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The family of a young boy tragically killed in a horse riding accident say his death was so horrible they may never want to talk about it.
Tareha Waetoa Rehua Kopa-Taylor, 10, was farewelled at a tangi at Northland's Mohinui Marae on Wednesday.
Police have revealed new details of his death last Saturday. "He tied the reins of the bridle around his waist and wrist. The horse got spooked and ran off, dragging him," Senior Sergeant Ian Row told the Northern Advocate.
The horse apparently jumped over a cattle grid, then galloped down the road. Tareha was found about 500m away up a neighbour's drive.
A whanau elder said yesterday Tareha's immediate family were still grieving and did not want to talk about the accident. "When you see a horrible thing like that happen you don't want to talk about it."
Friends, family and supporters offered their condolences online. "When something happens in the area everyone has the heart and soul to care about others," Destiney Toto wrote on Facebook.
"Such a tragedy, arohanui to the whanau," Camella Nelson wrote.
Police and emergency services were called to the Waiomio property about 6.20pm last Saturday, in what Row called a "very tragic incident" involving the boy. He was alive when St John Ambulance medics arrived but they could not save him.
Tareha was described as a brave boy who loved horses. It was understood he was an experienced rider but the horse bolted because it was startled, possibly by torchlight. The accident has been referred to the coroner.


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Chromoendoscopy as an Adjunct to Colonoscopy
Chromoendoscopy refers to the use of dyes or stains during endoscopy to enhance tissue differentiation or characterization. When used with colonoscopy, the intent is to increase the sensitivity of the procedure by facilitating the identification of mucosal abnormalities. There are two types of chromoendoscopy: one involves actual spraying of dyes or stains through the working channel of an endoscope; the other, known as virtual chromoendoscopy, uses a computer algorithm to simulate different colors of light that results from dye or stain spraying.
Colonoscopy, a procedure during which colonic and rectal polyps can be identified and removed, is considered the criterion standard test for colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis of colorectal disease. However, colonoscopy is an imperfect procedure. A systematic review pooled findings from tandem (i.e. back-to-back) colonoscopy studies and found that 22% of polyps were missed on the first colonoscopy. Most of the missed polyps were small and thus had a lower-risk of becoming cancerous. The pooled miss rate by polyp size was 2% for polyps 10 mm and larger, 13% for polyps 5-10 mm, and 26% for polyps 1-5 mm.
Several adjunct endoscopic techniques, including chromoendoscopy, could enhance the sensitivity of colonoscopy. Chromoendoscopy, also known as chromoscopy and chromocolonoscopy, refers to the application of topical stains or dyes during endoscopy to enhance tissue differentiation or characterization and facilitate identification of mucosal abnormalities. Chromoendoscopy may be particularly useful for detecting flat or depressed lesions. Standard colonoscopy uses white light to view the colon. In chromoendoscopy, stains are applied, resulting in color highlighting of areas of surface morphology of epithelial tissue. The dyes or stains are applied via a spray catheter that is inserted down the working channel of the endoscope. Chromoendoscopy can be used in the whole colon (pan-colonic chromoendoscopy) on an untargeted basis or can be directed to a specific lesion or lesions (targeted chromoendoscopy). Chromoendoscopy differs from endoscopic tattooing in that the former uses transient stains, whereas tattooing involves the use of a long-lasting pigment for future localization of lesions.
Stains and dyes used in chromoendoscopy can be placed in the following categories:
Indigo carmine, a contrast stain, is the most commonly used stain with colonoscopy to enhance the detection of colorectal neoplasms. Several absorptive stains are also used with colonoscopy. Methylene blue, which stains the normal absorptive epithelium of the small intestine and colon, has been used to detect colonic neoplasia and to aid in the detection of intraepithelial neoplasia in patients with chronic ulcerative colitis. In addition, crystal violet (also known as gentian violet) stains cell nuclei and has been applied in the colon to enhance visualization of pit patterns (i.e. superficial mucosal detail). Reactive stains are primarily used to identify gastric abnormalities and are not used with colonoscopy.
Potential applications of chromoendoscopy as an adjunct to standard colonoscopy include:
The equipment used in regular chromoendoscopy is widely available. Several review articles and technology assessments have indicated that, although the techniques are simple, the procedure (e.g. concentration of dye and amount of dye sprayed) is variable, and thus classification of mucosal staining patterns for identifying specific conditions is not standardized.
Virtual chromoendoscopy (also called electronic chromoendoscopy) involves imaging enhancements with endoscopy systems that could be an alternative to dye spraying. One system is the Fujinon Intelligent Color Enhancement feature (Fujinon, Inc.). This technology uses post-processing computer algorithms to modify the light reflected from the mucosa from conventional white light to various other wavelengths.
In August 2014, the Fujifilm EPX-4440HD Digital Video Processor with Fujinon Intelligent Color Enhancement (FICE®) and Light Source was cleared for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through the 510(k) process. FDA documents stated that FICE® could be used to supplement white-light endoscopy but is not intended to replace histopathologic sampling as a means of diagnosis.
In April 2003, the i-scan™ (Pentax), used for virtual chromoendoscopy, was cleared for marketing by FDA through the 510(k) process. This digital image enhancement technology and is part of the Pentax EPK-i5010 Video Processor. The i-scan has several modes that digitally enhance images in real-time during endoscopy. FDA documents state that i-scan is intended as an adjunct following white-light endoscopy, but is not intended to replace histopathologic analysis.
No dye or stain product has been specifically approved by the FDA for use in chromoendoscopy.
Chromoendoscopy is considered investigational as an adjunct to diagnostic or surveillance colonoscopy.
Virtual chromoendoscopy is considered investigational as an adjunct to diagnostic or surveillance colonoscopy.
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Guest Picks: Carl Hiaasen
Novelist Carl Hiaasen came on The Leonard Lopate Show to discuss some of his favorite picks.
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"The Pacific" miniseries on HBO
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Flexible Pens: What Car Designers Design When They're Not Designing Cars
Car designers exercise their talents on a variety of products.
At auto shows, it's always easy to spot the car designer among a gaggle of journalists. He's the one whose suit and shoes don't look like they're straight from a resale shop. (Or, if they do, you know it was a very expensive resale shop.) The notion that design is who you are, not just an occupation, also is reflected in designers' nonautomotive work. Whether it's industrial or consumer goods, fashion accessories or housewares, car designers exercise their talents on a variety of products.
In addition to leading the design of the Mazda MX-5 Spyder concept, Jacques Flynn led the team that drew the company's Kaan concepta fanciful single-seat electric racer that won the Design Challenge at the 2008 L.A. auto show. Mazda currently has Flynn competing and collaborating with design teams in California, Germany, and Japan on the long-awaited next-gen Miata, and he seems to have light weight on the brain. In his free time, Flynn is launching his Jaqet line of leather goods, featuring slim handmade wallets.
Chris Bangle protégé Fernando Pardo went straight from the University of Cincinnati to DesignworksUSA 25 years ago. BMW's acquisition of the firm set up Pardo to lead the design of BMW's shape-shifting, fabric-skinned GINA concept in 2008. Pardo's other Designworks projects have tended toward the domestic, including a vacuum cleaner, a PC that took home a prestigious Innovations award at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, and a stroller whose wheel layout may have influenced the DeltaWing design team.
