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A small clique of drivers at Vancouver Taxi is being accused of bribing hotel staff to direct long-haul YVR airport trips their way, in return for small but regular payments.
Termed a "$5 airport trip," the fee is paid to door men or front desk staff who are asked by hotel guests to call them a cab. Instead of using the established taxi dispatch system, the staff call numbers operated by a network of drivers, who then hand them a cash reward.
By doing so, the bribing drivers queue-jump colleagues who have to wait in line for regular trips, most of which involve lower-paying short-haul trips.
Both the Vancouver Taxi Association and Vancouver Taxi say they are aware of the problem and have tried to stop it. But now the issue has reached Mayor Gregor Robertson's office. On Monday he received a detailed letter from a young cabbie who says the practice may actually be illegal.
For two summers Harpreet Singh, 27, has leased a cab in order to pay his way through dental college. He grew angry last week when he went to pick up a fare at a small downtown hotel, only to discover that the ride was diverted to a member of the so-called "$5 network." It was the second time he'd seen this happen, and he said other drivers have complained without results.
In this case, he said, even a Vancouver Taxi dispatcher appears to have taken part. Singh and another driver were dispatched to a hotel, but the call was abruptly cancelled. Two members of the shadowy network showed up and paid the hotel staff the bribe, scooping both his ride and that of another driver, Singh said.
In a detailed letter to the mayor, Singh said the practice had got so far out of hand that some drivers are picking up fares in back alleys behind hotels to avoid being confronted by angry taxi colleagues. Some also are falsifying trip records to avoid paying taxes, he said.
Singh identified several drivers by their cab numbers but provided no names. However, John Palis, the general manager of Vancouver Taxi, confirmed to The Vancouver Sun he was aware of the queue-jumping and bribery practice and that the company had warned several drivers to cease.
But Singh said the practice is alive and well.
"To go unnoticed of the lucrative earnings and to avoid paying excessive taxes, these taxicab drivers zero the taxi meter and do not hand in a trip at the end of the shift as required per law," Singh said in his letter to the mayor.
"This network has rigged the whole taxi industry of Vancouver. Many drivers are disgruntled and distraught of raising their voices over and over again and lack of effort from (Vancouver Taxi) board of management. In simple terms, it's unfair for the taxicab drivers, the consumers, and most of all the City of Vancouver."
Robertson's office said it was looking into the issue.
"This is the first we've heard of this issue. The mayor's office has asked city staff to look into it and discuss the complaints with the taxi company in question, to ensure they resolve the issue with their drivers appropriately," said Kevin Quinlan, the mayor's director of policy and communications.
Sgt. Randy Fincham said the Vancouver Police Department's taxi licensing division will also look into the allegations.
Vancouver Taxi Association president Carolyn Bauer said her group, which represents the four city taxi companies (Black Top, Yellow, Vancouver and MacLure's), has tried to stop such bribery in the past. She said it is largely confined to small hotels and always involves long-haul trips.
"When it was brought to the attention of the Vancouver Taxi Association, we said it was not acceptable, and we took it to the board of Vancouver Taxi, which also said it must stop," she said. "We even went to some of the hotels, telling them they had to get their doormen to stop accepting these payments."
Palis said his company does not condone the scheme. The company will censure, suspend and even dismiss drivers who may be undermining the regular dispatch system. But it is difficult to get a handle on the problem because the scheme is largely being run through cellular telephones, he said.
"It has become a problem at times. How big this network has got I don't know but we have tried to clamp down," he said. "This doesn't involve any of the large hotels. They wouldn't tolerate it."
The Hotel Association of Vancouver said it has not heard of the practice before and is looking into it.
In an interview, Singh said unlike a tip from a customer, the payment amounts to a bribe because the money is not reported and it is an inducement to direct business away from a previous business arrangement.
"It is not fair for other cabbies and the taxi industry in general, because only a certain few individuals are benefiting while others have to wait in line and suffer," he said, adding that in New York drivers and dispatchers faced criminal charges in a similar scheme.
"It may not be illegal here, I don't know. But they (the city) can make it illegal to take bribes," he said.
Singh said he is being supported by other drivers who are also angry but who do not speak English well enough to write a letter of complaint.
Bauer said some cab companies, such as Yellow and Black Top, pay hotels a few hundred dollars a month for the right to operate a stand on their property. They also don't like it when other drivers come along and try to scoop passengers.
All four companies are required as a condition of city licensing to abide by the provincial TaxiHost program, which allows them to censure or fine drivers who misbehave. Both Palis and Bauer, who is also the general manager of Yellow, said they will give a "Code 6" warning to queue-jumping driver on the first offence. The penalty knocks the driver off the dispatch system for up to four hours. Repeat offenders can be suspended or dismissed, they said.
But Singh said members of the $5 network are operating with impunity because most drivers don't catch on to what has happened until it is too late.
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According to The Arizona Republic (http://bit.ly/14meVZF ), the families of the six firefighters who were fulltime city of Prescott employees will get average payments of $470,000 along with $100,000 annually for years to come.
The other 13 firefighters were part-time or seasonal workers belonging to the Prescott's Granite Mountain Hotshots crew.
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環境病原体に対するヒトの暴露を測定するために唾液抗体マルチプレックスイムノアッセイの開発 Swinburne A. J. Augustine1, Tarsha N. Eason2, Kaneatra J. Simmons1, Clarissa L. Curioso3, Shannon M. Griffin1, Malini K. D. Ramudit1, Trevor R. Plunkett4 1National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 3Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, 4Department of Biological Sciences, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati
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Assessing Sustainability in Real Urban Systems: the Greater Cincinnati Metropolitan Area in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Environmental Science & Technology. Sep, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22775116 Urban systems have a number of factors (i.e., economic, social, and environmental) that can potentially impact growth, change, and transition. As such, assessing and managing these systems is a complex challenge. While, tracking trends of key variables may provide some insight, identifying the critical characteristics that truly impact the dynamic behavior of these systems is difficult. As an integrated approach to evaluate real urban systems, this work contributes to the research on scientific techniques for assessing sustainability. Specifically, it proposes a practical methodology based on the estimation of dynamic order, for identifying stable and unstable periods of sustainable or unsustainable trends with Fisher Information (FI) metric. As a test case, the dynamic behavior of the City, Suburbs, and Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) of Cincinnati was evaluated by using 29 social and 11 economic variables to characterize each system from 1970 to 2009. Air quality variables were also selected to describe the MSA's environmental component (1980-2009). Results indicate systems dynamic started to change from about 1995 for the social variables and about 2000 for the economic and environmental characteristics.
