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CACR operates large-scale computing facilities and provides support services for numerous campus research groups that require reliable I/O, including the aeronautics, applied mathematics, astronomy, biology, engineering, geophysics, materials science, and physics departments. Because CACR previously experienced non-critical data loss with its legacy storage systems, and endured the use of problematic system administration tools, it was important to ensure that manageability, reliability, and stability of the parallel file system and its underlying storage hardware was best-in-class.
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WINNIPEG — Hillel Winnipeg is in the process of adopting a new leadership model that is intended to cast a wider net and attract more student participation.
"We are just beginning to implement our new approach," says Hart Jacob, Hillel Winnipeg's director. "Rather than having a formal structure with a formal executive, we are creating a number of micro committees – smaller interest groups under the Hillel umbrella."
Jacob came up with the idea for the new direction last summer after attending the Hillel Leadership Institute in St. Louis. "This is a model that is being tried on some American campuses," he says.
Last year, he points out, Winnipeg Hillel had a small group of core students who ran the organization. "They worked well together, but there was too much for them to do," he says. "We believe that our new program will engage more students and expand student involvement."
He reports that before starting on the new direction, he met with last year's Hillel student leadership and solicited their views. "There was some hesitation about doing away with titles," he says, "but, in the end, everyone was on board."
One of the limitations that Hillel Winnipeg has faced over the years in attracting students, Jacob notes, is that Winnipeg's two universities are commuter campuses. Students live at home rather than in university dormitories, unlike Queen's University, he said, where there are a number of Jewish students in residence. The Winnipeg Jewish students have long-established friendships and aren't looking to university to meet new people and make new friends.
The micro groups, he says, would be driven by students' interests. For example, Jacob notes, young Chabad Rabbi Shmuley Altein comes to the University of Manitoba every Tuesday for a lunch-and-learn program studying Jewish religious texts with students under the Hillel banner.
"We also have an Israel advocacy group, a sports group, a Shabbat group and a social group established," Jacob says. "And we have a social-action group in the works."
He notes that the new approach should encourage students to focus more on their interests and take ownership of their groups. Each group would have a leader or contact person. Jacob's role would be that of the co-ordinator providing support, resources and guidance to the different groups.
Jacob will continue to organize macro programs, such as visiting speakers from Israeli universities, and arrange for fellowships, scholarship and travel to Jewish-themed conferences for Jewish students on campus.
He estimates that there are between 600 and 800 Jewish students enrolled at the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg. Many of them are from families that have immigrated from South America, largely Argentina, and Israel in the last 10 years.
Jacob says the Russian/Israeli and South American-born students prefer to integrate with the Canadian-born students rather than form their own cultural groups.
"From the point of view of the larger group, it's great having students from a different country and culture and perspective involved," he adds. "They bring different ideas and excitement to our groups and programs."

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For over 40 years, the Sponsor a Family program has assisted families in Geauga County with gifts and food during the holidays. The first year of the program, two dozen families received food baskets. During the 2012 holiday season, the program assisted 601 families. This translates to 2,045 people served and includes 1,208 children who received toys and gifts! In addition, approximately 10,000 pounds of food was donated and distributed.
As you can imagine, this program is a huge undertaking. Planning is nearly year-round with the majority of the work beginning in October and continuing until Christmas. This past holiday, 222 participants "sponsored a family" for the holidays. The rest of the families received help from area churches, schools, civic groups, businesses, organizations, and individuals who donated food and toys to the program. Over 300 volunteers donated their time to sort and pack food and toys. For many, volunteering for the Sponsor a Family program has become a part of their holiday tradition. On delivery day, Job and Family Services staff and volunteers spend several hours delivering food and gifts to families.
This program would simply not exist without the overwhelming generosity of so many residents and professionals from Geauga County and beyond. On behalf of the Sponsor a Family program, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to those of you who I had the pleasure of working with as well as the many nameless and faceless people who worked so hard, in a spirit of kindness, to make this holiday enjoyable for those in Geauga County who are less fortunate.
If you are interested in learning about other volunteer opportunities, please contact me at 440-285-9141.
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Two families who are neighbors and friends sit together during Mass at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Aloha — Gigi Gruber, Rosina Loyuk, Sarah Gruber, Olina Loyuk, Afaf Loyuk and Karna Gruber. Afaf came to the U.S. from Sudan.
Catholic parishes in Oregon are moving from single cultures to what the U.S. bishops are calling "shared." In a shared parish, people of more than one language, racial or cultural group celebrate the Eucharist and work to live out the gospel.
While the Catholic Church has been a conduit of immigrant adaptation throughout U.S. history, the nation's bishops today are clear: the church's mission is not to Americanize but to evangelize. The bishops say this means respecting languages and customs of discipleship. In other words, parishes need to find a way to achieve unity without enforcing uniformity.
Holy Trinity Parish in suburban Beaverton counts about 50 nationalities. Prominent are Filipinos and Vietnamese, as well as folks from Korea and India.
Even in this welcoming parish, the array of cultures poses challenges in what Deacon Brett Edmonson calls "small ways." For example, Filipino liturgies trend elaborate and full, while Anglos prefer noble simplicity.
"There may be some tension over questions like, 'How many rosaries do we say?'" says Edmonson.
But in basic matters, Holy Trinity achieves notable unity. Edmonson credits the high education level of parishioners, many of whom work in the nearby high-tech industry. Whatever their culture, they tend to be proficient at English. A common language speeds fellowship. Parishioners see each other at the office and so are more at ease in church.
Music and homilies, if crafted to touch everyone's hearts, can bring all kinds of worshipers together, explains Edmonson. When it comes to culture disputes, the deacon's final advice is: "charity and patience."
Almost 60 of the 124 parishes in the Archdiocese of Portland have Hispanic ministry. Hispanics are the fastest growing group in Oregon Catholic parishes and around the nation.
"You've got to have an openness of heart," says Holy Cross Father Joe Corpora, a former Portland pastor who now travels the country helping Catholic schools and parishes become more welcoming to Hispanics.
He thinks of Mexican Catholics as "God's last-ditch effort to keep the Anglo church from becoming upper middle class, white and antiseptic." The laugh line makes it clear that Anglos tend to be more efficient and liturgical while Latinos can be more relational and devotional. Everyone has truths to show others, Father Corpora explains.
The priest suggests that parish leaders begin by reviewing the census. Latinos will soon be a majority in U.S. parishes. Next, pastors should find a cultural mentor, someone who can answer candid questions.
Father Corpora, longtime pastor of a Hispanic/Anglo parish in Arizona and Holy Redeemer Parish in Portland, had good results when he brought all parishioners together to tell family stories. The communities discovered that everyone, in a sense, is an immigrant. Another trick: Sunday afternoon soccer games will draw people of all cultures.
