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I just updated the mini-game for sheep in Golemizer (the previous system was putting too much pressure on the database so sheep were inactive for some time when I discovered the problem). Most players will argue that this can barely be considered as a mini-game since there's no puzzle here and doesn't require any skills. In fact most will probably say this is just plain boring and I don't blame them.
Like any system in Golemizer I don't expect every players to enjoy it. Some like to sell resources, some like PvP and others have become specialists in room decoration. That's what I like about Golemizer, there's a little something for everyone and you don't have to go through the stuff you don't like.
So the new mini-game for sheep is simple. You first buy a sheep from a farmer, drop it in your city and then each day you must take care of it until it's ready to be sheared. Players must train the husbandry skill (wiki will need to be updated) to be able to take care of sheep. Like most skills there are three levels: apprentice, intermediate and expert.
To use the husbandry skill you simply right-click on the sheep and select husbandry. A roll is made against your husbandry skill and then you see the result. The better you are the faster your sheep will be ready to get you some wool (useful to craft clothing) and the most chances you have that your sheep will remain healthy. If you leave your sheep alone for too many days you'll have a hard time to take care of it and the health of your sheep will decrease (and the quality of the wool you can get as well).
That's it! Once the state of the fleece reach 100% you are ready to shear it. Again your shearing skill will help you to get better wool.
As you can see it's very simple and like I said I don't expect most players to find this system fun. It means that probably few players will have sheep and few will be able to provide wool to others. Clothing are quite popular so there's an interesting market for players that are more in the merchant game.
But why would a player go through such "boring" task? Because they are not looking at the task itself but at the whole experience of selling wool to other players. Maybe it's just because they want to be the most popular wool merchant of the game or maybe they just enjoy being the person handling everything to craft clothing.
In Star Wars: Galaxies the process of gathering resources was quite boring and didn't required much skill. All you needed was a lot of time to scan for the best resources locations and a lot of money to buy extractors. Yes it was boring but there was resource extractors everywhere. Maybe some players were enjoying extracting resources but most were really interested to run their own shop. Master weaponsmiths and armorsmiths were the most popular players on each server and they were making very good money out of it. If you were after fame or just wanted tons of credits to buy the rare loot fighters were gathering than gathering resources wasn't that bad. Of course once they reached such fame they often had people selling them resources instead. Being able to work for that very famous player was almost an honor.
But why not make the process exciting so the experience becomes even better?! Well that's not the point. If you focus on some random puzzle game than the focus is not the merchant or crafter experience but the mini-game itself. If you enjoy having your own shop chances are that you wouldn't care about such mini-games that have little to do with what it could look like in reality. The end result is the fun not the process. The process just end up being fun because you have an objective.
But then it's boring for other players?! Yes and that's just fine. There's no point trying to please everyone with the same single stuff. Give them different things to do but don't bother to please everyone with a single system. Chances are that you'll end up pleasing nobody anyway.
Back to Golemizer, there's something interesting to note about this. The game is heavily focused on crafting yet not all players like crafting but are still enjoying it. For example if you're into PvP or PvE you want to have the best golems. You can buy them from someone else but most will actually craft their own golems to be sure they are using the best resources possible and because it's THEIR golems. It's THEIR creation bashing on the enemy.
If you would ask them if they think crafting is fun they would probably tell you that they don't. However with a specific goal in mind it makes the experience fun anyway. Could I make crafting more exciting? I guess but I don't want to. It's just fine as it is right now and the people that have to enjoy it are already enjoying it. By changing the process I would loose some of those people and there's no guarantee more players would suddenly enjoy it.
Bottom line? Keep it simple, it's fun anyway.
Id like to point out that thats now how all players see it for example i see mining as a necessary yet hated part of game, i love to craft golems over anything else but mining is to much for me in the long haul. i think some parts of golemizer like mining need a little work. I cant buy all the parts to make golems i dont have the time much less the gold to buy all of the parts for say a blood orphan much less a mecha. for the price of the parts to make a mecha i could buy 2 more, so while its nice that some players like to mine it doesn't help me who cant craft golems with out mining.
Eric Bethke, one of the guys behind GoPets, said that one of the interesting things he discovered was that people really enjoyed "achiever" activites. AFter hearing people complain about "the grind", they originally didn't put a lot of repetitive content in the game. But, they added some trees that you could click to get fruit from as a special prize, and that became a whole little industry in the game. People would log on just to harvest fruit from the trees. After doing a lot of testing they found out that some people do find that, something most "real gamers" would find tedious, to be an enjoyable part of the game.
Of course, after reading more about Farmville, I'm not surprised that some people don't mind some tedium.


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Plot is simple and the movie is light hearted with chuckles and shocks at some of the antics by its characters. Gina Pareno's confident assertions that "I am politicians!" or her imperatives of "Take it or leave it....leave it!!" gives you fits of laughters. The seating statue of Christ in the dining room adds culturally correct commentary on Pinoy style.
On the other hand, Gloria Diaz's character (balae to Gina's), unnerved by the fact that Gina is coming to stay for a few days is so not Filipino and demonstrates the snooty behavior of privileged Filipinos towards the poor ones. But perhaps this conflict was necessary to illustrate the contrast of the two social classes.
The movie is cute--to baby boomer expats--it is the "Iyan na si Gloria? Si Ariel ureta yun? Ay si Gina talaga, dating bombshell yun!" that added the appeal.
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Insurgents killed more Afghan civilians last year than ever before and their roadside bombs, suicide attacks and assassinations were responsible for the overwhelming majority of conflict-related deaths in 2010, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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The increase in deaths reflects an escalation in battles between international forces and insurgents as the U.S.-led coalition tries to beat the Taliban out of traditional strongholds and establish government control over parts of Afghanistan that were lost in the fallow years when the focus was on the Iraq war. The fighting is expected to increase in coming months as NATO tries to hold onto its gains and force the Taliban to join peace talks.
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UNAMA said deaths attributed to the U.S.-led coalition dropped by 26 percent to 440 people in 2010. Of those deaths, air strikes were responsible for 171, a sharp 52 percent reduction from 2009 despite a significant increase in the use of air power by NATO. UNAMA could not attribute nine percent of the total deaths.
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Military officials foresee an escalation in fighting starting at the end of this month, as insurgents come back from a winter break to try and gain back territory lost late last year when the United States brought 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan. That surge brought the number of coalition forces to about 130,000, the highest number since the invasion of Afghanistan a month after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001.
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Well, one day we are wearing shorts and it's so hot I didn't even want to think about summer time. Then, there are days like today, three grandbrats, 45 degree weather and a Mardi Gras parade to go to! WTH!
But we are all troopers, we will pack 'em all up and go catch us some beads and bears and colds! LOL!
I have been knitting, just not on the GBP2011. I spent a whole day cleaning up tangled yarn, Jule's playground behind the couch, and one of those tangled up messed just happened to be the ball that was connected to my blanket.
No big deal, just broke it off and untangled it and re-attached it, just took me half a day!
Started another cool project to wear under an unbuttoned, button up, shirt.
It's a cute little spaghetti strap tank, that for the life of me, I can't figure out where the pattern came from.
Between that and the Twilight series books, I have been keeping pretty busy, that and the crazy woman who keeps showing up at my house to do all the spring cleaning, she wears me out, just gets in a mood and all the nooks and crannies have to be cleaned.Crazy woman!
