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The CEO of a marketing and advertising firm in San Francisco has attacked Middle America in a bizarre rant on Facebook, saying "no educated person wants to live in a shithole with stupid people" and alleging that most residents are racist.
Melinda Byerley, CEO of TimeShareCMO and an apparent Hillary supporter, has posted an innocently titled Facebook post "What middle America can do to get more jobs in their area." Instead of offering any reasonable solutions, the post turned into a vicious rant against Middle America, demanding "fiber internet" and a commitment "to not being bigots" before she can consider moving there.
"One thing middle america could do is to realize that no educated person wants to live in a shithole with stupid people. Especially violent, racist, and/or misogynistic ones," she wrote.
The CEO then listed her demands: "So if you want jobs, clean up your act and make your town a place that people like us want to live in. Add fiber internet. Make it a point to elect a progressive city council and commit to not being bigots."
In a repeated slur against Middle America, she said that "we especially don't want to live in states where the majority of residents are still voting for things that are against their own interests just because they don't want brown people to thrive."
"The midwestern towns that fix this first, will attract investment in droves. It's not just tax breaks and fiber. Corporations have to deal with the fact that their best and brightest would rather scrape in SF than live in a huge house somewhere if it means dealing with bigots and backwards ideologies every day," Byerley added.
Her remarks sparked a controversy on social media, with most people laying into the CEO. "Peak liberal othering. I almost can't believe someone wrote this," said The New York Times political reporter Nick Confessore. "Listen up poors. I'm not moving to your farm town until you get three apple stores and sign a pledge to not be racist," one Twitter user wrote, paraphrasing Byerley.
Josh Jordan, who covers politics, wrote: "There's no better way to persuade people to be more like you than to call them all bigots who apparently live in squalor. Unbelievable."


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IMS 2005: Second announcement and call for submissions
The University of Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
5-8 August 2005
The International Mathematica Symposium is an interdisciplinary
conference for users of Mathematica in mathematics, natural and life
sciences, social sciences and law, engineering, graphics and design,
arts and music, education, industry, and commerce.
If you use Mathematica in research or teaching, or if you have developed
or are developing products based on Mathematica, then the Symposium is
an opportunity to share your results with like-minded colleagues. IMS
has also built up a deserved reputation as an exceptionally convivial
and friendly gathering.
The closing date for one page abstracts is 28 February 2005. Please
submit abstracts by email to Paul Abbott
<mailto:paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>. Abstracts will be reviewed by the
Program Committee and successful authors will be notified by 15 March
2005. Details of the full paper format and submission procedure will
be provided at this time.
Full papers are required by 30 May 2005. All full papers will appear
in the electronic proceedings. Selected papers will appear in the
edited printed proceedings.
Please note that this is a conference about Mathematica. It is
expected that the abstract will explain the how Mathematica was used
and why it was the best tool for the job.
Stephen Wolfram (Wolfram Research Inc)
Creator of Mathematica and author of "A New Kind Of Science"
Title: Mathematica and the Future of Computation
Luc Barthelet (Electronic Arts)
Title: Research on Humanoid Robots
Dan Dubin (University of California, San Diego)
Title: A Better Way to Teach Mathematical and Computational Physics
Sarah Flannery (Wolfram Research Inc)
Winner of the 1999 European Young Scientist of the Year
Todd Gayley (Wolfram Research Inc.)
Author of J/Link
Bart M. ter Haar Romeny (Technical University, Eindhoven)
Title: Medical Image Analysis
Eric Weisstein (Wolfram Research Inc.)
Developer of MathWorld <http://mathworld.wolfram.com>
Tom Wickham-Jones (Wolfram Research Inc)
Director of Strategic Kernel Technology at WRI
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* Discussion Panels and Workshops,
* Art Exhibitions & Installations,
* Poster Presentations,
* Software Demonstrations, and
* Displays / Exhibition Booths by vendors and sponsors.
The closing date for such submissions is April 30 2005.
Visit the conference website for further details:
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2 tablespoons mayonnaise
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IKEA's annual 'Life at Home' report has found that the leisurely habits of those in the UK capital boost their imaginative thinking.
Although most people believe that having a lie-in has negative consequences ('you snooze, you lose'), new research has found that snooze-loving Londoners are the most creative as a result of their lethargic morning habits. IKEA's first annual 'Life at Home' report asked 8,000 people in cities around the world questions about their daily routines. Residents of Berlin, London, Moscow, Mumbai, New York, Shanghai and Stockholm provided the Scandinavian furniture company with valuable and insightful data.
The report found that almost half (44%) of Londoners wake up later than the rest of the world. 27% of those surveyed said they press the snooze button on their alarm more than once, and six out of ten of them have breakfast at home. The average time spent from when they wake up to when they set out for work is almost an hour and a half. Less than half of those who live in the UK capital wake up before 7am, compared to 56% of Berliners and 61% of people living in Stockholm.
IKEA's report is supported by a study published in the psychology journal 'Thinking and Reasoning,' which explained that imaginative thinking is boosted by leisurely morning habits. The neuroscientists found that a groggy mind produces unfocused and irrelevant thoughts that actually enhance problem solving capabilities and spur inspired connections. Gemma Arranz, Communication and Interior Design Manager for IKEA UK & Ireland said:
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**November 2, 1903: Birth date of Walker Evans, who took a few famous photographs in Alabama during the 1930s [see _Let Us Now Praise Famous Men_] Evans died April 10, 1975.
FROM: This Week in New Deal History Oct 27-Nov 2
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**Boootiful Alabama: Don't let night catch you driving alone [Alabama roadside ghosts]
Birmingham News 1 November 2002
Huntsville group's 'pure research' takes it to some spooky places
Huntsville Times 31 October 2002
**Halloween imaginings
Half-man, half-cat creature was said to inhabit Gulf State Park in the 1950s and 1960s
Mobile Register 31 October 2002
**Searching the local haunts
History of suffering makes South fertile for frights, professor says
Birmingham News 31 October 2002
**Program lauds Mobile author
Filmmaker gives exposure to William March, who gained some commercial success after his death in 1954
Mobile Register 31 October 2002
**J.E. Turner dies at 65
The political legend from Citronelle served in the state Legislature since 1978, and he 'never forgot where he came from'
Mobile Register 31 October 2002
**Benin ambassador to take part in Africatown events
Cyrille S. Oguin's visit will coincide with final tricentennial observances
Mobile Register 31 October 2002
**Producers Seek People For Movie Filmed In Montgomery
Open Casting Call For 'Big Fish' Conducted Nov. 9
NBC-TV Channel 13 [Bham] 4pm Headlines 30 October 2002
**'Faces in the Crowd' author to sign latest work
Mobile Register 30 October 2002
**Ordinance change set aside
Council members send proposal to combine Historic Development Commission boards for committee review
Mobile Register 30 October 2002
**Winston Groom to sign copies of book Tuesday
'A Storm in Flanders,' history of one of most difficult battles of World War I
Mobile Register 30 October 2002
**Huntsville's Marshall Space Flight Center
will be added today to a list of historical aerospace sites. The
NASA facility becomes the 13th site so named by the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
FROM: WAAY-TV 31 [Huntsville] Daily News 30 October 2002
**1945 October 31- Educator, Booker T. Washington, is inducted into the Hall of Fame
for Great Americans.
