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The promenade at Coyote Point has suffered additional damage over the winter and parts of the access are fenced off. Below is an update I sent out recently and an update from Sam Herzberg, the planner with San Mateo County Parks. There is no standing fund to pay for repairs, so a full fix will involve a long planning process and a fundraising process. As Sam points out, there was a measure on the last ballot that would have create a standing fund for repairs and maintenance, but it was voted down. If people think such a fund should exist, then they should consider supporting such a measure when it comes up again. The parks peopel and planners are taking a lot of flak. Everyone I have talked to is eager to help, but they have to work within a system and compete for funds to move things along. I think that anyone who is willing to work with these people will find that a cooperative approach will work best.
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I just talked with Dave Moore, the San Mateo County Parks Superintendent. They are concerned about the windsurfing use and also are getting pressure from the kayakers to make repairs so that the annual Paddlefest can happen at Coyote Point. They are seriously looking at the possibility of doing some kind of sandbagging and fence realignment. County Parks has hired a consultant, PWA, to address the long term solution and has said that the consultant will also be tasked with looking at the possibility of a interim fix. Maureen and I are going to meet with David Brew of PWA and hopefully the head ranger on Monday to walk them through the site and how it is used and explore the options. Sandbagging requires a permit from the Bay Conservation & Development Commission (BCDC) which is normally a major process. I have talked with staff at the Bay Conservation & Development Commission and it sounds like there could be a willingness to streamline things if the Park is on board with temporary repairs. It is very difficult for a park to allow user repairs because of liability and permitting issues and the area in question is under a lot of focus, so any unofficial repairs won't go under the radar. I'm not sure if the park could or would allow a work party to help on a repair they manage, but I'm sure that an offer would be appreciated.
We are lucky that foundation money was advanced for the analysis and design of a new or repaired promenade. The likely sources for the big repair project are state agencies - the Department of Boating (DBW) and Waterways and the Coastal Conservancy. If the promenade is improved as part of the Bay Trail, then it will open up additional funding that is earmarked for the Bay Trail. SFBA worked to get people to respond to a survey by DBW about how state money should be spent and hopefully we will have a workshop with DBW in April where people can tell them again where funds are needed. The site is also likely to be designated as a launch on the new Bay Water Trail which would also likely open up funding options.
We might have to work hard to lobby so that funds come sooner than later, but the official request for funds can't come until the design and approval process is well advanced. We should probably put together a team to work on this issue since it will require a significant ongoing effort for 2-3 years to deal with both the near term and long term solution. There will be multiple public meetings on design and environmental impacts and the design will have to go to the Parks Commission. The ideal team would have people who can build a relationship and partnership with the players at the County rather than being critical and demanding. The people at the County didn't design all the rules and regulations that limit the process and they would love to have an existing budget to address problems like this. They also want to make sure that repairs and improvements work well for windsurfers and other users, so continuous input and communication is key.
I've been reading some complaints about how money was spent on other projects and asking why there isn't money on hand for this one. People worked and lobbied very long and hard to get money for the playground (starting before anyone knew how bad the promenade was degrading) and windsurfers will sound selfish to the average person (or Park Commissioner) if they imply that our use is more important than a playground for the kids even if there are a lot more playgrounds around than good launches. Other projects like Seal Point Park were in the works for a long time and there was momentum to fund the park because it was otherwise going to be a giant mound of dirt on top of a sealed landfill dump. I think that there are good people in the County Parks system that we can work well with and we need a few people that want to stay on top of this process over the long haul who can work cooperatively even if pressure may be needed at some point.
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My name is Sam Herzberg and I'm the Senior Park Planner with San Mateo County Parks Department. Your question regarding the status of the promenade that has been falling into disreapir was forwarded to me by Dave Holland the Director of San Mateo County Parks. The promenade has been falling into disrepair in the past few years, particularly unprotected areas to the south where the promenade has been collapsing, and to the north where the armor flex in the windsurfing area has been collapsing.