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Free State - Residents of Zamdela township in Sasolburg, Free State continued to protest against municipal demarcation plans and barricaded roads on Monday morning, police said.
"The protests started again just after 5am today (Monday). Main roads into the Zamdela township have been barricaded...tyres are burning," said police spokesman Constable Peter Kareli.
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lirg123 wrote:
kirby3 wrote:
are there any good sources to play this? not counting mahjongtime because people there are soooo slow and riichi mahjong isnt even played correctly there, plus you have to pay >.>
yeah, but you should really take your time one reading the blog, or whatever. I post a site where you could play NPC and learn a little and it's all free.
thats a nice easy way to play thanks
Akri7-Zer0 wrote:
lirg123 wrote:
yeah, but you should really take your time one reading the blog, or whatever. I post a site where you could play NPC and learn a little and it's all free.
thats a nice easy way to play thanks :D
yeah, but the easy way doesn't really help you improve on your skills in real life. Anyways, i you keep on playing your would at least understand the basic of it
If you are asking for help then learn to work yourself.
thx for the links i actually found another progran too but the comps didnt call anything so i think they were stuck, plus it was in japanese which i cant read.
btw if u wanna watch something mahjong releated watch akagi its wut got me into mahjong in the first place its lisenced on crunchyroll, but you can prob find it on veoh or pisoga
Thanks for the posts that's very informative and will help me enjoy much more the serie
Viewing anime series
Here's a site unlike mahjongtime people's play much faster at http://www.ron2.jp/index.html but it is all in japanese so go here for a tutorial on how to sign up http://www.reachmahjong.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=110 hope this helps
azndragon1003 wrote:
Here's a site unlike mahjongtime people's play much faster at http://www.ron2.jp/index.html but it is all in japanese so go here for a tutorial on how to sign up http://www.reachmahjong.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=110 hope this helps
yeah..... not really helpful because not most people in America can't read japanese, nor do they study japanese
If you are asking for help then learn to work yourself.
what they mean no multiplier?quote me....
i'm bored
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Mahjong has a large number of variants around the world. There's classic Chinese mahjong, there's American mahjong, and there's the style of mahjong played in Saki called "Riichi Mahjong" which is the most common style played in Japan.
For terminology I will be following the official rules of riichi mahjong by the European mahjong association:
The setup:
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There are 136 tiles total, which consist of 4 copies of 34 unique tiles.
1 through 9 of circles (tiles with pictures of small circles on them).
1 through 9 of bamboo (tiles with pictures of bamboo rods. The 1-bamboo traditionally also has a picture of a bird).
1 through 9 of characters (tiles with the Chinese character for 10,000. In Japanese mahjong sets they are labeled in katakana)
4 winds (tiles with the Chinese characters for east, south, west, and north)
3 dragons, which consist of the red dragon (a red Chinese character "chuu" or "chung" which means "middle"), the white dragon (a blank tile), and the green dragon (a gree Chinese character "fa" which means "growth").
That's 9*3+7=34 different tiles. There are 4 copies of each one giving 136 tiles total.
Sticks (or chips):
Each player gets 30,000 points worth of sticks at the start of the game; 1 stick worth 10,000, 2 worth 5,000, 9 worth 1,000 and 10 worth 100 points.
At the beginning of the game, each player sets aside a certain amount of points that ends up going to whoever has the most points at the end of the game as a bonus. Usually this is 5,000 points from each player. In some variations the bonus is split it between the player who got first and the player who got second.
The flow of the game:
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A standard length game of riichi mhjong is played over 2 rounds, with at least 4 hands in each round. The first round is the "east wind" round and the second round is the "south wind" round. The wind direction of the round factors into the scoring and will be covered later. The players are seated in certain positions as East, South, West, and North (in that order counterclockwise), and after the hand is over the seating positions are rotated (Exception: If the player sitting East wins that hand, then the seat positions do not change and there is a bonus hand played in that round. This can happen up to 8 times... A bonus hand is also played in the case of a draw when only East has a waiting hand(see below) ). When the player that was east for the first hand in a round becomes east a second time, you enter the next round and the prevailing wind changes. Originally the game was played over 4 rounds, one for each compass direction, however since that takes a very long time only 2 rounds are played in modern games. Games with only one single east wind round may also be played to speed things up. At the end of the game, the player with the most points wins, and is awarded the bonus points set aside at the beginning of the match.
The start of a hand:
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To begin, a 17x17 square wall of tiles, face down, two deep, is made in front of the players. A pair of dice is rolled to determine where to begin taking tiles, and the players each form their hands by taking tiles from the wall until everyone has 13 tiles. 14 tiles are separated from the back-end of the wall, called the "dead wall", and the top tile from the third stack from the end is turned over, called the "dora indicator." For an explanation of this, see the section on "dora" later.
The player seated East begins by taking a 14th tile from the (living) wall, and then chooses a tile from their hand to discard. The player counterclockwise then does the same thing, and the hand proceeds in this order unless a player declares a pung or kong (see below). If all the tiles from the wall are used up (except the dead wall), or if 4 kongs have been declared, the hand ends in a draw. Otherwise the hand ends when a player declares a mahjong.
The object of the game:
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The object is to make mahjong, which means 4 sets and 1 pair.
The sets can be of 3 types:
Chow: 3 tiles in the same suit in numerical order. (e.g. 2 bamboo, 3 bamboo, 4 bamboo)
Pung: 3 identical tiles
Kong: 4 identical tiles
You can claim the discards of your opponents if they will let you make a chow, pung, or kong. (exception: if you are making a chow, the discard has to be from the player immediately proceeding you, i.e. to your left). If you do that, you must declare "chow", "pung" or "kong", and place the tiles face up in front of you on the table. The set is now "declared" and that factors into the scoring later. (It's always better to have sets that are concealed.)
If you declare a kong, because that set has 4 tiles, you need an extra tile, so after declaring a kong you draw a replacement tile from the back end of the dead wall before you make your discard. (Optional: At the same time, the tile next to the dora indicator is turned over as a second dora indicator.)
When a player has a kong in their hand completely hidden, they can do a "concealed kong" whenever it's their turn, and draw the extra tile from the dead wall. This does not count as revealing the kong and it can be strategic to wait to do this until later in the hand (because the extra dora indicator might give another player extra points if they declare mahjong first.)
Riichi: If you have a completely concealed hand (i.e. you have not declared a chow, pung or kong), and need only a single tile to make a mahjong, you can decalare "riichi". When you do this, you put a 1,000 point stick on the table as an extra bet, and from then on any tile you draw from the wall must be discarded until you make mahjong or someone else wins, or in other words, you are not allowed to change anything in your hand except for wait for someone to discard the winning tile or for you to draw the winning tile.
Winning: There are two ways to declare mahjong. One is when drawing a tile yourself from the wall. This is called "tsumo". The second way is by claiming another player's discard. This is called "ron". This effects the way the points are distributed. In riichi mahjong, it is also a requirement that your hand have at least one "yaku". See below for a list of yaku. If you don't have a yaku, you cannot declare mahjong.
