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1. The Law of Attraction requires that you know what you want – exactly what you want. This means, sitting quietly, and really thinking about what is important to you and what would make your life feel like the life it is meant to be. If you have difficulty here, and some people do, look on-line. If you would like a new house, what will it look like? Don't limit yourself by what is around you, really have a good look and see some of the wonderful options available to you. The point here is, as I've said before, you CAN have ANYTHING you really want. That is the truth, so find out what you actually REALLY do want. Once you discover what you REALLY do want, you will be very excited and it's that kind of energy that will enable you to bring your dreams and desires from the 5th dimension to the physical, 3rd dimension! So get excited!
2. Write about it – make up a detailed story about what you want to create with the Law of Attraction. Now as you read your description of what you really want visualize yourself already having it – really live your story with lots of details. Visualize your story, every aspect of it, smell the smells, feel the textures, use all your senses. Pretend that this is your reality! Revisit this reality several times during the day and before you go to bed. There are many ways to do this. If you have time, revisit your story, if you don't have time, decide on some descriptive phrases that capture the feeling or real essence of what you are manifesting and think of those or say them to yourself or out loud during the day, thus bringing back the feelings and sensory experiences of your desired outcome. The best answer is naturally what feels best to you because feeling those wonderful feelings and emotions of already having your manifestation(s) is what you want to recreate every day, at least a couple times each day and before going to bed.
3. Believe – This can be a bit of a tricky one for some people. I have struggled several times with this one and my best advice to you is that if belief is an issue for you, start by manifesting small items first. If you want to manifest wealth and are struggling financially, money may not be the best thing to try to manifest at first. Start by visualizing and feeling yourself getting a cup of coffee or a book or flowers, something that you would enjoy having but something that there is no stress involved in creating. Feel the enthusiasm of getting the item as you are visualizing receiving it. Revisit the experience when you can each day and before going to bed. Once you and the Law of Attraction begin creating these kinds of items you will start to feel more and more belief as you gain confidence in your creative ability.
4. Perseverance- Many people think the Law of Attraction is only about visualizing and positive thinking. It is about those things but without perseverance and drive you will not reach your goals. This is the part where you have to make positive, physical steps to bring manifestations into the physical. This physical, forward movement signals to the universe that you are really serious about having this manifestation and the physical movement is what brings the manifestation to you. What this physical movement is depends on the manifestation and the person manifesting but the physical effort, time and perseverance are absolutely necessary to bringing your desires to you in the physical. Without this step manifestations stay in our minds and can't become physical.
5. Keep it Quiet – When you are working on a manifestation with the Law of Attraction don't tell anyone about it! This is really important because sometimes when we are excited about co-creating with the universe we want to tell others about what we are working on. There are several reasons we can't do this. One reason is that the people we tell may express doubt to us that we can achieve what we want and that can interfere with our belief. Another reason is that negative universal forces can hear your plans and try to put a stop to your manifestation. Yes, negative forces. They exist and this negative energy in whatever form, does not want the best for us. So, keep your plans to yourself! 🙂 By doing so you are also keeping your creative energy within yourself and conserving your energy for the creation process!
This is a wonderful Abraham Hicks quote that I find inspiring. "Think of this random universe where everything is possible. The organizational skills belong to Law of Attraction. If you will relax and allow Law of Attraction to do the organization and managing, then you can spend your time doing the things that please you." – Abraham Hicks
Happy manifesting everybody! When you use the Law of Attraction as it is meant to be used, you WILL succeed in manifesting your dreams.
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Queen Elizabeth Visits the Iron Throne at the 'Game of Thrones' Belfast Studio
For those hoping Queen Elizabeth would one day sit on the Iron Throne, we're gonna spoil you now and say not at the moment. But she did visit the 'Game of Thrones' studio in Belfast, Ireland, for a meet and greet with some of the cast and crew of HBO's hit fantasy drama, and to glare at the famous seat of Westeros.
Wouldn't it be perfect if the Queen is just as into 'Game of Thrones' as the rest of us and she was just living out her dream of seeing the Iron Throne in person? All we know, however, is that she was already in Belfast on Tuesday and made a trip to the studio, where she had her own tour around some of the props and sets from the show.
Prince Philip was on hand, while present from the series were actors Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), Rose Leslie (Ygritte), and show creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss. Oh, and this picture is everything:
The Queen is presented with a miniature #IronThrone during her visit to the @GameOfThrones set #QueeninNI pic.twitter.com/yIbwvlQs8W
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We've included video of her visit below (via Sky News), though we skipped ahead for yah to the Queen's arrival.
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Being overweight does THIS to your memory
ON top of other health problems being overweight or obese could impact your mental ability, reveals a new study.
Being overweight or obese could impair memory
Being overweight or obese has long been linked to heart problems and diabetes - and now researchers have found it could also harm your memory.
In particular, researchers found a link between a high body mass index (BMI) and poor episodic memory, which is the ability to recall past events.
BMI has been linked to not being able to recall events
It is thought excess weight gain could change the structure and function of the brain. The news comes as the Welsh Government revealed how lifestyle factors can impact the risk of developing dementia.
The University of Cambridge researchers tested 50 participants aged 18 to 35 whose BMIs ranged from 18 to 51.
Obesity has been linked to diabetes
A BMI of 18-25 is normal, while 25-30 is overweight and over 30 considered obese.
Participants were asked to take part on a treasure-hunt task. They had to hide items, and recall when and where they were hidden.
Author Dr Lucy Cheke said: "Understanding what drives our consumption and how we instinctively regulate our eating behaviour is becoming more and more important given the rise of obesity in society.
