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Dr. Ramon Mendiola, who served as the first general surgeon at Lakeview Clinic, and Wes Schiffler, a successful businessman whose friendship and commitment to family, friends and community proved inspirational to many, were among the members of the Waconia community that recently passed away.
Dr. Ramon Mendiola
Born in the Philippines, Mendiola graduated from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines before completing his surgery training at Mount Sinai Hospital in Minneapolis and Anchor Hospital in St. Paul.
Starting in July 1965, Mendiola was the first general surgeon at Lakeview Clinic. After a successful career that spanned more than three decades, he retired in December 1995. Mendiola was a member of the AMA and the Lions Club. He was also a cantor and an original member of St. Joseph's Guitar Choir. Mendiola was a member of the Praise Ensemble and Funeral Choirs. He enjoyed music and sports, especially golf, football and basketball.
Mendiola passed away at the age of 83 on Tuesday, Oct. 1. He is survived by his wife, Theresa, their six children, and many other family members and friends.
Dr. Don Somers, President of Lakeview Clinic, reflected on Mendiola's life and career, noting that Mendiola joined Drs. John Clark and Jon Wempner when he started at Lakeview Clinic in 1965.
"He was on call daily for the first 25 years of his career — this is unheard of today," Somers said. "Before the addition of surgical specialists in Waconia, Dr. Mendiola not only performed all the general surgery for Lakeview, but also provided orthopedic and gynecologic surgery as well."
Somers described Mendiola as a dedicated surgeon who always placed his patients' needs and interests foremost.
"He was a calming influence in the operating room, often whistling show tunes, even during the most stressful situations," Somers recalled. "His physician partners would describe him as a humble and honorable man, dedicated to his profession and family alike. Lakeview Clinic and the broader Waconia community were extremely fortunate to have Dr. Mendiola in our lives."
A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial was held for Mendiola at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Waconia on Friday, Oct. 4. To read Mendiola's obituary, please see Page 11 in the Oct. 10 Patriot.
Wes Schiffler
A Melrose native, Schiffler received his undergraduate degree from St. Cloud State University and his MBA from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Business.
After working for Cargill for 16 years, Schiffler created his own investment business. Aside from his successful business career, Schiffler will be remembered for his devotion to his family — wife Shanna and their four children — and his commitment to being a good friend, neighbor and member of the community. He was known for helping create fun neighborhood traditions and events and coaching many area youth sports teams.
Schiffler passed away at the age of 42 after a 31-month fight against brain cancer on Monday, Sept. 30.
One example of his impact on the community is the support he received during his battle with cancer. His Relay For Life of Waconia team, Wes' Walking Warriors, raised more than $30,000 for the American Cancer Society (ACS) in 2012, a feat that earned recognition as Minnesota's overall top fundraising team of the year from the ACS. Wes' Walking Warriors shattered that mark in 2013, raising more than $35,000.
Schiffler's impact is perhaps best described by those who knew him, people like Dennis and Laura Mohling, who first met the Schifflers 10 years ago when they moved into the same neighborhood.
"As the first family to move onto our block, Wes and Shanna created a culture of generosity and community that defines our group of neighbors and friends," Dennis said. "Wes is a role model to me in several ways. He was a fantastic neighbor — the kind of guy who would happily loan you anything and just as you would feel a little sheepish about hauling another load from his backyard say, 'Dennis, whatever is mine is yours.' This was his genuine sentiment."
Dennis described Wes as a wonderful husband who adored his wife and let it show in his actions.
"He was also an amazing dad, finding endless energy to create games to play with the kids," he added. "Wes influenced many people in Waconia and I think part of his legacy is leaving a community of better neighbors, more devoted husbands, and more involved fathers."
Laura, who was a co-captain of Wes' Walking Warriors, noted that everyone hopes to leave a legacy that reflects their values and she feels that Wes achieved that.
"Wes lived his life in such a way that anyone who encountered him knew that he valued his family and personal relationships above all else," she said. "Wes was the dad always in the backyard with his children: playing in the lake, hosting batting practice, building bonfires, raising ducklings, or teaching the kids a new game."
Laura said Wes was devoted to his children but always welcomed and nurtured the neighbor kids who were drawn to his backyard.
"He listened attentively to toddler stories and as those toddlers grew to teenagers, he continued to play with them, listen to them and show that he was interested in them," she said, noting that Wes shared his passions further by coaching any sport that his kids chose to play. "As a patient and encouraging coach, he touched the lives of hundreds of children in our community."
Laura said that Wes' cancer diagnosis did not change his spirit.
"If anything, he made it more of a priority to show his kids and anyone paying attention that each day is a gift. He taught us all to live courageously, choose optimism, graciously accept a path not chosen and never fail to help others along the way," she said.
"When we were unsure about his path this summer, we thought we would take a year off from Relay For Life. But, not surprisingly, Wes felt strongly about completing our third Relay year as Wes' Walking Warriors. He made a tremendous impact in the fight against cancer through his fundraising. More importantly, his passionate example influenced our children and instilled in them the importance of giving back and making a difference."
A Mass of Christian Burial was held for Schiffler at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Waconia on Thursday, Oct. 3. To learn more about Schiffler, please read his obituary on Page 8 in the Oct. 10 Patriot.
Contact Todd Moen at [email protected]


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The Deadly Sins of Enron
By Wendy Zellner
Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron
By Robert Bryce
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It may take years for the courts to determine who and what are to blame for the spectacular collapse of Enron Corp. But the unofficial verdict is already in, and it's amply laid out in two new books about the bankrupt energy trader: Look no further than a culture built on greed and deception.
While that's hardly a novel conclusion to anyone who has been following this debacle, Robert Bryce's Pipe Dreams and Brian Cruver's Anatomy of Greed drive the point home with some new details that are alternately sickening and hilarious. Bryce's account is more insightful, as the veteran Texas journalist traces the many misdeeds in Houston and Washington that led inevitably to Enron's undoing. Cruver, in contrast, bills himself as an "Enron insider," but his eight-month stint in a startup unit hardly qualifies him to shed much light on the company's culture or the flawed decisions behind its implosion.
And the missteps are many. While most have been reported in some fashion in the buckets of ink spilled on the story, Bryce still packs a punch by gathering all the damning details in one place. These include, of course, the off-balance-sheet partnerships that enriched Chief Financial Officer Andrew S. Fastow and his cronies while hiding Enron's deteriorating financial state. Next, there was the easily manipulated "mark-to-market" accounting that let Enron book revenue up front on long-term deals instead of spreading it out over years. Executives abused the system to inflate bonuses while worrying little about the deals' real profitability. Finally, there were the money-losing, badly run businesses around the globe that ultimately left Enron strapped for cash and headed for a death spiral.