After someone declares mahjong, they count the point value of their mahjong, and the other 3 players (in the case of tsumo) or 1 player (in the case of ron) pay the winner the appropriate amount. See the section below for scoring. Also, riichi bets and bonus round counters are distributed to the winner.
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Scoring is complicated. This is especially important in Saki. It's so complicated, in fact, that most Japanese players use large charts to help them figure out the proper scores.
Outline of how to score a hand:
1. Count the number of minipoints in your hand.
2. Count the number of fan in your hand.
3. Round minipoints up to nearest 10, then multiply by 2^(number of fan+2). This is your hand's base value. Or, if you have a table, look up the value in the appropriate table depending on whether you are sitting East and whether you won with a tsumo or ron.
Some terminology: 1's and 9's are called "terminals". Dragons and winds are called "honors". Anything that isn't a terminal or an honor is called a "simple". A hand that is not concealed is called "open".
Counting Minipoints:
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0 points for a chow.
2 points for a pung of simples.
4 points for a pung of honors.
8 points for a kong of simples.
16 points for a kong of honors.
These points are all 2x if the sets are concealed.
2 extra points for:
Pair of dragons
Pair of seat/prevalent wind
Edge wait, closed wait, or pair wait. (I.e. the final tile in the mahjong was the "only" tile that would make a mahjong)
Tsumo (except in case of pinfu, see below)
Open pinfu
You also always get one of these below
30 points for winning with a concealed hand
25 points for having 7 pairs (this is a special hand, see below)
20 points otherwise.
Total the number of minipoints you have and round up to the nearest 10 (exception for the unique 25 minipoint hand).
If you have more than 4 fan (see below), counting minipoints is irrelevant because you will always be in a limit score situation (see below)
Counting Dora:
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The tile 1 after in numerical order (or east-south-west-north, red-green-white) of the "dora indicator" is the dora, and for each copy of that tile in your hand you get 1 fan. (Optional: If there are more than 1 dora indicator revealed because people have declared kongs and revealed extra ones, those are also dora. Also Optional: If the player who declared mahjong declared riichi, then the tiles underneath any dora indicators are revealed and ALSO become dora indicators. This leads to a theoretical total number of dora of 24 dora!)
(Optional: Red Fives: One each of the 5 bamboo, 5 circle, and 5 character are colored red. These also count as dora.)
Counting Yaku:
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Yaku are bonuses you get for having special hands. The more rare the hand more yaku you get.
There are a total of 25 different types of hands that give different numbers of yaku, and you can stack them in which case the total number of yaku add.
For a complete listing of yaku, see the appendix chart here in the link above. Some examples:
Half Flush: A mahjong consisting of only one suit plus winds/dragons. Counts as 2 yaku.
Riichi: declaring riichi counts as 1 yaku
Fully concealed hand: Declaring tsumo with a fully concealed hand 1 yaku
Twice Pure Double Chow: Two different pairs of identical chows plus a pair, 3 yaku
A few hands are SO special they get a special type of yaku called "yakuman". These have their own special point chart. There is even a hand called the Four Big Winds (four pungs/kongs of winds) that gives 2 yakuman, which can result in a 96,000 point win). For a listing of all 13 yakuman hands see the rules sheet linked to above.
Counting Fan:
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You get a fan for each yaku and each dora in your hand.
Final base point tally and point distribution:
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Take the number of minipoints, multiply by 2^(2+number of fan). This is your base score.
Now, the way you get paid depends on 2 things: Are you currently sitting east? and Did you go out tsumo, or ron?
Put simply, the player who sits east gets double points from people, but also pays double points. If you go out with a tsumo, all three players pay you the base score. If you go out ron, the player who discarded the winning tile pays on behalf of all three losing players.
All payments are rounded up to the nearest 100.
E.g. The winner is sitting north, and has a 40 minipoint, 2 yaku hand. This gives them a base score of 640. If the player went out with a ron from west, then west has to pay north 640*4 (1 for west, 2 for east, and 1 for south) = 2560->2600 points.
If north went out on a tsumo instead, then west and south pays him 700 points, while east pays him 1300.
If you are using the handy charts, just look things up in the correct chart.
Extra points:
Whoever wins takes any 1,000 point riichi sticks that are on the table.
If this is a bonus round, an additional 300*(number of consecutive bonus rounds) points is added to the base score.
Tenpei: If the hand is a draw, any player that is "waiting" for one last tile to make a mahjong is paid by the non-waiting players a total of 3,000 points.
Limit scores:
If you have more than 4 fan, then there is a special set of scores tables called limit tables. The actual calculations are somewhat tricky, but all that matters is to look up the value on the limit score table in the rules sheet above.
5 fan is called "mangan", 6-7 fan is "haneman", 8-10 is "baiman", 11-12 is "sanbaiman", and 13 or more is a yakuman.
E.g. for a baiman, you get a base score of 4,000. For yakuman it's 8,000. This means that if east goes tsumo with a double yakuman, they'd receive 32,000 points from each player... for a total of 96,000 points.
Plus-Minus scoring:
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At the end of the game, the final points are rounded to the nearest 1000 (500 rounds down), and for each ,1000 points above or below 30,000, you get + or - 1. The person with the most points gets a bonus of +20 (the 20,000 points set aside in the beginning). To get plus-minus zero like Saki always does requires you score between 29,600 and 30,500 points and NOT be in first place.
And that's it! There are a few other rules, like furiten or chombo, but you can read about them in the rules sheet I linked to above.
Hopefully this can help you understand a bit better what's going on in Saki, and where all those random numbers come from.
what do they mean no multiplier in http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/mahjong/mahjong_e.html
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Read this paragraph above:
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Winning: There are two ways to declare mahjong. One is when drawing a tile yourself from the wall. This is called "tsumo". The second way is by claiming another player's discard. This is called "ron". This effects the way the points are distributed. In riichi mahjong, it is also a requirement that your hand have at least one "yaku". See below for a list of yaku. If you don't have a yaku, you cannot declare mahjong.
It means that your hand does not have at least 1 "yaku".
In Japanese mahjong, just having 4 sets and a pair isn't enough to declare mahjong. You have to have at least 1 yaku in your hand.
Yay, now I know a little more about how to play it on my DS
Was gone for about a month...Back.
Thank you so much for the help as I enjoy the anime already for its characters and music but knowing some of the game too helps. Over the top play is fun too of course in the anime.
Here, there, everywhere! Online in random spurts when I can be!
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Yeah, that's totally suck, but here it is anyways.
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Thanks for the site. It takes a long time to learn Actual Mahjong (or relearn it in my case)
The prob is in that in North America, you say Mahjong and most people think of the matching tile puzzle game.
Hopefully Saki will help dispel this thinking in NA.
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I've found a guide which realy helped me, especialy the link for a Mahjong programm against bots and the short expplanation of the interface (which charater stands for pon/kan etc.).
If you have any questions about Riichi Mahjong i think i can help. I play it for some years now and even in tournaments here in europe.
Oh WOW!! Thank you! I've been looking for this!! All I ever find is solitaires and shareware versions. Thank you!!
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2012: Gaining ground
2012 was a year of gaining ground for wildlife and landscapes from the Washington coast to the BC Rockies. We - and you - protected and restored habitat, recovered wildlife, and built partnerships to make a tangible difference across the region.
