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Down to the wire
Our picks for president, state office and a host of measures on Tuesday's ballot
By Kevin Uhrich 11/01/2012
The long road to Election Day is finally nearing an end — with any actual work at putting the nation and California back on a path toward peace, prosperity and the pursuit of some degree of happiness set aside for a time yet to come.
Sadly, even as people are being kicked out of their homes, laid off or being priced out of an advanced education, little else but bitter and derisive campaigning has been accomplished in the past few months of this election season. This is a time Brits call "the season of silliness," when politicians and their opponents say and do sometimes clever and oftentimes malicious things to smear one another.
That's been especially true in the super-heated race for the 49th Assembly District seat between Democrat Ed Chau and Republican Matthew Lin, with Chau releasing personal information about Lin's wife, Joy, and Joy Lin suing Chau in the waning days of the campaign (Please see our Briefs section on page 8).
That's too bad, because while all politicians have been raising lots of money and engaging in similar generally non-productive antics, once-sacrosanct institutions have been teetering on the brink of collapse — schools are closing, teachers and cops are being laid off and city and county employees are losing their jobs as more crippling cuts are being considered across a spectrum of public services once taken for granted.
In races for state and federal offices, rarely have election outcomes been so important, or so costly. And few times before have California ballots contained so many important initiatives to be decided at one time by voters.
With all campaigns doing their best to get support in these final days, chances are high that voters (if they haven't already cast their ballots) already know — or should know — who ought to be elected and how all or most of the critical issues California voters face need to be decided.
Following are our picks in Tuesday's election.
President of the United States:
Barack Obama
Although they don't like talking about it, few Republicans can deny President Obama inherited from his GOP predecessor, GW Bush, a government in flames and an economy on life-support. Obama has been forced to deal with these crises while the Middle East erupts in revolution and violence, Iran and North Korea threaten the world with budding nuclear capabilities and China continues rising as a dominant and sometimes belligerent global economic player. Although we do not agree with everything Obama has done — namely his unflagging support for the nation's security, intelligence and surveillance communities and his administration's ongoing prosecution of lawful California marijuana users and purveyors — we believe the president's is the best approach to pulling America out of its lingering recession and effectively dealing with national security threats. The increasingly moderate Mitt Romney is, no doubt, a fine person. We just don't know what he really stands for or what he might do if elected.
27th Congressional District:
Judy Chu
We've been fans of incumbent US Rep. Judy Chu since she was a Monterey Park City Councilwoman. Since then, Chu, a Democrat, became a state Assemblywoman, then the first Chinese-American woman to serve in Congress, a distinction she's carried with honor. Today, with her former district redrawn in last year's redistricting to include Pasadena, Chu, with whom we agree most of the time, is now our congresswoman, replacing Congressman Adam Schiff, who, after redistricting, now represents Glendale.
State Senate District 25 (formerly 21):
Carol Liu
Another incumbent Democrat, the popular and effective Liu also saw her former district redrawn in last year's redistricting, changing from the 21st to the 25st Senate District. However, unlike her comparably competent party counterpart in the Assembly, Anthony Portantino — whose district was also shaken up but only now does not include his home in La Cañada Flintridge — Liu's new district includes her address in that city, allowing her to run for another term. Republican challenger political newcomer Gilbert Gonzalez, with his message of bipartisan collaboration, is a strong up-and-comer in the Republican ranks. But right now, we need experience in Sacramento, especially in the field of education, and for those reasons we believe Liu, a former teacher, deserves another term.
Assembly District 41 (formerly 44):
Chris Holden
In the knock-down, drag-out fight for the district drawn from Portantino's former district, veteran Pasadena City Councilman Chris Holden has consistently stood head and shoulders above his competitors — literally. You see, the former Pasadena High and San Diego State basketball star is 6 feet 8 inches tall. But the affable Holden stands just as tall in the state political world, where his across-the-board connections and years of experience in office make him an easy choice for the local seat in the Assembly. We admire the spunk of Holden's opponent, Claremont businesswoman Donna Lowe, whose city, as well as Rancho Cucamonga and Upland, are included in the newly carved 41st District. But her tea party affiliations concern us. The idea is to cooperate and make our existing system work as it should and can, not take an automatic contrarian position in an effort to tear the system down at the expense of everyone else, as tea partiers are wont to do.
Assembly District 49:
Dr. Matthew Lin
It's been suggested that if Sacramento were an actual person, it would need round-the-clock medical care. We have part of the solution: Dr. Matthew Lin. An orthopedic surgeon by profession, Lin is the first Asian-American mayor on the San Marino City Council. Yes, he's a Republican. But that doesn't matter (we hope), primarily because his compassion for others, namely treating patients not always able to pay, precedes him. And if there is one thing Sacramento needs even more than a doctor, it's someone possessed with intelligent compassion, a person who can fix complex economic problems without compromising the needs of his or her constituents in favor of satisfying political loyalties.
Measure A — Although the LA Times would disagree, there could perhaps be no better illustration of why the county assessor should not have the virtually unchecked power afforded an elected official, one who can be fired only by "the people," than the case of embattled current Assessor John Noguez.
As of last month, few outside the world of local politics and newspapers even knew Noguez was county assessor.
And as of last week, Noguez was sitting in jail, unable to make bail on allegations that he had been taking bribes in exchange for granting tax breaks to a wealthy landowner. It seems that no sooner was Noguez elected to a four-year term in November 2010 than he was already allegedly taking money for favors.
Did this multimillionaire landowner have such deals going with anyone else in that office prior to Noguez's election? Only time will tell, as the investigation is ongoing. But the point is "the people" have little time to manage life's curveballs, let alone keep an eye on alleged corruption. The person in charge of that office — what amounts to a glorified department head — needs to answer to someone, a board of elected people that can order monitoring, discipline, firing or prosecution much better than "the people" ever could. This is an advisory vote only, but it gets the ball rolling. Next up: The Sheriff's Department. YES
Measure B — Should porn "stars" be forced to wear condoms at work? Would LA County suffer even further economically if the porn industry moved away for ostensibly greener pastures and fewer restrictions on something that not all that long ago was a forbidden art form? Find out Wednesday in the next salacious episode of "STD: LA." But seriously, have the AIDS, HIV, herpes, syphilis, and gonorrhea epidemics taught us nothing? YES
Measure J — Also known as "Son of Measure R," Measure J is an extension of Measure R, a half-cent sales tax increase passed in 2008 and set to expire in 2039. Measure J, whose funds are supposed to bankroll a number of traffic relief programs — including ongoing studies of building gigantic tunnels through parts of Pasadena to connect the 710 and 210 freeways — extends that deadline 30 years. The extra money actually comes later. What it really buys now is credit with which to leverage more federal and state dollars for more commuter rail projects, being built with breakneck speed, at the expense of improving more widely used bus services. Refocus priorities, repair and restructure the wording, then come back for another shot at a spot at the golden — but not bottomless — public trough. NO
Proposition 30 — No matter how we got here, if Gov. Jerry Brown doesn't get some economic relief right now by taxing the rich and hiking the state sales tax, California is in big trouble. Brown's initiative would raise income taxes for seven years on those earning more than $250,000. And it would increase the state sales tax by a quarter-cent for four years, for about $6.7 billion annually, according to the state Legislative Analyst's Office. Most of the money is supposed to be spent on restoring funding to K-12 schools, community colleges and state universities. Part of the funds would also be used for public safety purposes. Without it, Brown said he will have to immediately order $5.3 billion in spending cuts. YES
Proposition 31 — Wouldn't it be nice if our local elected officials could challenge decisions made in Sacramento, and, even better, use some of the money that state officials have been squandering here at home? That's partly what this initiative does. It also, according to Ballotpedia.com, establishes a two-year state budget cycle, puts spending limits on the Legislature, allows the governor to act unilaterally when the Legislature fails to act and requires performance reviews of state agencies and goal-setting by state and local governments. Additionally, Prop 31 requires publication of all bills at least three days prior to a vote by the state Senate or Assembly and gives counties the power to alter state statutes or regulations related to spending unless the Legislature or a state agency vetoes those changes within 60 days. We like that last part. We don't like the part about unilateral power for the governor. But then, the governor can act unilaterally in most emergencies. Why not a fiscal crisis? YES
Proposition 32 — Proposition 32 would prohibit corporate and union contributions to state and local candidates, ban contributions by government contractors to the politicians who control contracts awarded to them and, according to Ballotpedia, ban automatic deductions by corporations, unions and government of worker wages to be used for politics. But what Proposition 32 really does is muzzle the free speech rights of unions and the working-class people they represent without truly impacting many other big special interests. NO