Bryce is most compelling when he sketches the corrupt cast of characters who steered this Titanic. Of course, there's "imperial" Chairman Kenneth L. Lay, who prefers hobnobbing with the pols he has bought and paid for in Washington rather than minding Enron. While he now claims to have been kept in the dark by Enron's self-dealing financiers, in the narrative Lay readily feeds his own family at the Enron trough. An auditor who recommends that the company switch travel agencies--eschewing one that's half-owned by Lay's sister--and soon finds himself out of a job. And Lay's grown daughter uses an Enron jet to transport her king-size bed to France.
Arrogant CEO Jeffrey K. Skilling seems clueless when it comes to running a company. When he succeeds the penny-pinching Richard Kinder as president, Skilling allows spending to spin out of control. The trading group alone drops $2 million on flowers in 1997, according to one auditor. And Skilling's ruthless performance-review committee, which weeds out 15% of "underperformers" every six months, creates a company of backstabbing yes-men.
The foibles and sexual exploits of the supporting cast are even more astonishing. Kenneth D. Rice, who heads the failing broadband unit, becomes infamous for his long-running affair with another Enron executive, Amanda Martin. Other employees watch as the two fondle one another behind the glass walls of Martin's office. Rice typically works three or four days a week and sometimes watches cartoons on his laptop during meetings. He apparently ignores warnings as early as the spring of 2000 that a coming glut of bandwidth will decimate the business.
Then there's the mysterious Lou L. Pai, another Skilling pal who rarely takes phone calls, often sits in his office alone reading the paper, and whose fascination with strippers is legendary. He even marries a former topless dancer. Like Rice, Pai is a lackluster manager who provides little oversight to a retail energy business that inflates results using questionable accounting. With this gang at the helm, the wonder isn't that Enron fails--it's that it doesn't happen sooner.
Bryce is sometimes sloppy with his facts, misspelling the last name of former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt, for example. He gets bogged down in harangues against the politicians, including Senator Phil Gramm (R-Tex.) and President George W. Bush, who backed the laissez-faire oversight that helped hide Enron's shenanigans from scrutiny. The author's focus on how money corrupts the political process is dead right, of course, but it's hardly original.
Unfortunately, the same characterization applies to most of Cruver's "unshredded truth." He relies on newspaper accounts, an Enron board report, and other well-publicized sources to paste together his tale. Interspersed are his own meager experiences at company headquarters, the "Death Star."
A few characters in the book seem contrived, including the mysterious "Mr. Blue," a senior Enron exec who rose through the international division. When he finally bails, Mr. Blue succinctly explains the rot at the core of Enron: "The system was designed to make people rich without making real profits. The goal was to keep the stock price rising and the doubters muted--usually by sheer confusion." And despite his own lucrative career, he pronounces melodramatically: "But it cost me my soul."
In the end, Cruver seems to share such greedy instincts. As the company spirals toward bankruptcy, he nabs a free home computer before Enron can halt the employee perk. And through company ineptness, he stays on the payroll for weeks after he has lost his job. For a company that treated so many so badly, it seems just for Cruver to get some crumbs. But that take-the-money-and-run mentality was at the heart of Enron's woes.
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Slowdown In New Mortgage Approvals Shouldnt Discourage Buyers From Entering The Market, Says Rick Otton(July 25, 2014)
(PRWEB) July 25, 2014
New data from the Bureau of Statistics shows that around 52,902 home loans were granted to new owner-occupiers. This figure is almost the same as the volume of loans approved last April, abc.net.au reported on 11 July 2014.
In light of this latest real estate news, Rick Otton, esteemed property coach and best-selling author, tells Aussies that the slowdown in mortgage approvals shouldnt intimidate them, since seller financing can help buyers purchase property for sale even without new home loans.
Some industry analysts say that the growth for loan approvals in the country is now moving flatly. Meaning theyre not expecting any movement or increase with the volume of home loans being granted to buyers, within the next few months, that will exceed the record breaking number of loans granted within the past couple of months. However, they also pointed out that the cooling of the market will not have any significant impact on new owner-occupiers, because first-homebuyers only make up 12.6 percent of the entire volume approved mortgages last May, he explained.
People are only scrambling to get their hands on new home loans when they want to buy a home or property investment, since its the process theyve been exposed to all their lives. Their parents, other family members, and friends follow the same route, so they dont see any reason to move away from the tried and tested way. However, not everyone is able to qualify for a new home loan, given that the banks arent giving away home loans that easily nowadays, Mr. Otton commented.
Mr. Otton then said in a new interview for We Buy Houses Radio that rather than look for new home loans, buyers could use old home loans as they key into a new home or a property investment.
Contrary to what official data might say, there a lot of mortgages out there in the market right now. What Im talking about, however, are not new home loans, but old mortgages already attached to various property for sale around the country. Now that mortgages approvals wont rise up anytime soon, assuming the payments on old home loans is the most efficient way for buyers to grab a hold of property right away, Mr. Otton discussed.
The We Buy Houses Radio is a weekly broadcast featuring Rick Otton and his creative solutions on how to solve common property problems people face in todays market. Visit http://WeBuyHousesRadio.com/ to catch all episodes and transcripts.
Australian property investment specialist, Rick Otton, has been developing, sharing and teaching his innovative real estate strategies for 23 years. As the founder and CEO of We Buy Houses, which operates in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand he is known for introducing cutting-edge techniques that have enabled previously disenfranchised people to get out of the rental cycle and into their own homes.
His innovative low-risk, high-reward approach to Australian real estate investing has been featured in a variety of television programs and magazines, including Today Tonight, Hot Property and Australian Property Investor. His real estate book, published in 2012, How To Buy A House For A Dollar, voted by Money Magazine and Dymocks Book stores as one of the Top 10 Most Popular Finance Titles for 2013.
As well as conducting free seminars, workshops and conferences in the UK and Australia, Mr Otton releases a weekly podcast on iTunes, Creative Real Estate. In these he shares examples of real transactions, and you can listen to his students share their own experiences using his strategies.
Go to WeBuyHousesRadio.com to listen to Ricks free podcasts.
