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Aptly subtitled "The Rising Polyamorous Culture Is Out to Get Your Children". This is currently making its way around the Christian blogosphere.
The culture of the traditional family is now in intense competition with a very different culture. The defining difference between the two is the sexual ideal each embraces. The traditional family of Western civilization is based on lifelong monogamy. The competing culture is polyamorous, normally a serial polygamy, but also increasingly polymorphous in its different sexual expressions.
I hope there is elegance in the simple distinction between the ideals that distinguish the two cultures: monogamy and polymorphous serial polygamy, or polyamory for short.
The culture of monogamy and the culture of polyamory differ profoundly in their assumptions on the way society functions. Here are some of the differences:
- In the culture of monogamy, insight and intellect, through which comes the knowledge of the good that is to be pursued, are paramount; in the culture of polyamory, the will to do what one likes is paramount.
- The language of virtue sits well with the culture of monogamy but uncomfortably with the culture of polyamory
- The culture of monogamy, built on appetite restraint, has little need for a behavioral bureaucracy. The culture of polyamory, designed as a safety net not only for the unlucky but also for the unrestrained, increasingly relies on social welfare programs to rescue its adherents from the effects of its form of sexuality. Without this net, the culture of polyamory would fall to pieces of its own weight and disorder.
- In the culture of monogamy, all human lives are sacred and protected, including those of the unborn, the handicapped, and the elderly. In the culture of polyamory, about one-third of unborn babies are aborted, and the handicapped and elderly are unwelcome and increasingly vulnerable to early termination.
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SAO PAULO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Wednesday it halted production at the Campos Basin's P-37 platform, which produces 30,000 barrels of oil a day, after an oil workers' union reported a leak.
Petrobras, as the company is known, said it had identified oil floating around the platform and halted production preventively.
Union FUP, whose workers are currently striking, said the leak started on Tuesday.
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A former Anglo Irish Bank official has appeared in court charged with attempting to defraud the bank and Revenue.
Aoife McGuire, 60, with an address at Rothe Abbey, South Circular Road, Dublin 8, is also charged with conspiring with others to delete and remove bank accounts.
She also faces a further charge relating to offences committed under the Tax Consolidation Act.
The court heard Ms McGuire was arrested on Chancery Street in Dublin at 9am this morning.
She was taken to the Bridewell Garda Station and made no reply when charged.
There was no objection to bail and Ms McGuire is due back in court on 27 February.
The charges relate to 2004.
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Microsoft Corp. on Thursday will start its long-awaited Internet search service, adding fresh competition to Google Inc.
The Redmond, Wash. software maker on Thursday will open to the public its service for searching the Internet after eighteen months of development. The company is trying to tap into the lucrative business now dominated by Google of combining Internet search and advertising.
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Posted: August 3, 2013
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No one felt comfortable enough calling tonights game against the Atlanta Dream a must-win, but it was close.
With seven of the Mercurys next nine games at home, the Mercury knew how important starting their five-game home stand against the East-leading Atlanta Dream would be.
We knew we had to come out and play much better than we did in Seattle Thursday, Diana Taurasi said after the game. Luckily, we came away with a win tonight.
With their 82-76 win over the Atlanta Dream, the Mercury is now 6-1 against Eastern Conference opponents and owns the best interconference record in the WNBA. Of those six wins, four have come against teams that would make the playoffs if the season ended today (Indiana, Washington (2), Atlanta).
Perhaps more significant, in the last eight games that Brittney Griner has been available, the Mercury is 6-2, and 8-3 in the last 11 games shes played.
It is always good to protect home court, Brittney Griner (nine points, four rebounds, three blocks) said after the game. To get this win, we just want to build from it now.
In spite of an up and down game on both ends of the floor both literally and figuratively the Mercury found a way to grind it out. The Dream entered tonight as the leagues 12th-ranked three-point shooting team, making an average of 28.0 percent on the season. Tonight, the Mercurys recent addition of a match-up zone defense held the Dream to just 2-of-17 from downtown (.117).
Additionally, Phoenix held the Dream to just nine third-quarter points, an Atlanta season low for a quarter overall and a Mercury opponent season low for the third.
It was up and down like a roller-coaster, said Corey Gaines on the teams overall performance. We did a lot of crazy things. We cant have 21 turnovers in a game. Brittney [Griner] was great. Even though she did not score a lot of points, her in the back of the defense really helped out a lot.
They couldnt get shots off, they couldnt drive, they had to go from the outside.
Playing her first home game since July 2, WNBA blocks leader Brittney Griner recorded three swats in tonights game, and is averaging 3.50 blocks in two games since returning to injury. Griner owns 41 total blocks in 14 games (2.93), and could become the first WNBA player since 2002 to average better than 3.00.
Im excited to be back, Griner said with a smile. Im excited to be home on the court and in front of a home crowd. I am just happy to play.
I came out pumped for sure.
In the Mercurys previous game coming against the Seattle Storm, Diana Taurasi was held to 10 points or fewer for just the third time all season. Following her first sub-20 point game (June 2 at Seattle), the league leader in 20-point performances ripped off six-straight such games, including two 30-point performances. The pattern held true tonight as Taurasi finished with 28 points on 9-of-19 shooting.
DeWanna Bonner, playing her best basketball of the season of late, scored 23 points, her second 20-point performance in the last four games and seventh overall this season. Tonights scoring effort also marks her sixth-straight game of 15 or more points, her longest streak of the season.
I think our energy went up. I think start of the second quarter we were a different team, DeWanna Bonner said.
We got the hustle plays, the loose balls, and we got the win.
One game after the Mercurys zone defense saw the Seattle Storm make 11-of-26 (.423) three-point attempts, tonight Phoenix limited Atlanta to just 2-of-17 (.118) shooting from long range. In fact, the Mercury held the Dream to just 39.4 percent shooting from the field; not including the Dreams 6-of-7 field goal efficiency on the fastbreak, Atlanta was 22-of-64 (.344) against Phoenixs defense in the halfcourt.
Quote of the Night: DeWanna Bonner on taking care of their home court
Its very important. Its one thing that we said when we were in the huddle that it is time to take care of home court. We have a good schedule coming up and to get some wins would be great. We need them.


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Georgia landed the first member of its 2005 football recruiting class on Thursday night when Burke County inside linebacker Marcus Washington gave a verbal commitment to play for the Bulldogs.
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Washington said he also had scholarship offers from Auburn, Alabama and East Carolina, but couldn't pass up the chance to play for his childhood favorite.
"Ever since I was growing up as a kid, I've always been a die-hard Georgia fan," Washington said. "Everybody in my family is very supportive of this decision and they think it's the right one for me."
Washington informed Georgia assistant Jon Fabris on Thursday night of his decision. Defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder also visited with Washington on Wednesday.
Washington said Georgia coaches like his size, quickness, footwork and technique.
"There's been so much pressure from these other schools," Washington said. "I wanted to get this out of the way now so I could focus on my academics. There's just a whole lot of pressure that I don't have to worry about anymore."
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Arlington residents have mixed feelings about the city's recent ground spraying of insecticide.
Of Tarrant County's 231 confirmed human cases of West Nile virus, 53 are from Arlington.