Due to generous donations of private funds raised through the County Park Foundation County Parks is able to prepare Design Plans and Specifications to repair the promenade. Phil Williams and Associates has been hired to prepare Design Plans. This will be a two phase effort. The first phase will involve gathering the background data, meeting with City of San Mateo who may be interested in developing a project that also meets their flood control needs, identifying a number of alternatives, meeting with the public about alternatives and selecting a preferred alternative. The consultant will also evaluate potential "temporary" fixes, which will require plans, environmental review and permits from agencies such as the Bay Conservation and Development Commission as well as potentially others. I have conveyed your interest in seeing a temporary fix to David Brew who works for Phil Williams and Associates. The second phase of the project will involve more detailed geotechnical analysis, Final Design Plans and Specifications, environmental review and permitting. Essentially getting the project to be ready to be funded and constructed. There is currently no funding available to make any of the improvements, although we have already had discussions with both the CA Department of Boating and Waterways and CA Coastal Conservancy as well as the City of San Mateo Flood Control who may be interested in participating in funding the final repair.
County Parks has no funding for capital improvements, which was why Measure A was attempted this past November (and failed) to raise money to fund these types of proejcts. Measure A is going to be attempted again, and will need the public's support. If you'd like more information please contact Julia Bott at the County Park Foundation at 650/321-5812.
There will be no immediate "easy" fixes, so your patience is appreciated.
I'd like to add you and any others you suggest to the mailing list to keep
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So what is the deal with sailing? Does this mean reduced number of sailors? Is part of the parking lot blocked off? It sounds like sailors will be funneled through the openings? A few pic's could up date us, please.
Does this really mean small hassle ( have to do a little more of a walk to the water) or a big deal or not an issue?
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WASHINGTON — Efforts to resolve the government shutdown were at a standstill Thursday as President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner traded barbs and the Treasury warned of a dire risk to the economy ahead if politicians don't act. At one point, debate in the Capitol was stopped because of a police chase and gunfire on a street nearby.
As the shutdown dragged into its third day, worries deepened that it would escalate into a damaging political stalemate over the nation's borrowing authority. The Treasury Department warned on Thursday that a deadlock over raising the nation's debt limit could touch off a new recession even worse than the last one, from which Americans are still recovering.
And the showdown grew more personal as Obama singled out Boehner for criticism.
Speaking at a construction company in Washington's Maryland suburbs, Obama cast the House speaker as a captive of a small band of conservative Republicans who want to extract concessions in exchange for passing a short-term spending bill that would restart the partially shuttered government.
"The only thing preventing people from going back to work, and basic research starting back up and farmers and small business owners getting their loans, the only thing that is preventing all that from happening right now, today, in the next five minutes is that Speaker John Boehner won't even let the bill get a yes or no vote because he doesn't want to anger the extremists in his party," Obama said.
Boehner answered by batting blame back toward Obama and his "my-way-or-the-highway approach." Boehner said that if the president would negotiate to fix flaws in "Obamacare," the shutdown could end.
"The president's insistence on steamrolling ahead with this flawed program is irresponsible," said Boehner, R-Ohio.
The House was taking up shutdown bills Thursday afternoon when lawmakers were forced into a lockdown after police chased a car along a street near the Capitol. Shots were fired. Police said an officer was struck by a vehicle and injured in what appeared to be an isolated incident unrelated to terrorism.
Lawmakers resumed their work about an hour after the Capitol complex was locked down.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor said the House was pursuing separate bills to remedy "situations that are in critical stages" because of the partial government shutdown that began Tuesday.
The first, to provide pay for National Guard and Reserve troops, passed 265-160, before the House session was interrupted.
House leaders also planned a vote on restoring money to veterans programs, and officials said legislation to help Head Start and possibly the Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, program could soon be drafted as well.
Senate Democrats made clear they will not agree to reopen the government on a piecemeal basis. "You can't fall for that legislative blackmail or it will get worse and worse and worse," said Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York.
Senate Democrats and Obama said the House must send them a measure that would restart all of government with no strings attached.