The priest urges Anglo Catholics to make sure to distinguish different Latin American nations — Mexicans and Chileans are not the same, for example. Parish staff should find out what holidays are important to growing populations and should consider building an outdoor shrine if worshipers want it. Priests with many Hispanic parishioners ought to hang an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the rectory.
To Anglos miffed that Hispanics don't blend quickly into Anglo culture, Father Corpora explains that many Mexicans in the U.S. assume they will someday return to the land of their birth.
"They will integrate, but they won't assimilate," he says. "They never will."
A 2011 study by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate showed that 40 percent of growth in registered parishioners in the U.S. from 2005 to 2010 was among Hispanics. About a third of parishes in the western U.S. identify themselves as multicultural. That's up from a fifth in 2000.
The bishops prefer the term "shared parish," emphasizing that the parish does not have some owners and some visitors.
The goal at shared parishes is to build unity on a strong Catholic identity, says Alejandro Aguilera-Titus of the U.S. Catholic bishops' Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church.
"Something that follows from Catholic identity is a sense of belonging," says Aguilera-Titus, a former Director of Hispanic ministries in the Archdiocese of Portland. "They feel they are not just there renting. Then that moves into a strong sense of stewardship."
Parishes that achieve unity begin with welcome and hospitality, Aguilera-Titus explains. New arrivals, whatever their culture, ought to be recognized.
Then, successful churches advance from the Spanish Mass to add other ministries in Spanish, like religious education and adult faith formation. Each major culture in the parish ideally has its own programs, but unites with others at certain points. For example, at an adult education session, everyone can pray and eat together in multilingual form, then move to different rooms for classes.
"Avoid one-size-fits-all," Aguilera-Titus says. "Parishes need to be 'both-and.'"
Aguilera-Titus suggests that one community can help the other. He has heard of a parish at which, during ents watched the children. At the English retreat, Hispanic parents returned the favor.
Aguilera-Titus suggests that youth group, work on the same model — some meetings in common and some projects carried out in smaller subsets.
Parish staff, he adds, should be able to collaborate with people of different backgrounds and the pastor must have a love for the various groups in his parish. But priests and staff need not do the work alone; they should instead identify leaders in the various communities.
The Catholic Church is the nation's most diverse organization. In developing institutions shared among cultures, the church can be a model for the country, Aguilera-Titus says.
At Shepherd of the Valley Parish in Central Point, Hispanic membership grew from 100 to 700 in six years. At the same time, the youth group went through a three-stage process. At first, it was all-English. When the youth minister began inviting Hispanic youths, the newcomers felt intimidated. So the parish established a group for Hispanic youths, which flourished. Once the Hispanics felt ownership, it was possible to unite the two groups.
Father Mike Walker, pastor of Shepherd of the Valley, says a key to harmony is helping parishioners see the blessing of growth and different cultural expressions of faith.
"You hope and pray your parish is wanting that," Father Walker says. "I think people do understand that the gospel is for everyone. I feel sorry for parishes that don't have active Hispanic and English-speaking communities. Both have a lot to bring."
Successful multiculturalism takes effort. Father Walker at times has had to talk down parishioners who try to turn cultural differences into a political situation. He worked to make sure Hispanics got a chance to contribute to the new parish, which they did generously.
"You just do your best," the priest says.
Often, Catholics of different cultures unify over a common cause.
Parishioners can work side-by-side in food pantries or clothing closets.
On the first Monday of each month at St. Mary Parish in Eugene, Anglo and Hispanic parishioners join in a Stations of the Cross focusing on the victims of abortion. Confirmation classes at the parish are blended, which links all kinds of families.
"Hispanic and Anglo kids make a lot of links," says Julie Rutledge-Sanchez, director of religious education at St. Mary's, a community of 1,950 families that is about 30 percent Hispanic. "They know each other."
As for adults, Rutledge-Sanchez says it takes courage.
"It has to be a concerted ef fort to get outside your comfort zone and go out and meet people," she explains. "You meet them where they're at."
Food often helps build unity. In Seaside, a Mexican chef was asked to cook dinner for an event run by the mostly-Anglo women's group. At St. Mary's in Eugene, Hispanic parishioners make a monthly breakfast with home recipes. People of all cultures come to eat.
"If you really want to have a community blended, get the women together cooking," Rutledge-Sanchez says.
If food doesn't work, sometimes a smile starts the unifying. "The Holy Spirit," Rutledge-Sanchez says, "doesn't know language barriers."
St. Andrew Church in Northeast Portland has a history of inclusiveness that that has been cultivated over the years by its leadership.
In the 1970s, Father Bert Griffin encouraged parishioners to welcome African American families of the neighborhood by incorporating more Afro culture into Masses. Father Griffin is remembered for his constant refrain, "God loves each and every one of us: absolutely, unconditionally, and irrevocably."
Today's pastor, Msgr. Charles Lienert, carries on that tradition.
"We make a very conscious effort to welcome people who are often marginalized," he said.
A community of Guatemalan transplants gathers at St. Andrew once a week for Mass celebrated in the Mayan language Kanjobal. All services during Holy Week, and during other special occasions, are celebrated in Spanish and English.
"We've really worked at not just having a church where several different congregations meet, but to build relationships between the people who come to the Spanish Mass, and Guatemalan Mass and the English Mass," Msgr. Lienert said.
During a capital campaign, Anglo parishioners visited the homes of Hispanic parishioners, and vice versa, to build personal relationships while fundraising for a building project.
Bilingual members of the community serve as a bridge, and when anything happens in the parish, church leaders ask everyone to contribute and receive together, fostering a sense of ownership.
"We've tried to be strategic about ways the community could build relationships with each other, without losing their own charisms and their own identity," Msgr. Lienert said.
Similarly, at Holy Redeemer Church in North Portland, all major liturgies are bilingual. The Hispanic community at this parish started with a very small group of family and friends 10 years ago, but has grown vastly.
"Our liturgies are the most important way we all interact," said Lupe Albarran, Hispanic ministry director. The entire parish also gathers for a Fiesta de la Virgen celebration, Stations of the Cross during Lent, and a summer camping trip.
Latin is a great equalizer at St. Joseph Parish in Salem. Chant in the ancient language is included in the Mass to unify the community linguistically, instead of English dominating.
Father Todd Molinari also revamped parish leadership three years ago. He made a requirement that the biggest linguistic groups in the parish be represented — English, Spanish and Vietnamese — as well as the church's various ministries.
"It's like the UN security council," Father Molinari said. "It's sometimes unwieldy and takes more time, but it gives everyone a place at the table."
