for this project, she is still 100% in support of the I-105 soundwall. She added there are limitations with soundwalls and the soundwall mostly benefits the properties that are adjacent to it, but the sound still goes up and over. She said the fact the County will put up $300,000 for a soundwall, will not truly address the concerns that are in the neighborhood. She added they are talking about removing mature vegetation which is also a natural barrier. She said while she is in support of keeping an earmark of this money in the CIP for this project, she thinks it would be wise to develop a policy first. She noted the people had waited a long time for this and it had been a commitment on the part of Lane County to be a partner in this and would support the Board honoring that.
Sorenson stated there had been public hearings about the soundwall, people have testified and said the Board should make a decision. He said they should create a community and economic development program and ask the department to come back with a recommendation on what type of structure, board, or committee to help allocate that money. He said with regard to the soundwall, there should be a motion approving a change, 50% ODOT; 25% County; 12.5% City and LID 12.5%. He said by making a decision today to treat the people along the I-105 the same as the other beneficiaries of the soundwall, they are in fact making the policy and treating the people the same.
Green stated they could ask Public Works to come back and give recommendations on what an advisory group and criteria fund would look like and the threshold issues that would need to be dealt with. He asked about the schools, the Marcola sidewalks and Armitage Bike Path.
Snowden noted that the County missed the window on the funding pot for the bike path. He added that is how they got the $700,000 for the Lowell Covered Bridge from the T-21 enhancement project. He said he was talking about some type of an underpass underneath Armitage to get bikes from the east side to the west side and into the park.
Snowden said one way to do it would be to take "X" number of dollars, call it community development and economic development program and create a generic line item. He added they could come back in two months with criteria and a process to present to the Board, and the Board could amend the CIP the following month to add any of the projects they wanted, other than the soundwall.
Morrison stated with regard to the I-105 soundwall, she is adamantly opposed to it. She said she had testified in Salem at the State Highway Commission meeting and at the legislature on different ODOT funding bills in regard to the waste of overall highway monies. She agreed with Michael Farthing regarding how the state is spending its road dollars. She said these homes had been built since 1964 when the I-105 went through. She added that 77% of the homes had either been constructed or purchased after 1980. She said the state has more needs other than a soundwall and the money that it is allocated for this project is a waste of taxpayer dollars. She said she will be voting no.
Dwyer stated he would move to treat the soundwall the same way as they treated Beltline, that they accept the CIP recommendation, having the people treated the same with the 12 �%; have the $300,000 as part of the $1.175 million that is embodied in the economic development loan fund for community development and that there be another body appointed by public works determining how the economic development dollars are best spent and not forgetting the rural communities that have problems.
Sorenson stated he will second the part of the motion that they will treat the I-105 soundwall the way they did the other project and to create the community and economic development fund in place of the economic development fund.
Green asked if Dwyers motion implied that there would be a policy discussion before allocating these dollars is incorporated in the motion.
Dwyer stated his motion identifies $300,000 in the CIP. He said it converts all but 12 1/2% as a grant and allows 12 1/2% to be a loan, the same as they did with the people on Beltline and it incorporates the fact that they converted the economic development loan fund into the community development loan fund.
Green stated he will be voting against the motion even though he supports the latter portion of converting the economic development loan program to a development fund. He said he didnt support the first part, going ahead and funding the project and then having a policy on how others may access it.
Sorenson stated the idea of creating a community development fund is a good idea and the Board should pursue it. He said with regard to the I-105 soundwall project, there is a process of having people testify about the Capital Improvement Program. He noted the neighborhood group had done that. He said the group had made a strong case that they should be treated the same and it would be unfair to treat them differently. He noted in the public comment, it was stated that the benefit of the project ($300,000 that Lane County will put into the project) would be given to 20 specific landowners. He said that statement was not accurate because there are beneficiaries to the project besides the people who own immediate adjacent property. He said there had already been a policy and the Board is adhering to it by this decision.
Weeldreyer suggested to just vote on the soundwall and the motion, and because of the second part on the community development fund, she is voting no to the motion on the table.
Dwyer stated he would withdraw his motion concerning the community development fund.
MOTION: to make an allocation of $300,000 for the soundwall and the deletion of the language for payback.
Green MOVED, Dwyer SECONDED.
VOTE: 3-2 (Green, Morrison dissenting).