"Take a vote," Obama urged Boehner in his speech. "Stop this farce and end this shutdown right now."
It might not be so simple, however. Moderate Republicans have said they think they could provide enough votes to join with minority Democrats and push a bill through the House reopening the government with no restrictions on the health care law.
But under pressure from House GOP leaders, they failed to join Democratic efforts on Wednesday aimed at forcing the chamber to consider such legislation.
In the Senate, GOP Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said the problem was "Democrats' refusal to apply simple fairness when it comes to Obamacare."
Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate blocked each other's proposals for addressing the stalemate Thursday. Democrats rejected GOP proposals to reopen the national parks, speed up processing of veterans' claims and restart some medical research that's been put on hold. Republicans stymied a Democratic plan to bring the entire government back to work.
"Obviously tea party Republicans don't really want a way out of this government shutdown. They like it the way it is," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Republicans who initially sought to defund the health care law in exchange for funding the rest of government have scaled back their demand but say they need some sort of offer from Obama.
A meeting between Obama and congressional leaders at the White House Wednesday evening offered no glimmer of progress.
"All we're asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the American people under Obamacare," Boehner said after the meeting.
The White House said Obama would be happy to talk about health care — but only after Congress moves to reopen the government.
If the shutdown dispute persists it could become entangled with the even more consequential battle over the debt limit. The Obama administration has said Congress must renew the government's authority to borrow money by Oct. 17 or risk a first-ever federal default, which many economists say would dangerously jangle the world economy.
Treasury's report Thursday said defaulting on the nation's debts could cause the nation's credit markets to freeze, the value of the dollar to plummet and U.S. interest rates to skyrocket.
For now, Republicans planned to continue pursuing their latest strategy toward the shutdown: muscling bills through the House that would restart some popular programs.
Votes were on tap for restoring funds for veterans and paying members of the National Guard and Reserves. On Wednesday, the chamber voted to finance the national parks and biomedical research and let the District of Columbia's municipal government spend federally controlled dollars.
As the politicians battled, mail continued to be delivered, air traffic controllers remained at work and payments were being made to recipients of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and unemployment benefits.
Taxes were still due, but lines at IRS call centers went unanswered.
Halted were most routine food inspections by the Food and Drug Administration. Some loan approvals for many low- and middle-income borrowers were thrust into low gear by the Housing and Urban Development Department. National parks were closed.
Workers were furloughed based on how essential their jobs were to the nation: Only 3 percent of NASA employees were kept on, while 86 percent at the Homeland Security Department were working.
Underscoring the rising intensity of the partisan battle, the Senate chaplain opened Thursday's session with an unusually pointed prayer.
"Deliver us from the hypocrisy of attempting to sound reasonable while being unreasonable," said Dr. Barry Black. "Remove the burdens of those who are the collateral damage of this government shutdown."
Associated Press writers Connie Cass, Jim Kuhnhenn and Andrew Taylor contributed to this report.
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Apple's iPad and iPad Mini took top honors in a pair of tablet battery shootouts conducted by consumer watchdogs in the U.S. and the U.K.
Consumer Reports, in the U.S., and Which?, from the U.K., have recently run dozens of tablets through tests to determine how long the devices' batteries last between charges.
"Apple wins this category by quite a margin," said Which? researcher Tim Gee in a Tuesday blog about the group's 10-in. tablet tests. In the 7-in. category, Gee said the iPad Mini was "still ahead of the game."
Computerworld averaged the time-trial results of Consumer Reports and Which? to arrive at a final score for a dozen tablets, ranging from Samsung's hot-selling 7-in. Galaxy Tab 2 to Microsoft's struggling 10.6-in. Surface RT.
The fourth-generation iPad's battery lifespan of 13.2 hours easily beat the competition in the larger-sized category, exceeding Sony's Xperia Tablet S (at 9.9 hours), Google's Nexus 10 (9.5 hours) and the Surface RT (9.5 hours.) The older-but-still-sold iPad 2's battery lasted 10.7 hours, coming in second.