"We know that to some extent hunger and satiety are driven by the balance of hormones in our bodies and brains, but psychological factors also play an important role - we tend to eat more when distracted by television or working, and perhaps to 'comfort eat'.
"Increasingly, we're beginning to see that memory - especially episodic memory - is also important.
"How vividly we remember a recent meal, for example today's lunch, can make a difference to how hungry we feel and how much we are likely to reach out for that tasty chocolate bar later on."
Researchers say it might help portion and food regulation
The researchers believe this lack of memory could impair an overweight person's ability to regulate meal consumption and the study goes some way in to understand the influences on feeding behaviour and appetite regulation.
Dr Cheke added: "We're not saying that overweight people are necessarily more forgetful, but if these results are generalisable to memory in everyday life, then it could be that overweight people are less able to vividly relive details of past events – such as their past meals.
"Research on the role of memory in eating suggests that this might impair their ability to use memory to help regulate consumption."
The research is published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.


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John Daly, Ricky Williams, and myself: More similarities than I ever realized
We all know that golf is an addicting game, and we have all wasted numerous hours, usually to no avail, trying to improve. We watch the Golf Channel;we look at our club position in the mirror; and we read Golf Digest. Some of us even read golf blogs, hoping beyond hope that the one tip we need is out there just waiting to find us.
And then we go back to the course, play horribly, and on the drive home start thinking all over again about how we can improve. In this respect, we are similar to alcoholics, drug addicts, and people with gambling problems. Our addiction is always with us, and it is nearly impossible to forget no matter how hard we try. Think about the last person you heard declare that he was going to quit golf. Did he?
While alcohol and drug addictions are quite difficult to beat, I don't know if they're any harder to beat than an addiction to golf. I realized this recently on a visit to Atlanta when I hit a low point. I was in GolfSmith with my hands on a set of used Hogan blades that I just had to have. They were only $85, and although they were beaten to hell they still looked magnificent. I envisioned tasty little shots that only true shot-makers can hit, and obviously most shot-makers use blades. I was walking toward the register to buy them, but then I stopped myself. Four months earlier I had traded this exact set- not one like it, this very set of clubs- to Golfsmith for $75 in store credit because I learned the hard way that when a blade is good it can be the best thing in the world, but when it is off it will bring a man to tears. What type of person other than a true addict would buy something for the second time that only brought with it turmoil and pain on its first opportunity?
Last week I swung by the golf store on the way home from work just to browse (or so I told myself), and walked out with a dozen Bridgestone's for which I have no need. In fact, I'm not even sure if I remember being in the store. It's as if I was going along with my day, pulled into the golf store, and blacked out. The next thing I knew I was out thirty-seven bucks walking to my car in the parking lot. I once went into a store to buy some tees and walked out with a new Scotty Cameron. I don't have any support groups or interventions to help me with this type of behavior; unfortunately, the USGA does not stand for United States Golfers Anonymous. In fact, several agencies are in a conspiracy against me: the PGA demands "Play Golf America"; the company I work for offers me $15 rounds of golf at some of the best courses in South Carolina; Anhesur-Busch has a formula that makes Budweiser taste better on the golf course than it does anywhere else in the world; and the golf gods toy with my emotions on a daily basis through great shots and beautiful spring weather.
Think about how many people have beaten alcoholism or addictions to gambling and drugs. These people function in society everyday; they drive by liquor stores, convenient stores, and crack houses and still manage to stay clean. I can't even walk through Target without veering over to the sports section to see if there are any deals on golf balls. But this is what golf does to us. It takes people who are generally rational and able to function as productive members of society and turns us into dysfunctional psychopaths.
I simply need to face the fact that I'll have to fight this addiction forever. I suppose the silver lining that separates a yearning for golf from a need for drugs is that at least my habit is not always bad for me, as it has the potential to bring occasional jubilation to my life.
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Don't fight it.
Work at it and turn professional like I did 23 years ago. Be around the game and people who can''t play, yet listen to and watch the arrogance being displayed in your shop...
You'll learn to hate the game.
I turned pro because I loved it and wanted to promote the game. Thought you had time to play with the menber and have fun. Still sickly still in it... Just got my Life Member status in the PGA....
How do you play Pro? Don't you ever play anymore Pro?
I hate what the game has become...the tee shirts, arrogant brat kids with no minds or personalities making millions, the "you the man crap"... I watch Scottsdale every year and cringe.
Want to fish? Caught the biggest bass of my life last week, a 9 pounder...
The addiction can be beaten...turn club professional.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker survived the recall vote Tuesday, becoming the first governor to survive such an election. Some analysts called the recall the second most important U.S. election of the year because it could indicate which way the political wind is blowing in a key battleground state before November.
John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation and associate editor of the Capital Times in Madison, Wis., will join The Daily Circuit Wednesday to discuss the recall's implications on other elections this fall.
"If the embattled governor does prevail, he will provide essential evidence not of his own appeal but of the power of money to define our politics," Nichols wrote for The Nation.
Matt Lewis, senior contributor for The Daily Caller and editor of "The Quotable Rogue: The Ideals of Sarah Palin In Her Own Words," will also join the discussion.
The Wisconsin Recall
• Walker survives recall, seeks unity
• Today's Question: What's the lesson here?
