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The PS Vita has been struggling for a while due to poor sales, poor developer support and ridiculously overpriced memory cards. That's no news flash. What also is not helping is poor customer support. I speak from experience. I purchased a Vita and the accidental protection plan via the PlayStation Store within the required 30 day time period. The $70 was taken from my account. My purchase was complete, or so I thought.
Today, I received an email that the protection plan had been cancelled with a number to call if there were any questions. I called to inquire why the protection plan had been cancelled. I was told it was cancelled because that I had not scanned and emailed them a copy of the purchase receipt. That was the first I heard about needing to scan and email proof of purchase. I had never received the email asking for a copy of the sales receipt for which they said they sent. Not a problem, I have the receipt. I'll just scan it and email it to you, I said.
Nope. Not an option, they said. Since the protection plan had been cancelled there was no way to reinstate. I tried to spin this in several different directions as I was not sure the person on the other end of the line at Sony was understanding that my purchase was recent, I do have the receipt and would gladly send that right over to them since I never received the email requesting proof of purchase. Again, nope, not an option. Apparently this was not going to happen so I asked for a refund and here is the kicker - they refunded the money to my PlayStation Wallet and would not refund anything to my debit card, which is where the charge originated.
Not only would they not work with me on the protection plan, they refunded the money in such a way that forces me to spend it with Sony whether I like it or not. When suggesting I'd take this up with my credit card company, I was told if that action were taken, my PlayStation account would be banned. At the end of the day, my only choice was to bend over and take it from Sony with nary a kiss.
My suggestion to you would be to stay as far away from this company as possible. Clearly, Sony has its own interests at heart and cares nothing for its customers. You'd think with their failing system, they'd be a little more willing to keep customers happy. They've lost this customer and this customer has a very big mouth.
After a couple years of enjoying the Sony PS3 entertainment system, my unit fell victim to the dreaded "Yellow Light of Death" and has become nothing more than a glossy black hunk of plastic and wiring, useful only as a casing to house an expensive game disc that refuses to eject. In today's day and age of poor quality I actually expected this to happen sooner or later... the XBox 360 had its "Red Ring of Death", so why should I expect the PS3 to be fault-free? Because of its exorbitant pricing structure maybe? Don't be so naive! Just because something costs more doesn't mean it's more durable or higher quality! Ask anyone at Sony! They'll tell you!
It's sad that we have become accustomed to buying shoddy products and shrugging it off when we have to toss more hard-earned cash to replace them, but hey, what are you going to do? It's impossible to find a complaint department at Sony. Good move on their part from a business perspective because the payroll in that department would likely bankrupt them.
And their call center representatives and supervisors seem to be trained only in telling you how sorry they are in a well-rehearsed opening that all 3 people that I spoke with repeated VERBATIM with absolutely no sincerity in their monotone delivery. Well-trained in the art of making their customers feel cared for, they are.
After wasting your time asking you to describe your issue they follow up their apology with the astounding response that they can't help you with your problem. No pause for thought, or even the facade of attempting to reason through your issue before coming to the conclusion that you are not worth assisting unless you pay the $150+ that sending your system to their tech department would cost you. They also know, for a fact, that NOBODY in their chain of command can help you either. You're on your own, unless you pay, and even then you may end up with a refurbished replacement with an extremely short warranty.
The next step I took was to research the problem online. It didn't take long to realize that this issue is affecting a huge number of PS3 owners and that they are all experiencing the exact same frustrations. It became evident that the only solution for me was to open my wallet and pour more of my hard-earned cash into Sony's pockets. It is that or take the hard stand against Sony and not replace or repair their faulty equipment and never buy a Sony product again, but with all the peripherals, games and Blu-Rays that I now own, that would leave me with a very large and expensive collection of shiny coasters and coffee table centerpieces.
It would seem that companies such as Sony have a nice little stranglehold over consumers. It is very apparent after dealing with Sony that the age of quality products and customer service is now over. The term "customer service" should now be considered false advertising as the only thing you will receive by phoning 1-800-345-SONY is "customer aggravation".
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS -- I once turned on my Playstation 3 console to find out that I wasn't able to login to play online. I am 100% positive I didn't do anything wrong. I called in Sony and nobody could help me, I was forwarded to about 5 different representatives in the same phone call. The last one had told me that I had been banned for violating terms and policies. So of course, I ask for doing what. I was told that I was resetting another user's information yet I only have 3 users on my PlayStation 3. Those being my main account, a Japanese account, and a European account.
There is no way I could have reset somebody's account information without logging onto their user. I'm not even sure how I could had retrieve another user's info. When I asked to unban me the representative told me it wasn't possible (yet the other people I have talked to told me that it was possible to lift by ban).
I was very disappointed to find out that I was probably not going to play online anymore. I had spent $600 on this console and over $2,000 total on the system, games, and accessories. I called in again, and they simply would not unban me. I asked nicely and told them that I had not did anything. The guy told me "I'm not saying you did anything, but you're banned and I'm not going to do anything about it." If I didn't do anything, than how come he can't unban me? I tried to explain myself and asked him how come I could not get unbanned. Right after that, he hung up on me. Customer service cannot get any worse than this.
The third time I called back someone told me that they would have a person from the account management department call me within 48 hours. 4 days later, nobody called back which made me very unsatisfied with their awful service. I called in and asked to speak to a supervisor. She rudely yelled at me and told me that I wasn't going to get unbanned.
I've been a valuable SONY customer all my life, but their poor moderation and customer service is just plain awful. I own every single SONY system they have made, and have spent so much money buying games for them. Their operators are rude and uneducated people, even the supervisors. They didn't help me out with my problem, and they probably wouldn't help anybody else. Now my $600 console's online functions do not work. It's been over 2 months, I've even tried to format my console and switch hard-drives, but that simply doesn't work.
After so many years of being a loyal SONY customer, I will no longer be buying their products. Their poor customer service and moderation has swayed me away from this company. If you own a Playstation 3 console and play online, beware of SONY's poor online moderation. You may end up in the same position as me.
I had my PS3 fixed by Sony twice in the past 4 months. Upon my last repair they finally replaced it. When it was sent back the game was stuck inside, I was told do not worry it will be returned hahahahah.... Well the PS3 came back but not the game, after calling on the phone for over an hour I was told that it was shipped with the PS3. They informed me that it was inside the flaps of the box or taped to the inside. Well the box is ripped into a thousand pieces and guess what no game.
I then called back and someone told me it was shipped separate. Well a week has gone by and no game. So I called again and was told that the game is always shipped with the system. After a long talk with several managers I was told that they are very sorry and cannot be helped... Now I am out of a game. Their policy is not to refund money for a lost game, because they always ship it back with the system. Well my shipping invoice from Sony does not say anything about my game just lists the system on the invoice.
The Sony company has purposely been making more money off of their consumers by selling them a product that has an overheating problem. The Playstation 3 which cost like $600 dollars has a problem for those of us who have gotten the first generation version. It is as if the problem occurs after the two year warranty is over and then us the consumers have to pay Sony $150 dollars to send a refurbished console that will eventually have the same problem.
There are a lot of people who have invested into this game console in terms of games and accessories but then to also have to pay another $150 dollars because of a problem the company didn't bother to mentioned seems like a rip-off.