The three nights of targeted ground spraying this week was the city's most proactive measure against mosquitoes to date.
Marilyn Castillo said she is satisfied.
"I'm happy with the spraying," she said. "I'm grateful for anything the city can do to cut down on the mosquitoes."
She said she is worried about the spread of the virus.
"It kills people," she said.
But Kimberly Smith said she is not happy with the ground spraying.
"I think it has a real environmental impact," she said. "It doesn't just target a mosquito population -- it targets everything that's around there, including our animals and our wildlife and other insects that are beneficial to our environment."
"I think it's a knee-jerk reaction to a problem that isn't as widespread as people think it would be," she said.
Bill Frye said he wants more done.
"I think it's a waste to do the ground spraying because it doesn't really cover enough area," he said. "They need to do the airplane to basically cover a wider area to get it done quicker."
The city says aerial spraying is not currently on the radar. It will continue to survey creeks and streams, while trapping and testing mosquitoes and deploying larvicide. If that fails, Arlington could opt for more targeted ground spraying.


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I wish to report a sever graphical glitch that has affected my account.
When I logged onto the game after a one month break, the areas of Lion's Arch, Rata Sum, and Metrica Province were all showing a strange, flickering graphical bug that severely effects the game. It's kinda hard to describe the bug, but basically textures and assets were constantly flickering everywhere across the screen, with some HUD elements also affected by the bug. This affects all characters on my account, so I believe that it might have something to do on my side, but I'm not sure where I should start looking. I have already tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game, but it did nothing to solve the problem. I have also tried resetting the computer, which also did not solve the issue. Neither has logging in and out.
I can still log in normally, so if the following screenshots don't provide enough information, I can gather some more. Or I can go back and maybe circle the problems in the screenshots to highlight them if the problem is not visible enough.
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In his critically acclaimed novel Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay told a vivid and powerful story inspired by China's Tang Dynasty. Now, the international best-selling and multiple award-winning author revisits that invented setting four centuries later with an epic of prideful emperors, battling courtiers, bandits and soldiers, nomadic invasions, and a woman battling in her own way, to find a new place for women in the world - a world inspired this time by the glittering, decadent Song Dynasty.
Ren Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate of Kitai. That moment on a lonely road changed his life...in entirely unexpected ways, sending him into the forests of Kitai among the outlaws. From there he emerges years later - and his life changes again, dramatically, as he circles toward the court and emperor, while war approaches Kitai from the north.
Lin Shan is the daughter of a scholar, his beloved only child. Educated by him in ways young women never are, gifted as a songwriter and calligrapher, she finds herself living a life suspended between two worlds. Her intelligence captivates an emperor - and alienates women at the court. But when her father's life is endangered by the savage politics of the day, Shan must act in ways no woman ever has.
In an empire divided by bitter factions circling an exquisitely cultured emperor who loves his gardens and his art far more than the burdens of governing, dramatic events on the northern steppe alter the balance of power in the world, leading to events no one could have foretold, under the river of stars.
©2013 Guy Gavriel Kay (P)2013 Penguin Audio
"One of the greatest audiobook narrators ever, Vance brings his perfect timing and feather-touch sensitivity to Kay's epic story set in a invented empire based on Tang Dynasty China. Vance's many fans may be best situated to appreciate the subtle ways he modulates his voice for each book he reads. In this case, Kay invokes a world of stylized manners and deadly gambits, infused with an aesthetic founded on the most exquisite appreciation of the beauty and melancholy of the natural world. One of Vance's fortes is conveying understated irony, and it serves him very well here. He acquits himself especially well with Kay's landscape descriptions, so evocative you feel you're breathing the autumn mist as it rises from the bamboo groves." (Laura Miller, Salon)
"From whatever angle you approach it, River of Stars is a major accomplishment, the work of a master novelist in full command of his subject. It deserves the largest possible audience" (Washington Post)
"Kay has the uncanny ability to depict the grand sweep of historical events through the eyes of those living through them…What's even more amazing is how through his careful rendering of character and environments we are drawn into this history…River of Stars is an exceptional piece of work." (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
"Vance's skill with long passages of description and explication is put to good use here. His tone is nostalgic and introspective…" (AudioFile)
A genuine masterpiece
The private interview between the hero and the prime minister
The heroine meets the poet.
I would not rename it.
"River of Stars" is a masterpiece. Because Kay writes historical fantasies, I doubt that he will gain the recognition he deserves as a truly great novelist. This work is a tapestry of richly individual characters, clashing cultures, battles and complex motives, all with an overarching theme of the place of the individual, both famous and unknown, in the process of history. I am reminded of Tolstoy, more than any other writer. but Tolstoy without the ridiculous lectures about freemasonry, and with a consistently gripping sequence of events. Let those who think I am overstating the case read the book, or listen to it.
"Kay is a great writer, but there's a pattern..."
No. It's the ending. There's only so much frustration and anti-climax I will willingly endure.
Ren Daiyan, the main protagonist. Yes, he's a "man of destiny," but I never feel like that's a plot crutch. He's a delight to follow because of his combination of drive, cleverness, humor, and creativity--an extraordinary individual in a world that has embraced mediocrity as a prime virtue.
Oh, Vance is top-notch, as always. Hard to distinguish any one character performance as better than another.
(Part of the disadvantage of audio books is that it's tricky to look up character names... and it's been a while since I listened.) There is a scene where the home of our protagonist's friends and loved ones comes under attack during a greater war. Without spoilers, the events that unfold are extremely powerful and poignant.
Kay is an amazingly gifted writer and willing to do unconventional things with his storytelling, and I love that. He creates a deep sense of immersion in an ancient and unfamiliar world, and everything flows seamlessly. I'm sometimes surprised that he is not more widely recognized for his mastery of the craft.
Perhaps it's because of his endings. I haven't read all of Kay's writings, but from what I have seen he likes a particular structure. He builds you up for an outcome with tremendous promise and possibility, only to pull it all down by the end and make you watch it all crumble. He certainly did the same thing with "The Sarantine Mosaic" books. In the end, beauty and vision fall beneath the weight of pettiness and mediocrity, and the characters you've come to love have to scrape what solace they can out of the wreckage of all their lost dreams.
A pessimist might call that "realism." I call it fatalism. And as much as I love pretty much everything else about Kay's writing, I'm hesitant about picking up another of his books.
NOTE for fans of "Under Heaven." It's fair to say that "Under Heaven" and "River of Stars" are two books in the same series, albeit separated by hundreds of years. "Under Heaven" did not end as such a downer, I thought, and I quite enjoyed that book. Unfortunately, what we see in "River of Stars" is that the long-term consequences of the events from "Under Heaven" have basically wrecked the world we came to know, leaving it a pale shadow of its former glory. In that sense, it's like the miserable ending of "Under Heaven" was deferred to "River of Stars." You might be better off stopping with "Under Heaven." I sort of wish I had.
"Familiarity does not breed contempt."
Kay is one of those writers who is extremely deliberate. Call it meta-writing, but there is so much more to his novels than what is on the page. When he repeats himself, it's not because he's run out of words nor because he's not paying attention, it's for a purpose, whether one realizes it while reading or not.