• In La Crosse County, Walker loses
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The Nature of Unemployment among Young Men in Urban Ethiopia
This paper investigates the nature of unemployment among young men in urban Ethiopia and finds that it is concentrated among relatively well-educated first-time job seekers who aspire to a public sector job and spend on average close to four years in unemployment. This is consistent with a segmented labor market model where youngsters queue in unemployment for a good job, as confirmed by an empirical test of the theoretical prediction. We observe a negative (causal) relationship between household welfare and both the incidence and duration of unemployment, indicating that unemployment is concentrated among the relatively worse off urban households, which from a national perspective represent the middle classes, and find suggestive evidence that part of this effect is due to malnutrition during childhood. Job search through social networks is only effective after one has become unemployed, suggesting that networks provide insurance only after exposure to the risk. Copyright © 2007 The Author; Journal compilation © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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Gion Machiya
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Gion Machiya
About the Hotel
Property Location
With a stay at Gion Machiya, you'll be centrally located in Kyoto, steps from Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple and minutes from Rokudochinnoji Temple. This 4-star vacation home is close to Kiyomizu Temple and Nijo Castle.
Make yourself at home in one of the individually decorated guestrooms, featuring kitchens with full-sized refrigerators/freezers and stovetops. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, while 42-inch plasma televisions with cable programming provide entertainment. Detached private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and separate sitting areas.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Take advantage of recreation opportunities including a sauna and a steam room.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, multilingual staff, and laundry facilities.
Hotel Facilities
- Free WiFi
- Multilingual staff
- Laundry facilities
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Free grocery shopping service
- Number of floors - 2
- Smoke-free property
- Steam room
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Sauna
- Garden
- Year Built 1920
Room Facilities
- Premium bedding
- Hair dryer
- Coffee/tea maker
- Individually decorated
- Separate living room
- DVD player
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- Individually furnished
- Separate sitting area
- Stovetop
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- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
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- Down comforter
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- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom (not in room)
- Cribs/infant beds available
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Wall Street Spin Doctors at Work
When it comes to spin, Washington is no match for Wall Street.
Last Thursday, Wall Street celebrated the narrowing of America's gargantuan $68.1 billion October trade deficit to a somewhat less horrific $64.2 billion in November. The dip was a whopping $2 billion more than consensus expectations. Ignored was the fact that November's deficit was still the third largest monthly deficit ever, and regardless of expectations, an unmitigated economic disaster. Such a "celebration" is akin to a student celebrating an "F" on his report card, as it represents an improvement on the "F-" earned the prior semester.
There was also no shortage of pundits applying the now routine spin that America's large trade deficit results from its superior economic growth. Since deficits are now regarded as a sign of economic strength, surpluses must evidence the opposite. This is akin to our student instead attempting to convince his parents that the "F" on his report card actually stands for fabulous.
The obfuscation continued last Friday with the release of a sharp .9% increase in December producer prices. Conned by Wall Street spin doctors, the media again focused on the meaningless .1% rise in the so called "core" rate, and expressed relief that higher energy prices did not "bleed into the core." Who cares if one highly manipulated subset of the PPI did not rise if overall prices rose sharply? All the while Wall Street ignored the best indicator of resurgent inflation; gold prices surging to a new twenty-five year high.
Yesterday the spin doctors demonstrated their dexterity by spinning two balls simultaneously. First they celebrated the benign .1% decline in December consumer prices, while ignoring the fact that the decline resulted from falling energy prices that have recently reversed course, surging by 15% in the past two weeks. Also unnoticed was the obvious double standard in that last Thursday's big increase in the headline PPI was downplayed as being meaningless, while yesterday's benign increase in headline CPI was cheered as great news. That's Wall Street's equivalent of "heads I win, tails you lose."
Later that morning news that foreigners purchased a record $54.6 billion in Treasury debt in November was heralded as still more good news. The spin was that this unprecedented increase in foreign lending indicates growing foreign confidence in America. This is analogous to a credit card junkie celebrating a record month of charging as as proof of continued bank confidence in his creditworthiness.
The only "good" news is that the absence of strong foreign demand for Treasuries would be an even bigger short-term disaster. With little in the way of domestic savings to pick up the slack, waning foreign demand would cause treasury prices to collapse, sending interest rates soaring, asset prices tumbling, and the U.S. economy into a severe recession. Yesterday's news that foreigners continued to spike America's punch bowl merely assures that our ultimate financial hangover will be that much more debilitating.
The bottom line is that accumulating record amounts of foreign debt to finance consumption is an economic fiasco that can only lead to a substantial reduction in America's future standard of living. Celebrating our increasing debt will ultimately prove to be nothing more than a bit of comic relief in the final chapter of this developing American economic tragedy.
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Voyager Crossing gets JPB approval
With all plans now approved, Bemidji will wait and see what develops. Literally.
The final plat of Voyager Crossing was approved on Wednesday by the Greater Bemidji Area Joint Planning Board.
The final plat is very similar to the preliminary plat that was approved in September 2004 by the Bemidji City Council. ShoreQuest, the property owner, will divide about 74 acres into 42 commercial parcels and three outlots. The land is on the southeast edge of Lake Bemidji and encompasses 5,000 linear feet of shoreline. The property includes the former sites of Georgia-Pacific and Burlington Santa Fe Railroad.
It is the largest piece of land on Lake Bemidji that has not yet been developed.
"It's nice to keep going (forward)," said ShoreQuest's John Zacher following the meeting.
What exactly will be developed on the land is not yet known. There is potential for a hotel, restaurants or perhaps a water park, which is what the land owners are advocating on the Web site at shorequest.net.
One of the conditions included in the JPB's approval is that ShoreQuest will not record the final plat until after Nov. 1.
The delay, according to a letter from Bemidji City Attorney Alan Felix, will allow the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to respond to the Joint Development Response Action Plan in regard to the proposed roads, utilities, stormwater pond location and construction within the plat.
