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Gymnema sylvestre is a climbing, vine-like plant that has been used in India for centuries to treat diabetes. To put the ancient herbal medicine to the test, researchers conducted a two-part study. Part one involved testing the effects of a gymnema supplement on 11 people with pre-existing or newly diagnosed diabetes. Part two looked at gymnema's effects of on human islet cells in a laboratory. Islet cells are found in the pancreas and are responsible for secreting insulin, the hormone that the body uses to move sugar from blood into cells for energy.
The average fasting blood sugar (glucose) levels in the group improved after 60 days of treatment with 500 mg of gymnema extract given twice daily, from 162 mg/dl to 119 mg/dl. Average post-meal glucose levels also improved.
The second part demonstrated how gymnema may improve blood sugar levels: When islet cells were exposed to Gymnema sylvestre they secreted higher levels of insulin than when the plant extract was not present.
Keep the following in mind when considering adding this herb to your diabetes-management program.
(Phytother Res 2010; 24:1370–6)
Suzanne Dixon, MPH, MS, RD, an author, speaker, and internationally recognized expert in chronic disease prevention, epidemiology, and nutrition, has taught medical, nursing, public health, and alternative medicine coursework. She has delivered over 150 invited lectures to health professionals and consumers and is the creator of a nutrition website acclaimed by the New York Times and Time magazine. Suzanne received her training in epidemiology and nutrition at the University of Michigan, School of Public Health at Ann Arbor.
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Forced overnight stay in Cleveland anything to do with this drab performance?
The Hornets are a pretty good team at 5-21. Plus, they're on a ten game streak! Nothing to be upset about here.
well... it is Cleveland.
Possibly, but it is also the 4th game in 5 nights.
Again, nice penetration by Lance.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Wow, a 5-22 team are you kidding me?
Larry Bird and Ryan Grigson- wasting the talents of Paul George and Andrew Luck
We'll be lucky to have 25 at the half. Against the Hornets. This might be the single worst offense the NBA has ever seen.
As a basketball player he probably is better than Ben. But he was giving zero effort and thus Ben played better than him because he was trying.
But since nothing is going our way in this game I wouldn't be against testing DJ in the second half. To see if he cares enough to play today.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
We should be blasting a 5-22 team.
pathetic .
Lance's airball is my cue to turn off the game.
I'll check up on the score later.
I've seen enough.....
Larry Bird and Ryan Grigson- wasting the talents of Paul George and Andrew Luck
Our team has embarrassed themselves this tonight. Hopefully they can start out strong the 2cd, half.
WTF this is disgusting.
We are nothing without Gerald Green.
if Ben is the best we have at b/u PG well that is just embarrassing by the front office then.
no useful UFAs out there, but will either have to make a trade or give Lance b/u PG mins.
Why was the ref waiting for the NO defense to get down the court to guard Hill?
...but we didn't break 30
Derek Fisher isn't doing much at the moment. Worth a call surely?
bad half but I still see us winning this game.
This team will come out and lock it down in the 2nd half. The question is whether or not PG can bring us back. He's gunna need some extra special in the 2nd half.
Good effort.
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.

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Is it legal to clone a website or software if looks identical and code and images is 100% your own?
Even if you do all the work yourself, it's illegal if you copy someone else's work. That's called Forgery....
but saying that you can use someones idea, for example google search engine and yahoo search engine both does the same thing
They may perform the same function, but they do it in different and unique methods - hence why the search results are different. That's not copying.
Copyright means company have rights for his product or any other thing for which he can take legal steps on any one. Any other person can't do anything when other person have rights for that thing .
My advice would be to get professional, qualified advice for your particular circumstances. I would treat any "advice" received in an environment like this as purely just someone's opinion because I have received total garbage dressed up as "legal advice" from a badged SP member (not anyone in this thread up to this point) on too many occasions.
That gets more into patent law rather than copyright law. Copyright law doesn't prevent two sites from implementing the same functionality using different code to do it. For one to prevent the other from doing the same thing with different code they'd need to have taken out a patent on the process so that any code used to perform the process would be disallowed by the patent. It would only breach copyright if the code were close enough to being identical that it was obviously copied.
Hopefully the comments you receive here are never "garbage" but your advice is prudent none the less. The advice here is purely for discussion and should not be taken as legal direction although you may find it useful in deciding on your next steps. There are a few attorneys who contribute to posts in the forum but even then, they don't have all your facts -- if the matter concerns something critical to your business or liability, you should always get proper counsel.
That said, I agree with felgall - when you talk about processes and business methods you're leaving the realm of copyrights and entering patents. While theoretically these are reserved for the most novel and unique ideas, there are a lot of patents in the US and other countries that can include some pretty simple function. www.uspto.gov lets you search around the US filings [pending and approved].
Copyright (supposedly) cannot protect the 'idea', only the execution. So you should be free to create, say, an ebay-style web site, but the site you create should not share the graphical look of ebay, nor should it contain any actual code from ebay. Whether your execution infringes copyright is for a court to decide.
Patents are different - for example, Amazon's 'one click' ordering is (controversially) patented, so generally speaking, no other web site can use such a system, even if they used completely different code and graphics etc.
You can copy anyone's website as long as you are not copying his ideas i.e. you can copy others website and can implement your ideas into it. You can have website performing the same function but in different and unique way of yours.
Actually it's almost the inverse of what you said. The content, design and marks of a site are what can be copyrighted... not the idea of what it does. Those may or may not have their own protection under different laws like business methods patents.
This really gets into the gray/iffy area of intellectual property. If I think up the idea for, say, the cloud, do I own the idea for the cloud? Even if I create a cloud-based system? No. Not really.
If you clone it knowing that you want it to look exactly the same, but you don't copy or use any of their code or use any of their images, then I think it's fine. If you hire the same model, have him stand in the same pose, adjust the levels in Photoshop or whatever you want to be the same, make your own markup and your own CSS and your own Javascript, then I don't think it's illegal. Unethical? Yes. Illegal? No.
But again, I'm not a lawyer, or even close.~TehYoyo
I've only seen a few attorneys around this forum [and I'm not one of them either]. So theory discussions are much more practical...
Your post brings up some great remarks and while I've had some solid courses on copyright law, I'm not sure how where changing the elements impacts the rules if the outcome is the same and you knowingly base it off of another work [derivative works]. For example, you can hear a song, hire someone to record it, and still get sued [and lose] for infringing the copyrights of the words. Similarly if you see a painting that's still under copyright, you can't paint your own and sell it even with your own brushes, canvas and paint. It's still a derivative.... But would it violate anything to change the words and film the exact same story for a music video?
That's the best parallel I can think of for a website: if you built the same thing yourself without knowing the other existed it would clearly not violate their rights but if you clone it I'm not sure having unique code would get you off the hook.
A couple remarks from the copyright book via Wikipedia
A "derivative work" is a work based upon one or more pre-existing works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work consisting of editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications which, as a whole, represent an original work of authorship, is a "derivative work". - http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/101.html
...To be copyrightable, a derivative work must be different enough from the original to be regarded as a "new work" or must contain a substantial amount of new material. Making minor changes or additions of little substance to a preexisting work will not qualify the work as a new version for copyright purposes. The new material must be original and copyrightable in itself. Titles, short phrases, and format, for example, are not copyrightable. - http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14.pdf
Now ideas are a whole other issue in their own right. For bigger businesses and programs there may even be a patent at play to consider but I'll leave that for another day as it wasn't really the subject of the OP's remarks.