I have a PS3 40GB, bought for $400 on Black Friday 2007 for Christmas gift for my son. As of yesterday, a week after one year of use, it will not read any disks. All it does is show the busy icon in the upper right hand corner. I see on the internet that many, many people have had the same problem which I assume has to do with the Laser/Blu Ray player going bad.
I notified Sony about this and received a canned email response back with a link to their site saying the unit must be serviced. Since it is out of warranty, I have to send in my unit and pay 149.00 to get a refurbished unit that will be guaranteed for 90 days. I had already found this info on their website, I didn't need a link to it.
There are tons of complaints on the internet about Playstation 3 not working just out of warranty. When Microsoft's X-Box had problems, they extended their warranty for their problem to 3 years. I guess Sony isn't doing anything to help their customers but giving them a used system for $149.00 that should last at least 3 months, after that, you're on your own. I am disappointed in the quality of the Playstation 3 and even more disappointed in Sony's lack of help in this matter. I now have tons of games and a shiny black paperweight that is useless. Thanks Sony.
I waited for this game for four years since it was announced and finally was able to buy it but once I played it I was in for a rude awakening. The game was terrible. It looked like it was thrown together at the last second. I have played Gran Turismo since the second one came out and can compare this atrocity to Barney the Dinosaur. Sony get it together. Make better games not crap like this one.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- I've sent my ps3 back 3 times already. It seems every 5 months it stops working. Sony gives you 90 day warranty on a 5 month system. Now they're telling me there's nothing we can do except charge you 149.00 dollars to replace something they know is broke already, so I spent 600.00 dollars to get mine, now have to spend 149.00 dollars to replace something they know is broke. Sony is wrong and their cs reps are well-trained front men. All they say is "There's nothing we can do." I don't smoke there's no dust factor so it's defective. Come on Sony you can do better than this?
CRAWFORDVILLE, FLORIDA -- My family has now purchased 2 Sony Playstation and both are unusable. 1) The Network card did not work since purchase. This is documented on the WEB as a known issue with this model. Sony will not fix it because my teenager lost the receipt. Even though they know they had a bad batch of cards. So he now cannot play any music on the PSP from the memory card because he cannot get it on the internet to activate the card. $90 to replace.
2) The second one died. I had the receipt and was sent a box to send it back for a refurbished one. I did and was told they would not cover it because it "suffered abuse". The small crack in the LCD panel did not cause it to stop working. The crack was there the week after it was bought. Again $90 to replace. Sony has very poor customer service. I will never allow my children to purchase anything from Sony again. I will continue to tell everyone about this problem to be sure no one else buys from them.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA -- I recently found myself lucky enough to be in a Best Buy when they were stocking the shelves with a new shipment of Playstation 2s!!! So of course I bought one. One word: Awesome! If you are a gaming freak like me, get one. You won't be disappointed.

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HexaDoken wrote:This is either a bug with knockback and death protection, or Rex just dealing 95 damage, in which case I survive normally. If latter is true, then "Knockback 100%" does not make a whole lot of sense.
You can't be killed from being knocked back into a wall, it just hurts a lot more. The knockback damage prediction is accurate, showing you what health you'll be at AFTER you've taken the hit and the damage from being knocked back.


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Wild-and-wacky prankster pals. Boy-girl BFFs. Frenemies whose over-the-top fights send fans scurrying to take sides. Are they celebs you've heard about on E!? Try a bunch of 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds. For almost every famous friendship out there, there's a little-kid one to match. Small wonder, experts say: Preschoolers notice everything grown-ups and older children do with pals, in real life or on TV. Then they mimic those interactions, down to the last hug and tantrum. It's not all about imitation, though. Kids' inborn traits—cheerfulness, say, or crankiness—shape friendships, too. Add nature to nurture, and voilà: The average preschool becomes a peewee edition of Us.
"If you gossip, talk back, and give cold shoulders to others, your child may start to play out those behaviors," says Helene Laurenti, Ph.D., a psychologist in Charlotte, NC. "Parents need to model good conflict resolution so kids learn how to apologize, help out, and compromise." Beyond that, it's healthiest to play no more than a supporting role in your child's social life. "Ultimately, it's most effective if you guide them to solving their own problems," Laurenti says. In other words, your little VIP needs you in her entourage. Stay ready to help, but let her and her friends bask in the spotlight. Here are some buddy acts you might see, and low-key tips for smoothing any rough spots so everyone gets along—famously.
If the kids are like…
Johnny Knoxville & Co. (2 and up)
These rowdy playmates travel in packs—and often leave chaos in their wake.
Official bio: Who says the Jackass buddies are the kings of mischief? Toddler and preschool pals (often sibs) can trash a room in seconds. Brittany Estes of Fort Worth, TX, recently came upon her sons staring at the family toaster—which they'd stuffed with batteries instead of bread—as it burst into flames. Luckily, Estes was able to push culprits Ethan, 4, and Titus, 2 ½, to safety. (The toaster, however, died immediately.)
Behind the scenes: Kids this age love showing off for each other. Plus, they dig the safety of numbers. "They may dare to do something they'd never do alone, or not take responsibility to do the right thing," Laurenti says (not that they're always sure what's "right" in the first place). One thing's certain: You can count on them to speak up after a misdeed… and blame each other.
Your job: To avert mischief, take overly dynamic duos outside to wear them out. Weather too nasty? Let them scoot around in cardboard boxes, jump off couches onto pillows, or use a toddler-bed mattress as a slide. But remind them that even when they're having fun, they still must follow house rules. "Children need to know that there are limits to what they can do, and they also need to test these limits to see how serious they actually are," says Jason Gold, Ph.D., a psychologist at the Pacella Parent Child Center, in New York City. So be consistent about what's not allowed and firm with the consequences for misbehavior. And consider helping your kid make some friends who are into, say, board games. Then maybe he won't grow up to wrestle anacondas and catapult himself out of a Port-a-Potty.
If the kids are like…
Obama and the Salahis (2 and up)
One kid's a groupie, following the other—who isn't really sure she wants a fan club.
Official bio: Unlike a certain infamous DC couple, preschoolers probably won't crash a White House dinner to shake hands with the President, but they can still become mighty determined about wooing a would-be pal. They'll trail him, sit close to him, or poke him (anything to get noticed), even though he shrugs them off.
Behind the scenes: Such pursuits often start when one kid admires another, Gold says. "The child who's doing the following probably thinks, 'If I stick around this person, maybe I will be more like him.'" When the other kid ignores him, he may get angry and, perversely, even clingier. Or he may persist because he's not that great yet at reading body language. The child being followed, meanwhile, is likely overwhelmed, and lacks the finesse to politely say no.
Your job: Help this twosome find some common ground. Sheri Scoville's 3-year-old son, Maddux, wanted to play with the girl next door but kept getting blown off. Now, thanks in part to a shrewd investment by Maddux's parents, they're fast friends. "We got him a pirate costume and a doctor costume, so if she was outside in her princess costume, they could play dressup," says Scoville, of York, PA. If such measures don't work, try getting the kids used to each other with an activity like watching a movie. Coach your kid to give others space and decipher their body language. Weave those lessons into your day, Laurenti suggests. When you're upset by something your child has done, for instance, make an exaggeratedly sad face and ask "How does it look like I'm feeling?" If a would-be pal's rebuffs continue, help your kid find a different friend: "Nathan seems cool. Want to invite him over?"
If the kids are like…
Matt and Ben (2 to 5)
These twosomes love to get together—but usually just to do their own thing!