Anthony Prozzi started in 1981 at Jimmy's, the Brooklyn couture fixture and a regular launchpad for up-and-coming designers. After some time spent dressing Curtis Mayfield and Luther Vandross, Prozzi switched to the Pratt Institute, met the fast-rising Donna Karan, and created her first men's "Essentials" collection. Prozzi graduated from Detroit's Center for Creative Studies, then ended up at Ford, crafting interiors for the Taurus, Lincoln MKZ, and 2013 Fusion.
Michael Santoro styled the lauded Chrysler Cirrus for 1995. The next year, he penned the redesigned Jeep Wrangler. After becoming a made man in the Detroit business, though, Santoro walked away. He did the Gulfstream G5 jet's interior and thennaturallya Samsung forklift. Santoro also sketched a tracked excavator for the Korean firm before founding DesignStar in Carlsbad, California. Among his company's products is the popular MacCase line of Apple accessories.
Ferdinand A. Porsche, who died in April, was an early example of the car stylist venturing outside the automotive realm. The sculptor of the 911, he is widely credited with instilling a design culture at Porsche that continues today. When a bitter rivalry with cousin Ferdinand Piëch led to his exile from the carmaker in 1972, he formed Porsche Design, styling everything from pens and watches to household appliances and even the Bangkok Skytrain. Today, Porsche Design remains one of Europe's most potent design houses.


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'The Green Inferno' Helps Bring New Blood to Toronto Film Festival
A lot of blood is being spilled at the Toronto International Film Festival – and not just by producers ramping up their Oscar campaigns.
The festival's "Midnight Madness" tradition of showing horror movies like "The Green Inferno" in the wee hours is already stealing a little buzz from some of the event's awards contenders. That's partly because highly pedigreed Oscar fare might attract hardware for the mantel, but gorefests have proven to be a safer box office bet.
Toronto premieres like Eli Roth's "The Green Inferno" have acquisition groups circling in hopes of recreating earlier festival successes like "Insidious" or Mr. Roth's 2002 directorial debut, "Cabin Fever."
Described as a "gruesome homage to the notorious Italian cannibal movies of the late seventies and early eighties," Mr. Roth's movie is attracting the most attention leading up to its Saturday night premiere. Like Mr. Roth's "Hostel" series, "The Green Inferno" follows a group of wayward college students who find themselves fending for their lives (and body parts). Other Midnight Madness titles include "All Cheerleaders Die" and "Rigor Mortis."


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The couple lives in Wadena and both are formerly of Menahga. An Aug. 10, 2013, wedding is planned at The Arrowwood Lodge in Baxter.


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Hi everyone,Just posting a few pics of my beekeeping activities while on holiday in NSW. I am very grateful to the people who were willing to show me around their setup...
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More than one in 10 have planted trees close to their house, according to a survey by insurance firm Zurich.
Many people have also chosen tree types such as willows, oaks or elms that tend to cause more damage, the study showed.
A Forestry Commission spokesman said people's lack of knowledge about the space and soil type needed by different tree species could add to the problem.
Subsidence is generally caused by changes underground which cause foundations to shift. Cracks in the walls are often the first clue.
'Lost connection'
Trees close to houses can pose a threat because they take water from the soil and can exacerbate any shrinkage caused by hot weather.
Dr Mark Render, of the Forestry Commission, said subsidence was a greater potential problem in areas of clay soil, such as the Thames Valley and Vale of York.
He advised homeowners to consult experts before choosing a tree - particularly if they have only a small garden.
"I think there's a responsibility for garden centres to make sure they are selling the right trees to the right people to put in the right places," he said.
"The vast majority of urban dwellers now really have no connection with rural matters and therefore they have no idea of how big trees will grow."
Anyone concerned about a tree already growing near their home can contact the Aboricultural Association for local advice, Dr Render added.
The charity Trees for Cities, which encourages the planting of trees in urban areas, says people should be aware that some older houses have only shallow foundations.
'No panic'
"People need to think about the size of a tree. Anything that's going to get very big is going to have a very big root system," said chief executive Graham Simmonds.
"What we don't want is for people to panic and stop planting trees, so if a house has good foundations and you plant at a sensible distance, it should be OK."
Of the 1,500 people questioned for Zurich's survey, one in 10 said they knew someone who had paid out more than £30,000 to repair damage caused by subsidence.
Less than a third had ordered a full structural survey of a property they were buying and only 10% raised questions about trees, the poll showed.
Subsidence is not a growing problem but people's awareness of it is increasing, said Andrew Buckley, of the Royal and Sun Alliance insurance firm.
The hot, dry summer of 2003 led to a large rise in the number of claims, he said.
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As you probably know by now, Steve Chalk's Oasis Trust has been expelled from the Evangelical Alliance. Despite this, Chalke has been insisting that he is still an evangelical. There are two indisputable facts, as we look at the aftermath of this decision however:Firstly, one of only two umbrella organisations representing Evangelicals in the UK has decided that they feel Chalke is out of step with the majority of Evangelical leaders in the UK. I don't believe for a moment, that the s … [Read more...]
Steve Chalke's Oasis Trust removed from Evangelical Alliance over the Bible and Homosexuality
In a statement reproduced in full below along with Oasis' response, the Evangelical Alliance have today discontinued the membership of Oasis Trust, the organisation which Steve Chalke leads.For a number of years now, Steve Chalke, who was once the UK's leading Evangelical figure has been drifting away from a typically Evangelical approach to the Bible. This began ten years ago when Steve Chalke rejected the traditional Evangelical view of what the cross accomplised as "cosmic child … [Read more...]
Steve Chalke and Andrew Wilson discuss Penal Substitutionary Atonement
Steve Chalke's rejection of Penal Substitution around 10 years ago was the first major controversy I got involved with on this blog. In the next of a series of video discussions between him and Andrew Wilson that were moderated by Justin Brierley they revisited this.Chalke continued to support his viewpoint, but still seemed surprised at the strength of the reaction to him calling Penal Substution "Cosmic Child Abuse" He was clearly scornful of the idea that the wrath of God needs to be … [Read more...]
Steve Chalke says the Bible got it wrong in lots of places
In the second of the Steve Chalke vs Andrew Wilson debates, evangelicals are going to be shocked. Perhaps not surprised, but shocked nonethelessChalke clearly states that he believes that God does not strike people down for sin. He claims that whenever this is reported by The Bible it either means that someone was mistaken about what they thought God was saying, or that the interpretation of the Bible writers of the event was just plain wrong. His logic for this was that if something else in … [Read more...]
Why silence about controversies should not be read as agreement
Just in the past few days both my emails and Twitter stream have contained a few direct questions and challenges. I have had people gloatingly point out to me the story of the death of the latest snake handler to meet his inevitable death, demand my response to the Pope sending Kenneth Copeland a message promoting unity, and ask what I think of Steve Chalke's article about how he now approaches the Bible. In addition, I have also noticed that David Yonggi Cho has been found guilty of e … [Read more...]
Steve Chalke and others on Homosexuality and Gay Marriage
UPDATE: My recent interview with Sam Allberry, a conservative minister who also experiences same-sex attraction is worth a watch on this subject. I am increasingly convinced that how we choose to respond to this issue is the biggest challenge we will face in the next few years as churches in the West.I thought I would simply today catalogue some recent statements from various Christians about homosexuality. You will see that there is quite a spectrum of opinion represented here, as I have … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Has Rob Bell demonstrated clearly that he is not an Evangelical any more?
In this clip I tell Rob Bell that because he has a very different approach to the Bible, it is hard to accept him as an Evangelical. I also explain that the main reason for the anger of many evangelicals is that we have learned to expect and to a certain extent accept this kind of teaching from others outside the evangelical movement but within the broader Christian movement. Surely Bell is just another neo-liberal just like Steve Chalke. What is hard to accept is someone who we thought of as " … [Read more...]