1979 October 30- Richard Arrington is the first African American to be elected
mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
1951 October 26- Joe Louis is defeated by Rocky Marciano in the eighth round in
a bout at Madison Square Garden.
1976 October 25- Clarence "Willie" Norris, the last surviving member of the
nine Scottsboro Boys, who were convicted in 1931 of the
alleged rape of two white women on a freight train, is pardoned
by Governor George Wallace. Norris had spent 15 years in
prison and had been a fugitive fleeing parole in Alabama in
1990 October 24- [Alabama native] Evander Holyfield knocks out James "Buster" Douglas in the third round of their twelve-round fight to become the undisputed
world heavyweight champion. Holyfield's record stood at 25-0,
with 21 knockouts.
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**Rusty railroad artifact starts gears turning in buffs' minds
Experts decide 1-ton hunk of iron was roundhouse turntable pedestal
Huntsville Times 29 October 2002
**Eerie education: Historical Halloween tour planned in Daphne
Visit to Old Daphne Methodist Cemetery will be led by 'Bride of the Branch,' offer glimpses of some prominent characters
Mobile Register 29 October 2002
**Foley's historic preservation
Street concept and historic district proposals in works would help preserve and promote historic center of south Baldwin city
Mobile Register 29 October 2002
**Rheta Grimsley Johnson to present library program [former AU Plainsman editor]
Mobile Register 29 October 2002
**Tricentennial jogging trail dedication slated downtown
Mobile Register 29 October 2002
**Confederate memorial work halt criticized
Birmingham News 29 October 2002
**Hartselle mural came to life as New Deal work
HARTSELLE -- Susan Hines knows what the mammoth mural in her office depicts and she knows its origin. Until recently, she was not sure why Lee R. Warthen, an artist from Washington, D.C., did the painting. The U.S. government commissioned the painting, and the National Archives in Washington houses its history.
Decatur Daily 28 October 2002
*Pell City officials work against time to save 1905-era structure
Birmingham News 28 October 2002
**Mobile's birthday
Mobile Register 28 October 2002
**Ghostbusting 101: ASU professor says boo to state ghost tales
For almost 21 years, there has been a legend floating around the Athens State University campus.
Professor Mark Durm says it's time the legend gives up its ghost.
Decatur Daily 27 October 2002
**Extras sought for movie
Mobile Register 27 October 2002
**Free county history lecture Tuesday
Mobile Register 27 October 2002
**Marshall Center now historic site
Institute is honoring birthplace of Saturn V that flew to the moon
Huntsville Times 26 October 2002
**City business leader Louis Azar recalled as visionary
Former Beltone store owner dies at 75; brought Nixon visit
Huntsville Times 26 October 2002
**Winton Blount, 81, a Founder of the New Postal Service, Dies
New York Times 26 October 2002 [free access requires registration]
**Rucker Agee Map Collection Exhibit Opens at Bham Public Library
Black and White 24 October 2002
**1962 October 19- Evander Holyfield is born in Atmore, Alabama. He will become a
professional boxer. Over the course of his career, he will
become IBF Heavyweight Champion, WBA Heavyweight Champion, three
time World Champion, and Undisputed Cruiserweight Champion.
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**Hartselle painter is Best of Show at wildlife festival
Two ducks launched Larry Chandler's art career.
But a dog helped Chandler win the Southern Wildlife Festival's Best of Show Award on Friday night, the second time the professional painter's work garnered the prize.
FROM: Decatur Daily 19 October 2002
**Pell City Council, mayor work on money issues during called meeting [Mays House restoration]
Talldega Daily Home 5 September 2002
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**Dr. B. T. Washington, Negro Leader, Dead
Founder of the Tuskegee Institute Expires of Hardening of Arteries After Brief Illness
Seth Low and W. J. Wilcox Persuaded Him to Consult Specialists, Who Told Him He Was Doomed
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And, since so many people find my blog by searching for Ashlee Simpson, I thought I'd better post about it. (By the way, if you're just looking for pictures of Ashlee, read this.)
So, as you know from reading this blog, I like Ashlee. I loved her show, I think she's cute (but was cuter when she had blonde hair), and yes, I even think she's talented. I think it's kind of cool how she overcame her sister's shadow and started her own successful music career. (Although, I understand the converse argument that she may've never had access to the people and opportunities that she did without her sister.)
Anyway, Ashlee was the musical guest on SNL last night. I tivo-ed it. And, here's what happened:
For her first song, she performed "Pieces of Me." If I had to guess, upon watching it, I would've guessed it was probably lip sync-ed. Mostly because I'm a little suspicious when a live artist's performance sounds exactly like the album version. I just think that if I were to sing the same song over and over one thousand times, you'd hear the slightest variation in every version. Anyway, so she sang (or "sang") Pieces of Me as her first song.
Later in the episode, it's time for Ashlee's second song. She's on the stage, dancing around as the music starts. But, the song is Pieces of Me. Again. Obviously a mistake. Then the vocals start. Yup, the same vocals from the first song. And Ashlee doesn't even have the mic to her mouth, because she's too busy looking lost. Her band is behind her, still strumming their guitars as if they're playing the same song again. Ashlee walks off the stage, leaving her band there, still playing their instruments.
About a minute into the song, SNL goes to commercial.
And, here's the strangest part... at the very end of the episode, when everyone comes out to say their goodbyes, Ashlee says, "Sorry everyone, my band played the wrong song..." What? Yeah, if by "band," you mean "CD." And how classless is that to blame it on her band? They were out there looking just as foolish as she was.
If you missed it, cnn.com has the video on their Entertainment page.
I'm going out to let my real talent show, not to just stand there and dance around. Personally, I'd never lip-synch. It's just not me.
- Ashlee Simpson in Lucky Magazine
Of course, this raises questions of whether Ashlee has been lip syncing all along and we were all Milli Vanilli-ed all over again. I don't really think so. Either way, I was pretty fooled by all of the studio shots of her on her show, Ashlee. Besides, if she was faking that, why would she fake making herself sound terrible and messing up so many times?
It may also raise the question of whether or not Jessica Simpson also lip syncs, since they're both managed by their father.
So, what should Ashlee's next move be? She needs to go on Leno or Letterman or Ellen or The View (or whatever show will take her, frankly) as soon as possible. She needs to be really candid about the fact that she was lip syncing and explain why. She needs to come across as sincere and apologetic and not just blame it on her band, SNL, or her "people." Then, right then and there, she needs to stand up and perform her song a cappella. In my mind, that's probably the only way she's going to overcome this.
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The Iona College women's swimming and diving team defeated Canisius College in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action on the road Saturday morning. The Gaels were victorious in six events, outscoring the Griffs by a score of 131-110.
Freshman Brigitte Doughty took first in the 200 yd free with a time of 2:01.08. Doughty picked up a victory for the Gaels with a first place finish in the 500 yd freestyle, touching the wall with a time of 5:25.43. In the 400 yd freestyle relay, Doughty's team was second with a time of 3:51.05.
