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Market research firm Mintel noted that premium-priced green products might be relocating to the bottom supermarket shelves as people's priorities are now changing because of the current economy.
According to their recent US consumer survey data,over half of respondents (54%) said they would buy more green products but the products are too expensive. Mintel said there is a hesitance towards buying green based on price.
"A substantial number of shoppers are now struggling just to provide the basics for their families, so green living is no longer top of mind for many Americans," said Marcia Mogelonsky, Ph. D and senior research analyst at Mintel.
In Mintel's January report on environmentally-friendly cleaners, 52% of shoppers who buy household cleaning products said they feel green cleaning products are too expensive.
The market research firm noted that companies who provide the benefits of green (health and safety benefits) in products that have the same quality, convenience, appeal and trust, and most of all at a reasonable price as the traditional products will enjoy success despite the recession.
Though the recession is expected to impact sales through 2009, Mintel forecasts 19% growth for green products overall through 2013.
Markets including green personal care and environmentally friendly household cleaners are expected to perform especially well. Organic food, the most mature segment, will experience slowing but steady growth over the next five years, despite lower prices from private label organics and competition from natural and local foods.
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Yep, a whole year today since my FAI surgery! How do I feel?…GREAT! I am so pleased I had it done. I am nearly 27 weeks into my pregnancy and my hip hasn't bothered me at all. I have been taking pregnancy yoga classes and do find some of the positions uncomfortable so avoid those and do the wussy option instead.
Hoping things continue to be pain-free, am a little nervous about giving birth and the position my hip will have to be in for goodness knows how long as that 'open' position is still quite uncomfortable. It seems now I have great internal rotation, but external is worse, I'm guessing it's scar tissue.
The pelvic/SIJ pain comes and goes. It is most definitely activity related and I wonder how much of it is due to the biomechanics of my pelvis as well. I've now dropped down to working four days a week until I finish up in five weeks to give myself a rest day in the middle of the week. Struggling with big dogs and bending now as I've suddenly popped out the front!
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I have kind of neglected this blog for a while and I guess that's because my life has taken a turn in another direction and I have more important and exciting things to concentrate on. For those of you who don't know, I am pregnant. Actually we're about half way through and expecting our wee BOY in February We are VERY excited and just can't wait to meet our wee man.
My hip has been holding up extremely well so far. I get the odd clunk, but it has not caused any pain or trouble. My pelvis on the other-hand has been causing issues, but this is likely pregnancy hormone related and nothing to do with my hip history. One lovely little hormone called Relaxin causes ligaments to stretch and become lax, which means my sacroiliac joints are moving more than they normally would which is rather painful! I have been to a physio at Women's Hospital and she's given me a couple of exercises to do and a support belt to wear, which is yet to make any difference.
I have a pregnancy blog if anyone wants to follow at nzbabymcb.blogspot.com
I am still getting lots of emails from you guys and do my best to reply to everyone! Hope you are all doing well.
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Oh my gosh, it has been raining all week! There's surface flooding everywhere and some rivers have burst their banks causing all sorts of trouble. We had a downpour of hail today and there's even snow up on the hills that has caused some roads to be closed. I think we're going to be in for a ripper of a winter this year!
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Went to the podiatrist last week. She couldn't get in to see my xrays but managed to have a look during the week. Said she could see the area of the stress fx and had a yak to one of the sports docs who agreed that treatment should just involve taking the load off of the bone. So now I have some fancy pants orthotics in my shoes to do that job. It seems to be working as my forefoot isn't sore, but oh my god, who would have known orthotics could be so uncomfortable! I hope it's just a matter of getting used to them as I've already had them adjusted to make the arch more comfortable (feels like it's digging into my heel or walking on a rock all day), but a trial walk around an office and a day on your feet are totally different things!
Hip is doing great. Had my trial 'last' acupuncture session on Tuesday, she must have wanted to go out with a bang as I ended up with a huge bruise from one of the needles lol I got a new exercise to do to activate my glutes and take the load off my hip flexors. Have to report back next week on how things are so we can decide whether I need to go back.
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Clarke's team have unexpectedly dominated England throughout this winter's series and duly went 4-0 up with an eight-wicket win at the MCG.
The Australia captain was not about to fuel conjecture about the possibility of completing a 5-0 whitewash in Sydney next week, after Chris Rogers (116) and Shane Watson (83no) had made light of a target of 231.
But he was full of praise for his winning collective, who conceded a first-innings deficit but still eased home again in the end with more than four sessions to spare.
"That was probably the greatest challenge for this team," said Clarke.
"I think for the first time in this series, we were behind in a Test match - and we had to find a way to claw our way back into it.
"We let ourselves down with the bat - certainly our top six batters didn't bat as well as we would have liked in the first innings."
Mitchell Johnson was then to the fore again, alongside off-spinner Nathan Lyon this time, as England collapsed in their second innings.
Rogers and Brad Haddin, who passed 50 for the fifth time in the series from number seven to narrow England's mid-match lead, were also key performers.
"Our bowlers deserve a lot of credit," added Clarke.
"We experienced some deserved criticism for our poor (first-innings) batting performance, and the way our bowlers were able to turn it around - knocking them over for 179 - and the way we batted today, you see the real positive sides of this team."
Victory number four was particularly pleasing for Clarke, not just because Australia had to dig a little deeper but after they proved they will not let up even though the Ashes are already in the bag.
"I think it's a very special win for a number of reasons, (starting with) the fact that a lot of people thought we would come here complacent and not have the same willpower to continue to play the same way as in the first three Tests," he said.
"We've had our ups and downs. There is no doubt that the winning feeling is back in our camp. That's the way we are playing at the moment."