In the 7-in. classification, the iPad Mini's 11.7 hours topped Amazon's Kindle Fire HD (10.3 hours) and Google's Nexus 7 (9.3 hours). The poorest-scoring small tablet measured by both watchdogs, Amazon's Kindle Fire, scored just 7.4 hours, or 37% less than the Mini.
The Surface's battery lifespan made news last week when Microsoft acknowledged that the upcoming Intel-powered Surface Pro will run about half as long between charges as the already-shipped Surface RT.
The Surface Pro, priced at $899 and $999, will go on sale next month, Microsoft has said.
Although no one outside the Redmond, Wash. developer has a Surface Pro, the Surface RT tests conducted by Consumer Reports and Which? can be used to ballpark the Pro's expected battery life.
With an average Surface RT battery lifetime of 9.5 hours and Microsoft's 50% admission, the Surface Pro will run for approximately 4.7 hours before requiring an electrical outlet.
Bloggers and other pundits who have knocked the Surface Pro's battery life have good reason to denigrate the tablet, according to Consumer Reports and Which?: The Surface Pro will last just 36% as long between charges as a Retina-equipped iPad, and its battery will be exhausted 8.5 hours before the one in Apple's iconic tablet.
Consumer Reports and Which? both tested tablet batteries by browsing over Wi-Fi, with power-hungry features, such as Bluetooth, disabled, and screen brightness set to lower-than-maximum levels.
Apple's iPad and iPad Mini tablets trumped rivals in battery lifespan tests. (Data: Consumer Reports, Which?)
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency that investigates claims of employment discrimination, doesn't actually have a physical office in Maine. Its closest office is Boston. But that didn't stop several EEOC representatives from Boston and New York from coming up to Maine last Monday to address Mainers about the work the EEOC is doing. The EEOC representatives announced that they are prioritizing several emerging issues: ensuring greater protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees, and preventing employers from using criminal records as an automatic bar to hiring.
Protecting LGBT Employees
EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum has been outspoken in her view that the federal civil rights law, Title VII, does not do enough to protect LGBT workers. Unlike Maine law, which explicitly protects LGBT individuals from discrimination, federal law only prohibits discrimination based on "sex" – it doesn't expressly ban discrimination based on "sexual orientation" or "gender identity."
There have been some efforts to fix this on the federal level, but so far they've been unsuccessful. The Employee Non-Discrimination Act, a bill that would declare it unlawful for employers to discrimination against members of the LGBT community, has long been stalled in Congress – it's been unsuccessfully introduced every year but one since 1994. Sen. Collins is a co-sponsor of this legislation.
But the EEOC has made it clear that it's not going to wait around for Congress to change the law. Instead, it's looking for ways to ensure protection for the LGBT community under existing law. In a landmark 2012 decision, the EEOC concluded that transgender individuals are protected under Title VII. Even though Title VII doesn't specifically ban discrimination against transgender employees, the Commission reasoned that if an employer discriminates against an employee because s/he doesn't conform to gender stereotypes or intends to change his or her sex, that counts as sex discrimination. Our law firm has handled several discrimination cases on behalf of LGBT individuals.
Protecting Employees with Criminal Records
Another EEOC priority is limiting employers' consideration of arrest and conviction records in their employment decisions. The federal civil rights law itself doesn't say that it's illegal for employers to look at criminal records. But consideration of criminal records can have a huge disparate impact on African-American and Hispanic employees. African-Americans and Hispanics are arrested at 2-3 times the rate of the general population, and are convicted at significantly higher rates as well.
Because of this racially disparate impact, the EEOC has said that employers should not use criminal arrests and convictions as an automatic bar to employment. Instead, employers should only refuse to hire someone once they've carefully considered if and how a past conviction could actually affect the employee's ability to do the job. Businesses should consider factors like how old the conviction is, how serious it is, and how it relates to the job being sought.
Maine law goes even further. Under our law, it's unlawful for an employer to even ask applicants whether they have an arrest record.