Every victory of a main character is unexpected, although not because of surprise, but rather that the reader knows that Kay has no problem keeping his characters from "winning." At least, not storybook success, anyway. Oft times it is a spiritual or historical success, not what one would find from a typical narrative. Most fantasy stories are comedies, either ending with a return to the green world or a wedding. Kay does tragedy the way tragedy should be done, wherein it is only when one thinks back upon the original goals of the characters does one realize that they have failed. Failed is the wrong word. Descended? Found a different goal amidst adversity? Anywho, Kay's tragedies are more Shakespearean than sad, and more immersive than escapist. You can get lost in his writing, but not so much in the world he has created but instead within the hearts and minds of his characters. It's not all touchy-feely, though, and there's plenty of blood and guts to remind the reader of the fragility of the human body as well as the timelessness of the human soul.
Yes. Comparable.
The Fox Woman, for obvious reasons.
Kay does royal court politics like nobody else. If there's one thing that's hard to believe, it's the idea that one extremely-intelligent character could be oblivious to the machinations of another extremely-intelligent character. Hard, but not impossible. Kay does a great job of explaining motivation from both the characters' point-of-view as well as from that of outside observers.
"A methodically told tale of honor"
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys historical fiction. It is not high action, so I'd be sure to let them know that this story unfolds very slowly and carefully.
The most memorable moment was when Commander Ren Daiyan has his army poised to take back the Capital City, but he receives orders to withdraw. It is a very tense moment, while he decides if he will follow the command or his heart.
Simon Vance has a good voice, however, in this case, his pace was just too slow and laid back for some scenes.
River of Stars would make an interesting series because it incorporates so many characters and rich imagery 12th Dynasty China. There are so many characters and different stories upon which script writers could draw. I don't think it would play out as well for a movie.
"A novel that promises but doesn't deliver"
What a disappointment! I was attracted to this title and author based on other reviews and by narrator Simon Vance, my favorite narrator of all time. (An aside: No one narrates Dickens like Simon Vance. Listen to his David Copperfield and you'll be smitten!)
The book started out with some very interesting characters, settings, and story line. I was intrigued by the world that the author was constructing. But the author started repeating story elements that had already happened (numerous times) in what seemed an effort to build up the importance of events but ended up being boring. And the plot started to feel contrived with staged scenes rather than developing organically. Vance's narration was appropriately pompous, reflecting the style of the novel but annoying all the same. And the ending! That's IT??? I will ask for my credit to be refunded.
"My least favourite GGK book so far"
I have to say this is the Guy Gavriel Kay book I've liked LEAST so far. It's still an interesting book, but it doesn't come anywhere close to his earlier sweeping epics like Tigana or the Lions of Al Rassan. Basically it reads like historical political fiction, and doesn't really have a plot per se; it's more just a recounting of the events in the kingdom of Kitai, centering around the outlaw and then soldier Ren Daiyan. If you can have a fictional biography, it's kind of that. It's still interesting, and is apparently based on early dynasties in China which may explain the strong historical feel. But it also seems to meander around a lot and the plot such as it is is very anticlimactic. If you love historical China and fiction based in those times then you'll probably enjoy this; but generally I'd recommend Kay's other works before this one.
"Disappointing beyond belief"
What a shameful waste. Perhaps that's the point?
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"One of Kay's best"
I think this book ranks up there with the Sarantium pair, or perhaps exceeds it. The female characters are much more fully and believably drawn, and the plot rollicks along beautifully, with just a touch of the trademark other-worldy incursions we know and love from Kay's other books.
"yet another great Kay story"
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"great and fun read"
I love alternative history, fantasy books. if you love history, this is a must read
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Recap - Villanova Defeats DePaul 88-62
DePaul was run off the court by Villanova on Saturday as they blasted them 88-62 at Villanova Pavilion.
Villanova was a favorite by 17 points and came through with an ATS victory for bettors.
Villanova got 17 points from James Bell and another 14 points from Daniel Ochefu. Daniel Ochefu contributed 4 assists, while James Bell cleaned the glass with 8 rebounds.
DePaul got a 13-point performance from Brandon Young, who was supported by 11 points from Billy Garrett Jr.. Charles McKinney had 3 assists in a losing cause for DePaul, while Cleveland Melvin grabbed 4 rebounds.
First-half bettors who backed Villanova were victorious, as the score was 33-24 at the break.
The rebound battle favored Villanova as they grabbed 37 boards, while DePaul only had 26.


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Wipro may expand its Kochi base
Wipro may expand its Kochi base
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Company plans to find land for scaling up operations in the city
KOCHI: The Kerala Information Technology Department's efforts to showcase the State as a natural hub for information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services got a boost with Wipro chairman Azim Premji expressing interest to expand his company's footprint in Kochi.
Wipro is a major player in IT landscape of the city with a full-fledged private campus at Infopark in Kakkanad. The 10-hectare campus has a built-up space of 10 lakh sq.ft. It employs 1,900 people and focusses on software development, with domestic and international clients.
Mr. Premji's announcement focussing on business process outsourcing (BPO) ventures in Kochi had only confirmed the speculation to that effect. At the request of Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, during the course of their meeting on Thursday, Mr. Premji agreed to expand the campus with prominence to BPO ventures in the domains of law and finance.
Sources said Wipro had for long harboured massive expansion plans in Kochi focussed on BPO and that could spell good for the job scene in the IT sector recovering from the global recession. The company had plans to find new land for expanding operations here.
The company has room for expanding and accommodating more employees on the present campus. It can easily accommodate another 7,000-8,000 staff there, sources said.
Fruitful meeting
Ajay Kumar, Principal Secretary, IT, told The Hindu over the phone on Friday that the meeting Mr. Premji had with the Chief Minister boded well for the State. He was happy with the overall investment climate and satisfied with the operation of his Kochi campus. He expressed interest to expand his operations in Kochi and we on our part assured all assistance, he said.
Sources said the State could attract the company to its smaller IT parks in Koratty, Cherthala, and Ambalappuzha, if it were to go ahead with the plan for launching BPOs.
The State could sell the attraction of cost-effective operations possible for BPO ventures in these parks.
A majority of the companies operating out of the park at Koratty were BPOs, and that was a testimony to this possibility. Proximity to the international airport at Nedumbassery was another selling point of the Koratty park.
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Link for IT park, Airport-Seaport Road
KOCHI: Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan will inaugurate the new four-lane InfoPark Expressway linking the IT park with the Airport-Seaport Road on June 26. On the same day, the Chief Minister will also inaugurate Athulya,' Kerala's latest smart space at InfoPark.
The new road link is the result of a general demand from IT companies, which have made their home at InfoPark and will provide speedy connection to Cochin International Airport, 22 km away. The link road was built at a cost of Rs.30 crore.
The new 2.6-km link road will ease the heavy vehicular traffic to InfoPark, which had seen an increase in the number of companies over the last few years, said Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Chief Executive Officer, InfoPark in a press release.
Based on the administrative sanction from the State government, a total of 15.3 acres of land was used for widening the roads. The road will be beneficial not only to InfoPark but also for other industrial and educational institutions situated in the area close to InfoPark, he added.