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Trail and error ... is Beck doing the loop on his new single? Photograph: Getty
He began his pop career claiming to be a loser, yet Beck Hansen might prove the point later this month, with his new single, Chemtrails. This crisp, doomy piece of psychedelia was described by Craig McLean in the latest Observer Music Monthly as a "puff of spectral Floydisms". Unfortunately, this lovely song takes its name from a controversial hypothesis, which asserts that jet aircraft are dispersing chemicals in their vapour trails, for, well, pretty much any reason you can think of: biological weapons testing, military-industrial population control, clandestine global dimming, intercontinental communications systems, witchcraft. Nice idea. Pity it's the daftest conspiracy theory this side of Hangar 18.
Chemtrails' chief proponent, Canadian journalist William Thomas, claims to have "broken" the story in 1998, employing the kind of woolly thinking that makes the Loose Change September 11 documentary-makers sound like Richard Dawkins.
When backing up their claims, most adherents present photos or videos of peculiarly shaped vapour trails, post a few links to shadowy weather weaponry research, cross-reference these to patchy reports of respiratory disease outbreaks, and then take the rest of the afternoon off to line their cycling helmets with bacofoil (probably). They're unconvinced by atmospheric scientists, who say that the trails really are clouds and, besides, spreading barium salts or radioactive thorium at such altitudes would have little measurable effect anyway. Equally, they're unmoved by sceptics, who wonder why these nefarious flights aren't simply scheduled for cloudy days.
Of course, Beck could be taking a sideways look at this, the oddest of aeronautical theories; paranoid, misguided cloud spotting might serve as the perfect metaphor for his forthcoming album, Modern Guilt, on which the single appears. Yet given the lyrics, he seems to be coming down on the side of the foil hat gang. Though the words are fairly obscure, the song opens with the verse: "I can't believe/What we've seen outside/You and me/Watching the jets'" and continues along the same sort of lines.
It was disheartening enough to learn, in 2005, that someone so smart and so seemingly cynical as Beck was a Scientologist. Could the cheery slacker who wrote "I met you at JC Penney/I think your name tag said Jenny" have fallen for the conspiracy theorist's conspiracy theory? Perhaps more will be revealed, when the single is released today. Fingers crossed, everyone within a mile of Gatwick won't have changed sex by then, thanks to those nasty "chemicals".


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The Guts to Be Wealthy
I have decided most investors are not wealthy because they don't deserve to be. Being rich has very little to do with brain power. I know many, very smart, non-rich people.
I think becoming rich has mostly to do with character. It takes guts, willpower, and faith in your beliefs. Most people lack the strength of character to have the guts, willpower and trust in themselves to make their own investment decisions and live by them, through thick and thin. Most people are just blowing in the wind. They go whichever way the investment magazines tell them to go that month. They are all over the map.
I believe the only way to become rich through investments is to first sit down in the dark, by yourself, and figure out what you will do if you lost 40% of the value of your portfolio. Be honest with yourself. Don't pretend that you wouldn't sell, when in your heart you know you would.
Once you know the answer to what you would do under these circumstances, I believe you can then invest in a consistent manner, for many years, and not be blown back and forth over the investment map. Unto Thy Self.... Fool on.
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Britney Spears Gets Fast Food Wearing Short Shorts
Don't try telling Britney Spears it's too cold out to wear tiny little shorts because she's got legs and isn't afraid to use 'em. The pop star ignored any signs of June gloom when she stepped out of her hotel and hit up McDonald's in London.
Oddly enough, there's no evidence of Britney indulging in junk food apparent in her revealing outfit, which consists of a tight-fitting turtleneck (and apparently no bra), a pair of pink striped hot pants and super-high heels.
These days, though, it's a big smile on her face that appears to be the accessory of choice for Spears. All the time she's spending with her kids and a pending luxury vacation probably have something to do with it.
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FSU's relief pitcher Jameis Winston was in the thick of the bench clearing brawl that happened between the Seminoles and the University of Florida on March 25. The Heisman winner got involved in the trouble when FSU outfielder DJ Stewart's ran into Florida pitcher Danny Young. The pitcher was trying to recover Stewart first base roller. Both players, and the Florida's first baseman Zack Powers, were all ejected from the game.
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Vitaliy Demyanenko (17-0, 11 KOs) successfully defended his WBC Asian Boxing Council, WBO Asia Pacific and PABA welterweight titles Saturday night in Raleigh, North Carolina. Demyanenko survived a cut from a clash of heads to earn a unanimous 12-round decision over Paul Delgado (20-9) of Atlanta, GA. In the co-feature, heavyweight Donnell Holmes of North Carolina improved to 31-0 with his 27th KO when he stopped Cleveland's Ryan Thompson in the second round of a scheduled ten. Former heavyweight fighter Paul "The Italian Hitman" Marinaccio and his JawBreaker Promotions, Inc had an impressive promotional debut. "We had around 1,600 people in a beautiful venue and it was very successful," said the happy Marinaccio. The new company is looking at a couple more dates in North Carolina and up north before the end of the year.


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i did a 13.1@108 in my BONE STOCK 2002 M3
This is a discussion on Wrx Vs ///M3 E46 within the Comparison: WRX vs World forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; i did a 13.1@108 in my BONE STOCK 2002 M3...
i did a 13.1@108 in my BONE STOCK 2002 M3
07 STI (white)
1993.5 SP74 supra-sold
2005 T67 Evo-sold
1994 TT supra-sold
I've driven a '97 and an '02 M3. Not super impressed to tell the truth. Not sayin my WRX is better by any means... i just don't like BMW's. They're overrated. Comfort's for panzies.
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2004 WRX - JBP:Stage 2:13.93 @ 96
Wingless alas. Too bad it took a 50 ton truck to make it happen.
the M3 coupe is faster than the conv.
0-60: 5.2 for the conv, 4.8 for the coupe
from my personal experience, the M3 is a good bit faster than the WRX, especially with the SMG (near-instant shifts)
but the M3 also has more potential. supercharged M3's regularly run near 520 HP.
As owner of both, I will say that the M3 is nice, as long as it isn't snowing or you need some rear doors.
The M is notoriously bad from a launch, and the WRX is notoriously good from a launch, so its hard to really gauge.
the M3 is definately not overpriced. you get what you pay for.
like a telescoping steering wheel. (my one complaint about my WRX)
Who needs signatures?
Ya... more potential if you want to spend 40k for a used M3 then another 12k for the kit to s/c it. If i had 52g's to spend on a wrx... it would blow the doors off a s/c'd M3. Maybe the interior isn't even close to as nice for the WRX but i'd sacrifice it for speed any day.
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Wingless alas. Too bad it took a 50 ton truck to make it happen.
My friend has a cobb stage I 02 wrx his boss has an E46 M3 with gears, exhaust and suspension work. Both of them race their cars on a closed course so they know their cars potential. They raced from a stop a few times. The wrx will jump out and hold the M3 till 80mph or so than its goodnight for the wrs as the M3 will fly by, a Stage II 02-05 wrx should hold it off till 90mph from a stop, and a stage II 06-07 wrx should hold it off a bit longer. From a stop a wrx/sti can put up a pretty good fight to any legal speed limit on the road, from a roll its a different story.
