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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the rapamycin-sensitive TOR kinases negatively regulate the type 2A-related phosphatase SIT4 by promoting the association of this phosphatase with the inhibitor TAP42. Here, we describe TIP41, a conserved TAP42-interacting protein involved in the regulation of SIT4. Deletion of the TIP41 gene confers rapamycin resistance, suppresses a tap42 mutation, and prevents dissociation of SIT4 from TAP42. Furthermore, a TIP41 deletion prevents SIT4-dependent events such as dephosphorylation of the kinase NPR1 and nuclear translocation of the transcription factor GLN3. Thus, TIP41 negatively regulates the TOR pathway by binding and inhibiting TAP42. The binding of TIP41 to TAP42 is stimulated upon rapamycin treatment via SIT4-dependent dephosphorylation of TIP41, suggesting that TIP41 is part of a feedback loop that rapidly amplifies SIT4 phosphatase activity under TOR-inactivating conditions.
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The new year is one much anticipated by parishioners of St. Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Springfield. In 2012, members hope to build their new social center on the church's 235 Dwight Road property and more fully integrate as a community. The parish includes families from the former St. Joseph mission in East Longmeadow as well as existing parishioners, and Vietnamese-American families who came with the Rev. Quynh Dinh Tran, now St. Paul's bilingual pastor.
A willing Tran was assigned to St. Paul's in 2006 from Holy Name in Springfield, and his arrival, along with more than 100 Vietnamese families with as many children, has helped breathe new vitality into the 49-year-old parish that had been in danger of closing.
St. Paul's now has weekend Masses in both English and Vietnamese, choirs for both Masses and religious education programs in the two languages. The weekly bulletin is printed in both languages.
In addition, parishioners have raised more than $1.35 million toward a goal of $1.45 million for a social center. Some $440,00 of this amount has been pledged through a three-year capital campaign — a sizeable amount from a parish with a large number of immigrants with limited financial resources. These Vietnamese immigrants had use of the existing social center at Holy Name for their religious and cultural gatherings but those interviewed say any sacrifice is worth their move to St. Paul's with Tran.
"Having a parish helps people unite in one faith and that is the Catholic faith and this brings out the better of the community," said 59-year-old Canh Tran, who was raised Catholic by his parents in Vietnam. A former soldier with U.S. and South Vietnamese Air Force during the war there, Canh added he has felt God "bless him many times."
He "always feels peace within God's arms," said Vannah Tran, interpreting for her father.
Tran, 28, helps with the Vietnamese religious education program and also help start the parish's Vietnamese youth choir in 2009. Vietnamese is a tonal language and a choir singing in Vietnamese is a beautiful component of Masses here and in Vietnam, where Catholic nuns once ran many of the schools and hospitals. It was a 17th century French Jesuit who first gave the Vietnamese a writing language, using the Latin alphabet.
Tran typifies many of her generation, switching easily between Vietnamese and English.
"For last year's Christmas event," she said, "we rented a hall but we couldn't do that this year for financial reasons and the kids were disappointed. At Holy Name, there was a place for performances and that is what we hope for next Christmas here. The social center project will help us pull together better as a community of one instead of a Vietnamese and American parish."
The parish did hold a fall concert in the church featuring The Dan Kane Singers as a fund-raiser for the new center but lack of space limits participation and socialization. A hall is rented for the annual parish picnic featuring both Vietnamese and American food.
The need for a center is well observed by Deacon Frank D. Rogers who, at the request of the Most Rev. Timothy A. McDonnell, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, was transferred in 2006 from his diaconate position at St. Michael Parish in East Longmeadow, to St. Paul.
"We need a hall so we can have functions to bring people together. We would like to do breakfasts and dinners and we can't because we don't have the facilities," Rogers said. The church now has only one small room in the rear of the compact building for functions that include the religious education programs with 150 children in the Vietnamese language one alone.
Rogers serves at St. Paul with two other deacons — Ly Cao, imprisoned for nine years by the Communists in his native Vietnam and the first Vietnamese ordained a deacon in the diocese in 2009, and Khanh Tran, ordained in 2011.
Rogers said he has found the assignment "very interesting," working with both the parish's English speakers and the Vietnamese and ease any frictions that arise from cultural misunderstandings. He called the parish a "growing, vibrant community" and described the Vietnamese as "very religious people with a great devotion to Mary and to the parish."
"They are very faithful people with 300 to 400 at Mass. They have a lot of children and they come every Sunday to the CCD (religious education classes. They also reach out to people. We have had a lot of conversions thanks to the efforts of Father Tran and the Vietnamese people, " Rogers said.
When asked for his reaction to the efforts of St. Paul's parishioners, Bishop McDonnell said, "The scriptures remind us: 'Paul plants, Apollo waters, but God gives the increase.' We've seen that happen at St. Paul parish where the planting and watering by the parishioners, old and new, are with God's grace giving rise to growth."
Parish council member John B. Wynne, who grew up in the parish, also credits the parish's revitalization to Father Tran and his ability to deal with "different personalities" in achieving cultural balance and harmony in the parish.
"He has had a much harder time than any priest going into a neighborhood parish since he has had the challenge of serving two groups of parishioners," Wynne said. "The Vietnamese are very instantaneous and want things to move quickly and, of course, nothing moves quickly in the Catholic Church, and the original parishioners are frustrated, too, — though you may think the opposite —in terms of the parish coming together. The hope is for the center to move things along."
Wynne sees full integration as a long-term goal through more outreach and future programs at the center designed specifically for the parish population.
Father Tran, 44, said the majority of his parishioners who speak English as their first language are "mix" of nationalities and said those active number about 150 families. He described many of the parishioners who joined from the closed St. Joseph Mission as being of Italian heritage.
Tran said there are about 150 Vietnamese families active in the church in addition to that many coming for Mass from northern Connecticut and elsewhere in the Pioneer Valley.
He is proud of the sacrifices made by his parishioners in raising revenue for the new hall that, as designed by area architect and lawyer Ray Casella, will accommodate 400 people and feature three classrooms.
"One Vietnamese man with five children in the religious education program sold the gold watch he had from his mother and gave the money despite losing his job. Another elderly Vietnamese man gave money he saved to buy a new refrigerator. People on both sides — Anglo and Vietnamese — have been very supportive," said the Vietnamese-born priest who came here in 1979.
He was ordained in Worcester and his assignments include two years at a Korean parish in New Jersey. There is a small community of Korean-speaking Catholics who also worship at St. Paul's.
Tran, who commutes to the weekday 7:30 a.m. Mass in English from Wilbraham since St. Paul's also has no rectory, said he has always seen building a hall where people can eat, socialize and share their cultural traditions together as key to the success and integration of his parish.
"When I took the assignment to St. Paul's, a priest, who is a good friend, predicted the parish would be closed in three months. I knew it would be very challenging with two different parishes and with the economy in a downturn. However, I resolved to do it and now we are almost there (to the goal of $1.45 milion). People have responded generously in a short period of time," Tran said.
"The Vietnamese want to keep their culture and language while preparing the next generation and we are seeing young Anglo families come back. If we build the hall, we can be a strong family together."
The following interview is with John B. Wynne, a member of St. Paul's since the age of 5, and chair of its finance committee.
Q. When did the Vietnamese and Koreans join the parish? And why?
A. In 2005 the diocese made a preliminary decision to close St. Paul the Apostle Church. Our parish was dwindled down to 125 families, and although we were supporting ourselves financially, we were losing families due to a lack of programs. With no social center or meeting place it was difficult to compete with surrounding Catholic churches, five within two miles.
At a deanery meeting various priests were asked if they would consider taking over St. Paul's Church; only the Rev. Quynh D. Tran showed any interest.
Against the advice of other priests, he agreed to take over as pastor. He had been at Holy Name parish for 10 years developing a Vietnamese following from around Western Massachusetts. However, he shared the parish with the residing priest.