Protect the lands and wildlife
Protecting and restoring habitat (pdf)
Protecting habitat. We've made progress for wildlife and habitat, by advancing tens of thousands of acres of restoration projects on the Colville and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests and gaining approval for removing 27 miles of forest roads in the Methow Valley. This year we engaged 100 volunteers to restore habitat, planting 6,000 native plants just north of I-90's Gold Creek wildlife underpass.
Dollars for forests. We helped attain a federal grant of $1 million for Colville National Forest jobs and forest restoration. We also raised funds for Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition road restoration near Leavenworth, and private funds to close and restore unused roads in the I-90 corridor. Our volunteers helped heal ORV abuse damage on the Colville National Forest.
See more of what we did this year, in the words of our staff.
Holding firm. Though grassroots organizing and determination, we won hard-fought preliminary votes from the Whatcom County Council and state to protect 8,000 acres of the Lake Whatcom watershed as a forest preserve park. By turning back another attempt to fund the Cross-Base Highway, we're continuing to protect Puget Sound's best remaining oak-woodland prairie.
Improving management. We improved the Forest Service's proposed plans for 5 million acres of Washington's national forests, including connected habitat, protected wildlife, and reduced roads. We also published a report detailing how ecological restoration thinning can bring timber jobs while protecting old growth and sensitive habitat. We reached agreement with the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest to protect spotted owl habitat. Our success with the Manastash watershed helped reduce aquatic impacts, while we improved Washington's 9-million-acre Habitat Conservation Plan to recover endangered salmon and trout on 60,000 miles of streams and rivers.
Learn how else we've kept the Northwest wild in past years.
Ensuring a healthy future for wildlife
Grizzly bridges. We created the first grizzly bear sightings hotline in BC to increase awareness about the precarious status of southwest British Columbia and trans-boundary grizzlies. We engaged the St'at'imc First Nation on grizzly bear recovery in their traditional territory. We began a forest roads analysis to inform access management in grizzly habitat in the BC Cascades, a template for work in other ecosystems.
Wildlife monitoring. More than 90 volunteers monitored rare wildlife and looked for new wolf packs in the Cascades and Kettle Range. 2012 was one of our best seasons yet (VIDEO) and included documenting the first wolverine in decades south of Highway 2 in the Cascades. We also collected a year's worth of animal sightings near Snoqualmie Pass as part of I-90 Wildlife Watch and collected data on pine martens as part of the Cascades Carnivore Connectivity Project.
Upholding laws. We resisted efforts by the timber industry to eliminate old-growth forest protections for marbled murrelets, and supported US Fish & Wildlife Service expansion of habitat protections for northern spotted owls.
Creative approaches. We created a Columbia Highlands wildlife guide to highlight the region's rich wildlife and wild lands with sponsorships from numerous local businesses (available by early February). We helped Selkirk Mountain visitors avoid conflicts with grizzly bears by funding education by the US Forest Service.
Living with wolves
Leveraging inspiration. BBC and Discovery told their—and our—story of wolves returning in a stunning documentary staring our own Jasmine Minbashian that was seen by millions. We educated and inspired hundreds of people at Land of the Lost Wolves screenings and discussion panels across the state.
Finding solutions. We partnered with WA Department of Fish and Wildlife on a pilot summer range rider program to reduce conflict between wolves and cattle in northeastern Washington; the rancher involved lost no calves this season. We moved the state and members of the ranching community to publicly prioritize non-lethal strategies for avoiding conflicts between wolves and livestock, in response to the potentially avoidable loss of the Wedge Pack. To improve the outlook for wolves and ranches, we brought experts and states agencies together, listened to livestock owners, and learned from the places where it is working, including a field trip to Montana's Blackfoot Challenge.
Defending laws. Successfully defended Washington's wolf recovery plan from hostile state bills that would hurt wolf recovery and organized hundreds of citizens to push for the protections of Pacific Northwest wolves as a distinct population under the Endangered Species Act.
Making connections
Purchasing land. By purchasing an easement for 101 more acres of the Gotham Ranch on the Kettle Crest, we connected vital private land habitat for wildlife such as Canada lynx between the Cascades and Rockies.
Wild Links. We brought together the region's best wildlife conservation science, policy, and advocacy players at our 5th annual Wild Links conference. While there, we launched the Cascadia Partner Forum to understand transboundary connectivity, and a working group to protect carnivores in the US and BC Cascades.
Creating safe passage. Through the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition, we established funding for Washington's first wildlife overpass on I-90. We launched the Safe Passage on Highway 97 coalition to bring twin wildlife underpasses in a high traffic area in the Okanogan Valley. Working with national partners, we ensured that a 2-year highway reauthorization bill passed by Congress recognized the importance of wildlife connectivity.
Reporting and mapping. We recorded early success for wildlife crossings on I-90 in the form of a coyote using the new Gold Creek underpass. We hosted an I-90 corridor field tour during the Western Governor's Association's Annual Meeting. With the Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group, we published a Columbia Basin connectivity analysis, a follow-up to last year's Washington Landscape Connectivity Report. We coordinated mapping and planning for the BC Columbia Basin, focused on building climate change resilience, and began scientific analysis of how and where wildlife move along the Washington/BC border.


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text: (Photo by Stefan Zaklin/ Getty Images) [ Ms. Wheelchair American Pageant Here In Grand Rapids By Andy Rent August 4, 2011 The Ms. Wheelchair America Pageant is back in Grand Rapids for the second year in a row. Read More Category: Grand Rapids News Tags: disabilities, Grand Rapids events, handicapped Send to a friend! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin it! Reddit This! Share on Tumblr!


text: 6 photos $289,900 5.05 acres 38850 Pernell Place, Cherry Valley, CA 92223 - Riverside County Foothills of Cherry Valley Incredible views from the foothills of Cherry Valley. Currently 2 separate parcels sold together, owner is in the process of merging into one 5.05 acre parcel. 2 water meters on the property, other utilities close by. Lots are located on a cul-de-sac which is partially paved. Secluded area yet close to many amenities: Oak Glen, Bogart Park, Golf, Shopping, Dining & Schools. Kristen Schultz Beaumont Realty, Inc.


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What's Important About an Actor is his Acting, Not His Life
Gia Marie Barbera | Posted 27.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
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The first thing you notice about the actor, director, writer and producer is he's fast-talking, bright and, as might be expected, imbued with natural comic delivery, and soulful eyes. They don't miss anything. He is a man who is going his own way, living by his own rules, which includes learning only the first and last lines of his scripts and leaving the rest to God.


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These scientists are making glass from what you throw in the garbage. They hope that our waste will be the cutting edge of mining. Continue reading
NASA rockets kick out an inferno that melts most metals. How do you make a material that won't melt at 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit? The answer may be in microwaves.