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The lone four-legged member of the Los Altos Police Department recently added some hardware to his trophy case.
That's because Lord, the department's 6-year-old police dog, placed first among 23 competing canines at the annual K9 Witmer-Tyson Trials. The competition, held Oct. 16 and 17 in La Honda, pitted the all-black German shepherd against police canines from neighboring agencies, including Palo Alto and Sunnyvale.
Los Altos Police Officer Julie Ognoskie, Lord's handler, said the first-place award is a point of pride for her, also. The competition not only judges the precision of the dogs as they're put through the paces, but their handlers as well.
"When they announced my name (for first place), I was actually really shocked," she said, noting that several other teams at the event also had strong performances.
Lord has competed in the trials for four years, said Ognoskie, who became Lord's handler in 2009, one year after she joined the department. Prior to his first-place finish this year, Lord had placed as high as second in the competition, which tests dogs in a variety of scenarios they might encounter on patrol.
The dogs and their handlers are tested in obedience and obstacles, in addition to search and protection. The protection competition, Ognoskie noted, can be particularly challenging because it demands that handlers control dogs in what she called a simulated "high-drive" environment – chasing after and catching suspects.
"He knows when he sees the guy wearing a full K9 Bite Suit, 'Oh, I'm going to get to play with that,'" Ognoskie said with a chuckle, noting that Lord took just 23 seconds to sniff out his target in a simulated search drill as well.
Ognoskie added that confidence and trust are two key components in handling Lord while on patrol. That trust extends to other environments as well, including those with children. Her K9 companion is popular with children when visiting local schools to promote safety initiatives.
"He's very good around kids, and we need that here in Los Altos," she said.
Her partnership with Lord extends beyond the duties within the Los Altos Police Department. Being a handler is a lifetime commitment that includes taking Lord home and caring for him when off-duty. Once he retires, Ognoskie said she'd purchase Lord from the department and keep him as her own.
"He's my partner, he's my pal and he's my kid," she said. "It's definitely a position in the department where you always take your work home with you – but with him, I really don't mind."


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Didn't know if it was posted somewhere or not...
http://www.nba.com/2013/news/feature....html#question (Video's in the article as well)
Videos George Ranking Indiana: http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nb...acers-rank.nba
Video on his Cali Swag: http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nb...-cali-swag.nba
Video Fishing with PG: http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nb...ge-fishing.nba
You can just tell when a team is ready. There is a focus, a seriousness of purpose, from the start of training camp. Personal agendas are discarded; the "honey-dos," as Rick Mahorn used to call them, are cast to the side. The five players on the court look connected, as if there's a rubber band attached from player to player. And there's almost always a clear-cut alpha male, the leader, the player in whom the others believe and trust.
The Pacers have that look. And Paul George is that player.
That doesn't mean Indiana doesn't need David West posting up in the fourth quarter or Roy Hibbert patrolling the paint every night, the hub of Indiana's league-best defense under Coach Frank Vogel.
It means the 23-year-old George is now entrusted to make the decisions that matter, on both ends of the court and in the locker room. It means the All-Star and 2012 Most Improved Player needs a new goal: League MVP. It means he has to do more than just shoot jumpers -- a talent at which he excels -- and become more of a playmaker. It means George has to continue his close, friction-free, sibling-like relationship with Danny Granger, with whose family George lived during the summer in California while he was training, with whom he's been close since before George was taken 10th overall in the 2010 Draft, and who used to be the face of the franchise.
It means George has to continue to guard every point guard and wing player of consequence -- from Derrick Rose to Kobe Bryant to LeBron James, each of whom he's guarded regularly for the Pacers -- without complaint. It means George has to do more than he did in last spring's Eastern Conference finals against Miami, when he had great moments but also let James get to the basket for a game-winning layup in Game 1, and went a quiet 2 of 9 from the floor in the decisive Game 7.
It means George has to live up to the five-year max contract that could reach $90 million on which he and the Pacers agreed in August. It means Indiana has to slay the Heat Dragon and get past the team that has knocked it out of the playoffs the last two seasons. It means George has to lead the Pacers to a Finals appearance while the team's window is wide open.
No pressure or anything.
Me: I know what you do in November in terms of wins and losses doesn't always matter later, but I get the sense that it's important to this club to set a tone early.
Paul George: Yeah. Well, we want to be aggressive and start to play well to start the year off. We understand how important the first seed is, and we don't want to wait until, you know, March, June, late in the year. We want to start to play well and start to earn the first seed and get in position to get the first seed. We want to take care of business when we can and try to control everything from the start of the season.
Me: This group seems connected. What have you noticed over the last year that's brought that about?
PG: Everybody, all the returners came back and added something new. And just the experience of us being together going on three or four years now, everybody knows what to expect from one another. And there's a chemistry there that you really can't break. A lot of teams try to assemble teams, put teams together and put guys together, but you've got to jell well. And I think that's the key for us.
Me: Roy says that because you've had to guard all the wings and elite point guards the last couple of years, that he's felt obligated to have your back defensively in order to save your legs for the fourth quarters on offense. Did you talk with him about that or did it just happen?
PG: Roy's always talking. He's always told me, I've got your back, I'll protect the rim. And that gives me the confidence to go out and really pressure up. Because I know I've got one of the best rim protectors in the game. It makes my job easier, and I try to help the same way, and help him down low on digs, and being active on the bigs' spots.
Me: Do you see teams attacking you differently when you're on defense because he's behind you?
PG: I've been getting a lot more postups. They're really trying to post up and use the strength of bigger guys on me. I'm fine with it. I've got the length. Strength is an area I can get better at, but I feel comfortable down there.
Me: How have you tried to get stronger the last couple of summers?
PG: It's really just strengthening my legs and my core. I think running hills and the mountains over the summer really helped me, not only conditioning but in strengthening my legs.
Me: I'm sure you knew they were going to extend you. Did you think about how that would create major expectations on you from the outside?
PG: Not really. Not really. I didn't want to press about it. I didn't want it to have any affect on me out on the court. I was going to continue to come out and play my game. I had been training for a big year before I signed the contract. And I knew what to expect coming into this year, because it was going to be a big year for me. I didn't allow the contract to play any role in how I performed out on the court.
Me: Do you think your arc as a basketball player -- where you grew up, where you went to college, what team drafted you -- all sort of fits together? There seems to be consistency there in terms of how that all allowed you to kind of develop organically, without some of the pressures that other players have.
PG: It did. I've been overshadowed so much, it's now to the point where I want you guys to know who I am, I want you to be able to respect my game and respect what I do out on the court. I think all of that did fuel me and it's keeping me motivated and it's giving me that drive now.
Me: Where does one get that athletic arrogance you have to have on the court? 'Cause you've got to have that.
PG: You have to. You have to. All the elites do. They bring it to the game. I picked that up. I learned that being around guys, being on Team USA, All-Star Weekend. It's a level they carry themselves. That's what I picked up the most.
Me: What has Frank said about what more he wants from you this season?
PG: He wants me to be a floor general. That was a role I tried to step into and really tried to step into last year and play into that role. But this year it's a definite that he wanted me to be a floor general, a late game scorer for us. Just be productive throughout the whole game.
Me: You were always good coming off of screens and in screen-rolls. When did playmaking become more important to you?
PG: I knew it was that time. I knew, eventually, I was going to have to step into that role, and I wanted to step into that role. I knew it was just going to take time. With all the elite guys we've got here, David West is still a late scorer for us, and George (Hill) can make shots, and Roy is a contributor for us late in games. It was moreso me wanting to have that role and step into another role this year.
Me: When you were living at the Grangers this summer, did you pay rent?
PG: I did. (Laughs). He forgot we was teammates then.
Me: What were the days like out there training?
PG: I worked out in the mornings, and the morning workouts were mostly ballhandling, iso moves, iso spots. And then through the day, I would run through the mountains. And I would do that three or four times a week.
Me: What did you think about while you were running?
PG: Just pushing through it. Just pushing through the exhaustion. A lot of times, I was winded, I was exhausted. But that Game 7 kept popping up. Not having the energy and not being able to push through, I didn't want to have that feeling again. So that was my motivation, running the mountains.