Clarke was always confident of victory on day four, but had anticipated there might have been a little more drama first.
"Today could have gone any two ways," he added.
"We could have just got over the line.
"But I think, because the boys have so much confidence in their own ability and in the work they have been putting in, we ended up winning quite convincingly today."
Johnson was not required for the victory push - having played his part already with an eight-wicket match haul.
He lost his cool on the third afternoon when, with gusty winds already regularly interrupting play, he had to pull out of his run-up because Kevin Pietersen was distracted by movement behind the arm.
Johnson stopped and hurled the ball, in Pietersen's general direction but harmlessly wide of the batsman.
"I don't think I took it too far - I was getting annoyed at what he was doing," said the fast bowler, who has taken 31 wickets in the series.
"He kept pulling away.
"I did find out later that there was a little kid crawling across the sightscreen.
"But you look at the size of the sightscreen - they're pretty big here.
"If you're not watching the game and you're too busy watching the crowd, then I think it was warranted."
Johnson, more than anyone, has shocked England - and their travelling support - with his unerring accuracy, as well as his pace, in this campaign.
Three years ago, he was the butt of many English jokes in the crowd and the subject of their tuneful mockery.
Only last summer, he was deemed surplus to requirements as Australia lost the Ashes for a third successive time.
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Interesting alternative to that Philips Industrial jobbie. Still cheating though!
Anyone reselling this device that you've found? (I haven't looked yet!)
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Progress Update 9-12-2010
Due to having a child, and being enrolled in music school I have not done anything electronic related in over a year now. However now that said child is of manageable age, and I've completed my studies, I have revisited this topic.
After being rebuffed by Toshiba re the TC94A29 and with the knowledge that some of the CD patents have expired, I struck gold with a SONY chipset and some info from dark nets (read: p2p networks)
Having the all-important datasheet, and an application circuit, I am now pleased to announce I can design a player from scratch. The DSP does not include a microcontroller, which is a huge problem as far as the TC94A29 is concerned.
There are a couple of issues that arise:
1) The SONY DSP I intend to use, is expensive, it is roughly 24 euros. However you get what you pay for, it can do CD-TEXT and can be set into CD-ROM mode so I envisage that, teamed with a STA013 from ST Microelectronics, we can play back MP3 files in the same player. I will likely design the PC board for this option, but the chip can be omitted and a jumper setting informs the software the STA013 ain't there.
2) I intend to use a commercial microcontroller and a graphics LCD, the programming thereof could be an issue, as I use the semiconductor vendor's toolchains and debuggers which could cost you a fortune especially if used just to build a one-off. I use these things to earn a living so they're my standard toolbox.
3) The parts are not generally available, however here in South Africa, I can get them easily and plentifully from appliance spares outlets using my business account I have with them (I did repairs for many years to earn extra dosh in school) However, like I said previously, they're not cheap, and at over ZAR260 for just the CD-DSP, I'd be very miffed if I had to slip with a scope probe and short the thing out.
4) This thing will be extensively surface mount- a huge problem for many without access to hot air pencils/reflow ovens. I am sorry but through-hole components are getting harder and harder to get and I loathe using them when I can make ultra-compact assemblies using modest 0805 SMD components.
5) An additional component, a CPLD will be needed for glue logic with the STA013, and this will too, need to be programmed with a JEDEC file, meaning more development tools. For the sake of simplicity, this can be omitted, as it will substantially reduce costs.
I am going to try over Dec holidays to lay out a prototype PC board. I will be designing for a standard transport using a KSS-212 series optical pick-up, which are dime a dozen all over the place, and because I have a lot of them in my inventory.
The big trick to this I can see already, is going to be software development, as I will need to figure out how to sequence the DSP correctly to make it play a disc. On the face of it that seems to be the least of my worries, nonetheless, it seems reading the TOC is going to be the difficult one.
Until I am sure about security of supply I will not reveal which Sony DSP I intend using. All I can tell you is, that it is a relatively new device, and my first choice over hard-to-get and fading-into-obsolescence CXD11xx series DSPs
|9th December 2010, 09:40 PM
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My Shigaclone is much better than CEC TL51X and a TEAC CD-ROM-based player. Shigaclone is cheap, simple, easy-to-maintain, and great sounding!
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|7th May 2011, 02:36 PM
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I've been relooking at this project. The Sony chips are expensive. Nonetheless I stumbled upon a chip used in a cheap boombox I found in a dime store. It plays MP3 files as well as regular audio. I didn't buy the thing until I was sure what was in there... (been burned twice already, the radios I've bought to hack, and then found I couldn't are piling up here - need to hock them at some stage)
The chip used is the ALi M5671. Extensive searching in Google got me the document I needed to see how the device looks inside at a glance. I found that it uses the common 8051 core (for which I have development tools and then some and have been using all my life since the age of 17) and, get this... the FLASH holding the executable code, sits outside.. so BOING!!! Reprogrammability and hacking is now possible without the pain in the @rse of programming pods. I am willing to bet the serial port has a bootloader listening on it a-la DALLAS DS89C430 in which case I shall modify my trusty serial bootloader I wrote in Delphi some years ago.
I am off to the store now to go and purchase a unit to take apart. I have written a nice letter to ALi asking them about the part and for technical info. I will sign whatever NDA they present, as I do not have to disclose the intenral info to create a saleable product. In any case, a lot of the stuff in that chip is hidden from the programmer, just a bunch of registers just like the Sony chips, which are public domain. With a working program, I can eliminate 100% of the guesswork (stuff like PID coefficients for the servos) and get this done... FAST!