So in 2006, he was assigned administrator of St. Paul. He is now the pastor, and 150 families from the Vietnamese community joined him. The bishop asked Father Tran to allow the Koreans families to hold Mass at St. Paul's twice a month, so in 2009, some 40 Korean families came together to celebrate Mass in the Korean language (with their own priest).
The Korean families are from various home parishes, they come together to celebrate their culture and language, two times a month.
Q. When was the parish established and for whom?
A. The parish was established in 1960. The original parishioners went to weekly Mass at the Blue Moon cafe while the church was being built and was completed in 1962. The diocese purchased enough land to build a rectory and parish hall, however never followed through on design or construction.
A nearby home was purchased for a rectory and was sold in 2005. The cost to build the initial church was close to $3 million, which put a heavy financial burden on the original families. So much so, the diocese had to spread the mortgage payment over three generations, in order for the families to have cash flow to operate the church. In 2003, the entire mortgage was paid back to the diocese.
Geographic lines were drawn, initially outlining and guiding Catholic families which church to attend. In time though, families withdrew on their own from St. Paul's to join other Catholic parishes that had the facilities and programs better suited to their families needs.
Q. Why is there a need to expand?
A. When Father Tran came to St. Paul's, he immediately recognized that there was no facility for people to gather. Religious school programs were being conducted in various parts of the church, not conducive for learning. People would come to church and go home, for there was no place to gather and interact with each other.
There was a lack of meeting space to counsel families, children and adults who wanted and needed training. There was no meeting hall to plan programs and have social events. He knew that for the different cultures to learn from one another and become one family under God, we would have to get to know each other and work with each other side by side.
Q. How have you been able to raise more than $1 million dollars?
A. In 2003 the diocese yoked St. Joseph of East Longmeadow, with St. Paul's. The diocese sold off the property at St. Joseph's and allowed $500,000 from the proceeds to be escrowed in St. Paul's name for future endeavors. Some $440,000 has been raised from a capital campaign with our parishioners, of which $360,000 is secured in the bank, and the balance is paid by families over a three-year commitment. Another $100,000 was granted from the Davis Foundation, $50,000 in August of 2010 and another $50,000 commitment in August 2011.
The diocese sold four adjoining lots on the back of the St. Paul's property, that raised $300,000. To date we have commitments and cash of $1.35 million. Our goal is $ 1.45 million to build and purchase kitchen equipment, chairs, tables and the necessary supplies to open the doors. Our architect, Ray Casella and his Casella Design Associates, have been fantastic in working with our planning committee in design and cost savings.
Q. What have been some of the cultural challenges?
A. Initially, the original parishioners of St. Paul's thought the transition was going to be smooth, the Vietnamese families would join our parish and we would do everything as we always have. Wrong! Blending two cultures into one big family is not simple. Each has its own traditions that are steeped in generations of practice.
One example — the children's education program is currently taught separately, by two different directors. The Vietnamese have more than 100 children in the program and it's designed to be taught in Vietnamese.
Families don't want to change what is working for them, hence we have separation and some division.
Father Tran is acutely aware of the needs of both cultures and is the mentor mediator and spiritual leader for all. He is misunderstood by members of both communities who may feel he is favoring one over the other, or not standing his ground on other issues; however he has a master plan and is not quick to change things to accommodate on group, unless it benefits all.
He recognizes that when the families of both cultures come together in facility, that over time they will come together as one, respecting and learning from one another, and bringing benefits to the surrounding neighborhood and city.
Q. What were the requirements from the diocese?
A. The diocese took almost two years to allow us to move forward with our capital campaign. They wanted to complete their plan for reorganizing local parishes before they gave their blessing. We now have full cooperation, and must submit our progress to the diocesan building committee for approval.
The diocese will not allow us to start building until all monies are secured. We hope to have secured the remaining funds and go out to bid shortly, and commence building this spring with completion by year end 2012.

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During "Jungle Safari," the children will show off their ability to sing songs in Swahili, play maracas, claves, symbols, hand drums and other instruments, and dance to world rhythms. Familiar characters, including Mowgli, Baloo, monkeys and elephants, will make appearances in the show.
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Registration has opened for The Port Orchard to Gig Harbor Solar Project, an innovative group purchase project aimed at helping Southeast Kitsap Peninsula residents and businesses save time and money in the process of going solar.
The Port Orchard to Gig Harbor Solar Project (POGH) is the second campaign of The Cascadia Solar Project (www.thecascadiasolarproject.com), whose mission is to jumpstart and dramatically increas
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Unless you've seen the East Tech gym floor, it's impossible to fully understand what Coach Brett Moore and his team have accomplished.
It's a "Tartan surface." It's sort of rubber. It's all scuffed-up from more than 40 years of games, gym classes and dances.
"It's the last one like it left in the city," said Leonard Jackson, the commissioner of Cleveland Public Schools athletics. Jackson doesn't say it with pride. Rather, with the hope that one day, it can be replaced.
But it's the East Tech team that should bring smiles to the faces of everyone who loves an underdog. For the first time since 1985, a Senate Athletic League boys team is headed to Columbus for the state semifinals.
"That was East High," said Moore. "I still play (pickup) basketball against some of those guys."
East High closed in 2010.
The last Senate School to win a title was the 1972 East Tech model. That team featured future Ohio State star Lawrence Bolden. Moore still talks to Van Glenn Neal, a starting guard on that title team.
Neal and others will speak to the East Tech team and students in a rally at the school on Thursday as the team prepares for its Friday game with powerhouse St. Edward.
Once upon a time, East Tech was basketball royalty. The Scarabs went to 10 state title semifinals between 1956-72. They won three titles.
But that was a long time ago.
Ultimate underdogs
Now most of the city's top players gravitate to private schools or the suburbs. But Moore is taking to Columbus a group whose tallest player "is 6-foot-5 in his shoes."
The coach was talking about Kory Cullum.
It's a team that knocked off Mentor, Shaker Heights and Uniontown Lake to advance to Columbus.
It's a team where the biggest shot of the season was made by a 5-11 freshman -- Markell Johnson. He beat Lake with a 15-footer in the final seconds of OT, ending the game with 27 points. He may be the only Division I college prospect on the roster.
It's a team that starts four guards ... where Moore washes the uniforms after every game.
It's a team where the shoes and uniforms were purchased by Pastor R.A. Vernon of the Word Church. He grew up a few blocks away at the Longwood Projects and graduated from East Tech in 1989.
It's a team that had to defy the Senate stereotype that the players would lack the poise to win big games outside the Senate.
"That's so true," said Moore. "When I came here, the goal was to win the Senate. My vision has been to do more. Not only did I want us to get the Columbus, but the vision is to win. I've been talking about that for years."
Moore has one full-time assistant. That's Daryl Forest, who also serves as junior varsity coach. Also helping out is Vito Frederici, an assistant football coach from John Hay.
"I keep my own stats, set up the scorebook and do a lot of other things some coaches don't have to do," he said. "But it's not about excuses, it's about getting the work done."
St. Edward coach Eric Flannery told the story of how an employee of the Wolstein Center approached Moore as the coach was setting up a camera to tape the game.
"Who are you?" asked the worker.
"I'm the East Tech coach," said Moore.
The guy couldn't believe the coach had to worry about the camera.
"Brett has done such a great job," said Flannery. "You can see how he builds confidence and belief in his players. This job is so much more than Xs and Os, and Brett knows that."
The floor also is an issue.
"I haven't seen it, except on tape," said Flannery. "I heard about it."
Teams don't want to play at East Tech because it's in such poor condition.
"We had one non-conference home game scheduled," said Moore. "That was with Toledo Scott, but it was snowed out."
So to pile up that 23-4 record, the Scarabs had to do much of it on the road.
The hard way
Moore is 37 years old. He grew up about a mile from the school on East 79th and Woodland. He would have attended East Tech, but he was bussed across town to West Tech. He played basketball at Wooster College, and later at Walsh University in North Canton.