Official bio: They're friends, but like their screen-writing/acting counterparts, they often prefer solo projects. "Sometimes they'll have a playdate where they ignore each other," says Amy Kahn, a mom in Newton, MA, of her 3-year-old, Josh, and a pal.
Behind the scenes: Not to worry. It's common for so-called parallel play to last from toddlerhood all the way through preschool, usually interspersed with collaborative moments. "Many children will remain comfortable doing parallel play until they learn the social skills for social play," says Edward Christophersen, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist with Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, in Kansas City, MO.
Your job: Plan the occasional activity for both kids, and demonstrate how friendly interaction works. Says Laurenti: "Role-model good eye contact, problem solving, and how to be a good sport."
If the kids are like…
Regis and Kelly (3 and up)
They're opposite-sex besties, but platonic.
Official bio: Unlike their TV counterparts, they work off-script, defying boy and girl stereotypes. Never pictured your son pretending that Barbie is burping a baby T. rex? When these kids play, anything goes.
Behind the scenes: Though older kids may tease them ("Ooh, are you in looove?"), they can be some of the happiest, most well-rounded friends. "It makes her more open to sports and physical play," says Wilson Moy of Tulsa about his 4-year-old daughter Julia's get-togethers with boy buddies. "It's not all about princesses."
Your job: Even good friends need breaks from each other. If Regis gets bummed when Kelly decides to play with someone else (or by herself), say "Maybe Kelly will want to play later," suggests Rebbecca Jackson, a preschool teacher from Blacksburg, VA. Then help him find something—or someone—to distract him. As for teasing from the big-kid contingent, teach your child to let it roll right off. Explain that boys and girls can like each other just as pals—and if you have opposite-sex friends yourself, be sure to point them out.
If the kids are like…
Paris and Nicole (4 and up)
They're the very best of buds—except when they're having one of their frequent fights.
Official bio: Sometimes girls, sometimes boys, they're proof that frenemies come in many sizes. "One minute they're each other's best friend. The next I'm hearing horror stories," says Arlington, TX, mom Reace Smith of her 4-year-old, Helena, and her friend/nemesis, Abby.
Behind the scenes: Hours after angrily kicking over his frenemy's block tower, your little one may race up to him, all smiles. "It's just part of kids trying to figure things out," says Smith. "They're little experimenters."
Your job: If your kid's the victim, help her plan a response that doesn't involve defacing her frenemy's Polly Pocket ("What can you say to Fiona?"). If she's the aggressor, ask her to apologize, but go further. Jackson often tells students, "Ask your friend what would make him feel better," frequently with heartwarming results. It's good to live and learn (whether you're a playground princess or a hotel heiress).
If the kids are like…
Shaggy and Scooby-Doo (4 and 5)
In a weird—but common—move, one kid pretends to be the other's pet.
Official bio: These friends slip into animal/owner roles that can stretch across multiple get-togethers. For close to a year, in fact, my son's pal spent every playdate in the role of a black Lab.
Behind the scenes: Being a dog, cat, or hamster for a while can be great for kids. "It's part of beginning to build empathy for things other than human beings," says Charles A. Smith, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Family Studies and Human Services at Kansas State University, in Manhattan, KS. But if your kid often winds up as the puppy, does it mean he's destined for life as a follower? Not necessarily, Gold says. "In the preschool years, it's often about trying things on for size."
Your job: When your child longs to change roles, help her come up with some assertive lines ("Jason, it's your turn to be checked for fleas!"). Set a timer so the kids take turns, and remind them of the Golden Pet Rule: Scooby-Doo Unto Others.


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- Voted a top 10 mineral-springs spa by Spa magazine and SpaFinder in 2009, this resort has been in operation for more than 100 years. The naturally hot sulfur mineral water found onsite is said to be healing and soothing.
- All of the queen spa rooms and the double-bed rooms have attached private mineral-spring hot tubs.
- The Oasis, the onsite mineral-springs hot tub with a waterfall, can hold up to 30 people. There is also a full-service spa, yoga classes, and a meditation labyrinth on the property. Additionally, you'll have access to a hiking trail and a walking path to the beach.
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Founded in 1772 as a mission community, San Luis Obispo is one of the oldest towns in California. Halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo—nicknamed "SLO"—has a thriving downtown. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is its centerpiece. It was the original mission of the city; it has been completely restored and now houses a museum. Near the mission, you can wander through posh boutique shops and dine at upscale restaurants.
San Luis Obispo is almost perpetually sunny, with more than 300 rain-free days every year. The city is bisected by a string of hills known as the Nine Sisters, and six of these hills are open for climbing, hiking, and mountain biking. And with the Pacific coastline and beaches 10 miles away, people flock here to go windsurfing, kayaking, surfing, and kiteboarding. Also nearby is the resort town of Avila Beach, famous for its hot mineral springs.
The city made international headlines in 1990 when it became the first place in the world to ban smoking in all public buildings, including bars and restaurants. This action sparked worldwide antismoking laws, and today, it's a citable offense to smoke in public at all in SLO. Considering the city's famously strict health codes, it's a delightful surprise that the Bubble Gum Alley exists here. Locals and visitors have been sticking their chewed gum on Bubble Gum Alley's walls since about 1960, and in turn, the alley is now a massive, mosaic-like public artwork that is at once beautiful and grotesque.


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The focus in New York City politics has been, of course, on the Democrats. How could it be otherwise with Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer both attempting comebacks, and Weiner hoping for the comeback of his comeback?
But how about the Republican field? My conservative cousin finds two good GOP candidates for Mayor, and some reason to believe that one of them might win the job. My cousin writes:
My prior posts on the New York City election campaign may have given some Power Line readers a too pessimistic view of my hometown's future. The crew of Democratic politicians who merrily run around town seeking to ignite atavistic tribal passions and boasting of how much of the treasury they can give municipal unions is not by any measure the whole New York story. This town is definitely not a city in decline.
The population now stands at a record 8.4 million up from a nadir of 7.1 million in 1980 in the aftermath of the fiscal crisis. Talented young people from all over the world gravitate to this city.
New York entrepreneurs are creating cutting edge businesses in fields as diverse as high tech and fashion. The real estate market is booming with multi-million dollar homes in neighborhoods where two decades ago people were afraid to walk the streets at night. Far from Manhattan, Asian and Latin American immigrants are bringing vibrancy and family values to moribund sections of Brooklyn and Queens. Even the once written-off Bronx is experiencing a revival.
The two main GOP candidates for Mayor, John Catsimatidis and Joe Lhota, in very different ways reflect the vigor of this metropolis. John Catsimatidis came here from Greece as an infant. Raised in Harlem, his father worked as a busboy. Catsimatidis became a billionaire with a diverse portfolio including supermarkets, real estate and oil refining.
Catsimatidis brings a brash enthusiasm to campaigning and a willingness to unlock his personal fortune to finance the campaign. This is no small thing in New York where the local GOP is lacking both money and organizational strength. He also has a long time record of generous support for many local charities.
Some of his off the cuff suggestions like street fairs in every neighborhood, monorails along main highways, and a World's Fair may prove problematic. They could well be a distraction in a campaign that should focus on the irresponsible fiscal and public safety policies advocated by the Democrats.
Joe Lhota has a long distinguished career in both the private and public sector. He served as Finance Commissioner and Deputy Mayor for Operations in the Giuliani administration. Later, he served as Chairman of the Transit Authority.