Proposition 33 — This proposition does one thing and one thing only: Line the pockets of Mercury Insurance chief, multi-multimillionaire George Joseph. NO
Proposition 34 — Sick of hearing about how the death penalty doesn't work, how capital punishment is dysfunctional and how condemned men and women have been waiting decades to die at the hands of the state? This converts sentences of death into terms of life without parole. Given all those who have been falsely convicted of capital crimes only to be exonerated years later, this is a change we all can live with. YES
Proposition 35 — What Proposition 35 would do, according to Ballotpedia, is increase prison terms for human traffickers, require convicted sex traffickers to register as sex offenders and require all registered sex offenders to disclose their Internet accounts. It also requires criminal fines from convicted human traffickers to pay for services to help victims and mandates law enforcement training on human trafficking. No arguments here. YES
Proposition 36 — When you have prisons overflowing with people serving life terms for petty offenses, even the staunchest crime fighter knows something is amiss with the law that put those people there. This measure requires a third felony strike leveled against a given ex-convict be a serious crime. As outgoing LA DA Steve Cooley put it, "Make the punishment fit the crime." We agree. YES
Proposition 37 — This proposition, which would require mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods, has the backing of an array of Hollywood heavyweights — from comedian Bill Maher to rock star Dave Matthews. Unfortunately, not only is this requirement unequally applied to various products, it would cost average consumers significantly more at the market checkout line. Certainly Maher and Matthews could afford it, but average people cannot. NO
Proposition 38 — Written by local civil rights lawyer Molly Munger, Proposition 38 would raise about $10 billion a year for K-12 schools over 12 years by taxing incomes of everyone — not just the rich, as does Brown's Proposition 30 — on a sliding scale. That means the richest and the poorest would pay proportionally equal amounts for public school improvements. These funds would go into a separate account, away from the hands of the governor and other lawmakers, and be used exclusively to pay down existing education-related bonded indebtedness and for school improvements. While noble, the problem is Proposition 38 finds itself in competition with Proposition 30, which would raise roughly $6 billion a year in its first few years with a tax on those making more than $250,000 a year for seven years and increasing the state sales tax for four years. Without that infusion of funds, Brown has warned of immediate across-the-board cuts, especially to state and community colleges, which already would not benefit from the passage of 38. NO
Proposition 39 — The Income Tax Increase for Multistate Businesses Initiative would not affect California businesses, but instead generate $1 billion in revenue and create approximately 40,000 construction and clean-energy jobs, according to the Legislative Analyst's Office. This would be accomplished by forcing out-of-state businesses, which currently reduce their California income taxes by not locating facilities or employees within the state, to pay taxes in California based on percentages of their sales. YES
Proposition 40 — Written by opponents of court-mandated redistricting, who in July gave up the fight and declared they would not campaign against it, Proposition 40 validates the new political boundaries approved by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. YES n
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At womens conference, math mattersBy David Delcore
Staff Writer | November 11,2012Jeb Wallace-Brodeur / Staff Photo
Participants listen as Janette Bombardier, IBM Vermont Director of Site Operations, delivers the keynote address at the Womens Economic Opportunity Conference at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center on Saturday.RANDOLPH CENTER One of the three Rs is getting short shrift in Vermont, according to an IBM executive, who told nearly 400 fellow women on Saturday that from where she sits that just doesnt add up.
If you were looking for a takeaway from Janette Bombardiers keynote address at the 16th Annual Womens Economic Opportunity Conference at Vermont Technical College it was this: math matters.
Bombardier, a professional engineer who has worked her way up, along or around the chain of command at IBM during her 30-year career with the company, said math matters in ways that can be both measured and quantified, and that tell a troubling tale.
According to Bombardier, only 38 percent of Vermonts high school juniors both boys and girls meet basic math competencies.
Were not doing so good here, she said.
Bombardier described the award-winning Vermont Math Institute at the University of Vermont as a tremendous but under-utilized resource when it comes to teaching Vermont teachers how to engage young people in a core subject area that she said can lead them down a path to lucrative careers.
Why arent we taking advantage of it more? Bombardier asked during a question-and-answer session that followed her prepared remarks.
Though Bombardiers address focused primarily on her own interesting career journey, most of the questions it provoked involved math and she didnt duck one of them.
Bombardier said she has been both bold and proscriptive on the subject in conversations with those responsible for post-secondary education in Vermont.
Ive gone to the university presidents and said: Youve got to immediately stop graduating teachers the way youre graduating them today, she said. They dont know how to do the math thing right and youre just making more of them. Stop now! Change the requirements now! Weve got to act with urgency.
In addition to improving math instruction and making better math teachers, Bombardier said college math courses like one offered at VTC could be made available to high school students.
If our high schools are too small and cant afford to have it because of all the other burdens you can do this through distance learning from VTC, she said. The curriculum is there, the teacher is there, the books are there. We can very cost-effectively drop new math courses into our high schools if we had the will to do so.
The flurry of math questions included one mothers lament that her fourth-grade daughter was quickly losing interest in math because she doesnt think she is good at it.
It makes me sad, the woman said.
Dont just be sad, be mad, said Bombardier, who urged those at the conference to engage their local school systems in a productive way.
As parents we have to create greater expectations and support, she said.
The good news, according to Bombardier, is math is everywhere cooking, art, building, and shopping.
Bombardier said hidden math lessons are a good way to bolster young peoples confidence about the subject, while suggesting many in the audience probably had a better grasp of math than they realized.
The sparks for the math questions were a couple of math facts, dropped by Bombardier near the tail-end of her remarks, and a self-described public service announcement.
According to Bombardier, if you put 100 engineers in a room when she was attending UVM in the 1970s only nine of them would have been women. Flash forward more than four decades and the comparable figure now stands at 14.
More women are going everywhere except engineering, she said, noting women who steer clear of careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are foregoing a calculable 33 percent increase in their annual earnings.
Math is a building block skill for any of those careers, she told participants who ranged from 20-something students at UVM to women who are at or nearing retirement age.
Bombardier was introduced Saturday by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who started the conference 16 years ago.
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Gala Auction" on April 3 Brings Bluefield State College and Community Together to Support & Celebrate Academic Opportunity
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(Bluefield)—The third annual Bluefield State College "Gala Auction" on Saturday, April 3, 2010 will bring together residents from the local and College community for a night of spirited fun and generous giving. It begins at 7 p.m. at Gary Bowling's House of Art, 701 Bland Street in Bluefield, WV.
Auction items include getaways from Winterplace and Songer Whitewater, local television and radio advertising, a brand-new saddle, ATV accessories, theatre tickets, home décor, jewelry, collectibles, and much more. Guests will enjoy jazz music by Doc Greenberg's Patient Jazz Band and catering by The Sugar Shak.
Karen Harvey, Executive Director of the BSC Foundation, has directed organizational efforts for the gala. "Funds raised through the auction will benefit the Bluefield State College Foundation's unrestricted annual fund," she observed. "Through this fund, the College can provide emergency loans for students, underwrite employees' participation in professional workshops, and address emerging opportunities and challenges for which budgeted funds have not been identified."
"The Gala Auction is a great way to bring community members and BSC together for an evening of fun," she continued. "At the same time, we are raising funds to help our students, staff and faculty."
Tickets cost $25 each, and entitle the holder to two beverages and an array of hors d'oeuvre. "We always have a good time at Gary Bowling's House of Art," Harvey said.
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Police: Drunk woman crashed into school fenceAugust 29,2013Police: Drunk woman crashed into fence
BENNINGTON A local woman is facing a felony charge after police said they believed she was driving under the influence of alcohol on July 19, crashed into a fence at Molly Stark Elementary School and left the scene of the crash without alerting authorities.
Stephanie A. Surdam, 34, of Bennington, was arraigned on Monday in Bennington criminal court on a felony charge of driving under the influence of alcohol and misdemeanor charges of leaving the scene of a crash and negligent driving.
Surdam, who pleaded innocent to the charges, was released without bail. She was charged with a felony for driving under the influence of alcohol based on previous convictions for the same charge in September 2000 and November 2004.