Sorenson noted on page 29 there was an economic development program listed and the motion he will make will change the name of it from Economic Development Program to Community Development Program and will maintain $1.75 million and ask Public Works to come back to the Board to give an overview on how they could entertain suggestions from organizations like Food For Lane County, school districts or others with community development needs for road fund eligible projects.
Green SECONDED.
Morrison asked if it could be community development and economic. She said there is a difference between a loan fund, which it originally was. She added if it had not been a loan fund, there would have been people accessing it.
Sorenson suggested to call it Community and Economic Development Program.
Snowden asked if it was a loan or grant program.
Green said it was a grant program.
Snowden said the Board recognizes that there will still be a $2 million economic development loan program in existence.
Green stated his recommendation would be to cease and desist the economic development loan program. He said the $2 million would go into the Community and Economic Development Program.
Snowden stated it would then be a $3.175 million fund. He also stated there were legal steps that needed to be done.
Green asked the Board if the Springfield Sports Complex falls into the same category.
Dwyer noted that this was part of an original agreement they gave to the city. He said in terms of what the overall goals are to helping kids and youth, he said there cant be a better investment than trying to help kids. He said it would be an appropriate use of the funding sources.
Al Burke, Engineer, City of Springfield, stated they try to track what is happening with their street fund sharing with the County partnership as part of the revenue source for the street fund. He said they had just gone through their CIP Program and had established that they have one more year where they could fund their maintenance projects out of the overlay budget. He noted their operation budget and maintenance over the next two years will create a deficit mode with regard to capital maintenance type activity.
Snowden noted they showed the $2.5 million in the CIP through fiscal 2004 because that is what the Board directed them to do in the Road Fund Fin Plan. He added there are biennial agreements with the cities. He said with regard to the Marcola project, the staff needed to decide how to segment the project and the Roads Advisory recommendation coming to the Board suggests that they take the in-town section of the project from Railroad Boulevard through Wendling and hold it off for another year, so there is an opportunity for the community to come forward with matching money. He noted the project could go next year, but more likely a 2001 project. He noted it is section Milepost 5.81 to 11.49.
Mayer stated that any grant monies that he receives that he applied for, will go back to the County, but he cant guarantee it and didnt want a contingency of any matched money.
Weeldreyer stated the reason she disagreed around the issue about schools and also the soundwall discussion, was that it was a commitment the Board was making to a community addressing areas of livability that have been impacted by transportation projects. She said this particular segment of road they are talking about does go through the unincorporated rural community and she hopes the Board would look at this as an investment of the livability and safety in the community, the way they did around the soundwall for the Harlow Road neighbors.
Dwyer stated the Board represents all of the residents throughout the County and there needs to be a policy and a duty to safety.
Weeldreyer stated there was talk at the last Marcola stakeholders meeting she went to on Marcola and there is support around the new project. She said Lane County had made progress in terms of designing roads and accommodating communities. She wanted Lane County to continue the same type of commitment to be able to support the community and to provide sidewalks as being a good choice to make. She said she is asking that the $250,000 (Snowden said is the curb and sidewalk portion of the phase of the Marcola Road Improvement Project) be available if the community cannot come up with any other funding source for the sidewalks from the CIP project so that they can be constructed.
Sorenson stated there was already an overall policy that the County did not pay for those.
Green agreed and stated that is what the conflict is.
Sorenson suggested in a special situation the County should go to the fund that was set-up.
Weeldreyer said if they are going to create that fund this year, the timing is fine. She said she wanted to send a message to the Mohawk Valley that the County will be their partner in this and for them to get curbs and sidewalks to improve the livability of their community.
Snowden stated he would come back to the Board in the middle of June for a decision on this project. He said the findings would be mailed on Monday, there is a 30 day review period and at that point they could come back to the Board. He said he would review the changes that were on page 16, where it says: "Coburg Road, north City limits to Game Farm Road," that should be changed to "North City Limits to Armitage Bridge" and the dollar amount would change to $2,850,000. He said they are saying the one project from Game Farm to Armitage Bridge wont go this year, they will roll the money over and make it one project. He said with regard to page 17, under the "Lowell Bridge" they know they have the $700,000 additional and would suggest the dollar amount on that be changed to $1,560,000 and the footnote will acknowledge that is federal money. He said the last change would be on page 18, under "Payments to other governmental agencies" the intergovernmental agreement says $1,014,000".
Sorenson noted that on page 18, the Economic Development Program would be changed to Community and Economic Development Program.