Easter Wouldn't Be Easter Without A Row About The Atonement
The battle lines continue to be clearly drawn despite the best efforts to be "charitable" to both sides by those who try to occupy the middle ground. In an outrageous newspaper article which only cites one Bible verse and even that out of context, Giles Fraser declares "What vicious God would demand Jesus sacrificed for our sins? We should ditch this view of Easter"I am not surprised by the strong language used by the opponents of the view of the cross generally called "penal substitutionary … [Read more...]
THE ATONEMENT DEBATE – Steve Chalke's Further Arguments Against Penal Substitution
This is the last in my short series on Steve Chalke and The Atonement Debate. The previous posts in this series can be found by clicking on the links below:Update on Steve Chalke and The Atonement Debate Steve Chalke Confirms He Does Not Believe in Penal Substitution Steve Chalke Argues Against Penal Substitutionary Atonement Steve Chalke and Neglect of the ResurrectionIn his chapter of the book, The Atonement Debate, Steve Chalke continues with a classic argument from silence. He claims … [Read more...]
THE ATONEMENT DEBATE – Steve Chalke and Neglect of the Resurrection
In his arguments against penal substitutionary atonement (PSA), Chalke parodies what its advocates believe, claiming that, according to those who hold to PSA, . . .it is Jesus' death alone that becomes our "good news." This approach reduces the whole gospel to a single sentence: "God is no longer angry with us because Jesus died in our place." Indeed, that is exactly why evangelistic presentations based on penal substitution often do not even bother to mention the resurrection; for them it serves … [Read more...]


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When you filed federal taxes for 2009, the federal gvmt sent the info to the state of louisana. This is were the state is getting their info from. You need to get your federal return from the irs and ee about getting all proof of income for hat yr. The problem you might have is once you came back and was able to get into uno as an instate student, the ldr considered you a state resdent the whole time.
I got the same exact letter. Actually, they first sent me a letter saying I didn't file for 2009, which is not accurate. So I sent them a copy of my 2009 return. I then got a letter telling me I owed them $100. The letter was received about a day after I sent them a copy of my 09 return though, so I will wait a few days and see if they got my 09 return I sent them.
Which is more expensive paying $560 for unpaid Louisiana income tax or paying out of state tuition for medical school? In order to maintain your Louisiana residency you have to file a Louisiana income tax return when living out of state. Ordinarily this is no big deal from a tax perspective since you can claim a credit against the Louisiana tax for any tax you paid to the state you were residing in. However, you were living in Texas which doesn't have an individual income tax, so you can't claim a credit for taxes you did not pay.
I would imagine preserving your residency for medical school tuition purposes is worth more than $560. So I'd recommend agreeing with the assessment and trying to work out a payment plan with the LDR.
I didn't even file La state taxes in '09 since the income I made was from when I was living in Texas.
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This is really good thing to use Android OS on your laptop.I have also using this OS on my laptop that becomes very faster than the other OS comparison.If you want to install it on your laptop first you need install on your Flash Drive or Pen Drive or a Memory Drive that is must boot-able one after that you can run on your laptop.
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Airlines for America said the Trump administration's proposal to privatize the nation's air traffic control system would result in shorter flights, fewer emissions and fewer delays, while the Alliance for Aviation Across America decried the measure.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Fiscal Year 2017 Work Plan carves out more than $170 million in funding that will go toward several port deepening and construction projects across the country.
U.S. and Mexican customs authorities hope to provide fully restored operations at the World Trade Bridge border crossing in Laredo, Texas, on Monday, May 29.
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The London-based shipping research and consulting firm said that even though freight rates fell seasonally in the first quarter of 2017, they are better than they were in 2016.
The International Monetary Fund yesterday released its latest quarterly World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update, in which it projected the global economy will grow 3.5 percent this year, up from its January projection of 3.4 percent.
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- We encourage you to help each other out on problem sets. While the final product that you turn in must be your own individual work that you have written up in isolation from your partners, you can still seek the help of your peers if you get stuck on a particular part of the problem set. Learning from and teaching your peers is a great way to master the content of the class and foster relationships with your colleagues. Note that this does not apply to the assessment questions, which must be completed independently.
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New Law Aims to Help Small Businesses with Healthcare Costs
A new Texas law is giving small businesses options to deal with projected increases in the cost of health insurance for their employees.
Senate bill 1332 was signed by Governor Perry this weekend.
Businesses across the country with more than fifty employees will see their healthcare cost increase in 2014,but the new state law will help those businesses in Texas keep their cost the same for the next two years.
Kelly Fristoe is the president of the Texas Association of Health Underwriters, he says keeping the healthcare costs as low as possible for businesses may prevent some salary cuts, losses of health insurance, and even layoffs.
"They may say you know what? We're done. A lot of my groups are already saying if that happens, we're out of the health insurance business and we're gonna say to our employees you go out in the exchange program in that exchange market place and you buy your own insurance," says Fristoe.
Under the new law Texas businesses with fifty to one hundred employees will not have their rate ratios changed which will help keep costs the same for the next two years.
Fristoe says this will help them keep employees and avoid huge increases in the cost of insurance plans.
"A lot of employees that are less than fifty lives and are going to be subject to the rate shock they may get their renewal rates next year in the month of February, look at that and go oh my gosh a 60 percent rate increase," says Fristoe.
Fristoe says insurance prices will continue to go up after the affordable care act is implemented in 2014 so keeping rates low for businesses now will help lessen the impact on employees later on.
"You can't expand benefits like that with out expanding the price also, you can't tell the insurance company you have to cover all these extra things and by the way it has to be less expensive," says Fristoe.
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In what is presumably the last of Kazunori Yamauchi's round of interviews to emerge from his time at Snetterton, he's made a comment regarding the development status of the big game:
"Gran Turismo 5 is about 90 percent finished. There are currently around 140 people working on the project."
That arbitrary number doesn't mean much, but some of you may recall that's the same thing he told USA Today back in January at CES 2010. At the time, though, the game was set for a March release in Japan, and we all know how that turned out. While these numbers were most likely pulled out of thin air, the lack of progress could be due to a significant setback in development or features have been added or improved. Regardless, we do know that it still won't have everything that Yamauchi wants (head over to Edmund's Inside Line for the full interview):
The developer claimed the driving simulator would not be released until it "satisfied everyone's wishes and then exceeded them." He admitted that not everything he had hoped for will be included in the game but wouldn't elaborate on what was missing. Instead, he insisted that GT5 marked the most significant step forwards since the original game was launched in 1997 and that the introduction of online gaming had, "dramatically changed the way the game is designed."
So, what's getting left out? Did head-tracking get the axe? Perhaps it's the rumored track-editor? (Please, no!) While that's a little worrisome, improvement in online functionality is probably the most anticipated aspect of GT5, so it will be interesting to see how it's eventually incorporated. Thanks to Loren for the tip!
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GT PSP has fine graphics BUT no story ,no feed back (shock, vibration, no real feeling of simulation .. no appel.
My opin… Best driving experince what you can get (without Wheel) is from NFS Shift.
@ George…. And yet, you leave your jungle to come back here and check the status of GT5…
The wait is frustrating for any of us, but i know you will come back to the PS3 some day and forever :P
YEP.. as i sad …i moved to 360 and i have fun… each day more one 360 … less i will miss no GT5.