Highlights of the device:
- Internal D/A converter, with external I2S interface (put on your own expensive DAC)
- Internal Servos - just need cheap 1/2 bridge driver IC (BA5496, etc...)
- Internal RF (laser pick-up literally connects directly to the chip, no interfacing)
- Internal DSP, which allows for volume to be adjusted, as well as WMA/MP3 playback
- I/O ports for LCD and push buttons
- Supports CD, CD-R, CD-RW. Can also process CD-TEXT and read CD-ROM
So, ladies and gentlemen, I believe I've found a solution, eventually, after some 18 months.
As for patents... First of all, the CD patents are busy expiring, Second of all I am just using the chip in a bespoke circuit, not violating anyone's patent. Third of all, royalties would likely be due if I used the COMPACT DISC logo anywhere. The solution to that here in South Africa (which is seeing wide adoption) is to drop the logo altogether and use the letters CD in a highly stylized way. I know how patent litigation works, considering I am a patent holder myself...
|8th May 2011, 01:25 PM
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I'm still lurking and still very interested. I don't see myself ever putting my CD collection on hard drive.
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|9th May 2011, 07:53 AM
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I just received the SDK (software development kit) for this chip. It came complete with sample code to implement CD playback and a C compiler. The MP3 side of things wasn't included, which I am sure is not important here. MP3 isn't hi-fi anyway.
The device, upon closer inspection, has a DSP doing the MP3 and WMA decoding, in hardware by the looks of things, and is controlled via Programmed I/O and a register file.
I am waiting for the NDA, in order to sign it, and return it to ALi. When that is done I'll be receiving the balance of the documentation from them. I purchased the boombox containing one of these chips, on Saturday afternoon. The serial port has been exposed and located, according to docs I have, it listens for serial commands, just like the Dallas DS98C430. So we have a winner for sure.
The first step I will do this week, is to dump the original firmware so I have a reference point to work from.
For all development, I will use the internal DAC. I can output I2S to an external DAC or S/PDIF if I need to.
What I need to know is, what kind of jitter performance do you guys expect out of this? In digital circuitry, jitter is traceable to the clock sources. The boombox uses a cheap ceramic resonator which is +/-5% either side of fundamental clock frequency, which is pretty bad for hi-fi applications. Of course, using a good quality quartz crystal would be essential. I can have those made to my spec, and in sample qty cheaply and in 3 working days.
I still plan to employ a Noritake VFD graphics display in this project. It is expensive, but, other options do include graphics LCD displays. It all depends on what, you, the clients, want.
|9th May 2011, 06:28 PM
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|11th May 2011, 10:53 AM
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Yes indeed, although I did plan to implement a UI directly from the M5671's CPU and I/O ports.
I've managed to find stock of the IC I plan to use, locally.. Cost is sub USD 7 each. I've just bought all the local stock of about 10 pcs. More is on the way...
Datasheet.... Check
Boombox that uses the device.... Check
Sample Software Project (found out yesterday its for Keil uVision).... Check
Keil uVision C Compiler... Check
In-circuit programmer software MTKFlasher... Check (was able to dump the FLASH... busy pushing that through a disassembler as we speak)
M5671 User's Manual... In Progress (having difficulty dealing with the Taiwanese... suspect language barrier is a problem. Will rewrite my request in Chinese and see if that helps). I need the user's manual to know what the registers inside the M5671 do.
This weekend, I hope to get the traditional "hello, world" test up and running, to confirm the C compiler works as the in-system programmer is fine.
|11th May 2011, 01:47 PM
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Further Updates (5/11/11)
Compiled "sample" software project intended to implement a car stereo, in Keil uVision...SUCCESS
Had a look at the software, it is rather complicated. While I can see all the function calls to do stuff like 'laser on', 'lens down', 'focus OK' and especially interesting stuff as how the CD-ROM is processed (using linear buffers and scanning for CDFS markers, pretty much the same way one would do it with ATAPI and a CD-ROM drive).
Also found the code to drive the LCD on the car radio, although in this case the LCD definitely does NOT match the one in the boombox.
Found various conditional compiles for various types of laser pick-up (Sony, Samsung, Sanyo)
Found code that supports reading USB memory stick via a CH3xxx USB HOST IC, but its disabled using conditional compiles.
Found code that does the CD-TEXT function... basically builds text into a buffer by extracting it from subcodes.
MP3 decoding is just like using the STA013, its a black box you feed with data coming from the CD DECODER block. It is used remarkably similar too... also has patch registers that need to be loaded with values before it will work. Since this is intended for HI-FI I am not going to use this feature. However, since this chip is much cheaper than the STA013, it can be pressed into service as a standalone MP3 decoder reading from Flash Drive.
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Rick, please get in touch with me re the Shigaclone that was sent to you that you graciously offered to do some work on.
It was sent to you on 26th January and I've had NO COMMUNICATION from you since 22nd March, getting on for two months ago.
You were on this site last night so I KNOW you have read the many messages I've sent to you about it.
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Another cold drizzly friday night - sounds like a good time to get some more quality River of Time gaming hours in!
I've made some steady progress this week. I polished off the last of the Hammersberg quests last night, which also included the highly enjoyable encounter/sidequest with the spectacular Water Dragon in its own demesne.
This fight was surprisingly less stressful than the drawn out battle with Zant, but that's more a tribute to the party's progress (all about level 10 now) than anything else.
Basically the improvements that DeepO mentioned in his post can be underscored because the game has certainly picked up immensely. The Bosparanian ruins was an excellently designed dungeon from start to finish (I dig the puzzles!) and was a real treat to play. I only wish the Two Worlds 2 designers would take note of how dungeons can be designed right here.