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text: Siemens is an electronics and electrical engineering company that operates in the energy, health care, industry and infrastructure businesses worldwide. The company also offers products, services and solutions to energy providers for the generation and transmission of power; and to industrial oil and gas companies for the extraction, conversion and transportation of oil and gas. It even provides commercial finance services, such as equipment finance, leasing, rental and related financing solutions to various organizations. Siemens' financing solutions comprise debt financing, equity participations, financial advisory, investment management services, including services related to pension assets to its institutional clients. Siemens also is in the business of managing and offering mutual funds to the general public as well as providing industrial insurance and private finance solutions. The company was founded in 1847 and is based in Munich, Germany. As I studied its highly informative Web site, I noticed that one of its biggest energy initiatives includes converting tidal power into electricity and "blazing the trail for offshore wind" power. Siemens reminds me a great deal of its rival General Electric ( GE). The biggest difference appears to be that Siemens' financial base is strong enough to sustain all its industrial and financial businesses through all kinds of economic and catastrophic conditions. In all fairness to GE, it is also focused on environmental concerns and solutions. It competes in the business of alternative energy equipment and has progressed in designing more fuel-efficient engines. GE has an entire page of its Web site dedicated to what it calls "ecomagination," which translates to GE's imaginative efforts to focus on the topic of ecology and environmental issues. Siemens announced last Wednesday the appointment of a new CFO effective immediately, who will concentrate responsibilities within the Managing Board as of Oct. 1. At its meeting last Wednesday, Siemens' Supervisory Board appointed Ralf Thomas (age 52) CFO of Siemens AG. Thomas was previously CFO at the company's Industry Sector. "With Ralf Thomas, we are gaining an experienced CFO who is very familiar with circumstances at Siemens through his many years of working at the company," said the Chairman of the Siemens Supervisory Board Gerhard Cromme.


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Shortly after the birth of my third child, I was walking through Washington, D.C. My wife and I were pushing our newborn in a stroller. My two-year-old daughter was pushing her baby doll in a stroller.
So was my four-year-old son.
Within a few minutes, we were verbally accosted by a mum who was taking her two small children from the car to her house. How old was our son, she demanded. Why was he pushing a stroller?
My wife - a few days home from the hospital - held herself together well enough to respond that he was taking care of his baby, just like his daddy.
"It's just so gay," she said, noting he should be playing with trucks.
Admittedly, reactions like this are unusual. But it speaks to a larger problem - as a society, we do not equip men to make the successful transition to parenthood. Fathers from the United States - and throughout the world - feel that they do not have the information they need to prepare them for fatherhood. Many new and expectant fathers describe a frustration at the lack of inclusion, involvement, and information.
That deficit has consequences. Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of the $2 billion PIMCO Investment Fund, recently explained that he quit his job after his 10-year-old daughter gave him a list of 22 milestones he had missed in her young life. Reflecting on the choice, he said his "need to be a good father" was greater than his "desire to be a good investor."
And it's not just true of investment bankers, it's true of doctors and lawyers, architects and scientists. When men who excel in their careers become new fathers they face a contrast between their work life where they know exactly what success looks like, and their home life where they face an unclear role and limited information.
When my wife was pregnant with our first son, I made a point of attending every prenatal appointment. I even attended a breastfeeding class. I was the only male there. The clear message from the instructor was - you are invited, but this is not for you. You are the secondary parent.
During that first pregnancy, my wife joined an elite sisterhood where she was offered advice on everything from strollers to daycare, and breast pumps to diapers. There were baby showers, childbirth classes, even celebratory dinners.
As an expectant father, I was offered congratulations and well wishes, but when I searched for information I found a bounty of resources for new mums and very few for new dads.
This month, the Moms section of Huffington Post has over 130 articles while the Dads section has less than 30. Parents magazine has a "Just for Moms" section on their main page but no mention of Dad at all. And the leading parenting books like "What to Expect When You're Expecting," have a clear focus on preparing mums not dads.
The explanation researchers offer for this imbalance is the lack of a clear role for fathers in pregnancy, birth, and the health-care system.
There are promising US government programs to recognise good dads and promote fatherhood. The federal Fatherhood.gov effort provides helpful resources to dads and fatherhood programs. The New York Mayor's Fatherhood Initiative recently awarded their fourth annual NYC DADS Matter Awards to 10 men who have "overcome obstacles and become great dads."
But these programs are really focused on triage where fatherhood is hard, not raising the quality of fatherhood across the nation.
It starts at the very beginning. According to a study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United States is the only developed country not to guarantee paid maternity leave. While paid paternity leave is somewhat less common worldwide, almost two-thirds of the developed nations studied offer some form of paid leave to fathers. If we don't give our mums - and dads - time to connect with their baby and work out how to parent well, we should not be surprised when they face struggles.
Men have a responsibility, too. We need to talk to our sons about being good dads. Just like forming a good baseball player begins with catch in the backyard, forming good dads must start early in life. The Census tells us that 24 million children live in homes without their biological father. But limited engagement by fathers affects even more children. When we start by telling dads their role is secondary and provide few social supports to prepare them to succeed, it's easier for them to go than stay. It's even easier for new dads to throw themselves into their work and forget the positive influence they can have on the future of their children.
I am intentional in teaching my oldest son to care for his siblings. I purchased him that baby doll to help him prepare to be a good big brother, and eventually a good father. I turned down a dream job because it would have meant less flexibility to spend time with my kids and no parental leave when my daughter was born. Almost every Friday morning, I take my son to breakfast to have focused time together. "Daddy-Sammy" time was a phrase he knew when his vocabulary could be counted on two hands. And now, I make dedicated time with each of my kids a top priority.
My parenting style is a learned behavior. Research shows that role models and social networks are critical to increasing the success of dads. Dads need to talk to other men about the struggles and triumphs of fatherhood. We need to take other men along with us when we're spending time with junior. They need to see the spit up, diaper changes and tantrums, before they experience them in their own children.
And of course women have a role. I know many mums that yearn to have husbands who are full partners in raising their children. But they need to be willing to engage with their partners as equals and push against the notion of dads as "secondary parents."
We need dads who will step up and embrace true manhood. And some days, that starts with little boys pushing pink strollers down the street.
Peter Morris is a senior adviser at the National Congress of American Indians and a participant in the Center for Global Policy Solutions Public Voices Greenhouse through The OpEd Project.
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I can only tell you what SHOULD be deducted from your pay, as I have seen many New York employers make errors in tax withholding and W2 preparation.
Since you work physically in NY State, your employer should withhold NY State tax. You are not subject to NYC tax since you are not a resident of NYC UNLESS you work for the city, such as a public school teacher or transit worker.
You also may be subject to NY disability tax if your employer participates with the state disability plan. (This is only generally pennies to a couple dollars on each paycheck)
When you file a tax return, in addition to filing your federal return, you must file a NY State Non-resident return (IT-203) and file a NJ resident return. You will use Schedule A on the NJ return to calculate a credit for taxes paid to another jurisdiction (New York state). This effectively will alleviate double taxation on that income.
Please let me know if I can assist you further.
Sorry if I was not so clear, but I am coming to the US next month (from Brazil) and wanted to know from my total paycheck (let's say US$1.000 per month), how is the percentage that will be deducted (as city and state) taxes?
Thanks in advance
Well in order to help you better, I need to know how much your gross pay is and what the pay period is...Is it $1,000 per month and you are paid once a month?
Also, will you be working for the city or for a private company?
How will you fill out your W4 form? (Married or Single, # ***** exemptions) Generally if you are single you would fill it out as single 0 or single 1. The more exemptions you pick, the less tax is taken out.
Ok, I got it. My gross payment is $12,500 total per month (and I am paid twice a month), I'll be working for a private company, and I'll fill the W4 as married with no kids (and my wife will be my dependent, if posible).