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He wants his real estate agents to know the market inside and out, every nook and cranny.
From 30,000 feet, it would appear that homes throughout the Tucson region are languishing on the market, fetching lower and lower prices, according to Kevin Kaplan, Long Realty marketing director.
Such a cursory scan of the market, however, churns up little in the way of detail, Kaplan suggests. And that may lead to missed opportunities.
Long Realty last month started an in-house research center to provide agents, buyers and sellers with the most current neighborhood-to-neighborhood housing data available. Using Multiple Listing Service data, the Long Research Center compiles detailed reports that include pricing trends, closed sale statistics and days of inventory over a period of weeks, months or years.
The idea behind putting that information at agents' fingertips is simple, Kaplan explained recently.
"People are dying for information, but, unfortunately, there hasn't been a lot of relevant information," Kaplan said. "They're running blind."
Kaplan worries that broad-brush pronouncements of the area's housing market collapse might force potential buyers or sellers to shy away from the fray altogether.
"All real estate is local," he said during an interview at his River Road office.
The Long Research Center's database can allow buyers to search various ZIP codes — even block-by-block, if they want to — for specific types of houses. They can narrow their searches to include a specific number of bedrooms or other features, and they can look for all available homes within certain price ranges.
The whole idea: There might be more available to buy or sell at better prices than a first, sweeping glance might reveal.
For example, a search in the 85704 ZIP code turned up about a six-month inventory of available homes in the $200,000 to $250,000 price range, according to Long data. Region-wide in May, the housing supply stood at seven months at that price range.
Knowing that, a buyer might conclude homes in that area could fetch prices on the higher end of that scale, suggested Kaplan, who has worked in real estate for the last 10 years.
In fact, from May 2006 to May 2008, homes in that area and in that price range lost 3 percent of their value (from $233,000 to $225,500 on average). Region-wide during that same period, values declined at higher percentages, in some cases by nearly 20 percent.
When a buyer looks at Tucson, he or she looks at homes in specific areas, which, in turn, often are governed by different market forces than those at play throughout the region as a whole, Kaplan said.
Armed with detailed information about specific slivers of the region's housing market, Long's agents might have more success finding buyers for their homes.
Since the Long Research Center opened for business on June 1, the center has processed more than 500 requests from the company's agents, Kaplan said.
"We're in a correction," Kaplan said of the housing market, which has declined precipitously from the historic highs it had reached by 2005. "It goes up and goes down. Movement is always good."
And, no matter the condition of the market, Kaplan added, opportunities to buy and sell at good prices always exist. With better data, people should be able to develop better pricing and selling strategies in any market.
In the coming months, the Long Research Center may even begin distributing its own laser-focused "market watch," Kaplan said, by culling data from a variety of sources to reveal a more balanced picture of the industry across all segments of the market.


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- Tiger palm was already exporting globally from a third world country in the 1910, even to New York
- Third world country Singapore was supporting Sun Yat Seng revolution with CASH
- Third world country Singapore was supporting China against Japanese with CASH
- Third world country Singapore was once the crown jewel over hong kong
Time for new PAP story
But the weight of history poses obstacles to party's endeavour
By Rachel Chang
EVERY person needs a story. A tale, still unfolding, in which he is the protagonist, and which gives sense to what he does and why he does it.
Every country needs a story. A founding myth of the forces that brought it into being, usually marked by heroism and derring-do - whether it is Christopher Columbus stumbling across America, Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent Salt March, Nelson Mandela's 27-year imprisonment or Mr Lee Kuan Yew's tears on Separation.
Every political party needs a story. A set of beliefs about what will lead to a better world, convictions that will draw men and women to stake their futures on the party.
For many politicians, the story often devolves into a quest for power for power's sake. But to the credit of the People's Action Party (PAP), whose story is inextricably intertwined with that of Singapore, that has never been the case.
In the wake of a watershed general election, the ruling party has been doing serious soul-searching. One thing was clear in May: Its old story, of an efficient and effective government that took the country from 'Third World to First', has less hold over Singaporeans, especially the younger generation, than it used to. But what would take its stead?
Our stories are what animate us and give our lives purpose. The PAP needs a new narrative, not just to win votes, but to situate its members in a narrative that would inspire them to, as PAP MP Denise Phua puts it, 'fight on... even if the person you are trying to help curses you'.
Last week, at its first party convention since the bruising general election, secretary-general Lee Hsien Loong opened his keynote address with a story. The current moment should be seen in the perspective of the party's 50-year history, he said.
It began with politics - 'the essence of the struggle' for its founding leaders like Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Dr Goh Keng Swee. They had to mobilise a mass movement and 'get into power so that we can do things'. And even after it won power in 1959, the PAP's split with its extreme left wing ignited a deeper and more dangerous phase of political tussle.
After the PAP won the battle with the Barisan Sosialis, and entrenched itself as the dominant political party in Singapore, its second phase, the era of policy, began.
Politics took a back seat, for the PAP had no political opponents that posed a real threat. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said of this period: 'Therefore, we transformed Singaporeans' lives... The successful policies translated into support for the party and a whole generation of voters (experienced) the journey (while bonding) to the team.'
The May General Election marked the start of a third phase, he said.
In this telling, the PAP's pendulum swung from one extreme, of politics, to the other, of policies. There, it stayed for 40 years, until the jolt of losing Aljunied GRC to the Workers' Party.
Now, the pendulum is swinging again, to rest - the PAP hopes - in a happy balance of politics and policies. The PAP would 'carry the ground' (politics), even as it pursues hard-headed governance (policies). If it succeeds in achieving this balance, the PAP would have used its general election losses as the occasion to find a new equilibrium.
But will it? Two immediate challenges stand in the way of the desire of the 'new PAP' to engage Singaporeans in policymaking, and connect emotionally with them.
The first is that its policies-only phase went on for so long that its ranks are now filled with 'technocrats and civil servants', not politicians, as Tampines GRC MP Baey Yam Keng characterised the common charge.
While they are all certainly aware of the 'new normal', PAP politicians still believe in the primacy of policy effectiveness over political emotiveness.
They believe in what makes sense, not what captures the news cycle. They believe that excessive debate is counter-productive, and opposition for opposition's sake is poisonous. And when it comes to the crunch, they believe in 'doing the right thing' - implementing the optimal, long-term policy - even if they cannot carry the ground in the process.
The word 'politics' has even come to have negative connotations of pandering to populist pressure. How can the PAP become political if there is an instinctive distrust of politics?
The second obstacle is that the image fixed in Singaporeans' minds of the PAP is a party that is all head and no heart, one that puts policy above people. So, its attempts at establishing an emotional connection with the ground are met with scepticism of varying degrees.
The debate over the Bukit Brown cemetery is instructive. Despite the protracted public engagement on the issue, some of those who do not want to see the cemetery give way to development believe the public engagement was just wayang (Malay for 'show'), that the 'new PAP' might spend more time consulting, but it will still not yield or soften its policies.