The first part of the dwarven delvings sidequest was also very entertaining. (The game with Bossnickel!) I'll be doing the second part of that quest very soon, before leaving Hammersberg and heading back to see if more of the Hunting Ground quests have become available. I'd just sent workers to clear a tree off the bridge. The arduous fights with the ogres and orcs alll through this section was really fun as well. I had to resort to kiting a couple of times with my two mages to get through.
A couple of questions:
1. I'm interested in hearing about possible differences in the characterisations of the NPCs from the English as compared to the original German. Jaakon's character for instance. He often displays a kind of high minded petulance and irritability with hints of nobility and aristocracy. I'm also thinking he has a hidden agenda, but I could be wrong there.
How would the German speakers at the 'Watch describe him?
2. So far I've run into Auralia (Nadoret - Market) Gwendala (Elven Tree - she didn't approve of my Forgrimm sponsored method of piracy elimination much hehe) And Forgrimm and Gladys of course from the brilliant death screens.
Do other NPCs from the first game make an appearance? (Dranor, Jost, Ancoron, Traldar, Nasreddin and Rhulana?)
3. Could someone put a percentage on how far I have remaining in the main game?
4. What's the general recommended level for starting Phileasson's Secret?
That'll do for now!
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Oakbrook Terrace-based Mid-America Asset Management Inc. recently signed three furniture/home décor stores to retail locations in Chicago's suburbs of Oak Brook and McHenry as well as downstate in Bloomington.
Wisconsin-based Ashley Furniture signed a lease for 31,573 square feet at Colonial Plaza in Bloomington, with plans to open in spring 2013. Ashley Furniture will co-anchor the 236,460-square-foot center along with Kmart and OfficeMax. Mid-America Vice PresidentsKatie Hennegan and Barb Kading and Leasing Representative Samantha Spinell represented the landlord in the lease, while Fred Feinblum of Feinblum Real Estate represented the tenant.
Chicago-area furniture chain The Room Place, headquartered in Lombard, signed a lease for 23,800 square feet at a free-standing former Border's store at 2221 Richmond Road in McHenry, with plans to open in summer 2013. Hennegan represented the landlord in the lease, while Bill Mass of Mass Realty represented the tenant.
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Umaki's research appreciated
To the Editor:
I write in response to the letter which appeared in the May 10 issue of the Review, expressing criticism of Mr. Gordon Umaki's recent letters published in the Review which analyzed the city's financial needs in both the near and long terms.
Personally, I have greatly appreciated Mr. Umaki's research efforts and his letters making available to Lake Oswego property owners the significantly increased financial obligations they will be required to shoulder in the next few years. I am sure I am not alone in applauding Mr. Umaki's efforts and in hoping that he will not be deterred by ill-founded criticism such as appeared in the recent letter.
It is absurd to suggest, as does the letter writer, that somehow Mr. Umaki is disqualified from sharing his findings and expressing his views simply because he apparently has never run for public office.
John B. Crowell Jr.
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Holder's letter called offensive
To the Editor:
Rarely have I been as offended by a letter to the editor as I was last Thursday when reading Tom Holder's most recent comments.
On May 3, the Review printed five letters from students who responded to Mr. Holder's initial letter of April 26 regarding the ACLU's challenge of our curfew laws and the role of PAS students in that process. Each and every student's letter was well written and unfailingly polite. That is more than can be said for Mr. Holder's response. Choosing to address two serious young women as 'my dears' was both patronizing and demeaning.
As a parent of two young adults, I have tried hard to teach them civic responsibility. I have told them that if they believe something to be unjust or unreasonable, they should work to change it. (How many of us know adults who complain vociferously about their government but don't even bother to vote?) I am proud of these young people and I think their teachers and parents should be as well. This society desperately needs the next generation to be informed, civic minded and politically active.
Mr. Holder, you may find their issue to be of low priority or even completely without merit. I can say the same of dozens of bills which are introduced to the Legislature every year. That is the nature of democracy. The fact that the ACLU has chosen to take up their cause certainly indicates that there are adults who agree with the students. Frankly, so do I.
In conclusion, I would add that outside its support for academics and organized sports, this community is not particularly teen friendly, a fact which is evidenced, Mr. Holder, by your own attitude.
Karen Paulino
Lake Oswego
'Priorities are exactly where they should be'
To the Editor:
An open letter to Tom Holder:
Lake Oswego citizens may treat the education system with kid gloves, but for the kids, the gloves come off.
It is blatantly obvious that all of our classmates are thankful for the privileges we are granted as students; but as human beings, and as Lake Oswego residents, we are robbed of rights and respect. We cannot count how many times we have been glared at in businesses, followed by a police officer while driving at night, and otherwise discriminated against because of age. We are sure that this occurs in every city across the country, but that doesn't make it OK.
Teenagers are second-class citizens. Many claim that children lack the ability for good judgment, yet scientists have proven that the hippocampus, the center of judgment, does not fully mature until the age of 25. Yet, ages 18-25 aren't subjugated to unjust curfew laws. Why? Because 18 year olds can vote. The minors in this community are voiceless, and now we are screaming at the top of our lungs and you are covering your ears, though you say you're 'all for students working towards change.'
And the truth is, fighting hunger and homelessness is important. Nobody can deny that. But can we deny the fact that teenagers are directly under fire by age discrimination, when the clock strikes 10:15 every night? No, we cannot. You preach to us about helping others, but where are you in this ordeal? Sitting back, writing letters, looking down your nose at youth - exactly what you said this community doesn't do. As for 'where are our priorities?' Our priorities are exactly where they should be: On the streets, fighting for a cause.