@ George…. And yet, you leave your jungle to come back here and check the status of GT5…
The wait is frustrating for any of us, but i know you will come back to the PS3 some day and forever :P
I have PS2 i liked GT3, GT4p, GT4. Then PS3 come out for new "GT5". The only reason why I bought PS3 vs 360 was GT5.
Now it's almost 2,5 years that i don't run Ps3 because i moved to 360 and i have fun… each day more one 360 … less i will miss no GT5.
I'm sure that buying Ps3 was mistake … they can't build Gt5 that will have added value of 600€ (value of Ps3 when i bought).
I have GT5P… i've played 1 month. So Gt5 is dead for me.
On 360: best ever are NFS Shift, FM2 and FM3 Cod4,5, MW2, yes BF2, … no need for Ps3.
Still rooting for GT5.
It would be better if PD says it will be delayed until next year, rather than making people expect that it will be released anytime soon. so many excuses, but no progress being made. very disappointing for such a great game. So whats holding them up for telling the truth?
A track editor, as well as a livery editor, adds nothing at all to the driving experience. In fact, a track editor, if not complemented by gameplay design, is 1990s. I can vividly remember all the Mods for first person shooters, new maps and all. Very, very few were actually worth while bothering.
I doubt there are many individuals with the skills to actually improve on something the developers can come up with. If anyone bothers, take a look at Midnight Club 3 – Rockstar paid tremendous attention to "route" design – I doubt with the higher demands of a "sim" game this can be achieved easily. Furthermore, key should be bringing as many people as possible online racing and enjoying themselves. T10 has not quite achieved this, many people were just far too happy spending time painting their cars than actually race them.
The question remains: how to bring together a very large number of people with different skills together racing AND enjoying themselves.
How to make a true and better experience for any- and everyone. If PD knows the answer, they truly surprise me. I don't want "more". More content, more cars, more tracks, more possibilities, more realism.
It's about time gameplay is re-invented, which is a tough call if you have saloon cars going round in circles.
So, impress me away, but PD most certainly can't surpass my expectations. That's quite impossible by now, because I expect GT to be larger than life "Über"-game. No developer on earth can fulfil this. Unless you happen to be Team ICO.
How dare they trying to polish a game and do the best they can? PD is a Joke, But Activation and EA are not a joke lol
With no news on if a track editor, livery editor, day and night cycles (the only stage shown a night was Route 5 or clubman which is nothing new) and weather conditions will make it in the game a I am fearful after reading this interview. The only thing confirmed is 3d and gps data logger. PD or more likley Sony, seems more intrested in advertising new technology with GT5 than provide a gaming experience to the people that really care about the franchise. They are aiming for a different target. And I think it is us gamers who will be sacrifced to achieve these aims.
it seems that the PD team is running trouble with their work team, maybe PD needs bigger team to hurry up this slow GT build (PD is trying to bild a huge skyscraper with small team), and maybe PD is worried of some gaming spies and dont hire new employees… lol, new theory.. anyway.. HIRE NEW EMPLOYEES, so there will be like 500 people working on it, faster release dates means MORE MONEY and other good stuff so the GT can evolve and grow faster :)
Personally I think that the game is done, but Sony wants PD to implement their 3DTV with GT5, so because of that the game isn't coming out.
Probably the game was done in 2009, but because of Sony's 3DTV crap the game is being delayed and delayed.
Sony is being complicated sense past few years, and with all the removing other OS thing.
They should had release GT5 on PS3 in 2008, and work on GT6 for the 3DTV and Camera movement thing and Car damages.
Let's be real here, most of us PS3 owners buy PlayStation just because of GT.
memo –
Iam upgrading my grades at the moment and Iam at math now and I have to say I couldnt agree with you anymore. That math just told us the truth!
It makes sense, it was 90% complete but now there are extras added it's still at 90%. I just hope the improvements are across the whole game. If 3D wasn't mentioned then I would be expecting dynamic weather and lots more exciting features but my fear now is it will be the same game as the expected March release but with a 3D option.
And at 90% complete we know hardly anything. One video showing briefly the new damage, a WRC stage, a tuned car and a few other bits would keep people happy and talking for weeks. Please do something as I'm fed up with the 3D doom and gloom!
guys don't want to dissappoint you but a track editor these days will be too difficult to implement in such a high tech game.
it's not just adding blocks of straights,45′ 60′ and 90'turns like in that old PC game "Stunts" (great by the way but it was the early 90s). it will be too complicated for simple users like us to handle. just my opinion.
as one guy said above all my hopes for the moment are on F1 2010 and at least I know I'll be playing it by September… the features and the career mode seem very very promising.
I'd like to create a track with a looping. I know, this doesn't exist on a real track, but would bring a lot of fun. And some real steep-corners (is that the correct word ?) where you almost drive vertically or head down
Is a Track Editor basically like what they have in Little Big Planet? If we could download and share our ideas of tracks… man.. that would be amazing.
Here's a few things you can stick in the sin bin.
Head tracking: seriously I'm playing a game in my lounge room. I'm not strafing civilians in my apache gunship.
Track Editor: Who has the time? Really? Unless you're 10 years old with 16 weeks of school holidays per annum you are probably going to be happy with the in game courses and tracks. If you are said 10 year old you probably don't have the necessary attention span to use the editor anyways.
Does Sony not remember that the original audience is now 15 years older than they were with the original GT? While I've been waiting for the Ultimate PS3 Driving simulator I've done a stint in the forces, gotten married, pumped out a clone, and found a real job where i get to slave away from dawn til dusk. I won't be editing virtual tracks on saturday afternoon with my 30 year old bff's, talking about boobies and funny poo's. (at least while the wife's home)
By the time this is released we'll all have arthritis, grandchildren, and moth balls in our pockets.
Yo Kaz. Imma let you finish. But Forza 3 will be the best racing game of all time!
you know what makes things even worst is that they don't release any other info. no car list, no track list, nothing. i would love a new trailer, at least. that 90% is complete fiction and I figure that they are trying to get features in that they would kill for. They can easily do a title update for those desired features, but I doubt that is in the mind of KY. Just a demo would be fine, or even a car and track dlc(not too expensve. edit: fuck that, free!) for prologue. a community manager would be nice.
let's put the estimated left time to release in equations in order to see if sony is manipulating us by saying it will be realeased this year or this time they turns telling us the truth.
if we may say 90 % is done in 5 yr and there is 10 percent left …. this means:
Assume: X= the estimated left time to release
90 % —- 5 yr
10 % —- X ====> X= (10% * 5) / 90% = 0.56 yr
This means: the estimated left time to release = 0.56 * 365 = 204.4 days = 6.8 months
Since we are in May – fifth month -, we can add ruffly 7 months.
So guys……..
The math has spoken so is SCE and the math logic tells us this time they may tells us the truth. So, it will be released this year and to be precise that the game well be released by Christmas.
Marks the comment guys to check it later. ;)
90 percent complete???…still??? Must have been 90.0125 percent complete towards the end of last year or whatever. Now we're dealing with it being 90.475 percent complete.
damn not enough percentage points to round up to 91 percent.
post back in a couple of months (hopefully) when its 95 percent complete. I would hate to put a further rush on PD.
Lets hope for an annoucement at E3 that its 92.5 percent complete. Again…I would hate to put a further rush on PD.
/sarcasm and disgruntled.
hah not even surprised. I won't even be surprised if the game turns out to be a huge disappointment as people have huge expectations due to the delay.