How much will be taken of my gross payment?
Married, 0, on $6250 semi-monthly will look something like this: (401k, medical insurance, or other non-taxable deductions are not considered)
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Bookshops across the country were set to make frantic phone calls to warehouses to restock their shelves as the worldwide Harry Potter publishing phenomenon hit Sydney yesterday.
Major booksellers reported record sales as tens of thousands of copies of the fifth book in J.K. Rowling's epic series, Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, were snapped up by eager buyers.
Angus & Robertson reported many of its stores across the country had sold out or were low in stock. At the company's flagship store in Pitt Street, 500 copies went out the door in the first hour.
Dymocks in George Street sold 1010 in the day, a store record for any publication.
Department stores were also cashing in, offering the new book at discount prices. Big W was letting them go for $23.45. Grace Bros charged $29.95, well below the recommended retail price of $45.
The Australian sales added to the international frenzy. There were reports from England that the author had made $75 million overnight from the simultaneous worldwide release of the book.
Angus & Robertson's trading manager Colin Gardener last night said most of the company's stores had sold 200 copies in the first hour.
"We will be calling publishers Allen & Unwin to get more stock in for Tuesday and Wednesday," Mr Gardener said.
James Forsyth, manager of Dymocks in George Street, said about 400 people lined up for the store opening at 9am yesterday.
"Never, in my 10 years in retailing, have I seen a single book sell 1000 copies in a single store in just one day," Mr Forsyth said.
"I'll be calling the warehouse on Monday.
"Interest is amazing. People were drooling at the front door."
At the Angus & Robertson bookstore in Sydney's Town Hall Square, a small crowd gathered as "Harry time" approached.
Most had their eyes firmly glued to the sealed yellow and red boxes that contained the books, which were sitting behind the counter.
Writing on the boxes announced, "Warning, do not open until the times indicated".
For store owners and managers the warning was neither a surprise nor necessary. Following months of heightened security and Cold War-like secrecy, most people in the industry had become used to the hype.
"To tell you the truth I will be glad when it is all over," said one weary bookshop employee as he prepared for the expected onslaught of buyers.
One impatient customer ordered the manager to dial 1194 to check the correct time, while another jumped the gun after counting down from 10 and announcing it was now time to sell the books.
When 9.01 did eventually roll around, the crowd let out a cheer and rushed the counter.
Across town, Borders Books in Pitt Street Mall wasn't completely prepared.
Nobody had a knife to open the dozens of boxes required. "Use your key!" screamed a manager.
As well as costumed customers and staff, the store had a bat, an owl, a boa constrictor and a turtle in the store. Outside, a radio station handed out free food and drinks, and magicians performed for the 300-strong crowd.
Showing the diverse appeal of J.K. Rowling, there was a man whose bald head and much of his 100-plus kilogram frame was covered in tattoos queuing beside a group of siblings still too young to read.
Ten-year-old Digby Allen, from Cremorne, didn't like reading until he discovered Harry Potter. Yesterday he was completing J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit downstairs in Borders so he could begin The Order Of The Phoenix, which he aimed to finish within one month. He said he had read the first four Harry Potters twice.
His eight-year-old sister, Maddison, began her copy straightaway. Her early verdict? "It's funny and it's adventurous and you get to find new stuff out."
Best friends Sarah Buttenshaw and Lucy Lillas, both aged seven and from Fairlight, could barely contain their excitement in the queue.
"They're really, really exciting and very well-written and you never know what's around the corner," said Sarah.
Borders managing director John Campradt was excitedly taking photos of the sale. "I've never seen a crowd like this waiting so expectantly for one book," he said. "You can just tell from the smiles on their faces that something exciting is happening."
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THERE'S an old Lithuanian saying: ''Sitting like they were just kissed.'' It refers to people being very pleased with themselves.
Such was the happiness of the Geelong-based Lithuanian Vytis Sports Club when they were kings of the basketball court for two years in a row after a long losing streak.
At that time, Geelong had five non-Lithuanians playing at the national Lithuanian Sports Day. There was a bit of grumbling that Geelong had stacked its team with stars who cared not a jot for anything Lithuanian, and the club had forsaken the spirit of the games in pursuit of victory. Basketball being the national sport, it's seen as the crowning event of the day.
''When you have a team winning games by 40 or 50 points, the whole spirit of the games was being lost,'' says Saulius (Sol) Balnionis, president of the Australian Lithuanian Sports Federation. ''It went from being a Lithuanian cultural event to a sporting event where the culture didn't matter.''
Mr Balnionis is a member of Melbourne's Varpas Lithuanian Sports Club. He became president of the federation in 2011, and immediately moved to change the rules that allowed non-Lithuanians to play at the national sports day, an event that dates back to 1950. He got the numbers.
''Non-Lithuanians can compete in club competition but not on the sports day,'' he says. ''We're returning it to being a cultural event.'' Jerry Belkus, a past-president based in Sydney, does not understand the move - and reckons it's the death knell of the event. ''The most important thing is to keep the games going, and that's hard to do,'' he says. ''People get married and drift away from their own ethnic background and eventually I don't think there will be any games at all.''
Here's where the story is less about sporting rivalry than keeping alive traditions. As Mr Belkus sees it: you need a bit of everybody to make it work.
Sixty years ago, the competition was a strictly Lithuanian affair. Not even spouses could join in. Gradually, the rules were eased - largely because there were not enough Lithuanians to keep the games alive. Antanas (Tony) Laukaitis, 85, is the federation's oldest life member, and a past president. He was the sports editor for the Australian Lithuanian newspaper Musu Pastoge for decades, and came out of retirement two weeks ago to write an article opposing the new rules.
''When I was in charge for many years we allowed two non-Lithuanians to join a team, and with special permission we allowed three,'' he says. ''I took teams to America and Canada with this mixture and there was no problem.''
The survival of sports clubs in Canberra and Hobart depended on mixing blood. Hobart has now run up the flag and will not compete in the next national sports day, set for Adelaide on December 27. And now Geelong sees itself under threat as a player in the games. Says Geelong president Alex Wiasak: ''We're probably not going. If the basketball team can't play, then you lose the golfers and tennis players who are parents to the basketballers.''
Mr Wiasak has been lobbying to have the rule change reversed. Mr Balnionis, who was reluctant to speak openly about the dispute, says Mr Wiasak has been bullying other clubs.
Perhaps the weirdest thing about this saga is that every two years there is a Lithuanian Song and Dance Festival - and non-Lithuanians are still welcome to perform.
As Jerry Belkus puts it: ''The sports events are the least cultural aspect of the day. They're happy to have Aussies of all persuasions learn the songs and dances and embrace the culture, they just don't want them to play basketball.''


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A Bertha man was injured Monday when his semi rolled into a County Road 12 ditch in Bruce Township, according to a report from the Todd County Sheriff's Office.
Robert Cline was pulling a grain trailer filled with corn when he swerved to miss a deer and lost control. Corn spilled onto the roadway and ditch.
Cline was hospitalized in Long Prairie, where he was treated for his injuries.