It may seem small to you, but for us who have negligible representation in our community, it is huge; and you have no place judging those when you are given every freedom.
Alyssa Spiering and Cameron Chen
'No one is forcing you to read' comments
To the Editor:
This letter is in response to Mike Davis's letter in the May 10 edition. I have several points to make:
1. If you are tired of reading Mr Umaki's letters - turn the page. No one is forcing you to read them.
2. Perhaps you are willing to pay a $100/month increase in your property taxes to use a local pool, but are you aware that you would pay a fee to use said facility in addition to your property taxes?
Plus, not everyone who lives here has the income to pay that sort of property tax increase.
3. I would like to see Lake Oswego remain a vibrant city for all ages. At this moment we are teetering on the brink of becoming a city only for the rich and entitled. I would like Lake Oswego to remain affordable for young families. At this time we have a dwindling population of school age children and it is possible that not only will some elementary schools be closed in the near future,but also Lakeridge High School.
4. When one factors in the looming costs of the water and sewer upgrades, the Safeco building is a low priority.
Perhaps Lake Oswego City Council would like to use Lake Oswego High School as a community center and keep Lakeridge as the one high school. It already has pool and gymnasium.
Kathe Worsley
Lake Oswego
Editor's note: Nancy Duin, communications specialist for the Lake Oswego School District, replies: 'The district is pursuing efforts on several fronts in order to avoid closing schools. If at some future date, however, the district must close schools due to the economics of declining enrollment, the updated facilities at both of the district's high schools would remain in use. If a single high school, single middle school configuration were considered, for example, both high school campuses would be employed in order to provide students with use of the comprehensive facilities available at those sites.'
Couple of key points seem to have been forgotten
To the Editor:
I'm glad to see Mike Davis's response to my commentaries. It also reminds me of a related fact that my new friend Grant Forelle alerted me to last weekend.
Mr. Davis, in supporting his desire to have more swimming and exercise alternatives, says 'Personally, I would prefer a $100 monthly increase in my property taxes for a pool open to all residents to the same amount spent at ClubSport or any of the local private clubs.' Mr. Davis obviously uses a pool and is willing to pay for it. But he very conveniently forgets the fact that the vast majority of citizens do not belong to an exercise or swimming club for a variety of reasons, but will be forced to pay an average of $615 per year increase in property tax for 20 years in order to pay for Mr. Davis' pool and exercise facilities.
So if Mr. Davis wants a swimming pool and exercise facility, it would seem fair for him to pay for it himself, and not force others to pay for it for him. Also conveniently forgotten by Mr. Davis is the fact that in addition to the property tax increase, users of the swimming pools and exercise gymnasiums will be charged market users fees.
Grant Forelle noted that non-residents of Lake Oswego will actually pay less to use our proposed community center than residents. Non-resident adults will pay an annual fee of $700 to use the facilities while we Lake Oswegans get to pay $1,090 per year ($475 annual fee plus $615 property tax increase). Makes little sense to me, too, Grant.
And if Mr. Davis finds my commentaries tiresome or objectionable, a wise person might simply choose to ignore them.
Gordon Umaki
Lake Oswego


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Murdoch follies remind Chicagoan of 'Bozo's Circus'
Mon Jul 25 2011
The last time we heard from our man in London he was briefing us on plans for the royal wedding in April. Now he's turned his attention to more serious matters — the growing scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
Fred Weintraub, the veteran Chicago television executive who's been living in London for the past three years, has been tracking the story since it broke and covered the hearings last week investigating corruption involving Murdoch's newspapers, British politicians and the police. He's been taking it all in with an eye on what it could mean for Murdoch's holdings in the United States — including the Fox Network, Fox News Channel and two TV stations in Chicago.
In addition to blogging about it on his Worldly Fellow website, Weintraub has been reporting back home for Weigel Broadcasting's First Business and You & Me This Morning and for Steve King and Johnnie Putman's overnight show on Tribune-owned news/talk WGN-AM (720).
"Sitting in on a special session of the House of Commons with Prime Minister David Cameron was like watching three hours of Bozo's Circus," Weintraub told me Monday. "It started earlier in the week with a pie in Murdoch's face, and ended with a special session of Parliament where 136 comments were made and nothing appeared to get done."
Whether the scandal has any impact in this country will depend on the outcome of an FBI investigation into allegations of phone hacking of 9/11 victims and their families by Murdoch's News Corp. journalists. If criminal activity is proven, Murdoch's television stations (including WFLD-Channel 32 and WPWR-Channel 50 here) could be at risk since the FCC requires station owners to be "of good character" in order to maintain their broadcast licenses.
"For the UK, an unethical relationship between the police, media and politicians appears to be the way that journalism has always been done," Weintraub said. "The big question is: Will this change the way journalism is done in the UK, and are there any lessons that journalists should be learning in the United States?"
Murdoch arguably had his greatest impact in Chicago during the two years he owned the Sun-Times in the mid-1980s. ("He landed on the Chicago Sun-Times like a bug-eyed monster from outer space and extruded poisonous slime," Roger Ebert recalled vividly on his blog recently.) For most of us working there, it was a stressful, uncertain time. But as columnist Mark Brown pointed out, some of the owners who followed Murdoch (especially Lord Black of Crossharbour, aka Prisoner No. 18330-424) turned out to be a lot worse.
Back then Murdoch had his sights set on bigger deals, including the acquisition of WFLD and the other television stations that were the nucleus of the Fox Network. In order to comply with federal regulations, he was forced to sell the Sun-Times (which he did — at a huge profit — to a group headed by then-publisher Robert Page). The Sun-Times never fully recovered from the damage Murdoch and his minions did in those two short years.