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JERUSALEM (Feb. 25)
The Palestine Government and the British Colonial Office in London were charged today by the Jewish Agency with responsibility for the deaths of the 750 Rumanian Jewish refugees who were drowned yesterday in the cold waters of the Black Sea when the S. S. Strume, on which they were being returned to Rumania, exploded and sank after striking a stray mine.
These refugees reached Istanbul last week after a perilous voyage from Rumania aboard the sinking Strume only to find that the Turkish authorities would not permit them to land and the British authorities would not allow them to enter Palestine, even under the immigration quota.
The Jewish Agency, in the statement issued here today, expressed "grief and horror" over the death of the 750 Jewish refugees. Condemning the refusal of the Palestine administration and the Colonial Office to admit these victims of Axis terror into Palestine under the immigration quota, the statement revealed that the British authorities put forward two arguments to support their refusal to admit the refugees, except children under 16 years of age. The arguments were: 1. The adult refugees may have enemy agents in their ranks; 2. The shortage of food in Palestine does not permit the admission of additional immigrants.
Replying to these arguments, the Agency suggested to the administration that the refugees be placed in internment camps in Palestine until their characters had been thoroughly investigated. On the question of adequate food supplies, the Agency stressed the fact that the refugees, when admitted, would come under the quota which had already been assigned by the Palestine government for the immigration of 1,250 Jewish immigrants and their dependents. "To use the argument that the shortage of food supplies does not permit the admittance of a few hundred elderly people who are fleeing from torture and death reflects on the intelligence as well as on the heart of those who advance it, " the Agency pointed out.
Its statement emphasizes that "this is the second time that the Jewish world has been moved to sorrow and indignation through disaster involving hundreds of innocent lives of refugees fleeing from Hitler to take refuge in their national home. Still fresh in Jewish memory is the tragedy of the S. S. Patria which sank in Haifa harbor after the refusal of the Palestine administration to let the passengers land."
"If the very same treatment which was accorded to non-Jewish war refugees who sought shelter in Palestine were accorded to Jews whose 'historic rights' to come here has been solemnly acknowledged, the Jews, already sorely stricken, would not be mourning today another thousand martyrs, " the Agency statement concludes.
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RTÉ Two, Monday 4 March 2013, 9.30pm
Young people have always faced challenges in forming healthy emotional and sexual relationships but this generation is facing a landscape that is changing faster and more radically than ever before.
Many young Irish people are struggling with problems relating to intimacy and sex that are dramatically different from previous generations. Graphic sexual imagery is increasingly prominent in our popular culture. Hardcore pornography is more easily accessible and more casually viewed than ever before. For some, pressure from friends, partners and the media to behave in a particular way is causing significant emotional and psychological problems.
Deborah Mulvany is a counselling psychologist who has noticed young people presenting with issues that are quite different from those of previous generations. In this programme, Deborah explores why this is happening and how this is affecting young Irish people today. Where are the new norms on sexuality and relationships coming from? Is it parents, teachers and friends, or is it social media, the internet and pornography? And how is this affecting emotional well being and the health of young people's relationships with each other?


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Astro Boy. Speed Racer.
"Akira." Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar-winning "Spirited Away."
These are just some examples of popular Japanese anime characters and productions that have made it big in the United States and many other countries.
From the emergence of Osamu Tezuka's "Astro Boy" in the 1960s to multiplayer video games and 3D art today, anime and manga have become an essential part of global comic-book and animation culture.
"Anime" is a term that typically describes Japanese animated video or film productions, usually featuring hand-drawn or computer animation. "Manga" are comics created in Japan, by Japanese creators or in the Japanese language. Both feature Asian characters, often with large, round eyes, fantastical settings and plenty of action. One does not have to be Japanese to create anime or manga. (See Frank Miller's 1983-84 series "Ronin.")
Through June 13, the Great Park Gallery at the Orange County Great Park is presenting a group show, "Hero," featuring more than 50 anime and manga-inspired works. The 16 artists – who come from as nearby as Irvine and as far away as the United Kingdom – have created pieces corresponding with the theme of heroes and heroism.
"This is a tribute show," said Kevin Staniec, co-curator of "Hero" and program specialist at the Great Park. "For me, the concept of 'Hero' has been something I've wanted to play around with for a long time. A lot of these characters are from my childhood, and were shows that I watched, and characters that I wanted to be – Voltron being one of my favorites."
Staniec is no stranger to nostalgia. He curated an exhibition at the Great Park's Artists Studios in September 2012-March 2013 called "1942," focusing on that pivotal year of world war and domestic transformation.
He also curated the Norman Rockwell tribute show, "American Nostalgia," at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in July-August 2011, and helped organize a Polaroids exhibit at Hibbleton Gallery in Fullerton in 2009.
Staniec says the artists in "Hero" are looking back at illustrators and heroes of the past, but are also keeping their eyes on the future.
"There's this reminiscing aspect, but there's also this new, contemporary vibe to it. These artists are also working on all the new stuff being created."
Artists in "Hero" include Patrick Ballesteros, Eric Browning, Claire Chen, Jose Emroca Flores, Rafael Grassetti, Felix Ip, Jin Yung Kim, Kimie Kim Mizutani, Eddie Nunez, Angel Palacios, Thomas N. Perkins IV and Mai Van.
Peter Han of San Diego has created a large, black-ink mural painting of Godzilla battling helicopters at the front of the exhibit. He completed the work during the Jan. 5 opening reception, which was attended by more than 700 people.
Han has also drawn several of his anime heroes, including Astro Boy, Mazinger and Casshern, with sumi ink on rice paper in the back of the Great Park Gallery.
Ryan Hall of the United Kingdom has crafted a three-dimensional, framed paper sculpture of a character from "Battle of the Planets," a 1978 American adaptation of the highly influential Japanese anime series "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman."
Mizutani, who was born in Japan but now lives in Irvine, has painted an acrylic on canvas titled "On Behalf of the Moon." It's a flower and gem-accented portrait of Sailor Moon, a blond, magical girl who's been in both manga and anime series and has become an important hero and role model for girls.
Co-curator Dave Wilkins has contributed a couple of pieces to this show, including a portrait of a transmuting figure from "Gatchaman" and several drawings of an original character he calls Night Wraith. Wilkins and Grassetti have collaborated on a 3D print-out sculpture of Night Wraith spreading its arms and mechanized wings.
"Before there were games, this is the stuff we grew up watching," said Wilkins, 42, a San Diego resident. "Everybody seems to be influenced by it. It definitely has had an impact on my life."