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Dear Watson #3Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
Now in this rhyme, you will find all the elements of a riddle,
All the clues are buried here, somewhere in the middle.
My first is in fact the last naturally to be seen,
I am in part a catalyst for refining gasoline.
My second is in party balloons they float up off the ground,
Although Noble I give your voice a tiny squeaking sound.
Equally noble is my third, I'm said to be mostly inert,
I'm used in incandescent lights so the filament won't get hurt.
My fourth is known as devilish stuff, of volcanoes I do smell,
Although no-one's been back to report, I'm supposed to stink like hell!
Finally I am used to make aeroplanes you can trust,
I'm light, I'm strong, I shine like new, I never, ever rust.
Put us all together, and you get what comes before,
Practice makes us perfect, go over it once more.
What am I?
HintThe quote in the title is from Sherlock Holmes "Elementary Dear Watson".
AnswerMy first is Rhenium the last naturally occurring element to be discovered; used in Rhenium/Platinum catalysts for gasoline refinement. (Re)
My second is Helium, a noble gas that makes your voice squeak if you inhale it and also fills party balloons (He)
My third is another noble gas Argon used in light bulbs because it won't chemically combine with the hot filament. (Ar)
My fourth is sulfur (Sulphur) traditionally said to be the smell of hades (S)
Finally a light strong metal used for aeroplanes is Aluminium (Al)
Together: Re He Ar S Al
The rehearsal comes before the performance.
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REDLANDS – For Gary Miller, serving on the Planning Commission wasn't just a job, it was a fulfilling experience.
After 12 years on the commission, Miller, 58, stepped down from his post Tuesday after exhausting his time of service as a commissioner.
Miller joined the commission in 2000, first serving as a commissioner and later as a chairman – the position he last held prior to the last meeting he presided over on Tuesday.
Redlands has been home to Miller since 1994 when he moved to raise his family in the "Jewel of the Inland Empire."
A Inland Empire native, Miller's family was known to the area its honey business when his grandfather came to the Colton to start gathering the product from the city's local bees.
Growing up, Miller lived in the Colton and Grand Terrace area until the early 1990s when he moved into town.
And while he isn't a native to the city itself, he always had a fascination with what the city had to offer and its reputation.
"I always admired the community of Redlands, loved the citrus industry and the beautiful residential environment that Redlands had and still has," Miller said.
"So, I always had this wonderful image of what Redlands was… which, all combined, made it just a charming place to live and raise your family."
Miller – a well-known architect whose firm's headquarters is in Redlands – wanted to join the Planning Commission to help bring consistency to the planning process.
As an observer, he noticed that on several occasions, guidelines set in place by planning commissions in several cities – not necessarily Redlands – would often switch the direction and planners would be hit with other guidelines.
"In some communities, they made up the rules as they went along, and that's very frustrating to someone that's waiting to get a project proposed," he said. "My hope was to bring some constancy to the whole process for a developer to have a reasonably clear understanding of what was expected."
Miller joined the commission when current Mayor Pro Tem Paul Foster served as its chairman and worked with all on board to develop guidelines that showed that consistency he was seeking, along with raising the standard of architecture in the community.
During his time of service on the commission, Miller said he was very pleased with the work done on the Esri headquarters building and a housing development build near the Redlands Swim and Tennis Club had previously stood.
"That was somewhat controversial, because many had memories of the pool and tennis club, but the project introduced an upscale, newer housing development that was successful because it met a housing need as our population ages without compromising the residential quality of Redlands."
The way the law is written, one is only allowed to serve on the commission for eight years, but a special ruling by the City Council allowed Miller to serve one additional term.
And while he is stepping down, he isn't going anywhere, he said.
"I will definitely miss the opportunity to serve on the commission, as it was a very fulfilling experience personally. I was able to work with some very talented, thoughtful people. And it's allowed me to apply what I learned professional for what I hope was a benefit to the community. And I'll miss that," he said.
"I do hope to serve as another capacity. I love Redlands and raised our five children in Redlands and have wonderful friends, so I hope to stay around for a long time."
Miller was praised and congratulated for his service during Tuesday's commission meeting. Not only was he given a plaque honoring his time of service, each commissioner in attendance personally thanked him for his service.
"I really did appreciate serving with you, and all your patience in guiding a lot of us who don't have the architecture background and ability to teach us and show us those things that are important to the architecture element," said Planning Commission Vice Chairman John James.
"The citizens should be proud and happy that you did serve those 12 years. That is a long time, and we really appreciate it."
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Corn futures apparently benefited from traders taking profits on existing short positions ahead of the Wednesday morning USDA WASDE report. Given the size of the breakdown suffered in the wake of the March 28 Grain Stocks report, many in the industry view the market as being oversold. Others apparently believe prices have reached levels where the yellow grain is a bargain. May corn climbed 9.0 cents to $6.425/bushel by late Tuesday morning, while December gained 4.25 cents to $5.3625.
Soybean futures hardly reacted to supportive South American news Tuesday morning. Brazilian officials cut their forecast of its soybean production forecast slightly, while Oil World warned that heavy rain following summer dryness could curtail the Argentine bean harvest. The looming Wednesday morning release of the monthly USDA WASDE report may be discouraging traders from buying aggressively, especially after the late-March Grain Stocks report proved so bearish. May soybeans rose 8.5 cents to $13.8625/bushel around mid-session Tuesday, while May soyoil added 0.07 cents to 49.59 cents/pound, and May meal edged $0.5 higher to $393.8/ton.
After rising substantially over the past week, wheat futures turned generally lower Tuesday morning. The decline was seemingly sparked by the Monday afternoon Crop Condition reports, which showed several winter wheat areas had enjoyed significant improvement last week. As with the other crop markets, wheat traders probably won't be willing to push futures very far in either direction before the WASDE report. May CBOT wheat futures slipped 4.75 cents to $7.0775/bushel by late Tuesday morning, while May KCBT wheat edged downward 1.0 cent to $7.44, and May MGE futures skidded 0.25 cents to $7.995.
The expiring April Live Cattle future led the deferred contracts higher Tuesday morning, with wire service reports confirming suspicions that traders are anticipating a short-term rise in cash values. However, the fact that beef cutout rose only slightly suggests bullish expectations may not be fulfilled later this week. June cattle rose 0.22 cents to 122.27 cents/pound just before lunchtime Tuesday, while December inched up 0.07 cents to 128.62. May feeder cattle futures climbed 0.10 cents to 144.85 cents/pound, and August added 0.12 cents to 151.87.
Hog futures were narrowly mixed Tuesday morning, with the expiring April future being the only 2013 contract to post an intraday gain. Its slight discount to the CME lean hog index just before its Friday expiration is probably attracting support, as is the midday report of cash strength in the western Corn Belt. Uncertainty about the wholesale outlook may be weighing upon the deferred contracts. The lightly traded May hog contract was unchanged at 87.30 cents/pound in late Tuesday morning action, while June contract fell 0.50 cents to 89.60.


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Nearly one-in-three Welsh social housing tenants faced rent arrears last year
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ALMOST 4,000 social housing tenants were in rent arrears for more than 13 weeks in Gwent last year, according to figures published by Welsh Government and StatsWales.
The number and percent of all social housing tenancies in rent arrears in Wales fell between 2008/9 and 2011/12, but the number went up last year, while the percentage remained at 32 per cent.
The percentage of tenancies in rent arrears for 13 weeks or more remained unchanged at two per cent.
In Blaenau Gwent that meant 377 households; in Caerphilly 241; in Monmouthshire 127; in Newport 186 social housing tenancies; and 197 in Torfaen, a total of 3,736 in Gwent.
Some 66,081 socially rented households in Gwent were in rent arrears for less than 13 weeks.
As of March 31 last year in Wales, 4,381 social housing units (1.9 per cent of all social housing stock) were vacant, up 12 per cent from the previous year.
Housing units vacant for more than six months went up by 30 per cent compared to the end of March 2012.
As a result 32 per cent of all vacant social housing had been empty for more than six months at March 31, 2013.
New lettings of social housing stock, which had been falling since 2009/10, increased slightly during 2012/13 to 21,494 new lettings. Half continued to be through housing waiting lists, with a further 17 per cent going to priority homeless households.
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Sony toys with our emotions, claims The Last Guardian is still in development
It has been quite a rollercoaster ride of emotions for fans that have been eagerly following the Sony exclusive, The Last Guardian. There have already been numerous claims of the game being canceled, and then not being canceled again. What's the deal?
In a recent interview with Eurogamer, Shuhei Yoshida stated that "The team is still working on it very hard,' and that there are "technical issues" that Team Ico has been trying to push through. "That's the period of time when the game, looking from the outside, doesn't seem to be making much progress."
The Last Guardian hasn't been seen for a while, missing all of this year's expos, which lead many to believe, and with good reason, that the game just wasn't being made. Even more so given the fact that Fumito Ueda apparently left Sony, though it was stated he was still working on the game. To top it all off, Sony has abandoned The Last Guardian trademark earlier this year as well.
Despite the time it's taking to develop the game, Yoshida stated that the game is still being developed for the PS3 and not next gen hardware, so conspiracy theorists thinking it's being pushed back for the PS4, you might want to calm down.