New hires in the parish office are bilingual, and so is the parish's new deacon.
But, sometimes, it's simple infrastructure that brings the different language speakers of the parish together. St. Joseph, built mid-century, isn't equipped to handle a modern congregation's needs.
"In the evening, this place is crawling with kids and families, in every nook and cranny," Father Molinari said.
To function efficiently, everyone is forced to communicate and work together to ensure every group's needs are met.
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SOUTHEND United's Michael Timlin believes strengthening his side's midfield has allowed him to rediscover his best form.
Timlin has been in impressive form for Blues in their last few matches.
And the 27-year-old feels it is down to the introduction of loan signings Marc Laird and Tamika Mkandawire in the centre of the park.
"With Tam coming in it's given me more freedom to move further up the pitch and I think that's boosted my game," said Timlin.
"I would happily have carried on playing a more defensive role if the manager had wanted me to but I do prefer being able to get around the pitch.
"Marc Laird and myself are enjoying putting pressure on players further up the pitch and that actually resulted in his goal against Stockport the other week.
"Hopefully my first goal of the season isn't too far away either and I've started to have a few more shots again.
"That wasn't the case at the start of the year and I'm glad that's started to change."
Blues now also have serious competition for the midfield slots with Alex Woodyard and John Spicer also vying for a place in the team.
And Timlin feels that will bring the best out of those currently being selected by manager Paul Sturrock.
"Having that competition for places keeps everyone on their toes and is a big bonus," said Timlin.
"We all know we have to play well or someone else will take our place and that's the way it should be."
Timlin's next chance to impress will come at Torquay United this weekend.
And he is relishing taking on his former Swindon Town team-mate Craig Easton, who has also played for Blues.
"Craig and I had similar fortunes at Swindon and it will be nice to see him on Saturday because he's a great professional," said Timlin.
"I'm glad he's been able to get a good club like Torquay and I'm sure he will be doing well for them.
"Torquay is a very long way to go and you're always in for a hard game there.
"They've been playing better than their recent results have suggested but I feel like we've got things together now and want to keep that going."


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Safety and Efficacy of (α1Proteinase Inhibitor, α1PI) in HIV Disease
This study has been terminated.
(Potential non compliance with Protocol.)
Institute for Human Genetics and Biochemistry
AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Grifols Biologicals Inc.
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First received: November 19, 2012
Last updated: December 18, 2014
Last verified: December 2014
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Our primary objective is to further characterize the mechanism by which alpha-1PI regulates CD4 counts.
HIV-1 infected patients will be initiated on PROLASTIN®-C (Alpha-1 Proteinase Inhibitor [Human], Grifols Biotherapeutics Inc.) or placebo. Uninfected volunteers will be untreated and will be monitored for comparison.
|HIV Disease
|Biological: α1 Proteinase Inhibitor
|Phase 2 Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
|Official Title:
|Safety and Efficacy of Prolastin®-C (α1Proteinase Inhibitor, α1PI) in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Subjects
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MedlinePlus related topics: HIV/AIDS
Drug Information available for: alpha 1-Antitrypsin Proteinase inhibitorU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- CD4 counts [ Time Frame: 9 weeks after initiation of treatment ]It has been observed that CD4 counts and cholesterol levels are correlated and that there is cyclic variation in individuals with and without HIV.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- cholesterol levels [ Time Frame: 9 weeks after initiation of treatment ]CD4 T cells transport lipoproteins through blood and lymph and are correlated with cholesterol levels. Regulation of CD4 counts includes regulation of cholesterol levels.
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: α1 Proteinase Inhibitor in HIV disease
α1Proteinase Inhibitor (120mg/kg Prolastin-C) weekly for 8 weeks
Biological: α1 Proteinase Inhibitor
Prolastin-C treatment in HIV disease will be compared with placebo treatment in HIV disease and no treatment in uninfected volunteers.
Other Names:
Placebo Comparator: Placebo in HIV disease
Placebo (saline) weekly for 8 weeks
No Intervention: Uninfected controls
Blood collection only for 8 weeks
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV-1 patients must have confirmed HIV-1 disease, diagnosed using the standard criteria and be on antiretroviral therapy. Uninfected volunteers will be age and gender matched.
- HIV-1 patients must have measurable disease, defined as HIV-1 infected patients on antiretroviral therapy with undetectable HIV RNA (<1000 HIV RNA copies/ml) and CD4 counts more than 200 and less than 600 cells/uL.
- Not have previously received α1PI augmentation therapy
- Age at least 18 years and under 65 years
- Capacity for and commitment to attend all protocol scheduled visits at ACRIA
- Life expectancy of greater than 5 years
Patients must have lab values within the limits defined below:
- WBC >4,1000/uL
- ANC >1,000/uL
- platelets >100,000//uL
- total bilirubin 2-12 mg/dL
- AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) < or = 2.5 X upper limit of normal
- creatinine Male : 0.50-1.30 mg/dL Female: 0.40-1.20 mg/dL
- HIV-1 patients must have active α1PI below 11 uM (normal is 18-53 uM)
- HIV-1 patients must have one year history (prior to the study) with CD4+ lymphocytes at levels greater than 200 and less than 400 cells/uL
- HIV-1 patients must have absence of symptoms suggestive of HIV-1 disease progression
- HIV-1 patients must have adequate suppression of virus (<400 HIV RNA/mL)
- HIV-1 patients must have a history of compliance with antiretroviral medication based on undetectable virus levels
- No evidence of malignancy
- The effects of Prolastin-C on the developing human fetus at the recommended therapeutic dose are unknown: At any time throughout the study, from the signing of the informed consent form until after the last study visit, all female and male subjects who are biologically capable of having children must agree and commit to use a reliable method of birth control.
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion Criteria:
- Recent illness that will prevent the patient from participating in required study activities
- Patients receiving other investigational agents
- Patients with known malignancies
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to Prolastin-C
- IgA deficient patients
- Patients with ≥1000 HIV-1 RNA copies/ mL
- Patients with >600 CD4 cells/uL
- Uncontrolled illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, myeloid dysplastic syndrome, anemia, bone marrow failure, DiGeorge Syndrome, thymic disorders, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
- Pregnant and breastfeeding women
- Refusal to give informed consent
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01731691
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01731691
|United States, New York
|New York, New York, United States, 10018
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Institute for Human Genetics and Biochemistry
AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Grifols Biologicals Inc.
|Principal Investigator:
|Cynthia Bristow, PhD
|Institute for Human Genetics and Biochemistry
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Bristow CL, Babayeva MA, LaBrunda M, Mullen MP, Winston R. α1Proteinase inhibitor regulates CD4+ lymphocyte levels and is rate limiting in HIV-1 disease. PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e31383. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031383. Epub 2012 Feb 17.