Statistical Approaches to Developing a Multiplex Immunoassay for Determining Human Exposure to Environmental Pathogens Journal of Immunological Methods. Oct, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26070441 There are numerous pathogens that can be transmitted through water. Identifying and understanding the routes and magnitude of exposure or infection to these microbial contaminants are critical to assessing and mitigating risk. Conventional approaches of studying immunological responses to exposure or infection such as Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISAs) and other monoplex antibody-based immunoassays can be very costly, laborious, and consume large quantities of patient sample. A major limitation of these approaches is that they can only be used to measure one analyte at a time. Multiplex immunoassays provide the ability to study multiple pathogens simultaneously in microliter volumes of samples. However, there are several challenges that must be addressed when developing these multiplex immunoassays such as selection of specific antigens and antibodies, cross-reactivity, calibration, protein-reagent interferences, and the need for rigorous optimization of protein concentrations. In this study, a Design of Experiments (DOE) approach was used to optimize reagent concentrations for coupling selected antigens to Luminex™ xMAP microspheres for use in an indirect capture, multiplex immunoassay to detect human exposure or infection from pathogens that are potentially transmitted through water. Results from Helicobacter pylori, Campylobacter jejuni, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Salmonella typhimurium singleplexes were used to determine the mean concentrations that would be applied to the multiplex assay. Cut-offs to differentiate between exposed and non-exposed individuals were determined using finite mixed modeling (FMM). The statistical approaches developed facilitated the detection of Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to H. pylori, C. jejuni, Toxoplasma gondii, hepatitis A virus, rotavirus and noroviruses (VA387 and Norwalk strains) in fifty-four diagnostically characterized plasma samples. Of the characterized samples, the detection rate was 87.5% for H. pylori, and 100% for T. gondii assays and 89% for HAV. Further, the optimized multiplex assay revealed exposure/infection to several other environmental pathogens previously uncharacterized in the samples.


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It didn't take long after the iPad arrived to see that young children could use them. In fact, so simple and so compelling is that large, glass, iOS interface that even small pets were getting in on the action. So, while games have been the first big battleground for the app developers, it's not hard to see why there's been a boom in the education section - especially those aimed at little ones.
With tablets just as good for learning as they are keeping the younglings entertained, people are prepared to pay for the privilege, so anyone who can really deliver on the promise of the combination of the two is in for some big business.
One such company trying its hand in the sector is Mindshapes. Based in the UK, it's made up of a team of teachers, educators, linguists and scholars who worked at Sony, Sega, CBeebies, Sesame Workshop, HarperCollins and the social games company Playfish. Its mission lies in the game-ification of learning.
"It's not the easiest of spaces to play in," admits David Begg, Mindshapes CEO.
"Lots have tried and failed but, if 5-10 per cent of users are there not to learn but to play, then we've succeeded. That way we'll know it's fun, irrespective, and that's one of the goals."
The game in question is the first from Mindshapes known as Magic Town. Magic Town is a web - and soon to be tablet iPad and iPhone - application aimed at the 2 to 6-year-old age group with literacy the focus.
The town in question is a virtual countryside populated by a choice of different houses that the children can visit at the click of a mouse or tap of a finger, and each of these houses represents a different series of stories from popular publishers. So, you'll find a patchwork residence to represent Elmer the Elephant, a pink castle for the Little Princess and so on. Once inside, there are books to read as well as games to play. Some carefully designed characters guide your children through it all and even provide a call to action to get out of the virtual world and into the real one.
As Begg explains: "Every game is a learning-based game but we have games that take place in the real world too. The idea is to have an hour on-screen and an hour off-screen, so you might find yourself hunting for objects in the woods."
As a resource for parents, the all round offering sounds undeniably compelling but it's the Livebook - the core of the experience - on which Magic Town will almost certainly be judged.
The Livebook is the interactive, animated eBook structure on which each storybook is presented and it works in four different ways. The first mode "Watch" is a simple automatic playback of the pages in animated style with the words read out; the second "Play" provides some interaction on top of that; "Explore" offers back questions and games based on the books; and in "Read" the child and parent can read together.
"It's all centred around typical pre-seven things to learn to set children up for life - morals, creativity, linguistics, problem solving," Says Begg. "These are most effectively told and taught through stories; through a character and explained with a moral context and society and social situation."
Of course, if this is the case, if stories are of such importance and if, as Begg says continually throughout our meeting, "reading is sacrosanct to the process", then is Magic Town, and the subscription paid to be part of it, really necessary beyond over pure, simple books?
"Books are great," Begg concedes, "but we need more. Cartoons are enjoyable but too linear and exclusive, and apps are interactive but the narrative is broken. We sit in the middle of these."
While Mindshapes aims at a deeper engagement, the company doesn't stretch so far as to measure levels of learning or, indeed, promise that you'll see educational benefits of any sort. Nonetheless, sitting down in front of the PC with 2-year-old Toddler-lint, there's certainly some appeal as far as the target audience goes.
Turning the pages with clicks of the mouse and activating the odd tractor to roll its way across the virtual page is an obvious source of enjoyment but it still seems very early days for Magic Town just yet with the experience, so far, not feeling quite what it's been promised to be.
Its chance to really come to life will be when the application is brought to the iPad, which overlaps the niche of a book far better than something anchored to a desk, keyboard and mouse. The second crucial factor is going to be expanding the library of titles so that every children's favourite can be accessed at the touch of a screen.
"We have 100 hours of content from launch with 42 titles and we're looking to add a further 10-15 per month," says Begg.
The likes of Winnie the Witch, Aliens Love Underpants, World of Happy and Elmer the Elephant are certainly a good start, but there's a whole heap of classic gaps to plug.
"We've spoken to all the publishers and they're very excited," Begg says and perhaps that's not so hard to imagine, given the £7.95 a month subscription that the parents need to stump up for unlimited access to all that Magic Town has to offer. With plans to come to the Kindle Fire when it hits the UK as well as a pay-as-you-read payment system, Mindshapes has certainly got it all heading in the right direction. And, if this system does take off, will that be the end of children's books as we know them? Apparently that's not what Mindshapes has got in its sights.
"We're not here to replace books or even TV," Begg reassures. "That said, if we do end up stealing from TV, perhaps that's not such a bad thing."
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Mesoplodon layardii
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Mesoplodon layardii (Gray, 1865)
Common Name(s):
Ziphius layardii Gray, 1865
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Data Deficient ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Taylor, B.L., Baird, R., Barlow, J., Dawson, S.M., Ford, J., Mead, J.G., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Wade, P. & Pitman, R.L.
|Hammond, P.S. & Perrin, W.F. (Cetacean Red List Authority)
There is no information on global abundance or trends in abundance for this species. It is not believed to be uncommon but it is potentially vulnerable to low-level threats and a 30% global reduction over three generations cannot be ruled out (criterion A).
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Strap-toothed beaked whales apparently have a continuous distribution in cold temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere, mostly between 35° and 60°S; there have been strandings in South Africa, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, the Kerguelen Islands, Heard Island, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and the Falkland Islands (MacLeod et al. 2006). The seasonality of strandings suggests that this species may migrate. Like all beaked whales, they occur mostly in deep waters beyond the edge of the continental shelf. There is some evidence of sexual segregation in distribution.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Argentina (Chubut, Tierra del Fuego); Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia); Brazil; Chile (Magellanes); Falkland Islands (Malvinas); French Southern Territories (Kerguelen); Heard Island and McDonald Islands; New Zealand (Antipodean Is., Chatham Is., North Is., South Is.); South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape); Uruguay
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – Antarctic; Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – Antarctic; Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – southeast; Pacific – southwest
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|There is little information available on the status of the strap-toothed whale, but based on the number of strandings, it is probably not a rare species compared to its congeners.
There is no information on trends in the global abundance of this species.
|Current Population Trend:
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|Like all beaked whales, these whales occur mostly in deep waters beyond the edge of the continental shelf. The diet is comprised nearly entirely of oceanic squids, some occurring to great depths (Sekiguchi et al. 1996).
|Major Threat(s):
Direct hunting has never been associated with this species. Pervasive gillnet and longline fisheries throughout the species' range raises concern that some bycatch is likely. Even low levels of bycatch might cause unsustainable impacts on this group of naturally rare cetaceans.