Once Nov. 1 arrives, ShoreQuest will then be able to begin negotiations with potential developers.
"We had a few people express some interest (in developing the property)," Zacher said, adding that ShoreQuest does not know just how interested those people are.
The VIC program
The MPCA is intimately involved in the property. The MPCA administers the Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup program, which was created to offer technical assistance and legal assurances for individuals seeking to investigate or clean up contaminated property, according to the MPCA's Web site.
The property along the south side of Lake Bemidji is in the VIC program because of the potential for contamination from previous land uses, including a wood-processing plant.
The VIC program does not operate independently from the landowner. ShoreQuest staff or consultants will first propose a specific use for a particular parcel. For instance, they may decide that a road needs to be placed in a particular parcel. They then research and investigate what the environmental impact of such a use would be and whether previous land uses would interfere with those plans. They submit their findings to the MPCA, which then confirms the adequacy and completeness of the investigation, or points out deficiencies.
Even if one or more parcels are sold to a developer, the new land owner still would be required to keep the property in the VIC program. The requirement, Zacher has said, would be written into the deed.
Green possibilities?
While the property is owned by ShoreQuest, at least two governmental entities are pursuing possible ways to acquire some of the land.
The Department of Natural Resources is working with Zacher in order to extend the Paul Bunyan Trail. The city of Bemidji originally got involved to discuss the Paul Bunyan Trail, but turned the matter over to the DNR in 2004. Now, the city is interested in possibly securing land for city trails or parkland.
During Tuesday's meeting, JPB member Becky Livermore asked for more information regarding the discussed trails.
"Where do we stand with the trails we want to have going through the property?" Livermore said.
City Planner Curt Oakes said the DNR and the city of Bemidji is continuing to talk with Zacher about securing land for trails. He said there has been discussion on having a split trail with a snowmobile trail on the south side of the property and the biking/hiking trail on the north side.
But those negotiations are continuing, he said. Neither is a done deal.


text: I just got me a Toshiba 3440CT portege. I am struggling to get things working, but that's part of the fun. What I managed so far is to get X working, that is by far the most important. Sound on this thing is not so interesting, unless you hook it up to some decent speakers. Didn't try IrDA yet (compiled the modules, but didn't checked if my palmpilot could communicate) The CD player is separate and it still has to be delivered so I don't know nothing about it yet. Ethernet works right out of the box, no problem at all. I have been looking around for many weeks to choose a nice laptop. I knew what I wanted to spent, and then started looking. So, if you want something portable look for something like a 3440 portege, if you don't want the trouble of all these seperate devices and use it more as desktop, get an all-in-one (like a thinkpad A20, my other possible choice) Another thing I considered important was the screen resolution, I wanted 1024x768 or more. Dell has some inspirons with high res, but they are HEAVY. My portege has 1024x768 and it is light. But it is not as small as vaio SR11K (same res, smaller screen). Oh, modems, this one has a lucent modem, there is only a binary module for 2.2.12 available, I get it inserted in 2.2.17, and wvdial finds it, but since I have ISDN I don't know if it works (yet). If you are not sure, buy a pcmcia modem, they work. Just make a wishlist and start looking around. If you have a specific question maybe I can help, I just ended my quest for the perfect laptop. Dirk


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Mayor delivers State of City: 'Future of our city secure'
The city of Bemidji not only met, but exceeded the challenges that were presented in 2009, according to Mayor Richard Lehmann, who delivered the annual State of the City address Tuesday evening at City Hall.
He opened the speech by saying that the city had anticipated a reduction in Local Government Aid funds and implemented strategies that saved nearly $400,000, while preserving "critical" services.
LGA provides 36 percent of Bemidji's revenue sources.
"When the governor finally announced that Bemidji's Local Government Aid reduction for 2008 and 2009 combined would be $452,000, we found ourselves in a sound financial position," Lehmann said.
He commended city staff, stating that they were "key participants" in the budget solution. Employees reduced overtime by more than 50 percent and agreed to no pay or benefit increases in 2010.
The city actually ended up with a $240,000 budget surplus in 2009 - and sales tax collections were up 1.6 percent compared to 2008.
The Building Department in 2009 issued 593 permits (slightly more than in 2008) that resulted in nearly $53 million in new construction, including the Bemidji Regional Event Center.
"It has truly been a team effort to reduce expenses while maintaining as many services as possible," Lehmann said.
The city also reorganized several of its departments, Lehmann noted.
The Public Works Department reduced staff and improved efficiencies through cross-training and the acquisition of new skills, he said.
Craig Gray, the city's engineer, also began serving as the public works director, which saved one position. A new water and sewer superintendent position was created.
"The end result has been a leaner, more efficient department that continues to keep the water flowing, our sewers open and our streets clean," Lehmann said.
The Wastewater Treatment Facility was reduced in staff by three full-time employees. The plant also established a shared superintendent position.
"This plant is still operating at peak performance, thanks to its dedicated operators," Lehmann said.
The "award-winning" plant also has received a new five-year operating permit through the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
The Parks and Recreation Department was twice recognized last year as Bemidji received the Governor's Fit City Designation and was awarded the Award of Excellence for the Diamond Point Park reconstruction from the Minnesota Parks and Recreation Association.
The department also, for the first time, offered recreational services featuring programming and activities for youth, families and adults.
"Our goal was to get people in our parks to recognize what a valuable asset they are, and it worked," Lehmann said. "We had over 725 people participate in our activities and special events and we expect our programming to grow in the future."