While Maine is ahead of the curve in protecting employees in these groups, we are happy to see that, in the absence of Congressional action, the EEOC is stepping in and pushing the boundaries of the law to make sure it gives much-needed protection for some of our most vulnerable citizens throughout the country.
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The Best & Worst (So Far) of the 2016 NFL Season
by Amy Lignor
Okay…we're almost dead center, folks, so it's time to sum up the best and silliest actions and reactions that the 2016 NFL season has provided fans thus far.
Analysts are always yapping, and most likely nothing they say will actually come true. However, right now almost everyone is agreeing to the fact that Tom Brady has a score to settle. Yes, he's smiling for the cameras and, yes, he's answering questions and being charming and kind to one and all. BUT, everyone can also see on his face (and in his stats) that there is a "bad" angel on his 'other' shoulder who has him wishing that he could accept this year's Super Bowl trophy and laugh in Commissioner Rodger Goodell's face. It would also be interesting if he was the first ever to win the MVP award in a year where he didn't even play for the first 4 games because the Commissioner was basically an idiot.
The Green Bay Packers look as if someone is drunk, mostly their QB, and there's no coffee to be had. In other words, they are one of the best teams with one of the best QB's in the business, yet their win/loss columns don't show that. Aaron Rogers, their QB, looked ill at the beginning of last season too and stated to everyone: R-E-L-A-X. This year, he hasn't said a word.
The Bears have a QB who all of a sudden can play after all this time. He even pats the shoulders of his teammates and congratulates them on a good play. Up until now, he barely spoke to them and breaking a smile would have been an anomaly. What people should understand is Cutler is trying out for another team. He's not going to stay with the Chicago Bears. Of course, Chicago sports fans really aren't caring right now because they're too busy celebrating their baseball team's illustrious World Series win. (Go, Cubs, Go!)
The Minnesota Vikings came out of the gate firing, so to speak. They remained the only undefeated team and now have lost back-to-back games and look like a team that has self-destructed. People are mysteriously "leaving/retiring/quitting" in their management/hierarchy, and the team looks like the best days of the 2016 season are already behind them.
The Dallas Cowboys have a rookie QB who is playing like a young Tom Brady. Analysts say to keep the rookie in because the Cowboys luck is going strong. Others say the old pro, Tony Romo, deserves to be brought back in now that he's healed. But…will Romo's return be the Cowboys downfall? Yup. That's exactly what it would be. But Jerry Jones, as we all know, loves to make bad decisions. Don't believe me? Look at history, people.
The Denver Broncos are the reigning Super Bowl champs and are doing well this year. But without Manning at the helm, the team is getting no press. Is the shine off the rose even though they seem to be the only ones who could beat Brady and stop the Patriots from heading to the Super Bowl? Guess so. Peyton Manning's commercials are great. Looks like he "got out while the getting was good," because he's the only Bronco who people are seeing on a daily basis. Sad, considering he's the retired one.
The Seattle Seahawks have a great QB in Wilson, although the man happens to be a little banged up right now. Can he create miracles yet again in the second half of the season? Seattle fans certainly hope so because, as always, it looks like Wilson is the only team member who even looks like he remotely likes the team he's playing for. The Seahawks never smile; and people are getting really bored watching their coach chew gum at the speed of light on the sidelines for four solid quarters. Maybe the players are still mad at the guy for calling the stupid play that lost them the Super Bowl to the Patriots. I certainly would be.
The 49ers. Who are they again? Oh, right…that classic team that had the best QB's in the business who now only see the headlines when their QB (that the coach really has no desire to put in) kneels or sits down during the National Anthem instead of standing. Well, I guess if you got to be in the paper for something, that's better than nothing. Although 49ers football fans would disagree.
The Giants should be at the top, yet Odell Beckham, Jr. seems to be too busy nabbing headlines for either crying or beating up a net on the sidelines. Of course, now he has proposed to the net, so all is well in Beckham's world. I think the blond hair dye has leaked into the guy's brain.
The Philadelphia Eagles are surprising many, yet they still can't seem to garner more headlines than the Cowboys. Perhaps if they beat them, this story would improve.