This species, like other beaked whales, is likely to be vulnerable to loud anthropogenic sounds, such as those generated by navy sonar and seismic exploration (Cox et al. 2006).
As a cold to temperate water species, the strap-toothed whale may be vulnerable to the effects of climate change as ocean warming may result in a shift or contraction of the species range as it tracks the occurrence of its preferred water temperatures (Learmonth et al. 2006). The effect of such changes in range size or position on this species is unknown.
Evidence from stranded individuals of several similar species indicates that they have swallowed discarded plastic items, which may eventually lead to death (e.g. Scott et al. 2001); this species may also be at risk.
Predicted impacts of global climate change on the marine environment may affect this species of whale, although the nature of impacts is unclear (Learmonth et al. 2006).
|Conservation Actions:
|The species is listed in Appendix II of CITES. Research is needed to determine the impacts of potential threatening processes on this species.
|Taylor, B.L., Baird, R., Barlow, J., Dawson, S.M., Ford, J., Mead, J.G., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Wade, P. & Pitman, R.L. 2008. Mesoplodon layardii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T13249A3429897. . Downloaded on 23 September 2018.
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Before my eldest was born, a baby was kidnapped from the hospital where I would eventually deliver. It was in the news every night.
A woman, dressed in scrubs, walked into the maternity ward, took a baby from its mother "to return it to the nursery," and left the hospital with it. It took months to find the child.
This was the incident that made the hospitals in our area enact strict procedures for visitors checking in and out of the maternity, constant badge checks of nurses and doctors, etc. None of that allayed my fear that someone would snatch my child.
Before going to the hospital, I made my husband promise that he would Not Let The Baby Out of His Sight. Ever.
He did not want to agree to this, but knew that I could not deal with one more fear, rational or not.
I hadn't planned for a hospital birth, and was already terrified of the c-section which was required to get my son out (he was breech and quite literally stuck, having somehow hooked his foot under my pelvic bone).
So, as they were sewing up his wife, he reluctantly but dutifully left the room so our son would not be out of his sight.
When he walked into the recovery room, without my baby, before I could say a word, he exclaimed, "It's okay. Your mom is with him. I told her not to let him out of her sight." She didn't.
We made it out of the hospital several days later without ever having lost sight of our child, so, even if he had not been the only newborn in the building with bright red hair, we would have no doubt that, not only had he not been kidnapped, but that he had not been switched with another baby.
Fast forward about three years. It was beginning to dawn on me that all mothers find their own children exceptionally beautiful, even the ones who the rest of the world can see are mistaken.
So when the mother of a preschool classmate asked, "Do you worry a lot about your children being kidnapped?" I tried to sound nonchalant, and lied, "I try to be cautious, but, no, I don't obsess over it."
It seemed the prudent thing to say, so her reply shocked me. "If I were you, I would worry all the time. Your sons are so beautiful. They look exactly like the sort of children who kidnappers want."
Yikes! I had been right to worry those past three years! My sons really were the ones who would be the most likely prey for kidnappers wanting to sell off healthy, beautiful toddlers.
As you may have guessed, my children never were kidnapped. Whether that is because I remained hypervigilant or because they really weren't exceptionally desirable targets we will never know.
Now, it all seems funny. Good stories of a new mom, so in love with her children that she was convinced that any lurking kidnapper would, of course, prefer her sons to every other child on the playground.
The reality of kidnapping is very different. One of my friends experienced it this week.
She and her eleven year old were taken at gunpoint, although she was released soon afterward. You can read her story here. I promise it has a happy ending.


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Game Fishing Challenge in association with Dhiraagu, via the website, www.mgfa.org.mv. The tournament,
set to take place in and around North and South Male', and Vaavu atolls from 9 to 12 November this year, will be the first of its kind to be held in this pristine, ultimate and virtually untouched open water fishing destination.
The newly established MGFA has appointed an organizing committee comprised of IGFA representatives from the Maldives and Australia, prominent Maldivians and business and sports consultants from the region. Up to 80 anglers from the Maldives and around the world are anticipated to compete in this international tournament that has received endorsement from the International Game Fishing Association (IGFA) as an IGFA Offshore World Championship Qualifying Event.
Mr Ahmed Nazeer, Vice President of the MGFA and prominent Maldivian business man, is enthusiastic about the new event and what it means for the archipelago nation: "The Challenge offers the Maldives a new attraction on its tourism calendar, as well as a world-class fishing competition for Maldivians. We hope that over time it will attract international and local anglers who will fish side by side for years to come. And we hope that our
He is delighted to announce the association of the event with Dhiraagu. In attendance at the launch, Mr Ahmed Maumoon, Dhiraagu Head of Marketing said "This is the first time an International Game Fishing Tournament is being introduced in the Maldives, and we are absolutely delighted to be part of such an event. Environment protection is a key focus area in our corporate social responsibility strategy and we are pleased to associate ourselves with an event that promotes the positive message of sustainable fishing that is both essential to preserve our fragile eco-system and tourism industry. We believe this partnership will reap benefits to both MGFA, Dhiraagu and help add value to the tourism industry and promote game fishing in the Maldives."
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CAMBRIDGE, UK - Mar. 3, 2004 – ARM, [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor technology, today announced the expansion of the ARM® Approved Training Center (ATC) Program, with the addition of MeriTech, based in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, Korea. Today's opening ceremony was attended by more than 50 people, including Sam Kim, president of ARM Korea, and Jang Byung-Kook, president of MeriTech.
Under this agreement, MeriTech will bring their knowledge and experience of ARM technology to the developer community in Korea.
"There is a strong market need for access to quality customized training, delivered in Korean, for designers of ARM Powered® devices," said Sam Kim, president, ARM Korea. "The addition of MeriTech to the ARM Approved Training Center Program will enable our Partners in Korea to achieve the level of service and training they need to bring their products to market quickly."
"We have welcomed this opportunity to join the growing community of ARM training Partners," said Jang Byung-Kook, president of MeriTech. "As more of our customers use ARM technology in their designs, the support we receive from ARM will enable us to meet their training requirements."
The ARM Approved Training Center Program now includes nine companies worldwide and has facilitated significant net growth in ARM training activity. Each member company brings different skills and expertise to the Program, which increases the variety of ARM training available to all developers.About the ARM Approved Training Center Program
ARM ATC Partners must go through a strict qualification process. This includes an assessment of their success in the marketplace, intensive training for their teaching staff, and a facilities audit. All Partners are continuously monitored to ensure that the quality of training remains high.
Current ARM Approved Training Centers include Microconsult GmbH in Munich, Germany; Phoenix Technologies in Tel Aviv, Israel; Finesse IT Partners in Taiwan; Infocomm Solutions in Singapore, Yokogawa Digital Computer in Japan; ANDOR System Support in Japan; Multi Video Designs in Toulouse, France; Doulos GmbH in Hanover, Germany; Watertek Information Technology, China; and MeriTech, Korea.About ARM
ARM and ARM Powered are registered trademark of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and Nasdaq: ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; and ARM Belgium N.V.


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During the fall campaign, California's attention was focused on the presidential race and Gov. Jerry Brown's tax measure. But in a historic, largely overlooked environmental shift, the state's voters also triggered a multibillion-dollar tidal wave of new green spending.