Smart space
New smart space Athulya' is housed in a 7.1-acre plot and has a built-up area of 5.5 lakh sq.ft. It can house a software development block with an area of 3.5 lakh sq.ft., a cafeteria building and multi-level car parking. The total seating capacity of the building is 4,000.
Athulya is designed to be a perfect blend of intelligent workspaces, state-of-the-art infrastructure, a 360-degree support facility and lifestyle amenities seamlessly integrated within one complex to create singular business environment of hi-technology companies, said Mr. Bhattacharya. Forty-five per cent of the space has already been sold out and, on being operational, it will provide world-class working infrastructure for companies which are keen to set up a global work environment in Kerala.
Athulya also boasts of facilities such as incubation centres and training rooms, direct four-lane connectivity road.
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VS to open new building complex of Infopark today
I didnt see this news in any of the malayalam newspapers or channels. Its pity that our malayalam news channels are mum about this and always behind Smart City. Clearly shows the hidden agenda of medias in kerala against the government. Project got completed in 15 months. TECOM couldnt able to complete a building like this after 3 years also.
Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will inaugurate Athulya, the 5.5 lakh-sq.ft. new building complex in the Infopark campus at Kakkanad, on Sunday at 4 p.m.
He will also inaugurate the Infopark expressway, a four-lane road connecting the Cochin International Airport. Fisheries Minister S. Sarma will preside and Transport Minister Jose Thettayil will deliver the keynote address.
Set on 7.1 acres of land, Athulya has been designed as an energy efficient eco-friendly building. It houses a software development block with an area of 3.5 lakh sq.ft, a cafeteria and multi-level car parking for 111 cars with a direct connectivity to a four lane road.
Incubation centres, training rooms, a 35, 50 and 100-seater module with plug and play facility and a total seating capacity 4,000 are the other highlights.
The building also provides for maintenance teams, a large and efficient floor plate with flexibility for conversion into smaller modules, uninterrupted power supply as well as a treated water system, quality housekeeping and security and SEZ benefits for new IT units.
Talking to The Hindu Infopark Chief Executive Officer Siddhartha Bhattacharya pointed out that Athulya was one of most modern projects to be undertaken by the premier IT house of the State.
He said that the project was significant for more than one reason citing its designated Special Economic Zone status and four-lane connectivity among its many features.
Mr. Bhattacharya said that even if Infopark were to grow organically at 70 to 80 per cent, that itself would mean that there was a requirement for the existing companies to migrate to SEZ.
"Athulya is nicely positioned to take advantage of that industrial transition. It provides an option to the companies operating in Kerala to take the SEZ benefits upfront," Mr. Bhattacharya said.
Regarding Athulya as a right project that has come up at the right time he took pride in the fact that it was completed in a record 15 months.
The expressway built at a cost of Rs. 30 crore, would ensure easier access to the Airport, 22km from the park.
Mr. Bhattacharya said that the new expressway will be highly beneficial not only for Infopark but also other industrial and educational institutions situated in the region.
The 2.6km stretch connection Infopark to Seaport Road is also expected to ease traffic during peak hours.
Principal IT Secretary Ajay Kumar said that Infopark had already created a built-up area of 30 lakhs sq. ft. during its first phase.
Infopark intends to add another 20 lakh sq. ft. to the existing campus within the next 3 years, generating capability for employing approximately 40,000 IT professionals.
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2.4-km Infopark Expressway and Rs.95-crore Athulya IT building opened
KOCHI: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan on Sunday said the uncertainty over SmartCity would be over within days.
Speaking after opening the 2.4-km Infopark Expressway that links up with the Airport-Seaport road, and the Rs.95-crore Athulya IT building on the Infopark campus here, the Chief Minister said SmartCity's failure to come up with the project had not caused much of a loss. The rapid growth of Infopark, in the public sector, had compensated for the SmartCity delay, he said.
When, over four years ago, the United Democratic Front government had planned to hand over Infopark to SmartCity, it had only 33,000 jobs in mind. But, Infopark, which still stayed in the public sector, would provide much more number of jobs. When the second phase development of Infopark was completed, an additional one lakh jobs could be created. Already, Infopark provided 10,000 jobs. The Athulya building, with its 5.5 lakh square feet of floor space, would bring in about 5,000 jobs. He said the retaining of Infopark in the public sector was an achievement of his government.
He said the floor space at the IT parks in the State had grown by five-fold in the last two years. The government wanted to take IT facilitation centres to villages, and not to confine them to Kochi or Thiruvananthapuram.
Tractor unit opened
The Chief Minister, while inaugurating a tractor manufacturing unit of the Kerala Agro Machinery Corporation at Athani, near here, said the government would not permit destruction of environment in the name of development.
He said the government had a well-defined policy on sanctioning permits to industries and tackling pollution.
He said the government had permitted Coca-Cola to operate in the State in view of the employment opportunities it offered. But the company had caused serious environmental degradation and losses exceeding Rs.200 crore [at Plachimada in Palakkad where it owned a plant]. The government was in the process of setting up a tribunal to recover the damages, he said.
Though the government had adopted a clear policy on environmental protection, certain bureaucrats were not keen on supporting the action taken against the cola company. It would not be surprising if such people opposed a ban on Endosulfan, a pesticide which had produced disastrous results on its application in some areas of the State, he said. Such bureaucrats were apparently following the policies of the former government, he said.
The Chief Minister said the government was also opposed to experimentation with genetically modified seeds in the State.
Again, certain bureaucrats were not in favour of the government policy, he said.
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Infopark expansion picks up steam
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The presentation for selecting the consultants would be held in the third week of August.
KOCHI: The second phase expansion of Infopark has gathered momentum with 115 acres out of the 165 acres of land identified for the project being already acquired. Only those stretches of land that are bogged down in court cases remain to be acquired now. The presentation for selecting the master plan consultants for the second phase would be held in the third week of this month, Infopark sources said. The selected consultant would then be placed before the board for approval. The project had received a boost last month when the Board of Approvals of the Union Ministry of Commerce granted Special Economic Zone status to 31 acres of land earmarked for the expansion.
Fresh applications could be filed in the future to secure SEZ status for more contiguous lying areas. The park to be developed in the second phase would offer the first plug-and-play BPO facility in the State. It is aimed at creating cost-effective infrastructure for the BPO industry.
Besides domestic parks, it would house SEZs for IT and ITES. When fully completed it would generate about 80,000 jobs in the IT and ITES in addition to the large number of jobs in the service sector.
Meanwhile, Athulya, the recently opened 5.5 lakh sq.ft-building complex of Infopark, has evoked interest in the industry. Not less than 14 companies had already taken up space in the new building. Internal designing of the many of the allotted spaces was under way, sources said.
Besides, Infopark had received expressions of interest from various companies from far and wide. With Kochi rising from the two-tier cities to join the tier-one cities, the space available in the city in general and that provided by Infopark in particular has great demand.
There is a great demand for both the plug-and-play facilities and warm shell (building spaces which are to be designed and developed unlike the plug-and-play facilities) offered by Athulya, sources said.
Situated on 7.1 acres of land, Athulya can house a software development block with an area of 3.5 lakh square feet, a cafeteria building and multi-level car parking. It has a total seating capacity of 4,000.