As Deputy Mayor, Lhota earned a reputation as a tough and effective administrator. At Transit he was widely praised for getting the system up and running after Hurricane Sandy.
Lhota is not just a career civil servant; he earned his spurs on Wall Street. Unlike Eliot Spitzer he does not want to run the financial services industry out of town.
But Lhota has never run for elective office. He is a wooden, remote figure on the campaign trail.
There's also some baggage from the Giuliani years. Joe was Chairman of the Mayor's Decency Commission, a feckless attempt to stop government funding of museums that displayed offensive art work. The Commission was created at the same time Giuliani was conducting an affair that led to the divorce of his wife Donna Hanover.
Despite the Democrats 5-1 registration advantage in New York, you can't dismiss the chances of a GOP victory. No Democrat has won in 20 years. A bitter primary battle could fracture the party.
A wild card in the race could be the candidacy of former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion. Should current Democratic front runner Christine Quinn win the nomination, Carrion, who is no pushover, would be the only "minority" in the race. This could result in a split among Democrats creating a path to GOP victory.
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Come Saturday, about 5,000 kids age 15 and under and their mentors will slip into duck blinds before dawn and partake in Minnesota's 18th annual Youth Waterfowl Day.
While the special one-day waterfowl hunt has its supporters and detractors, one thing is certain: Though the purpose is to encourage youngsters to take up duck hunting, the number of state duck hunters still has fallen 21 percent since the program was launched — from 114,000 in 1996 to 90,000 last year.
Still, officials say that's not evidence Youth Waterfowl Day doesn't bring new hunters into the fold and isn't worthwhile.
"I don't think we can say because [hunter] numbers have declined, youth recruitment isn't working,'' said Ed Boggess, Department of Natural Resources Fish and Wildlife Division director. "It's fair to say we don't really know if various hunter recruitment programs are working. It's frankly an experiment, because traditionally youths were introduced to hunting through families.''
Boggess and others say duck hunter numbers might have declined even more without Youth Waterfowl Day.
The problem, Boggess said, is that it's difficult to replace the huge baby boomer generation, which constitutes a large proportion of the state's duck hunters.
"As that large cohort of the hunting population ages, it eventually will get too old to hunt or die, and we're not seeing a commensurate number of 16- to 35-year-olds coming in,'' Boggess said. "There isn't another generation of that size coming through the system.''
That young hunters aren't replacing the number of aging hunters also is evident in the sale of state duck stamps to youths age 16 and older, which has declined even more precipitously than duck hunter numbers.
Yearly sales of duck stamps through mid-October for 16-year-olds dropped from 1,307 in 2000 to 763 last year, a 42 percent decline. Stamp sales during that same 12-year period fell by 38 percent for 17-year-olds, 34 percent for 18-year-olds, 31 percent for 19-year-olds and 23 percent for 20-year-olds.
Brad Nylin, executive director of the Minnesota Waterfowl Association, acknowledges the lack of evidence that Youth Waterfowl Day is helping recruit young hunters, but said he continues to support the one-day event.
"It's the one time where kids can go out and hunt ducks and they are the only ones shooting without competing with adults. I think there's a real need for it to go forward. I don't see a negative.''
The only way to know what impact Youth Waterfowl Day has had on Minnesota hunter numbers is to survey duck hunters and find out how many are hunting today solely because of the event, said DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr, who also supports the youth hunt. "That would be expensive,'' he said.
Said Landwehr: "I don't look at it as a silver bullet, but it helps us as we try to encourage kids and other nonhunters [to hunt].''
Historic hunt
Saturday's Youth Waterfowl Day will be the earliest ever, and one of the earliest duck hunts in Minnesota history. This year's regular duck opener falls on Sept. 21 — itself the earliest opener since 1945 — and officials hold the youth hunt two weeks beforehand.
Which puts Youth Waterfowl Day on Sept. 7, the earliest Minnesota duck hunt since 1918, when hunting regulations were just beginning.
"It's the earliest we've ever had, and the earliest we ever will have,'' Landwehr said.
Federal regulations say the regular duck season can open the Saturday nearest Sept. 24 — which makes this year's Sept. 21 opener the earliest it can be. Next year, the opener will fall on Sept. 27, and Youth Waterfowl Day will be Sept. 13.
Some say Sept. 7 is simply too early, that some ducks won't be fledged and that shooting pressure from the young hunters could push ducks from the state before the regular opener.
"We're not concerned it's too early,'' Boggess said. "There aren't many hunters out for youth day, and they don't take that many ducks. They are likely to take primarily teal and wood ducks. We think it will work out fine.''
Said Landwehr: "Some people are concerned there will be ducks that can't fly, but no one is shooting ducks sitting on the water.''
"With 5,000 kids, if they each shoot two or three birds, we're talking 10,000 or 15,000 birds,'' Landwehr said. "It's trivial compared to the [overall] harvest,'' which was 835,000 last season.
Youth day details
Hunters age 15 and under may take regular season bag limits when accompanied by a nonhunting adult (age 18 and older, no license required). Hours are a half-hour before sunrise to 4 p.m. Up to five Canada geese can be taken, too. Motorized decoy restrictions are in effect.
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Conservative advocacy group already targeting Shea-Porter with mailings on ObamacareBy JOHN DiSTASO
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November 06. 2013 4:15PM
A full year ahead of the mid-term elections, New Hampshire U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter is already being targeted with direct mail by a conservative Washington-based issues advocacy group over her support for the Affordable Care Act.
The American Action Network, a self-described "center-right action tank," will begin send mailings on Thursday to Democrat Shea-Porter's constituents, especially seniors, urging them to call her and tell her to "stop putting people out of work," "it's wrong to make us pay more for health care," "she's harming the quality of our health care" and "it's wrong to make seniors pay more for health care."
The state Democratic Party dismissed the mailers as "partisan nonsense from a right-wing out-of-state special interest group."
"Seniors in the district of Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter will receive multiple rounds of mail educating area seniors on how Obamacare is leading to higher costs, fewer jobs and reduced access to health care," said AAN.
The group said "at least six unique mail pieces" will be sent to the district. Also being targeted are constituents of Reps. Nick Rahall of West Virginia and Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona.
All are viewed by Republicans as vulnerable in next year's mid-term elections.
Democratic Party spokesman Harrell Kirstein said, "New Hampshire seniors know that Carol is committed to protecting and strengthening Social Security and Medicare. Just like she won't stop working for good jobs and a stronger middle class, she won't stop fighting against right-wing schemes to balance the budget on the backs of New Hampshire's seniors."
AAN is spending about $200,000 on the three congressmen, and "up to $65,000" in Shea-Porters district, AAN said.
"Seniors deserve to know what they and their loved ones are losing thanks to Carol Shea-Porter's vote for Obamacare," AAN president Brian O. Walsh said in a statement.
AAN is chaired by former Minnesota U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman and its board includes Fred Malek, a former aide to Presidents Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush and former U.S. Reps. Tom Reynolds of New York and Vin Weber of Minnesota.


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Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) said Tuesday that its board has agreed to expand the company's 2011 restructuring program, which includes cutting another 1,000 jobs this year.
The Natick, Mass.-based medical device maker said it anticipates eliminating 900 to 1,000 people worldwide in 2013 through a combination of attrition and targeted headcount reductions, bringing total job cuts since 2011 to between 2,100 and 2,400.