It's May and we have no release date. Simply put we are at least four months out given they need that much time to market once announced. So at best, if a release date is given next month at E3 it won't be before Oct. Most likely it will be Nov. or Dec. At this point I'm just looking forward to F1 2010 from Codemasters. If only they would make a GT racing series based on LeMans or FIA GT1…
now to be honnest i have been waiting for this game since i completed gt4 roughly 2 week after it was released. This next paragraph some might and might not agree with me on but im not o fussed if it causes a rift or not, they are my views either agree or disagree but done give me crap over it.
here goes.
i cant see why PD couldnt have relased a game say for example in march 2k10, without features such as 3-D mode (which personally i think is a waste as i do not have the money, or motivation to go out and spend £1100+ on a tv giving 3d stuff) without head tracker, track editor etc, just the tacks and cars on the full game, so we can at least have something to play with, and then if they so desire release the 3d software, head tracker, track editor and that via updates and differant downloadable versions to install onto it. Personally speaking if i dont have a 3-d tv, or the ability to use head tracker technology then i dont want gb's worth of data stored on my ps3 never to be used, waste of space.
Some of us have probably heard that NFS Shift 2 is a strong possibility, not this year, but maybe the next (apparently EA wants to develop higher quality games, not just pump out sequels every year). This is great news. If we want any chance of being heard we should speak now while the game is in early/pre- development.
I think the sequel needs:
* Dynamic weather
* Dynamic time-of-day (ie. endurance races run into the night)
* Upgrades for Tier 4 cars (even if only works)
* Works upgrades for every car (I want a works Veyron)
* Simulation mode above Pro mode with more realistic handling
* A slower-paced career (Tier 1 and 2 were over WAY too quickly in the current career) with a different structure, the tiered arcade interface is a bit underdone.
* More detailed upgrades for we car nuts (just like there is quick tune and pro tune, there should be quick upgrade and pro upgrade)
* Obviously more cars and tracks, but the current selection is so awesome they should keep those too.
I would describe driving in FORZA like watching a movie on an old fashioned tube TV from the 90's while driving in SHIFT is like watching a movie in 3D at the cinema,..MUCH more drama and a hell of a lot more fun,…cant understand why so many people hate it!
The way the car cockpit jolts forward as you change gear and the sidesof the road are just a blur as you scream down the track at 150mph,..the way the head cam moves as you steer also is really clever because lets face it no drivers head ever stays still when driving. All these little details are what makes driving these cars exciting, I really hope they make a SHIFT 2.
Exactly what I was gonna say … but with waaayyyy less profanity. Well done.
I reallly wish it gets released sometime just after the summer, I have waited many years to play this game, and i want to be able to play it before i go off to college…
Here we go again…Kaz seems to be eating his word of "we can release it whenever we want". Apparently, he cannot release a 90% completed game because none of have a copy.
Dear Kaz: (if you are following)
This is your loyal fans. We dont mind waiting longer for the game because we trust its going to be the best racing simulation game ever made for a console. We also know it won't have everything you want in it but thats ok because there is always GT6 coming. Also: What we really want is for you to attend E3 armed with as much information as you can give us like cars and track lists as well as the main features the game will have. Please also have a release date that we can solidly bank on. I dont want to hear a sugarcoated date (like the 2010 Christmas holdays) just because you think it will make me happy. We just want the truth. Thanks and good luck! Sincerely – Your Loyal Fans
Nice letter?
It's cool – it's ok!! and not to forget 90% is better then 80%..
But Ya I too, wouldn't count on a 2010 release..
At least release the Time limited Demo to the public then, I would rather drive on the Tokyo circuit then see more photos of it,
and yes it's some more work on top of the last 10%, but !! that would calm the public for ½ a year or so, including Me :O)
Trust me K.Y it's better that way, and you will have a more relaxed developing time for the rest of the game, and not to forget ,copying and packing the whole lot for the big world of GT Fans :O)
I second my self_♥_
Lets Have the Demo, that so many other people have tried, and we wont judge the Game from the demo, because we have your word on the final quality!! The PSN store needs something real for a change, It's a doll boring place to spend time on as it has been for ages ( Sony needs to step up there game ass well ) Easy as Pie/cake
Best Regards
jesuschrist, this is hopeless..
I really hope we will get some good info at e3.t This is getting apsurd!
I didn't expect to hear 90% finished again like we did back in January, but I'm taking a shot in the dark and say that Kaz continues to 'wing' things like it most likely since both he/PD and Sony want to keep things as secretive as possible. Only downside to the wait (aside from not playing it) is I have a big feeling review scores are going to suffer even if GT5 pans out to be the best of the best with almost no issues.
I'm shocked only 140 people are working on it. Def should be more in my book.
Update: Gran Turismo 5 is NOW at 60% (its going backwards!).
Negative, i will buy and play GT5 even if review scores are below 0,0.
Kaz to us: "I @#$% tired of making this *&$#@ game for you guys, i would rather experience the real thing and drive for myself on real circuits, nothing beats real life, not even 3D. Good Luck waiting, so long $uck37s !!! "
kazunori drive vln since 2009 & now 24h of nürburgring in two weeks . So he can't made a game in the same time …
The real problem will be the customers who think they need to be able to drift a 500hp car with their dual shock controller…GT5 will be a compromiz
The review score is a bit irrelevant because it'll be heavily dependent on whether the reviewer is a sim fan, or someone who thinks powerslides at 300mph is realistic.
i expect nothing less than a 9.7 review scores because im not having it and WILL BOYCOTT the game if gets any lower. ANYONE with me to BOYCOTT the game if it doesnt live up?
I went back and translated the original answer KY gave in Japanese, he actually said, "I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hara-Kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!"
LOL thats what the colonel sais in MGS2 when he goes crazy.
10% is 2 years :(
Don't worry.
Be happy.
KY…release the game finally! I think I am speaking for all GT-Fans: We don't want to wait any longer – MAKE IT SIMPLY HAPPEN AND RELEASE GT5
I'm agreeing that they could release the game and add extra cars or track editing or any other extra via DLC. I'd really be willing to pay for a track editor and extra cars, as long as they release the game sooner!
This is getting very annoying, I'm really starting to lose respect for KY and especially SONY. Save 3d for GT6.
well its coming for xmass :)
and on the unrelated when that game finally does come out we can try to beat the 599XX time on the ring :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAL6XFfXDO8&feature=player_embedded
What??? There is still 90% of the work to go through?? only 10% has been accomplished so far ??
There must be an error in translation! … :P or at least it seems…
Time is really dragging, Im glad this game is going to be amazing.
What I say it true.
"Then in Forza 2, we got up to about 250. We increased our [full-time] staff, increased our [contract] staff, and increased the number of people in India and Vietnam. And now, for Forza 3, we're just over 300, all-in, with again [contract], [full-time], and a fully-burdened outsource group. And that's been pretty much since the beginning. "
This one better post >_>. I've tried 3 times to post this, but I think posting the link of the source is blocking me from posting.
What an joke… Is this man really serious? The most important thing for him seems like that HE can play the game but not WE…
GREAT NEWS Mr. K.Y. !!! now let's have some even more Tokyo circuit footage…
This is becoming a really bad joke.
Could this not mean that although it might have been 90% finished in January, the 'delay' ('delay' because an exact date was never set, therefore it's not really delayed) means they can put more in the game, meaning what was 90% finished then became 70% finished (for example), and now they've worked on it harder to make it 90% finished given that the 100% finished game is now bigger than it would have been if it launched in March?