Snowden suggested to move it to a separate heading, Community Economic Development Program, a fund that would have $3,175,000.
Green noted it was subject to legal counsels approval.
MOTION: to approve ORDER 99-5-5-19 with the noted changes.
Dwyer MOVED, Morrison SECONDED.
Weeldreyer asked as the County moved ahead with capital construction projects where they are digging up the road, if there was a way for the County to proactively notify the fiberoptic companies that would be looking to make a future investment to develop a strategy to pull fiber later. She added it would be a cost effective way for long range planning, having access to residences and businesses in rural areas.
Snowden responded they could develop a short list of providers and give them copies of the CIP. He added as a Road Fund they couldnt do it.
There being no further business, Commissioner Green adjourned the meeting at 4:34 p.m.
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Syracuse University football linebacker Malcolm Cater couldn't have made his case for more playing time much better.
After announcing his presence on special teams Saturday with a highlight-reel tackle of Maine's Steven Barker on a second-quarter kickoff, the freshman from Long Island entered the game at middle linebacker with five minutes left to play in what had become a 38-14 laugher.
In a span of seven plays, Cater proceeded to:
- Assist fellow linebacker Dan Vaughan on two tackles;
- Knock Maine quarterback Warren Smith out of the game on a hard, clean tackle just after Smith released a pass. The hit left Smith lying on the Carrier Dome turf without his helmet. He staggered as he was helped off the field;
- Sack reserve quarterback Chris Treister for a 9-yard loss.
The newcomer from Riverhead High School turned a lot of heads -- along with nearly removing a few -- Saturday in his first action as backup to senior middle linebacker Derrell Smith.
"My coach (Doug Marrone) came to me about a week ago, and he said, 'Malcolm you didn't give me a big hit yet, I'm waiting for a big hit.' I got him a big hit, so I was proud," said Cater, still grinning three days later over his defensive debut.
Smith, a redshirt senior who is SU's leading tackler and a Butkus Award candidate this season, said his understudy's smashing success wasn't a surprise.
"He's very aggressive, and he hits pretty hard," Smith said. "That's just his whole mentality. He definitely will be somebody to watch."
Cater, who finished Saturday with five tackles (he had another solo on a third-quarter kickoff return), was what they call a "good get" for the Orange.
After compiling nice numbers at Riverhead – 209 tackles in two seasons, including 103 tackles, 17 tackles for a loss, 11 sacks and three interceptions as a senior – Cater found himself in the middle of a recruiting tug-of-war between SU and Rutgers.
Cater made an oral commitment to Syracuse in late June 2009, then reportedly in January de-committed in favor of Big East rival Rutgers. Cater signed with the Orange in February.
"That was just a part of the recruiting process. It messed up my head a little," Cater said Tuesday. "I'm so happy being here, it's a dream come true."
"We expected him to be a very good football player when we recruited him," said Marrone, who admitted that he and other coaches may have goaded Cater into one or two of Saturday's smash hits.
"I've been on him a little bit," the coach said Wednesday. "I asked him if he ever saw the VH1 show "One-Hit Wonders."
Marrone said he and others were asking the freshman when they were going to see the kind of big hits Cater was making in practice to win a special teams job and the backup spot behind Smith.
But something else Cater did Saturday impressed Marrone as much or more than the big plays.
"It was interesting," Marrone said. "After the game, he came up to me and said, 'Coach, I just want to thank you for putting me in on defense.' Normally, players don't really say that."
Cater, the coach said, is one of a few young players who have done that this season.
Coaches aren't the only ones Cater has impressed.
Sophomore Vaughan, a backup linebacker like Cater, said the freshman's motor is always running during practice and games.
"He gets out there and he's just real energetic all the time," Vaughan said.
Even Thomas, who played some linebacker last season before settling in at safety, said Cater's lust for big hits reminds him of his own.
"He's definitely in the Shamarko mold. He's also in the Cater mold. We call him 'Cater the assassinator,' " Thomas said, using one of several nicknames Cater has already earned.
Other teammates call Cater "A-gap," which is a defensive designation for the rush lane between the center and guard.
Vaughan explains: "That's the gap he usually plays on a running play. When he first got here, he just wanted to blitz the A-gap every time and make a play. So we just started calling him A-gap."
Cater laughs in agreement when asked about the nickname.