In this atmosphere, policies that change because of public input will be dismissed by some as belated; policies that do not change will be held up as evidence of intractability. Either way, the PAP cannot win, as far as this segment of the population is concerned.
For the first time in the country's history, Singapore's story is not clearly, nor necessarily, coincident with the ruling party's.
The PAP sees the current moment as the third phase of its history. But it is possible that this is the beginning of the country's second phase. After a long period of PAP dominance, younger Singaporeans especially may want the pendulum to move in the other direction.
While it is premature to speak of a possible change of government, it is clear that there are many who would prefer the ruling party to loom less large over the nation. The sentiments of these voters are beyond the PAP's ability to change, even if it manages to find a balance between politics and policies - for these are voters who object to its dominance per se, not necessarily its style of governance or its policies.
The ruling party is sincere about change. It has admitted that it has to better calibrate the balance between policy and politics. But since the May polls, the PAP has found itself, for the first time, in the position of playing catch-up to, rather than leading, changes in the country.
The notion of a 'new PAP' is its attempt to get ahead of the evolving political landscape. But only time will tell how the new stories the PAP tells of itself will end.
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After so much silence it's the best news that your wife is better, DD..
Here's to a great new year for us all.
I'm anxious to hear about your power steering install and how it handles..
Truck wise, my old '56 3100 small window short bed is downstairs in my basement after spending years at another garaged location. Had the brakes and stock suspension, which were rebuilt years ago, checked and up to running condition. It's got new radials with inner tubes on stock 15" rims for now. Need to either fix the original tank or make a new one to stuff under the bed. Still searching for a BB tho to swap out the 235. The 235 in it now is not original to the truck and previous owners had an Olds V8 in there at some time and the last owner before I took over, put in a 235. The VIN tag states a 235 as from the factory and she was red the day she rolled off. I can appreciate the 235 but I want a pavement pounding behemoth to accentuate the muscle looks. Gas may not be cheaper but since I don't need a daily driver it will be for grins and giggles. Body wise she is still in red primer. So for now she has a tan cotton tweed cover to keep her looking presentable among the other brand new vehicles parked alongside. Have many new parts for her like door and window gaskets, new window channels, vent window parts, cab mounts, original style repro tail lights, front signal receptacles and lenses, rubber parts like hood bumpers and firewall grommets, steering column floor gasket, repro inside door handles, new door latches, door locks, wiper arms, mirrors and associated parts that I've collected over the years from places like The Truck Shop and Golden State Pickup Parts when Seth had the shop in Santa Ynez, California. Still have their old catalogs..
Hopefully I can get further this year as this has been a long time coming..
Last edited by dragonstruck; 01-03-2009 at 04:42 AM. Reason: left something out...
HOWEVER! I just purchased a 71 3/4 ton truck frame to use with my 58 Dually. I haven't decided to what extent I'm going to go with this, but I need the disc brakes and power steering off it.
I may cut and splice the frames together, or may just put the 58 cab on the 71 whole frame. I kind of like the idea of keeping it a dually though.
Any constructive input is welcomed! Here's what I have:
Good to see this thread running again. I got a question , what are you guys doing with the beds of your trucks ? I put new wood and stainless strips in my pu about 6 years ago. The finish I used lasted 1 summer and over the next five years the oak wood took a crap so a year and a half ago I put new oak wood in it again , this time I used an expensive marine finish , it lasted a year and a half and started to peel so I took the wood out before it turned to poop. Any way I was figuring on stripping the wood and finishing it again and putting it back in this time after I make some kind of hard tonneau cover to keep the elements off the bed wood. I have thought about other things besides oak wood bed boards. What do you guys think , any suggestions ?
Happy New Year , Gene
Gene I saw one at a car show in Henderson Nevada that A guy used plate steel and painted it to look like wood.It looked good,at first glance I thought it was wood.He said he keeps it waxed like the rest of the truck.I don't think the paint would hold up here in Ely were we have snow and salt the roads.I have a roll top bed cover and a rubber bed mat on my fleetside bed so I dont think it will be a issue for me on my 58.
I haven't done this yet, but my plan is to use aluminum stock in place of the wood strips. I have a large sheet of 1/8-inch thick aluminum "diamond plate" that I plan to rip into strips, use a wood backer below it as blocking to build the proper thickness and use that in place of the wood strips. If I have time, maybe engine-turn the aluminum to give it some character. Otherwise, just a sanded "mill finish" look. Anyway, that's my plan, I want to avoid real wood. The weather here in NY will ruin an applied finish to real wood.
Has anyone tried using composite deck material?
I wonder if it would work in a truck bed?
I'm not much of a carpenter, so I don't want to install a new bed more than once or twice.
hey guys i have searched and found nothing. my dad would like to turn his 58 small window short wide bed into a 4x4. what front and rear solid axles should i be looking for? i have googled it and cant seem to find anything. i would like to get a whole truck/k5 if possible so i can get the tranny and transfer case. i would like to run a 700r4 behind the 235. my dad is a 30+ yaer machinist, so the adapter plate wont be a problem. just dont want to spend 400 for the plate when we can make one in about an hour.
Hey Roadkill
Composite deck material , hmmmm, hadn't thought of that, mite be too thick.
I,ll check into it.
I did a 57 4x4 conversion years ago and I used axles and transfer case from a 72 half ton Chevy (open knuckle frontend and locking hubs and disc brakes)
Any axles from a 71 to 86 (solid front axle) Chevy pickup. Front axle bolts right in to the stock springs and the rearend bolts in after you move the spring pads.
Don't know what the parts would cost now , but it could be cheaper to get a whole semi-thrashed pickup, something bent and rusted out that runs decent.
57halfton have you considered pressure treated wood for a truck bed?It works for outside decks.Wipe a little Thompson's water seal on them every year and the wood look like new Roadkill nice truck 83 to 87 trucks are cheep a friend of mine just bought one for $800.The front and rear ends are only 1/2 inch wider than the 58s stock axles.You even maintain the stock off set for the rims.You can get them in 5 or 6 lug axles so you don't have to buy new rims and tires.I used a 87 1/2 ton GM 10 bolt under my truck.The 2 inch pads for the axles are cheep from Summit Racing.I even swapped my stock parking brake cables into the backing plates.I plan to build a 4x4 58 for my son after I finish my truck.Keep us posted on the progress with your trucks
Update on 58 Dually tow project
Well I went and picked up my E-bay purchase, a 72 Chevy 3/4 ton rolling chassis.
I will be using the power steering and disc brakes, and possibly the whole frame. But I want to keep this truck a dually, so I may just bring the entire rear end over and convert to leaf springs.
On the other hand, I just may "cut and paste" ....err uh weld.
The 348 (looks like a 409) is the heart of the project and I have big plans, but few bucks. I think I'll start with my TH350 and a large cooler for a tranny.
Anyway, a trip west of Chicago in January is an adventure! Awesome shop where I picked up the frame with some great guys that have a lot of talent and some great toys!
I drove from Dayton Ohio to about 150 miles west of Chicago to pick this rolling chassis up. It was the right year range, equipped with what I needed and the price was worth the trip. We left about 6:30am and got home at about 1:30am the next morning. Luckily all went well with no troubles, and my tow dolly and the rolling rear end of the chassis worked just fine for a lot of miles.