I mean, we all know Sony is deliberately holding this back so they have a flagship 3D game, thus helping to sell their 3D TV's (and let's be honest, they're going to need some seriously awesome incentives to get people to replace their already new HDTV with a 3D one…). Given that they've effectively had their deadline extended, KY will want to use that time to pack more into the game instead of sit on the finished product for half a year (assuming the March date was ever likely).
With this reasoning, I for one am not hugely bothered about waiting even longer for GT5. I have absolute faith it'll be worth waiting for, and to that end I'm happy to wait. Oh and there's also the fact that I rarely believe anything any studio says, therefore I mostly disregard anything PD says and just go on what I have seen thanks to the videos posted here.
We are humans and not material i can´t hear it anymore, PD is annoying!! Realease PLEAAASE :D !!!
Hmm. i think we already know that GT5 is 90% done, but this is a surpsrise, now it should have been finished and copied 10.000.000.000 times and sent out.
Only 90% after how many years? There's no way it's coming out in 2010. :(
@ ferhoundSays: Because GT5 probably won't have dynamic weather. It sux, but it's probably true.
I have to say this is quite disappointing, I have no other words on this status update.
On the other hand 140 people is a pathetic number for this HD generation, 140 people is less than Rockstar had working on GTA 3 in 2000!.
Go out and hire some people Sony, you stingy bastards.
the 90% is never ending history !!!
nam nam nam date date date !!!
I hope there will be dynamic weather. Why is it never mentioned on this site, I dont know.
Perhaps the day/night or varying yet dynamic weather conditions were dismissed due to difficulties developing the system. It could be that we may only be able to select the time of day or weather conditions for an entire race. Just speculation of course.
I think that in a game like GT5, the 10% is a very huge part of the game…
The comments above (DrTrouserPlank and hank87) are so funny! ……unfortunatly true.
I think GT5 should wait until 2025 and have full Virtual Reality support using a Sony built green wall! ;-)
VR support maybe, but it still wont have Porsches though! ;-)
Guys, please stop listening to KY. He's just tired of people asking the same question in every interview. This game will release soon after E3: September is looking good:)
yer they should tell us wat will definatly be in the game and wat the 10% left is and ps for the U.S guys thinking gt academy is just polishing up skills, its not. it takes days on end of doing just that little better than before, its tough i was once 413 best in aus and slowly than number got biger and bigger that lap tim ov 1min 29.130sec was as good as it got 4 me and that took months and i couldn't just DO better. trust me IF the U.S gets gt academy it is much harder and agrivating than it looks.
dont get ur hopes up
In my opinion the delay of the release of this game is all about 3D technology and its marketing… Cause you can't say we have it 90% done and then say it's up to sony for the release…
Gran Turismo 5 is hold back by SONY to put some interesting features into it like 3D and (perhaps) controls per the new MOVE controller. Sony knows that there are really fanatic racing fans that will spent thousands of Euros/Dollars/Pounds to get their special realistic racing sim. A lot of fans will (have to) buy the console at all, perhaps a new racing wheel and – "Oh, there's 3D support?" – a new 3D ready TV as well. That's MY opinion.
Sony needs a real "burner" (so it's called in Germany) to sell their new hardware stuff and GT5 is one of the best opportunities to do so – if not THE best.
So we'll have to wait until Polyphony Digital got all the new features in it. And then it'll be GRAND – without a 3D ready TV, too! :-D
"90% complete." Until they decide to add another hardly used feature (like 3d, head tracking and the gps data logger), that will the release date back even further. If these features have been included at the expense of a track editor, livery editor I would be very dissapointed. The game should if anything include all these features. Having taken probably 5 years to develop by the time it is released. I don't think they have an excuse.
I think PD are too overambitious. Like Dr Frankenstein, when they started out developing GT5 it looked like a good idea, but then it became too much and turned into a monster they couldn't control. I think the fact they wanted 1000+ cars, with us much detail as they could get has sapped there resources, and at the expense of other features.
If this is not the best thing i have ever experienced then i quit life…:)
Don't u guys get it? The 2 statements r linked, it will never b 100% in kaz's eyes until he gets all that he wants, therefore the game will b released at like 95% completion. Also if there gunna axe something it will b something that's only rumour not already confirmed so 3d & headtracking will both stay. U guys always get ur knickers in a twist!
This game is between 0 and 100 percent complete. The game will feature cars that can be driven round 'tracks'. The release date for this game is ~21st century
Ah haha, love it! 90% complete…based on what end-point?! They don't have one, so how can they say the game is 90% complete still? They said before that they could basically release the game at any time, so why don't they stop talking out of their ass, and just fess up about the current state of the game in terms of content, what is definitely in, what is definitely out, and what could make it time permits, assuming a 2010 launch.
i think that is not true or he thought the other person who was talking with him isnt important and he made a undetailed statement…i hope you can understand what i want to say (my english is bad)
I think they can realase the game ,but they have to wait for 3d …
I guess we will see GT5 in December here in Europe. That's still a crazy long time.
I don't give a shit about the 90% – even if true, it has no meaning as I expect the game to be out for the Xmas holliday season 2010.
So what will not be included? I believe a lot of things will be missing:
– Track Editor (no hopes for that)
– Rain (not very likely)
– Rollovers (dont see that one coming)
– Detailed damage with simulation character (at least not, what simulation fans expect)
– Head-Tracking (I'd give it a 50% chance maximum)
– Skidmarks (LOL – it's not the end of the world)
– Leading Edge AI (we will get some good improvments, but nothing too exciting)
But there are a lot of things that will come and that will be good. I personally already liked Prologue and I still play it. With the better physics and the more tracks GT5 will rock.
Be happy and patient.
How about the famous "The first ninety percent of the task takes ten percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent"??
2016, there we go!
I hereby offer to assist Polyphony Digital in the completion of their upcoming release, GT5. I can offer my services in the area of:
Product Testing
Car Evaluation and driving
Yours Faithfully,
They probably don't realize that DLC is there for a reason. If they can't put something like a track editor or a certain car into the retail product, they can always add it later via DLC.
Time for an Christmas release I see?
April not march, sry…
I simply don't listen to Kaz anymore.
He should not be making interviews. He is not reliable. This statement is just a prove of his lack of seriousness. Get a PR manager PD!!!!
Waiting for E3.
If jan. = 90% -> release March
march = 90% -> release 30.july
Darn, even God made a whole world faster than that
@ Mr Latte
If the weather system is missing after all the time, i will be very angry! What have they done in all the years? Implementing 3d and droping the weather system would SUCK!
Sry for my bad english iam german…..
90% complete….
Well, that's what you get when you keep on adding new gadgets.
Im thinking the "weather system" is maybe the thing that will be missing.
Well, so December 2010 is starting to look more and more like a real release date to me now.
But, hey – didn't KY say a while ago that release is being held off by Sony?
So how could they sit on if it's not finished yet?
It make me wonder , what are they really working on?
I mean these can't be any 'standard' features like any other racing game has, right?
These parts PD should already have done & polished, unless they want the game to flop.
I doubt it's damage, 3d or track editor. Any guesses?
Re the track editor, I expect all that will be is an airfield and the ability to place some cones where you want to make the layout. Thrilling, I'm sure. Still, if they're wasting time on nonsense like that and 3D it'll be understandable if they're still no closer than they were in January.
That is not sound logic DrTrouserPlank. For instance, imagine in January the game was 90 `blocks' big, and so they needed to do 10 more. Now imagine that they decide to leave stuff out of the game, leaving them with just 81 blocks but only needing, say, 90 (not the same as the original 90) to complete it. So as of January they would've needed to do 10 more blocks, but as of now, due to the changing game size, they need to do 9 more blocks. Of course conceivably they could've made the game even bigger and so they need to do many, many, many more blocks!