Last but not least, Cam Newton, QB of the Panthers, was renowned for his dancing ability on the sidelines last season. Before he went to the Super Bowl and lost to the Broncos, Cam was thrilled to be in the limelight for having an almost perfect season. So far, this year, all he wants to do is whine about being hit. Because of his "poor me" statements as of late, he may just get hit even harder out on that field. In addition, his wardrobe has become just as silly as his statements. He should enjoy the wardrobe though, because the way he's playing, it looks like the only "feather in his cap" for a good, long time to come will actually be that stupid feather sticking out of his cap.
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Best-selling boy band the Backstreet Boys surprised iHeartRadio festival-goers Saturday evening with an unexpected performance of some of their biggest smash hits. Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson set Sin City on "fire" with their own mini-set before joining country crooners Florida Georgia Line for a rendition of the Boys' "Everybody ("Backstreet's Back)."
With a Britney Spears headlining performance earlier in the night, it was like the stars had aligned for a throwback to the early-aughts pop music scene.
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Clad in matching black-and-hot-pink ensembles, the heartthrobs also performed their hits "As Long As You Love Me" and "I Want It That Way."
On Friday, E! News learned BSB is following in the footsteps of artists like Spears and Jennifer Lopez with a residency in Las Vegas. The show, titled "Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life," will go live from The AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino beginning March 1, 2017.
"We're going to call the show Larger Than Life, and we're taking that theme and we're going to run with it," Richardson said.
"If you've ever been to a Backstreet Boys show... it's going to be that on steroids," Litrell said.
Tickets will go on sale to the public on Oct. 1 at 1 p.m. ET. American Express Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public, beginning Monday at 1 p.m. ET through Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. ET.


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The most powerful woman in the most populous county in Alabama is a little housewife from McCalla. At least that is the way Mary Buckelew refers to herself.
Few others in Jefferson County, however, would choose that description. As president of a county commission better known as a model of inaction before her 1991 arrival, Buckelew has elevated the five-member board to a position of unprecedented policy-making relevance. The board itself, once paralyzed by bitter and well-publicized infighting among its members, is now imbued with a sense of decorum.
Buckelew, the first woman ever elected to the Jefferson County Commission, is best recognized for an uncanny ability to find consensus in the unlikeliest of places. "In the past, you had a cloistered commission of good old boys who were responsive to the things good old boys wanted," says Mary Guy, a former political analyst at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. "She is excellent at dealing with the good old boys, but she is much more inclusive and able to deal with those who were not accustomed to being consulted."
In a county fractured along racial and jurisdictional lines, home to 11 school boards and more than 30 towns, cities and unincorporated rural areas united only in their disdain for the city of Birmingham, collaborative decision-making is a complex endeavor. For years, petty turf and funding battles hampered virtually every function of county government, from mass transit to economic development to emergency services. Local bickering over sewer responsibilities, for example, resulted in untreated wastewater flowing into the county's rivers and a date in federal court.
Today, a unified county-wide sewer system plan is in effect--but only after Buckelew brokered the politically sensitive deal. When localities stopped contributing to the county emergency management agency and the agency fell into disarray, it was Buckelew who pieced together a restructuring plan. She was the driving force behind the creation of a joint purchasing cooperative utilized by more than 20 municipalities, and she guided the county through a series of difficult budget cuts. "It doesn't have to be any individual person's certain way," explains Buckelew. "In order to have ownership in the goal, there has to be a part of everyone in the end result."
As hard as it is for many area residents to believe, that includes the city of Birmingham, too. While it would be a stretch to say that those on both sides of the city limits are now united in a common vision of regional cooperation, Buckelew and the county commission have at least shown an interest in finding common ground with the central city. County commissioners and Birmingham city council members have even taken to meeting together to discuss issues of mutual concern, an event so extraordinary that one city council member remarked that the scene was straight out of "The Twilight Zone."
To hear Buckelew tell it, her conciliatory style is no different now that she manages a $300 million budget than when she began her public career as a co-founder of the local Parent-Teacher Association nearly two decades ago. "She doesn't drape herself in the cloak of power," says Mary Guy, "but in the cloak of the person who gets things done for the family."