Wilkins, an art director for Sony PlayStation, also freelances cover art for Marvel, DC and Dark Horse comics. He got his first big break when he worked a second job at Kinko's in his 20s. He used to noodle on the computers during his spare time, and one day, a representative from Midway Entertainment spotted his work. A month later, he was working in the gaming industry.
According to Wilkins, anime and manga are "as popular as it's ever been, because with the advent of the Internet, anyone can see it. And American studios are constantly dubbing Japanese anime into English, bringing it to a wider audience."
Anime and manga have also been converted into popular video games, such as "Street Fighter," "Tatsunoko Fight" and "Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes." Every year, new anime-infused games come out on the market.
But don't underestimate the power and weight of anime and manga. They're more than just entertainment.
"It's not an art style," Wilkins said. "It's definitely an art form."
This latest exhibition at the Great Park Gallery features a strong educational component, with preliminary drawings that reveal the artists' process and some historical background on anime and manga. More than a dozen examples of influential anime are playing on four TV monitors, and the new "Living Room" space is screening Miyazaki films.
The exhibit is designed for viewers of all ages, especially those who wander in from the Sunday farmer's market, antique market and children's workshops.
"Hero" is a longer art show than most, lasting for six months. One reason might be the recent budget reductions at the park.
The arts budget was reduced by 42.5 percent for fiscal year 2013-14. It went from $133,350 in fiscal 2012-13 to $77,000 in fiscal 2013-14, according to Marcus Ginnaty, spokesman for the park.
But Toni McDonald Pang, Great Park arts, culture and heritage superintendent, explains things differently.
"The six-month duration for 'Hero' was driven by our desire to have an exhibition with youth appeal during our spring student-oriented programs such as field trips, Imagination Celebration, and Student Music Festival," Pang said. "This is not to say that 'Hero' is strictly for kids; it is cross-generational."
"Hero" organizers plan to substitute everything with new work in April, including additional artists and a new mural. A second reception is scheduled for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 6.
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Do I need to design a mobile version of the website I create? or I should say mobile versions of the site.
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I test for IPhone, IPad and Android but that can hardly be categorized as designing a site for a mobile phone since these phones have the ability to display websites almost the same way as a regular site.
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Watched a friend try to read an article on a non mobile friendly site, if it was a business selling something, he would NOT have purcased from them.
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West Australian mining entrepreneurs Peter Bartlett and Ron Sayers appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court yesterday over criminal charges they conspired to defraud the Commonwealth.
The charges, which carry jail terms of up to 10 years, are understood to relate to alleged actions in or around 2002 when trust structures were used to shelter tens of millions of dollars of income.
The specific details of the charges were not disclosed in court yesterday.
Mr Sayers, Mr Bartlett and accountant Deborah Grace, who also appeared in court, were pursued through the criminal arm of the $430 million Australian Crime Commission-led Wickenby tax-evasion probe.
The proceedings were adjourned yesterday, and the three accused are scheduled to reappear in mid-April when they are expected to formally plead not guilty.
The three defendants were not required to make any comments in court yesterday other than to confirm their identity.
Their bail conditions – consisting of $25,000 bail and $25,000 surety – were extended.
The proceedings are designed to move from the Magistrates Court to the Supreme Court, where a trial is likely to take place next year.
Mr Bartlett is the founder of Perth-based Barminco and has an estimated net wealth of $369 million, according to the 2011 BRW Rich 200 list. His long-term friend, early Barminco backer and current
In a letter to industry friends last month, Mr Sayers wrote that he and Bartlett were "devastated" by the prosecutor's decision to pursue them. He said he knew his reputation would be affected by "the mere fact of these proceedings being commenced".
Ms Grace was a former associate of jailed accountant Trevor Thomson. She left to work for entities tied to Bartlett and Sayers several years ago.
Thomson was jailed in 2010 after admitting to fraudulent behaviour through the use of false and forged minutes, resolutions and documentation related to entities tied to Mr Bartlett and Mr Sayers.
In his sentencing remarks, the judge, John McKechnie said Thomson turned to forgery and deceit after a serious oversight threatened to unravel some of the benefits of the trust arrangements and draw attention to them. There was no finding made against Mr Bartlett and Mr Sayers, but Thomson drew in a self-styled tax scheme promoter named Greg Dunn during his admission of guilt.
In an exclusive report in The Australian Financial Review yesterday, Mr Dunn professed his innocence and said he would take legal advice before deciding whether or not to return from Thailand to face his accusers. In an email sent to a Crime Commission official in 2011, Mr Dunn offered to be subjected to "polygraphing and/or voice stress analysis and/or brainwave fingerprinting" in an interview with investigators, so long as it took place in his adopted home of Thailand.
Investigators declined Mr Dunn's offer, saying it constituted inadmissible evidence, and invited him to return voluntarily.
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Sunrise over New York City and the Empire State Building. Taken from across the river in New Jersey. Photo: Nic Oatridge
The 443m, and 1,860 steps of the Empire State building cut an unmistakable figure in the New York skyline. As seen from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Photo: Paul McGeiver
The Visitor Welcome Centre. The image of the building in the floor has 2,200 windows individually cut and placed into it using an ultra-sonic knife. Photo: John Bonney
Over 100 million people have visited the Empire State Building, but only military personnel in full uniform get in free. Or those that work there... Photo: Adnan Idrizbegovic
A classic art deco metal relief of the Empire State Building welcomes all visitors to the lobby of the building. Photo: Charlie Rome
Stuart Morrison: "My wife (Jennifer) and I honeymooned in New York in January 2004 and visited the Empire State Building twice during our stay!"
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Oro-Medonte is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, on the northwestern shores of Lake Simcoe in Simcoe County.
The two neighbouring townships of Oro and Medonte were merged in 1994, under a restructuring of Simcoe County. It is divided into lines based on the concession system implemented by the British colonial government in the mid-18th century. Currently there are 15 lines that are now streets and highway exits off Highway 11.
The map of Simcoe County circa 1951 from Archives of Ontario identifies the individual cities, towns and villages covered by the sketchmap. There is a facility to enlarge it at the bottom for the page.
Two sketchmaps from Simcoe GenWeb show the whole of Simcoe County and the alterations of boundaries that came with the change from townships to municipalities in the 1990s. The web page also leads to a considerable amount of information about Oro and Medonte Townships and their history.
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The primary source for basic documents (vital statistics, land records, wills) for people who lived in the Province of Ontario is the Archives of Ontario, 134 Ian Macdonald Blvd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M7A 2C5.