Bristow CL, Patel H, Arnold RR. Self antigen prognostic for human immunodeficiency virus disease progression. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2001 Sep;8(5):937-42.
Zamora NP, Pla RV, Del Rio PG, Margaleff RJ, Frias FR, Ronsano JB. Intravenous human plasma-derived augmentation therapy in alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency: from pharmacokinetic analysis to individualizing therapy. Ann Pharmacother. 2008 May;42(5):640-6. doi: 10.1345/aph.1K505. Epub 2008 Apr 15. Erratum in: Ann Pharmacother. 2008 Jun;42(6):905. Ronsano, Jose Bruono Montoro [corrected Ronsano, Jose Bruno Montoro].
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|Institute for Human Genetics and Biochemistry
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|NCT01731691 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
Prolastin-C in HIV disease
|Study First Received:
|November 19, 2012
|Last Updated:
|December 18, 2014
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Protease Inhibitors
Alpha 1-Antitrypsin
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Trypsin Inhibitors
Serine Proteinase Inhibitors
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A good friend of mine who trades the S&P 500 commented yesterday that if you had told him President Obama would win re-election handily and that the GOP would be forced to give in on both the fiscal cliff and the debt ceiling, he would have shorted the market to the maximum of his credit lines. The conventional wisdom was that all of those events would be horrible for the economy and the market would plunge. They all happened and bottoming at 1350 in November the stock market has shot right up to the 1500 area.
We are in one of these "all news is good news" markets. Amazon (AMZN) posted disappointing results according to the analysts, but the stock went higher. On Wednesday, the GDP report was the worst in some time. Had this happened in a different time period, we might have seen a stupendous selloff. But the market barely moved lower on the news.
Friends who track such things tell me that sentiment is mostly bullish and is at levels often associated with market tops. My technically oriented friends are tossing around terms such as "overbought" and "top of the bands." I think they mean the market is due for a pullback after a sharp increase. My options friends have put down their whiskey glasses long enough to warn of the consequences of very low volatility and growing complacency in options pricing. Macro types are telling me of global economic weakness, Arab nightmares and Chinese landings of various varieties that lead them to conclude we will see a selloff.
At times like these, I wish I stayed in school longer. The macro stuff makes almost no sense to me most of the time. When I look at most of these charts that folks like to show me, I feel like a little kid looking at clouds. I might see horsies and duckies, but I derive no information about what the market is or is not going to do. I understand the importance of high sentiment readings from a contrarian point of view, but I have seen sentiment stay too high or too low for extended periods of time over my career.
I get that the market has shot up very quickly in the aftermath of what many expected to be a politically driven crash that didn't happen. Although I do not watch the market trade tick-by-tick, I do generally make sure I know where my stocks are priced at any given time. I have seen to quick moves in Kelly Services (KELYA), Hess (HES), and the rocket-ship action on Bank of Ireland (IRE).
I am even aware that only 10% of the stocks in the S&P 500 are down for the year. I know that 60% of the index components went up more than 5% in the first month of trading and more than 20% are up double digits already this year. I am even smart enough to know that this type of action is kind of frothy and that those prices may need to rest for a bit. Yet I am not smart enough to know if these prices will move sideways for a bit, experience a correction or crash in spectacular fashion sometime soon.
When I get concerned about the markets and my technical and macro friends have me wanting to curl up under the table in body armor, I go through my portfolios stock by stock and ask two simple questions. First, is it still cheap? Bank of Ireland, for instance, may be up more than 30% all this year but there is no reason to rush to ring the register. The stock still trades at just 50% of tangible book value. If the stock is cheap, I keep it. If it has climbed up to a premium valuation, I sell it and add the proceeds to my cash balances.
Once we have determined which stocks are cheap and will be held for the long term (which is usually most of them), the second question is: "Is it safe?" Has something changed in the company's fundamentals that would lower its Z or F scores? Has business worsened to the point that the survival is an issue? If the answer is yes, I sell the stock and add the proceeds to cash.
The market is probably due for a pullback now. But being due doesn't mean it has to happen. By holding decent cash balances and selling stocks that are no longer safe can help give you additional firepower. Never chasing an up market can also help you from suffering in a decline. Approaching markets in this manner allows you to make the market work for you, and add to your portfolio in the inevitable pullbacks, corrections and crashes that will occur during your investing career.


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Perturbed parents, unsure about the newly instated special education reform, finally got some answers.
Parents and education experts gathered at the offices of the Community District Education Council 30 (CDEC30) in Long Island City on Wednesday, August 29 to discuss the special education reform that kicked off at the start of this school year.
According to a representative from the Department of Education (DOE), as of September 1, kindergarten, sixth and ninth grades will begin integrating special education students into classrooms with general education students. The program is expected to occur in phases over the next several years, combining children with varying degrees of disabilities.
Michelle Noris, a CDEC30 member who has a child with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), said her group exists to act as a liaison between parents and the DOE, disseminating information to the public and alerting the city agency about major, underlying issues.
According to Noris, the biggest concerns of parents include reduced services due to dwindling funds, and issues with students' Related Services Agreement (RSA), which could potentially prohibit parents from choosing their child's therapist.
The meeting was called to allow advocates and parents to speak freely without being suppressed by members of the Department of Education (DOE), who were not in attendance, according to a member of the CDEC30. A diverse panel of speakers, including officials such as occupational therapists and lawyers, fielded questions from parents, concerned that their children may not be getting the services they require.
"[Educational guidelines] change very quickly," said panelist Jean Mizutani, education program director for Resources for Children with Special Needs. "There is no sufficient outreach done by the DOE. Parents hear about changes in the course of their daily activities. It's very helpful to have a panel and answer questions. It just grounds the parents."
Mizutani said rapidly changing systems in education can confuse parents, who were better versed in previously existing methods. While she says all parents of school-aged children are concerned with their child's education, parents of those with special needs require additional information and advice.
The DOE argues that increased interaction between students with disabilities and those in general education raises scores on standardized tests, diminishes truancy and disruptive behavior, and betters their chances for employment and independent living after high school. According to the DOE, these improvements occurred in all students with disabilities, regardless of the severity or type of handicap, gender or socioeconomic standing. The agency cited studies, stating that self-contained classrooms provide an absence of positive behavior models and have a negative impact on classroom environment.
A Universal Design for Learning (UDL) will be implemented at all schools throughout the city, according to the DOE, providing equal opportunities for students to learn, with or without disabilities.