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The company's overhaul is expected to reduce annual operating expenses by an incremental $100 million to $115 million by the end of 2013.
The announcement came as Boston Scientific reported weaker quarterly earnings on a decline in sales, weighed down by higher expenses. Fourth quarter earnings fell to $60 million, or 4 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier $107 million, or 7 cents.
Excluding one-time items, Boston Scientific said it earned 11 cents a share, matching average analyst estimates in a Thomson Reuters poll. Revenue slipped to $1.82 billion from $1.85 billion last year, but trumped the Street's view of $1.76 billion.
"We are pleased but not satisfied with our improved performance in the quarter," said Boston Scientific CEO Mike Mahoney.
Looking ahead, the manufacturer of heart stents and pacemakers said it expects first-quarter EPS to be in the range of 14 cents to 17 cents, excluding one-time items, on sales between $1.74 billion to and $1.82 billion.
The consensus is calling for current-quarter EPS of 10 cents on revenue of $1.79 billion.
For the full year, it anticipates non-GAAP earnings between 64 cents and 70 cents on sales of $7.05 billion to $7.35 billion. The Street is looking for fiscal 2013 EPS of 43 cents on revenue of $7.12 billion.
"I am confident we are taking the critical steps that are needed to return our company to long-term growth," Mahoney said.
Shares of Boston Scientific climbed nearly 5% Tuesday to a 52-week high of $7.43.


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Still, there are a few bummers in the 2013 Lolla sked, announced Tuesday. Here are some thinkers with my suggestions.
Queens of the Stone Age (6:15 p.m.-7:30 p.m.) vs. Chance the Rapper (6:50 p.m.-7:30 p.m.) vs. Frightened Rabbit (7:15 p.m. -8:15 p.m.)
One of the weekend's few solid hard rock offerings vs. Chicago's potential next big rap star vs. one of the flat-out best bands at Lolla? Catch the beginning of Queens and the end of FR (who plays in town somewhat regularly), with all of Chance in between.
Charles Bradley (2:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.) vs. Court Yard Hounds (3 p.m.-4 p.m.) vs. Haim (3:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m.)
In what manner do you want to break your heart? The soul man/ex-James Brown impersonator takes precedence over two-thirds of the Dixie Chicks, then head over to the R&B-influenced; folk outfit.
Kendrick Lamar (6:45 p.m.-7:45 p.m.) vs. Death Grips (7:15 p.m.-8:15 p.m.)
The acclaimed MC is less abrasive than his fellow Californians in experimental hip-hop outfit Death Grips, though both do what they do well. Go straight to DG after Kendrick.
Wild Belle (1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m.) vs. Jake Bugg (1:45 p.m.-2:30 p.m.) vs. Angel Haze (2 p.m.-3 p.m.)
Local folk-reggae, the young toast of Britain or a soon-to-be-star rapper? Catch a sweet WB song or two, enjoy Jake's storytelling for a while, then see most of Angel's set. She's the hardest hitter here.
Palma Violets (1 p.m.-1:45 p.m.) vs. The Orwells (1 p.m.-1:45 p.m.)
English garage rockers or Chicago garage rockers? Stay local and catch up with PV later.
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Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, is planning its first benchmark offering of fixed-rate bonds maturing in at least 30 years since 1999.
Proceeds from the sale of debt due January 2043 will be used to refinance obligations and to fund its pension plan, according to a person with knowledge of the offering. The securities may be rated Baa3, the lowest level of investment grade by Moody's Investors Service, said the person, who asked not to be identified because terms aren't set.
The offering from Ford, which was lifted last year to investment grade at Moody's and Fitch Ratings, comes as auto sales surge and with borrowing costs touching record lows. Ford's U.S. light-vehicle sales rose 1.6 percent in December, the company said today, exceeding the 1.2 percent increase forecasted by analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
Ford's $1.8 billion of 7.45 percent bonds due July 2031 traded at 128.5 cents on the dollar to yield 5.06 percent yesterday, according to Trace, the bond-price reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
The automaker issued $4.95 billion of 4.25 percent, 30-year convertible securities in December 2006.
Ford was raised to investment grade by Moody's in May and by Fitch in April. Standard & Poor's rates the company's debt BB+ or the highest level of speculative grade with a positive outlook, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Borrowing costs for investment-grade American companies have declined to 2.8 percent from last year's high of 3.93 percent, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate index data.
Barclays Plc, Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and Morgan Stanley are managing the Dearborn, Michigan-based company's sale, the person said. General Motors Co. is the top- selling automaker in the U.S.
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Considering the way he busted his way onto the Bruins' opening-day roster and then forced the Boston coaching staff to move him into a top-six role, you just knew that sooner or later Brad Marchand would break through the wall that seemingly had been built between him and the 20-goal mark.
After all, he's a hyper-active 22-year-old who on and off the ice always seems like he's ready to go through a wall.
The rambunctious, diminutive winger reached that impressive plateau tonight in dramatic fashion, as he ended his 12-game goal drought with a power-play score that lifted the Bruins to a playoff-spot-clinching 2-1 victory at Philadelphia.
Marchand became the fourth Bruins player this season to reach 20 goals and the first Boston rookie since Blake Wheeler two years ago to score that many.
It's been an eventful rookie-year month of March for Marchand, who scored his 19th goal Feb. 22 in Calgary and was starting to garner some Calder Trophy buzz for not just his scoring but all-around play and penalty-killing.
He hadn't scored since the turn of the calendar, however, and grabbed several headlines with his elbow to R.J. Umberger's head that earned a two-game suspension from the NHL. The month also featured him publicly characterizing the Montreal Canadiens players as divers and fakers, getting benched for an entire third period on Long Island for some bad penalties and haphazard play, and skating a few shifts back with the fourth-line teammates that helped him get his feet wet at the start of this season.
Just as there was a fear Marchand would tone down his game and be less of a physical presence after the suspension, there was also a possibility that Marchand would never find his scoring touch again and turn out to be a fluke. Once a 33-goal scorer in junior, Marchand scored just 18 goals in his one full season of American Hockey League play. His pro projections mostly figured him to a be a grinder and agitator with the hands to contribute offensively here and there, not to be the prime threat he's become with Boston this season.
Marchand, head coach Claude Julien and others in the Bruins' dressing room admitted Marchand was pressing. When you're serving as a sniper for the first time, it has to be difficult to figure out one's way out a sniper's slump. Marchand solved the problem the way every Bruins player should attempt to break out of a funk and the way he has to get most of his goals – by getting his nose dirty.
Taking advantage of the power-play time that used to belong to slumping Michael Ryder, Marchand carved out an area at the top of the crease and batted home a rebound of a Dennis Seidenberg point shot. It was a goal more reflective of Marchand's fourth-line roots than his current status as the team's fourth-leading goal-scorer. But now he has the weight of wanting to get to 20 off his shoulders and he can work on scoring some fancier ones in the last couple weeks of this season.
As for Marchand's edge, we know that hasn't vacated his repertoire since the league ban. He had some folks up in arms for his high hit on Scott Gomez Thursday against Montreal. Tonight against a Flyers team that plays a style perfect for Marchand to cause a ruckus against, he tried to mix things up after Patrice Bergeron had to take a penalty to make up for a Boston giveaway. Marchand might be a goal-scorer these days, but that doesn't mean he's going to shy away from coaxing an opponent into a power-play canceling penalty.