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Civil registration did not begin in the province until 1869. Before then there may be church records of baptisms and burials. For the most part these are still held by the denomination who recorded them. Copies of marriage records made pre-1869 had to be sent by individual clergymen to the registrar of the county in which the marriage took place. These marriage records are available through Ontario Archives, on micorfilm through LDS libraries, and on paid and unpaid websites, but because they were copied at the registrars' offices, they cannot be considered a primary source.
Vital Records after 1869
Birth, marriage and death registrations are not open to the public until a specific number of years after the event occurred. Births to 1915 are now available [October 2014]; dates for marriages and deaths are later. Birth and death registration was not universally carried out in the early years after its adoption. Deaths were more apt to be reported than births for several years. The more rural the area, the less likely it would be that these happenings were reported to the authorities.
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Association for the Preservation of Ontario Land Registry Office Documents (APOLROD). A list of Land Registry Offices for all Counties of Ontario.
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Subhankar Bhowmiks salary has doubled in the last 10 years. The state-aided schoolteacher has bought a car and built a concrete house. His biggest worry is the dip in the quality of education and he blames the mid-day meal scheme, ban on corporal punishment and the states policy of allowing all students to pass till Class VIII
Subhankar Bhowmik, 46
Place: Gangarampur, South Dinajpur, around 230km from Siliguri
Profession: Teacher in a government-aided high school in Balurghat
Education: MA in economics and BEd
Family: His wife is a teacher in a high school in Gangarampur. The couple have a 13-year-old daughter who studies in Class VIII in the same school where Subhankar's wife teaches
Do you earn more or less now compared with 2004? I earn more. In 2004, I used to earn around Rs 15,000. Now, my monthly salary is around Rs 40,000. The hike was because of the implementation of the pay commissions recommendations in 2009
Do you save more or less compared with 2004? Of course more. In 2004, Rs 1,000 was deducted a month for provident fund. Now, my monthly contribution to the PF is Rs 5,000. I have also purchased a health insurance and another insurance policy
What extra things does your house have now compared with 2004? (Laughs) Now I have a concrete house after I took a housing loan. It is a three-room house with a garage. Earlier, we lived in a house that had a tin roof and part of it was made of mud, the rest was of brick
Do you own a car? Yes. It has been one of my biggest achievements. I come from a low-income family and my father was a primary schoolteacher. Things were never smooth in childhood because of financial constraints. I never dreamt of owning a car. I thought at best I could buy a second-hand car. In 2010, I bought a Tata Manza. I have to pay an EMI of Rs 8,000
Mode of communication to reach the workplace: I usually go to my school in Balurghat, 45km from Gangarampur, by bus. The number of buses has increased in recent years and the road has been widened. At times, I drive to school also
Which city do you visit? I have relatives in Behala, Calcutta. I go there sometimes
lWhich is the biggest change you have witnessed in your district in the past 10 years? Inclusion of Balurghat in the railway map in 2004. Before that, I needed to travel 16 hours by bus to reach the state capital. Now, Calcutta-bound trains are available
What is your mode of shopping? I prefer to shop before the Durga Puja. Gariahat in Calcutta is my favourite shopping haunt. I go to the local market to buy groceries thrice a week
Where does your daughter study and what are the changes you have noticed at her school? My daughter studies at Nayabazar High School in Gangarampur, one of the oldest and reputable schools in the district. There has been an increase in the number of classrooms in the past 10 years and drinking water and other amenities are available now
Have you ever encountered corruption? No
Is there any regret in your life? I dont regret anything
What is your biggest worry as a teacher? The quality of education has taken a backseat. There is no doubt that the mid-day meal scheme has helped bring down the dropout rate. But of late, teachers and education officers are more focussed on maintaining the mid-day meal registers and getting grants. The state's decision to do away with corporal punishment has also affected studies. Teachers cannot maintain discipline and they dont dare to scold the students even if their behaviour is unruly. There is a new system that ensures that students are allowed to move to the next class even if their marks are low
What is your biggest regret as a citizen? The departure of Nano project from Bengal. It would have ensured jobs for our youth
Are you happier or sadder now? Nothing of the sort. There have been developments in terms of road connectivity, telecommunication, drinking water and cleanliness. But the government ought to have done better to generate more jobs


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Durban - The case against a man allegedly linked to the murder of the sangoma responsible for the rituals performed on Marikana mineworkers has been postponed, the NPA said on Friday.
The 28-year-old man was expected to bring a formal bail application in the Bizana Magistrate's Court on May 23, National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Luxolo Tyali said. Tyali could not provide the man's name.
The Hawks arrested the man, from KwaMaphumulo, outside Pietermaritzburg, at Durban's KwaMashu hostel on Tuesday night.
The sangoma, Alton Zikhuthele Joja, 69, also known as Ndzabe, was at his home in the Ludeke Holt village, in Mbizana, Eastern Cape, when five men armed with pistols and rifles entered his homestead on March 24. They shot him when he approached their car, then fled.
The vehicle was later found abandoned and burnt out, with a rifle inside. Joja died on arrival at a local hospital. He had been expected to testify at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry regarding his role in the rituals that apparently caused protesters to believe they would be invisible and invincible in the face of gunfire.
The commission is investigating the circumstances surrounding the police's killing of 34 striking mineworkers near Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana on August 16, and the deaths the previous week of 10 people, including two policemen, in strike-related unrest. - Sapa


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Homeownership offers lots of tax breaks. But the crash of the housing market produced a new tax problem for some homeowners. When their homes went into foreclosure, many ended up owing tax on the amount of their debt that was forgiven by the lender who took over the property.
Those folks got tax relief from those taxes thanks to the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007. That law allowed many taxpayers to exclude from their income, thereby making it not taxable, up to $2 million in foreclosure-related mortgage debt.
The foreclosure tax debt relief was extended through 2012 as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, which most of us know as the 2008 financial services bailout bill.
Now, however, some big banks that got bailout help are facing their own tax issues in connection with foreclosed properties.
Ingham County, Mich., officials have field suit against Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., as well as the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. and two law firms that handle foreclosures, alleging that the institutions neglected to pay millions of dollars in transfer taxes on foreclosure sales.
The lawsuit contends that the defendants were part of an effort to "inappropriately" claim state and county tax exemptions on "improperly filed deeds." Many banks reportedly have used Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to claim an exemption to the taxes by identifying themselves as government entities. Ingham County disagrees.