In an affidavit Officer Benjamin Lackey, of the Bennington Police Department, said he met with Surdam around 6:20 a.m. July 20 on Willowbrook Drive. Surdam said she had left her car there overnight because she had been drinking the night before but said when she went to get the car, it had been vandalized and the tires slashed.
A man living in the area told police that day that he had seen Surdam the night before, banging on the door of an apartment with a hammer. He said she got upset when she saw him and his girlfriend watching the incident and attempted to start a fight with them.
The man said he shone a flashlight in her eyes to stop her and she drove off. The man said he believed Surdam was highly intoxicated and said he watched her drive into the fence at the school.
After checking the fence and finding damage, as well as a broken windshield wiper that police believe came from Surdams car, police concluded that the damage to the car that Surdam claimed was vandalism was probably from the collision with the fence.
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Vt. sells $10.3M in transportation bondsJuly 30,2013
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MONTPELIER - The state sold $10.3 million in transportation bonds Tuesday, which will allow Vermont to leverage more than $64 million in federal funds for road and bridge repairs, the state Treasurer's office announced Tuesday.
"Funds raised through the bond sale allows the state to match federal fund requirements for 17 projects, six of the projects associated with Tropical Storm Irene," State Treasurer Beth Pearce said.
Among the more than $75 million in road and bridge improvements are replacement of bridges in Brighton, Hancock, Jamaica, and Plymouth that were damaged in Tropical Storm Irene.
Another bridge in Bennington will be rehabilitated. Other projects include the replacement of interstate bridges in Brattleboro, Milton and Windsor. State bridges in Bristol and Cambridge also will be replaced. Roadway projects include the construction of an alternate truck route on Route 100 in Morristown and road reconstruction and safety improvements in Brandon, Montpelier, Rutland City and White River Junction.
Work on projects is already underway or will begin during fiscal year 2014.
Moody's Investors Service rated the bonds as Aa2 and Fitch Ratings rated the bonds as AA, both with a stable outlook. Standard and Poor's rated the bonds AA+ with a positive outlook.
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Follow That Lead: From Census Entry to Google Maps
Having located a family in one of the census returns, how can one find out where the property in which they lived is located and what it looked like? An intriguing question, the solution to which is often hampered by the destruction of property during two world wars and the actions of property developers. The examples used will concentrate on the 1911 census, but will suggest avenues for earlier properties. Dr. Christopher T. Watts, FSG has nearly 40 years experience in English genealogical research, both on his own family and professionally. He recently retired after 11 years as a part-time Reader Adviser at The National Archives. He has published books on Merchant Seamen, British Army and Tracing Births, Deaths and Marriages at Sea. He is a regular speaker here in the UK and at conferences overseas. We apologise for the variable sound quality during the recording.
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The Land Tax was created in 1692 and was voted annually by Parliament until 1798 when it became a perpetual charge, which could be redeemed by the payment of a lump sum. After 1949 compulsory redemption was introduced in certain circumstances until the Finance Act of 1963 abolished all unredeemed land tax from 25 March 1963. This talk looks at the operation of the land tax, redemption, and the work of the Land Tax Redemption Office and its surviving records in series IR 20 to IR 25. Mention is also made of surviving land tax returns in county record offices and archives. Mark Pearsall is the Principal Records Specialist - Family History and manages the Family History team in the Advice and Records Knowledge department. He has written guides and contributed articles to a number of family and local history publications, and has also produced transcriptions and finding aids for various record series.


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At the risk of sounding like a spokesperson for product placement, I love my iPad. The last week has been beyond delightful on so many levels, including (but not limited to) my ongoing love affair with technology. To be honest, I did not feel that I could live in the country full time until the Internet was available in the Upper Delaware Valley. Although slow to start, it is now in full swing. Being able to live in this environment and take advantage of all that the lifestyle has to offer, while being connected to the World Wide Web, is ideal.
Prior to preparing my traditional holiday confection, I checked the app store on my notebook and discovered a baker's dozen of free apps to aid me in my search for the perfect pie, including "Cupcake Heaven," "Tiny Chef," and "What's for Dinner?" That said, I eschewed being online for Thanksgiving and left my mobile devices at home, determined to enjoy the company and revel in an old fashioned holiday with friends. With a little help from said apps, I made an appetizer and a dessert (both were a hit, IMHO) and the conversation and convivial atmosphere provided by hosts Ramona Jan and Andre Turan was fantastic. On Friday, I had chocolate cream pie for breakfast and looked high and low for Dharma's Christmas outfit, since she had been asked to make an appearance at the annual James Dworetsky Holiday Parade in Jeffersonville, NY.
Empty handed and panicky, I checked for an app. Sure enough, "Image Mask Costume" and "Dress Your Dog" popped up and I breathed a sigh of relief, before finding her Santy suit buried in a closet. The parade, now in its 18th year, was a festively lit onslaught of holiday cheer, replete with floats, festooned fire trucks, candy canes and jolly fat men flinging treats to the kids, who shrieked with glee, shouting for a "pawtograph" as the wonder dog strutted her stuff down Main Street. Having discovered pages of parade apps, I made a mental note to download a few in my spare time and marched on.
Determined to make the evening even more special, Joseph Franco of North Branch, NY surprised his girlfriend during the parade with a spectacular marriage proposal. As a beautiful banner unfurled in the middle of the parade, hundreds of spectators cheered, wept and threw confetti as his lovely bride-to-be, Jenna Ferguson, blushed and accepted. The young couple was mobbed by an entire town of well-wishers during the rest of the route as they begin a new chapter in their lives. To view pictures of the affianced (and the parade in general) go online, "like" The River Reporter (www.facebook.com/riverreporter [2]) and tag your friends.
On Saturday, I had the good fortune to catch the Kazzrie Jaxen Quartet (www.music.yahoo.com/kazzrie-jaxen [3]) in Callicoon, NY, where musicians Jaxen, Don Messina, Charley Krachy and Bill Chattin enthralled a brunch crowd with their improvised "free form" jazz interpretations of standards, including "There Will Never Be Another You," "What Is This Thing Called Love?" and "The Man I Love." Chatting with the crowd, Jaxen shared that they "love to play standard tunes, always improvising and never really knowing how it's going to unfold. You [the audience] are a part of the process," before taking her place at the Steinway. Great skills and smooth vocals combined seamlessly in Jaxen's parlor, and I left the concert inspired to tickle the (virtual) ivories once more, thrilled to find multiple apps ("Virtuoso" and "Piano Free") for that.
Sneaking out before the finale, I was anxious to catch the CAS "Winter Members Show," (www.catskillartsociety.org [4]) dedicated to the memory of founding member and potter Cecily Fortescue. Unveiling the gallery's plan to dedicate a wing of the space to Fortescue, Cecily's husband Arnie was on hand, and a mob milled about, reminiscing about Fortescue's talent, contributions to the community and infectious joie de vivre. Once again inspired (and wishing that I could paint, draw or create pottery), I checked out the stunning CAS "Santa Room" created by Charlie Irace for the upcoming "Trains on Main" exhibit, marked my calendar to return, and installed the "Abstract Art Gallery" and "Sketchbook Express" apps on my Ipad, for future reference.
Imbued with holiday spirit, I'm definitely in the mood. Armed with my newly loaded "Virtual Menorah," "Chanukah Jigsaw" and "Too Many Latkes" in place on my HD screen, I'm ready to roll. Having heard that there's snow on the horizon to push the atmosphere into high gear, I did a quick search, delighted to find "Ski Safari," "Magic Snow" and "Fresh Tracks," while pondering who would help me shovel. I hope there's an app for that.


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Changing Our Relationship With Science video
This film asks scientists from Harvard, Princeton and Duke University to imagine the future of science and technology and the scientific enterprise as a whole. We wanted to know where they thought the world was headed. Not in three, or five years, but in thirty, or fifty years. No one knows what the world will be like in 2050, because we haven't built that world yet. And scientists and engineers won't build it alone.


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Support the fight against Keystone XL pipeline
March 21, 2013
I'm encouraged to see the civil disobeyers in front of the White House fighting against the Keystone XL pipeline. Ironic that Obama was playing golf with oil and gas executives at the same time.