The continued redevelopment of the south shore of Lake Bemidji was a significant success in 2009, Lehmann said.
The city has signed a 20-year lease with Bemidji State University that ensures $5 million in lease revenues from the university in exchange for serving as the anchor tenant of the BREC, which is expected to open in October.
Groundbreaking on the facility was April 3.
"After years of planning and countless meetings, this project is finally a reality," Lehmann said. "The structure is already a prominent addition to the south shore skyline."
He noted that the city has already sold several lots in the south shore area, including one that will feature a new hotel that is expected to break ground this spring. Another lot has been sold to Lakeland Public Television for new studios and offices.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has purchased land for an aquatic management area, trails and public uses, including a new boat launch.
Other projects completed by the city in 2009 included the Irvine Avenue reconstruction, which used $1.4 million in federal stimulus dollars and replaced 4,000 feet of 90-year-old water main and 2,000 feet of old clay tile sanitary sewer. City staff worked to save more than $200,000 in fees on the project.
The Lake Bemidji West Shore Trail has resulted in a trail connection from the Lake Bemidji waterfront to BSU to Diamond Point Park. The project was funded by $170,000 in sales-tax dollars and $430,000 in federal enhancement dollars.
The first $1 million street renewal project was completed that provided new pavement and utilities to several Nymore streets.
And, Parking Lot No. 3 was completely redesigned and reconstructed and resulted in a "much safer, more accessible and aesthetically pleasing lot," Lehmann said.
The parking lot project was the first step toward implementing the downtown study completed by RDG Planning & Design.
The city also has worked to clean up its appearance, Lehmann said.
The former Minnesota Department of Natural Resources building was demolished along Paul Bunyan Drive, as was the former MnDOT yard on Rako Street.
"These sites are now ready for development and are actively being marketed," Lehmann said. "Until new development is realized, neighbors to these areas will appreciate their much-improved view."
Lehmann also highlighted the partnerships that led to success in 2009.
The city works with Active Living to promote healthy, active lifestyles, the Bemidji Rotary Club installed a new playground at Cameron Park, and the DNR is working with the city to create a natural lake buffer for Cameron Park.
"Partnerships are key to our success," Lehmann said. "Think about all the activities that take place in our downtown or at our waterfront."
The city assists in many of those events by stringing lights for the Night We Light parade, assisting the Garden Club with the beautification of the Bemidji Public Library, helping the Downtown Development Authority with planters and providing support for the Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival, Jaycees Water Carnival, Kraus-Anderson Fishing Tournament and Fishing Has No Boundaries.
Emergency services
The Bemidji Police Department responded to more than 20,000 calls in 2009 and secured more than $330,000 in grants.
"We are an extremely busy department with professional, dedicated officers," Lehmann said.
The Bemidji Fire Department responded to nearly 2,600 calls in 2009.
"In additional to fire calls, their response to emergency medical calls has benefited many requiring immediate medical assistance," Lehmann said.
He also recognized new Fire Chief Dave Hoefer, who introduced himself to the council immediately following Lehman's speech.
Work remains
Some of the highlights from 2009 are carrying over to 2009, Lehmann noted.
While construction has begun on the renovation of Bemidji City Park, it will resume in May and will result in a $3.8 million reconstruction.
The park will ultimately feature a four-field softball complex, skate park, skating rink, 18-hole disc golf course, improved ski and recreational trails, playgrounds and picnic areas.
City Park is expected to be complete by fall.
"We have worked hard to promote our 'City as a Park' theme," Lehmann said.
The first phase of annexation is expected this year, which will initially add expense to city departments.
"In the long run, these annexations should benefit all of our citizens as our tax base is expanded and economies of scale are realized," Lehmann said.
Also, the city this year will continue to seek funding to complete a feasibility study that would examine the possibility of extending sewer and water around Lake Bemidji; the Quality Neighborhood Initiative will look at ways to improve neighborhoods; a new $2.5 million digester for the wastewater treatment plant will be designed; and projects are being designed in anticipation of a possible new round of federal stimulus projects.
The City Council anticipates further cuts to the LGA and is poised to deal with them, the mayor noted.
"The future will be challenging for our city," Lehmann said. "After cutting 10 percent of our workforce over the last three years, we will likely experience additional revenue reductions."
Property taxes are the only other reliable source of revenue.
"We will continue to do our best to achieve a balance between taxes and services," he said.
But, despite the challenges that remain, Lehmann said Bemidji has been "blessed" with citizens who are working toward a better future.
"I'm confident that the future of our city is secure and I look forward to the prosperity that is sure to come," he said.


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The new Super Shine Express is getting ready for its grand opening and at this car wash, it's not just the cars that will be getting a fresh look.
Knoxville Graphic House was contracted to paint a mural on the building's exterior.
Emily Martin and Darbi Henley have worked for Knoxville Graphic House since leaving college and feel fortunate to have a job that allows them to not only design, but paint.
"When you're in school you have all of these grand ideas of what it is you're going to do then once you're out you realize that you still have to pay the bills and art becomes like a hobby. It's something that you do when you have the time for it and we're very blessed that we get to come out here everyday and finally we get to do art and pay the bills at the same time."
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Ken Harrison 8:30 a.m., Nov. 18
The remodel on the Target store located on Sports Arena Boulevard in Point Loma is close to completion. The last few months have been frustrating for some shoppers, as the store and surrounding parking lots were changed significantly.
The store now offers fresh produce, a larger selection of grocery products and frozen-food items, and a Starbucks coffee lounge located inside. Eye exams, contact lenses, and eyeglasses or prescription sunglasses are also new to the store.