"We didn't specify damages, but I believe it's in the millions for the county and tens of millions for the state," Curtis Hertel, Jr., Ingham County register of deeds, told Bloomberg news. The real estate transaction transfer tax rate for Michigan counties is $1.10 for every $1,000 of value being transferred, said Hertel. "We intend to fight for it."
Homebuyers are familiar with those transfer tax notations on the settlement sheet you get at a home's closing. But the Internal Revenue Service says expressly in several of its publications that you cannot deduct transfer taxes and similar taxes and charges on the sale of a personal home. The deductible Schedule A home-related taxes are the annual property taxes.
All is not lost, however, when it comes to those transfer taxes.
If you are the buyer and you pay them, include them in the cost basis of the property. That will help reduce your profit when you sell, thereby reducing any tax you might owe.
If, on the other side of the closing table, you are the seller and you pay the transfer taxes, they are expenses of the sale and reduce the amount realized on the sale, again cutting any possible capital gains tax you might owe.
And all of Michigan is interested in getting the taxes paid.
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Calgary's best defencemen had to decline Canada's call.
It's no surprise the Flames' top tandem of TJ Brodie and Mark Giordano were offered spots on Canada's blueline for the upcoming world championship, but both will miss out due to injuries.
The 30-year-old Giordano is being bothered by a sore hand, while Brodie missed Sunday's regular-season finale in Vancouver with an undisclosed issue.
"Our docs told me it's better to rest," Giordano said. "It's always great when you get asked for national team stuff, but you have to make sure that you're ready for September, as well."
While Giordano's hand will keep him home, Flames centre Mikael Backlund is optimistic an injury to his own paw won't prevent him from suiting up for Sweden at the May 9-25 tourney in Minsk, Belarus.
"I've been asked and I'm going to say yes," said Backlund, who helped the Swedes score silver at the worlds in 2011 and bronze in '10.
"I'm going to go unless the hand takes longer to heal, but it's supposed to get better every day ... It should be fine, and I'm really excited to go."
Flames rookies Sean Monahan (Canada) and Johnny Gaudreau (U.S.) and leading point-producer Jiri Hudler (Czech Republic) are also off to the world championship.
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Kimlin Ashing, Ph.D., professor and director of City of Hope's Center of Community Alliance for Research and Education (CCARE), is a researcher focused on improving and expanding care for underserved populations. She is currently conducting several studies relevant to access to care, and recently completed a pilot study on cervical cancer related stigma that also implemented a multi-channel media intervention to increase Pap testing in Trinidad and Southern California. She is focused on cervical cancer research program towards the development of effective, culturally and socioecologically responsive interventions to address stigma and other barriers to cervical cancer prevention and control.
Dr. Ashing has almost 20 years experience in health disparities, behavioral health, minority engagement in research and cancer related population outcomes research. She has published seminal work on the inclusion of cultural, social and ecological domains in investigating patient centered outcomes with a focus on health disparities and increasing recruitment/retention of minority populations in research.
Dr. Ashing is a licensed clinical psychologist and draws from behavioral, psychological and social theories and practice for her overall work. She has served as ad hoc member of various NIH health grant reviews focused on disparities research, and her current and completed studies have been funded by the American Cancer Society, California Cancer Research Program, Komen Foundation and the Department of Defense, and she is co-investigator or consultant on three NIH funded studies.
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[Weekend: August 4-6, 2006]
Releasing two, three, four films in one week is considered professional harakiri. The power to sustain at the box-office has reduced over the years. That was evident last Friday, when three films [Anthony Kaun Hai?, Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar and Darwaza Bandh Rakho], starring known names all, opened to a mixed response.
Expectedly, Anthony Kaun Hai? had the best start of the three. The Munnabhai M.B.B.S. combo of Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi attracted footfalls at movieplexes and the opening ranged from 35% to 55% at various screens. Darwaza Bandh Rakho followed next, with a 15%-20% opening, while Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar had an embarrassingly low start [5%-10%].
[Weekend: August 5-7, 2005]
There was a lull before the storm. That's precisely what the film industry witnessed one week before the keenly anticipated Mnagal Pandy hit the screens.
A 'dry week' is unimaginable, considering the heavy flow of films week after week. On an average, the industry witnessed the release of three/four films per week since the start of this year and the trend was likely to continue till the year comes to a close. Hence, the release of just one film, in limited shows at four multiplexes of Mumbai, did come as a surprise. The film, Shwet - White Rainbow, was released with as good as nil publicity and its disastrous outcome, therefore, didn't come as a surprise.
[Weekend: July 30-August 1, 2004]
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, David Dhawan's latest comic caper, had gripped the nation. Despite cricket matches. Despite heavy rains lashing various parts of the country. The opening weekend as well as the business on the subsequent days had been phenomenal.
At places where house full boards were a rarity, it was heartening to witness serpentine queues outside those theatres. The first week business of the film was expected to be grand, at par with the first week business of Main Hoon Na at several centres.
So what really attracted the audiences in hordes? The catchy promos aided by a popular musical score did the trick. Of course, the fresh casting [Salman, Akshay and Priyanka were teamed for the first time] and David Dhawan's impressive track record also contributed enormously in garnering a speedy start.


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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An expedition by India's border guards will try to scale Mount Everest next month and ski down to a base camp in a world record attempt, officials said Wednesday.
The 28-member team will climb Mount Everest from the South Col and scale the 8,850 meter (29,035 feet) summit before skiing down to the nearest camp, Vikram Shirvastava, head of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, said.
"This expedition is also vital for honing the skills in operational preparedness and also crucial for survival strategy," Palaniappan Chidambaram, the country's home minister, said at a flag-off ceremony Wednesday.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Force is a federal police force that guards India's border with China, along with the army.
The mission would also highlight environmental issues, team members said.
"Eight of us are skiers who will ski down the summit, while the rest of us will clear the garbage left behind by mountaineering teams at high altitudes," said Harbhajan Singh, the expedition team member.
Environmental activists say Mount Everest is littered with the trash left behind by climbers in the past.
The team hopes to set up their first base camp at 17,500 feet by August 26 before starting their month-long expedition.
Reporting by Bappa Majumdar; Editing by Alistair Scrutton and Sugita Katyal


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MASSIMO Luongo believes next year's Asian Cup could provide him with a good opportunity to further his international career after his World Cup ended yesterday without him seeing any action.
The Swindon Town midfielder was once again an unused substitute as his side lost 3-0 to Spain in their final group game yesterday, meaning the Socceroos go home from Brazil with no points to their name despite putting in three good displays.