"People have been accustomed to children being segregated for so long, that's what they perceive as a positive," said panelist Ellen McHugh, associate director of Parent to Parent New York State. "When you have a pass/fail percentage on Regents that's less than two percent and a graduation rate of less than 30 percent, that's a problem."


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I have a crawling/twitchy/sometimes throbbing feeling in (or behind) my left eye. It is sometimes (by evening) slightly painful - but mostly just annoying. Often it seems to be localized in the outside corner of the eye. Other times more central. In the mirror, I cannot see anything I recognize as a problem. There does appear to be a blood vessel poking into the blue area of the eye.
When I close/open the eyelid, I feel more "resistance" in the left eye than in the right (as if it was dryer, or more "drag" was in effect). Also note that I do have "floaters" in that eye. They are annoying, but I would not have expected that you could *feel* them (??).
When "googled", I found this above description to be a known complaint, but there was no clear answer that I found. Some folks wondered if it was due to some kind of parasite (due to the crawly feeling). I have wondered the same thing, but that seems unlikely given my circumstance... modern American living in a fairly clean environment with no kids or mammalian pets, and using metropolitan city water.
I am a 58 year old (male) retired computer programmer. I still do a lot of programming, which means I often stare at a computer screen for hours a day.
Is this just a middle age man getting older? Or is it something I should get looked at?
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Hi. I'm online and happy to answer your question today.
You are correct....floaters are not something you can feel.
The most likely cause of your symptoms, especially since it gets worse toward the end of the day is an anterior segment/
dry eye
Now you might say "But if the problem is near the front of my eye, why do I feel it behind that eye?" That is most likely because your eye and orbital area are very highly innervated and all of these nerves interconnect. In my experience, it is not uncommon for people to complain of feelings like yours and for their exam to show problems with the anterior segment. Can I give you a good reason why this is so? Nope :(
The good news? This is something you can fix with home treatment. Let me tell you a bit more about this:
It sounds like you are suffering from an anterior segment/
tear film
issue. Many times, for all sorts of reasons, the anterior surface of the eye starts to have difficulties. What can cause this? Well, there are a number of conditions but the most common are dry eyes, allergies and
....many times all three conditions act together to make you miserable. In order to solve your problem you need to address all of these issues at the same time.
When it comes to allergies it is almost impossible to pin down the offending agent(s) and, therefore, treatment needs to focus on controlling the symptoms. Dry eyes are very common and can be improved by a stepwise series of therapies. First, the use of natural tears 4-6+ times/day to augment your natural tear production, if this doesn't work then you can try temporary punctal occlusion of the lower puncta, then, if needed, temporary occlusion of all 4 puncta then, if indicated, surgical ( non-reversible) closure of the puncta. The openings to your tear drainage system are called puncta and you have one opening on each lid, near your nose.
Blepharitis is a condition where glands in the eyelids are not functioning normally. They become plugged and instead of putting out their normal clear, oily secretions, they put out thick, toothpaste like gunk. You may not be able to see this "gunk" yourself, unless it is really bad, but it shows up clearly on slit lamp examination.
The best treatment for this condition daily lid scrubs combined with warm compresses. I like to use baby shampoo for lid scrubs. In the shower, place the shampoo on your index fingers, close your eyes, raise your eyebrows (to stretch the skin on your eyelids) and scrub back and forth along your eyelashes for 3 to 5 minutes. The hot water in the shower helps to soften the plugged oils in the glands while the mechanical scrubbing with your soapy fingers removes the oils.
Baby shampoo lid scrubs will also help to wash away allergens and stimulate tear production, thereby addressing all three of your issues. Remember, this is not an instant fix. While you are waiting for the lid scrubs to have affect you can use over the counter allergy pills such as Travist, dimetapp or Zyrtec.
Should your symptoms get worse, your vision become significantly affected or things just not get better in 3 weeks or so you should have a complete eye examination by your local
to look for other, less common, causes of your symptoms.
I understand that this treatment seems a bit "too low tech" to be of value, but after 2 decades of clinical practice, I can assure you (even from personal experience :) that it, does indeed, work.
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One other thing may be going on at the same time as the above issues. You might also have mild myokymia, a benign condition of the muscles around the eye and eyelids.
. Myokymia is an involuntary, local twitching of a few muscle fibers in the body of a muscle. This twitching, if it occurs in a limb, is not strong enough to actually move a joint but can be felt and sometimes seen as an area of quivering.
Myokymia commonly involves the eyelids and muscles around the
. It often appears and resolves for no apparent reason and has not been linked to any underlying significant pathology. What causes myokymia? Studies have shown that it is associated with anxiety, stress, lack of good sleep, high caffeine intake and the use of some drugs.
The best way to treat myokymia is to get more sleep, decrease caffeine intake and decrease stress. The good news is that myokymia is not a sign of serious underlying pathology and often resolves on its own.
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Roads were badly damaged by the unprecedented level of rainfall received in the wettest winter for generations.
This year, Wiltshire Council has dealt with more than 1,250 flooding-related incidents across the county with 40 per cent more potholes being reported in the first two months of 2014 compared to 2013.
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Salvage..downward spiral? Last I checked they still are a very profitable company. They have made billions of dollars and can afford to make a few mistakes here and there. Most companies would have already closed there doors with some of the mess ups that MS has produced (Windows phone, Surface) But because of their early successes they are still here and relevant. I am not a huge MS fan at all but lets give credit where it is due. They need some "young blood" in there that is in touch with the technological pulse of NOW. MS has been a day late and a dollar short for sometime now. Apple has taken full advantage and i'm sure they will continue to do so.
MS is profitable but they're like USA car companies which survived only by huge fleet sales to government and car rental companies. Office, for instance, has had only cosmetic changes for at least 10 years...the same problems and bugs remain for years.
MS's desktop products stagnated under Ballmer and most of their initiatives were failures, with a few remarkable exceptions. Whoever was responsible for Xbox or Kinect should be a strong candidate for Top Dog, but given it's MS, they'll screw that up too.
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After eight sessions of flat action, the iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM) has broken to the upside. The most interesting aspect of Tuesday's action here is that there's really no news to account for it. There have been no fresh developments on the fiscal-cliff negotiations, for instance -- but market players may be optimistic about a friendly Federal Reserve announcement, which is scheduled for Wednesday.
The big problem for the bears right now is that, until we are closer to the fiscal-cliff deadline, there won't be any downside action related to these debates. There isn't yet any urgency to the negotiations, so no one is taking any of the politicians' comments seriously. They are posturing and trying to create some pressure through the news coverage, but the market hasn't registered any reaction that lasts longer than a few minutes.