Athulya also boasts of facilities such as incubation centres and training rooms, direct four-lane connectivity road, 25, 50 and 100-seater module with plug-and-play facility, and 10 elevators. With an average floor plate size of 50,000 sq.ft., the building can provide multi-level parking facilities for 111 cars.
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Putting Kochi on the world IT map
The profile of Kochi as an Information Technology destination has undergone a sea change during the last decade. No longer are any eyebrows raised when talks are about attracting IT investments to the city.
A good part of the credit must go to Infopark Kochi. For it definitely repositioned the city in the map of global IT destinations. In the last three years, the total turnover in terms of exports was close to Rs.1, 000 crore while growing at the rate of 85 per cent, State Principal Secretary for IT, Ajay Kumar told The Hindu.
Infopark Chief Executive Officer Siddhartha Bhattacharya supports this stating that since its inception n 2004, the IT sector in Kochi has grown to nearly 15,000 employees and over 100 companies. He said that a number of developmental initiatives aimed at further accelerating the export growth of the city have been undertaken.
Mr. Bhattacharya said that Infopark now accounted for over a third of the State's total IT turnover. Given the significance of the city as a commercial capital, it is a major point of future customer base and hence will factor as an important destination of IT within Kerala, he said.
Mr. Kumar hailed the research and development initiatives in IT undertaken by Infopark in the recent years.
One of the significant developments boosting the IT potential of the city is the perceptible improvement in the employability of its youth. Mr. Bhattacharya finds a remarkable change among the educated youth of the city when it comes to their competence for jobs in the IT sector.
They are now more aware of the changing technology and also of the global culture and to cater to these needs the government as well as the private sector have begun various initiatives to ensure that they are updated on the latest trends in the global market. Programmes like Mass HR, ICT academies and model finishing schools are driving it up, he said.
Besides, good connectivity, talent base, upcoming infrastructure, metropolitan culture, affordable cost of operations and initiatives for Kerala IT, the State government initiative for attracting IT investments to the State, are among factors that makes Kochi a favourite IT destination.
It, however, does not mean that the city has done everything to explore its full potential as an IT destination. There definitely is room for improvement and areas to focus on. Mr. Bhattacharya felt that the city could do more in improving soft infrastructure and round the clock world class amenities among other things.
He has no doubt that with its ever increasing base and current growth, Kochi and Infopark will be one of the top 10 IT destinations in the country in the next ten years.
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Second phase of Infopark expansion
KOCHI: Infopark Kochi is at the cusp of massive expansions. Besides developing smaller IT parks under the hub and spoke method at Koratty, Cherthala, and Ambalapuzha, the second phase expansion of Infopark has also gathered momentum.
The second phase will be developed on 160 acres of land at the Kunnathunadu and Puthencuruz villages. The State government had set apart Rs.50 crore towards this.
The second phase will be operational by December 2011.
The highlights of the second phase includes a master plan of international quality, first plug and play BPO facility catering to both international and domestic markets, major business convention centre and an integrated IT business district, eco friendly business and SEZ clusters suitable for co development and peripheral infrastructure.
Another attraction will be single window clearance and facilitation by Infopark on behalf of Kerala IT.
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SmartCity Kochi project not shelved, says CEO
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Arbitron on recruitment spree
The techie major plans to expand its manpower strength in infopark by adding another 60 + for the current fiscal. The same had been disclosed by their Sr. HR official during an HR conclave in Cochin, last week.
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Kochi: Ishita Roy, a 1991 batch IAS Officer has taken charge as the Chief Executive Officer of Infopark with effect from November 26, 2010. Ishita is also the Director of the Kerala State IT Mission since October 2010 and holds the additional charge of Secretary, Environment Department, Government of Kerala.
Siddhartha Bhattacharya, who was the CEO of Infopark from April 2008 has been relieved from today. He had earlier declined a two year extension offered to him. The Kerala IT Department had advertised for a CEO for Infopark in September 2010 and as per the information available with Kerala IT News, the Department had received more than 100 applications.
The Infopark CEO reports to the Principal Secretary (IT), Government of Kerala and the Board of Governors of Infoparks, Kerala. Ishita will be responsible for the administration, management and implementation of various schemes at Infopark Kochi and Koratty and also the upcoming Infoparks at Cherthala and Ambalapuzha.
The Infoparks at Kochi and Koratty, near Trissur hosts about 90 IT / ITeS companies with about 11,500 professionals. The work on Infopark Phase II is expected to start in January, 2011 with a new IT building at a cost of Rs.80 crores. The Board of Directors of Infopark which met on November 23, 2010 approved the architectural design of the new building which will be the first part of the second phase
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Ushus technologies to set up the 2nd development unit in the SEZ at Infopark
The company made a nominal profit Rs. 17.87 Lakhs as against a loss of Rs. 14.6mn for the corresponding quarter in the previous year.
Accel Transmatic Ltd (ATL), which has one of the fastest growing animation company in India has recorded a revenue growth of 58 % at Rs. 61.3mn in the quarter ended as on 30th September, 2010, on a consolidated basis compared to Rs. 389 Lakhs in the corresponding quarter in the previous year. The company made a nominal profit Rs. 17.87 Lakhs as against a loss of Rs. 14.6mn for the corresponding quarter in the previous year.
Accel Animation Studios, a division of ATL had posted revenue of Rs. 131 Lakhs for the quarter ended as on 30th September, 2010, up by 21% from Rs. 102 Lakhs in the corresponding previous period.
Ushus Technologies, the embedded software division had posted revenue of Rs. 486 Lakhs up from Rs. 287 Lakhs over the corresponding quarter of previous year.
Commenting about the results, N. R. Panicker, Chairman Accel Transmatic Limited said, We are in the progressing stage, after long period of lower growth. We expect to improve the performance from now on. The recent developments in both Accel Animation and Ushus technologies in winning new contracts is expected to render us with good results in the next financial year onwards. More projects are in the pipeline that will take us to higher and better performance.
Key Developments at Accel Animation Studios:
Accel Animation has signed an agreement with Pune based Big Animation, a division of Big Entertainment for creating the Indias very own Intellectual Property Shaktimaan as animated series on co production model.
Accel Animation has pioneered the promotion of Indian characters and stories for the international market. Close on the heels of completing the animated version of ancient Tamil Literary work Thirukkural as Ek Tha Jungle, which is being premiered on the Disney Channel, the company has Launched Raju the Rikshaw an 78 episode 3 D Animated series to be distributed worldwide by Cyber Group Studios of France. The Delivery is expected to start from March 2011.
The Company is presently working on Visual Effects for The Flying Machine a feature film by renowned producer Hugh Welch of Break Thru Films of UK. The company has the all India distribution rights for this movie as part of the commercial terms. The film is expected to hit screens early next year.
Key developments in Ushus Technologies:
Ushus Technologies has gained 2 new clients during the quarter which will start yielding revenues from the next quarter onwards.
Considering the expanding business operations in Ushus technologies, the company has initiated action to set up the 2nd development unit in the SEZ at Infopark, Kochi
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Cherthala Infopark Phase 1
I heard in the news this evening that VS has inaugurated the Cherthala Infopark phase 1 . News , views and pictures of this park. Anyone?