However, the Aussies host the Asian Cup in January next year and, after picking up vital experience in Brazil, Luongo believes the tournament is one he can be hopeful of being involved in.
"The Asian Cup is probably a more realistic one for me to look forward to," he said.
"If I get called up the focus will turn to that at the time but if I'm going to get called up it's going to be because I'm doing well for Swindon.
"When I get back I will focus on playing week in and week out for Swindon and then if I can get called up that would be great."
If selected, Luongo would miss almost a month of football for Town as the tournament begins on January 9 and ends on January 31.


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The social responsibility influence of corporations on sustainable development
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Raymond James clarifies holding company plan
Raymond James Financial CEO Tom James acknowledged in an interview earlier this week that his St. Petersburg company was planning to seek a bank holding company structure that would bring the investment firm under the oversight of the Federal Reserve. James stressed this was a plan that has long been in the works, while the disclosure in the interview just happens to coincide with related announcements by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to seek similar holding company status under the Fed. Confused? Well, Raymond James just issued a press release to set it all straight.
"It's an unfortunate misperception that Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and now Raymond James are fundamentally changing their business models," James states in the release. "In fact, these changes are more form than substance in that regard."
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Mrs. DAVIS of California. Madam Speaker, as a Nation, we are gaining momentum as our economy gets back on track. For my constituents in San Diego, home prices are on the rise and most employers are adding jobs and hours instead of cutting back. We cannot afford to undo the progress we are making, especially for the middle class.
The only way to accelerate our economic progress is to balance economic development with protection for the most vulnerable Americans from job losses, tax increases, and program cuts. Americans young and old need to know that Congress believes in the future and that we'll work together to keep our country on the rise.
I think often of Gandhi's statement: The future depends on what we do in the present.
Let's not waste this critical opportunity to advance economic growth and invest in our future.
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Oct. 19 -- Chamber luncheon at Community Center, speaker to be announced.
Nov. 16 -- Chamber luncheon, Paul Testa, Testa Builders, to speak at the Community Center.
Dec. 4 -- Santa at the Community Center
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The refugees are often blamed for Pakistan's economic troubles, leading Pakistan to close the border with Afghanistan at least once.
In the last few decades civilian politics in Pakistan have been tarnished by corruption. The country came under military rule again in October 1999 after the ousting of a civilian government.
In 2000 political activities in public were banned and members of the previous government continue to be detained without trial. According to Amnesty International torture in police custody and jails continues to be widespread.
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This guy I am in love with. Okay. I was with him four years ago when I didn't have much experience. He was able to stay inside me for a lot longer without cumming. Now when he is with me. (and it has been four years since those last times) we were together twice, one time just a blow job, the second time sex, and he came really fast. He felt bad afterwards saying how I must have had better performances before. He didn't get it. I totally wasnt thinking about anything but him at the time. I wasnt thinking about how to be good or bad at sex. Now, when we were emailing before. . before we did anything together. he told me he had really long sex with this girl he was with for a SUPER LONG TIME because he liked long sex. Does that mean I am bad? Or does it mean he really enjoyed it because he came fast? Am I at fault here? How come the other woman who he said it was "THE BEST" with he was able to keep from cumming for so long? Damnit, what does it mean! His first words were "we aren't very good at this are we" and I said "that's not a nice thing to say" and he said he meant he wasnt very good at this. He is totally wrong. I don't know about technique, but I've never been with somebody who I like on all levels as much as I do him.
Maybe I like him more than he likes me. I don't know. I hate the idea that it's unreciprocated. I hate it.
I have a lot of experience and should know the answers from being with guys but I don't! I don't know at all. And when he left I don't think he realized how much I loved being with him. Because I hadnt had sex in a really long time and being with him it was like. the first time again, you know?
Also, he's going off to Europe for three weeks, I probably won't see him for more than a month. I could ask him, but our communication styles are similar. We are both evasive, and then ocassionally shockingly blunt. But I don't know if I want to act all insecure and say "do you not like having sex with me because it doesn't last long enough?" Or. "Did you like having sex with me four years ago MORE?" For some reason, I really don't want to bring up the past and ask him that. I don't know why. I want to be coy about this and just not ask and that's why I am asking here. The more answers the better, please.
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Ok, sometimes I can go a long time and sometimes its quite short. It doesn't really have much to do with how turned on I am. You might be tighter than the last girl he was with, or he feels a closer connection to you. He was probably embarassed about how quick he came and didn't know how to aproach the subject, but no matter what he thinks, this isn't your fault, or his. A penis doesn't work like clockwork, they are kind of unpredictable. Some days, for example, when I get an erection it is about an inch shorter than other times, even when its like a rock. Its an organ, a body piece with special features. Him cumming quick may mean that the O isn't as powerful as one that takes longer and builds up, so maybe that's what he meant. He should have been more worried about pleasing you after he came. When I come quickly, I still make sure the job gets done, sometimes they like what I do then better than the actual sex, plus with my fingers, mouth or a toy, I get to deside when and how and how many times to make her cum. Just drop the subject with him or you will give the poor guy a complex. Things like this vary. best of luck11|02|0
Thank you so much, both of you..I have completely been over thinking this issue.
Next time he comes quick and says sorry, you say " don't be, because you are gonna finish what you started". Then, after you cum, it won't seem like a big deal to either one of you.
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That a guy comes quickly may mean different things: it can mean he is more excited, it can mean he has an issue (which doesn't seem to be the case here), it can mean he hasn't had sex in a long time, or he might be anxious. Whatever the case is, there's nothing wrong with you and it's not like sex with you was less pleasurable.
And regarding the things he told you, well, he was trying to show you that he doesn't have a sexual dysfunction lol
I think you guys need to relax, enjoy the present while you're having sex, and if next time he finishes quickly again, tell him to help you come as well, with his fingers, or tongue or something.11|00|0


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A BUS stop in York will be moved following concerns for the safety of children and pedestrians.
The route along Foxwood Lane is used by a number of bus services, and one motorist contacted bus operator First with concerns about the stop.
The complaint read: "Regularly there are two buses stopped outside the shops on Foxwood Lane.
"The second bus is stopped in the zig-zags of the pedestrian crossing.
"For cars travelling from Gale Lane, they cannot see if anyone is waiting to cross or even if they are crossing. "Also, pedestrians waiting to cross cannot see if anything is coming.
"Already I have seen two children crossing and narrowly being missed by cars."