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Danny Way's rough road to rallycross
Skateboarder Danny Way helped get friends such as Ken Block and Bucky Lasek hooked on racing cars more than a decade ago, so when Way decided to trade MegaRamp competition for rallycross, he figured having some pals in high places couldn't hurt.
"I've been dabbling in all kinds of racing for a few years now, and once I decided to make rally a priority, I kind of thought I'd be able to make a few calls to some friends and work some of those relationships," Way said, just before his first rallycross race earlier this month. "It hasn't turned out to be so easy."
His first call was to Block, who co-founded DC Shoes with Way's brother Damon and released Danny's first signature skate shoe with the company 20 years ago. Block has gone on to become one of the most prolific rally drivers on the planet, thanks in no small part to his popular Gymkhana video series, a partnership with Ford and a top-selling video game, not to mention trophies in virtually every rally-related competition.
"[Block] was like, 'Sorry, I can't help you out.' And that was a bit of a wake-up call, after everything we've been through together over the years," Way said.
Lasek, Dave Mirra and Travis Pastrana -- other X Games stars who have made rallycross a priority -- all told Way essentially the same thing: He's going to have to take his lumps.
"I've come to appreciate that, because for me challenge always creates more drive, more hunger," Way said. "The more I get roughed-up along the path, the harder it's going to be for everyone else when I get there."
In rallycross, that just might be a winning attitude. There's no secret to success that doesn't include a lot of hard work -- and a lot of failure and smashed-up cars -- along the road.
"I think Danny saw guys like Bucky Lasek and Dave Mirra racing in GRC and even having some moderate success over the last few years and wanted a piece of that, but the fact is you have to have some serious seat time behind the wheel and some real driving experience to compete at the top level now," Block said. "Otherwise it'd be like me saying, 'Oh, I've skateboarded some, so I'm just going to jump on the MegaRamp at X Games and see how it works out.'"
Although Way is best known for a skateboarding career that dates back to the 1980s with the H-Street team, bringing Skateboard Big Air competition to the X Games and collecting a stack of gold medals and world records, racing has always been an ambition of his.
He had supercross racing dreams when he was younger, and balanced time on his bike and his board for several years before skateboarding became his passion. For the past few years he's been racing off-road trucks and any cars he can, trying to get more of that seat time everyone keeps telling him he needs.
"My goal is really clear: I want to be racing pro rally supercars with Travis Pastrana, Ken Block, Dave Mirra, Bucky Lasek, and the rest of the guys," Way said. "But the financial barriers are huge. It's expensive, like all car racing is, and there's only so much sponsorship money that goes around, so I'm doing everything I can to make myself an asset to a team."
To get there, Way has been logging hours at rally driving schools over the past three years. Earlier this month he entered his first rallycross race, driving a Suzuki Swift in the first round of the British Swift Sport Rallycross Championship at Lydden Hill in Canterbury, England.
"I'm checking boxes, basically," he said. "I have a to-do list for myself of things recommended to me by my new coach and the Pro Drive team I'd like to be working with, just trying to get as much experience as I can so I don't have a learning curve on the main stage and on someone else's dime."
The Pro Drive team he aspires to is the same one that put Liam Doran into the MINI with which he won X Games Munich 2013. And the coach is Peter Gwynne, one of the biggest names in the biz. Way is taking it one race at a time, but the Swift series is part of a very clear plan he and his coach have outlined for how to move on to bigger goals quickly.
"I think the Swift series is a great place to start," Block said, considering Way's plan of attack before his curiosity about his old friend and potential new competitor kicks in: "How'd he do?"
Way finished seventh out of 11 drivers in the Swift Sport class at Lydden Hill. Not great, not bad, and probably a surprise to the four more experienced drivers he beat, but middle-of-the-pack isn't exactly Way's style.
"I'd keep that result in mind for the day, maybe a few years down the line, when you're writing about him getting on some podiums, because it's important to remember, especially in this sport, that everybody has to start somewhere," Block said.
"The biggest difference between motorsports and board sports that I imagine Danny is learning pretty quick is the need for money, and lots of it," Block said. "I sometimes wish I was a skateboarder, where all I needed was a skateboard and some sneakers and a bag to carry them in."
Block took a team of 10 to X Games Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, last year, plus his car and spare parts. In the first turn of the final RallyCross race, Block and several other cars got taken out, and all that money Block and his team spent went away in an instant.
"It can be quite frustrating, and the expense makes it a very hard sport to break into," Block said.
As a co-founder of DC Shoes, Block invested his own money -- more of it than he cares to disclose -- prior to his first rally race in 2004 and personally bankrolled his first few years of rally racing before attracting any major sponsors.
"When Travis Pastrana and I started this adventure, I was a nobody," Block said. "We were driving in the same cars, and the same team that ran his car ran mine, but he was a sponsored driver and I was the opposite. I was spending my own money to race every race."
The strategy paid off for Block, especially after he and Pastrana helped bring rallycross to X Games in 2006, but it's a gamble Way said he can't afford to make after his recent divorce and because of the costs of maintaining his MegaRamp compound in Hawaii.
"I would like to just make it clear: I've done well with my skateboarding career, but this isn't a story about some rich guy buying his way into rallycross," Way said. "Not everybody gets a break. People don't want to just give away money."
Way's friend Mirra experienced that reality firsthand, and Way is trying to learn from his example.
Mirra earned 23 X Games medals -- 14 of them gold -- as a BMX rider but has made the podium just once behind the wheel of a rally car, winning bronze in 2008. Last season, Mirra parted ways with Subaru, his longtime factory sponsor, when he had an opportunity to pilot Doran's Pro Drive MINI in a GRC event. He had some of the best qualifying times of his career in that car but ultimately crashed out in the main event after tangling with another driver.
"I put some of my own money in, in the beginning, but I always told myself I didn't want to be reaching into my piggy bank to bankroll a second career," Mirra said. "I just wouldn't be able to do that, and that's the crossroads Danny is at now, too. I've tried to give him some advice, but the truth is I'm having a tough time figuring out what's going on this year myself."
Despite receiving an X Games Austin 2014 invite, Mirra has yet to confirm a car sponsor and is not slated to compete in other GRC events this year. Lately, he's been more focused on triathlon racing, his newest and decidedly less expensive passion.
"My advice to anyone who wants to get into rallycross? Go to church on Sundays and pray for some funding," Mirra said. "It's an expensive sport no matter what."
On his skateboard, Way won every Big Air event he ever entered, with the exception of a silver medal in 2008, but has been missing in action at X Games for the past few years. While he hasn't ruled out a return to the Big Air competition, he's now more focused on getting to X Games in a rally car. He's not on the Rallycross invite list this year, but says he aims to prove his worth sooner than later. He now has his sights set on X Games Austin 2015.
"I'm hungry to get to the starting line," he said. "When I get there, I'll be ready and people will know."
Danny Way's road to Rally
Long Beach Grand Prix, 2009
Legendary skateboarder Danny Way has dedicated himself to racing his way into Global Rallycross. Way has had a long interest in racing and took the pole position for the celebrity race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in 2009 (pictured at right).
Way on Mega, X Games 14
Way at Lydden Hill
Way's Ride
Block wrecks in Foz
Ken Block, GRID
Bucky Lasek
Dave Mirra
Way on the podium
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Seahawks owner funds study on long-term effects of brain injuries
SEATTLE - Much work has been done on the immediate effects of traumatic brain injuries, but few have investigated the long-term consequences of these traumas. Seattle researchers hope to be the first to discover whether traumatic brain injuries could lead to harmful effects later in life, including Alzheimer's or Parkinson's diseases.
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, founded by Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen, has given researchers at the University of Washington and Allen Institute for Brain Science a $2.37 million grant to fund the first-ever study to look at the lasting effects of traumatic brain injuries.
For two years, researchers will analyze hundreds of brain samples from the Group Health Research Institute to determine what goes wrong in the brain after an injury and if the trauma leads to any disorders and complications, such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's.
Research into traumatic brain injuries to date has focused on the immediate impacts of mild trauma. The broader, lasting consequences of a single or repetitive brain injury are still unclear.
Dr. Ed Lein, investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, said there are currently no standard guidelines for physicians to determine if neurodegeneration has happened after such an injury, making it difficult to connect a traumatic brain injury with complications that may occur years or decades after the incident.
"Awareness of TBI (traumatic brain injuries) has grown in recent years, but our understanding of what actually happens to the brain in the years following that type of injury is still a great mystery," said Susan Coliton, vice president of The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. "This unmatched investigation into the long-term impacts of TBI is bold discovery science at its best, and we are proud to support this important work."
Study results will be loaded into the Allen Brain Atlas web portal, where researchers around the world can access the new data for free.
"Our hope is to provide a rich data set many researchers can use to develop new diagnostics and therapeutics," Lien said.
More than 5.3 million Americans currently live with a disability related to a traumatic brain injury. The World Health Organization predicts that by 2020, traumatic brain injuries will be the third-leading cause of death and disability for all ages worldwide.