The shop I went to had some great restored trucks and cars, and a whole host of parts and assemblies on storage shelves. There are some truly talented guys in this country and we continue to put out some awesome cars and trucks.
I'm looking forward to starting this project when it warms up. The chassis is parked on the side of the house for the winter.
What a fun, and rewarding hobby! And as Yakoff Smirnoff says "what a country!"
57halfton, You might be able to have it milled to the right size.
DD, thank you.
I have a few donor vehicles but I'm not sure they would work.
The 12 bolt leaf spring rear is about 1" wider from backing plate to backing plate. I might look into an 83 to 87 pickup for parts.
My wife called and told me my parts were delivered today. Too bad I'm in Fallon working. I can't wait for Friday!
Hey guys, finally got the transmission crossmember in. It went in pretty well. I expected the exhaust to be in the way, but it barely clears. For the mount, I used a generic GM rear trans mount and made a spacer from 1" square tubing to fill the gap. I've got some pics uploaded here...
ChevApache59 nice looking crossmember.
DD: I took your advice, and was looking for an 83 to 87 pickup, but I found another 58 just north of Dayton NV.
I stopped, and checked it out on my way home from Fallon.
It is a GMC short wheelbase stepside with a 70's Chevelle front clip. It has a 400 smallblock bare block mocked up in the engine bay with an automatic trans. Also got a 350 with an edlebrock performer manifold (supposedly runs good). Removed a valve cover, and it is clean. Inside the cab is a pair of 2" drop spindles, roll pan for the rear, transcooler, a painted grill (chevy), and a chrome grill (chevy). Steering column is an early buick tiltwheel without column lock.
Drove back to Dayton Saturday loaded it up, and brought it home.
Now I have to decide which one to do the frame off to first.
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Last year's SARDAA "Shattering Stigma – Realizing Recovery" Award recipient, the Honorable Patrick Kennedy, has tremendous commitment to mental health issues. This Psychiatric News article describes a White House conference on mental health (with President Obama and Vice-President Biden) to which he was invited.
Patrick Kennedy, a former member of Congress, cosponsored the 2008 Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act in the House of Representatives and worked hard to ensure its passage. Today he serves as a senior strategic advisor for APA.
Two continuing struggles—to combat stigma and get federal officials to issue a rule implementing the parity law—dominated the agenda.


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The head of the group representing the state's oyster fishermen says oyster harvests in waters reopened last week, four years after the BP oil spill, are so far below average.
Byron Encalade, President of the Louisiana Oystermen Association, says the size of the harvests this past week tell him it's going to take time for those oyster beds to recover.
"They found a few oysters, but overall, it may help but it's at a time of the year where oyster quality is kinda low because of the meat contents," Encalade said.
The Associated Press reports oyster harvests along the Gulf Coast have declined dramatically in the four years since the BP oil spill.
Even after a slight rebound last year, thousands of acres of Louisiana oyster beds are producing less than a third of what they did before the nation's worst offshore oil disaster.
Louisiana used to produce one-third of the nation's oyster harvest — up to 7 million pounds of meat a year. The total haul in 2012 was barely half a million pounds, and last year was back up to almost 1 million.
Whether the spill from a BP PLC well contributed to the decline is part of an ongoing study. The oyster industry had already been under stress before the spill from hurricanes, overfishing and two straight years of oyster-killing fresh water.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)


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By William M. Welch, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES Though it lasted longer than disco and leisure suits, the national 55-miles-per-hour speed limit was another remnant of the 1970s that did not endure.
Yet with high fuel costs reviving memories of the energy crisis of that decade, proposals to bring back the "double nickel" or something like it are emerging, with backers saying federal speed limits could save fuel, money and perhaps lives.
"The faster you go, the more you waste," says Tim Castleman, a Sacramento man who is promoting a Drive 55 campaign.
Until gasoline approached $4 a gallon, Castleman didn't find a lot of support for reinstating the 55-mph limit that Congress abolished in 1995 after more than 20 years.
"It was a terribly unpopular law," acknowledges Castleman, who maintains a website, www.drive55.org.
Indeed, reinstating the national 55-miles-per-hour limit, or 60 mph as some suggest, would seem a tough sell after the first experiment proved about as successful as Prohibition.
Opponents such as Jim Baxter, head of the National Motorists Association, a Wisconsin group, argue any fuel savings would be tiny and that higher limits haven't made highways less safe.
"People have to be willing to comply with it," he says. "And they weren't."
New action in Congress
Proposed by President Nixon and enacted in January 1974, the nationwide speed limit was described as a temporary emergency response to oil shortages and was to expire in mid-1975. But Congress soon made it permanent, and the 55-mph limit immediately became part of the national culture.
Auto speedometers highlighted the 55-mph limit, police radar detection devices became popular, and rocker Sammy Hagar had a 1984 hit record that complained, I Can't Drive 55.
States that had allowed speeds 75 mph or higher were compelled to go along because of the threat of losing federal money for highway construction. But in the face of resistance, Congress in 1987 relaxed the law to permit 65 mph on rural interstate highways. In 1995, Congress lifted the federal limit entirely. Baxter says most states have maximum limits of 65 or 70 mph. Some Western states have higher limits.
Sen. John Warner, R-Va., introduced a bill last month that orders a study to determine the effects of a national 60-mph speed limit.
Warner says the 55 limit reduced fuel use by 167,000 barrels a day, or 2% of highway consumption, citing a Congressional Research Service report. With far more vehicles, fuel savings is likely to be far greater now, he says.
Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., has proposed a 60-mph limit in urban areas and 65-mph elsewhere.
"There is no need for OPEC or the oil companies to help us out," Speier says. "Every driver can affect change simply by easing up on their right foot."
Both point to findings by the Environmental Protection Agency that fuel efficiency decreases above 60 mph.
Speier says 11 other House Democrats, most of them from California, are co-sponsoring her bill. And she claims support from environmental groups and the American Trucking Associations.
Few other politicians have been eager to climb aboard, Baxter says. He notes that Warner is leaving office at the end of this year and that Speier represents a San Francisco and San Mateo district where voters may be less tied to their autos than elsewhere in the country.
"The public isn't real excited about going back to a 55-mph national speed limit," Baxter says.
Traffic fatalities on decline
Baxter says the savings potential is overstated because most driving is done on streets and roads where lower limits are in effect. Only 2% of the nation's roughly 4 million miles of roadways have limits above 55 mph now, he says.
While up to one-third of daily traffic volume is on interstate highways, Baxter says, congestion often limits speeds anyway.
"All we would do by establishing another national speed limit is we would generate a lot of tickets, a lot of insurance surcharges, and give a little boost to the radar-detector industry," Baxter says. "There would be no change in fuel pricing."
Warner says safety is a reason to lower speeds too. He points to a National Academy of Sciences finding that the law "saved up to 4,000 lives per year from highway accidents." Disputing that, opponents point to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's figures that show the rates of traffic fatalities and injuries have been declining for more than a decade. The fatality rate in 2007 was 1.37 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, compared with 1.69 in 1996.