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If it sounds as though Gaikai is more like a sampling system than a delivery mechanism for full-games, that's actually one of the options available to the games publishers. They're in complete control of the content and how it is deployed and how much you'll pay for it. "My personal objective for the end user is that I'd like them to be able to play for free until they decide they want to buy the game. Try the game now, if you like it, you can continue playing it," Perry continues. "I want to be clear, I'm not the one setting the pricing, I'm not the one trying to keep the lion's share of the money. The publishers set the prices. The publisher might not want you to buy the game digitally and we have no problem with that. They might say, 'Right you like the game, go to Gamestop and buy it.' That's fine, that's their agenda, it's their game. But at the end of the day, if the user wants to continue playing online, then the publisher sets the price for that. That's our model, it's very different to OnLive."
Until these game-streaming systems come online and are proven to work and be financially viable, there's always going to be a level of sceptiscism surrounding the whole Cloud computing concept. Gaikai sounds confident in getting this system up and running, but the concept of the localised, dense server structure encompassing the entirety of the USA sounds like a staggering investment in base hardware. I was told that a high-end server could handle seven instances of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, but the make-up of the final servers is still to be decided.
"In practice the number of game instances per server isn't what matters, we care much more about server cost divided by game instances," says Andrew Gault. "This is more complicated than it seems as 'server cost' has to include power usage, bandwidth, maintenance, etc. One of the main goals with our upcoming beta is to finalise the server configuration we will launch with."
And then there's the issue of using Flash, at once the system's strength in finding a colossal audience, but at the same time perhaps a technological Achilles heel. Flash implementations vary in performance level from one OS to the next, from one platform to the next. Nobody I know personally in web development seems particularly thrilled by its performance level. "We do see performance differences between Flash on different operating systems, but all are easily capable of delivering a 30FPS experience on modern hardware," Andrew Gault reckons. "For older PCs and Netbooks we dynamically change the stream quality and FPS so that it will always run reasonably."
I'll fully admit that just like the OnLive piece, I came to look at Gaikai to find chinks in the armour, to unravel a technical mystery, but just about everything I annotated and commented on in the video fits in with the sense that this is possible and for just about every straight question I asked, I got a straight answer with unambiguous metrics. In terms of the initial Perry video, pretty much the only element that didn't work for me was the Need for Speed demo, which often drops to a poor 15FPS. Perry put that down to a rushed virtualisation implementation. He says it was a demo put together quickly designed to placate investors who said that a driving game couldn't work on the system due to the "twitch" control response required when racing at high speeds.
That virtualisation implementation is something I'm still keen to learn more about. OnLive and Gaikai are both using this technique of running multiple game instances on a single server, but while a lot of work in CPU virtualisation has been done by major names in the industry, I've yet to hear about how well a typical GPU can be split between multiple instances in the same way. I'm guessing that the proof the pudding will be in the tasting, or rather the beta-testing.
Other than that, any potential problems seem logistical and budgetary rather than technological. And in more ways than one Gaikai is keen not to be seen as an OnLine competitor even if there are similarities in the core notion of streaming gameplay video. They want to be seen as partners to the existing platform-holders, not competitors. "Trying to compete directly with the Sony/Nintendo/Microsofts of the world is just setting yourself up to fail, as they have fewer technical hurdles and have billions in the bank," says Andrew Gault. "Plus it limits your market. We run on the web, and want to reach billions, everywhere."
Perry also believes that setting up a game-streaming service like OnLive as a direct competitor to the consoles themselves is going to bring about inevitable comparisons that will do the service no favours... and it's all my fault. "We have a different approach here and we need to be really clear on this," Perry explains. "We like MP3 files. We think MP3 is great, because it makes music convenient. It's not audiophile, it doesn't have to be completely lossless, right? It needs to be good. And so our goal is to be as convenient as MP3 became for music and I think OnLive are crazy... I know what's going to happen with OnLive and you're going to be one of the people to do it. There's going to be lots and lots of side-by-side screenshots... The more they claim to be HD, 60 frames per second, 'you don't need a PlayStation 3 any more', the more you're gonna bust out the screenshot comparisons, right?"
Um... yes? "How many Nintendo games are going to appear on OnLive? The answer is none," Perry adds. "And some of the best games in the world are from Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft... I'm already talking to Nintendo. I'm talking to all the major publishers. Games like Mario Kart are a great example. I believe that games like this, played by people who haven't bought Nintendo hardware... when you experience just how well-made they are, how well balanced they are, how fun they are, I honestly think people will fall in love with Nintendo before they've even bought Nintendo hardware. To be clear, we're not going to be running any Nintendo games without Nintendo's permission. I think Nintendo could have a massive new audience overnight just by doing this...
"The idea isn't to take people away from their hardware, it's about getting them into their hardware, that's the difference."


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We must accept what God's Word and Jesus taught about the earth's age. We should not fear the radioactive methods geologists use to position rocks as millions of years old, because their methods are based on unprovable assumptions. Many examples of inherited ages, contamination, and non-constant radioactive decay rates demonstrate these assumptions are repeatedly falsified. Instead, there are many scientific evidences of a young earth, such as crumbling comets, the earth's magnetic field losing energy, and rapid salt accumulation in the oceans.
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Glenn Taylor's Tale of Civil Rights Redemption, in A Marble Factory
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The Marrowbone Marble Company is not merely another depiction of a man aspiring to create his own utopia in the midst of post-World War II America. This sophomore release by Glenn Taylor is a harrowing and honest look at issues of race and class as told through the socially astute acumen of Loyal Ledford. Themes of oppression and hope intermingle throughout the pages of this satisfying and substantive portrayal of a conventional West Virginia man whose return from the war impels him to launch a marble-manufacturing company with his part-Indian cousins, the Bonecutter brothers—a decision that puts Ledford directly in the path of many of the historical events of the tumultuous civil rights era. Told in a perceptive narrative voice that laments man's treatment of his neighbor, contemplates why America places excessive emphasis on wealth and individual power and ruminates on the best defense in the face of injustice, this fluid story is soulful, complex and filled with struggle and loss, righteousness and redemption in the rough and tumble world of West Virginia.
Taylor, who earned a MFA from Southwest Texas State University, is the author of The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart, a finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award and the Barnes and Noble Fall 2008 Discover pick. He currently teaches English and fiction writing at Harper College outside Chicago, where he lives with his wife and two sons. Taylor will appear at Boswell Books on June 8, Next Chapter Bookshop on June 9, and Books and Co. in Oconomowoc on June 10 to discuss The Marrowbone Marble Company.