From 2007-13, he was in charge of in-school suspensions at East Tech. He also was attending Cleveland State at night, working on his Masters in Special Education -- and then becoming certified as a teacher. He now teaches special education at Washington Park School during the day, and then drives to East Tech to coach.
Moore's point is that if he's preaching education to his players, he needed to model it.
He's proud of senior K.T. Taylor, and not just because the guard is the two-time Senate Player of the Year.
"He has a 3.6 GPA," said Moore. "Notre Dame College has offered him a scholarship. Some other Division II schools are looking at him. He's a great kid."
Moore says he knows the East Tech streets because this was his neighborhood. His parents broke up when he was 10, "but was I blessed because my father (Brett Manuel) has always been in my life." He talked about how many of his players lack a strong father figure.
"I've been telling people for years that we have only touched the tip of the iceberg of what we can accomplish here," he said. "It's why I have stayed (at East Tech) all these years. I believe in what can happen here.
Coming together
Jackson, the long-time Senate AD, talked about how this East Tech team "is galvanizing the community." He mentioned "about 1,400 fans" who have shown up to support Tech at the two regional games.
He began reminiscing about that last great East Tech team coached by John Chavers, and featuring Lawrence Bolden, Antonio Bolden, Jim Abrams and Neal as if he could still see that group on the court today.
But it was 42 years ago.
"We want to carry on that tradition and build some of our own," said Moore.
Like his players, he wasn't born when the Scarabs ruled. But he heard about them from his father and from former Tech players such as Neal. His goal is that one day, East Tech fans will talk about his team the same way.
"We have a lot to be proud of," said Moore. "But I keep telling our players, the job is not done yet."


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Tracyton Port cross scheduled?
Walt Fitzpatrick, the ports only elected commissioner, has changed his mind and has scheduled a port meeting Aug. 14, 7 p.m., at the Tracyton Library. Formerly, the commissioner had cancelled all meetings for the rest of the year, while the county commissioners-appointed port commissioner, Gary Keenan, had been holding the last few meetings regularly. He has a seperate meeting planned same time, Aug. 14, same location.
Kitsap County Commissioner Patty Lent is asking Tracyton residents who live in the Port of Tracyton District 1 to apply for appointment to that vacant position on the three-member Port Commission.
The port board is suffering from the lack of a quorum or majority. Without a quorum, no action can be taken to pay port bills or conduct other port business.
Applications will be forwarded to current port commissioners. If an appointment is not made by Aug. 2, County Commissioners will make the appointment.
County Web site, www.kitsapgov.com/volunteer/frmbrdapp.htm. Or call Jan Koske at (360) 337-4650 or email@example.com. Applications will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. Aug. 1.
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This won't be getting any UK Budget financial headlines. (Between Help to Buysa, more bank levy twiddling, and even Northern Rock's £13bn Granite securitisation going on sale.)
On the other hand, it's been quite a year for financial sanctions — those against Russia having been some of the most complicated ever. Read more
Click for the Russian government's official decree banning food imports from the US, EU, Canada, Australia and the Kingdom of Norway…
"From Nord Stream in the Baltic, to Russian bank subsidiaries in Austria…"
Shares in Gazprom, a company that made $32bn in net income last year, trade at only 2.6 times forward earnings.
So it's not as if plenty of foreign fund managers weren't already pretending that the Moscow market has been wiped from the face of capitalism.
On the other hand — via Bloomberg on Friday (and more from the WSJ): Read more
What happens when you raise rates by 2.5 percentage points, within a period of six months, for an economy that might only grow 0.2 per cent this year?
We're not sure. Read more
Given that Russian subjects are reportedly being force fed a diet of Putin-esque mis-information over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, it seems worth noting what strategists employed by Russian investment banks are saying about the threat of deeper sanctions against Russia.
Here's Charlie Robertson, global chief economist at Renaissance Capital (emphasis ours)… Read more
From the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control on Wednesday:
The following transactions by U.S. persons or within the United States involving the persons listed below are hereby prohibited: transacting in, providing financing for, or otherwise dealing in new debt of longer than 90 days maturity of these persons (listed below), their property, or their interests in property…
Note that wording carefully. "US persons" could extend beyond the US. Meanwhile "new debt of longer than 90 days maturity" could extend beyond US dollar debt.
It does not, however, include US dollar clearing generally, the US Treasury says. Nor, it seems, CDS which references prohibited underlying debt.
Now note whose debt — not all transactions; debt — US banks, US clearing systems, and US investors may be prevented from dealing with accordingly: Read more
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Gunvor $500m note, due May 2018. Read more
That's banks' exposure to Russia by major economy, put together using BIS data by Gilles Moec and team at Deutsche. Click the image to enlarge. Read more
Or, why investors might be less than sanguine about sanctions against Russia.
We could start with the OFZs.
Here to explain why refiners in Asia aren't getting giddy about the Iran deal are some analysts accompanied by an angry Congress, angry Israel, angry Saudi, OPEC, existing sanctions, such as the ban on exports to the EU, and a large implicit counterfactual – without a deal, sanctions would have tightened further. Read more
Iran's new rial-ity is biting hard.
From Bloomberg (with our emphasis):
"Most of my customers just look at products behind the window and pass," said Behrouz Madani,
What's happening in the Iranian currency markets at the moment is getting pretty fascinating.
Via Reuters on Wednesday:
Brussels, 15 March 2012 – Following an EU Council decision, SWIFT is today announcing it has been instructed to discontinue its communications services to Iranian financial institutions that are subject to European sanctions.
The new European Council decision, as confirmed by the Belgian Treasury, prohibits companies such as SWIFT to continue to provide specialised financial messaging services to EU-sanctioned Iranian banks. SWIFT is incorporated under Belgian law and has to comply with this decision as confirmed by its home country government. Read more
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The European Union is moving to ban blacklisted Iranian entities from using a Belgium-based financial communications and clearing system , better known as Swift, in a move that could drastically cut Tehran's ability to conduct global financial transactions, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the paper US and European officials believe Iranian companies and banks have been using the system to evade international sanctions. Swift, short for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, oversees the network used by most of the world's largest banks to conduct financial wire transfers. Both houses of the US Congress have drafted legislation threatening to penalize Swift's board of directors and owners if they don't ban the suspect Iranian entities from using its network, the WSJ says. A formal ruling by EU financial regulators on Swift is expected by late February or early March and Swift's board is expected to comply.
Iran's Opec representative has told other members of the oil cartel that they will be "held as main culprits" if they raise production to offset US and EU sanctions against Tehran, the FT reports. Saudi Arabia's oil minister had promised to keep oil flowing to its customers only the day before, but made no direct reference to Iran sanctions, says Reuters. The kingdom could produce 12.5m barrels per day if necessary, up from the current 10m barrels per day, Ali Naimi added. Brent crude for March delivery rose $1 to $111 a barrel early in Monday trading, Bloomberg reports.
Japan wants to keep importing crude oil from Iran despite rising pressure from the US to cooperate in strengthening sanctions against the Islamic Republic, reports the WSJ, citing an unnamed official at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The official reportedly said the country was concerned about the impact on energy prices and the possibility of a fuel shortage affecting rebuilding after the disastrous earthquake and tsunami that hit in March. The comments came a day before the planned meeting between US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Japan's Finance Minister Jun Azumi. The two ministers plan to meet Thursday morning, with a possible ban on Iranian crude oil and Japan's currency intervention likely to be on the agenda, which a spokesman at the Ministry of Finance declined to discuss.
Asian economies have started to cut back purchases of Iranian oil as new sanctions on the Middle Eastern producer creep closer, Reuters reports. Chinese buying of Iran's crude has been cut back by half in the last month, while Japan may also reduce purchases if it reaches an agreement with the United States on a sanctions waiver. However, the Italian government has urged EU states to impose an Iran oil import embargo at a gradual pace, reports the FT. Some 13 per cent of Italy's oil imports come from Iran. EU, Chinese and Japanese demand accounts for half of Iran's exports.