Will be ideal for Small businesses due to lower rents compared to inflated prices around Kochi.
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After TCS and WIPRO it is CTS the third MNC crossing 1000 head count mark in Kochi now!!!!
Kerala -The Rising Metro
Kerala IT SEZ :Cyber Park -Calicut * InfoPark Phase II * Techno Park
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The encaustic medium is magical, vibrant and translucent. My creative muse guides, inspires and feeds my soul through this medium, mixed media and collage. Blessing me with endless moments of creative joy and harmony...providing those ahhaa moments about life. Join me on this creative journey, spend some time reading my musings about this life, the blessed other souls that come into contact with mine, however brief or often, that can leave everlasting imprints on our journey....perhaps our lives might share some similarities, bringing us closer and more connected...and less isolated.
"I suppose there is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one's self, the very meaning of one's soul." ~ Edith Wharton
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
An Awe Inspiring Journey in the Magnificent Canadian Rockies, Alberta....An artist's haven.....
Jasper, Alberta - Canadian Rockies
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Saskatchewan, Land of the Living Skies...
I have to admit that Western Canada is awe inspiring, magnificent place, the landscape is an artist's haven...I have so much to be inspired by here from the billowing clouds and vast expansive sky, to the rocky mountains....the pristine lakes, a deep blue that seems quite surreal...What a wonderful country we live in and what wonderous magic we have all around us...Feeling full and blessed....
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What a fabulous selection of photos Supria. It was like going on a mini vacation.
- August 17, 2010 at 11:32 PM
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what a breathtaking journey you've taken me on. I'm visiting sedona now- and can feel the same transformed place of movement and energy from your photos! Just beautiful!
- August 18, 2010 at 1:09 PM
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Stunning photos Supria. I ahave traveled there myself and was awe inspired as well!
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my favorite place sitting by the water in the mountains!!!
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OH, I was here last summer. The mountains are breathtaking... your trip looks magical. roxanne
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PPI-Rebound-Trial. A Study of the Clinical Relevance of the Acid Rebound Phenomena
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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The acid secretion in the stomach seems to increase after withdrawal of min. 8 wks of treatment with a PPI (protonpump inhibitor) It is unknown if this acid rebound phenomenon is of clinical significance. In a doubleblinded and placebocontrolled study healthy volunteers are randomized to treatment with placebo or PPI + placebo. Gastrointestinal symptoms are scored once a week and.
|Drug: esomeprazole
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Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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Spring Activities for Kids
In this set of activities adaptable for grades K-3, parents and educators will find ideas for teaching about spring. These activities are designed to complement the BrainPOP Jr. Spring topic page, which includes a movie, quizzes, online games, printable activities, and more.
Classroom Activities for Teaching About Spring
Watch How Our Garden Grows
If possible, plant a garden with your students. You can create inexpensive window boxes for your classroom or give old containers a new purpose. Have students research what plants grow best in your community, and decide which of those they would like to grow. Have students learn how deeply the seeds should be planted, and how much sunlight and is recommended for each plant. Monitor how your garden grows, having students record plant height and frequency of watering. Students may wish to observe the plants' growth by drawing pictures or taking photos. Which plant grew best?
Spring Walk
Take a walk during winter and have students record their observations. What plants do they see? What animals do they see? What is the weather like? Have students note the temperature using a thermometer or data from a newspaper or website. Then during spring, do the same walk again. Have children observe and record the changes they notice. Do they see buds on trees? Can they find flowers blooming? What animals are around? What do they think are the biggest differences between winter and spring? Students may wish to draw pictures or take photographs. Discuss how the community changes from winter to spring.
Earth Day
Earth Day usually falls in late April. Celebrate Earth Day with your students: Go online and find out what events and activities will be happening near you. Your students can vote on which they would like to participate in. Learn about how our environment is changing in your community, state, or in other countries. Start a letter-writing campaign to your government leaders and urge them to pass legislation that protects habitats and supports clean air and water. Promote recycling in your school or community and find ways to reuse or repurpose materials that would otherwise be thrown away. Challenge your students to decrease their carbon footprints.
Family and Homeschool Activities for Teaching About Spring
Arbor Day
Many communities have Arbor Day festivities. Local parks often invite community members to help plant trees, maintain gardens, or clean up areas. If possible, plant trees with your child. Learn about the variety of trees in your area and find out the best ways to keep them healthy.
Listen to Spring
Go on a walk and listen to the sounds of spring. You may even want to blindfold your child so he or she can really pay attention. Animals come to life during this season of growth and birth, and your child may hear frogs croak or birds sing. He or she may notice the buzz of insects or other animal noises. You may wish to do the activity again in the evening. What sounds are different?


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Reality star Kim Zolciak, pregnant with twins, is not afraid to show off her growing belly, even in a French maid-inspired bikini! The soon-to-be mom-of-six makes pregnancy look easy, not to mention sexy, in a new photo she shared with her fans.
"Going swimming with the kiddos! The pool makes me feel so much lighter! This belly," Zolciak joked on Instagram along with a photo of herself in a daring two-piece bathing suit.
I will be one of many moms who say, "Wow!" upon seeing this photo. The Don't Be Tardy star looks great! In fact, it is hard to believe that Zolciak, who just gave birth to her youngest son Kash a little over a year ago, is expecting twins. What is her secret for looking so great?
Not only do I want to know how she has kept her figure in such great shape through back-to-back pregnancies, I'd love to bottle some of her laid-back attitude toward parenting multiple young kids.
"It's going to be very busy but it's a dream come true," the perpetually pregnant star said about welcoming twins into her already bustling household. Whew! I'm tired just thinking about her life.
But clearly carrying babies comes naturally to Zolciak and motherhood does, too. It seems her relaxed approach to parenting and a sense of humor are all she needs to make both pregnancy and daily life as a mom fun. So more power to her! And Kim, my hubby wants me to ask you where I can get that bikini?
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SAN JOSE — Seasoned detectives quelling rowdy bar crowds. Tactical team officers directing traffic around car accidents. Motor officers off their bikes and walking the streets.
A lot of veteran San Jose police officers are back doing what they did when they were rookies, filling gaps in the understaffed patrol division, which police brass have deemed the lifeblood of the force.
It's the new identity of the San Jose Police Department, which is funneling resources into routine patrols and emergency response at the expense of the vice, electronic crimes, gang and other special units. The proactive work of those special units helped distinguish the department among its big-city peers and is credited for the trumpeted years in the mid-2000s when San Jose was regularly named the safest large city in the country.
"It will be more of a reactive police department," Assistant Chief Eddie Garcia said. "When a business starts losing staffing, they need to concentrate on that initial thing they provide. Ours is the uniformed patrol force, answering that 911 call for service. We're going to have to sacrifice some things, and quite frankly, moving forward, we're going to have to sacrifice quite a few things."
A particular set of internal department figures bears that out. In 2007, before an exodus of officers amid pay cuts and a still-running political battle over pension and disability benefits, officers processed 9,830 suspects at police headquarters rather than county jail, a figure generally used to benchmark proactive arrests. In 2013, that number dropped to 1,788. Overall arrests have dropped over the same period, but it's telling that in 2007 these "self-initiated" arrests accounted for 27 percent of the total of 36,172, and dropped to under 10 percent of the 18,314 total arrests in 2013.