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Corn futures were steady-weak Monday night. The corn market edged higher yesterday, which marked a reaction to good export news. The nearby contracts were largely unchanged in overnight action. That may reflect underlying technical strength, since the rise pushed the nearby March contract above short-term moving average support. March corn stalled at $4.325/bushel early Tuesday morning, while May dipped 0.25 to $4.3825.
The soy complex also moved sideways. The strength of underlying demand seems to be offering persistent support soybeans and products at this point. Traders probably expect growing pressure from the accelerating Brazilian harvest, but their likely problems in getting their crop shipped could limit the selling. Soyoil prices stabilized despite another dip in Asian palm values. March soybeans skidded 0.5 cent to $12.8725/bushel in pre-dawn Tuesday trading, while March soyoil crept up 0.08 cents to 37.14 cents/pound, and March soymeal lost $0.2 to $430.7/ton.
The wheat markets led the crop markets higher overnight. Concerns about freeze damage to the U.S. winter wheat crop apparently reemerged Monday night, as indicated by the bullish leadership provided by the Chicago and Kansas City markets. Global demand still seems robust, but massive supplies are almost surely dampening bullish hopes. March CBOT wheat futures bounced 3.75 cents to $5.6725/bushel in early Tuesday action, while March KCBT wheat futures lifted 2.5 cents to $6.25, and March MWE futures inched up 0.25 to $6.0675.
Cattle futures also traded firmly Monday night. The cattle market is stabilizing in the wake of its huge mid-January rally and subsequent setback. Bulls probably hope Monday's wholesale surge will be sustained, whereas bears likely suspect it will end rather quickly. The fact that futures are priced well below recent cash also favors bullish arguments. February cattle futures gained 0.10 cents to 143.25 cents/pound Monday afternoon, while the April contract rose 0.07 cents to 140.62. Meanwhile, March feeder cattle slipped 0.02 cents to 168.77 cents/pound, and May slid 0.15 to 169.67.
Divergent cash and wholesale markets robbed hog futures of direction. Swine traders are expecting a significant seasonal rally across the hog and pork complex during the days and weeks just ahead. However, those markets have been quite mixed lately, as was the case again last night. Thus, the minimal gains posted early Tuesday morning were hardly surprising. February hogs edged 0.05 cents higher to 85.62 cents/pound as Tuesday dawned over Chicago, while June added 0.20 to 102.52.


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Dallas hosts the third week of the season for the EYBL at the halfway point.
By this point, the elite teams have emerged from the pack and it provides an exciting weekend of challenges from underdogs and head-to-head showdowns with the elite programs. Here are recaps Friday's games which featured New York based teams and/or players.
NY Lightning edge NJ Playaz Club in OT, 75-73
In the first game of the day we got a chance to see three of New York's top junior shooting guards as well as a NY versus NJ match-up. Isaiah Whitehead played with the Playaz Club while Khadeen Carrington and Mike Williams rolled with the Lightning.
While Isaiah Briscoe and Whitehead drove the Playaz offense, the Lightning responded with a balance scoring attack by Carrington, Williams along with Angel Delgado.
The Lightning would lead at the half, 35-33 while only shooting 39.4% compared to 42.3% by the Playaz Club.
In the second half, the Playaz made a play as Briscoe stepped up his offense and Whitehead got a key steal. The game would head into overtime tied at 65 but stellar 75% shooting in OT versus 30% from the Playaz would give the Lightning the two point win.
Williams led the way with 22 points (8-17 FG, 3-8 3PT, 3-3 FT) and 2 assists with Delgado adding a double-double 15 points (7-15 FG, 1-4 FT) and 16 rebounds. Carrington scored 14 points (6-13 FG, 0-3 3PT, 2-2 FT) and 4 assists. Briscoe scored a game high 31 points for NJ Playaz while Whitehead added 23 points (9-20 FG, 4-9 3PT, 1-2 FT) and 1 assist.
Team Scan (NY) Depletes Expressions Elite (MA), 68-50
Scan came out and took control of this game early. Cheick Diallo continues his outstanding play on both offense and defense resulting in Expression Elite landing in a 25-20 hole at the half.
In the second half, behind aggressive play in the paint by Chris McCullough along with baskets in transition by Shavar Newkirk, Scan's lead exploded in the second half en route to an 18 point victory.
Diallo scored a game high 16 points (6-8 FG, 4-5 FT) and 12 rebounds with Newkirk and McCullough adding 13 points (4-7 FG, 0-2 3PT, 5-8 FG) and 10 points (3-4 FG, 01 3PT, 4-10 FT) respectively. Jared Wilson-Frame led Expressions with 16 points.
Albany City Rocked by Team Takeover (DC), 84-54
Albany City Rocks (NY) ran into a brick wall from DC as Team Takeover took over the game early and never looked back. Down 45-26 at the half, City Rocks had no answer for the five Team Takeover players that finished with double-digit scoring. Conversely, only Sterling Taplin was able to score double-digits for the Albany City Rocks.
Solid defense by Takeover resulted in a highly contentious match-up as a frustrated City Rocks team committed an uncharacteristic 23 turnovers. In the end, it was a blowout.
James Palmer led Team Takeover with 15 with Dion Wiley contributing 14. Taplin was high man for City Rocks with11 points (3-6 FG, 2-4 3PT, 3-4 FT) with Elijah Burns dropping 9 points (3-6 FG, 3-6 FT).
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Every time I hear some commentator or weather person call suburban communities "burbs," I want to throw up.
These are real honest-to-goodness communities, not some amorphous blob.
I can't find "burb" in the dictionary. It probably just comes from "suburb," which is bad enough, because that says we are sub-urban – subject to the urban, a sub or something less than normal.
Those are fighting words to suburban residents like me.
Don't get me wrong. Suburban leaders long have given up suggesting they can go it alone in a Metropolitan area. They are thankful they live as a part, not separate from Minneapolis and St. Paul, which are never called the "urbs," even though they are urban.
Minneapolis and St. Paul, you'll note, are called the "Twin Cities" and are full of cultural, entertainment, shopping, eating, sports and higher educational opportunities.
Suburban community leaders have accepted an appointed Metropolitan Council with its metro network of services.
As one who has lived in and reported on suburban communities for 50 years, I want to praise suburban communities, amazingly built overnight, figuratively speaking.
In the 1950s, after the war, developers turned cornfields outside of Minneapolis and St. Paul into rows of housing for eager returning military veterans to get married and start their families. True, the homes looked alike, the scorn of sociologists who called them cookie cutters, but they were affordable.
Overnight, leaders of these communities taxed the properties and built schools, sewer systems, roads, bridges, clinics, ball fields, parks and churches. They contended with split shifts in some of the schools, organized sports leagues and raised families.
The miracle is they built these communities in a decade, while Minneapolis and St. Paul residents built those same facilities over a much longer time.
So what's to praise in the suburban communities?
The government is clean. Over the years, there have been some minor scandals in city halls, nothing major. Thousands of unpaid professionals have served on commissions.
In most communities, the firefighters are volunteers. There are local police forces, some say too many, who know the residents and where they live.
For a long time, there were local court systems, until someone – not the people—decided they should be regionalized.
Churches sprang up and, again in a short time, religious communities were organized.
We welcomed a network of community and technical colleges. Major companies like Control Data, General Mills, 3M, and major airlines located spacious offices and plants in suburban communities.
A potato field in Bloomington became the home of Metropolitan sports stadium where the Minnesota Twins, the Minnesota Vikings and North Stars battled it out with nationally known opponents.
Minneapolis couldn't stand the recognition for a suburb like Bloomington and, through legal means, drew games away to the Metrodome in Minneapolis and the Xcel Center in St. Paul. Had they not been so greedy, the Twin Cities would not have to contend with the Mall of America, which moved into the sports stadium space.
What we've done over those years is built real communities, each with their own uniqueness and character, which should not be lumped together and called "burbs"
Let's call them by their individual names, or at least "suburban communities," which, like Minneapolis and St. Paul, deserve to be treated as equals.
Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers and a member of the ECM Editorial Board.