Castleman, 50, a retired heating and air conditioning contractor, acknowledges his cause is a long shot.
"We've been calling on people to do it for themselves, do it voluntarily, do it for the country, do it to stop climate change, do it to save money, do it to make our roads safer," he says.
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Nathan Merritt said it was all about restoring pride on Friday night, as he went some way to fixing a reputation that was heavily tarnished after his State of Origin debut on Wednesday night.
Merritt insisted he didn't have a point to prove but admitted he was feeling down in the dumps after letting the Blues down in game two at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night.
"There was not a point to prove, I was just trying to redeem my self-pride because I was feeling really down about my game on [Wednesday]," Merritt said after scoring a try in South Sydney's 32-2 win over Canberra on Friday night.
"It was just a matter of me getting out there and proving to myself that I could step up and play decent again."
Rabbitohs coach Michael Maguire insists Merritt has learned his lesson after a horror Origin debut and showed his class bouncing back at ANZ Stadium on Friday night.
Merritt got back in the winner's circle as his side toppled the Raiders, with Maguire crediting his winger for showing his quality backing up from the disappointment of his maiden Origin appearance.
"In the Origin he was under a fair bit of pressure standing there on the edge when they are rolling through the middle," Maguire said. "I thought he was outstanding for us tonight. He's obviously disappointed, no doubt. But he showed the quality player he is there tonight for us. We just spoke that he obviously has a game in front of him and to go out there and do the things he's capable of doing.
"I thought he did that tonight. With Merro, he loves playing footy and probably having that short turnaround going into tonight's game was probably good for him. The lesson is learnt."
Merritt, Greg Inglis and Ben Te'o all backed-up after Origin II, with Chris McQueen rested after suffering a minor shoulder injury on Wednesday night.
Despite flying high at the top of the ladder, Maguire insists he didn't consider resting his players to ensure they are fresh for the business end of the season because they demanded to back-up for their club side.
"Chrissy actually wanted to play, to be honest," Maguire said. "He trained last night but he just had a knock on his shoulder. They all came to me and they all wanted to play so I didn't really have too much of a choice.
"They all wanted to get out there and back-up. It says a lot about the boys and what we're trying to develop here."
Asked if he would consider resting players after Origin III, Maguire said: "You take every game on account of how they pull up, the position we're in and the way the players are coming in and performing, particularly the younger guys".
"It allows me to have a look at the team as we move forward through the rest of the rounds."
Maguire is hoping his side will benefit from playing finals football last year and is counting on them learning a lesson from their preliminary final heartache.
"We had some good times last year and we learnt a lot of lessons from last year, particularly at the back end," he said. "We have to make sure we take those when we get close to the business end but we still have plenty of footy before then."


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Summit County Community Notes: 10-6-2012
October 5, 2012
Parents of teens, join the Family & Intercultural Resource Center for Active Parenting of Teens, a parenting workshop focused on teaching you methods of respectful discipline, skills for improving communication, strategies to prevent risky behavior, how to be an encouraging parent and other issues facing teens. This six-week workshop is on Mondays Oct. 8-Nov. 12 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Summit Middle School. Cost is $48 per person or $72 per couple and includes dinner and childcare. Call (970) 262-3888 ext. 330 to sign up or email email@example.com.
Join Silvana's Community Gardens and master gardener Diana Reznikoff for the End-of-the-Season Gardening workshop. This is an educational workshop on what home gardeners can do to prepare for winter and get a head start on next year's garden. The workshop is Tuesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Blue River Room, Silverthorne Library, 651 Center Circle, Silverthorne. The workshop is free with a $5 suggested donation and open to the public. Contact Diana Reznikoff for more info and workshop registration at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Rare opportunity for a piece of mountain history! Thanks to the generosity of Vail Resorts and Breckenridge Ski Resort, the Peak School in Breck is offering a limited quantity of genuine, four-person high-speed quad, Colorado Superchairs from Breckenridge for sale. These chairs are in excellent condition, with good padding on the seat. The Peak School has a limited number of chairs for sale for $600 each. All proceeds benefit the school – a new independent school in Summit. Visit thepeakschool.org for more information and to purchase.
The Breckenridge Heritage Alliance is seeking items for display in the ski museum in Breck, including old Breckenridge Ski Resort maps, brochures, lift tickets, season passes, photographs, Ullr posters and other memorabilia from the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s. Contact Beth Johnson at (970) 393-0776 or email email@example.com if you would like to donate or loan an item for the ski museum exhibit.
On Oct. 12, at Beaver Run join Advocates for Victims of Assault for the inaugural Turn the Beat Around fundraiser in memory of Stephanie Roller. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 day of. Each ticket purchased registers you for a chance to win an iPad. We will have a cash bar and light appetizers. The night will begin at 7 and we will have a DJ and tons of silent auction items to bid on. We encourage you to dress in your favorite dance attire. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.turnthebeataround.org or at http://www.summitadvocates.org. All proceeds from the event will go toward emergency funds for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Breckenridge's own Backstage Theatre welcomes all enthusiastic theatre supporters who would like to join our volunteer corps. We hammer, nail, paint, create and most of all… participate! The Backstage volunteer has a plethora of opportunities! Interested? Contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
The 14th annual Make a Difference Day is Oct. 13. Volunteers and sites needed! Join a day of service and give back to Summit County. Free breakfast, lunch and T-shirt giveaway for volunteers. To register as a site or to volunteer for the event, go to summitcares.org. Questions? Call (970) 668-9196.


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When the worst-case scenario became a reality with last week's terrorist attacks in the U.S., organizations of all kinds were forced to reevaluate how they run their IT shops, providing a possible boon for several sectors of the IT industry.
Most of the financial services companies affected most directly by the collapse of the World Trade Center had impressive data recovery and data management systems already in place. Other companies around the world, however, have not prepared themselves for a disaster of this scale and are now turning to data management providers and videoconferencing vendors to solve internal issue raised by the crisis.
"Now that companies know what the worst-case scenario is, they are asking themselves, 'could we survive this?'" said Carrie Lewis, an analyst at Yankee Group Inc. in Boston. "Almost every company out there is rethinking what they are doing."
Customers are flocking to vendors, such as Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS), that provide data-hosting and data security services. The company has several clients that had offices in the World Trade Center, none of which lost any of the key information stored in data centers, said Rebecca Whitener, director of privacy services at EDS. Although customers' data was secure, they did require massive relocation help from EDS, with the company bringing in fleets of PCs, servers, storage and technicians to help clients resume at least limited operations.
Since the attack, EDS has seen inquiries for its services increase by about 150 percent, and it is not only companies in the U.S. that are seeking help. Potential customers in South America, Asia and Europe all have expressed a new interest in outside help to survive a disaster, Whitener said.
Financial services companies have been reluctant to outsource many IT functions in the past and will probably continue along that path due to the kinds of information they manage, said Yankee Group's Lewis. Companies in other industries, such as energy, manufacturing and health care, probably will look to beef up their data protection abilities, Lewis said.
Penn State University manages information for tens of thousands of users and had not designed a full-scale data protection plan for this type of crisis, but may now turn to outsourcing.