By overwhelmingly passing Proposition 39, voters closed a tax loophole on out-of-state corporations that will generate $1.1 billion a year. But the measure, buried in a crowded ballot, also required that half of that money fund projects to install new windows, better insulation, modern lighting and more efficient heating and air conditioning at thousands of public schools and other government buildings over the next five years.
That windfall, roughly $550 million a year, or $2.75 billion before it sunsets in 2018, dwarfs anything that California or any other state has ever spent on energy efficiency for public buildings.
The new program is on par with the $3 billion that voters approved in 2004 for stem cell research and the $3.3 billion that former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger committed to his "Million Solar Roofs" plan in 2006.
Critics worry, however, that lawmakers will fritter the Proposition 39 money away because they have too much power to decide the details.
While not as flashy as money for solar or wind projects, many experts say such seemingly routine changes as weatherizing buildings and replacing leaky windows is actually one of the cheapest ways to
reduce smog, greenhouse gases and utility bills.
"If we do this well and people see it as money well spent, as an investment that should be mimicked in the private sector, then this could really be a very big deal," said Tom Steyer, a San Francisco financier who spent $32 million bankrolling Proposition 39.
U.S. schools spend $8 billion a year on energy bills. If those were cut 25 percent, it would save $2 billion, enough to buy 40 million new textbooks. Steyer sees that as easy money for cash-strapped schools, and views his ballot measure as a demonstration project for other property owners.
A 55-year-old Stanford MBA with a net worth of $1.3 billion, Steyer cofounded Farallon Capital Management in 1986 and built the company into the world's 17th largest hedge fund. In 2010, he funded a large part of the campaign to defeat a ballot measure by Texas oil companies that would have suspended California's global warming law.
His latest campaign is energy efficiency.
One of Steyer's favorite examples is the Empire State Building. Two years ago, a Sunnyvale company, Serious Materials, replaced all 6,500 windows on the New York City landmark. It was part of a $13.2 million upgrade with new insulation, lighting and ventilation, which the building's owners calculate will cut energy costs 38 percent and pay for itself in three years.
"People in the public sector often confuse expenditures and investments," Steyer said. "If you go out to dinner that's an expenditure. If you send your kid to college, that's an investment. If this money is used wisely, we will get multiples of it back in savings down the road that can be used for schools."
All the new money has some Sacramento observers nervous, however.
"Look at the High-Speed Rail Authority, the stem cell money, the tobacco tax funds and the state recycling fund," said Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. "There have been slush funds and corruption in all of them. We have very little confidence this money will be spent effectively unless there is a sea change in Sacramento."
Proposition 39 does not spell out in much detail where the $550 million a year should be spent. It says the money should pay to retrofit schools, colleges, universities and other public buildings; it can also be used to fund job-training programs in energy efficiency -- and incentives to put solar panels on homes.
Joe Caves, a longtime environmental lobbyist who wrote the measure, said the lack of specifics is on purpose. The measure notes that the Legislature must appropriate the money, which means next year lawmakers will pass a bill to create new programs in one or more agencies like the state Department of Education or the California Energy Commission, he said. Those agencies will set up grant programs for school districts and other local governments to compete for the money.
"It's got to go through existing public agencies, and the projects have to be evaluated as cost effective," Caves said. "It's not like legislators are going to be able to say, 'I want $100,000 to go this project or $50,000 to that one.' And they can't make the grants to private businesses. We built in a lot of controls."
The measure also creates a new nine-member oversight committee of engineers, architects and economists to commission yearly audits and post the results online.
For now, Steyer said, he'd like to see much of the money go to schools.
"When you drive around California and look at the physical condition of some of the schools, it can be a little shocking, don't you think?" he said.
As soon as next week, state Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, will introduce a bill to spell out how to spend the money. De Leon said he would like to see most of it go to schools, with strict criteria, such as ranking schools by kilowatt hours of electricity used.
"It's not going to be a program of pork," he said. "We are going to go to schools of highest need, schools that don't have the resources to move forward with energy-efficiency projects, and do the work there and create jobs."
De Leon said that for roughly $500,000 each, crews could retrofit half of California's 10,000 public schools using Proposition 39 money. For that amount, they could replace windows, boost insulation, and fix leaks and lighting. In some cases, they could upgrade heating and cooling systems.
A study last year by the EPA found that public schools can easily save 20 to 40 percent on utility bills -- which run in the tens of thousands of dollars a year -- through simple energy-efficiency work.
Since 2009, the California Energy Commission has doled out $132 million to retrofit public buildings. But much of that came from federal stimulus dollars that have now run out.
There are success stories: The Sacramento City Unified School District, for example, replaced lighting, put in LED exit signs and made other upgrades, saving the average high school $53,000 a year, with a payback of seven years.
One of the state's top energy experts, Stanford University engineering professor Jim Sweeney, said he's watching the rollout carefully.
"Fixing insulation and leaky windows isn't as sexy as saying, 'Look at our new solar installation,'" he said. "But for every $1 spent you will save more on energy efficiency than a solar array."
Paul Rogers covers resources and environmental issues. Contact him at 408-920-5045. Follow him at Twitter.com/PaulRogersSJMN. ___
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The International Monetary Fund is warning Portugal against the temptation to relax its contentious austerity drive, saying any backsliding could undermine the 17-country eurozone's recovery.
The Portuguese government's latest tax hikes are costing many workers the equivalent of at least a month's pay this year. Meanwhile, the economy is forecast to enter a third straight year of recession and unemployment is at a record 16.3 percent.
The IMF contributed to Portugal's €78 billion ($104 billion) financial rescue in May 2011 that spared the debt-heavy country from bankruptcy but demanded cutbacks.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prominent conservative Dinesh D'Souza has resigned his post as president of a small Christian college in New York City after admitting he had become engaged to a woman even though he was legally married, though separated from his wife.
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Dixie D'Souza and Denise Joseph could not immediately be reached for comment.
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In general, you specify that the tcp BTL component should be
used. This will direct Open MPI to use TCP-based communications over
IP interfaces / networks.
However, note that you should also specify that the self
BTL component should be used. self is for loopback communication
(i.e., when an MPI process sends to itself), and is technically a
different communication channel than TCP. For example:
shell$ mpirun --mca btl tcp,self ...
Failure to specify the self BTL may result in Open MPI being unable
to complete send-to-self scenarios (meaning that your program will run
fine until a process tries to send to itself).
Note that if the tcp BTL is available at run time (which it should
be on most POSIX-like systems), Open MPI should automatically use it
by default (ditto for self). Hence, it's usually unnecessary to
specify these options on the mpirun command line. They are
typically only used when you want to be absolutely positively
definitely sure to use the specific BTL.
If you are using a high-speed network (such as Myrinet or InfiniBand),
be sure to also see this FAQ entry.
No. Following the so-called "Law of Least Astonishment",
Open MPI assumes that if you have both a IP network and at least one
high-speed network (such InfiniBand), you will likely
only want to use the high-speed network(s) for MPI message passing.
Hence, the tcp BTL component will sense this and automatically
deactivate itself.
That being said, Open MPI may still use TCP for setup and teardown
information -- so you'll see traffic across your IP network during
startup and shutdwon of your MPI job. This is normal and does not
affect the MPI message passing channels.
The ompi_info command can display all the parameters
available for the tcp BTL component (i.e., the component that uses
TCP for MPI communications):
shell$ ompi_info --param btl tcp --level 9
NOTE: Prior to the Open
MPI 1.7 series, ompi_info would show all MCA parameters by default.