The reconstructed/redesigned parking lot was built with marked sidewalks to keep shoppers out of traffic while traveling to and from the store entrance.
While the Target facelift is almost finished, a construction project on the adjoined store space (a former Mervin's) will continue through the summer: a Ralphs grocery store will move in, vacating their current space in the next building down. Contractor Mike C. said that move will start later this year, around November.
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BOSTON Over-the-phone electronic-commerce applications should be easier to develop with a new release of the flagship software suite from SpeechWorks International Inc. The company's SpeechWorks 5.0 folds five new turnkey e-commerce modules into a more accurate and leaner speech-recognition engine. True to its neural-network-based core, SpeechWorks 5.0 can also now adapt online to new pronunciations, automatically "guess" at obscure dialects and learn to verify the identify of its users.
"We think our 5.0 release of SpeechWorks meets our customers' needs to quickly design, test and deploy e-commerce applications it's a lot faster and less CPU intensive too," said Bill Ledingham, vice president of product development at SpeechWorks (Boston).
SpeechWorks has always been based on a tool kit of premade DialogModules written in the C language (also available as a set of ActiveX controls). The DialogModules hide the details of neural learning and other specific internal technologies from developers with standardized application programming interfaces (APIs). SpeechWorks 5.0 adds five DialogModules for e-commerce applications.
Two of them automatically capture the number and expiration date of credit cards with simple software calls to their respective APIs. Another new DialogModule permits the time of day to be gleaned from users in the normal ways in which people refer to time, such as "last Monday afternoon at 3" instead of "May 17, 1999, 3 p.m." Social security numbers can also now be captured in conversational mode, as can natural numbers and quantities. For instance, users can now say "send me 52 pounds of chopped liver" instead of saying the digits "five, two" separately and depending on the application to ask if it's pounds or ounces.
For unusual words, SpeechWorks 5.0 now employs licensed technology from E-Speech Corp. that uses an internal knowledge base to automatically generate a whole range of pronunciations of difficult words. For instance, when a new employee is added to an automatic telephone-answering system, it is not always clear how to pronounce his or her name. To make matters worse, people desiring to speak with the new user may not know the correct pronunciation, and thus may mispronounce the name when asking for the person.
Luckily, the new technology from E-Speech enables SpeechWorks 5.0 to automatically generate all the possible ways that people could pronounce and mispronounce a new word, so that when a caller asks for the new employee, SpeechWorks matches the spoken name against a whole database of possible pronunciations.
"The E-Speech technology works with any new words added to the system after it is deployed, not just people's names. It works particularly well for addresses, which often include unusual words that few people know how to pronounce correctly," said Ledingham.
Another addition acquired from another party is speaker verification. Developers can now choose speaker-verification DialogModules from either Lucent Speech Solutions or ITT Industries. With either, SpeechWorks developers can register the actual voice print of a user so that spoken passwords must be supplied by the original user and will not work if uttered by anyone else.
"Our speaker-verification technology adds a level of security that e-commerce developers like banks and brokerage firms have been asking us for and it can run the verification routines in parallel with its normal recognition routines, so that verification is done at the same time a user speaks, say, his account number," said Ledingham.
In addition to these new features, SpeechWorks now automatically tunes itself to new pronunciations after a system has been deployed. This online learning capability reaches all the way down into the bowels of the SpeechWorks acoustic model to improve the accuracy of regional pronunciations of phonemes as it runs.
The overall error rate of SpeechWorks 5.0 was reduced by 37 percent, the company says, increasing accuracy from 96 percent to about 97.1 percent. But the new online tuning ability can enhance accuracy as much as 50 percent more, according to the company, resulting in a possible 98 percent accuracy. The new release also was claimed by the company to utilize about 25 percent less processing power, making it possible for a single PC to handle as many as 96 phone lines, as opposed to 72 in earlier versions.


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DETROIT - Those who fought in World War II will be among those honored this Nov. 9 when the 8th Annual Veterans Day Parade is held in downtown Detroit.
The ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. at Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 9, located at 2951 Woodward Avenue in Detroit.
The parade will proceed down Woodward Avenue to Comerica Park and back.
"Each year, we try to get more individuals in this region to understand about and pay tribute to the many men and women who helped to keep our country safe," said R. Michael "Mike" Sand, President of the VVA Detroit Chapter 9. "We encourage the public to be a part of this special day."
While the day honors all veterans, parade organizers said special recognition will be given to WWII vets and Circuit Court Judge Craig Strong. Drafted in 1971, Strong served as the only African American in the Navy Marine Corps Trial Judiciary at that time.
The event is put on by the Metropolitan Detroit Veterans Coalition.
Others participating in the parade include veteran groups from around the state, Junior Reserve ROTC members from 25 Detroit high schools and the Southfield-Lathrup High Schools Choir.
The parade is also done in honor of the national holiday, Veterans Day, which is Nov. 11. The holiday recognizes America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country and willingness to serve.
The date is tied to the end of World War I, when parade organizers said fighting between the Allied nations and Germany took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
For more information, go to DetroitVeteransDayParade.org.
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GPUMLib: An Efficient Open-Source GPU Machine Learning Library
Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) placed at the authors' disposal an unprecedented computational-power, largely surpassing the performance of cutting-edge CPUs (Central Processing Units). The high-parallelism inherent to the GPU makes this device especially well-suited to address Machine Learning (ML) problems with prohibitively computational intensive tasks. Nevertheless, few ML algorithms have been implemented on the GPU and most are not openly shared, posing difficulties for researchers and engineers aiming to develop GPU-based systems. To mitigate this problem, they propose the creation of an open source GPU Machine Learning Library (GPUMLib) that aims to provide the building blocks for the development of efficient GPU ML software.