As far as I know, nothing ever went on at the Sun-Times during the Murdoch regime to compare with the journalistic crimes now being uncovered in England. But the loss of prestige — underscored by the mass exodus of some of the city's most illustrious journalists — haunts the newspaper to this day.


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Musings about models
My only complaint about the Economist piece is the conclusion that, because of this inherent ambiguity, dealing with it becomes a 'logistical nightmare' – that's is incorrect. What should happen is that people should stop trying to think that counting finite samples of model ensembles can give a probability. Nothing else changes.
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Clíona Ó Gallchoir was appointed as a lecturer in the School of English in UCC in 1999, having previously lectured in University College Dublin. She graduated from UCD with a BA in English and German in 1992, having spent a year as a DAAD scholar at the University of Tuebingen, and subsequently received an MA in Anglo-Irish Literature, also from UCD. She completed a PhD at Trinity College Cambridge in 1998, where she was the recipient of the Robert Gardiner Scholarship.
My research interests include Irish women's writing, Irish and British eighteenth and nineteenth-century writing, the figure of the child in eighteenth-century Ireland, the novel in Ireland, and children's literature.
I am an expert on the work of Maria Edgeworth, who is the subject of my monograph, Maria Edgeworth: Women, Enlightenment and Nation (2005). In this book I place Edgeworth's writing in the context of contemporary theories of women's writing, nationality and social change. I also edited several volumes in the Pickering and Chatto Novels and Selected Works of Maria Edgeworth and have published essays and articles on other women writers such as Sydney Owenson, Germaine de Stael, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mme de Genlis.
I also research and teach in the area of children's literature, an interest arising in part from a two-year leave of absence (2007-2009), when I worked as a volunteer teacher trainer with VSO in Eritrea, NE Africa. In 2011, I received a Canadian government grant to pursue research on Irish-Canadian children's fiction. In 2012, I received Irish Research Council Funding to organize a conference on 'Children, Migration and Multiculturalism'.
Current Projects:
A History of Modern Irish Women's Literature. Co-edited with Heather Ingman; forthcoming from Cambridge University Press in 2016.
A book on Childhood and Eighteenth-Century Ireland
An article on Protestant Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century Ireland
An article on the representation of race in Irish children's literature of the Celtic Tiger period
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The name of the organization shall be the Illinois Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association a/k/a NELA/Illinois and incorporated under the name "Illinois NELA".
NELA/Illinois's purpose is to promote the interests of individual employees and to assist the lawyers who represent them. The purpose for which the Corporation is organized is exclusively within the meaning of Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Section 1. Classes of Membership.
(a) Regular Members: Any member of the bar in good standing of any jurisdiction in the United States of America who can truthfully certify that more than 50% of his or her employment-related legal representation is on behalf of employees, consistent with the National Employment Lawyers Association. If the National Employment Lawyers Association increases the percentage of employment-related representation its members must certify as performing on behalf of employees, then the percentage required by NELA/Illinois shall automatically increase to be consistent with the National Employers Lawyers Association and members of NELA/Illinois will be notified of any such increase in a timely fashion. Only regular members in good standing may vote or serve on the Board.
(b) Government, Not-for-Profit, or Academic Members: Government, not-for-profit, and academic attorneys must meet the requirements for a Regular Member and will be considered Regular Members for voting and other purposes, except that they work for a government agency, a court, a not-for-profit association, or academic setting which may qualify them for certain discounts, as determined by the Board.
(c) Neutral Trainer, Speaker, or Paraprofessional Members: Any member who can truthfully certify that his or her practice is limited to being a neutral speaker and/or a trainer whose training or speaking engagements are consistent with the Purpose of NELA/Illinois as set forth in Article II or who can truthfully certify that he or she is a paraprofessional who works for a Regular Member of NELA/Illinois.
(d) Reciprocal Members: Members in good standing of any other NELA state or local affiliate who otherwise meet the requirements of any other category of membership.
(e) Law Student Members: Any law student who can truthfully certify that he or she is a student in good standing in an accredited law school in the United States of America and is not working for a lawyer or a law firm whose employment-related legal representation is more than 49% on behalf of employers.
(f) Retired Members: Any retired individual who, during his or her most recent employment, met the criteria for membership as set forth in (a), (b), or (d) above or who was a member in good standing under any category at the time of retirement.
Section 2. Membership Status.
The Board shall establish dues for each class of membership and shall determine the appropriate class of membership, if any, for each applicant or member.
Section 3. Termination or Suspension of Membership
The Board may, in its sole discretion subject to the appeal rights set forth herein, expel, suspend, or censure any member, or suspend any benefit of membership for any duration, for failure to meet membership requirements or comply with the policies and practices of NELA/Illinois.
Section 4. Appeal Rights
Upon being made aware of any alleged failure to meet membership requirements or to comply with the policies and practices of NELA/Illinois, including but not limited to the Listerv Acceptable Use Policy, the Board will determine in its sole discretion whether further action is necessary. If the Board determines that further action is necessary, the Board will refer the matter to of the Officers of the Board who will then independently determine what level of remedial action, if any, is necessary. Those actions could include, but are not limited to:
· a friendly reminder of membership requirements or policy;
· a formal written warning that a member's actions are in violation of any requirement of membership or any policy or practice of NELA/Illinois and that further violations could lead to suspension and/or removal from membership or suspension of any member benefits;
· suspension from membership or suspension of any member benefit for any duration deemed appropriate by the Officers; or
· removal from membership or permanent suspension of any benefit of membership as deemed appropriate by the Officers.