Starting with Open MPI v1.7, you need to specify --level 9 (or
--all) to show all MCA parameters
--level 9
Usually not.
In general message passing usage, there are two scenarios where using
the IP loopback interface could be used:
The TCP BTL does not handle "send-to-self" scenarios in Open MPI;
indeed, it is not even capable of doing so. Instead, the self BTL
component is used for all send-to-self MPI communications. Not only
does this allow all Open MPI BTL components to avoid special case code
for send-to-self scenarios, it also allows avoiding using inefficient
loopback network stacks (such as the IP loopback device).
Specifically: the self component uses its own mechanisms for
send-to-self scenarios; it does not use network interfaces.
When sending to other processes on the same machine, Open MPI will
default to using a shared memory BTL (sm or vader).
If the user has deactivated these BTLs, depending on what other BTL
components are available, it is possible that the TCP BTL will be
chosen for message passing to processes on the same node, in which
case the IP lookback device will likely be used. But this is not the
default; either shared memory has to fail to startup properly or the
user must specifically request not to use the shared memory BTL.
In general, Open MPI will greedily use all IP networks that
it finds per its reachability
To change this behavior, you can either specifically include certain
networks or specifically exclude certain networks. See this FAQ entry for more details.
TCP-related errors are usually reported by Open MPI in a
message similar to these:
btl_tcp_endpoint.c:572:mca_btl_tcp_endpoint_complete_connect] connect() failed with errno=113
mca_btl_tcp_frag_send: writev failed with errno=104
If an error number is displayed with no explanation string, you can
see what that specific error number means on your operating system
with the following command (the following example was run on Linux;
results may be different on other operating systems):
shell$ perl -e 'die$!=113'
No route to host at -e line 1.
shell$ perl -e 'die$!=104'
Connection reset by peer at -e line 1.
Two types of errors are commonly reported to the Open MPI user's
mailing list:
In some parallel environments, it is not uncommon to have
multiple IP interfaces on each node -- for example, one IP network
may be "slow" and used for control information such as a batch
scheduler, a networked filesystem, and/or interactive logins. Another
IP network (or networks) may be "fast" and be intended for parallel
applications to use during their runs. As another example, some
operating systems may also have virtual interfaces for communicating
with virtual machines.
Unless otherwise specified, Open MPI will greedily use all "up" IP
networks that it can find and try to connect to all peers upon
demand (i.e., Open MPI does not open sockets to all of its MPI peers
during MPI_INIT -- see this FAQ entry
for more details). Hence, if you want MPI jobs to not use specific
IP networks -- or not use any IP networks at all -- then you need to
tell Open MPI.
NOTE: Aggressively using all "up" interfaces can cause problems in
some cases. For example, if you have a machine with a local-only
interface (e.g., the loopback device, or a virtual-machine bridge
device that can only be used on that machine, and cannot be used to
communicate with MPI processes on other machines), you will likely
need to tell Open MPI to ignore these networks. Open MPI usually
ignores loopback devices by default, but other local-only devices
must be manually ignored. Users have reported cases where RHEL6
automatically installed a "virbr0" device for Xen virtualization.
This interface was automatically given an IP address in the
192.168.1.0/24 subnet and marked as "up". Since Open MPI saw this
192.168.1.0/24 "up" interface in all MPI processes on all nodes, it
assumed that that network was usable for MPI communications. This is
obviously incorrect, and it led to MPI applications hanging when they
tried to send or receive MPI messages.
# This says to exclude the TCP BTL component
# (implicitly including all others)
shell$ mpirun --mca btl ^tcp...
# This says to include only the listed BTL components
# (tcp is not listed, and therefore will not be used)
shell$ mpirun --mca btl self,vader,openib ...
# This says to not use the eth0 and lo interfaces.
# (and implicitly use all the rest) Per the description
# above, IP loopback and all local-only devices *must*
# be included if the exclude list is specified.
shell$ mpirun --mca btl_tcp_if_exclude lo,eth0 ...
# This says to only use the eth1 and eth2 interfaces
# (and implicitly ignore the rest)
shell$ mpirun --mca btl_tcp_if_include eth1,eth2 ...
# Only use the 192.168.1.0/24 and 10.10.0.0/16 subnets for MPI
# communications:
shell$ mpirun --mca btl_tcp_if_include 192.168.1.0/24,10.10.0.0/16 ...
NOTE: You must specify the
CIDR notation for a given network precisely. For example, if you have
two IP networks 10.10.0.0/24 and 10.10.1.0/24, Open MPI will not
recognize either of them if you specify "10.10.0.0/16".
NOTE: If you use the
btl_tcp_if_include and btl_tcp_if_exclude MCA parametes to shape
the behavior of the TCP BTL for MPI communications, you may also
need/want to investigate the corresponding MCA parameters
oob_tcp_if_include and oob_tcp_if_exclude, which are used to shape
non-MPI TCP-based communication (e.g., communications setup and
coordination during MPI_INIT and MPI_FINALIZE).
Note that Open MPI will still use TCP for control messages, such as
data between mpirun and the MPI processes, rendezvous information
during MPI_INIT, etc. To disable TCP altogether, you also need to
disable the tcp component from the OOB framework.
Although Open MPI is likely to open multiple TCP sockets
during MPI_INIT, the tcp BTL component does not open one socket per
MPI peer process during MPI_INIT. Open MPI opens
sockets as they are required -- so the first time a process sends a
message to a peer and there is a TCP connection between the two, Open
MPI will automatically open a new socket.
Hence, you should not have scalability issues with running large
numbers of processes (e.g., running out of per-process file
descriptors) if your parallel application is sparse in its
communication with peers.
Everyone has different opinions on this, and it also depends
on your exact hardware and environment. Below are general guidelines
that some users have found helpful.
Each of the above items is a Linux kernel parameter that can be set in
multiple different ways.
shell# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries
shell# echo 6 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries
shell# sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_syn_retries
net.ipv4.tcp_syn_retries = 5
shell# sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_syn_retries=6
net.ipv4.tcp_syn_retries = 6
shell$ grep tcp_syn_retries /etc/sysctl.conf
net.ipv4.tcp_syn_retries = 6
shell$ cat /etc/sysctl.d/my-tcp-settings
net.ipv4.tcp_syn_retries = 6
This is a fairly complicated question -- there can be
ambiguity when hosts have multiple NICs and/or there are multiple
IP networks that are not routable to each other in a single MPI job.
It is important to note that Open MPI's atomic unit of routing is a
process -- not an IP address. Hence, Open MPI makes connections
between processes, not nodes (these processes are almost always on
remote nodes, but it's still better to think in terms of processes,
not nodes).
Specifically, since Open MPI jobs can span multiple IP networks, each
MPI process may be able to use multiple IP addresses to communicate
with each other MPI process (and vice versa). So for each process,
Open MPI needs to determine which IP address -- if any -- to use to
connect to a peer MPI process.
For example, say that you have a cluster with 16 nodes on a private
ethernet network. One of these nodes doubles as the head node for the
cluster and therefore has 2 ethernet NICs -- one to the external
network and one to the internal cluster network. But since 16 is a
nice number, you also want to use it for computation as well. So when
you mpirun spanning all 16 nodes, OMPI has to figure out to not use
the external NIC on the head node and only use the internal NIC.