Keep in mind, as well, that the politicians are eager to head home for the holidays -- which means the real deadline for an agreement is probably Christmas Eve. If there is no deal by then, it'll mean a substantial rise in the chances of going over the cliff, so it's at that point that I'd start looking for the market to react negatively.
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The Prospect Burger ($15) had all the makings of a good burger, but fell short of being a great one. Although requested at medium rare, the wagyu beef and short rib patty was cooked through and crumbled apart at first bite, rather than showing the coveted juicy pink center of a true medium-rare burger. All other elements, including the caramelized onions, cheddar brioche bun, and accompanying garlic Parmesan fries, were spot on.
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Josh Freeman is headed to the Minnesota Vikings. What that means for Christian Ponder remains to be seen.
One of Freeman's agents, Erik Burkhardt, tweeted late Sunday night the free-agent quarterback is signing with the Vikings.
Terms were not immediately available, but it was believed to be a one-year deal.
A person with knowledge of the Vikings' thinking confirmed the deal and said they'll keep their other three quarterbacks – Ponder, Matt Cassel and McLeod Bethel-Thompson – on the roster for now, though they'll discuss making a move with Bethel-Thompson.
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Freeman, 25, was cut by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday after four-plus seasons and an increasingly ugly, public feud. In 60 career games (59 starts), he has completed 58.2% of his passes for 13,534 yards, 80 touchdowns, 66 interceptions and a 78.8 rating.
He won't come in as the starter, the person with knowledge of the Vikings' thinking said, though it seems like only a matter of time before he learns the offense and gets to play.
Ponder, the 12th overall pick in the 2011 draft, missed last weekend's game because of a fractured rib and has tested coaches' patience with his inconsistency.
Cassel, who signed a deal in March that will pay him at least $3.7 million this season, played well in the Vikings' first win against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Vikings had a little less than $2.7 million in cap space prior to the Freeman signing.


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While 195 women were enjoying their tea and cakes, San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis stepped up to the podium at the third annual High Tea and Fashion Show, sponsored recently by the Soroptimist International clubs of Poway and Rancho Bernardo.
Dumanis spent seven minutes delivering some startling statistics, including the fact that 25 women have been murdered by their husbands or significant others since January 2012 in San Diego County. Dumanis was the featured speaker at "Hats On for High Tea," a fundraiser April 21 at the Rancho Bernardo Inn that raised $16,000 for the Soroptimist International Transitional Housing Program for victims of domestic violence. That is enough money to house two women and their children for one year.
Dumanis gave the crowd an overview of how domestic violence was being fought locally, saying, "I applaud the Soroptimist Clubs for doing so much. I know you are involved in (combating) human trafficking — which is really a terrible problem we are seeing increase — but for victims of domestic violence, you can make such a difference with transitional housing. Thank you for having me here, and thank you for what you do … and carry on."
The fundraiser began with a shopping and silent auction social hour and a fashion show by Chico's followed by the tea.
Soroptimist International takes on some of the most life-threatening and degrading situations that women can face, especially when they are poor or disadvantaged.
Human trafficking, the importing or exporting of human beings for sexual or domestic purposes in exchange for payment, is one of Soroptimist International's focus areas.
Eight local Soroptimist clubs are in a fundraising group called Soroptimists Together Against Trafficking and they are represented on the Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition, which provides local hotline and emergency services for victims of human trafficking.
SI of Poway and Rancho Bernardo have been working together since 1996, building this program to provide homelike shelter for battered women and their children. Through this program that lasts 18 months, the mother and children move from dependency and abuse to a safe, self-sustaining lifestyle. Since the program began, 37 mothers and 79 children have reclaimed their lives in this positive, supportive environment.
Housing Works of San Diego County, a nonprofit developer and manager of affordable housing, aids SI by designating housing units for the families, and also assists with obtaining permanent affordable housing when women graduate from the program. Crisis House Inc., a community-based social service agency established in 1970, selects and places families in the homes and provides counseling, employment training, school placement and other services.
The SI clubs provide the overall coordination and management of the program. They refurbish and furnish each unit and pay the temporary rent subsidy.
Carol LeBeau served as master of ceremonies and introduced Dumanis and the program's other speaker, a young woman in the transitional housing program with her children.
The committee for the event was chaired by Mary Mitchell. She was assisted by Tanya Lewis, Monica Iler, Marika Iler, Peggy Stewart, April Mitchell, Patty Grosch, Sandy Jacobs, Gina Storr, Nancy Brokaw, Marita Harmony, Jeannie Hume, Pam Warnock and Judy Horning.
Some of the women attending the event were Bonnie's mother, Ann Dumanis, Sue Evarts, Judy Jensen, Renee Molloy, Kenna Perrin and Kay Hanlon.
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- John C. Williams, President of the San Francisco Fed (nonvoter), speaks, 11:55 a.m. (all times EST)
- Dennis Lockhart, President of the Atlanta Fed (nonvoter), speaks, 12:40 p.m.
- Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, speaks, 4:30 p.m.
- Eric Rosengren, President of the Boston Fed (voter), speaks, 8 a.m.
- Producer Price Index, 8:30 a.m.
- Retail Sales, 8:30 a.m.
- Empire State Manufacturing Survey, 8:30 a.m.
- Narayana Kocherlakota, President of the Minneapolis Fed (nonvoter), speaks, 8:50 a.m.
- Charles Plosser, President of the Philadelphia Fed (nonvoter), speaks, 9:30 a.m.
- Business Inventories, 10 a.m.
- Consumer Price Index, 8:30 a.m.
- Treasury International Capital (TIC report), 9 a.m.
- Industrial Production, 9:15 a.m.
- Housing Market Index, 10 a.m.
- Narayana Kocherlakota, President of the Minneapolis Fed (non-voter), speaks, 10 a.m.
- Energy Information Administration Petroleum Status Report, 11 a.m.
- Beige Book, 2 p.m.
- Richard Fisher, President of the Dallas Fed (nonvoter), speaks, 6:30 p.m.
- Narayana Kocherlakota, President of the Minneapolis Fed (nonvoter), speaks again, 8 p.m.
- Housing Starts, 8:30 a.m.
- Jobless Claims, 8:30 a.m.
- Philadelphia Fed Survey, 10 a.m.
- Dennis Lockhart, President of the Atlanta Fed (nonvoter), speaks, 12:05 p.m.
- Consumer Sentiment (preliminary University of Michigan measure), 9:55 a.m.
This week will be an extraordinarily busy one. We have data on manufacturing, retail sales, inflation and housing on tap. Also on the docket are a bevy of Federal Reserve speakers. Before we begin our focus on retail sales, remember that with the first Fed meeting of the year come changes to the voting members on the Federal Open Market Committee.