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Sampled, but led to purchaseFirst, I have fine textured, but rather voluminous, medium-long length, (mostly straight with a slight bit of wave) color treated hair. I received a single-use sample of the shampoo, conditioner, and mask to try: I decided to try the shampoo and conditioner during one "shampoo", and the mask after using a simple "clarifiy-ing" shampoo at another time, so that I could better evaluate the product...read mores. I figured I would most likely use the shampoo and conditioner at the same time and could better evaluate how they worked together, how any scent/fragrance worked together etc. So here's what happened. The first thing that hit me was the fragrance. I'm not used to much fragrance/scent in my shampoo or conditioner, so it at first seemed heavy to me, but I actually liked its musky, almost men's fragranced tones. The shampoo and conditioner fragrance complimented each other. I applied the conditioner to the ends and then worked it up easily toward the roots. It rinsed cleanly. I felt it left my highly processed (high-lift, lightened blonde, regularly heat-styled- blow dry/curler/flatiron) hair super soft, smooth, and shiny, with plenty of volume and "bounce". I really was pleasantly surprised and loved the results, and I really loved the fragrance even though I usually prefer either soft, sweet fragrances. And actually I usually prefer my shampoo and conditioner are un-fragranced, so they don't compete with my perfume/body fragrances. Funny story regarding the fragrance: A few hours later, my husband and I were at a drama rehearsal at church, and the blocking called for me to get close enough to another man to touch his forehead and ask, "Are you sick?" Instead of his line ("No, I'm fine."), he said, "Wow, you smell really good!" It was pretty funny, because my husband, who was playing the guys brother was sitting at the table right next him, protested loudly, "Dude! I'm RIGHT HERE!---Stop flirting with my wife!---I mean "Ida"! (my character's name)". We were all laughing. I wasn't wearing any perfume, so it had to be the shampoo/conditioner. If you don't like strong fragrance in your hair products, this might not be for you, and you might want to check the fragrance in the store before you purchase it, and I certainly don't plan to layer on my perfume or fragranced lotions when I use it. It's kind of a "body fragrance" in itself. Big problem (for me anyway): The price. Wow, $30 for six and a half ounces! That's the only reason I knocked off a star, but I have to say, it performed really well, and in the end, I made the full-size purchase. I guess that's what a little un-solicited flirting from another man, in the presence of your husband, will do ;) I'm looking at the purchase as a high-end conditioner AND a fragrance-in-one,---to help me feel better about the price-tag. If after using a full-size bottle, I change my mind, or even decide to repeat the purchase, I will update my review! :) — 4 years, 4 months agodancerbygrace | 51 reviews
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Washington: The next time you feel the urge for fresh Mexican food, just look up. A taco-toting drone may be circling.
Researchers at the Darwin Aerospace laboratory in San Francisco have designed the Burrito Bomber, the world's first airborne Mexican food delivery system, which would allow customers to have food parachuted right to their doorstep.
As fun as they may be to think about, such ideas are unlikely to be realised any time soon. The US Federal Aviation Administration likely will not decide until 2015 on the regulations to integrate burrito-bearing drones into urban airspace. But the potential of a booming domestic drone industry for commercial purposes has entrepreneurs seeing dollar signs. A far stretch from the military strikes that most people typically associate with drones, developers have begun hatching a litany of ideas for unmanned aerial systems in the commercial sphere, controlled by civilians in American skies.
From conservation efforts and crop monitoring to Hollywood filmmaking and, of course, food delivery, experts anticipate the value of the commercial drone industry, already worth almost $US14 billion ($13.6 billion) a year, to skyrocket to more than $82 billion by 2025, said Mario Mairena, government relations manager for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, which lobbies on behalf of the drone industry.
''And that's a conservative estimate,'' Mr Mairena said. ''We're excited about where the industry is at right now.''
Although opponents decry the Big Brother-like intrusion of thousands of remote cameras roaming the sky, Mr Mairena said the industry could create as many as 70,000 jobs in the first three years after the Federal Aviation Administration releases guidelines to integrate unmanned systems into national airspace, scheduled for 2015. A recent Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International report claims that for every year commercial drone integration into the national airspace is delayed, more than $US10 billion in economic potential is lost.
Chris Anderson, co-founder of drone manufacturer 3D Robotics, said he expects the commercial drone market to boom once it gets clearance to enter the skies.
''Maybe the most exciting thing is that we don't yet know all the ways this technology is going to mature,'' he said.
''It's really reshaping the way we think about farming, among other things,'' Mr Anderson said. Using camera-equipped drones to monitor crops could save money, he said, with $US300 UAVs to check for disease and irrigation levels replacing $US1000-an-hour manned aircraft flyovers.
Hollywood is also in on the push for commercial drone licensing. Howard Gantman, spokesman for the Motion Picture Association of America, said the film industry has been lobbying for years for the right to use unmanned aircraft for aerial filming. ''It's safer than putting a camera operator up in a tall tree; it's cheaper than renting a helicopter for a day,'' he said.


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HOUSTON - Dr. Vivian Ho makes a return visit to Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall to give an update on the challenges and successes of the Affordable Care Act.
Dr. Ho is the chair of Health Economics at the Baker Institute at Rice University and professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. After a disastrous roll out the plan in the fall, Dr. Ho talks about what needs to happen for the Affordable Care Act to succeed and what could happen to make it a failure.
There were areas of the plan that looked problematic before its roll out, but the roll out itself was not one of them.
"We just didn't predict how difficult it would be to get this health care website up and rolling so people could purchase health insurance," she said.
Republicans are now offering a plan they said would work better. Is it? Is it possible to start all over? Dr. Ho addresses those and other questions about this much debated health care program.
Also on this week's program, Dr. David Buck, the founder and president of Healthcare for the Homeless, an organization that works to try to provide much needed healthcare to that segment of our population that always lives on the margins of society.
In 2011, there were 6,000 homeless people who made at least 10 visits to Houston emergency rooms at a cost of more than $800 million -- an expense that is ultimately absorbed by taxpayers. Dr. Buck talks about what his organization is doing to reduce those numbers and improve the quality of life the less fortunate.
Southeast Texas was in the deep freeze for several days this past week in what has been a colder than normal winter. Why are we so cold? Is it a trend that is likely to continue? What kind of impact will our current cold weather have on the 2014 hurricane season?
KPRC Hurricane Expert Bill Read fills in all the details. Read is not only the KPRC hurricane expert and former Director of the National Hurricane Center, he is also the former meteorologist in charge of the Houston-Galveston Weather office, having served in that capacity for 16 years. Read knows Southeast Texas weather and says while this past week was cold, it's been much colder.
Watch Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall every Sunday at 10 a.m. following Meet the Press with David Gregory.
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As president of franchising, Rocco Fiorentino will spearhead the company's plans to open 100 new units in the next five years.
BROOMALL, Pa. -- Drive-thru convenience store retailer Swiss Farms hired Rocco Fiorentino as its new president of franchising. He has been a member of the International Franchising Association since 1996 and a board member since 2008, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported.
Fiorentino previously served as chairman and CEO of Philadelphia-based United Financial Services Group, and before that, was a founding member, president and CEO of Eagle Tax Services Group. Both firms have franchise offices. He also served as president and CEO of Freedom Rings LLC, which was the Krispy Kreme franchisee for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
"We are excited to have someone with Rocco's talent and experience join the Swiss Farms team. I am confident that with Rocco driving the franchise development efforts, we will be able to attract the very best multi-unit operators in the industry and expand the Swiss Brand with world class partners," said Paul Friel, CEO of Swiss Farms.