To explain what happens, we need to explain some of what happens in
MPI_INIT. Even though Open MPI only makes TCP connections between
peer MPI processes upon demand (see this FAQ
entry), each process publishes its TCP contact information which
is then made available to all processes. Hence, every process knows
the IP address(es) and corresponding port number(s) to contact every
other process.
But keep in mind that these addresses may span multiple IP networks
and/or not be routable to each other. So when a connection is
requested, the TCP BTL component in Open MPI creates pairwise
combinations of all the IP addresses of the localhost to all the IP
addresses of the peer process, looking for a match.
A "match" is defined by the following rules:
These rules tend to cover the following scenarios:
These rules do not cover the following cases:
Starting with the Open MPI v1.3 series, assumptions about
routability are much different than prior series.
With v1.3 and later, Open MPI assumes that all interfaces are routable
as long as they have the same address family, IPv4 or IPv6. We use
graph theory and give each possible connection a weight depending on
the quality of the connection. This allows the library to select the
best connections between nodes. This method also supports striping
but prevents more than one connection to any interface.
The quality of the connection is defined as follows, with a higher
number meaning better connection. Note that when giving a weight to a
connection consisting of a private address and a public address, it will
give it the weight of PRIVATE_DIFFERENT_NETWORK.
At this point, an example will best illustrate how two processes on two
different nodes would connect up. Here we have two nodes with a variety
of interfaces.
NodeA NodeB
--------------- ---------------
| lo0 | | lo0 |
| 127.0.0.1 | | 127.0.0.1 |
| 255.0.0.0 | | 255.0.0.0 |
| | | |
| eth0 | | eth0 |
| 10.8.47.1 | | 10.8.47.2 |
| 255.255.255.0 | | 255.255.255.0 |
| | | |
| ibd0 | | ibd0 |
| 192.168.1.1 | | 192.168.1.2 |
| 255.255.255.0 | | 255.255.255.0 |
| | | |
| ibd1 | | |
| 192.168.2.2 | | |
| 255.255.255.0 | | |
--------------- ---------------
From these two nodes, the software builds up a bipartite graph that
shows all the possible connections with all the possible weights. The
lo0 interfaces are excluded as the btl_tcp_if_exclude mca parameter
is set to lo by default. Here is what all the possible connections
with their weights look like.
NodeA NodeB
eth0 --------- 2 -------- eth0
\------- 1 -------- ibd0
ibd0 --------- 1 -------- eth0
\------- 2 -------- ibd0
ibd1 --------- 1 -------- eth0
\------- 1 -------- ibd0
The library then examines all the connections and picks the optimal
ones. This leaves us with two connections being established between
the two nodes.
If you are curious about the actual connect() calls being made by
the processes, then you can run with --mca btl_base_verbose 30.
This can be useful if you notice your job hanging and believe it may
be the library trying to make connections to unreachable hosts.
--mca btl_base_verbose 30
# Here is an example with some of the output deleted for clarity.
# One can see the connections that are attempted.
shell$ mpirun --mca btl self,sm,tcp --mca btl_base_verbose 30 -np 2 -host NodeA,NodeB a.out
[NodeA:18003] btl: tcp: attempting to connect() to address 10.8.47.2 on port 59822
[NodeA:18003] btl: tcp: attempting to connect() to address 192.168.1.2 on port 59822
[NodeB:16842] btl: tcp: attempting to connect() to address 192.168.1.1 on port 44500
In case you want more details about the theory behind the connection
code, you can find the background story in a brief
IEEE paper.
In general, no.
Although TCP sockets are opened "lazily" (meaning that MPI
connections / TCP sockets are only opened upon demand -- as opposed to
opening all possible sockets between MPI peer processes during
MPI_INIT), they are never closed.
For example, if the output from your ifconfig has a single IP device
with multiple IP addresses like this:
0: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 00:18:ae:f4:d2:29 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.0.3/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth0:1
inet 10.10.0.3/24 brf 10.10.0.255 scope global eth0
inet6 fe80::218:aef2:29b4:2c4/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
(note the two "inet" lines in there)
Then Open MPI will be unable to use this device.
For exampe, if the output of your ifconfig has both "eth0" and
"eth0:0", Open MPI will get confused if you use the TCP BTL, and
may hang or otherwise act unpredictably.
Note that using btl_tcp_if_include or btl_tcp_if_exclude to avoid
using the virtual interface will not solve the issue.
This may get fixed in a future release. See Trac bug
#3339 to follow the progress on this issue.


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Gooey Brownies, Creamed Corn Polenta, and Collard Greens Recipes and recipe reviews from the past week
There were about a dozen new recipes and recipe reviews on The Kitchn last week. They included a creamy corn polenta, a coconut Filipino treat, and perfectly chewy chocolate cookies. There was a setup for a polenta bar (a menu everyone can love) with meatballs and braised squash. Read on to see these recipes from the past week.
• 1 Raspberry-Cornmeal Thumbprint Cookies
• 2 Hershey's Ultimate Chocolate Brownies
• 3 The Best Chewy Chocolate Cookies Ever (& Low-Fat Too) - Gluten-free
• 4 Marking's Bibingka
• 5 The FreeBerry Cocktail
• 6 Queso Fresco
• 7 A Polenta Bar!
• 8 Totally Tender Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
• 9 Marcella Hazan's No-Stir Polenta
• 10 Braised and Spicy Collard Greens
• 11 Creamy Corn Grits with Butternut Squash and Sweet Corn (not pictured)
• 12 Mélange of Squash Braised in Cream
Last week's recipes: Bacon Caramels, Chana Masala, and Chicken in Milk


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X-Photographer Jonas Dyhr Rask from Denmark visits Iceland in April with fellow X-Photographer Palle Schultz.
X-Photographer Jonas Dyhr Rask tells his take on the street photography with X-T2
Jonas Dyhr Rask (1980) is a General Practitioner of Medicine, G.P. M.D. from the university of Aarhus with a burning passion for the photographic medium.
His photographic career started in 2008 when he got his first Canon DSLR. Since then he has ventured into film photography of various formats, as well as the FUJIFILM X-System. His father being a wedding photographer, he grew up around cameras.
His photographic inspiration comes from the interplay between humans and their surroundings. Drawing directly from his degree in medicine, his type of street photography seeks to isolate the human element and direct focus towards it, using the cityscape as a stark material contrast. He brings this documentary street photography style to his contract photography work, where he functions as a documentary wedding photographer, as well as a childrens portrait photographer.
Using only available natural light, and using a candid approach, he seeks to document true life as it happens on the streets of Denmark without interfering or intervening.
Photographing mostly using high contrast black and white, he seeks to eliminate colors as a distraction to the subject and scenery, trying to bring story and emotion to the viewer.
As a candid style street photographer the X-T1, X-Pro1 and X100s gives me a very discrete setup for minimising my contact with the scene. These cameras are small and incredibly quiet. They certainly look and feel amazing in hand and in use, and have proven very rugged for everyday street photography as well as wedding photography
The fantastic X-Trans sensor in the X-Pro1 and X-T1 gives me amazing dynamic range and sharpness for use in my black and white images. The XF lenses delivers incredible sharpness and pleasing bokeh when shot wide open which is how I obtain my type of portraiture orientated street photography. I especially enjoy the standard focal lengths provided by the XF 23mm f/1.4, XF 35mm f/1.4 and the amazing XF 56mm f/1.2.