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Indiana committed just 10 turnovers against a defense that thrives on forcing them. That boosted its offensive efficiency and prevented Michigan State from getting easy baskets and going on crowd-charging runs.
2. Transition defense.
The Hoosiers allowed just eight fast-break points while scoring 12 themselves. That was huge given how much Michigan State thrives on scoring in transition.
3. Containing point guard Keith Appling.
The junior is the Spartans' offensive and defensive catalyst, but he never got going. He was 1-for-8 from the field for six points. He had just two assists against four turnovers. IU's ability to control him was huge in the outcome.
4. Finishing the game.
IU once again showed how much it learned from the loss at Illinois. In the final minute the Hoosiers made play after play to pull out the victory despite facing one of college basketball's most intimidating crowds.
5.Three-point dominance.
Michigan State had excelled from beyond the arc, but Indiana limited the Spartans to just 4-for-15 long-range shooting. The Hoosiers, meanwhile, were 8-for-18 from three-point range. Jordan Hulls led the way by going 4-for-6.


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Anne Crossman
About the Author
Anne Crossman studied at both Stanford and Duke, earning a BA in English and a Certificate in Education. After teaching for public high schools, colleges, and the military for five years, she gave up her day job to pursue authorship and motherhood. A poet by trade, her work has been published in journals such as Nimrod and Margie, and she is currently finalizing a book of poems about Alzheimer's disease entitled Trying to Remember, which is due to be published the summer of 2008. Her third book, a humorous educational series addressing life as a high-school student, is on deck and, if all goes well, will be hitting shelves by the end of the decade. Anne currently lives with her husband and sons in Seattle, Washington.


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In three years with FC Dallas, Michael Dello-Russo didn't see much playing time. He played in 11 games, starting just four for FCD, the club that selected him in the fourth round of the 2006 MLS Super Draft.
Last summer, he was released and made his way down to Austin where he played for the Aztex. The Maryland native then headed back home to play indoor for the Baltimore Blast, when he heard from his college coach, Sasho Cirovski from the University of Maryland.
The Terrapins were about to have at least one coaching vacancy heading into the 2010 season and Cirovski was gauging his former captain's interest in such a position. The 26-year-old Dello-Russo, who was a key member of Maryland's 2005 national championship team, joined the Terps in January and is now enjoying his first coaching gig on his return to his alma mater.
MLSsoccer.com: Tell us about your new gig.
Dello-Russo: It's something I always wanted to do. The timing couldn't be any better actually. When I went down to Austin, I enjoyed myself but I was ready to move on and kind of settle down.
MLSsoccer.com: Have you officially hung up your spikes or do you still play a bit?
Dello-Russo: No, I hung it up. I'm playing just for fun now, which I love. I'm just playing with my boys and on some men's league teams and I love it.
MLSsoccer.com: How did this process start for you going back to the Terps?
Dello-Russo: I came back here to play on the indoor team, the Blast, so I was around here. Sasho [Cirovski] and I are both from Columbia [Maryland], so I've known him since I was 12. He just called me one day and asked me to meet him at his seven-year-old daughter's soccer game. We met there and he wanted to see where I was at with everything because of the potential of both of them leaving, the other coaches or the potential of one of them leaving and him bringing me on. So it kind of happened at a little soccer field somewhere. He reached out to me and things fell into place. That's what happened basically.
MLSsoccer.com: How long have you wanted to get into coaching?
Dello-Russo: Everyone always kids because when I went to school here, everyone thought I would come back, with Sasho and all that. They all knew that was what I was going to do. It was something I always thought about, but I never knew. This is one of the only coaching jobs I would take. So it was nice for it to come about.
MLSsoccer.com: You had three different coaches during your time with FCD. Do you draw from all three in developing your own coaching style?
Dello-Russo: I take a lot from Steve [Morrow] because he taught me a lot of defensive principles of the game. I feel like I've really been able to take what he taught me and help the boys out with all that. Schellas [Hyndman] came from college… Just taking from him his player management with college players was helpful.
MLSsoccer.com: How much do you miss playing?
Dello-Russo: I miss playing in Dallas. I enjoyed playing in Dallas but I didn't want to go around and bounce from team-to-team. I actually get my fix of playing here. I train with the boys every day. I play in a men's league, which is semi-competitive but it's really just for fun. I get my total fix of playing. I enjoy it a lot. I coach a couple of club teams and will jump in and play with them. I feel like I really haven't missed a beat with anything.
MLSsoccer.com: Since it hasn't been that long since you played in College Park, are you somewhat of a conduit between the players and the head coach?
Dello-Russo: It's funny because one of the boys on the team, I went to school with. He was a freshman when I was a junior and he's gotten a double redshirt. He's here for his sixth year. It's nice because that's kind of the role I took when I was here. I was the captain for two years, so I was always kind of that middle man between the players and Sasho. It's been an easy transition for me. I know the boys and knew them before coming in because it's my alma mater. I followed them all the time and I came back and hung out with them before. It's definitely been a very easy transition.
MLSsoccer.com: Which of your former FCD teammates do you still keep in contact with?
Dello-Russo: I talk to Dax [McCarty. I talk to Pablo [Richetti]. He's in Dallas. When I came back in town, I hung out with Eric [Avila]. I still stay in touch with [assistant coach John] Ellinger. I came out for Dallas Cup and he was trying to get me to play golf one morning instead of watching games.