It is safe to say that even today few public officials in Jefferson County share the view that the metropolitan area resembles anything remotely like a family unit. But if they ever do come to that realization, there is no doubt that a little housewife from McCalla would run the household.
— Charles Mahtesian
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Oregon is at the forefront of a growing movement in the U.S. to construct more commercial and multifamily buildings with engineered wood products such as cross-laminated timber (CLT).
CLT is made by layering pieces of dimension lumber in alternating directions and bonding them together into massive panels several layers thick. CLT panels can be as large as 65 feet by 20 feet, and are strong enough to replace concrete and steel in mid-rise and even high-rise buildings.
D.R. Johnson Wood Innovations, located in Riddle, Ore., was the first mill in the U.S. to manufacture structural CLT panels certified for use in construction. A growing number of public and private CLT building projects in the state are in design, under construction or have been completed, including several using panels manufactured by D.R. Johnson.
One such project, Framework, is slated to be built in Portland's Pearl District. The 12-story CLT building was awarded a $1.5 million prize through the U.S. Tall Wood Building Prize Competition, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Softwood Lumber Board and the Binational Softwood Lumber Council. The prize money was used to conduct seismic and fire-safety testing of the project's unique engineering system.
The Framework project is being designed and developed by Portland-based firms LEVER Architecture and project^. When completed in 2018, it will be the tallest wood building in the United States.
The choices we make about the materials used as we develop the built environment have long-term effects on our society and the environment. Wood is beautiful, strong, versatile and renewable. As trees grow, they remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it as carbon. With innovations in wood technologies, architects and engineers are now choosing wood for more and more building applications, including mid-rise and even high-rise structures.
By opening up the potential to build more commercial and multifamily buildings with a locally grown, renewable resource, the mass timber construction movement may help create more wood-products manufacturing jobs in struggling rural communities.
Traditionally, the wood products industry has been dependent on single-family home construction. But more multifamily housing units are being constructed, and encouraging these to be built with domestically produced wood could have a big impact on the industry and the rural areas where mills are located.
Federal and state initiatives supporting rural jobs have focused on increasing the use of wood in commercial construction.Early-stage funding (through the state-funded nonprofit Oregon BEST) for research at Oregon State University helped D.R. Johnson start manufacturing CLT. In 2016, the Oregon company announced it was adding staff to keep up with the high demand for the advanced wood product.
Officials with the state of Oregon have shown a keen interest in ramping up manufacturing of advanced wood products to support the state's rural timber towns. The governor's office, through Business Oregon and other state agencies, actively supports the development of advanced wood products markets and manufacturing. And the Oregon Building Codes Division has been instrumental in getting permits issued for mass timber buildings constructed with advanced wood products.


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Embattled NJ casino closes down
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — After struggling for years against newer and bigger casinos, the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel has closed.
The 33-year-old casino closed its doors at 12:01 a.m. Monday, a victim of the casino saturation taking place in the Northeast. About 1,600 people are losing their jobs.
The Atlantic Club had sought a buyer for the last few years but was unable to attract one. It filed for bankruptcy in November and was sold for a combined $23.4 million just before Christmas to two competitors who will strip it for parts. Tropicana Entertainment bought the table games, slot machines and customer lists, while Caesars Entertainment bought the 801-room hotel, for which it has no immediate plans.
Customers spent their last few hours at the casino Sunday before tearful employees exchanged goodbyes.


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Crew Minor Leaguer West suspended 50 games
Brewers Minor Leaguer William West was suspended for 50 games on Monday without pay after a second violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for a drug of abuse, the Commissioner's Office announced Monday.
West, who's on the roster of the rookie-level Arizona League Brewers, will begin serving his suspension immediately. The 21-year-old left-hander, not considered a top prospect in Milwaukee's system, has recorded a 5.06 ERA in three appearances this season.