Britain will on Thursday join the US in warning that any action by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz would be "illegal and unsuccessful," insisting that western navies in the Gulf must ensure the free flow of oil trade, the FT says. The strait is a route for approximately a fifth of the world's oil. Amid signs that the European Union has now agreed in principle to ban oil imports from Iran this month, Philip Hammond, Britain's defence secretary, will warn the Iranians that the UK would respond militarily if Tehran tries to close the strait in retaliation over sanctions. The NY Times reports that energy analysts are predicting an increase in oil prices of as much as 50 per cent over a matter of days should the strait be closed down. US officials have stated that the Navy's Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain, also stands ready to defend the route. Meanwhile in Nigeria, the FT reports, union leaders have called for a nationwide strike from Monday to protest government plans to cut fuel subsidies. "All offices, oil production centres, air and sea ports, fuel stations, markets, banks, among others will be shut down," the unions said in a joint statement. "We advise Nigerians to stockpile basic needs, especially food and water."
Danger, danger: Merkozy tape bombs exploding on Monday afternoon.
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Tehran and Beijing are in talks about using a barter system to exchange Iranian oil for Chinese goods and services, the FT says, as US financial sanctions have blocked China from paying at least $20bn for oil imports. The US sanctions against Iran, which make it extremely difficult to conduct dollar-denominated business, mean that China could owe the oil-rich nation as much as $30bn, according to people familiar with the problem. They said the unpaid oil bills had built up over the past two years and the governments, which are in early-stage talks, were looking at how to "offset" the debt.
Reuters published a special report Monday on the Libyan rebels' efforts to sell oil in spite of the ongoing civil war and high levels of legal uncertainty.
The last time we posted on the topic, the rebels had sold 1m barrels with the help of Qatar but were struggling with both the supply and demand for further sales. Read more
The US announcement on Monday that it was pursuing "targeted sanctions" against Syria heralds a likely shift by western governments towards increasing pressure on Damascus, the FT reports. Although imposing sanctions on leading Syrian officials might have limited practical effect, it marks a big change in the US stance towards Bashar al-Assad, Syria's president, and is the latest shift in tortured relations with Damascus. The Bush administration classified Syria as an associate member of the "axis of evil" and withdrew its ambassador after the 2005 assassination of Rafiq Hariri, the former prime minister of Lebanon who had crossed swords with Mr Assad. Ties were further tested in 2007 after Israel bombed a hidden Syrian nuclear reactor that western intelligence agencies said was intended as part of a weapons programme.
Reuters' Jessica Donati and Emma Farge on Wednesday spot some odd goings-on in the Tunisian port of La Skhira:
Oil trading and shipping sources said at least 120,000 tones of gasoline had arrived so far this month at La Skhira for ship-to-ship transfers, a figure that amounts to nearly half of Tunisia's annual imports.
Coalition forces over Libya are not trying to kill Gaddafi, or to co-ordinate air strikes with the rebels, the Pentagon said on Sunday.
Assuming that's true… Read more
Lord Mandelson, the former Labour cabinet member, has launched a spirited defence of the previous government's ties to Libya, reports the FT. Writing in Monday's FT, the peer says the "denunciation" of those involved with Muammer Gaddafi's regime has reached "ridiculous lengths" and warns it could backfire and harm British interests. The former business secretary's comments came as David Cameron, prime minister, criticised Labour's "dodgy deals with dictators in the desert". But Lord Mandelson said former prime mininster Tony Blair was right to do business in Libya. Separately, the FT notes that as US and European sanctions take hold, Libya's African investments – once seen as expensive "white elephant" projects – may be the country's last unfrozen assets.
Forces loyal to Muammer Gaddafi, the Libyan leader who has already lost control of a swathe of his country, struck against protesters in strategic cities close to the capital Tripoli, which remains a heavily policed bastion of the regime, the FT reports. Eastern Libya has already slipped out of the grip of Colonel Gaddafi, who faces a popular rebellion inspired by the recent revolts that toppled the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia. The Guardian adds that international responses to the crisis are gaining pace — with no-fly zone or sanctions among options being considered. Arab News says Obama condemned Gaddafi's violent crackdown and will send Hillary Clinton to Geneva for international talks Monday to discuss what actions can be taken to stop the violence.
The US on Monday announced some of its toughest sanctions against North Korea, targeting Pyongyang's alleged drug trafficking, counterfeiting and military activities, as well as "slush funds" used by the country's elite, the FT reports. The move includes a new executive order issued by President Barack Obama and sanctions against a North Korean intelligence agency and an office of the Korean Workers party the US Treasury says is involved in the methamphetamines and heroin trades.


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Our Birds: What's a 'Big Day?' Part II
Editor's Note: Read part one here.
We left off last month with birders at Neah Bay, half-way through a "Big Day," with Hank yelling …
"Out there by the ski jump," pointing toward the end of the bay, "that loon! That yellow-bill!"
At the creek were Western, least and a single semipalmated sandpiper. A pectoral sandy stood alone.
Whimbrel numbered a dozen. Village Creek was gull heaven on a good day; today was gull heaven.
Western, glaucous winged, California, glaucous, Boney, Thayer's, ring-billed, Mew and a Franklin's.
Tika stood shaking her head in wonder. Doing a Big Day encompasses not only knowing where to go, where to look and what to look for, but also a bit of luck.
Franklin's gull was luck. 9:45 a.m. The Boom road. Park. Walk. Listen. Point. Tick. Warblers. Flycatchers. Vireos.
"DUSKY?" whispered Tika, "that whit note." Hank nodded.
Off Wa'ada jetty we found nothing. That's the problem with planning. You scout, you know, and then you go looking and tally nothing. Nothing new, that is. That's the point of a "Big Day." Every minute is mustered toward finding something new.
I stood looking out over the strait; high above I heard sandhill cranes. I smiled. Tika and Hank were smiling, too. The cranes were the something new.
Worth the wait
The Mini Mart in Neah Bay is famous. Not for being a store, but for the birds that have been found in the woods south of the store.
We stopped and walked. Wilson's warbler, Bullock's oriole, black-headed grosbeak. 10:55 a.m. Backtrack road is dirt and gravel and has dump trucks, pickups and other wheeled creatures that don't go slow. Birders go slow.
Backtrack also is a depot of old-growth swampy vegetation yielding pileated woodpecker, wood duck, hooded merganser. At its westerly end is a swampy mecca that sometimes gives up a green heron.
We waited long for it. Pushed our time-budget. My idea. But it just wouldn't show.
"Another few minutes," I pleaded.
Tika was jawed. "Time is birds," she said.
Then the little wonder came flying low over the marsh, set its wings and stood — down 20 feet out in front of us. We were even later leaving.
Wa'atch and learn
The Wa'atch River is a short river by costal standards. But it wanders through some of the most beautiful mixed grass-sedge-rush habitat on the peninsula. Northern harrier, Savannah sparrow, common yellowthroat. All expected. All common. Vesper sparrow, northern mockingbird, western bluebird, All uncommon. All possible. But were favors found.
What wasn't expected was the Brewer's sparrow. Sitting on a bare alder branch just off the road. We stared. Ticked it. Then drove over the Makah Passage bridge, stopping again. Scoping down river yielded common merganser, greater yellowlegs, white-fronted goose, solitary sandpiper and "Time!" the Master said.
We drove on.
Leaning over my shoulder, Tika showed me her notebook, pointing to a number: 143! Wow. And we hadn't hit the bird-gift areas yet.
To the cape
Cape Flattery is a geologic nubbin sticking out from the northwest corner of the peninsula. For birders, it's a piece of rock with a cedar platform on it. It was coming on 12:20 p.m. We had 30 minutes; no more.