Any rookie is going to endure some growing pains. Marchand has made the most of the coaching he's received, the lessons he's learned and the ice time he's been granted. Hopefully for him and the Bruins, reaching 20 goals is just another wall he had to break through on the way to grander things this season and in his career.


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Of Pulitzers and treason By Pat Buchanan
Apr 25, 2006
Mary McCarthy, special assistant to President Clinton and senior director of intelligence in his White House, has been fired by the CIA.
McCarthy allegedly told The Washington Post our NATO allies were secretly letting the CIA operate bases on their soil for the interrogation of terror suspects. Apparently, McCarthy failed several polygraph tests, after which she confessed.
If true, she was faithless to her oath, betrayed the trust of her country, damaged America's ties to foreign intelligence agencies and governments, and broke the law. The Justice Department is investigating whether McCarthy violated the Espionage Act.
Yet, while she may be headed for criminal prosecution and prison, the Post reporter to whom she leaked intelligence on the secret sites, Dana Priest, just won a Pulitzer Prize for revealing the existence of these sites.
Also copping Pulitzers were two reporters for The New York Times who revealed that, since 9-11, U.S. intelligence agencies have been intercepting calls and e-mails between terror suspects and U.S. citizens.
President Bush had implored the Times not to publish the story, lest exposure of the spying program alert al-Qaida to U.S. capabilities and operations.
For one year, the Times held the story -- then, it went with it. While the delay has been criticized by some journalists, most applauded exposing the spying program and the U.S. secret bases, and the Pulitzers that went with their exposure.
On ABC's "This Week," Sen. John Kerry, to whose campaign McCarthy made a $2,000 contribution, was his usual ambivalent self when asked whether he approved of what she had done:
"Of course not. A CIA agent has the obligation to uphold the law, and clearly leaking is against the law, and nobody should leak. I don't like leaking. But if you're leaking to tell the truth, Americans are going to look at that, at least mitigate or think about what are the consequences that you ... put on that person. Obviously they're not going to keep their job, but there are other larger issues here."
What "larger issues" there were, Kerry did not say.
Pressed by ABC's George Stephanopoulos, Kerry blurted, "I'm glad she told the truth, but she's going to obviously -- if she did it, if she did it -- suffer the consequences of breaking the law."
Kerry was prepared for the question, so he has to be held to account. When he says, "I'm glad she told the truth," one has to ask: What is Kerry talking about?
To whom did McCarthy tell the truth? Apparently, to Dana Priest, in exposing the secret program. Is Kerry "glad" she did this? Is he glad she violated her oath and broke the law and exposed the program? To those to whom McCarthy owed loyalty, her superiors at the CIA, she apparently lied in her polygraph examinations, and only after being caught did she confess.
Where is the moral heroism in clandestinely violating one's oath, breaking the law, leaking secrets and lying about it? Is this the New Morality? What was the higher cause McCarthy was serving?
Journalists are rising to her defense, describing McCarthy as a whistle-blower -- i.e., someone who calls the government to account for wrongdoing. But there is no evidence President Bush or U.S. agencies were doing anything criminal by using secret sites provided by NATO allies to interrogate terror suspects plotting to murder Americans.
If U.S. officials are engaged in misconduct or atrocities at these bases -- i.e., the torture of prisoners -- no one has said so. Reportedly, an E.U. investigation of the U.S. secret sites in Europe turned up nothing.
What does it say about American journalism that it gives its most prestigious prizes to reporters who acquire and reveal illicitly leaked U.S. secrets, when the result is to damage the U.S. government in a time of war? Both the Times and Post got their Pulitzers for fencing secrets of the U.S. government, criminally leaked by disloyal public servants they continue to protect.
Query: If McCarthy deserves firing, disgrace and possibly prison for what she did, does the Post deserve congratulations for collaborating with and covering up her infidelity, deceit and possible criminality?
Are journalists above the law? Are they entitled to publish secrets, the leaking of which can put their sources in jail for imperiling the national security? What kind of business has journalism become in 2006?
Scooter Libby is to be tried for perjury for allegedly lying to a grand jury investigating whether he leaked the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame, in a White House campaign to discredit war critic Joe Wilson. Larry Franklin of the Pentagon got 12 years for leaking military secrets to the Israeli lobby.
McCarthy deserves the same treatment. She should be prosecuted and, if convicted, spend the next decade in prison. Whether this war was a mistake or not, no one has the right to sabotage the war effort.
Not even journalists.
Pat Buchanan is a founding editor of The American Conservative magazine, and the author of books such as The Great Betrayal, A Republic, Not an Empire, Neo-Conned, and Where the Right Went Wrong.
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Yes, it has - for about eighty years now. I've just been reading The Venona Secrets. It's a heavy, dry read but I highly recommend it for historical background. The leftist crowd that includes Wilson, Plame, Berger, McCarthy, Goodfellow, Kerry, et. al. can trace their lineage directly to the Red "intellectuals" of the 20s and 30s. For younger Freepers looking to understand the historical context of the current leftist coup attempt I recommend reading
I was reading the article in total disbelief that a) I agree with everything Pat says and b) he did not kick Israel in any way. But then at the end he finally did! Otherwise, right on money.
Today, she denies any involvement. here's a link to the article:
Where did this info come from? Has she been tried and convicted yet? I thought people were innocent until proven guilty.
Can it be that Pat has forgotten ... Tyler Kent ... and how he was "silenced" ...?
"April 24, 2006 - A former CIA officer who was sacked last week after allegedly confessing to leaking secrets has denied she was the source of a controversial Washington Post story about alleged CIA secret detention operations in Eastern Europe, a friend of the operative told NEWSWEEK."
These were not legal proceedings per se, merely internal CIA investigation. She's been fired yes, but she has not been charged or indicted (yet).
Yeah, then why are people here are calling her a traitor already?
I believe just the opposite, the Pulitzer has great meaning. One instantly knows which side of the coin the recipiant belongs on. I was in Atlanta the other day when a cartoonist from the Atlanta constipation received another one. One of the cartoons was the word "WHY" drawn using the names of our heroes in Iraq who gave the last full measure of their devotion, so this leftist, pacifist, communist, peacenik anti-war prick could ask why, and be rewarded. The shame of it all. By accepting the award, he is on my list of worthless sub-humanity. A dog has more sense.
I think Free Republic was show prep for Rush and column prep for Pat.
Pat's piece is mostly taken right off the forum Saturday. He provided nothing remotely fresh
A comment, not an addition to your excellent reading list: I think there's gonna be a new definition for the word, "McCarthyism."
It is a rare day when my wife can say, "what, you didn't hear it on Free Republic first?".
"Politics of Bad Faith" by Horowitz is also a dandy.
A good point about the Pulitzer...I get so sick of these lamoids patting each other and themselves on the back.
Hah! The Al Jazeera" Constitution, as the Kimmer calls it?
Political Pilgrims, Paul Hollander.
Covert Cadre, Steven Powell.
Hollywood Party, Lloyd Billingsley.
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CAIRO (AP) — Police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi during clashes that erupted on Saturday as he launched development projects in southern Egyptian where residents have long complained of being neglected by the central government.
Morsi was in Sohag province to unveil a housing project and new education complex when thousands of anti-government protesters tried to storm the hall where he was meeting with local officials. The rioting came as Morsi was trying to reach out to residents of Sohag, one of Egypt's poorest southern cities.