Fed governors always have a vote, as does the chairman, as well as the president of the New York Fed. However, the voting rights for the other regional-bank presidents rotate in a three-year cycle. This year, voting rights will shift to Charles Evans of Chicago; Eric Rosengren of Boston; James Bullard of St. Louis; and Esther George of Kansas City. Out will be Richmond's Jeffrey Lacker (and his perennial dissents), Atlanta's Dennis Lockhart, Cleveland's Sandra Pianalto and San Francisco's John Williams.
So, of this week's speakers, only Eric Rosengren of the Boston Fed -- and, of course, Bernanke -- will have a vote.
Retail-Sales Spotlight
Now let's turn our focus to retail sales. The upcoming report is an important one because it encompasses December, including the holiday shopping season. One thing to remember about this report is that, unlike data from retailers -- like chain-store numbers -- this week's report doesn't just include department stores and mall retailers. It also includes a wide-ranging assortment of many types of businesses, from gas stations to grocery stores and restaurants.
So, for instance, this report can tell us whether customers might have increased their holiday shopping at a clothing store -- but only by cutting back on, say, dining out. In other words, this week's report is a comprehensive economic release, not a look at what might flow into a particular retailer's earnings. Bear in mind that distinction as we look at divergences in data.
First, for overall shopping patterns, consider the MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse report. Here, Mastercard tabulates not just sales made with its signature card, but also spending done with other forms of payment. These may include cash, check and credit, or debit cards issued by other payment processors.
MasterCard Advisors reported that, for November and December combined, overall holiday spending rose by just 0.7% from a year earlier (these data are not seasonally adjusted). The report notes that last year, during a similar period, sales grew by 2% year over year.
This report only includes certain subsectors -- apparel, electronics, online, luxury, jewelry and furnishings. These represent about 30% to 35% of total U.S. retail spending, excluding autos. Food, fuel and other significant retail categories are not included in the SpendingPulse Holiday Index.
Focusing just on December and looking at spending more broadly, the report tells us total retail sales, excluding autos, grew by 2.4% year over year. The organization notes that lower spending on gasoline and some holiday related sectors contributed to December's slower growth rate.
Taking out autos and gasoline, retail spending grew at a slightly stronger 2.8% year over year. This is down from total November retail sales growth of 4.5%, excluding auto and gasoline.
By comparison, the Census Bureau -- which tabulates the retail-sales report -- November retail sales climbed 4.7% from the prior year, ex-auto and gasoline, unadjusted for seasonal and other variations. The two reports, therefore, are in the same ballpark range. Of course, this week's headline data is the monthly, not annual, sales percentage change.
According to MasterCard, "The underlying softness of holiday related sectors of retail sales acted as a drag on December's growth rate. However, when examining a broader view of retail, the growth rates show modest improvement."
Kamalesh Rao, director of economic research for MasterCard Advisors, said: "Throughout the year, we had been seeing a sustained, albeit gentle strength to the monthly numbers. This continued into the fourth quarter, which had a strong start, peaking by the third week of October. Then from that time until the end of the year, we saw frequent swings between acceleration and deceleration."
Weather, of course, likely played a role in these swings, as regional variations -- as well as variations within each month -- were evident within the SpendingPulse report. Unlike Census, MasterCard is able to track spending on an intra-month basis, discerning trends from one week to the next.
When we receive the retail-sales report this week, consider that Hurricane Sandy and poor winter weather in the Northeast may have increased volatility of sales in November and December.
Were some sales delayed from one month to the next, making a big swing between sales in those months? Were sales made online instead of at brick and mortar stores? Remember these caveats when evaluating the retail sales results.


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THE boss of one of Burnley's top leisure centres has congratulated the town's football club on its promotion back to the Premier League.
Andy Brown, managing director at Crow Wood Leisure, said he had been privileged to host the players at the Royle Road facility a number of times this season.
Mr Brown, a member of the Burnley Bondholders group, said he believed the promotion would have a positive effect on the town as a whole. He added: Everybody at Crow Wood is delighted – it's a massive achievement and a real boost for the town. We've got 3,400 members, so the buzz about the place has been fantastic.
"We've frequently had players and staff from the club using the facilities at the Woodland Spa and we've been impressed by their focus and determination.
"We've had a really memorable year – this is the icing on the cake."
Burnley Council chief executive Steve Rumbelow said last week that the Clarets' promotion would boost Burnley's economy by 'tens of millions' of pounds.


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Hi all,
I try to implement something called Opacity Shadow Mapping by which it is possible to calculate shadows of semi-transparent objects. In order to do this, I have to render the scene several times with special clipping parameters. After rendering, I will read back the resulting alpha values from the color buffer. But unfortunately, all alpha values are one. I am using the blending equation GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA. My question: How can I render the scene and get back different alpha values at different positions? To get more precisely: When I render a quad textured with a bitmap that has an alpha value of 0.6, I want this 0.6 appear in the color buffer again. When I render this scene again with another quad lying over the other, I want the two alpha values properly accumulated and stored again in the color buffer.
Any help will be appreciated, MK
if you look at the scene, make sure that the quads do have an alpha of 0.6. ie. see if you can see through them. If that's OK, then it's a problem in the reading process.
Sorry, that's not my problem. I know how to texture transparent objects, but I want this alpha value in the framebuffer and I have no idea how to do this. The alpha values in the framebuffer are contstantly one after the rendering process.
well, that's not the problem.. Do the colour values get read right?
I read the values from the framebuffer with glReadPixels(0,0,512,512,GL_ALPHA,GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE,map); All alpha values turn out to be 1.
How are you rendering the screen? Are you sure you are rendering transperant objects? Btw, read up on 'glReadBuffer()' to specify the buffer you want to read from.
Yes, I'm sure that I am rendering transparent objects, the color values are all fine blended together. I am using glReadBuffer(GL_BACK) to read from the back buffer (I'm using double buffering). There is no alpha buffer from where I can read the intermediate alpha values.
Hmm, I see where the problem is... I tried a demo program using GLUT. When I initialize GLUT with GLUT_RGBA and especially with GLUT_ALPHA, it works. Unfortunately, I am not using GLUT, but Trolltechs Qt OpenGL component. I have to look for an equivalent option there.
Hmm :rolleyes: . When I read the help menu concerning the problem you had, the help menu did not say anything about GLUT. But anyway congratulations .


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Hannah Williams
(d. Dec. 16, 1722)
The first woman collector of the fauna and flora of the British colonies in America lies buried in the graveyard of St. Phillip's Church, the first Anglican Church built south of Virginia. St.Michael's Church occupies the former site of St. Philip's Episcopal Church.