Tatoosh Island sits a long way offshore. But with care and industry birds can be ID'd way out there. Common murres numbered in the thousands. Rhinos were everywhere. Tufted puffins were below the platform. Brandt's and pelagic cormies dipped to and from rock stacks. Pigeon guillemot, marbled murrelet, Cassin's auklet, oystercatchers.
I felt Tika nudge me, then point, "There! Off the bow of that two-rig trawler, a Manx!"
I turned, binocs to eyes. No way, I thought. Not in this close. Not possible. Hank wasn't as calm in his yelling, "MANX!" I could see it, but …
Tika grabbed my shirt, jerked me over as she stepped away from her scope. I unzoomed, caught up with the bird, then edged the power up a bit. And there along with it were several Sootys for comparison. Manx shearwater off Cape Flattery! No one would believe this. But three sets of eyes knew what they were seeing. That's another facet of this "Big Day" stuff – I've already noted this: everyone sees or hears all the birds for them to count. Period.
But the key in the seeing and hearing is the knowing. You had to know, you couldn't be guessing or floundering in ID mania at times like this. How do you know? The answer is both simple and difficult. You know from your own learning curves, from your years of experience with birds. Difficult because it isn't always easy.
What had we not ticked because one of us missed the bird so far: horned lark, Cassin's finch, bank swallow. We all know these birds; but we weren't "on them" fast enough.
Take a walk
You can't drive down to Archawat Creek beach. You walk the long way down, knowing that it's also a long way back up — a round-trip of an hour or more, with only 10 minutes birding time. Why go down there? Why go where few other birders know, or deem, to go? Because of a bird.
In this case because of one that shouldn't be here this time of year: Rock sandpiper. Hank had seen three on rocks offshore two days ago. We took the chance. And dipped (that's birder's parlance for not seen).
An hour lost? No. That's another piece of this game; you take chances sometimes for just that one bird that might make the difference in … in what? The rewards: a day with a personal high count; a day's higher count than last year or just maybe the highest count yet – a record!
Moving on
And so the day continued: North Hobuck Beach, Tsoo-Yess Valley, Hobuck Lake, Makah Beach, Shi Shi's Fringe, the Hollow, the Fish Hatchery and lastly, post-dark listening for owls along Backtrack, Makah Passage and Hobuck campground.
As I sat stirring the way-past-midnight dying coals in the fire, listening to Tika babble and mumble to herself as she ran through all the tick marks in her notebook. Checking and rechecking. Sometimes swearing. Sometimes laughing, I handed Hank another Black Butte Porter. He took it, clinked bottles.
Then she stood, looked at both of us looking up at her and with glee in her eyes and a smile so wide she was gonna crack, she said, "Well … this is what we did and this is what we didn't!"
Lifting her cup of Earl Grey in toast and with a devilish smile in her voice, she continued, "You're really not gonna believe what we just did in the last 24 hours. Really. You're not. We … "
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STOPERA, Walter, 91, of Diamond St., Rayland, OH, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at his home.
He was born February 20, 1922 in Avela, PA, son of the late Andrew and Anastasia Sudan Stopera.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Janie Stopera; grandson, Shaun Taylor; brothers, Richard and Tony Stopera; four sisters, Genevie Fithen, Emily Hail, Mary Hill, and Sophia Scheele.
Walter was a WW II U.S. Navy veteran serving in Normandy. He retired from Nickles Bakery in Martins Ferry, OH; owner of the former Walt's Lounge in Rayland, OH; Christian by faith; lifetime member of the V.F. W. Post 4811 of Yorkville, OH; former president of the Warren Township Lions Club; spent many wonder summers camping at Seneca Lake; enjoyed piloting his plane, and loved boating.
He is survived by his wife, Darla Jean Hossman Stopera; son Walter M. Stopera of Cadiz, OH; daughter, Neva L. (Taylor) Rodgers of Painesville, OH; brother-in-law, Rick (Cindy) Hossman of Pennsylvania; sister, Lillian (Bob) Coldar of Holt, MI; eight grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren.
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At the start of our interview I show Richard Ayoade a proof copy of his forthcoming book, Ayoade on Ayoade, and ask what it feels like to hold it in his hands. Usually authors are thrilled to get their mitts on a hard copy of their book for the first time, but Ayoade betrays not a flicker of emotion. "Well, you know it's not quite seemly to be so emotional about something you have done," he says.
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Projected BCS Standings: Kansas State climbs to No. 3 in second BCS rankings of 2012
Just two weeks into the BCS standings and the chase is on — it's more than certain. That's just what a weekend full of strong statement victories from the nation's best will get you.
|Projected BCS Rankings
|Alabama Crimson Tide
|Florida Gators
|Kansas State Wildcats
|Oregon Ducks
|Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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So, are there any surprises in store for the second BCS rankings? Not many. But one could be on its way near the top.
When the first set of rankings were released, many were confused by an Oregon team that landed at No. 3. Somewhat a victim of not playing the weekend before and big victories from Florida and Kansas State, the Ducks landed at the unenviable position of the No. 3 spot in the BCS.
One weekend later, could they be headed down a spot again? They certainly wont be able to catch a Florida team coming off of a victory over previously BCS No. 7 South Carolina.
But more importantly, Kansas State registered a big victory over West Virginia. And not only that, it was box score big — important given voters habits. Votes will be split among the Gators, Ducks and Wildcats more strongly than they were last weekend. Combined with only slightly improved computer rankings, it could mean another knock down for Oregon and a bump up for Kansas State.
But there shouldn't be much worry in Eugene. Games await the Ducks against USC and the surprisingly undefeated (and tomorrow's likely BCS No. 7) Oregon State. Oregon has more than enough power to climb back to the No. 2 spot if the Ducks remain undefeated.
From there on down there isn't a whole lot of shock to go around. LSU is likely to see a nice bump from a victory over Texas A&M, but is likely be unable to catch Notre Dame at No. 5. South Carolina's loss sends them tumbling, allowing Oregon State, Oklahoma and USC to all climb up a spot.
Remember, we'll be here to take you through all of it, starting with tomorrow's releases of the human polls, computer rankings and BCS. Follow along all day tomorrow @BCSKnowHow
Got all that? Hope so.
Here's what the BCS standings will likely look like when they are released tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN:
Projected BCS Standings – BCS Week Two (October 21)
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|Oklahoma Sooners
|USC Trojans
|Mississippi State Bulldogs
|Georgia Bulldogs
|South Carolina Gamecocks
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K state backed out of playing Oregon at Autzen this year!! They didnt want to getr beat by a team much better then them!! The BCS is A JOKE take out the C and it is PURE BS!! GO DUCKS
Like the top four. Think ND is overrated but the Sooners will take care of that next week most certainly. In the meantime, OSU Beavs beat BYU by about 20 while ND barely squeaked by. So why the higher ranking for ND? Also a self correcting problem as OSU will probably end out with 2 losses (Stanford and Ducks).
Agreed that if the Ducks go undefeated that they should have a shot but more so than K State or Florida? I don't know. What I DO KNOW is that an Oregon Ducks v. Alabama Crimson Tide championship game sounds like a lot of fun.


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Who are your developer heros?
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Posted 28 April 2013 - 08:08 PM
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Posted 28 April 2013 - 08:13 PM
I don't have a game dev hero but I am practically in love with Microsoft, C#, SQL Server, Win Server, VS, Office, .NET, MS Maths, MS Visio, MS Project, IE10 (yeh that's right IE made the list), DirectX etc etc.
Im like a code junky and MS just keep giving me all these technologies to get high on.
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Posted 28 April 2013 - 08:22 PM
For video stuff, Michael Neidermayer.
For just being awesome (and compiler stuff), Matt Might.