The Keystone pipeline is such an important focal point of resistance both because of its enormous climate altering potential and because it's something that the Obama administration could stop without the support of the congressional deniers who don't seem to represent any actual humans. After all, it's we humans and our kids who will have to deal with the crippling realities of drought, famine, storm, fire and other forms of hell on earth. I guess tar and oil execs have kids, too, but they must think their genetics make them immune.
Keystone XL would carry tar sands, not crude oil. NASA's leading climate scientist, Dr. James Hansen, said that tar sands development would mean "game over for the climate."
I've always shied away from direct action that could land me in the clink, but this call is getting too scary to ignore. The direct action against the pipeline worked last year, and it seems like it could work again.
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Welcome to the CRG Discussion Forum!Forum registration problems: Make sure you enter your email correctly and you check your spam box first. *Then* email KurtS2@gmail for help.
I'm new to the CRG forum and have been soaking up all the restoration information that I can find. I have a request for some of you 69 Z/28 owners. PLEASE post some pictures of original plug wire stands, the skinny one on the RH side and the wider one on the LH side of the intake. The brake hose bracket, that's beside the larger wire stand on the LH side. I'm after the correct bend and shape and the proper markings or stamps that make them correct for a 69 Z/28. From what I've read on the forum, my car, an 05A build date, would be too early for a fuel line bracket, Is this correct? Is their any markings or stamps, codes, etc. that would identify an original 302 flat bottom cowl induction air cleaner? I'm afraid my engine was a victum of the chrome monster, and that monster ate my original brackets, and air cleaner!!! Thanks for any help!


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"We are glad that Dr. Foster has joined us in our work on behalf of the Red Cross and the people we serve," Pete Wyro, executive director, said. "Her efforts along with those of the remaining members will ensure we are able to meet our goal of supporting the Red Cross mission."
As a board member, she will advise the chapter to ensure that the Coastal Bend-Texas Chapter continues to provide disaster relief services, to train community members in life-saving CPR and First Aid Courses, and to provide support to military members during times of need.
Dr. Foster, Ph.D. is an assistant professor with Texas AgriLife Research in Beeville and the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University-College Station. She is a graduate of Tarleton State University in Stephenville; she also attended Texas A&M University and University of Florida.
Trained in both forage agronomy and ruminant nutrition, her research focus is the plant-animal interface. She has published articles in the Agronomy Journal and the Journal of Animal Science. Her focus is on warm-season legumes and their inclusion into warm-season based pastures in the southern United States.


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Keep track of all the delicious Slow Food URBAN San Diego events here!
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Cooking Seafood with Catalina Offshore Products
Instructor: GOMES & FELMLEY
Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Cost: $49.00
Recipes: Scallop Cakes; "Best of Catalina Offshore Products" Cioppino; Grilled Yellowtail (or Seasonal Fish) with Avocado and Herb Salsa; Pan Seared Salmon with Green Curry Sauce.
*Tommy will be donating his teaching fee to Slow Food Urban San Diego. Recipes subject to change due to availability.
The JSSDT's Annual Beer & Sake Festival will be held on Friday, June 13 in the brand-new Events Center at Harrah's Rincon San Diego North. The Beer & Sake Festival offers a wide variety of Japanese sakes & beers, local craft beers, appetizers from local restaurants, and great entertainment. This year's featured entertainer is world-renowned ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro. Guests will also enjoy the dynamic sounds of San Diego Taiko. Proceeds from the Beer & Sake Festival support JSSDT educational and community outreach programs.
This event is for guests 21 and over.
BUY Tickets
$ 60 JSSDT / Harrah's Member
$ 90 Non-Member
$180 VIP Ticket (*)
(*) VIP Ticket includes preferred seating for Jake Shimabukuro, festival T-shirt, special sake & appetizers, exclusive seating area
Bus Service from San Diego Information
Pick-up location : Governor Drive & I-805 Park & Ride
(5196 Governor Drive, San Diego, CA 92122)
Pick-up time: 5:45pm
Fee : $20
Harrah's Rincon Resort Hotel Information
Discounted Room is available here.
Craft whole wheat pizza dough using local beer, smother it in farm-fresh toppings, and cook it in a wood-fired oven
Take a tour of a bucolic farm, then use local beer and fresh ingredients to craft a whole wheat, wood-fired pizza with expert guidance
Pizza may be one of the world's most ubiquitous foods, but that only makes it more fertile ground for invention and customization. In this class, you'll craft your own whole wheat pizza dough using local beer, top it with fresh meat and produce from Suzie's Farm, and cook it to perfection in a wood-fired oven. The workshop includes hands-on instruction from culinary expert Jenn Felmley, as well as a tour of the farm.
* Craft Your Own Whole Wheat Pizza
Use local beer, fresh meat, and fresh produce to craft your own whole wheat, wood-fired pizza
* Tour Suzie's Farm
Admire the bucolic grounds, fresh seasonal produce, and free-range flocks of the 140-acre farm
* Bolster Your Recipe Book
Depart with new, creative ways to incorporate delicious ingredients into pizza recipes
Each event is capped at 20 participants; each event requires a minimum of 14 participants in order to take place.
Join us for the 15th Annual Enviro Fair and Locally-Grown Fest on Saturday, June 21 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM in the San Diego County Fair's Paddock Area.
Sponsored by Albertsons/Sav-on, the San Diego County Ford Dealers and Think Blue, Enviro Fair will stress the importance of recycling, sustainable living, pollution prevention, conservation, and environmentally-friendly products. Non-profit organizations will be on hand to illustrate ways Fairgoers can take better care of our world.
Fairgoers can learn firsthand about organic and sustainable farming. Buying locally grown produce picked at its peak is the healthiest way to eat fruits and vegetables, plus you can support the local economy at the same time. Chefs and farmers will partner to show you how to prepare some of this produce with free (limited) samples.
Returning this year are local farmers and their Community Supported Agriculture Programs, or CSAs.
Mexican Street Food
Instructor: JENNIFER FELMLEY
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2014
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Cost: $44.00
Recipes: Ceviche; Chicken Tacos Al Pastor with Guajillo Salsa and Fresh Corn Tortillas; Mexican Fruit Cup with Pico De Gallo Seasoning; Tamales; Paletas De Coco Fresco (fresh coconut popsicles).
Join us for Slow Sips on June 25th, 6-8pm, at Tiger!Tiger!, one of our newest membership benefits partners!
As always, you'll be able to learn more about getting involved in our grass-roots organization, sign up to be a volunteer, and meet and mingle with like-minded friends. There will be a cash bar and full menu available for ordering, and Slow Food Urban San Diego members will receive a 10% discount off food and drinks!
Please let us know that you're coming: RSVP here!
Day of Play at Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center
A fun filled family day with cooking, gardening, games, and arts & crafts activities.
Click Here to Register for Day of Play
A collaboration of 20 chefs to help raise funds for restaurant employees injured outside of work. Tickets are only $35 in advance or $45 at the door.
Chefs –
Jeff Rossman
Tommy Gomes
Tommy Fraioli Chef De Cuisine Beaumonts
Chris Blue Wave
Miguel Valdez 100 Wines
Luistzen Gonzalez Puesto
Mitch Coniff Mitch's Seafood
Brandon Brooks
Eric Manuel Dana Inn
Ricardo Heredia Alchemy
Craig Jimenez Gang Kitchen
Karen Blair Hamiltons Small Bar
Davin Waite Wrench & Rodent
Jenny Wenny
Andrea Davis Truffles
Robin Ross Cupcakes Squared
Susan Sbicca Millie's Gelato
Instructor: JENNIFER FELMLEY
Date: Sunday, June 29, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Cost: $44.00
Join Chef Jenn, culinary nutritionist and local cooking school teacher, for a farm fresh, organic vegetarian cooking class. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and like many small farms Suzie's Farm relies on the support of CSA Shareholders to keep the farm moving forward. By being a CSA shareholder, you'll receive a CSA box bursting with freshly harvested produce, including items grown specifically for you. Come pledge support to local farmers and learn to feed yourself and your family with healthy, delicious, and local produce from Suzie's Farm. The best part of a CSA box is you never know what your will get (that means no menus in advance), it is a great opportunity learn about some new veggies you may have never thought to try. Come learn about which of Suzie's Farms CSA's right for you.
Recipes: Chef Jenn will create a vegetarian meal from start to finish using the produce that was handpicked for the CSA boxes that week.


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Squiggling and squirming, the well-fed worms at Waikiki Elementary are enriching young minds too.