"When I first started off, I didn't know the plays really. So I just said 'I'm going to come out there and hit.' So I always hit the A-gap and blew it up, so they gave me that nickname," he said.
Linebackers coach Dan Conley, one SU's all-time greats at the position, calls Cater, "one of those hitters."
"When you have guys like that who can make plays, it's contagious," Conley said.
Whenever Cater is on the field, opposing offenses will do well to keep at least one eye on the A-gap.


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The Glensheen Mansion is often visited by those wanting to get a look inside the historic house and the infamous murder that happened there.
Today brought a different kind of crowd.
People strolled from booth to booth checking out art displays at the mansion's seventeenth annual Festival of Fine Arts and Crafts.
75 artists were selling everything from jewelry to photographs and sculptures.
The organizer of the event says this is a great way to share the legacy of the Glensheen.
"When the Congdons donated Glensheen to the University they wanted to share it with their community, and this event which is free: we have free parking, a free shuttle bus is really inviting our community to enjoy Glensheen," says festival organizer Lori Melton.
In addition to artists selling their art, there will be plenty of artists doing demonstrations. A wood carver, glass blower, and black smith will all show members of the crowd how they create their works of art.
Kids activities, and food are also available, as well as the regular house tours which go on daily.
The festival is free, and there is a free shuttle running from the UMD campus to the mansion.
The festival is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Written for the web by Courtney Godfrey


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LANSING, MI -- Davenport University's new campus in downtown Lansing is on track to open for the fall semester in 2013.
The new facility, located at 200 S. Grand Ave. in Lansing, replaces the existing campus on East Kalamazoo Street.
Featuring a 55,000-square-foot, nine-story building with 17 classrooms, the new campus essentially doubles the size of Davenport's presence in the city and allows for the addition of new programs, Davenport University President Dr. Richard J. Pappas said in October.
Davenport announced its plans last year to buy the property from local developers after a deal to swap land with the city of Lansing fell through.
The new campus will serve nearly 800 currently enrolled students, but has space to accommodate up to 2,000.
Approximately 33 full- and part-time staff will work at the Lansing campus alongside 45 adjunct faculty, according to information provided by Davenport officials.
Construction will be completed this summer.
The project was originally planned as a $10 million investment, but costs climbed to $11 million, the Lansing City Pulse reported.


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Next up was a Valentine's Day Temptation. The contestants enter a room filled with chocolate, cupcakes, red velvet cake, and more. Ally told us that the week leading up to Valentine's Day 58 million pounds of chocolate are bought. The stakes were high on this challenge. The person who consumed the most calories (in complete darkness so no one would know) would win a two-pound advantage. In addition, they also won two pounds to give to someone else.
Danni, Jackson, Mike, Gina, and Joe avoid the sweet goodness and did not even taste a morsel. Francelina, Alex, and Jeff all partake of the treats. Ultimately Francelina beat out Alex with 1,150 calories over 1,036 calories, but she chose to give her extra two-pound advantage to Alex.
Mike said, "I used to buy a half dozen cupcakes to share and during the thirty minute ride they were gone" which really hit me hard. I can 100% relate to this. I would buy two times what I needed if I was going to a party because when I was there I did not want to eat and have people look at me and be disgusted, so I would binge-eat before I got where I was headed.
As I am watching the show each week I am jotting down what is happening and some of what the trainers and contestants say. I LOVE when I do, because one of the most powerful things for me is when I read back some of the amazing things they say. For example Jillian said to Sunny, "No more sitting on the sidelines because of your weight." This has been something I have done for so long I feel like I have 'scorekeeper' or 'cheering squad' tattooed on my forehead. I would do everything I could to not have to participate in activities.
Last week I was asked to go indoor go-karting. I couldn't do that; I wouldn't fit in the cart. I was going to be embarrassed. I would just watch and make jokes about my weight pretending like it didn't bother me. Well, this time it was different. I fit in the kart. And the seatbelt fit. And I had a blast.
Another quote which shook me was from Michael, "On the outside I am a very confident person, but on the inside there is a lot of fear." NO ONE ever believes how little self-confidence I have. My career has always included being a radio DJ or public speaking and I am quite good at it so it comes across like I have tons of self-esteem, but just like Michael I am crying and wetting my pants on the inside. For example I was asked to speak at an event next month and I was told I have to wear a suit. I HATE wearing suits because they never fit. All I can hear is Chris Farley in Tommy Boy singing in my head "Fat man in a little coat!"