When the terrorist strikes occurred last Tuesday, school leaders were in the midst of a meeting to discuss what would happen if students, for example, were to take over a computer science building.
"The conversation went from talk about what was possible or hypothetical to a very serious discussion about what would happen if someone bombed the building," said Steve Kellogg, director of the Advanced Information Technologies Center at Penn State. "It was a sobering thing. The meeting was a heck of a lot more serious."
University administrators are now setting priorities concerning which systems need the most protection and how the school should go about making sure those systems stay up and running. Penn State could rely on its geographically diverse computing centers to spread resources and lessen the impact of a disaster on its main campus, but the school is also considering turning to a company such as IBM Corp. for hosting additional backups to those centers, Kellogg said.
Like EDS, several storage companies proved themselves during the crisis, according to analysts, and those vendors expect to see an increase in their business over the next few months. Hitachi Ltd. said companies will increasingly turn to remote management and automated backup features in high-end storage units as a form of insurance against disasters.
"I think we will really start to see demand pick up in about 60 days from now, when the dust settles and everyone focuses on how we can do things better," said Scott Genereux, vice president of U.S. sales and services for Hitachi.
Hitachi and EMC Corp. helped keep data loss to a minimum by providing storage products that, for example, automatically begin backing up data to remote centers when they sense temperature changes or power loss in parts of a building. Even following the World Trade Center attacks, these systems were able to back up data to a remote facility before the buildings collapsed, the vendors said.
Hitachi looks for security companies, airlines, government agencies and financial institutions to upgrade their storage systems in the coming months. Some companies may not have assessed their storage environments in some time, and now, due to recent events, will take a new look and find better and more cost-effective options for data protection.
"Storage has gotten to the point where it financially makes sense to copy and mirror data," Genereux said. "I think we will see companies taking their infrastructure to the next level in the next month or so."
In addition to new concern about protecting data, the attacks have raised new concerns about business travel. The new complications of air travel include the inconvenience of tighter security procedures, reduced flight schedules and some employees' fear of flying. Companies offering videoconferencing tools have seen huge spikes in their product sales as employers try to avoid these disruptions.
Videoconferencing service provider V-Span Inc. saw an increase in demand of between 30 percent and 50 percent immediately following the attacks, and that uptick has been sustained in the days following, said Mark Evans, director of marketing for V-Span.
"In 1991, the industry in general experienced a similar spike during the Gulf War, when there was a fear of flying overseas," he said. "At that time there was a real boost in hardware sales." V-Span, which provides conference connectivity services, has experienced "a boost across the board," this time, Evans said.
In addition to a combination of limited flights and a fear of flying right now, a lot of large companies have told their employees to stay on the ground, Evans said. "Most enterprises have put a ban on corporate travel," he said. "Some have limited it to essential travel."
South Burlington, Vermont-based Proximity Inc., which has more than 3,500 public videoconferencing rooms around the world, has seen its business more than double since last week., said Bob Kaphan, president of Proximity.
Although most of the current demand is from customers who had a meeting scheduled and weren't willing or able to travel to it, Proximity has also seen an increase in its corporate events business, which brings videoconferencing to large-scale corporate events, Kaphan said.
"Most of the (increase) seems to be from companies that have not used the technology before," Kaphan said. "When things get back to normal, I suspect we will have a larger volume than we've had in the past."
EDS, in Plano, Texas, can be reached at +1-972-403-3945, or at http://www.eds.com/. Hitachi, in Tokyo, can be contacted at +81-3-3258-1111 or http://www.hitachi.co.jp/. V-Span, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, can be reached at +1-610-382-1099 or http://www.vspan.com/. Proximity, in South Burlington, Vermont, can be reached at +1-802-264-2900 or http://www.proximity.com/.


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Emily Dickinson 'Fragments' Collaged By Janet Malcolm
Today at Slate, Rebecca Onion frames a series of collages clipped and pasted by author/artist Janet Malcolm, and on display at Lori Bookstein Fine Art in New York City through February 8th. The collages combine select "fragment" poems of Emily Dickinson with a load of other source material. From Slate:
Janet Malcolm, author of The Journalist and the Murderer and, most recently, Forty-One False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers, is also a collage artist. Her most recent collection, "The Emily Dickinson Series," juxtaposes clippings of Dickinson's "fragment" poems, taken from scholar Marta Werner's 1996 book Emily Dickinson's Open Folios, with pieces cut from astronomy textbooks, found photographs, and other ephemera.
Alice Gregory pointed out in Slate last year how heavily Malcolm's writing leans toward quotation and allusion. The collages do much the same work, with the images excavating meaning from the slim Dickinson poems. "Something in Dickinson's words evoked the night sky," Malcolm reflects in Granta's Winter 2014 issue, where some of the collages appear. "It seemed almost obligatory that images of stars and plants and moons accompany her gnomic utterances."
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Eerie music, stealthy ship to battle Antarctic whalers
By Pauline Askin
HOBART, Australia (Reuters Life!) - An international conservation society is using a small, space-age-like vessel to scare off whaling fleets from Antarctic waters, with a ghostly tune as its main weapon.
The Ady Gil, a 24 meter (78 ft) carbon-fiber wave-piercing trimaran that runs on low-emission, renewable fuels, is the latest addition to the Sea Shepherd Conversation Society's protest fleet against Japan's yearly whale hunt near Antarctica, which is set to begin soon.
"It's a tough environment for a little boat like this and I am nervous, as Antarctica is one of the most hostile places on earth," Peter Bethune, skipper of the Ady Gil, told Reuters in Hobart, Tasmania, just before setting off for the Southern Ocean.
"But if you've got a green bone in your body then you can't sit back and watch what they are doing, so hopefully we will find where the Japanese are and we can get on to them."
Bethune said the materials, and the paint, on the ship made it more difficult for radars to detect, enabling it to sneak up on the whaling vessels speedily.
Japan says whaling is a cultural tradition, and while most Japanese do not eat whale meat regularly, many are bemused by accusations that the practice is cruel given that other cultures hunt many other wild animals without as much controversy.
Japan's whaling fleet is currently en route to the Southern Ocean to harpoon up to 935 minke whales and 50 fin whales, classified as endangered.
Waiting for them this year will be the Ady Gil, formerly known as Earthrace, which holds the world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe by a motorized boat. Continued...


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For many years Indonesia has been cited as an example of a Muslim nation in which there is religious freedom for all religions so recent events are causing concern. During the past few months there has been escalation in the number of Christian churches which have been attacked and even burned by Muslim fundamentalists who seek to end religious tolerance and impose sharia law on the nation. The good news is lack of any support among the vast Indonesian people for the concept of Muslim law being imposed in a country in which many can be Muslim and secular at the same time. All indications are the rise in church burnings stems from failure on the part of police to be pro-active and crack down on groups they know are responsible for the violence.
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This study was released just after CivicPlus shared its survey showing that state and local websites often don't deliver the content and functionality that users are looking for, indicating that many government agencies at all levels of government have work to do.
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology(86)
- National Security Agency (85)
- Library of Congress (84)
- Energy.gov (84)
- National Institutes of Health (77)
A full study detailing where a majority of federal websites go wrong can be found here.