"We've got some lettuce and banana peels and other things from our lunch in our compost bin. We end up getting this rich soil and stuff that we'll use on our plants," said eight year old Kalae Millikan.
The kids are recycling a half a ton of food a week, which is feeding the plants that fill their tummies, and becoming a model for a growing movement.
"I've seen them give tours around school and actually teach adults and I'm like 'yes!'" said Breanna Rose, with the Green House Sustainable Learning Center.
"We would really like to see the schools go zero waste, because we know we've been harboring wonderful resources they call waste on their campus," said Mindy Jaffe, former lawmaker and founder of The Worm Company.
"I believe they composted about 270 pounds of food every week," said Josh Prigge, Hawaii Pacific University's sustainability coordinator.
The average college student wastes about a pound of food every day.
HPU, the University of Hawaii and Kapiolani Community College are among the schools joining the Environmental Protection Agency's National Food Recycling Challenge, already armed with years of experience.
"So we have to make it a win-win situation for everyone," said KCC Culinary Dept. Chair Ron Takahashi.
He is leading generations of students creating sustainable models for businesses.
"We tried to explain to our students everything you threw into the dumpster you paid for. It didn't come free," he said.
And over at UH, student-driven efforts are paying off in a number of ways.
"So, we're turning waste that our school usually pays to get rid of and turning it into something that's beneficial for landscaping for farms for everything," said John Montoya, SOFT Student Farm manager.
"It's kinda gross, but it's fun at the same time," said Millikan.


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Prescription Drug Problem
By Health Day
Some sobering findings today about our kids and prescription drug use. The Partnership at Drugfree-dot-org is out with some new survey results...and they're daunting.
One in four teens admit they've misused or abused some form of prescription drug at least once...that's a 33-percent increase over the last 5 years.
One in every eight teens confess to taking a friend's ADHD-medication at least once. That's about 2.7 million kids! 26-percent believe these stimulant drugs can be used as a study aid.
What's even more shocking, almost one in four teens say their parents don't care as much if they are caught using prescription drugs, compared to getting caught with illegal drugs.
42-percent who have misused or abused a prescription drug say they got it out of their parents' medicine cabinet.
Some relatively positive points? Teen abuse of prescription pain relievers like Vicodin and OxyContin has remained stable since 2011. As has use of cocaine, methamphetamines, steroids, inhalants and cigarette smoking.
Experts say parents tend to fear cocaine and heroin, when prescription medications can be every bit as harmful and potentially deadly.
I'm Dr. Cindy Haines of HealthDay TV with the latest breakthroughs from the world of medicine.
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Thursday, December 8, 2016, Watertown, NY


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All Things Must Pass is a triple album by George Harrison recorded and released after the break-up of The Beatles. The first triple album by a solo artist, the original vinyl release featured two records of rock songs, while the third, entitled "Apple Jam" was composed of informal jams led by Harrison with musician friends and other famous musicians.
Received as a masterpiece upon its 1970 unveiling, All Things Must Pass is widely considered to be one of the best albums made by a Beatle as a solo artist. It is certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA, making it the best selling album by a solo Beatle.[1]
The outpouring of such consistently great material on All Things Must Pass took many critics by surprise, with Harrison having long been overshadowed by the talents of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, despite the fact that some of his later period Beatles inclusions ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Something," and "Here Comes the Sun") were hailed as highlights of their respective albums. Consequently, as Harrison had only placed just a few songs on any given Beatles album, he had amassed many compositions by their break-up, enabling him to offload many of them in one go on All Things Must Pass.
Harrison had been accumulating the songs he recorded for the album as far back as 1966; both "The Art of Dying"[2] and "Isn't It a Pity"[3] date from that year. In bootlegged conversation from the Get Back sessions, Harrison revealed that John had rejected "Isn't It a Pity" three years before, and that he (Harrison) had considered offering the song to Frank Sinatra.[3] Harrison picked up several more songs in late 1968 while visiting Bob Dylan and The Band in Woodstock, New York. He and Dylan co-wrote "I'd Have You Anytime" and "Nowhere to Go" (also known as "When Everybody Comes to Town") at this time, and Dylan showed him "I Don't Want to Do It."[4] All three songs were attempted at some point in the sessions for All Things Must Pass, but only "I'd Have You Anytime" made the album.
The January 1969 "Get Back" sessions saw early appearances of several other songs that would be considered for All Things Must Pass, including the title track, "Hear Me Lord", "Isn't It a Pity", "Let It Down", and "Window, Window",[5] but nothing came of them at the time. The tense atmosphere fueled another song, "Wah-Wah", which Harrison wrote in the wake of his temporary departure from the band.[6] He began writing "My Sweet Lord" while touring with Delaney & Bonnie in late 1969,[7] and would later utilize their backing group "Friends" as an important part of the All Things Must Pass sound. He made one last detour before beginning work on All Things Must Pass, visiting Dylan while the latter was starting sessions for New Morning in May 1970, learning "If Not For You" and participating in a now-bootlegged session.
Recording sessions
Recorded from May to August 1970 at Abbey Road Studios, and then further recording and mixing at Trident Studios from August to September 1970, Harrison enlisted the aid of Phil Spector to co-produce the album, giving All Things Must Pass a heavy and reverb-oriented sound, typical for a 1960s/1970s Spector production — but a sound Harrison would subsequently regret with the passage of time. In the EPK that accompanies the 30th Anniversary reissue George is asked what he thinks of the album now thirty years later and he says, "...too much echo."
In late May 1970, before recording the album, Harrison sat in a studio with Spector and ran through fifteen songs on guitar, with occasional support from an unknown bass player. These demos (eventually bootlegged as Beware of ABKCO! due to an altered line in his performance of "Beware of Darkness") showed him in the process of weighing his material, as eight of the songs would be either substantially reworked or not appear on the finished album. Among these early outtakes, three have been officially released in one form or another: "Everybody, Nobody" was an early version of "The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp", "Beautiful Girl" would be finished for Thirty Three & 1/3, and "I Don't Want to Do It" would wait fifteen years until being revisited for the soundtrack of Porky's Revenge. Five other songs, "Cosmic Empire", "Mother Divine", "Nowhere to Go," "Tell Me What Has Happened With You," and "Window, Window", have not seen official release.[9] Two demos of songs that did make the album, "Beware of Darkness" and "Let It Down" (with overdubs from 2000), would eventually be released on the remastered All Things Must Pass. Full discs of electric outtakes from the recording sessions would also leak on bootlegs in later years, and some of those tracks were also included in the remaster. Multiple takes of songs from the album appear on a bootleg three-disc box set The Making of All Things Must Pass along with other releases.
The album features the talents of Ringo Starr, members of Badfinger, Eric Clapton and the other members of Derek and the Dominoes, future Yes drummer Alan White, and Billy Preston. Bob Dylan, a close friend of Harrison's, co-wrote "I'd Have You Anytime" with him, while Harrison covered Dylan's "If Not For You", which had been recently released on Dylan's New Morning album. Alan White stated that John Lennon played on "If Not For You."[10]
Reaction and aftermath
All Things Must Pass' lead single was "My Sweet Lord" — which proved an enormously popular recording, reaching #1 worldwide, earned Harrison a copyright infringement suit from the publishers of The Chiffons's 1963 hit "He's So Fine" — a grievance that would not be settled for years. (A judge later found that Harrison had unintentionally copied the earlier song; this prompted Harrison to later write "This Song". He also bought the publishing rights to "He's So Fine" to prevent future suits.) The album itself reached #1 in the UK for eight weeks, and spent seven weeks at the top in the the U.S., where it was certified six times platinum, making All Things Must Pass Harrison's most commercially successful and generally best-loved album.
Anglo-Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John's cover of Harrison's "What Is Life" reached the UK top twenty in 1972. (The year before, she reached the top ten with a cover of Dylan's "If Not For You", arranged similarly to Harrison's version; in the US, her version became her first successful pop single,reaching #25. She would cover another song from All Things Must Pass, "Behind That Locked Door").
A remastered edition of All Things Must Pass, supervised by Harrison, was released in 2001, just months before his death; it contained bonus tracks, including a partially re-recorded additional version of "My Sweet Lord". It also included a newly colourised version of the originally monochrome cover. With the original version of the album being concurrently deleted, the remastered edition of All Things Must Pass is the only commercially available version of the release.