A steady decrease in the national crime rate — about 5 percent last year, according to FBI figures — might explain some of that decline. But department insiders say it largely boils down to fewer working officers in each city district, with emergency calls eating into time that might otherwise be spent on investigation or crime prevention.
The focus on emergency response has also translated into sluggish response to burglary calls and dwindling traffic enforcement. Prostitution and drug dealing are stopped less often because the Metro special-enforcement team once dedicated to those issues is instead helping curb gang violence. The rapid proliferation of suburban illegal marijuana grows remains unchecked, surfacing only when growhouses catch fire and threaten neighborhoods.
From a peak of more than 1,400 sworn officers in 2008, there are now just over 1,000, with about 900 available for full duty. About half are assigned to patrol, which is still short of the 492-officer prescribed minimum for patrols citywide. The shortage is made up in overtime shifts and reassigning officers from other divisions. Such specialties as missing-persons and robberies merged, while others, including auto theft, became one- or two-man units. Only four detectives work financial crimes, an 80 percent reduction, against a backdrop of rising property crimes statewide.
That was a sore point for Cambrian resident Lily Leiby, whose home-security system caught clear video of a man breaking into her home Aug. 3. But like many burglary victims, she was initially told her case was likely just being added to a pile.
"They said unless we would've caught him right there and then, they don't investigate this much," Leiby said. "We had the same experience two years ago. It's why we're so frustrated."
She got rare good news though, when dogged work by an off-duty sergeant led to an arrest later in the week.
Recently, special-operations officers, such as those in the Mobile Emergency Response Group and Equipment unit — SJPD's SWAT equivalent — were pulled into monthly patrols, and the department is considering eliminating the motorcycle unit and reassigning its 12 day-to-day officers.
Some question whether allowing patrol to cannibalize all others is the right tactic, including Dennis Kenney, a professor at New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice and an expert in police-training procedures.
"Just maintaining patrol is probably not an advisable approach," Kenney said. "There's a point of diminishing returns, a tipping point with patrol where you have too few people."
He alluded to other departments in the country addressing similar shortfalls by turning to analytics-based policing — concentrating officers on high-crime areas, but leaving safer areas thinly patrolled. SJPD's situation, he said, provides a rare chance to fully re-evaluate each service's importance.
"They need to spend a lot of time thinking about, 'Is it worth doing?'" he said.
The cultural shift away from specialties has been a factor in many SJPD departures, which have averaged more than 100 the past three years.
"Opportunities that people came to this department to do don't exist anymore," said Kirk Wilson, a 22-year veteran who left SJPD in June.
Wilson, who worked five years in the defunct high-tech crime unit, was one of four specialized officers who left for jobs as investigators with the Santa Clara District Attorney's Office. That included Patricia Jaime, a social worker-turned-cop who worked in the sexual-assault and crime-scene units, veteran gang investigator Clayton Le, and Internet crimes detective Chris Harden.
"I hope our departure sheds light on what's happening," Harden said. "We're speaking with our feet."
The loss of that kind of knowledge and experience translates into unsolved crimes, says retired Capt. Tom Brewer, who formed the department's Metro special-enforcement unit in the late-1990s by merging the narcotics and street-crimes teams.
Brewer says it takes years working a beat to effectively thwart recurring crime issues, citing gangs as an example.
"A crime can go down and one cop's knowledge of a little tattoo, and they know who did it. You can't have good street enforcement without that institutionalized knowledge," he said, adding that it could take "decades" to rebuild.
Well-chronicled political struggles have largely driven SJPD's transformation: City Hall-led initiatives to rein in spiraling pension and disability costs were met with fierce resistance by the police union, and embittered officers left in droves. The union blames city leaders for decimating the police force, while city reformers accuse the union of running a fear campaign and driving away applicants. Both sides now hope to hire more cops. But the rebuilding effort hit an obstacle this month when the council could not muster enough votes to propose sales tax increases that could have been used for those hires.
Much of the hoped growth hinges on an ambitious recruiting plan: to field three police academies a year of at least 50 cadets each. The current class has 24 cadets, a historic low. Police officials expect future classes will approach the maximum.
Garcia says he's optimistic, and inspired by the tireless work being done by officers in tenuous circumstances.
"Nobody answers the bell more often than the men and women in this department," Garcia said. "You put aside all the issues, and still, nothing beats the job itself as an SJPD officer."
Contact Robert Salonga at 408-920-5002. Follow him at Twitter.com/robertsalonga.


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It's a balmy night for a Wednesday in January in the City of Brotherly Love, where the regulars have claimed their reserved tables right in front of the stage at Ortlieb's Jazz Haus long before Bootsie Barnes arrives.
For more than eight years, tenor saxophonist Barnes's organ trio has been a weekly feature at Ortlieb's, a no-frills joint that serves up food, drinks and great music in its long, narrow space on the fringe of Philadelphia's Northern Liberties neighborhood.
Once the lunchroom of the defunct brewery that carried its name, it is now a prime proving ground for developing young players on the Philly jazz scene -- and a place where Barnes often hangs his hat as a listener when he's not playing.
He shares pleasantries with the regulars for only a few minutes before taking the stage with keyboard player Lucas Brown and drummer Dan Monaghan. The hard-bop tenor's take-no-prisoners style quickly hushes the room.
He opens the first set with Hank Mobley's composition "Soul Station," keeps the intensity flowing with "The Song is You" and turns the ballad "A Child is Born" into a masterful blend of subtlety and heat.
He's generous with the solo time given his young bandmates, but the set is short; but so is the break. That "taste" of music was a mere warmup for Barnes. The second set opens with "I'm Old Fashioned." Barnes digs in deeply. His tenor burns like a blast furnace. The crowd soon turns vocal, urging him to take it higher and deeper. He doesn't disappoint them.
During one break, Barnes calls Ortlieb's "the best kept secret in Philadelphia."
"You can hang with no necktie, and it is all honest music," he says. "And it's a place the young cats can grow."
Among the jazz world's excellent tenor players, Bootsie Barnes, 64, is also one of the best kept secrets.
He has traveled far and wide as a member of some of the excellent organ combos that have emerged from the Philly jazz scene. But he has not done so frequently.
He's a homebody, and he likes it that way. And he points out that every American city has great talents who can hold their own on any bandstand, but prefer the comforts of home to a life on the road or the goal of making it big in New York.
"At one time, it was because I had to stay home. Then I got married and wanted to be home. New York is not for everybody and everybody cannot go to New York. Everybody is not going to make it," Barnes said. "I know guys who went there 30 or 40 years ago and stayed there -- and still don't have a record out. I just don't see the purpose.
"I can easily work five nights a week here. If you go to New York, go with a gig. I am not moving anywhere without a gig. I know what it is to not be able to pay rent. When there's a gig, I go to New York. Or when Bill Cosby calls me for one of his jazz projects, I fly to the festivals."
Barnes grew up with Cosby in North Philadelphia's Richard Allen Projects and was a classmate. His late brother "Junior Barnes" found fame in funnyman Cosby's "snowball" comedy routine.