Yup, taking these figures for what they are worth we are no closer to a release than we were in January when it was 90% complete.
The big difference between now and January is that I am 94% fed-up of waiting as opposed to 89% fed-up a few months ago.
If E3 isn't all about GT5 (including a concrete release date for each region) then you can forget about playing it this year; something that I've pretty much written off already.
i would gladly pay $20 for a track editor to happen and share online, so make it happen *has money at hand*
If Turn 10 had over 300 members working on Forza 3 then it certainly didn't show. I also doubt such numbers actually worked on the forza franchise. As for GT5 and im not worried its only 90% complete. The 10% could be just testing/fine tuning. Im not bothered if the track editor or headtracking is missing either because im more interested in the online aspect of GT5. These features could always be released at a later date via DLC.
I'd say the stuff that will be left out that he'd rather have in the game would be things like full damage modelling and interiors ("premium" stuff) for all cars, rather than only a select few.
90% = finsihed, 10% = fine tuning.
srry for my english
If that figure is true.. That means there could be more than 7.5 months of development left. If after all this time there is still 10% to do.
JOY….. not
well..when sony has said: GT5 is going to be released as we say!, not PD!
KY sees here the change to improve the game because he seeing always improvement.
@ shwtt
That list is fake.
It's been confirmed fake. Besides Turn 10 is doing the PGR series.
The 3D deal should take a hike entirely. At least E3 will give us a great progress report on this game. If not that, then there's always the Tokyo Game Show and a few other shows in-between E3 and TGS.
well is it insulting that forza 4 is rumored will bes shown in this E3 and might be launch this year. while gt5 forever might turn into a ps4 launch game which of course will be delayed again for ps4.
hey jordan,,dont worry man,,,,,i think we all drive gt5 at cristmas,,,,,,i hope!!!!!!
You should have mentioned that they talked about GT Academy might come to the US.
Yes it's a "might" but it's still huge. I gotta brush up on my skills >_>
Hopefully some more information about the game will be released at this years E3, hope head tracking hasn't been axed.
I didn't think that few people worked on GT5…
Turn 10 literally had over 300 members both work on Forza 2 and 3.
No wonder PD is having a hard time releasing a product. Comparatively speaking, Forza 3 has less than half the content (cars) as GT5 is expected to have, not to mention twice the size of the team, and less going into their game engine technically.
Sony, can't you lend PD a hand?


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Even for a city that has come to symbolize political chaos, Washington, D.C., had an extraordinary Aug. 5. President Bill Clinton signed a law transferring most local governing authority from Washington's elected mayor and city council to an appointed "control board" headed by former Federal Reserve Board Governor Andrew F. Brimmer.
But when the board tried to meet hours later at a local church, angry demonstrators surrounded Brimmer and his four volunteer board members, shouting: "Free D.C.!" A shoving match with a police SWAT team ensued before the altar--with the diminutive Brimmer standing stoically amid the melee. Then, the board reluctantly set to work naming new city agency administrators.
"SHAMEFUL ACT." Brimmer had better keep his jaw jutted. At the meeting, he promised voters he would move "decisively and swiftly" to fix the city. But there is no guarantee that a board composed of a 70-year-old economist, a college professor, a real estate executive, a retiree, and a museum curator can turn around the nation's 20th-largest city. With a high school dropout rate of 40% and its police cruisers riding on bald tires, D.C. is a monument to urban decay.
Complicating Brimmer's job is the continuing political turmoil in the nation's capital. No sooner had the District's congressional representative, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, brokered a deal in Congress to provide the District with a four-year, $1 billion aid package than she reversed herself and denounced the power turnover that was part of the deal as "a shameful act" and "a grave mistake." Mayor Marion Barry Jr. denounced the federal bailout package as "a rape" of the city's limited home rule charter. The city council followed suit.
The control board was created two years ago to review D.C. government budget decisions. Until recently, Brimmer, who declined to speak to BUSINESS WEEK, largely confined his role to oversight of the bloated 30,000-employee municipal payroll. But as the board takes charge of running much of the city, it's likely to attract far more attention--and controversy. "Now, Brimmer has to express a vision for the city that will help refocus a bureaucracy that's more interested in its own privileges than in serving citizens," says Jamin Raskin, an American University law school dean and District historian.
So far, the control board has been unable to stop the fiscal hemorrhaging. This year's budget shortfall isn't likely to be much better than last year's $75 million deficit. Meanwhile, the city's population continues to fall and tax revenues are weak. Worse, the city is barred by federal law from taxing suburban commuters or real estate owned by the federal government, nonprofits, or foreign governments.
The new federal financial package will allow the District to borrow $300 million from the U.S. Treasury. The federal government also will assume the District's unfunded pension liability of $4.9 billion and increase its share of Medicaid payments to city residents. It will also pay to have the city's prison system shuttered and the prisoners moved to federal and private facilities.
TAX CREDITS. To stem the flight of the middle class, the IRS will provide $5,000 federal tax credits for first-time home buyers and an exemption from capital-gains taxes for investors in businesses in impoverished D.C. areas. "Even with all that, though, the incentives may still not be big enough to get people to stay," warns Parry Young, a Standard & Poor's director who tracks Washington's finances.
Brimmer's next challenge is finding a manager for the day-to-day operations of the city government. If he can find someone with enough political savvy, he could stay in the background doing what he does best. Otherwise, he will have to get used to shoving matches and irate protesters.


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RE: st: how do I get the knot values and show them (as xlab?) in the graph, using rcspline?
"Nick Cox" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
RE: st: how do I get the knot values and show them (as xlab?) in the graph, using rcspline?
Mon, 4 May 2009 16:15:29 +0100
-rcspline- is on SSC.
Maarten is right, but his suggestion does not answer all of José Maria's question. A user might reasonably want to see the numerical values.
-rcspline- is not r-class, but the r-class results left behind by -mkspline, cubic- which -rcspline- calls are zapped by other programs -rcspline- calls, and so they are not visible to the user after it has finished.
I'll think about adding something to do this to the program: there are various possibilities. But running -mkspline, cubic- with equivalent options will leave the values in r(knots).
sysuse auto, clear
rcspline mpg weight, showknots
mkspline weight_ = weight, cubic
. mat li r(knots)
knot1 knot2 knot3 knot4 knot5
weight 1930 2336.25 3190 3518.75 4130
Maarten buis
You can specify the -showknots- option. Quoting from the
helpfile of -rcspline:
"-showknots- specifies that the positions of the knots be
shown on the graph by vertical lines."
--- On Mon, 4/5/09, jmpsouza wrote:
> I am not able to get explicitly the knot values and to put
> them in the x axis when using rcspline (a .ado written by
> Nick Cox). For example -rcspline rihoma nd3peso, stub(stub)
> gen(new) sh- gives a nice graph, but does not allow me
> to know and to plot the knots.
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Welcome! So this is it! We're finally here!
When I set out to do this podcast I wanted to immediately show you, my adoring public, what kind of interesting stories that the people who make your favorite comics have just waiting to be told. These stories aren't the next Eisner winners, but instead – a look at what the road to comic superstardom entails.
Rick Remender is quite the journeyman when it comes to being a comic creator. He's drawn comics, he's written comics, he's worked in animation and he's written video games. In today's show, Rick and I go down memory lane and tell some pretty fascinating stories about life as an up and coming creator, how he broke into Marvel (twice), and how he's somewhat associated with Meg Ryan!