On July 29, 2006, The Official UK Charts company changed their records because there was a postal strike when the album had originally been on the charts. Since record retailers had to send in records of how many records had been sold, they could not during an eight-week period in 1971. All Things Must Pass, which had originally peaked at number 4 (with Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water at number one), now has been given the number one spot for all eight weeks.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 437 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Track listing
All songs by George Harrison, except where noted.
Original release
Studio album
Side one
"I'd Have You Anytime" (George Harrison/Bob Dylan) – 2:56
"My Sweet Lord" – 4:38
Harrison was sued in the spring of 1971 by the publishers of "He's So Fine" for copyright infringement, with the case finally being settled in 1981 with a royalty payment
"Wah-Wah" – 5:35 Thanks to the O'Hara-Smith Singers, Ciril, Betty, and Tommy Boy
"Isn't It a Pity" (Version 1) – 7:08
Side two
"What Is Life" – 4:22
"If Not for You" (Bob Dylan) – 3:29
"Behind That Locked Door" – 3:05
Written for Bob Dylan following his performance at the Isle of Wight
"Let It Down" – 4:57
"Run of the Mill" – 2:49
Side three
"Beware of Darkness" – 3:48
"Apple Scruffs" – 3:04
Written about the Apple Records groupies who routinely hung around the studios, nicknamed "Apple scruffs"
"Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)" – 3:46
Sir Frankie Crisp was the original proprietor of Harrison's mansion, Friar Park in Henley-on-Thames, which he purchased in 1970
"Awaiting on You All" – 2:45
"All Things Must Pass" – 3:44
Side four
"I Dig Love" – 4:55
"Art of Dying" – 3:37
Originally written in 1966
Features 19-year-old Phil Collins on percussion
"Isn't It a Pity" (Version 2) – 4:45
"Hear Me Lord" – 5:46
Apple Jam
Side five
"Out of the Blue" (Jim Gordon/Carl Radle/Bobby Whitlock/Eric Clapton/Gary Wright/George Harrison/Jim Price/Bobby Keys/Al Aronowitz) – 11:14
"It's Johnny's Birthday" (Based upon "Congratulations" - Bill Martin/Phil Coulter) – 0:49
Recorded in August 1970 with Ringo Starr and presented to John Lennon on 9 October in celebration of his 30th birthday
"Plug Me In" (Jim Gordon/Carl Radle/Bobby Whitlock/Eric Clapton/Dave Mason/George Harrison) – 3:18
Side six
"I Remember Jeep" (Ginger Baker/Klaus Voormann/Billy Preston/Eric Clapton/George Harrison) – 8:07
Uses white noise from Harrison's 1969 Electronic Sound album track "No Time Or Space"
"Jeep" was the name of Eric Clapton's dog that had been stolen
"Thanks for the Pepperoni" (Jim Gordon/Carl Radle/Bobby Whitlock/Eric Clapton/Dave Mason/George Harrison) – 5:31
Sides 5 and 6 were originally issued on the vinyl edition of All Things Must Pass as "Apple Jam" and feature, among others, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Billy Preston
2001 remaster
In 2000, George Harrison personally oversaw the remastering of All Things Must Pass - the beginning of a re-issue project that was to see all his albums refurbished. Harrison lived long enough only to witness All Things Must Pass' re-release in January 2001 on his own GN Records imprint, distributed by EMI.
Besides the colourfully re-imagined cover art, the two studio albums have been split across the two CDs, with bonus material appearing at the end of the first disc, and the "Apple Jam" -with an adjusted sequence - concluding the second disc.
Disc one
"I'd Have You Anytime" (George Harrison/Bob Dylan) – 2:56
"My Sweet Lord" – 4:38
"Wah-Wah" – 5:35
"Isn't It a Pity" (Version 1) – 7:09
"What Is Life" – 4:22
"If Not for You" (Bob Dylan) – 3:29
"Behind That Locked Door" – 3:05
"Let It Down" – 4:57
"Run of the Mill" – 2:49
"I Live For You" – 3:35
A 2000 recording of a previously unreleased track from the 1970 sessions for All Things Must Pass
"Beware of Darkness" – 3:19
An acoustic run-through of the song recorded on 27 May 1970 at the start of the sessions
"Let It Down" – 3:54
An acoustic run-through of the song recorded on 27 May 1970 at the start of the sessions, with a keyboard overdub effected in 2000
"What Is Life" – 4:27
An early mix of the song's backing track on 9 August 1970 with piccolo trumpet and oboe
"My Sweet Lord (2000)" – 4:57
A re-working of the original 1970 recording with new overdubs in 2000, including backing vocal from Sam Brown
Disc two
"Beware of Darkness" – 3:48
"Apple Scruffs" – 3:04
"Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)" – 3:46
"Awaiting on You All" – 2:45
"All Things Must Pass" – 3:44
"I Dig Love" – 4:55
"Art Of Dying" – 3:37
"Isn't It a Pity" (Version 2) – 4:45
"Hear Me Lord" – 5:46
"It's Johnny's Birthday" (Based upon "Congratulations" - Martin/Coulter) – 0:49
"Plug Me In" (Jim Gordon/Carl Radle/Bobby Whitlock/Eric Clapton/Dave Mason/George Harrison) – 3:18
"I Remember Jeep" (Ginger Baker/Klaus Voormann/Billy Preston/Eric Clapton/George Harrison) – 8:07
"Thanks for the Pepperoni" (Jim Gordon/Carl Radle/Bobby Whitlock/Eric Clapton/Dave Mason/George Harrison) – 5:31
"Out of the Blue" (Jim Gordon/Carl Radle/Bobby Whitlock/Eric Clapton/Gary Wright/George Harrison/Jim Price/Bobby Keys/Al Aronowitz) – 11:16
The following musicians are credited on the 2001 release:
Guitars: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Dave Mason, Peter Frampton
Bass guitar: Klaus Voorman, Carl Radle
Orchestral arrangements: John Barham
Keyboards: Gary Wright, Bobby Whitlock, Billy Preston, Gary Brooker
Drums and percussion: Ringo Starr, Jim Gordon, Alan White, Phil Collins, Ginger Baker
Harmonica - George Harrison(?) (harmonica is played on If Not for You and Apple Scruffs, it is unknown who the player could be, although according to Alan White, it was John Lennon who plays it)
Pedal steel guitar (with talk box): Pete Drake
Tenor saxophone: Bobby Keys
Trumpet: Jim Price
Rhythm guitars and percussion: Badfinger
Fender Rhodes and backing vocals ("I Live for You") and ("My Sweet Lord", 2000 version): Dhani Harrison
Tambourine ("My Sweet Lord", 2001 version): Ray Cooper
Additional lead vocals ("My Sweet Lord", 2001 version): Sam Brown
(Credit goes to Wikipedia)


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A popular part of Honolulu usually attracts a crowd at night, but lately there is concern it is also attracting more crime.
Elliot Okamura spends a lot of time walking around the Ala Moana area as part of the citizen's patrol. He doesn't like what he's been seeing lately --more graffiti.
"We can come out and re-paint this building tonight, and the graffiti will come back in three days. It's a real battle now," said Okamura.
Okumura added graffiti is a sign that people don't care about their community and the writings on the wall invite more crime.
Honolulu Police statistics for March show the Ala Moana area has three-four times the number of thefts and stolen vehicles than other parts of Honolulu.
The number of recent violent crimes has also raised concern.
The latest was a stabbing near the McDonald's on Keeaumoku Street Sunday morning. The violence sent a young man to the hospital in serious condition.
Police arrested Richard Lam for attempted murder in the case.
HPD also released a statement which said," Officers are looking into the recent incidents to determine whether additional resources are needed in the area."
Some residents have expressed concern over the large number of lounges and places where liquor is served until early in the morning.
The recent rash of crimes has made some uneasy to walk around at night, while others worry the wrongdoing could keep escalating if something isn't done soon.
"I'm a man, I don't get scared at night, but sometimes I look behind my back because there are too many people walking around in the shadows," said Okamura.
Police are still looking for the suspect involved in another late night fight and stabbing along Keeaumoku Street. Two men were injured in that incident, which happened two weeks ago.


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February 7, 2011
Snow Days and the 2011 ACCESS Test Windows
Because this school year has been particularly bad regarding the use of snow days, the Illinois State Board of Education is allowing districts and other facilities that administer ACCESS for
ELLs ® to adopt the revised testing and shipping schedule below.