They crossed paths again in 1980 at Carnegie Hall in New York. Five years later, Cosby was calling Barnes to perform in jazz settings with him, and was also featured in a musical segment on TV's "Cosby" show. Cosby also drafted him last year for his "Cos' of Good Music" all-star bands that performed at the Playboy and JVC Newport Jazz Festivals.
"Bootsie is a hometown hero. He's got what you can only get with 40 years of experience. There is no substitute for that. Not only working with him, but the stories of who he grew up with musically -- Philly Joe Jones, Lee Morgan, Jimmy Heath, Art Blakey," says Monaghan, 26, a Temple University graduate and music educator who has been working with Barnes for more than two years.
Barnes has several records out as a leader, including his 1988 debut "Been Here All Along," "You Leave Me Breathless" and "Hello." He's featured on a new Ortlieb's all-star session led by trumpeter John Swana called "Philly Gumbo" and on recordings by organ players Don Patterson and Papa John and Joey DeFrancesco.
Barnes gets as much satisfaction from mentoring and encouraging younger musicians as he does performing. On nights he's not scheduled to perform, chances are he can be found at one of the local clubs to check things out. Tuesdays at Ortlieb's provides weekly jam session opportunities for emerging talents.
Pianist Uri Caine, drummer Sylvia Cuenca, keyboard player Kyle Koehler, trumpeter Duane Eubanks and brothers Robert and Byron Landham are among the beneficiaries.
"I try to let the young cats know that you can learn more by observation than participation. You can see just what is going on. I learn a lot from the young guys and the older guys. I don't care who it is that's playing. You learn a lot about stage manners, decorum and you get musical ideas."
Nothing bugs him more than seeing a sideman, or a young player offered a chance to sit in, overstepping their welcome.
"You don't play longer than the cat that the people are paying to see," Barnes said. "I learned that with Sonny Stitt. If he played 10 choruses, I would play eight. I wouldn't play 15 or 20. If you ask to sit in, don't wear out your welcome. Don't let them chase you off the stage. Let them ask you back for more. You don't come up there to spend the night. All this comes with experience. Less is more."
While it is best known as the undisputed home of the great organ trios, Barnes says he believes Philadelphia's strongest contribution to jazz is the individuality of the musicians it has produced.
"Everybody has a different style. Just like the Philly prizefighters with that left hook, nobody just copies and plays alike. They have their own sound. I don't sound like anybody but me."


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Donovan McNabb is so big and tough he almost plays like a linebacker or a running back.
Early in his career, some teams, including the Bears, would often employ one of those players to mimic McNabb on the scout team during practice.
Not anymore, according to Lovie Smith.
"Donovan's not the same scrambling quarterback where he takes off and gets yards on you," Smith said when asked if he still practices that way. "Now he scrambles to find a pocket to pass. He is still a pocket passer. And no linebacker or runningback is going to bigger player can throw deep like McNabb, so we used our backup QBs this week."
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Is it possible to use Real Flight G3 without the Interlink controller?I see Towerhobbies has an Airtronics adapter for Realflight G3 here, but the end connector doesn't look familiar. Obviously one end plugs into a real transmitter (Airtronics RD6000 in my case), but where does the other end go? Shouldn't it be a USB connector? Or does the end plug into the real receiver, and the other in an Interlink controller, meaning that an Interlink controller is required regardless of if you want one or not? Thanks.
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No, you cannot purchase G3 without the Interlink Plus controller. The new Interlink is the dongle that is required for the software to run.You are basically right... The adapter cable connects your transmitter to the Interlink Plus. The Interlink Plus has a USB cable on the end that connects to your computer. Travis
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Don't you think that's a bit redundant? A required transmitter to connect your own transmitter. I can't really foot the $200 bill, and used copies still go for $100 or so. Maybe if they didn't REQUIRE the Interlink connector it would be cheaper.Oh well.
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Dongles aren't redundant -- they are copy protection mechanisms. The fact that it also functions as a transmitter is only a bonus. AFP also gives you a 'transmitter/dongle'. Reflex uses a USB->YOUR transmitter link for its dongle.Personally, I'd rather wear out the TX interface that comes with RealFlight than give my real transmitter the same wear and tear. New copies of RealFlight have costed about $200 for at least the past five years... Oddly enough, the same is true for Reflex and AreoFly Professional. So think about this for a second: Reflex (XTR), G3, and AFP all cost about $200 new. G3 and AFP provide a TX interface, which doesn't require you to wear out your real radio on the sim (although they still allow you to do this out of the box).
XTR doesn't give you any choice -- you HAVE to use your radio. (And, this has both pros and cons; it should be obvious by now that I don't want to wear out my real TX on a simulator; but many don't want the 'extra' controller adding a few bucks to the cost) And in every case -- they all cost the same for a new copy. The reason a used copy costs $100 is because that's what people can get away with charging, and because there are more than a few who feel it is a fair price. These sims are expensive software because the market for them is so small. I've said this before (although because a Mac user was wondering why there isn't G3 for Macintosh; the reason is still the same) There aren't anywhere near as many people willing to buy a copy of
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Logical Mahjong is a single player tiles game. Remove pair of identical tiles from the given mahjong board. You can remove tiles that have either one of its side free with no tiles on top of it. If you remove all the tiles from the board, you win. Quicker you solve, the better. Logic Mahjong comes with 400 layouts in 4 categories: small, medium, large and giant. Some layouts have more than 1000 tiles! All mahjong puzzles have a logical solution.
Logical Mahjong is a single player board game / puzzle game. (also known as Kadai games, pile o tiles, same tiles game). The game is based on Chinese mahjong board game, and has been modernized to suit computer puzzle lovers.
In this game, you have to remove identical pair of tiles from a given mahjong board. You can remove tiles that have either one of its sides free with no tiles on top of it. If you remove all the tiles from the board, you win the game. The faster you clear the better. The time taken to clear the board is recorded for each board, and the best 8 times are recorded as well. The trick is to try to clear the board faster than the recorded time.
Logic Mahjong comes with 5 tile sets ( Chinese lucky symbols, English Alphabets, Pets, Flowers and Holiday), 400+ layouts in 4 categories: small, medium, large and giant. Each category has got different shape of piles to choose from. Some layouts in giant category have more than 1000 tiles! The tiles are designed with variable size and design of boards.
Each game has a logical solution (thus the name, Logic mahjong). The game allows you to use unlimited undo and redo, reshuffle options (of course with a penalty of time). Total number of matching tiles available and number of tiles left to be cleared are also displayed. You can save a large game, and play it again. It has also got a soothing music at the background, (you can adjust the volume of music or sound).
This is a non-violent, intuitive, logical, tiles game suitable for all ages. This addictive game is easy to play and every single game has got a solution and it is fully solvable. Logic Mahjong is a value for money game, as it has got games in 4 classifications, with more than 400 layouts some towering upto 25 floors, few totaling more than 1000 tiles and two beautiful layouts. Comes with 4 beautiful mahjong tiles, Classic mahjong tiles, Flower tiles, Pets, Alphabets and Holiday mahjong tiles.
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