Swiss Farms, based in Broomall, Pa., operates 13 corporately owned stores in Pennsylvania that sell dairy items, bread and convenience products in a drive-thru format.
As previously reported by CSNews Online, the company has plans to open 100 new units in the next five years. The operator's first franchise location was scheduled to open this spring in Camden County, N.J.
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White Bean Pâté
READY IN: 35mins
Recipe by Julie Bs Hive
Naturally low in fat. Will keep in fridge for up to three days. Serve with crisp vegetables.
Top Review by Cilantro in Canada
We really enjoyed this recipe. I only had red wine vinegar on hand so I used that. When I tried it right after making it, I thought it may have called for too much vinegar, but after sitting in the fridge all day, it was perfect. This is an easy dish to put together and has lots of flavour. Thanks for the recipe.
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- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 118.29 ml vegetable broth or 118.29 ml chicken broth
- 78.07 ml sherry wine vinegar or 44.37 ml white wine vinegar
- 425.24 g can cannellini, drained and rinsed (white kidney beans)
- salt and pepper
- vegetables, for dipping
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- In a wide frying pan, combine onion, garlic, and 1/4 cup of the broth.
- Cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, until liquid evaporates and onion begins to brown.
- To deglaze, add vinegar to pan and stir to loosen the browned bits.
- Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture begins to brown again.
- Repeat 1 or 2 more times using 2 more tablespoons broth each time; vegetables should be deeply browned.
- Add beans to onion mixture and mash coarsely with a spoon.
- If necessary, add a little more broth to give the beans a mashed potato consistency.
- Season with S&P to taste.
- Serve Pâté warm or cool with vegetables dippers.
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November 11th, 2012
Though details are scarce and media coverage has been completely restricted by officials, stories of what victims of Hurricane Sandy are experiencing at the hands of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the wake of the storm have begun to emerge.
The few available images from these so-called "tent cities" suggest that Camp FEMA isn't all it's cut out to be, with one resident using some choice words to describe how FEMA and the Red Cross have completely failed at their jobs.
…made an announcement that they were sending us to permanent structures up here that had just been redone, that had washing machines and hot showers and steady electric, and they sent us to tent city. We got fucked.
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Let us see some analysis of current market conditions. Most of the people are rushing to buy now for long term . but this may not be a market to buy for long term. I am myself Bullish now , but for short term not long term.
I would not be surprised to see markets rise by over 10-15% more over next 1-2 months till the Budget but sooner or later I expect.
– A nice correction if this is another bull market
– Bull rally coming to an end in the strong bear market
The simple analysis is with a simple and strong tool called PE ratio. PE ratio tells us how expensive or cheap is the current underlying . In other words what kind of value does the market provide us , irrespective of the price .
Historically Nifty has been considered and shown instances of being oversold in range of 10-13 and overbought in range of 20-25 . Nifty has had a crash after after getting in the range of 20-25 and have rallied after touching the range of 10-13 .
OVERBOUGHT MOMENTS in Indian Markets
Click to enlarge , Data for last 10 yrs (Jan 1999 – 31st May 2009)
You will see that whenever nifty crossed 20. It was time to be cautious. its not exactly the time to go short sell , but at least book your partial profits and be cautious with further buying for long term.
Current situation : As I write this, Nifty PE is around 21 . Its not a very good situation to madly buy for long term . Its a time when euphoria is at high point and it can take markets a little further. So you can jump in now with short term perspective , not long term !!, because markets may fall in some weeks or months. Expect it. but dont force it !! .
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OVERSOLD MOMENTS in Indian Markets
Who all missed the current Rally ? I missed it . there are two reasons , I am a trader not an investor for long term (at least currently) . So I do not concentrate on it . But you could have not missed it if you had read this concept earlier and had the guts to go against the so called "experts on CNBC" who were talking about 5k or 6k for NIFTY some months back .
Click to enlarge , Data for last 10 yrs (Jan 1999 – 31st May 2009)[ad#big-banner]
If you see the chart , you can see that after touching the PE levels of 11-13 , markets have rallied back as it was too oversold !! . Again , just touching these levels of PE does not signal a BUY , its only a signal to be cautious and make your mind for long side , and start the accumulation process without fear . Markets will still make lower levels and experts on CNBC will still cry over economy conditions and world coming to an end . But market rewards the "risk assumption" , not the actions on obvious facts . You also have to decide how much money of your portfolio would you like to put in stock market after considering your risk-appetite .
What can we learn from this PE Concept ?
"We can learn from history that we do not learn from History"
This is true for almost 95% of the long term investors all over the world . They do not learn things ,they do not do any research , they do not go and read blogs or tons of informational sites , they just want tips from others and make money . the mathematical expectation of that kind of investing is negative and cant work for long term. Lets develop a simple concept of PE based Investing . here it is
BUY Signal : Once PE crosses below 13 .
When NIFTY PE reached levels of 13 , start accumulating the stocks and invest your money in 4-5 installment over some months. Make sure that markets are going up and down and moving in a range . If PE crosses below 11 , its a must BUY !!
SELL Signal : Once PE crosses above 20 .
Book the profit once NIFTY PE crosses above 20 , Don't book all profits at once . Book it in parts . PE crossing above 20 does not mean markets has to fall , its only an indication that markets may be oversold and now "smart people" will starting selling there shares to mad public . Short sell the shares once PE and Markets start falling down from PE levels of 20 . If PE crosses above 25 , its a must SELL !!
There have been cases of PE going up to 25-28 levels . That will happen at the peak of strong bull markets like Jan 2008 . In very strong bull markets you have to understand that PE will cross even above or below its extreme points . That's the risk part of stock markets from which not even GOD can save you from !! 🙂 . this is the time when your buying in parts and putting capital which you can afford to loose will help !! .
Anyone who puts 100% of there money in stock market at once on one single time on a single bet has a secret affair with financial disaster which he/she himself is not aware of . So dont put all your money at once . Only put a part of your capital at any point .
Where do you get the PE data for Indices (Nifty and other Indices)
NIFTY data : https://www.nseindia.com/content/indices/ind_histvalues.htm
PE data : https://www.nseindia.com/content/indices/ind_pepbyield.htm
Note :
- I have divided Nifty Value by 100 to make the graph look the way it is . In graphs , so on X axis if you see 40 , then read it as 4000 for nifty . but exact 40 for PE .
- PE value will be separate for individual stocks as PE ratio for stock can go up or down for many other reasons . So if you are doing Stock analysis , see its historical PE values and find some pattern yourself . Innovate !!
I have added sms channel with this blog , subscribe it to get updates on your mobile whenever a new post
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This modern-day Cupid is full of nothing but love! He is knitted in straight needles and sewn up after felting. The I-cord for his trigger requires double-pointed needles.
Finished size (after felting and stuffing): approx. 4.5" tall x 5.5" long
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Fingering-weight wool yarn, such as Rowan Scottish tweed 4-ply in gray, brown, and red (bigger felt-able yarn will also work for a larger finished toy)
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Get yourself in the mood to party with this cute pink and white Iron Fist Kutna dress. Covered with overlapping skulls, this dress is finished off with a simple black belt around the waits.
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