Original Regular Window: January 10 – February 11
Revised Regular Window: January 10 – February 18
Ship materials to MetriTech by – February 23
Original Waiver 1 Window: January 17 – February 18
Revised Waiver 1 Window: January 17 – February 25
Ship materials to MetriTech by – March 1
Original Waiver 2 Window: January 24 – February 25
Revised Waiver 2 Window: January 24 – March 04
Ship materials to MetriTech by – March 08
Points of clarification:
This new test schedule affects ONLY ACCESS for ELLs.®
- You may choose to test in your original window and NOT follow the revised schedule as listed above.
- You do NOT have to notify ISBE or MetriTech if you decide to adopt the revised window.
- The test window during which you are scheduled to test (regular, waiver 1, or waiver 2) cannot be changed at this point.
- All districts and facilities that administer the ACCESS may participate in this new test schedule. You do NOT need to have taken a certain number of snow days to qualify.
- The "Ship materials to MetriTech" date (above) is the date by which the materials should be picked up from your district (or CPS school) by a parcel carrier or shipping company. It is NOT the date by which the materials need to arrive at MetriTech.
- If you have any questions, please call 217-782-4823.
ISBE Contact:
Megan Forness
PSAE Consultant
Student Assessment
Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street
Springfield, IL 62777-0001
Phone: 217.782.4823
Fax: 217.782.6097


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I recently caught a horrible cold. I have fought it off over the last week. I have not medicated myself with anything, not as much as a cough drop! Despite how sick I have been he has only received 2 bottles of breast milk from my husband over a period of 3 days just so that I could get some rest. But thats all. I have nursed my son all this week. But for the last 2 nights since I have been feeling better I have noticed that I am not waking up as full as I normally do. Even with his nomal feeding once or twice a night. By the way my son is 4 months old. Last night he didn't wake up once. He went to bed at 830. Right now its 4 am and he is 2 hours passed his normal night feeding. Not too unusual for him this is in fact a rarity.
He does not have any signs of dehydration so I know he is getting some amount of milk when I nurse but since I am not feeling as full I am wondering how much he is actually getting now.
Can having a cold really do this to your supply? What can I do? I am not ready to stop breastfeeding for at least another 2 months.
Thanks in advance.


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What is the purpose of this interface?
RandomAccess is a marker interface, like the
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the object contains some other class that cannot be serialized).
Cloneable similarly indicates that the use of the
Object.clone() method for a
Cloneable class will not
throw a
RandomAccess interface identifies that a particular
java.util.List implementation has fast random access. A more
accurate name for the interface would have been
This interface tries to define an imprecise concept: how fast is fast? The
documentation provides a simple guide: if repeated access using the
List.get() method is faster than repeated access using the
Iterator.next() method, then the List has fast random access. The
two types of access are shown in the following code examples:
Object o;
for (int i=0, n=list.size(); i < n; i++)
o = list.get(i);
Object o;
for (Iterator itr=list.iterator(); itr.hasNext(); )
o = itr.next();
There is a third loop that combines the previous two loops to avoid the
Iterator.hasNext() test on each loop iteration.
Object o;
Iterator itr=list.iterator();
for (int i=0, n=list.size(); i < n;!
o = itr.next();
This last loop relies on the normal situation, where List objects cannot
change in size while they are being run without an exception of some sort
occuring. So, since the loop size remains the same, you can simply count the
accessed elements without testing at each iteration whether the end of the list
has been reached. This last loop is generally faster than the one in Example 2.
In the context of the
RandomAccess interface, the first loop using
List.get() should be faster than both of the loops that use
Iterator.next() for a list to implement
RandomAccess used?
So now that we know what
RandomAccess means, how do we use it?
With the other two marker interfaces,
Serializable and
Cloneable, there are two aspects to using them:
RandomAccess is a little different. Of course, we still need to
decide whether any particular class implements it, but the possible classes are
severely restricted:
RandomAccess should only be implemented in
java.util.List classes. And most such classes are created outside
of projects; e.g., the SDK provides the most frequently used implementations,
and subclasses of the SDK classes do not need to implement
RandomAccess, as they will automatically inherit the capability
where appropriate.
The second aspect, using the
RandomAccess capability, is also
different. Whether a class is
Serializable or
Cloneable is automatically detected when you use
ObjectInput/ObjectOutput and
Object.clone(). But
RandomAccess has no such automatic support. You need to explicitly check whether a class implements
RandomAccess using the
instanceof operator:
if (listObject instanceof RandomAccess)
Then you must explicitly choose the appropriate access method,
List.get() or
Iterator.next(). Clearly, if we test for
RandomAccess on every loop iteration, we would be making a lot of
redundant calls, and probably losing the benefit of
RandomAccess as
well. So the pattern to follow in using
RandomAccess makes the test
outside the loop. The canonical pattern looks like:
Object o;
if (listObject instanceof RandomAccess)
for (int i=0, n=list.size(); i < n; i++)
o = list.get(i);
//do something with object o
Iterator itr = list.iterator();
for (int i=0, n=list.size(); i < n; i++)
o = itr.next();
//do something with object o
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I tested the four code loops shown in this article, using the 1.4 beta
release, separately testing the
-client and
options. To test the effect of the
RandomAccess interface, I used
java.util.ArrayList and
ArrayList implements
RandomAccess, while
LinkedList does not.
ArrayList has an underlying
implementation consisting of an array with constant access time for any element,
so using the
ArrayList iterator is equivalent to using the
ArrayList.get() method, but with some additional overhead.
LinkedList has an underlying implementation consisting of linked
node objects, so it has access time proportional to the shortest distance of the
element from either end of the list; iterating sequentially through the list can
shortcut the access time by traversing one node after another.
Times shown are the average of three runs, and all times have been normalized
to the first table cell; i.e., the time taken by the
ArrayList to iterate the list using the
List.get() method, using
java -client.
Table 1: Access times for loop types and access methods
|Loop type (loop test) and access method
java -client
java -client
java -server
java -server
|loop counter (i<n) and
|too long
|too long
|iterator (i<n) and
|RandomAccess test with loop from
Note that HotSpot is capable of optimizing away accesses that are unnecessary, so the test accessed and operated on the list elements in a way that could not eliminate the list element access. The test code is available here.
The most important results are in the last two rows of the table. The last row shows the
times obtained by making full use of the
RandomAccess interface;
the row before that shows the most optimal general technique for iterating
lists, if
RandomAccess were not available. The size of the lists I
used for the test (and consequently, the number of loop iterations required to
access every element) was sufficiently large that the
test had no measurable cost in comparison to the time taken to run the loop.
Consequently, we can see that that there was no cost (but also no benefit) in
adding the
RandomAccess test when iterating
LinkedList; whereas the
ArrayList was iterated
more than 20% quicker when the
instanceof test was included.
What should you do if you are implementing code now? Obviously, you can start
developing with a 1.4 (beta) release, but this is not an option everywhere.
There are three aspects to using
RandomAccess if you are developing
code now:
RandomAccess without moving to 1.4; many development environments
cannot be upgraded rapidly or to a beta release.
RandomAccess does not exist.
RandomAccess when running in
a 1.4+ JVM.
RandomAccess available to your development environment is
the first issue, and this can be as simple as adding the
RandomAccess interface to your classpath. Any version of the SDK
can create the
RandomAccess interface. The definition for
RandomAccess is
package java.util;
public interface RandomAccess {}
This interface can be created using
javac, as follows:
temp, create a directory called
java, create a directory called
util, create a file called
RandomAccess.java, containing
the definition just given
RandomAccess.java, using
Now including
temp in your classpath should enable classes that refer
RandomAccess to be compiled.
Some Java integrated development environments (IDEs) can make it difficult to
add a class to the core SDK packages. If this is the case for your IDE, your
only hope is that it accepts an external classpath for compilation purposes, in
which case the custom-generated
RandomAccess class will need to be
held in that external classpath.
We also need to handle
RandomAccess in the runtime environment.