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C-U Public Health District Approves 5-Year Community Health Plan
A survey on the greatest health needs in Champaign County has been broken down into four general areas.
The state requires the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District to complete a local assessment of needs plan every five years. After more than 11-hundred replies last year, priorities were identified as access to care (or paying for medical, mental and dental health), accidents (including DUI crashes and those in the home), obesity, and violence (including alcohol-related abuse and domestic violence.)
CUPHD Epidemiologist Awais Vaid says the county's current Community Health Plan was narrowed from 10 categories five years ago. He says public health is given no specific guidance on how to come up with the priorities.
"It's basically the community partners, the community leaders that get together and decide one what should be included," said Vaid. "But the last time we identified 10 of them, it became too much to address each of them, because each takes time and resources."
Vaid says community coalitions are being put together to address the four areas, each of them involving members of the public health district.
"The last time we finished the process, and thought as time goes by, some group will start addressing each one of these. It didn't happen," said Vaid. "So most of them were not addressed the way we were expecting to. But this time we do have specific groups that have a vested interest."
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Few fishermen doubt that the high price of gas has had an impact on their sport. A typical bass boat will burn approximately 25 gallons a day running around Clear Lake and at more than $4 a gallon, it can add up fast.
However, there is another factor that is upsetting fishermen more than using the gas in their boats ... and that's having it stolen from their tow vehicles at the ramps while they are out on the lake fishing. Recently there has been a rash of vandalism at the public boat ramps around the lake. The vandalism ranges from siphoning gas from truck tanks to stealing parts off boat trailers. One area that has been particularly hard hit is Lakeside County Park.
On Friday, Travis Tarver of Middletown launched his boat at 8 a.m. at County Park and when he returned to the ramp at 2 p.m., he discovered that someone had cut the hose that goes from his filler tube to the gas tank and stolen his gas. Tarver said stealing the gas was bad enough but the repair bill to have his truck fixed could run as high as $500.
This is not the first act of vandalism at County Park. A month ago Dan Stahlman of Lakeport had the winch stolen from his boat trailer while he was out fishing. Replacing the winch cost him nearly $300. On the same day, local fishing guide Richard Pounds, who had his truck and trailer parked next to Stahlman, had the gas siphoned out of his truck. Two weeks later another fisherman had the gas stolen from his truck at County Park and just like Tarver's vehicle, the thieves cut the filler hose.
Thieves have struck elsewhere as well. There have been at least three incidents at Library Park in Lakeport where gas has been stolen from trucks parked near the Fifth Street boat ramp. My truck was one of those hit by the vandals. There also have been incidents at Redbud Park in Clearlake. In other words, all the public boat ramps around the lake are vulnerable.
Law enforcement officials have told me the thieves have become so sophisticated that they now have electric pumps that can pump a gas tank dry in a matter of minutes. Locking gas caps aren't even a deterrent because they will crawl under the vehicle and cut the rubber or plastic hose that connects the filler tube to the gas tank. If that doesn't work, they will actually drill a hole in the bottom of the tank to remove the gasoline. Most of the newer model vehicles have plastic gas tanks so it's easy for the thieves to puncture the tank. In most cases the thieves use the stolen gas in their own vehicles but there have been cases where they are selling the gasoline.
The problem with this type of thievery is that it gives the county a bad name and will drive tourists away. No one will want to spend a day fishing on Clear Lake only to return to the boat ramp and find their gas tanks emptied or even damaged.
The problem with a boat ramp such as Lakeside County Park is that it is somewhat isolated and is easy for a couple of thieves to steal the gas from parked vehicles. All it takes is one person to serve as a lookout and the other to siphon the gasoline. It's all over in a matter of minutes. What is amazing is how brazen the thieves are. Most of the vandalism has been taking place in broad daylight.
Several fishermen have gone so far as to say they plan on setting up a sting operation where they will park a vehicle in the parking lot and then hide in the nearby bushes and attack the thieves when they try to steal the gasoline. Actually that's the worst thing someone could do because you could easily get hurt or worse. The best method is to let the Lake County Sheriff's Office handle it, but they will have to increase their patrols at these ramps.
I launch at County Park frequently and I have never seen a sheriff's patrol car. The Lakeport Police regularly patrol Library Park and it has kept the vandalism down. The other solution is for the county to install surveillance cameras at the public ramps. A surveillance camera can be purchased for less than $500 and it provides 24-hour coverage. That's a cheap price to pay to keep tourists coming to Lake County.


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Every year we see some themes that seem to transcend everything out there. These themes are like rising tides: They seem to take up all boats in the water, even ones that aren't nearly as sturdy as boats stuck in still waters or tides that are ebbing.
Last year was a bountiful year, with the S&P 500 up 16%, including reinvested dividends. Yet it would have almost seemed like a down year if you'd listened to the chatter, or read the papers, or did anything that amounted to a superficial following of the market.
In short, it seemed market commentators, pundits and hedge-fund managers decided to leave their senses and focus only on Washington. This became the controlling issue in the discourse. It seemed like the main event. But in reality -- meaning actual stock performance -- it was a sideshow. The prevailing themes, the ones that stand out, are quite obvious from looking at the charts, and they've totally trumped any stress from the Capitol.
That brings me to a thought regarding the next Washington crisis. We are totally right to stay focused on these various crises -- but only because, in a tactical sense, they create buying opportunities. As I look through the charts for 2012, I am amazed at how many opportunities appeared not from the companies themselves, but from Washington's shenanigans and election worries. In fact, I think 2012 will turn out to be the year when we began to see a pattern: You buy on Washington-inspired dips and you trim when it looks like Washington has its act together, which we know it doesn't.
It's pretty simple: What's good for business is anything but Washington, with the exception of the much-scorned Fed chief Ben Bernanke, who is still providing rocket fuel for some of these trends. What's bad for stocks is anyone inside the Beltway -- Republican, Democrat, doesn't matter.
But here's the key thing: As someone who is in the media, I can tell you that it's really easy to default to talking about Washington, and many of us like to do so. Why? Some think it is exciting. (I don't.) Others know the secret truth: It is easy because it requires very little homework. Anyone can have a view. You can pretty much state your opinion, and somehow that counts as valuable -- which is terrific, because you don't have to stress or read or give it a lot of thought. It's like a college bull session out there, for heaven's sake.
But the companies themselves are doing amazing things, and many companies are set up to do extraordinarily well, even if Washington does poorly. You would only know it, though, if you actually listen to the CEOs, talk to the suppliers and customers and get on those darned conference calls I am always telling you about. You can't really do that if you spend all of your time talking about senators and presidents and Medicare and "cliffs" and debt ceilings.
One other thought about this theme, before I get to where the money is: Investors, traders, philosophers and journalists have all coalesced into a wall of obfuscation. They have settled into speaking in a binary fashion on pretty much everything. You hear them say "The market's going up," or "The market's going down." My own themes have nothing to do with "the market."
Worse, these folks jabber about "risk is on, risk is off."
That's just a total refuge for those who have no idea what the heck they are talking about, and the fact that I am the only one willing to call them out on it makes me feel real comfortable. That's because, frankly, it's very easy to fall prey to this binary thinking. It requires so little effort: "We will go over the cliff; sell." Or "We will bridge the cliff; buy." Or "The Fed's easy; risk on" -- and, yes, "The Fed has been getting tight; risk off."
They augment this lazy thinking by appending very "knowledgeable" analysis about the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), which is another ridiculous insight. Do we really need a gauge to tell when there is a lot of fear? How about just watching the headlines and listening to people?
But that's what passes for intellectual market discourse, and by the end of 2013 you will all feel like me and know these people as charlatans, if you don't know already.
Charlatans? Yes. Because in the end, none of that drivel mattered.
I repeat: None of that mattered. It wasn't what worked and, ladies and gentlemen, "worked" is all that matters and all that will ever matter. We are trying to make money, not give lectures and not get awards for who sounds the smartest.
Believe me, as I get older, I wish more and more that it weren't like this. I say that because my methods of looking at companies -- starting from the bottom up -- are so time-consuming and such a drag on my days that I wish I could become a "risk-on/risk-off" talking head. I would then have my set list of things to say and ETFs to grab and futures to sell.
But there is a judgment in the end, and the judgment is that this did not make you money in 2012, and those who try to get away with it in 2013 will find a discerning spotlight right on them -- from me.
Sorry, I have to do it. It's OK. It's been ages since I have been a bad boy, but I am surrounded by people who think and talk about risk-on/risk-off -- and, to reiterate, they don't know what the heck they are talking about. All they are doing is using shortcuts and lazy thinking, rather than doing the heavy lifting, which happens to be the only thing I know how to do.
So, with all that said, I have in mind 10 themes that prevailed in 2012. They're coming in with a huge head of steam in 2013, and you just need to use the government to give you the entry points.
Stay tuned.