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Skunks are moderately small mammals, usually with black-and-white fur, belonging to the family Mephitidae and to the order Carnivora.
There are 11 species of skunks, which are divided into four genera: Mephitis (hooded and striped skunks, two species), Spilogale (spotted skunks, two species), Mydaus (stink badgers, two species), and Conepatus (hog-nosed skunks, five species).
The best-known, most distinctive, and often most notorious feature of the skunks is the great development of their anal scent glands, which they can use as a defensive weapon.
Skunks have two glands, on either side of the anus, that produce a mixture of sulfur-containing chemicals (methyl and butyl thiols) that has a highly offensive smell.
The odor of the fluid is strong enough to ward off bears and other potential attackers, and can be difficult to remove from clothing.
Muscles located next to the scent glands allow them to spray with high accuracy as far as 2 to 3 metres (7 to 10 ft).
The smell aside, the spray can cause irritation and even temporary blindness, and is sufficiently powerful to be detected by even an insensitive human nose anywhere up to a mile downwind.
Skunks are reluctant to use their smelly weapon, as they carry just enough of the chemical for five to six uses - about 15 cc - and require some ten days to produce another supply.


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Whatever your thoughts about the movie, there's no doubt that the 3D Blu-ray of James Cameron's Avatar is an entirely awesome home cinema experience. Its 3D images are for us the crispest, most effective and just plain flawless yet committed to disc. But have you ever stopped to wonder just how that quality got from the silver screen of your local cinema onto a disc tucked inside your Blu-ray player?
It's certainly something we've found ourselves pondering while using the disc as a test sequence during our hardware reviews. So when TrustedReviews received an invite to visit the birthplace of the Avatar 3D Blu-ray, Panasonic's Hollywood Laboratory (PHL) in Los Angeles, it took all of a nanosecond for us to say 'hell, yes'. Especially as the Labs just so happen to lie within spitting distance of Universal Studios and their attendant theme park...
Arriving at the PHL is a surprisingly calming experience. The suitably modern building is remarkably unassuming for a town and an industry not usually associated with subtlety or modesty. And it nestles next to a thoughtful splash of nature in the form of a little pond surrounded by trees that aptly enough (given Panasonic's heritage) feels like an American attempt at a Japanese garden.
Entering the building quickly reminds you of its high-tech reality, though, as youre bombarded in the small entrance corridor by industry awards, 3D camera displays, and, inevitably, big cardboard cut-outs of Avatar's Naâ-vi characters alongside a big TV showing a testimonial from Avatar producer Jon Landau about why he likes Panasonic's 3D kit and the PHL so much!
From here we were ushered in to the PHL's rather impressive 3D screening room - complete with a 3D-capable digital cinema projection rig of ridiculously high quality - and shown a number of presentations to give us an understanding of why and how the PHL operates.
One of the first things to become apparent from these presentations is that we haven't just been invited to the PHL on a whim; in fact our trip has been arranged to celebrate the official opening of the PHL's 3D Innovation Centre. This has been created to cultivate relationships with the Hollywood film community; to develop "a synergy of products, contents and technologies based on PHL's compression and standardisation activities"; and to develop promotions with content creators. Stuff like 3D-based special events and the current bundling of Avatar exclusively with Panasonic 3D products.
This last point may make some of you wince given the controversy surrounding the length of the Avatar / Panasonic bundling deal. But interestingly, while we'd always assumed it was Panasonic that had created the deal, apparently it was 20th Century Fox that dictated the terms.
It becomes clear from the various presentations that there are three key tenets to the PHL's operations: format creation, content creation and product creation. These reveal just how extensive the PHL's remit is. For instance, in terms of format creation, it was at the PHL that Panasonic developed the full HD 3D picture quality standard now used on all new 3D Blu-ray discs, and honed its compression codecs for 2D Blu-ray images.
On the content creation side, the PHL offers a full authoring suite for 2D and 3D films, taking in the raw original film data, compressing it so that it fits onto Blu-ray discs, and even developing and implementing the onscreen menu structure if required.
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I will try it your way ! Thanks !Originally Posted by irishrose
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I will try it your way ! Thanks !Originally Posted by irishrose
Thank you, everyone. I will try again! I have tried the sew on the back and flip to the front method, however I could never get it the come out right when I use minky for the back. I am curious about the flange technique. I will definaty have to try that.
I always sew it on the back first. Though one thing I have learned is to be careful on the corners that I don't stretch or pull it down toward the corner, but to be careful and keep it pulled straight toward the center. Gives you a beautiful miter on the binding that way.
The Missouri Quilt company Tute on utube really helped me. My hand sewing Not good enough for hand binding and neither are my patience to improve it or time allowance. Back first then front, sometimes decorative stitch or walKing foot and straight stitch.


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The city has issued 10,922 firecracker permits for New Year's Eve 2013, some 2,300 more than last year.
Friday was the last day for Oahu residents to purchase the $25 permits that allow people to buy firecrackers.
Under the city's fireworks ordinance, permits are required to purchase firecrackers from licensed retailers.
One permit allows for the purchase of up to 5,000 non-aerial individual firecracker units between 12:01 a.m. Thursday and midnight Dec. 31.
The city issued 8,564 permits in 2012, 8,656 in 2011, 10,008 in 2010 and 8,050 in 2009.
Firecrackers can only be set off on Oahu from 9 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1.
No one under age 18 may set off firecrackers, even with adult supervision.
On Kauai, $25 firecracker applications are still available at the Kauai Fire Department headquarters in the Piikoi building of the Lihue Civic Center weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Unlike Honolulu, which stops sale of firecracker permits 10 days before the permitted holiday, Kauai permits will be available until Dec. 31, officials said.
Fireworks on Kauai may be ignited only on private property from 9 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1.


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Sinkhole Repairs in Newberry Home
There could be a happy ending to the story about that home in Newberry that was found to sit over a sinkhole.
We first told you last friday about the homeowner who who has been dealing with sinkhole repairs for months.
On Monday was a big step in completing the process.
An estimated 350 yards of grout is being pumped underneath the home in Newberry located in the Newtown sub-divison.
Homeowner Donna Gillis said she suspected something was wrong with her home after a crack on the garage floor appeared out of nowhere and a hole opened in her yard.
"It was a very small hole, but you can tell it sunk in,not dung out," said Gillis.
Last August engineers inspected and evaluated Gillis' home
"The insurance company sent engineers several times until they had determined exactly what it was and it was a sinkhole," said Gillis.
Environmental Protection Director of Alachua County Chris Bird said in cases like this, a lot of times there is a huge cavern under the ground.
"Like a big cave and so depending on situations it can collapse if there is too much weight with a house, or a road or something like that," said Bird.
Engineers confirmed there is a cavern nearly 30 feet deep under Gillis' home.
Even though she was disappointed, her goal was to save her house.
On Monday engineers started pouring grout in some pipes that were drilled below her home last week.
"Really when they do this grout they are trying to really fill this large void that is under the structure. In this case it's a house and if they get enough grout in there then they have really stabilized the under ground," said Bird.
Bird said he believes this process does not guarantee that there won't be another sinkhole in the future, but in most cases filling up a hole with grout tends to work.
Something gillis said she has confidence in.
"Once they finish stabilizing the house I won't have any worries at all. The whole sub-division can wash away, but my house will still be here," said Gillis.
Thirty days after they are finished filling the hole with grout, the workers will come back and do chemical grouting; which permeates the soil and solidifies it into sand-stone like mass.
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