The X100s gives me complete portability combined with world class image quality. It is a camera that I never leave home without. Its leaf shutter and its brilliant 23mm lens makes it an ideal nonintrusive allround camera. Its hard to believe, but this camera rivals image quality of much larger full frame DSLRs.
Using all 3 cameras with different primes also gives me a very flexible setup for wedding photography, and they come across as very non-scary cameras when doing childrens photography.


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Sylvia Beza, 76 - July 01, 2009
Sylvia "Janice" Beza, 76, of Fremont, formerly of Gothenburg, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at A.J. Merrick Manor in Fremont.
Services were held on Friday, June 26, at Moser Memorial Chapel of Fremont with the Rev. Greg Eall of First United Methodist Church officiating. Burial took place at the Craig Cemetery.
Beza was born March 23, 1933, at Gothenburg to William and Lena (Armitage) Youree. She grew up at Gothenburg and graduated from Gothenburg High School.
She was united in marriage to Clifford L. "Mick" Beza on Sept. 19, 1959, at Littleton, CO.
Beza resided at Scottsbluff and other Nebraska towns until moving to Fremont in 1966. In 1968, she moved to California and then to Sioux Falls, SD, before moving to Craig where she lived for two years, then returning to Fremont. She was employed as a waitress at area restaurants.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Fremont, the United Methodist Women, American Legion Post No. 0127 Auxiliary at Craig, and Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary at Fremont.
?Beza was preceded in death by: her parents, William and Lena; her husband, Clifford "Mick" on May 18, 2000; a sister, Frances Preitauer; three brothers—Lynn, Mordant "M.C." and Barnard Youree.
Survivors include: her son, Layne Beza of Wayne; a brother, Delbert (Pauline) Youree of Tallahassee, FL; sister-in-law, Virginia Youree of Avondale, AZ; five grandchildren; special friend, Mary "Mouse" Lewis of Fremont.
A memorial has been established and suggested to the family.
Online condolences may be shared at www.mosermemorialchapels.com.
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- This agency has ceased to function. It laid the groundwork for the creation of the Passenger Service Improvement Corporation and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
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***1/2 (out of four)
Is there any band right now that so consistently delivers impassioned, moving rock records that make you wish the albums would come to life so you could get a beer with them?
Outside of the likewise stellar Japandroids, the Gaslight Anthem currently carries the torch for music fans who want to pump their fists and sing along with choruses and feel the blood of rock 'n' roll pulsing through their veins. Following 2010's great "American Slang," the New Jersey quartet teams up with producer Brendan O'Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, AC/DC) for its fourth full-length, perhaps to escalate its barroom tales to stadium-sized grandeur. Fortunately, "Handwritten" still boasts a constant stream of catchiness against singer/guitarist Brian Fallon's sincere, gravelly vocals. From killer first single "45" to the stomping "Mulholland Drive," these big songs bridge the gap between arena scale and intimacy, the sort of tunes that bond you to the thousands of other people rocking nearby. Moving closer "National Anthem," however, may turn you all into weeping wrecks.
The words don't always earn the attention of the music. The music's too good to really care. The band has never sounded more confident--honest and still inspired by rock trailblazers but no longer necessitating a nod to the Boss. Fallon calls the record "Tom Petty songs [being] played by Pearl Jam," and I won't argue with that. The Gaslight Anthem still recognizes bruises but become survivors to admire. And when the lyrics hit, they burn their way into your soul, as when Fallon bellows on "Biloxi Parish," "I've found that nothing truly matters that you cannot find for free/I love you more than I can tell you, and when you pass through from this world/I hope you ask to take me with you that I will not have to wait too long."
"Handwritten" is a genre-lover's record to savor—Fallon's voice even approaches Chris Cornell-like rawness on standout "Too Much Blood"—pensively toasting strength without feeling grounded by its bittersweet edges. With any luck, these guys will soar to the level they deserve.
In concert: 4:45 p.m. Sun., Aug. 5 at Lollapalooza


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The international box office for "Epic" is anything but so far.
The animated movie from 20th Century Fox's Blue Sky Productions unit -- which focuses on a transformed teenager who befriends a group of misfits and fights rot-causing creatures -- has taken in $43 million from 34 international markets since its release two weeks ago, according to the studio.
That is not a flop by any means, but the nearly $100-million production will need big numbers when it opens in Japan, Russia and Australia to be considered a global smash.
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The last animated film to hit theaters overseas was "The Croods," a DreamWorks Animation title also released by Fox. That movie, which also features animated human characters instead of animals, launched with $63.3 million when it debuted in 47 foreign markets in March. The film has since collected $386 million abroad.
While noting that "Epic" has met expectations, Craig Dehmel, a senior vice president at 20th Century Fox, said the film's plot may make the movie a tougher sell outside the U.S.
" 'Epic' is unique and a more complex story than much of the typical animated fare and that can sometimes make it more challenging for international audiences to discover," Dehmel said.
The movie has made its biggest marks in Mexico and Brazil.
Although they may seem uniquely American, animated films, like action movies, tend to do very well abroad. Fox's "Rio" made $340 million in international box office. This summer, two highly anticipated animated sequels -- "Monsters University" and "Despicable Me 2" -- will debut with high expectations. "Monsters Inc." was released in 2001 and grossed more than $270 million around the world. The original "Despicable Me," which was released in 2010, grossed more than $290 million outside the U.S.
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BEIJING (AP) — A Palestinian envoy arrived Thursday in China's capital to discuss the Palestinians' conflict with Israel and their bid to upgrade their status at the U.N., in the latest sign of Beijing's growing influence in the Middle East.
Bassam al-Salhi's arrival came hours after a cease-fire in the fiercest fighting in years between Israel and Hamas militants. Eight days of airstrikes and artillery attacks by Israel and rocket attacks by Palestinian militants had killed 161 Palestinians and five Israelis.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants China's help in pressing for an upgrade in the Palestinians' U.N. status from permanent observer to nonmember observer, which could boost their chances of joining additional U.N. bodies such as the International Criminal Court, where they could attempt to prosecute Israel.
Israel and the U.S. oppose the move, saying Palestinians should negotiate their statehood via peace talks and not conduct unilateral moves.
"We are aware that the United States will press relevant sides not to issue the resolution, but we count on China for its weight that is parallel to that of the America," al-Salhi told China's state Xinhua News Agency ahead of his three-day trip. Al-Salhi was to meet with China's foreign minister on Friday.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China supported the establishment of an independent and sovereign state of Palestine.
"China understands, respects and supports Palestine's decision" to seek nonmember observer status at the U.N., Hua said.
China has increasingly played a more active diplomatic role in the Middle East. It recently announced its own four-point plan for a political solution to the Syrian conflict, although observers said it was vague and did not significantly add to past peace plans that have failed.
The Egyptian-sponsored cease-fire that took effect Wednesday night in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict promises to halt years of Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel and ease border closings that have stifled Gaza's economy. But vague language in the agreement and deep hostility between the combatants make it far from certain that the bloodshed will end.


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"The Princess's Man's" Park Shi Hoo to Walk the Runway for Famous Japanese Designer
According to Story Entertainment, Park Shi Hoo was chosen to represent Korea at Yumi Katsura's "2012 Grand Collection in Tokyo: The Wind of Asia" fashion show. The show by the well-known Japanese designer will take place at the Tokyo Dome City Hall on February 21 and expected to draw in over 10,000 fashion lovers. Park Si Hoo will walk the runway with Japanese figure skater Miki Ando, Chinese actor Hu Bing, and Korean rookie actor Jung Woo Jin.