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Posted 28 April 2013 - 09:45 PM
Carmack for open sourcing some of the games that used to rule my teenage world, Sakaguchi for the story behind why FF was created, also several people on GD for being awesome and helping people learn and grow.
There are ten kinds of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Posted 29 April 2013 - 01:35 AM
I suppose once upon a time it was John Carmack but, after working in the games industry I have come to admire anybody who makes games for a living. Wheather it is a one man indie to a huge 200+ team. There are coders out there who you have never heard of who can code circles around John Carmack and also people who suck at coding and math but still manage to dig deep and struggle through to make great games because they have a vision.
So if you code games give yourself a pat on the back.
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Posted 29 April 2013 - 01:39 AM
Eric Lippert
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Posted 29 April 2013 - 01:58 AM
I'd say Michael Morhaime Blizzard's co-founder and Carmack ofc. But as Buster2000 said, not for their programming's skill, instead for what they created!.
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Posted 29 April 2013 - 08:05 AM
Kent Beck for Testing stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck
Jim Blinn for Graphics Stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Blinn
John Carmack for Doom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Carmack
Jonathan Blow for proving an indie guy can make it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Blow
This talk was something else that made me interested: http://the-witness.net/news/2011/06/how-to-program-independent-games/
I think, therefore I am. I think? - "George Carlin"
My Website: Indie Game Programming
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Posted 29 April 2013 - 09:40 AM
Jonathan Blow for braid, and John Carmack for Doom, Quake engine, and of course without quake engine there would be no gold source engine, and no half-life and counter-strike as it is today, no source engine, no team fortress 2 and so on
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Posted 29 April 2013 - 10:19 AM
In one sense John Skeet. He has a depth of knowledge on C# and Java that is amazing. On the other end of the scale Bill Gates, because he successfully made it out of the programmer rat race with his skills and knowledge.
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Posted 29 April 2013 - 12:06 PM
John Carmack, Gabe Newell, Minh "gooseman" Le
For continuing the great trilogy
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Posted 29 April 2013 - 04:00 PM
I don't really have any developer heroes, but there are people who inspire me to program indirectly:
1. Steve Jobs
2. Neil DeGrasse Tyson
3. Holly Griffith
4. Bill Gates
5. Hopsin
6. Hearts Grow (a band)
None of them are programmers, but their work inspires me, and they they remind that there's nothing better than waking up every day and expressing yourself as an artist through a medium you truly love. Sometimes when I go a while without writing code, I forget how beautiful programming really is. These guys remind me that as long as I stick with doing this thing that I love, I'll be able to find that beauty over and over.
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Posted 29 April 2013 - 11:24 PM
Gabe Newell, not for code, but because he understands the development process.
Every time I hear him talk, I am awe struck at how he thinks about how to get the most out of his talent pool.
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Posted 30 April 2013 - 12:03 AM
The dude just knows everything >.<
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Posted 30 April 2013 - 12:24 AM
No one. Sooner or later I find out something I dislike a lot about every "developer hero" (Carmack wen't down once I read certain comments/tweets, Linus is about Open Source but not about "free as in freedom", Stallman its kinda nutty, and so on).
My journals: dustArtemis ECS framework and Making a Terrain Generator
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Posted 30 April 2013 - 01:09 AM
The dude just knows everything >.<
SiCra... Dang, beat me to it
Edited by HappyCoder, 30 April 2013 - 01:09 AM.
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Posted 30 April 2013 - 01:54 AM
After watching Indie the movie i found Tommy Refenes to be one of the persons i look up too,
And Jonathan Blow for the awesome Braid.
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Posted 30 April 2013 - 07:18 AM
Do you have any relevant interviews? I'm interested to hear some. I haven't heard him talk very much :/
Gabe Newell, not for code, but because he understands the development process.
Every time I hear him talk, I am awe struck at how he thinks about how to get the most out of his talent pool.
I'd say John Carmack for 2 reasons, 1. he still writes code and inovates despite technically being able to just sit back and let someone else do it for him. 2. He has a significant impact outside his original domain with his work buildin dem rockets, which I think is just awesome.
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Posted 30 April 2013 - 07:29 AM
What? After all these reply no Andre LaMothe?
Other than the names already mentioned, my first hero was Andre LaMothe. My first game programming books is Secret of the Game Programming Guru (DOS). Or was it Tricks?
The fact that he is ex-NASA is a bonus point. And when I first know internet (when it was new) and managed to get in contact with him, it was awesome.
Too bad he wasn't as active in his forum as in those early days.
I don't know if it has something to do with how many people (fans?) give him promises as he fight Hasbro, but not much people follow suit, even in tiny contribution.
I wonder what will happen if there is kickstarter back then. Andre would have win.
Sony/Bleem/ and the other emulator tells that even if you are right, you can still lose. Sigh.
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Posted 30 April 2013 - 07:31 AM
Oh, and Ken Silverman.
I play his early demo game, and to realize his age, it was like, awesome!
Ken Labyrinth might look like 'programmers art' but that is the engine for future Duke Nukem 3D!


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Nintendo has announced that it will be hosting another Hyrule Warriors livestream on August 14, via Japanese streaming site NicoNico. This is the second livestream event for the game Nintendo has announced, offering more game footage and a few areas that haven't been seen before. In addition, Hyrule Warriors developers Yosuke Hayashi and Furusawa Masaki will be on hand during the stream. Shigeru Miyamoto was in attendance for the last livestream, but we're not sure whether or not he'll make an appearance during this stream.
While this stream is geared for Japanese audiences since the game releases this month in Japan, it does provide a look many of the new environments revealed over the last month in Famitsu, so tune in if you want to see some of the more familiar locations of Hyrule brought to life inside the game. Stream times are as follows:
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SAGINAW, MI — Franklin Peterson, city manager in Calhoun County's city of Springfield, was the second of three candidates to interview Monday, Dec. 10, for Saginaw County's top administrative position.
The Saginaw County Board of Commissioners' Executive Committee set up three back-to-back interviews with Peterson and the other two top candidates chosen by the committee on Nov. 27 from a pool of 11 applicants.
Peterson, 32, told committee members he believes both his youth and experience are assets that make him the right choice for the position.
"I will bring a lot of energy into this office and this position," he said. "You will see a lot of enthusiasm from me."
The city manager said his first initiative as controller, if chosen by county commissioners, would be to develop a long-term budget plan. Peterson said he did that in Springfield, which allowed the city to post budget surpluses for a series of years instead of deficits.
"So you're not chasing after the budget every year," he said. "Finances are going to be key. Until we get those in line, it's hard to address some of those community needs."
The other two candidates interviewing for the county's top administrative position, currently held by outgoing controller Marc McGill, are Bay City Manager Robert Belleman and Genesee County Controller George Martini.
Peterson holds a bachelor's degree in public law and a master's in public administration, and has served as Springfield's city manager since March 2007.
He worked as Grant city manager for nearly two years and as a planner/project manager for more than one year in Lafayette, Ind. He also has done contract planning and zoning for for Ashland Township, according to his application.
Saginaw County's executive committee plans to meet again Tuesday, Dec. 11, to discuss the interviews and consider recommending a top choice to the full Board of Commissioners. The job was posted with a $120,000 negotiable annual salary, according to county staff.
McGill, who announced his retirement earlier this year, is currently in negotiations with Tittabawassee Township after the township board chose him as their top pick for its township manager position.


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Tonight, however, reverts to the original damp prediction. Mostly cloudy with a shower in the area with patches of fog late in the evening. Temperatures should drop to 53.
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Gov. Chris Christie's administration announced today the state's Department of Transportation will award $81.6 million for 391 grants to municipalities for streetscape projects, paving streets, building bike ways and more.
The grants include municipal aid grants, intended for nontraditional projects such as pedestrian safety, bike lanes and streetscape projects; Transit Village grants, for municipalities with dense, mixed-use redevelopment zones; Bikeway grants; Safe Streets to Transit grants; and Urban Aid grants.