Shipmaster William Halstead (or Halsteed) from South Carolina carried collections assembled by Williams to James Petiver, a London apothecary and Fellow of the Royal Society. Their common interest in natural history led Petiver to name several butterflies in her honor.
We do not have any early accounts of when Hannah Williams came to South Carolina, although her first husband was Mathew English by whom she had two children, Mary and Henroyda. As the widow Hannah English, she was awarded a warrant of 500 acres near Stony Poynt in November 1692. In May 1695 as Mrs. Hannah English alias Williams she was granted another warrant for 500 acres on land on the north side of Ashley River called Stony Poynt.
This 1000 acres of land was a wealthy source of undiscovered wildlife. This land would have provided her with unlimited scope for finding butterflies, vipers, snakes, lizards, birds, insects, plants and shells.
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Why Lake Dillon Fire is requesting a property tax rate increase
October 31, 2012
The Lake Dillon Fire Protection District's Board of Directors is asking voters who live in the district to approve a very modest 0.741-mill increase in the property tax rate to help ease the current budget funding shortfall which resulted from the 17-percent decline in property values in 2011. Despite the ever-increasing costs of equipment, training and employee benefits such as healthcare, this is the first increase we have asked for in 11 years.
We know that tax increases are unpopular, and so we come to you, our fellow citizens, only after having done everything we possibly could to reduce or hold the line on expenses, including freezing salaries for two consecutive years, leaving vacated administrative and support positions unfilled, sharing of two staff positions with Red, White and Blue Fire, cooperatively providing shared services for training and fleet maintenance, aggressively pursuing state and federal funding grants, limiting attendance at out-of-district training and conferences, properly maintaining an aging fleet of fire apparatus under difficult and harsh environmental conditions, delaying capital purchases and cutting $1.2 million from this year's budget alone – all while continuing to sustain the high level of service that you've come to expect from your full-time, professional fire department.
A new initiative the board of directors instituted this year is actively pursuing the voluntary inclusion of properties located outside the boundaries of the district in order to generate additional property tax revenue. The positive response to date from property owners has been very encouraging.
The increase we propose would partially restore property tax funding for the department to 2011 levels, in effect offsetting the 5 percent additional decrease in assessed valuations projected by the Summit County Assessor's Office for certification in 2013. This is significant because Lake Dillon Fire derives about 90 percent of its annual budget from property taxes. Passage of the measure will ensure that we can continue to operate efficiently and safely while retaining a dedicated staff of well-trained, well-prepared and well-equipped professionals who are fully capable of responding to all hazards and emergencies. Given the annual increases in resident population, vehicular traffic, visitation and new property development during the past decade, plus the ever-present danger of wildfire outbreaks, we feel that it is paramount to make this tax-rate increase request now.
Currently, Lake Dillon Fire collects about $66 for every $100,000 of assessed property value, and if approved by the voters, the measure would add about $5.90 to that amount. In all, the proposed tax-rate increase would raise an estimated $553,323 annually, beginning next year, to be used for salaries, benefits, training, equipment, public education and maintenance of facilities.
By a unanimous vote of the five-member Lake Dillon Fire Protection District Board of Directors – your elected representatives and neighbors – this measure is being brought before you for approval as Ballot Question 5A.
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The Summit County Board of County Commissioners also unanimously endorsed the measure in its Resolution No. 2012-63 adopted on Oct. 23.
May we please have your support, too?
Jerry Peterson, president
Linda St. John, vice president
Jim Cox, treasurer
Larry Gilliland, director
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A person named SammyIAm created Moppy which is a "Musical controller for an Arduino-floppy drive set up.". He then posted a video of Moppy performing Soft Cell's Tainted Love. Marc Almond found the video and decided to repost it this time with his own vocals on top!
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'"It was a terrible effort," the goaltender said in Air Canada Centre. "Winning as a habit is what we're trying to focus on. That was not good. I'm not really impressed with that effort. It's back-to-back, but coming off a game where we didn't get much of a challenge from Florida — they looked like they were out to lunch. It's not going to be that simple. It's not going to go that way every night. We came against a team that wanted it, wanted to compete, wanted to play, and we didn't step up to answer it."'
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A CHARITY shop's calls of DIY SOS calls have been answered with a celebrity guest.
TV presenter, Nick Knowles from Who Dares Wins visited the Naomi House charity shop in Eastleigh.
His visit came while staff from house builders Redrow Homes, who constructed the Abbotts Walk development in Winchester, gave the shop a complete makeover for free, taking just four days.
The Winchester-based children's hospice is the firm's charity of the year.
Last year the Eastleigh store raised £30,000 to support its services for youngsters with terminal illnesses.
Martin Efford, retail manager for Naomi House & Jacksplace, said: "I have been absolutely amazed at the scale and the quality of the work they have done.
"They have improved so many of the operational issues that we had in the shop and made it look fresh and inviting. I can't wait to re-open and see the customers' reaction."
Nick, who also presented DIY programme, DIY SOS said: "This is another wonderful example of a community coming together to help each other, which I see every day in my work.
"We are as a nation capable of great things if we only realise the potential we have when we support each other."


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This Saturday night I will be performing at a large techno festival in The Netherlands called Ground Zero. The event takes place in Bussloo which is about an hour and fifteen minutes from Amsterdam. There are 6 stages and about 50 DJs or live acts. It's all "hardcore techno" of some type. There's going to a large number of people there. To get an idea of what this will be like take a look at some of the photos of my live at Ground Zero 2008: flickr.com/grz08. If you do make it out to see my show try and say hello!
"Ground Zero 2012 is now more than ever before going to be a festival for the real hard-dance junkies, with a massive underground line-up, representing known and unknown artists from Holland and way abroad like no other festival does! Deep in the dark and mysterious woods of Bussloo, with all of its legends, Ground Zero 2012 is going to be a unique festival that will squeeze the living hell out of the night, all the way until a breathtaking morning sun merges above the lake to announce a brand new day!" – groundzerofestival.nl
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We took overseas visitors for lunch at Jack Tar, a restaurant pub in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter. The food is more expensive than in less attractive spots, but not bad.
However, I doubt I'll eat there again.
When we ordered, the waitress asked for a credit card. She said this would go "behind the bar". I've done this before in pubs. Usually handing over a card is an option. This was a requirement.
We played along. Not doing so would spoil the moment. This is worrying on two counts.
First, I don't have a personal credit card – that's my choice. Does this mean I can't eat at Jack Tar? I don't know. I'm not planning to sit down and order before finding out.
Second, banks tell credit card holders not to let them out of their sight.
Sure, Jack Tar is an unlikely front for an international card skimming operation. That's not the point. A business which can't trust customers to pay the bill is in no position to turn round and ask for trust in return.