Under long-time ruler Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in a popular uprising two years ago, the southern area known as al-Saeed was underdeveloped and impoverished. Businessmen close to Mubarak's family were blamed for orchestrating economic reform that liberalized the economy, but left the country's poor hard-pressed to reap the benefits of economic growth.
Morsi sought to assure residents there that the era of corruption, deprivation and neglect had ended.
In one of the country's high-profile corruption cases, former Tourism Minister Zuheir Garana and ex-Housing Minister Ahmed Maghrabi were found not guilty Saturday in a case involving the sale of state land for cut-rate prices in the country's prized resort areas along the Red Sea.
"Sohag is the heart of al-Saeed, which cannot be dismembered from Egypt or Egyptians," Morsi said.
"We have received all of your requests and suggestions that you put forth and we will look into them," he said, adding that a two hour-long Cabinet meeting took place to see how to assist al-Saeed with housing, jobs, roads and security.
Supporters of Morsi chanted inside a hall where he delivered his speech, saying they would sacrifice their lives in support of the president who hails from the powerful Muslim Brotherhood group.
But outside the hall, thousands of people protested against Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood from which he hails, accusing them of trying to monopolize power and reneging on promises of reform. They tried to storm the hall, but supporters of the president intervened.
Witnesses said police fired tear gas to break up the clashes.
The state-run Ahram news website said student protests and a boycott by professors forced Morsi to cancel his visit to the university in Sohag, where he was to also inaugurate a medical facility.
Anger against Morsi has been the most vivid in the Suez Canal city of Port Said. Police were forced to hand over security of the Mediterranean city to the military after protesters torched the security headquarters last week. The death toll from the past several weeks of violence there reached 48 on Saturday after a protester died of internal bleeding from a tear gas canister that fractured his skull, according to a medical official.
The unrest has hurt Egypt's economy and the government's ability to implement painful austerity measures needed to secure international loans and reign in spending, particularly on massive subsidies for wheat and diesel.
On Saturday, dozens of bakery owners who receive subsidized wheat from the government protested in Cairo against the austerity measures and shortages of diesel fuel. The protest was held amid economic reforms the government is seeking to boost the economy and ensure that subsidized bread reaches millions of poor Egyptians who complain that the bakeries sell the wheat for a profit.
Another effort to boost the economy involves reconciliation talks with former officials to return millions of dollars earned under rampant corruption during Mubarak's nearly three decade-long rule.
Saturday's verdict against the two former Cabinet ministers comes at a time when several members of the former autocrat's inner-most circle have been released from prison in recent months.
Egypt's prosecutor had accused Garana of agreeing to sell land in Ain Sokhna to a businessman from the United Arab Emirates for $1 a square meter (yard) without an open bidding process in violation of the law. The two ex-ministers, along with another former government tourism official, Khaled Makhlouf, also were accused of profiting from the illegal acquisition of land in Hurghada.
Garana has already been sentenced in two separate cases to a total of eight years in prison following Mubarak's ouster. Maghrabi was also convicted in a previous trial of intentionally damaging public finances and sentenced to five years in prison.
Their requests for appeals in the earlier cases have been accepted. Security officials said the two would remain in prison to ensure they do not flee pending retrials. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media.
Mubarak's two sons, Gamal and Alaa, are in prison while on trial on charges of insider trading and using their influence to buy state land at a fraction of its market value.
Separately, a court said it would issue a verdict on April 27 in another corruption case that 52 lawyers filed against former prime minister Ahmed Nazif, former finance minister Yousef Boutros-Ghali and former interior minister Habib el-Adly. The case involves the violation of traffic laws in issuing license plates for vehicles.
The three have already been sentenced to prison in separate corruption cases. Both Nazif and el-Adly are imprisoned, while Boutros-Ghali was tried in absentia.


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In her poetic depictions of transitory spaces, photographer Leah Oates captures abandoned and overlooked sites, such as trash piles and alleyways, in a poignant statement on the perpetually evolving state of human existence. Since her childhood in New England, Oates has felt a personal connection with the industrial, working class, and the undesirable areas she was surrounded by as a child. Through her process, which involves taking multiple exposures on a single negative, Oates captures the changing energy and ever-present state of flux that is often overlooked in empty spaces. She has traveled throughout the United States and to international destinations as diverse as Bejing, Finland, and Newfoundland, representing and comparing the universal beauty of the landscape and the ephemeral nature of the manmade environment.
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This Saturday, July 27, Whitecaps FC will be taking on Philadelphia Union at BC Place. This will be the fourth meeting between the two teams and the only time this season. Below are ten reasons not to miss this match:
1. Vancouver Whitecaps FC are the only MLS team undefeated at home.
2. Two of the top five leading goalscorers in MLS will feature with Camillo from the 'Caps leading with 13 goals and Jack McInerney from the Union in fourth with 10 goals.
3. Whitecaps FC are currently the highest scoring team at home in MLS.
4. The 'Caps are tied with Real Salt Lake for the most goals scored in MLS.
5. This will be the first ever time that Philadelphia Union will be playing at BC Place.
6. Former Whitecaps FC player Sebastien Le Toux will play at BC Place for the first time since his trade from Vancouver.
7. Le Toux is currently the MLS leader in assists with nine assists while Russell Teibert is tied for third with seven assists.
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Older News » Go green from home to schoolLast updated 10:55 AM on 15 September 2011
Did you know that most of the waste in schools is sent there in children's lunch boxes?
It is estimated that each child produces approximately 30 kilograms of waste per year just from their school lunch. That would be more than some kids weigh! Imagine this amount multiplied by the number of children at school.
It doesn't have to be that way when you consider that a no waste or low waste lunch is easy and is a healthier and cheaper option than buying pre-packaged foods.
A no waste lunch includes:
- paper wrap, brown paper recycled bags but no plastic bags or aluminium foil
- reusable containers that get taken home and washed
- lunch boxes that have separate sections
- forks and spoons that get washed and re-used but no plastic cutlery
- drink bottles that can be used each day.
Find out how to make a no waste lunch In search of the perfect lunch box.
You might not have thought about the impact the canteen has on the environment, but it can be significant. The Federation of Parents and Citizens' Association (P&C) suggests parents should try to reduce their environmental impact on schools.
P&C Federation president Di Giblin says: "Canteen volunteers should take stock of the packaging around the items they sell and what it adds to the overall waste in the school." And, she says, canteens should "consider alternative products that minimise waste to do our bit for the environment".
Ms Giblin suggests that instead of sending waste to landfill, schools can:
- add it to the school compost bin (or ask the school to create one)
- start a worm farm to be managed by a class of students
- use a cardboard recycling bin.
Canteens can also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions with a shut-down procedure so fridges and freezers are not left empty and running over holiday periods.
Shopping for school items
When buying new items for school and home, ask these questions:
- Is it needed?
- Is it durable?
- Is it manufactured in an environmentally friendly way?
- Can it be recycled?
- Does it contain hazardous chemicals?
You might want to consider:
- buying refillable pens and pencils for your child to take to school
- buying recycled paper products when you buy paper for the printer at home, notebooks, folders, etc
- using solar-powered calculators to save on batteries
- covering school books in recycled paper rather than contact and plastic.
Read the full Going Green article in Issue 4 of the School Parents ezine.