The following Municipal Aid grants were awarded to Hudson County municipalities:
- Bayonne: For various streets, $285,000
- East Newark: For various streets, $140,090
- Guttenberg: For 69th Street, $250,000
- Harrison: For Warren Street, $400,000
- Hoboken: For various streets, $295,000
- Jersey City: For various streets, $500,000
- Kearny: For Midland Avenue, $150,000
- North Bergen: For various streets, $285,000
- Secaucus: For Luhman Terrace, $240,000
- Union City: For Summit Avenue, $260,000
- Weehawken: For various streets, $210,000
- West New York: For various streets, $360,000
- Bayonne: $58,880
- Hoboken: $105,620
- Jersey City: $573,590
- Kearny: $31,930
- North Bergen: $32,130
- Union City: $98,470
- Weehawken: $3,320
- West New York: $39,610
In addition, Jersey City was awarded $75,000 for a Safe Street to Transit grant, which will help pay for pedestrian safety improvements on Wilson Street.


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Thursday, July 22
12pm-1pm: Jon "Bean" Hastings, Andrew Farago
1pm-2pm: Mike Dubisch
2pm-3pm: Kimo Yancey
3pm-4pm: Debbie Huey, Lisa Ann Wilson
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4pm-5pm: Ray Friesen, Mia Morgan White
5pm-6pm: Ron Yavnieli, Larry Hama
Saturday, July 24
11am-12pm: Kraig Rasmussen
12pm-1pm: Kimo Yancey, Brad Rader
1pm-2pm: Steve Purcell, Jon "Bean" Hastings
2pm-3pm: Daryl Cagle, Amy Martin
3pm-4pm: Bobby London, Michael Gross
4pm-5pm: David Lloyd, Ron Yavnieli
5pm-6pm: Larry Marder, Andrew Farago
Sunday, July 25
11am-12pm: Bobby London, Phil Foglio
12pm-1pm: Cynthia Martin, Astrid Vohwinkle
1pm-2pm: Wahab Algarmi, Anthony Hon
2pm-3pm: Mia Morgan White
3pm-4pm: Shaenon Garrity, Andrew Farago
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Earl Phillips lives on Pichon Road in Bayou Liberty, back behind the Catholic church.
He likes to stay informed about what's going on, and what his local government is doing, in his neck of the woods. He likes his St. Tammany Parish Council representative and regularly attends the councilman's monthly community meetings at Bayou Woods Elementary School.
When parish officials this week unveiled a color-coded map proposing new boundaries for its 14 council districts, though, Phillips was not happy. His little neighborhood was shifted out of his familiar western Slidell district, shaded yellow on the map, into the fringe of a rambling purple lakefront district -- and all he could see was red.
"I don't like this," he told his longtime Councilman, Steve Stefancik, after an initial public hearing on the new council boundaries Wednesday night.
Stefancik didn't like it much either. But when it comes to local redistricting in the wake of the 2010 census, council members and constituents alike are finding that options are limited.
The census showed that St. Tammany Parish posted a population increase of 22 percent over the past decade, from 191,268 to 233,740. The growth has been concentrated in the southwestern part of the parish, west from Mandeville and south from Covington.
Council members now must redraw the lines of their 14 districts so the population of each is brought back into balance, within 5 percent of an optimum count of 16,700 residents per district.
As things stand now, Councilman Marty Dean's 1st District, covering Madisonville, Goodbee and much of Covington, is closer to 26,000.
Much of his current district will be trimmed, and other districts will shift accordingly. That process extends all the way across the parish to the Slidell area, which did not see the growth that occurred in western St. Tammany and consequently must add territory, and households, to its districts for the counts to even out.
"The redistricting process is essentially a numbers game," Parish Council administrator Mike Sevante said Wednesday night as the proposed new district alignment was unveiled. But as games go, this one isn't much fun for anyone involved.
Council members don't want to give up neighborhoods that they're used to representing, places where they're already well-known.
"None of us like our (proposed) districts," Stefancik said. "None of us are going to like to give up places in our districts where you feel real comfortable."
They'll also admit privately what Councilman Jerry Binder of Slidell acknowledged publicly Wednesday night: incumbents -- who are not term-limited in St. Tammany -- don't want to have to run against each other.
As a result, redistricting consultant Allen Cartier has been challenged not only to make the numbers balance out, but also to draw the lines in such as a way that the homes of current council members remain insulated from each other.
When questioned about that political subplot by a member of the public Wednesday night, Sevante said in their current form, the proposed new districts preserve the autonomy of all current council members except 2nd District Councilman Gary Cooper, in north-central St. Tammany.
And like local governments elsewhere in Louisiana, the council must have new district lines reviewed by the U.S. Justice Department to ensure that minority representation is not unduly impacted.
The new census indicates an African-American population of just over 11 percent in St. Tammany. The council has one district with a majority population of African-American residents, in the Slidell area, and much care is given during the redistricting process to maintaining that ratio there.
"The minority district becomes the driving force of everything we do," with other districts adjusting accordingly, Stefancik said.
"Some of these districts look strange," he said. "I don't like the look of them. But we have met the guidelines of one person, one vote."
Nobody said democracy had to be pretty -- just fair. Residents will have a few more opportunities this month to comment on the redistricting plan -- ugly or not -- before a final vote on April 20.
Ron Thibodeaux is the St. Tammany bureau chief. He can be reached at email@example.com or 985.898.4834. Follow him on Twitter @RonThibodeauxTP.


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Art Garcia of NBA.com wrote a piece about teams with cap space this summer, and which approach each team may take.
June 29, NBA.com: Cautious opportunism appears to be the strategy of most. The Pistons, armed with as much as $20 million in cap space, could come out swinging...Detroit may be the only team in the unique situation of having serious cap room and the willingness to spend.
"When you have this kind of cap space, your goal is and our goal is to add a couple of guys that can step on the floor and impact the game for you," Pistons general manager Joe Dumars told his team's Web site. "The fact we have a pretty good amount of money puts us in position to make that happen. You can have these plans, but it has to work out. It has to unfold for you."
Dumars is in the midst of a fast-track rebuild of a former championship contender, and hopes to comes to terms quickly with the targets of Detroit's affection. Boozer, Ben Gordon and Hedo Turkoglu are some of the names likely high on Dumars' list.
This may be a good year for Joe to have all of the cap space he's acquired. Being one of only a few teams with cap space will make Dumars one of the big players this summer. Being that the Pistons are not an elite free agent destination, having to only compete with a few teams like Memphis and Oklahoma City are to Joe's advantage. Sports Illustrated put out a ranking of NBA teams, and the top destinations are not surprises. SI ranked the Pistons at #14.
June 29, Sports Illustrated: 14. Detroit: This place is looking better because of the money it plans to spend. The organization and the suburbs score higher with players than the local economy and downtown Detroit (rarely seen by most Pistons).
While one can argue the Pistons should be a little higher, the author explains his methodology, which is pretty sound.
My methodology: I identified a dozen separate categories allowing for both objective and subjective evaluation, among them Climate, Night Life, Tradition, Marketing Potential, Facilities, Local Economy, Lifestyle (schools for kids, diversions for spouses), even Tax Implications. A few were hardcore hoops stuff: Readiness to Win, Teammates, Salary-Cap Space, Coaches.
I consulted with statisticians at a local community college to concoct a point system, assigning scores ranging from plus-5 down to minus-5, and then calculated weights for each category, mathematically prioritizing them. You'll notice that I also counted Los Angeles twice, because as destinations go, the Lakers' and the Clippers' versions of L.A. might as well be the two moons of Mars. For these purposes, let's say the Lakers are Phobos and the Clippers Deimos.
So I wound up, in the end, with a formula as scientific as the NFL's quarterback-rating system and twice as indecipherable. Which is why I scrapped it entirely, painting-and-deleting the whole shebang as an acknowledgement that this stuff always is a matter of taste, subjective and highly personal for the players involved.