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Nunez, Anna, Solarte await Yanks' choices
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Eduardo Nunez has not packed one stitch of clothing for the regular season, and probably won't until Saturday. He is one of three Yankees infielders stuck in a holding pattern while the team decides how to finish off the 25-man roster.
"It's funny, but it's not funny," said Nunez, with a laugh.
Nunez, Dean Anna and non-roster invitee Yangervis Solarte all had one last crack to impress the Yankees' coaches on Thursday, grabbing starts in a 4-2 Grapefruit League victory over the Pirates at McKechnie Field.
Nunez went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI, while Anna and Solarte each went hitless in four at-bats. The Yankees plan to take two of the three and will give the topic a lot of thought and discussion on Friday, when an announcement is expected.
"This was not a great Spring Training for offense, but I'm learning a lot," said the 27-year-old Nunez, who batted .265 this spring. "I got my confidence at third base and second base, too. But I don't worry about my hitting, because I can do better with that."
Nunez has played in 129 career big league games, all with the Yankees, but manager Joe Girardi has said that neither of their two vacancies have been decided. Nunez said that getting the late nod to make the club is not out of the ordinary for him.
"The last two years, they [told] me the last two days of the camp," Nunez said. "So for me, it's not a surprise. I've always been in this situation."
Solarte, 26, was among the Yankees' top offensive players of the spring. A non-roster invitee who played at Triple-A in the Rangers' system the last two years, Solarte hit .415 (17-for-41) with two homers and eight RBIs to put himself on the radar.
"I feel pretty satisfied with the work that I have done, but regarding the chances, that's something I cannot control and I leave that to the Yankees," Solarte said through an interpreter.
Solarte was nearly promoted to the big leagues by the Rangers last September, and said that he would report to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre if he doesn't make the Yankees' Opening Day roster.
"I will take an opportunity, either if it's up here on the team or down in Triple-A," Solarte said. "You just want an opportunity."
Anna, 27, was acquired from the Padres in November after leading the Pacific Coast League with a .331 average last year, and is attending his first big league camp this spring.
He said that he did not feel any added pressure on Thursday, knowing that the Yankees will be judging more than just one game to make their decisions.
"That's over with. That's how I felt the first week, where I needed to do something no matter what," Anna said. "But now it's just, get ready for the season. Whatever happens from here on out, I feel I did pretty well."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Following my recent post on 401(k) loans, a number of you asked for more detail on the rules around taxes on plan loans and repayments. So I thought I'd delve deeper into the topic of being (or not being) taxed twice.
Two things are important. First, it's easy to see you aren't "taxed twice" on the principal balance of a "k" loan. If you borrow $10,000 from your retirement plan, you receive $10,000 to use as you want—you don't have to pay taxes on it. Putting that money back into your plan account doesn't involve paying additional taxes. You're just repaying money you borrowed. Yes, you're using after-tax money to replace your pre-tax money. But you also used pre-tax money to, for example, buy a car, or pay off credit cards, so it all evens out. (Looking at it another way—if you want to think of the $10,000 you're using to repay your loan as a discrete sum of money, you may argue that it gets taxed when you first receive it as income and again when you withdraw it in retirement. But the "other" $10,000—the money you withdraw as a loan—never gets taxed. Not when you first stick it in the 401(k), and not when you take it out and use it.)
Second, on the interest component, it's more complicated. Here, the "interest" you're paying on a retirement plan loan is new money you are putting into your account. You're using after-tax dollars to make these interest payments/contributions, as opposed to the pre-tax dollars that you might normally put into the plan. When the money comes out in retirement, however, you owe income tax on this "interest" at the same rate as the other pre-tax amounts in the plan. So, in this sense, you "pay tax twice" on the interest.
While this seems to make intuitive sense—and might seem to represent an important cost of a 401(k) loan—there is a subtle issue here.
Suppose, just for a minute, that your entire 401(k) were entirely invested in bonds offered by your local bank (which is silly, and not a recommendation of any kind, but will help me make this point). If you had borrowed $10,000 from that bank instead of your retirement plan, you would pay the interest you owe on the loan out of your after-tax income. But the bank would turn around and take your interest (and that of its other creditors) and use it to pay interest it owes on its bonds—among other things—which you hold in your 401(k). That interest is what accrues in your account, and you will pay income taxes on it (again) when you draw it out in retirement.
This example highlights the fact that all interest you receive is, in this sense, "taxed twice." Of course, the big difference is that in a 401(k)-style plan the "interest" is entirely your own money—not that of the bank's creditors. So, while the "taxed twice" thing is absolutely true with respect to the interest, it's not clear that it's relevant at all to the loan decision. The other factors I mentioned in my previous post are what you should really focus on.
This example highlights the fact that all interest you receive originates from someone else's after-tax income, and is in this sense ultimately "taxed twice." Of course, the big difference is just that with a k-plan loan, the "interest" is entirely your own money, not that of the bank's creditors. So while the "taxed-twice" thing is absolutely true with respect to the interest, it's not clear that it's relevant at all to the loan decision. (Though the very technically inclined might want to look at this paper from the Federal Reserve, which suggests that a cost could creep in, given particular differences in rates of return.)
The bottom line: In general, the other factors I mentioned in the original post are what you should really focus on.
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I mean Dallas Clark had 37 catches for 488 yards in his third season. I'd like to see Fleener get into the end zone some more too, but I can't really say his production is bad.
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I mean Dallas Clark had 37 catches for 488 yards in his third season. I'd like to see Fleener get into the end zone some more too, but I can't really say his production is bad.
Considering he plays on a team that has to pass on just about every play, that is not earth shattering..... Again, I take Thame and draft two offensive linemen high. But, I like to protect my QB.... Irsay could care less....
Yeah, star QBs get benched all the time.
Tamme (thanks for the spelling correction) is a pretty good receiver. However, he has competition in Denver for playing time. He did very well when filling in for Clark and Peyton was getting near all pro numbers out of him. I am not big on this but I sure wasn't big on drafting two tight ends that high in the draft when we had no offensive line. Just me, I guess.... I believe the game is won and lost in the trenches with the offensive and defensive lines and not with over hyped college QBs who don't live up to their publicity....
Over hyped college QBs who don't live up to their publicity even though he is having one of the best rookie years of all time and has already done something that hasn't been done in 40 years.
I actually think we should go to our TE's more than we have. We've been running a lot of 3 WR sets with Hilton and Avery, and I think we would be better served to play a lineup of Wayne, and Avery on the outside, Fleener in the "slot" and D. Allen at the TE position.
Our TE's have looked good when the ball is thrown to them, as opposed to constantly trying to go to Avery and "butterfingers" Hilton over the middle.
Huh? Hope that wasn't to me Joe, I don't think Luck is overhyped in the least.
No, generally if I use something silly like that in a post it is directed at the guy who keeps spouting in every thread.
Yeah, I never disputed that.
We also have noone else, so teams can key in on Morris
All fair.
At least you have young guys who can develop.
We have wasted 12-13 years of draft picks, so the young guys we have are few and far between (and that is counting everyone, not even disecting that down even further to the ones who actually pan out)
Romo sucks.
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I don't agree that Romo sucks but I am certainly not a Dallas fan. It probably comes as no surprise that I decided to hate them when Tom Landry was treated in a shameful manner and fired...... Won't watch them unless they play the Colts now (or Washington and Denver).....
Tell us how you really feel!
12-13 years is an overstatement. That would include Reggie Wayne, Freeney and others.... I will give you that the top of the last five years of drafts left a lot to be desired but Hughes and Brown are still with the team so not an all out bust.... A lot of those bad early draft picks were offset by finding very good starters from undrafted free agents like Brackett and others....
I was talking about the Redskins
And he still does incredibly well, what did he have 120+ yards against the giants on a 5/carry average? That is a good *** running game, so clearly your offensive line is doing something right.
He is confused easily. His personalized Browns Weems jersey was a bad choice.
I never disputed any of that...........
I would argue it is more of a system and less of the line, but I guess they are one in the same.
Taking all things into consideration I think they have looked pretty equal at best. So many times fans make these comments and don't take into consideration the teams they are playing against. Put RG3 against the Bears his first game and I put a large amount of money he looks like complete crap like Luck did.
Fact is both of these QB's are good against mediocre DB's and poor schemes. Is someone really going to defend the Giants pass defense or the Saints? I hope not but one game that came and went where I think RG3 out performed LUck was the Vikings game and RG3 had the best total QBR that weekend to show for it.
Right now Luck is two spots ahead of RG3 in the total QBR rating so ya when you actually weight defenses they are about equal.
IF I was a Redskins fan my fear would be if the other teams figured out that college system. In the end I think they will but it may take a year or so much like Peytons stretch play became the way of the dinasour and the Miami wildcat.
When did Romo get benched?


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