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Java-Scala Interoperability
Written by Zack Newman
To many people, Java is programming. It's the only programming language most of my non-technical friends could name off-hand, and the first one that many programmers learn. Since its initial appearance in 1995, Java's usage has steadily grown.
There are many reasons for this. The design of the Java platform, in which Java code compiles to bytecode that runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), allows Java to be a "write once, run anywhere" language. That is, Java code that works on my computer will work exactly the same on your computer, or a server in the cloud (in theory, at least). Its language features, especially static typing and object-orientation, lend it to robust, modular, rock-solid code. Due to years of JVM and Java development, the platform is blazingly fast and stable. In addition, the many libraries available for Java allow anybody to leverage years of development and experience to perform complicated tasks simply and quickly. The Java community is also strong: on top of the official documentation, there are years of blog posts (an unscientific Google search for "java blog" yields 268,000,000 results) and close to 280,000 questions tagged "Java" on StackExchange. That's a lot of collective knowledge and expertise.
At Knewton our systems are Java-based, for a few of the reasons mentioned above. But Java is far from perfect. Its syntax includes much boilerplate and support for concepts like concurrency, parallelism, and functional programming is unidiomatic. There are a lot of small tweaks or features that could make Java a lot more pleasant to work with. These imperfections aren't significant enough to outweigh the benefits of using Java, but they do make daily work a little more challenging.
Enter Scala. Scala is what would happen if there were a Genie that eavesdropped on every Java developer as they cursed when their build broke due to a missing semicolon, then inferred a wish from their complaints. It offers what Java lacks: a much cleaner syntax (semicolons optional, types inferred), pattern matching and case classes, mix-ins (a more powerful inheritance/interface system), higher-order/first-class/anonymous functions, built-in immutable data structures, a built-in read-evaluate-print-loop (REPL) and actor-based concurrency. Even more importantly than all of this, though, is one huge advantage: it runs on the JVM. This means that, unlike other languages, Scala doesn't require the reimplementation of large banks of code; programs can use existing Java libraries with minimal effort. For instance, the Java standard libraries are available as soon as your Scala REPL starts. To translate
ArrayList fruits = new ArrayList();
for (String fruit : fruits) {
into Scala, we simply write the following (JavaConversions is a Scala library that makes using Java collections like ArrayList much more idiomatic):
import java.util.ArrayList
import scala.collection.JavaConversions._
val fruits = new ArrayList[String]
for (fruit <- fruits) {
// More idiomatically
If you're using libraries that aren't packaged with Java or your own classes, just ensure that they lie in the classpath. In addition, the syntactic similarities between Java and Scala mean that the information from nearly any Java resource — a blog post, StackExchange question, Javadoc, or whiteboard code snippet — will be equally valuable in Scala, allowing Scala to tap into over 15 years of experience. While Scala may be a relatively new language, it has access to all of the network benefits of a behemoth like Java.
Portability works the other way, too, but with a few caveats. Consider the following Scala class, in the file "Hamster.scala":
class Hamster()
The Java file "HamsterTest.java" might contain the following:
public class HamsterTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Hamster hamster = new Hamster();
To compile and run, execute
$ scalac Hamster.scala
$ javac -cp path/to/scala-library.jar:. HamsterTest.java
$ java -cp path/to/scala-library.jar:. HamsterTest
in the shell, and hopefully find that everything works as expected. However, if we want to add a weight field to our Hamster class ("class Hamster(var weight: Int)"), things start to break.
Hamster hamster = new Hamster(42);
// This works (note: "weight()", not "weight"):
System.out.println("The hamster weighs " + hamster.weight());
// But if our hamster then goes on a diet, we're out of luck:
hamster.setA(10); // doesn't work
hamster.a(10); // doesn't work
We can solve this problem with the handy scala.reflect.BeanProperty annotation, which adds getWeight and setWeight methods (we could also add them explicitly):
class Hamster(@BeanProperty var weight: Int)
Then, from Java:
Hamster hamster = new Hamster(42);
hamster.setWeight(hamster.getWeight() - 32);
What about using Scala traits within Java? Since traits aren't quite interfaces, but they aren't quite abstract classes, they're a little tricky. A basic Scala trait, such as
trait Mammal {
def beHairy
can be used just as an interface. But if we add another trait, Rodent,
trait Rodent extends Mammal {
def beHairy {
println("I have fur!")
def gnaw
and attempt to extend it
public class Rat extends Rodent {
public void gnaw() {
we are met with the compile-time error "no interface expected here", even though Rodent implements beHairy(). To see why we get this message, whip out javap, the Java disassembler bundled with every JDK (javap is an essential tool for deciphering strange Scala behavior).
$ javap Rodent
Compiled from "Rodent.scala"
public interface Rodent extends Mammal,scala.ScalaObject{
public abstract void beHairy();
public abstract void gnaw();
Thus, even though Rodent contains method implementation, it still compiles to an interface. Some compile-time magic allows Scala classes to use these traits. The easiest fix is to add something like
abstract class RodentJava extends Rodent
for each trait that implements methods, and have Java classes extend the abstract class, rather than the trait. This has the advantage of being dead simple, but the disadvantage of requiring the maintenance of a separate Java API and sacrificing the ability to mix-in multiple traits as in Scala (this is, however, impossible in Java, since it lacks multiple inheritance); a single abstract Scala class for each potentially used set of mix-ins is the way to go here, but this method risks a combinatorial explosion).
Traits are just one example of a Scala feature that lacks a direct Java equivalent. First-class functions, anonymous functions, Scala's greater number of access level modifiers, pattern matching, tuples, implicits, and operator overloading are all either non-trivial or impossible to use in Java. In general, to be useful to Java programmers, a library that uses any Scala-specific features must offer a Java-oriented API (of greater complexity than the examples seen here, but involving similar workarounds). Both Apache Kafka [3] and Twitter's Finagle [4], which I've worked with in my summer at Knewton, take this approach; while it's possible to write Scala code that can be used seamlessly from Java, to do so is to give up the expressiveness of idiomatic Scala.
Whether, as some suggest, Scala will be a successor to Java, or merely a fad, its compatibility with Java is one of its greatest strengths. Combining Java and Scala is nowhere near the undertaking that combining two unrelated languages would be, so the cost of experimenting with Scala as a part of an existing Java architecture is minimal. Given the potential benefits and low risk, it makes sense to consider a total or partial move to Scala as part of a JVM-based ecosystem.


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Type of Posting: Revision Bulletin: POSTPONEMENT
Posting Date: 28–Jan–2011
Official Date: 01–Feb–2011
Expert Committee: Monographs—Small Molecules 2
In accordance with the Rules and Procedures of the 2010–2015 Council of Experts, the Monographs—Small Molecules 2 Expert Committee intends to indefinitely postpone the Organic Impurities section of the Fentanyl monograph. The purpose for the postponement is to provide adequate time to evaluate and resolve potential impurity limit compliance issues that were recently brought to USP's attention. Also, there is a correction to the preparation of the System suitability solution in the Assay.
The Fentanyl Revision Bulletin supersedes the Organic Impurities section that was published in the Second Supplement to USP 33–NF 28 Reissue. Please note that the other sections of the monograph (Definition, Identification, Assay, Specific Tests, Additional Requirements and the tests for Residue on Ignition and Heavy Metals in the Impurities section) are not affected by this postponement and will become official as scheduled on February 01, 2011.
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