Some want to win, some just want to get paid. Some would be happy as role guys on great teams, others want to be the main man on his own team. One player might frequent museums and plays, the other is happy with a satellite dish and Wii. There are more X-factors in decisions like this than there are, well, Xs and all the other letters in the alphabet.
In other news, the Piston's D-League affiliate has retained it's affiliation with the same teams as it had last season.
June 29, USA Today: The Fort Wayne Mad Ants will keep their NBA Developmental League affiliations with the Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks for the 2009-10 season. It will be Fort Wayne's second year with the Bucks and third year with the Pistons and Pacers.


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How Berlusconi Created A Country In His Own Image
A Short History Of Berlusconi's Woes
Berlusconi convicted of providing false testimony in connection with his secret (and illegal) "Propaganda 2" Masonic lodge. No sentence was issued due to an amnesty passed the previous year.
Court investigates Berlusconi's alleged ties to the Sicilian Mafia, but no charges arose after the deadline for the probe expired.
Berlusconi is convicted of bribing a member of the finance police, but the sentence is overturned on appeal because the statute of limitations expired.
Conviction on charges of bribing then-Prime Minister Bettino Craxi. Sentence is overturned on appeal because the statute of limitations expired.
Berlusconi and other members of his Cabinet are charged with "corrupting a judge" but, with the support of his majority in Parliament, a law is passed granting top government officials limited immunity from prosecution while in office. Berlusconi is ultimately acquitted.
He is acquitted on two other charges of false accounting and found not guilty in a third case after Berlusconi's majority in Parliament redefines the law.
Berlusconi is indicted in Spain on charges of tax fraud and violating antitrust laws regarding the TV network Telecinco. He is acquitted.
— Accused of abusing state flights for personal uses. Case still open.
— Under investigation for illegal wiretapping
— Charged with sexual relations with teenage nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug. Trial ongoing.
Sources: BBC News, AP
With a party anthem called "Thank God for Silvio," humility is not a Silvio Berlusconi virtue. "I am by far the best prime minister Italy ever had," he said in 2009.
Berlusconi's resignation Saturday marks the end of a political career that tainted Italy's international image and helped bring Europe's third-largest economy to the brink of bankruptcy.
He survived tales of "bunga-bunga" orgies and more than 30 prosecutions for corruption, tax fraud and paying for sex with a minor.
A fraction of this would destroy political careers elsewhere, but Berlusconi held unprecedented control through his media empire.
Building His Empire
It all started with a 1970s game show he promoted, where a caller's right answer prompted a housewife in the studio to strip a piece of clothing.
Thirty years later, he had an empire: TV networks, newspapers, publishing houses, insurance companies, a top soccer team and much, much more.
"If someone had told me that this was the beginning of a new empire, a huge media empire and a new political order, where the owner of this media empire also become the prime minister, and this whole story would start with a striptease program, I would laugh," says Erik Gandini, who directed a documentary about Berlusconi's celebrity power titled Videocracy.
Berlusconi was a cruise-ship crooner before entering construction. Then, through political patronage, he created a near-monopoly of commercial TV. He entranced viewers with a glitzy carousel of scantily dressed showgirls.
With 80 percent of Italians getting information only from TV, the adoring audience was a ready-made electorate.
His Rise To Political Dominance
When corruption scandals wiped out most political parties in the early 1990s, he quickly created a new one and swept to power three months later.
With no conflict-of-interest legislation, the billionaire Berlusconi not only kept his own TV networks, he also won control of all state-run broadcasting when he became prime minister.
His rags-to-riches story wooed the many anti-establishment Italians. He sold them a rosy dream of prosperity, lower taxes and a slimmer and nonintrusive state.
But James Walston, international relations professor at Rome's American University, says it's an open secret that Berlusconi entered politics to avoid trials and safeguard his empire.
"He managed to save his companies, and he has managed to avoid the worst of his criminal prosecutions, either by changing the law or by taking his cases beyond the statute of limitations," Walston says.
A key tool, says author Alexander Stille, was a new electoral law allowing party chiefs to pick candidates.
"Suddenly you've see this profusion of beautiful girls and fashion models and TV stars and show girls in parliament," Stille says, "but they are there as ornaments, and therefore the function of parliament as one of the three branches of government, which should have a checking effect on the executive, has become an empty power."
Berlusconi chose a former nude calendar girl as minister of gender equality, and boasted about his face-lifts and hair transplants. Gandini says Berlusconi turned Italy into one big reality show.
"You see that his own personality, his own taste is mirrored in this flow of images that have been washing over the country during the past 30 years," he says, "and that is, for me, like a science fiction idea — the idea that one man's personality can be so totalizing culturally over a whole country."
The Markets Pass Verdict
He lowered some taxes, but tax evasion and corruption soared and organized crime now rules in many parts of Italy. The economy is stagnant, and debt is skyrocketing.
Meanwhile, Berlusconi's personal wealth is reported to have at least tripled.
Foreign policy was a stage to flaunt his salesmanship. However, Walston says, Berlusconi's propensity for school-boy pranks, off-color jokes and racist remarks left him increasingly shunned.
"Combined with his inability to govern, that meant that he could no longer be accepted by the international community and by his own country," Walston says.
With his pancake makeup and unnaturally manicured hair, Berlusconi became a prisoner of his own virtual world.
Just last week he denied there was a crisis, claiming restaurants and vacation resorts are full. Financial markets, however, handed down the final verdict: Berlusconi was the problem.
When the stock market panicked, instead of convening his Cabinet, Berlusconi hunkered down with his family and business managers — just like the tycoon lampooned by comedian Roberto Benigni:
"I'm the boss.
I have banks and newspapers,
Villas and castles,
I have women galore.
Everything is mine ..."
Photo Gallery: Moments From Berlusconi's Career
Hide captionItalian Premier Silvio Berlusconi acknowledges applause before leaving parliament's lower chamber in Rome on Nov. 12. The lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms aimed at bringing Italy back from the brink of economic crisis. Berlusconi said he would resign once the reforms were passed.Pier Paolo Cito/AP
Hide captionBerlusconi, then and still owner of football club AC Milan, is carried by Milan players after the team won the 1988 Italian soccer championship.Ferdinando Meazza/AP
Hide captionThree months after the Forza Italia party was formed, Berlusconi claimed victory of the conservative alliance in Italy's general elections on March 29, 1994.Getty Images
Hide captionSilvio Berlusconi casts his ballots in the national referendum in Milan in 1995. The outcome of the referendum was decisive in determining the fate of Berlusconi's TV empire.Luca Bruno/AP
Hide captionIn 2001, the media tycoon was under pressure to give up stake in his media companies to avoid conflict of interest issues heading into the election. He is still the owner of Italy's three major private television networks.Plinio Lepri/AP
Hide captionU.S. President George W. Bush (R) walks with former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after Berlusconi's arrival for a meeting at Camp David in 2002. The two leaders met to discuss the situation in Iraq.Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Hide captionBerlusconi (left) answers journalist Bruno Vespa's questions during a broadcast of "Porta a Porta," an Italian TV talk show in 2006.Andreas Solaro/Getty Images
Hide captionSilvio Berlusconi is supported at the podium by his personal doctor Umberto Scapagnini, left, and by two unidentified men, as he slumped during an emotional speech to political supporters in Montecatini Terme, Italy in 2006.
Hide captionThis composite image shows Berlusconi at Villa Madama in Rome and Moroccan Karima El Mahroug in a nightclub. Italian prosecutors allege Berlusconi paid to have sex with Mahroug when she was underage.Filippo Monteforte/Getty Images
Hide captionBerlusconi arrives at Milan's justice court before a legal hearing over allegations of fiscal fraud and breach of trust in his business interests, on May 2, 2011.Olivier Morin/Getty Images
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