Through dramas like "Prosecutor Princess," "The Queen of Reversals," and "The Princess's Man," Park Shi Hoo has developed quite a large fan base both at home and abroad. Earlier this month, we reported that Park Shi Hoo graced the cover of several Japanese magazines for their January edition. Additionally, he was voted the most handsome Korean star – surpassing strong candidates like BEAST's Lee Ki Kwang, Song Joong Ki, Kim Bum, and Super Junior's Choi Si Won – on a Japanese hallyu site. About 6,000 fans visit Park Shi Hoo's official Japanese website, as well as the mobile site each day.
A representative of Story Entertainment stated, "As soon as this news broke, we've been flooded with inquiries about his arrival and the event."


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Blue Rose Hungarian restaurant
Hungarian meals and drinks right next to the Synagogue. The restaurant is a traditional Hungarian second-class eating-place, one of the cheapest restaurants in the city. In the broad food-selection do of course lot of international foods belong as well. Beside the eternal valid menu the daily offer needs advertence as well, in which we would like to agree with the different taste worlds. From most of the courses putting half portions together is also possible but the kitchen is only open until 9 PM.
The company does not operate on local delivery, but ordering everything from the menu to take away is possible and that food can be packed on request. The accessibility of the restaurant is really simple – its distance from two main roads is only a few meters – but parking is many times a difficult task in the city. Paying is at the moment only possible in cash but except Hungarian forint euro and American dollar are accepted. The ATM is in a distance of 50 m. In the three separable rooms – which are air-conditioned – can be eighty guests at the same time accepted. Under our regular guests we also have circles of friends and workplace collectives, from which one of the oldest is the Mensa Hungarian association. One of our rooms is of course always for non-smokers reserved. All three, in Hungary existing general meal tickets and for warm foods available tickets are accepted. Everybody is expected with love – everybody must be convinced: the restaurant is not accidentally full on most of the days in a year.
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COLUMBIAS, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge has upheld a South Carolina law allowing police to check people's immigration status.
But U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel said in a ruling Thursday that he would continue keeping other parts of the state's tough immigration law from taking effect.
Gergel ruled in December that South Carolina's law must be put on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court considered a challenge to similar legislation in Arizona.
But after the court said Arizona could allow officers to check the immigration status of those they pull over for another violation, Gergel said he would reconsider his ruling.
The justices tossed out many other portions of the Arizona law.
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Actress Eliza Dushku is memorable for her roles on the TV shows "Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spin-off series "Angel". She has also starred in two FOX series- "Tru Calling" (2003-2005), where she played Tru Davies, and "Dollhouse" (2009-2010).
In 2000 Eliza played one of the over-zealous cheerleaders in the comedy film Bring It On.


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Apr 06, 2004 | 480 Pages
"This book has much to say about and to women of every era and age, but its spirit, scope, and breadth go beyond any generic limits. Men—perhaps even more than women—can and should learn much from it, both about the Bible and the women in it."
—David Noel Freedman, editor in chief, The Anchor Bible
"Frymer-Kensky addresses both modern hypotheses and traditional beliefs, and acknowledges which arguments can be supported and which questions remain unanswered. [A] very approachable text that streamlines what could otherwise be a complicated discussion."
—Houston Chronicle
"You'll never see the women of the Bible in quite the same way after reading Tikva Frymer-Kensky's excellent new book. In her able hands, these women emerge from the ancient texts with new strength and vigor. Frymer-Kensky is a dazzling thinker who presents her ideas with unusual energy and clarity."
—Ari L. Goldman, author of Living a Year of Kaddish and The Search for God at Harvard
"A welcome book, engagingly written. It is a valuable contribution to the growing bibliography of feminist biblical interpretation."
—Dr. Phyllis Trible, University Professor, Wake Forest University Divinity School
"Frymer-Kensky advances our understanding of the gender issues in the Bible by proposing a fresh and suggestive taxonomy of four discourses concerning women. Her persuasive power rests upon her immense capacity to read texts carefully and discerningly. A most welcome and important read!"
—Dr. Walter Brueggeman, Columbia Theological Seminary
"Frymer-Kensky presents the women of the Hebrew Bible freshly and brilliantly, bringing to her study a profound mastery of the literatures and cultures of the lands surrounding the Bible. Here is biblical interpretation that eliminates much of the distance between the text and the reader: These stories illuminate the themes and dangers, hopes and fears, that are characteristic of human life anywhere and at any time. And the entire work is presented in a style and with a grace that delight the eye, the ear, and the heart."
—Dr. Walter Harrelson, Vanderbilt University


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M.E. Brines spent the Cold War assembling atomic artillery shells and preparing to unleash the Apocalypse (and has a medal to prove it.) But when peace broke out, he turned his fevered, paranoid imagination to other pursuits. He spends his spare time scribbling another steampunk romance occult adventure novel, which despite certain rumors absolutely DOES NOT involve time-traveling Nazi vampires!
A former member of the British Society for Psychical Research, he is a long-time student of the occult and a committed Christian who sees himself as a modern-day Professor Van Helsing equipping Believers for battle against the occult Principalities and Powers that rule a world in darkness. (Ephesians 6:12)
The author of three dozen books, e-books, chapbooks and pamphlets on esoteric subjects such as alien abduction, alien hybrids, astrology, the Bible, biblical prophecy, Christian discipleship, conspiracies, esoteric Nazism, the Falun Gong, Knights Templar, magick, and UFOs, his work has also appeared in Challenge magazine, Weird Tales, The Outer Darkness, Tales of the Talisman, and Empirical magazine.
*I'm often asked how I square my Christianity and "messing around" with the occult, as if I'm partial to bestial things with a goat under the amber light of the moon or something. No so. I'm a student, in the same way I used to study Soviet weapons and tactics back when I was a US Army officer. This gives my work a unique perspective no matter what your belief system. I don't judge. I just present the information and let the reader decide.
Titles by ME Brines
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I will never betray my Goon Dock friends,
- 8-screen action-adventure game
- unique two-character gameplay
- superb graphics and animation
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Contributed by Luckspeare (1502) on Aug 28, 2006.
We will stick together until the whole world ends,
Through heaven and hell and nuclear war,
Good pals like us will stick like tar,
In the city or the country or the forest or the boonies,
I am proudly declared one of the Goonies.
Take the Oath and re-live the adventures of Mikey, Brand, Chunk, Mouth, Data, Andy, and Stef, the intrepid Goonies!
Intricate, Rube Goldberg style mazes provide the challenge in eight exciting screens inspired by scenes from the Steven Speilberg movie.
Deadly bats, demonic flying skulls, and poisonous slime are just a few of the perils to avoid while figuring out how to coordinate the movements of the characters to solve the puzzles and outwit their adversaries.
Each screen features two of the now world-famous Goonies. And the final adventure includes the awesome Sloth. It's impossible to get through any screen without creatively using both the characters featured in that screen.
From the Chester Copperpot Chamber to the final battle on the Pirate Ship, the tasks become more and more intricate and challenging. It's up to you to help the Goonies elude the evil Fratelli gang and save their homes from foreclosures.