One last quote that moved my needle was when Gina said, "I want to be the best version of myself." This is all I have ever dreamt of. I know I am an accomplished woman. I have the degrees, the business, I am engaged, and I have incredible friends. And yet I cannot be the weight I know I need to be to be healthy and so I can love myself. It makes me sad.
SPOILER ALERT: Weigh-in
Francelina -4 (2.76% includes 2 pound advantage)
Alex -6 made it into the 100s "wonderland" (3.92% includes 2 pound advantage)
Danni -6 [SO close to "wonderland" – the 100s at 201] (2.90%)
Joe -12 (4.12%)
Jeff -11 (3.41%)
Gina -9 (4.66%)
Jackson -13 (4.66%)
Michael needed more than 10 pounds. He lost -10 (2.75%)
Therefore below the yellow line is Francelina and Michael and Michael is voted out.


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Home to @pdxwinterhawks, today, we announce a public/private renovation for VMC bit.ly/T1EfKl @pdxtrailblazers— Mayor Sam Adams (@MayorSamAdams) November 20, 2012
From Portland Business Journal:
After several false starts, redevelopment of Veterans Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Quarter should take a big leap forward this morning.There's a press conference going on around noon today that will presumably fill in more details.
Mayor Sam Adams, Portland Development Commission Chairman Scott Andrews, Chris Oxley of Portland Arena Management, Ron Carr of the Veterans Focus Group and representatives of the Rose Quarter Strategic Advisory Committee will announce details of a public/private agreement that's been reached regarding redevelopment.
Few details were included in the press conference announcement, though the PDC was named developer of the publicly owned Rose Quarter properties.
...a new scoreboard and video replay system, improvements to the cramped concourses, new seats, various upgrades to help the disabled, and locker room renovations.
The plan as I understand it will be that after the renovations there will be more games at the Coliseum with the really big ticket games (Dash for Cash, Teddy Bear Toss, New Year's Eve) staying at the Rose Garden.
It also gives the Winterhawks a great chance of staying here if an NHL (or other major league hockey) team ever comes to Portland, which given the uncertain situation of the NHL and many of its teams is more likely than you'd think.
So, very good news.
OPB radio story on the press conference; text version here


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- Virginia Johnson
A lot of "natural" or complementary medicines and practices sound more appealing to patients than drugs with fancy chemical names. But the question is—do they do any good? Do they, perhaps, rather do harm? Even seemingly harmless ingredients (grapefruit juice, green coffee extract) can have dangerous effects when combined with other necessary medications or complicating conditions. And then there's the placebo effect, the often-studied quandary that any medicine or technique, if the patient is told it will be effective, will be for a certain percentage of the time.
The database Natural Standard (available to CRRL cardholders at www.librarypoint.org/research) takes on this dilemma and provides additional helpful information besides. According to its site's statement, Natural Standard is impartial—not supported by any interest group, professional organization or product manufacturer.
Its Foods, Herbs & Supplements section gives the background of the substances and lays out scientific studies backing up their effectiveness—if there are any—and grades the studies' evidence. An "A" grade on their site means there is strong, positive, scientific evidence for its effectiveness, according to available scientific data. A "C" grade, listed for many herbal remedies that may be found at chain drug and mega stores, means that the scientific evidence is unclear. And, yes, there are substances ranked "F" for strong negative scientific evidence.
Besides these useful evaluations of hundreds upon hundreds of supplements, Natural Standard also has sections devoted to your pet's health, medical conditions, sports medicine, health & wellness, and environment & global health. The medical conditions database gives a good overview for many—including risk factors, standard medications, and effective and possibly effective integrative therapies, which in some cases, such as high blood pressure, may include relaxation exercises such as yoga and tai chi.
In addition to these databases, Natural Standard provides Health Center areas for men, women, children, seniors, and adolescents. Recently Natural Standard added an audio feature to over 200 of their evidence-based Bottom Line Monographs. Audio will be available for all Foods, Herbs & Supplement topics in the coming months. This option will appear on the left side of the screen. Want to learn more? Natural Standard provides a free monthly e-newsletter covering news and events on herbs, supplements, exercise, nutrition, complementary and alternative medicine modalities, practices, and policy.
Natural Standard is a good place to begin to gather non-biased information on complementary medicine, but before adding anything to your health regimen, you should check with your doctor.