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Yes, pura vida, literally "pure life," is the ubiquitous motto heard in Costa Rica. I think it's supposed to represent the idea of living a peaceful life, surrounded by natural beauty, good friends and family. Sounds good, right? Well, lately it seems like it might easily be translated as "sell your country out to greedy developers and rob the tourists blind."
I gotta say, the country has changed in the fifteen years since I was first there. I've been there four times now. Although I've never seen all that much of the country, this last time I was struck by a couple of things. The first is that it's becoming overrun by tourists, and the second is that it's getting pretty damn expensive, which is not good for either low budget travelers, such as myself, or the locals. Wages have not come close to keeping pace with the rising cost of living.
Which leads inevitably to property theft, which in turn leads inevitably to the main reason for my discontent, namely, I got frickin' robbed in Jacó! Not just robbed, but fleeced, in fact. I lost my laptop, which I was silly enough to bring along, my camera, passport, iPod, reading glasses, cell phone, books, etc. Yeah, so it was stupid to have all that in one bag, I admit. Still, that's the only time in my semi-extensive travels that I've been so thoroughly jacked.
I won't go into the gruesome details, because I don't really want to relive them any more than I have to. Suffice to say, it was an unpleasant experience in the extreme, and I would still cheerfully bullwhip the parasitic douche bags responsible. But, every event is an opportunity to learn, right? From this I learned that all possessions are transitory, and the important things to remember are the good times from the trip; seeing my sister, playing in the surf with my niece munchkins, and drinking Guaro and Pilsens while playing Nintendo with my sister and brother-in-law that last night.
Still, it's kinda sad to see such a lovely country go down the road to rampant over-development. I mean, I don't think Costa Rica is really anything to write home about culturally. Give me Mexico or Bolivia any time. But, it's hard to deny it's a very beautiful place. It's also had the good luck of having a fairly broad base, economically and politically, and avoiding the typical oligarchy/military dictatorship to support an export based economy that typifies other countries in Central America. Maybe that's what provided the basis for the extreme tourism and hence development. It's a stable social democracy, and therefor is able to attract the normally cautious or paranoid (American) traveler.
I met a Costa Rican guy on the plane home who told me that CR gets two million tourist every year, and the native population is only four million. Imagine 150 million tourists visiting the states every year, and the effect that might have. My impression is that rich developers in Costa Rica, coupled with an influx of baby boomer expat dollars has a lot to do with it. And, let's face it, some people look at a beautiful wetlands bordering a pristine beach, and all they can see are hotels, luxury condos, and the local version of Señor Frog's.
Now, the cost of living for normal folks is way up, and consequently so is property theft. Prices in San Jose seemed to be almost as high as Portland, but your average working stiff is still only making a few hundred bucks a month. Hard to reconcile those two things. I've never spent much time in San Jose, but it seemed to me there were more homeless folks this time around.
Walking down the street in San Jose my last night, I had an experience that left an image I won't soon forget. As I walked down the sidewalk, a junkie scuttled out of a doorway, spoon in hand, and squatted in the gutter to scoop up a bit of greasy water. I passed him on the way to the bodega on the corner, and thought to myself "please tell me you're not going to cook up your fix with that nasty shit." Sure enough, on my way back there he was, patiently holding a butane lighter under that same spoon, a tiny little white rock in the middle of a pool of that same water.
Now, I don't know if you can blame that on over-development and greed, but hey, why not do it anyway? In the meantime, I think I'll focus on traveling to other places I've never been, so Costa Rica shall lose my meager dollars. I might still go hang out at my cousin's place some time, but otherwise, it's a big damn world out there, most of which I've still never seen.
None of this is meant to dissuade anyone from going, of course. But unless you're a white, middle-aged prevert, I'd stay the hell away from Jacó.


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Roberto Luongo made 38 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and the Vancouver Canucks blanked the Los Angeles Kings 1-0 on Monday night.
Manny Malhotra scored the game's only goal in the first period and Vancouver got its third straight win without injured scoring star Daniel Sedin, who is out with a concussion.
The Canucks (46-21-9) passed 100 points for the fourth straight season and moved within two points of Western Conference-leading St. Louis.
The Kings (37-27-12) had their second loss in eight games despite outshooting Vancouver 38-25.
Malhotra scored at 3:05 of the first when he fired in a Max Lapierre pass off the corner of the post and the crossbar. It was Malhotra's first goal in 14 games.


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If you are (like us) fans of green style-guru Danny Seo, you'll find this little tid-bit of green news kind of exciting: Seo, who had put his Delaware River bungalow up for sale, has decided to keep his former home and purchase a cool mid-century modern pad.
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Seo is keeping the bungalow because he intends to use it as a workshop for his new line of environmentally-friendly home products. We admire his sense of play and creative way of reusing the most unlikely items (like Method soap containers!), so we really look forward to seeing what this new line looks like!
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One of the biggest issues affecting Southern California's retail environment this season has been the ocean's cold temperatures. This year, La Niña has not only brought cold waters, but an increase in wetsuit sales.
Todd Adam, manager of Encinitas Surfboards in Encinitas, said last year they cancelled most wetsuit orders due to the warm waters of El Niño. But this year's demand seems to be making up for it. Booties and other accessories have made their way to the registers as well. "I've never seen booties, gloves, and hoods clear out so fast," Adam replies. He adds that people aren't worried so much about how they look in such things as funny-looking hoods, but rather are concerned about staying warm. "If anything, business is growing," says Adam.