Any member who has been notified that he/she has been suspended or removed from membership and/or has had any benefit of membership suspended for any duration shall have the right to appeal the panel's decision to the full Board by notifying the President of NELA/Illinois, within 10 business days of receipt of such notification, that he/she wishes to appeal the decision of the panel and written explanation for the reasons for the appeal. A 75% quorum is required to vote on the appeal and, of that quorum, the Board shall approve or deny the appeal by a simple majority of 51%. The Board shall notify the member of the final decision within 10 business days of receipt of the appeal. The Board's decision shall be final.
Section 1. General Powers.
The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors ("the Board"). The Board shall control and formulate policies of NELA/Illinois and direct its affairs though NELA/Illinois's officers and committees. They Board shall do all things necessary and proper to accomplish the purposes of NELA/Illinois and may delegate any of its functions to any officers, Board members, or committee members.
Section 2. Composition, Tenure, Qualifications, and Elections.
A. Composition. The Board shall consist of fourteen Board Members. Two of the founders of NELA/Illinois, Penny Nathan Kahan and Michael Leech, will each hold a thirty-year Founding Member Board term which began on June 30, 2001 and will expire on June 30, 2031. The remaining members of the Board shall be elected by Regular Members and shall hold staggered three-year terms. Founding Members shall not count towards a quorum of the Board except as relating to any vote pertaining to a revising of the purpose of the Corporation or election of officers.
At any time, the Board by majority may increase or decrease the size of the Board, except that no reduction in the size of the Board may deprive a sitting Board member of his or her seat on the Board.
B. Tenure. Board Members shall be divided by lot into four classes as follows:
Class A: Class A shall consist of four Board members whose terms shall expire December 31, 2009, and every three-years thereafter.
Class B: Class B shall consist of four Board members whose terms shall expire December 31, 2010, and every three-years thereafter.
Class C: Class C shall consist of four Board members whose terms shall expire December 31, 2011, and every three-years thereafter.
Founding Members: Penny Nathan Kahan and Michael Leech shall hold membership on the board through June 30, 2031. Should a Founding Member be unable or unwilling or otherwise cease to act as a Board member before June 30, 2031, this Founding Member Class of Board Member shall cease to exist.
Should a Board Member from Class A, B, or C be unable or unwilling to serve, or otherwise cease to act as a Board member before the end of his/her term, a replacement shall be elected by the Regular Members of NELA-Illinois and any subsequent successor's term shall be for the balance of his or her predecessor's term.
C. Qualifications. To serve on the Board an individual must:
1) be a licensed or retired attorney in good standing in the State of Illinois;
2) be a Regular, Government, or Not-for-Profit Member or a retired Regular, Government, or Not-for-Profit Member in good standing;
3) have been a member of NELA/Illinois for at least two years; and
4) represent employees in no less than 65% of employment-related disputes the attorney handles.
D. Elections. Each year sufficiently in advance of that year's December 31st expiration of Board terms, the President shall announce to the membership on the general listserv (or by other appropriate means) the number of Board vacancies to be filled and request nominations (with consent of the nominee and including self-nominations) of members meeting the eligibility requirements for Board service to fill the expiring Board terms. Should the number of expiring Board terms be greater than or equal to the number of nominations (including self-nominations) of members meeting the eligibility requirements for service to fill those terms, the nominated Members shall automatically become Board members, and the Board shall automatically be reduced in number by the number of unfilled slots. Should the number of nominations (including self-nominations) be greater than the number of expiring Board terms, then the then-current Board shall devise an appropriate election procedure through which any Regular Member in good standing may vote in an election for new Board members. The candidates who receive the most votes shall be elected to the Board. In the event of a tie, the existing Board shall vote to break the tie to determine the new Board member.
The newly-constituted Board shall take office on January 1st of each year.
E. Vacancies. Should a Board Member be unable to serve to the end of his or her term, either by removal, resignation, or otherwise, the Board shall vote to either: have an election filled by a vote following the procedures outlined in Section 2(D); or the Board may appoint a member to fill the remainder of the term.
Section 3. Meetings.
The Board shall meet at least once each year and may meet more frequently as determined by the Board. Meetings may be called by the President or by any six members of the Board. The quorum for any meeting shall be a majority of Class A, Class B, and Class C Board Members. Such meetings will be chaired by the President. The Board may act without a meeting by written vote (including electronic) by a majority of its members.
Section 4. Removal.
A Board Member may be removed for cause by vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all Board Members then in office including Founding Members. Such action shall be taken at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at a special meeting called for such purpose, and the proposed removal shall be set forth in the notice of any such regular or special meeting.
If a Class A, B, or C Board Member should miss three or more consecutive Board Meetings, that Board Member is automatically removed from the position and an election may be held to fill the vacancy. The Board, in its sole discretion, may waive this rule in specific instances for good cause shown.
The Board may approve, put condititions or put restrictions on, or revoke leaves of abscence for Board Members. Any Board Member on a leave of abscence does not count towards the quorum.
Section 1. Officers.
Officers are members of the Board elected to fill the roles of Immediate Past President, President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary (collectively "Executive Board"). Officers are authorized to take any action necessary to implement policies and procedures adopted by the Board and to achieve NELA/Illinois's purposes and priorities but may not take any action inconsistent with the organization's 501(c)(6) status. No action of the Officers may: a) be inconsistent with any existing Board policies; b) cause expenditures to exceed the annual budget set by the Board or $1,000.00 without authorization, whichever is lesser; c) involve encumbering or selling any assets of NELA/Illinois; d) authorize obtaining or making loans; e) make any statements or take any position on behalf of NELA/Illinois on an issue or non-elected candidate that are knowingly in contradiction to any position held by NELA National or NELA/Illinois; or f) make any statements or take any position on behalf of NELA/Illinois on an issue or non-elected candidate without authorization of the Board except in response to specific inquiries where the Officer knows the position to be consistent with both NELA National and NELA/Illinois.