For pre-1.4 environments, the test
if (listObject instanceof
RandomAccess) will generate a
NoClassDefFoundError at
runtime, when the JVM tries to load the
RandomAccess class. For the
instanceof test to be evaluated, the class has to be loaded;
however, we can guard the test so that it is only executed if
RandomAccess is available. The simplest way to do this is to check
RandomAccess exists, setting a boolean guard as the outcome of
that test:
static boolean RandomAccessExists;
//execute this as early as possible after the
//application starts
Class c = Class.forName("java.util.RandomAccess");
RandomAccessExists = true;
catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
RandomAccessExists = false;
Then, finally, we will need to change our
instanceof tests to
use the
RandomAccessExists variable as a guard:
if (RandomAccessExists && (listObject instanceof RandomAccess) )
Now we have the solution for all three aspects mentioned at the beginning of this section:
RandomAccess interface can be created and compiled easily
with any SDK, and this manually-compiled version can be used at compilation
time as a stand-in, to compile any code which refers to
instanceof test will automatically revert to the
Iterator loop if
RandomAccess does not exist, and should avoid
throwing a
NoClassDefFoundError in pre-1.4 JVMs.
instanceof test will also automatically use
the faster loop branch when
RandomAccess does exist and the list
object implements it.
Java Performance Tuning by Jack Shirazi (O'Reilly, 2000)
Source code for the tests used in this article
Jack Shirazi is the author of Java Performance Tuning. He was an early adopter of Java, and for the last few years has consulted mainly for the financial sector, focusing on Java performance.
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Financial News's associate editor Mike Foster and asset management editor Joe McGrath debate the virtues and drawbacks of smart beta strategies.
• Superior performance at lower cost: what's not to like?
Mike Foster: For generations, equity markets have been dominated by cap-weighted indices, where companies are ranked by market value.
There is a good reason for this – and it is nothing to do with investment issues. It is everything to do with the way we equate size with success.
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Eugene Fama has mathematically proved that value and small-cap stocks neglected by cap-weighted investors offer better pickings. Managers like Dimensional Fund Advisors have significantly outperformed by applying his approach systematically. Warren Buffett hasn't done too badly either.
Another mathematician, Robert Fernholz, has proved that diversification away from the cap-weighted mean boosts returns, as Tobam and Intech have shown, year in, year out.
Not before time, the ground has started to shift more decisively away from cap-weighted indices and in favour of common sense, thanks to a sustained attack on index construction. It has been achieved by sheer weight of opinion, best represented by consultants Towers Watson, Mercer and Aon Hewitt.
Smart beta indices ranking stocks according to such factors as corporate fundamentals or value have regularly outperformed cap-weighted indices by two percentage points a year.
It doesn't matter whether investors follow Fama, Fernholz or a troupe of blindfolded monkeys. They win the race because cap-weighted indices are so feeble.
You can also argue that active managers are held back by the fact that they are forced to benchmark themselves on cap-weighted indices.
Time and again, managers have felt obliged to own decaying large-cap stocks because of their index representation. Never underestimate the risks involved in owning IBM at too high a price.
Aon Hewitt reckons index-hugging by managers costs UK pension schemes £1.7 billion a year. One manager, Lombard Odier, has chosen to benchmark its products on smart beta, rather than traditional, indices. Others will surely follow.
Active managers often let themselves down by making poorly timed decisions on when to sell stocks. In contrast, smart beta products thrive through regular rebalancings as stocks rise in value and lose the characteristics that triggered their purchase.
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This has become such a problem that Europe's Edhec Risk academic institute wrote to Sharon Bowles MEP in March to demand that regulators apply closer scrutiny to smart beta financial benchmarks, forcing fund managers and index developers to disclose what is in these indices.
Mike Foster: Joe, I agree that transparency matters, of course it does. But what matters a lot more is performance – and active managers have fallen woefully short. There are, of course, a small number of active managers who outperform most years. Genuine manager skill is worth its weight in gold – hence the obsession with the perceived skills of Neil Woodford.
But skill from smart beta is far easier to mine. It also comes cheap, with product fees typically a third of the levy imposed by managers.
By stripping out excessive fees, consultant Towers Watson achieved an annualised return of 3.1% between 2007 and 2013 from the factors that drive hedge funds. This compares with 1.8% from hedge fund indices.
The smart beta revolution has spread to the world of exchange-traded funds, drawing further attention to its superior returns. Amundi Asset Management confirmed last week that it would team up with data provider Edhec-Risk to create an ETF that takes account of multi-factor smart beta.
Through a back-testing exercise, Edhec argues factors driven by value, smaller cap, momentum and low volatility have beaten cap-weighted indices by an annualised 3.9 percentage points over 40 years.
The rise of smart beta may be a little depressing for investment bankers, whose best clients tend to be large-cap growth companies preying on value.
No doubt, far too many poorly structured dumb beta products will end up littering the market place. There are signs that products are becoming overcomplicated and over-marketed. In due course, the pricing opportunity for smart beta factors could be arbitraged away.
But the smart beta genie has escaped from the cap-weighted bottle. And the investment world will never be the same again.
• Would you buy a product the sales people did not understand?
Joe McGrath: Say you heard about a great new product. Everyone is talking about it. You decide to make enquiries. But the salesperson does not seem to know much about it. How does it work? "Sorry, I'll have to check." How much is it? "I'll get back to you."
Wouldn't you start to worry? That was my experience with the people I contacted who were responsible for distributing smart beta products. A worryingly small number were able to explain their strategies fully.
Comments such as "that's one for the product development team" and "let me get hold of some documents on that" were common. And I was not just talking to some guy in a call centre. These were senior people.
If the people selling these products are not clear how they work, I worry that they are being marketed to investors that they don't suit.
There is also the problem of comparing the products. Investors who would like access to a specific investment area, but want to know which provider is cheapest, most efficient or "smartest" at meeting their objectives, will discover how difficult it is to compare them.
Smart beta providers often have unique or differing benchmarks for their funds and prefer it that way. Many of them will claim that comparing their strategy with another is unfair because the other one uses a different underlying benchmark.
If you want a train to Birmingham from London, you might compare the fares on offer from two operators on the route – Virgin Trains and London Midland.
They both go to the same destination. But they charge different fares and the journey times are different. If train companies spoke in the same language as smart beta marketers, they would say a comparison is unfair because not every element of the journey is identical. As the customer, of course, you are free to ignore such obfuscation and compare how the tickets on offer meet your needs.
Let's apply this to smart beta.
If you want exposure to the top 100 companies in the UK, that is equivalent to wanting a train to Birmingham. The tickets on offer might include a FTSE 100 tracker fund, a FTSE 100 ETF or a smart beta FTSE 100 ETF and, although the smart beta ETFs might have a different underlying benchmark, I would take that into consideration when making my final investment decision. There is nothing unfair about comparing all the products offering exposure to the FTSE 100.
My other concern is lack of transparency. I raised with Mike opposite the reluctance of providers to reveal what is in their underlying benchmarks, but it goes further than that. For those accessing smart beta through an ETF, the lack of transparency extends to fund performance.
Providers regularly complain about the accuracy of the data available in the market by some fund performance databases. Despite almost a decade's grumbling about this data, the situation does not seem to have improved – particularly in Europe – and you have to ask: why have providers not insisted that better-quality data be reported from independent sources?
Mike Foster: Joe, I agree that with some smart beta strategies there is a difficulty of comparison. Transparency could be greater. But let's not lose sight of the bigger picture.
The big comparison is not just between one smart beta product and another, but between smart beta and cap-weighted products. And there is no shortage of smart beta funds that give active managers a run for their money.
There is no doubt that some smart beta strategies will turn out to be clunkers. But I'm prepared to bet that the simpler products will earn their keep: systematic managers like Dimensional Fund Advisors have used smart beta strategies for 30 years. And many of them are mathematically proven. If a foolproof investment strategy existed, we would all be rich.
But smart beta indices ranking stocks according to such factors as corporate fundamentals or value have regularly outperformed cap-weighted indices by two percentage points a year. Where would you rather have your money?
Joe McGrath: It depends on what a given investor is trying to achieve. Investors are interested in these products because they offer access to some investment areas at a much lower cost than through active fund management while promising to deliver a desired outcome (such as promising low volatility).
And while fund firms have identified target groups they believe to be potential customers for their strategies, the appropriateness of these products for certain target markets differs considerably depending on who you speak to.
Some see their products as suitable only for passive investors, others for those seeking a transition away from active fund management.
Smart beta may be the latest Ferrari, but a Ferrari is not ideal for taking the kids and their dog to the beach.
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