Surf Concepts in Manhattan Beach, on the other hand, sees La Niña having no real impact. Store Manager Dave Pollard says their new location on Coast Highway has been the biggest change in operations. Moving is a big change indeed, and if it's closer to the beach or onto Coast Highway¿it's for the better. Business is picking up.
The need to keep warm is taking a different turn for Beach Bums in Anaheim Hills. Manager Cliff Haddadin says the surf market in his area "has slowed down" because of the increasing popularity of skateboarding. "Groms want to be skaters," says Haddadin.
In order to supply the demand, Beach Bums' currently concentrating on skateboarding products. But die-hard surfers can still find what they need at the store, which happens to be one of the biggest shops in the area.
In San Diego, Clairemont Surf has noticed an increase in a specific market as well: women. Manager Rob Chalfant says, "The women's business has been our biggest growth area." He adds that more women have been buying surfboards and apparel in general. The female market is definitely growing, and after 22 years, Clairemont Surf is experiencing it firsthand.
Wetsuit sales are doing well at Clairemont Surf, but Chalfant feels it's because of the increase in technology and comfort of the wetsuits, not necessarily the cold waters. He says people aren't as anxious to get out of their suits as they were a few years ago.
Micah Bundy, assistant manager of Ventura Surf Shop, in Ventura also says the shop has had steady business this season. He says 3/2 mm fullsuit sales are down from last year, but adds: "We've never ordered so many 4/3 mm wetsuits before." He adds that people seem to be doing everything they can to stay warm in the water. Keeping hoods, gloves, and booties stocked has become a problem for their shop as well.


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Tuesday, August 11, 1998 Published at 15:57 GMT 16:57 UK
Business: The Economy
Are the bears awake?
Bears are giving shareholders a mauling
Share prices are crashing around the world as panic spreads throughout the financial system.
Stockmarket bears, those pessimistic market watchers who predict a sustained fall in share prices, are awaking from a long hibernation.
And shareholders are getting mauled.
Stocks can go down as well as up
After more than three years of booming prices, investors have been reminded of one of the basic health warnings always attached to stocks: share prices can go down as well as up.
In fact they are dropping like a stone.
The FTSE 100 index of blue chip shares has fallen more than 12% since its peak in mid-July and other European bourses have followed.
Asian turmoil
So why have the bears begun to rattle their cages?
The root of the problem is the turmoil that has afflicted Asia's financial markets.
Japan, which until not long ago was the economic envy of the Western world, has plunged into recession, its economy buckling under a mountain of bad debts.
A slowdown in the South East Asian economy after years of growth has had severe repercussions for the world's financial markets.
Shares crash worldwide
Asian share prices and currencies have crashed, sending shockwaves reverberating around the world's financial system.
And because of that there are growing fears that the Asian financial crisis will blow a big hole in US and European company earnings.
In short we could be heading for a worldwide economic slowdown from which nobody is immune.
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That has been enough to halt the bull run on Wall Street, where shares have soared over the last few years, in its tracks.
In market-speak, "bulls" are investors and traders who believe that share prices prices will rise.
{ Audio 1 Some analysts point to the fact that the latest bull run was partly fueled by private investors pouring their savings into the stock market, mainly through mutual funds which have largely replaced US company pension schemes.
With prices seemingly on a never ending upward spiral, more and more people thought that shares would guarantee the best return on their money, and as a result even more funds poured into the market.
Falling down to earth
Share prices were pushed to sky high levels. But the rise in stock values outpaced rises in earnings, leading some analysts to predict that a fall was inevitable.
And stockmarkets are as jittery as at any time since the last stockmarket crash in 1987.
Nervous times
Witness the 300 point fall of the Dow following a decision by Ralph Acampora, an analyst with Prudential Securities, to pronounce that the market could be heading for a further fall.
True, he is a respected investment guru and previously one of Wall Street's most notorious bulls, who has consistently predicted a sharp rise of share prices.
But such a steep fall based on the opinion of one analyst shows how nervous and volatile the markets have become.
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The old stockmarket adage goes that when Wall Street sneezes, European markets catch a cold.
But New York shares have come down with a bad bout of Asian flu, and European shares have followed them into the sickward.
At first it appeared that the stockmarket was heading for a temporary correction after a period of wild exuberance.
But now it seems that there is no end to the stockmarket crisis in sight.
As bad news continues to come out of Asia, each new trading session in New York and London heralds a fresh drop in share prices.
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Strain and the Inflation - Unemployment Relationship: A Conceptual and Empirical Investigation
Economic theory tells that a command system allocates resources poorly because of the impossibility of economic calculation. Therefore, once prices are freed and start to operate at quasi-equilibrium (market-clearing) levels, the hidden inefficiencies come into the open and a massive resource reallocation would have to take place. More precisely, the issue refers to the possible and probable intensity of resource reallocation in view of constraints like the balance between exit and entry in the labour market, the size of the budget deficit and the means for its non-inflationary financing, social and political stability, etc. This paper makes an attempt to conceptualise the emergence of strain emerges an economic system when relative prices change dramatically, and explores what can be implications for stabilisation policy. The start is made with the closed economy, after which the open economy case is looked at, and a possible formalised expression of strain is suggested, The distributional struggle, as a consequence of resource reallocation, is highlighted. Some modelling and empirical analysis help in substantiating the main thesis. it is contented that the line of reasoning espoused herein can help in developing an economic explanation of shocks in economic systems.
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