Section 2. Term of Office and Election.
The term of each Officer shall be two years in duration beginning on January 1, 2010, and each two years thereafter.
The Officers shall be elected by a quorum of the Board, including Founding Board members if present, sufficiently in advance of the expiration of the Officer terms. Vacancies may be filled or new offices created and filled at any meeting of the Board. Each Officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner otherwise provided herein. If an Officer is elected to fill the spot of a vacating Officer prior to the vacating Officer's term expiring, then the newly elected Officer shall serve the remainder of the vacating Officer's term. If any Officer's board membership term shall expire prior to the expiration of his or her term of office, the board membership shall automatically be extended for another board term. Election of an Officer shall not of itself create contract rights. In the event of a tie, rounds of secret ballots shall be cast until the tie is resolved.
Section 3. Removal.
Any Officer elected by the Board may be removed by the Board whenever in its judgment such removal is in the best interests of NELA/Illinois.
Section 4. Immediate Past President.
The Immediate Past President shall continue to serve on the Board for the term of the successor President and shall remain available to the Board and President to assist in any fashion necessary.
Section 5. President.
The President shall be the Principal Executive Officer of the Corporation. Subject to the direction and control of the Board of Directors, the President shall be in charge of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall see that the resolutions and directives of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President may execute for the Corporation any contracts, deeds, mortgages, bonds, or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, and may accomplish such execution.
Section 6. Vice-President.
The Vice-President shall perform such duties as shall be assigned by the President or the Board of Directors. Further, in the absence of the President or in the event of the President's inability or refusal to act, the Vice-President shall perform the duties of the President and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice-President may execute for the Corporation any contracts, deeds, mortgages, bonds or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed.
Section 7. Treasurer.
The Treasurer shall be the principal accounting and financial officer of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall (a) have charge of and be responsible for the maintenance of adequate books of account for the Corporation; (b) have charge and custody of all funds and securities of the Corporation, and be responsible therefor, and for the receipt and disbursement thereof; and (c) perform all the duties customarily incident to the office of a Treasurer. If required by the Board, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board shall determine.
Section 8. Secretary.
The Secretary shall record the minutes of the meetings of the Board; see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws or as required by law; be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation; and perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board.
Section 1. Committees.
The Board shall establish standing committees. The President or the Board may establish ad hoc committees.
Section 2. Membership.
Any NELA/Illinois member can be a member of a committee. Members are either appointed by the Board or the Chair of the committee or can volunteer to participate on the committee.
Section 3. Chairs.
The President of NELA/Illinois shall designate the chair of each committee, subject to approval of the Board. Chairs may remove members of committees for inactivity or cause.
Section 4. Vacancies.
Vacancies in the membership of any committee may be filled by appointments made in the same manner as provided in the case of the original appointments.
The power to alter, amend or repeal the By-Laws or adopt new By-Laws shall be vested in the Board and shall be effected by a 2/3 majority of a quorum. Such action may be taken at a regular or special meeting for which written notice of the purpose shall be given. The By-Laws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of NELA/Illinois not inconsistent with law or the Articles of Incorporation.
Section 1. The corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceedings (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a Board Member, Officer, or Agent, or who is or was serving at the request of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by that person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if that person acted in good faith and in a manner that person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to the best interests of NELA/Illinois, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was not unlawful.
Section 2. NELA/Illinois may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Board Member, Officer, Employee or Agent of NELA/Illinois or who is or was serving at the request of NELA/Illinois as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not NELA/Illinois would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article.
As Amended Through November 14, 2013.


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BlackBerry CEO John Chen said at CES today that sales of the Android powered BlackBerry Priv have been strong enough to confirm that the company's decision to go with Android was the right one. "So far, so good," said the executive referring to Priv sales. "I'm cautiously optimistic," he added.
Chen sees at least one, and possibly two new BlackBerry handsets getting pushed out in 2016; both will be powered by Android. That is in addition to selling the Priv in 31 countries over the next few quarters. And as we told you earlier today, in the U.S. AT&T's exclusivity will soon end and the Priv will also be offered by T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint.
Handset sales this year are crucial in determining whether BlackBerry will keep the division. Chen has said that if BlackBerry doesn't turn a profit selling phones in 2016, he would sell off the business. The good news is that the boss is "confident in profitability this year."
As for BlackBerry 10, the company is getting a national security certification for the OS which would allow it to be employed by the government
and corporations. Still, no new BlackBerry 10 hardware is planned. The company will still offer the BlackBerry Passport and other recent BlackBerry 10 models like the BlackBerry Classic.
source: CNET


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A Couple That Loves to Make
After his first taste of Voodoo Doughnuts' bacon maple bar, Bryan vowed to dedicate his free time to making the best damned donut possible. By using high-quality ingredients, and making nearly everything from scratch, he's come up with donuts that taste vastly different from what you'd typically find- a denser, slightly savory and substantial treat. After sharing this delicious discovery with friends and family, it became clear to us that folks were hungry for something different and deep-fried. From that point, we sought to fill that void in Sacramento- the gourmet donut hole, if you will. Saving money, making donuts out of our kitchen for friends, scouring Craigslist for deals on equipment that would spend the better part of a year in our garage- all leading up to opening our storefront at 2226 10th Street.
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We couldn't have done any of this without the support of our families and friends, who really encouraged us to chase this delicious pipe-dream in spite of these times of economic uncertainty.
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