West has been playing in the Brewers organization since 2011, his first season in the Arizona League. The Tallahassee, Fla., native went 1-3 with a 3.99 ERA in 13 appearances in his first professional season.
He began last season with rookie-level Helena, then started five games for Class A Wisconsin, putting together a combined 7.30 ERA in 13 games.


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Francisco hits into contention for first-base gig
MILWAUKEE -- According to Brewers manager Ron Roenicke, Juan Francisco has hit his way into contention for the 2014 first-base job in Milwaukee.
Francisco, who was acquired from the Braves in early June, stumbled to a 1-for-23 start with the Brewers. Since June 14, though, he has hit .329 (26-for-79) with seven home runs and 14 RBIs in 26 games.
"I think definitely with the power he's shown, and a little more discipline lately, that he's going to get a big opportunity, no question," Roenicke said.
Francisco joined the Brewers primarily as a third baseman, but has played mostly first base with the ineffectiveness of Yuniesky Betancourt and Corey Hart out for the year. Francisco has made four errors in four games at third base with the Brewers, so Roenicke says he will keep the 6-foot-2, 240-pound slugger as mainly a first baseman for the remainder of the season.
"We'll play him a lot [at first base] until he shows he can't do the job," Roenicke said. "It's hard in the season to put guys at different places and we've had to do that this year. I think that's a lot of the reason why, defensively, we haven't been as good. He's been OK [at first base]. He's still getting comfortable with it, but he's done a nice job."
The Brewers have top prospect Hunter Morris playing first base at Triple-A Nashville this season, but Francisco has made it interesting.
"We like what he's doing, and I really like the discipline part, because the first few days he was trying to show us something and he was swinging at everything," Roenicke said. "Now, he's getting to the point where pitchers have to throw him strikes, and he's really dangerous when they throw him strikes."


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In other words: You say 'don,' I say 'underpants'
Q. What's a shoecabbage? A food? An item of wearing apparel? N. Webster
A. Try neither. A language-lover's term it is. A shoecabbage is a word in another language with the same or a similar sound as a word in English but with a different meaning, says Teresa Dowlatshahi, 20-year shoecabbage collector and coiner of the term.
Eavesdrop on a group of Estonians saying "sink" over and over, and you know they're talking ham.
In Czech, the soundalike for "boss" means barefoot. Scots: "eye" = yes. Korean: "pea" = rain or a broom. German: "lime" = glue. Potawatomi: "knock" = arm. Albanian: "pots" = pelican. Bemba: "coffee" = a spitting cobra. Rotuman: "lay" = a whale's tooth.
Proper names aren't immune from the fun either. In Turkish, "Don" means frost or underpants. Persian: "Pete" = a kerosene can. Arapaho: "Beth" = bellybutton. Tatar: "Jim" = bird seed.
And, oh yeah, adds Dowlatshahi, "In English, a shoe is a covering for a foot, while in French shoe (spelled: chou) means cabbage."
Q. Science today knows even the mightiest slugger can hit a baseball only so far. How far is that? Get out the tape measure. J. DiMaggio
A. Though many balls are hit 400 feet, this is a long home run, says Yale's Robert K. Adair in The Physics of Baseball. To hit an 85-mph fastball this far to center under standard conditions (sea level, etc) requires batspeed about 76 mph; 450 feet requires 86 mph. "We estimate 450 feet is about the maximum under normal conditions in Old New York."
But baseball is played under other conditions and in other places. A very fast pitch of 95 mph adds 5 more feet, to 455. If the ball is pulled down the line, this adds 15 feet, to 470. Add 10 more feet for a 100-degree day due to hot air being thinner, plus 10 feet more due to a hot ball's extra "rabbit." This puts the homer at 490 feet.
Next kick in a 10-mph tailwind, and add 40 feet, to 530. Bring on the thinner air of Atlanta– lightning on the horizon and barometer falling– and add 10 feet, to 540; make that 570 feet in mile-high Denver. Finally, have someone set the winding machine at the ball factory a bit too high and....
"So," Adair says, "if someone tells me a ball was hit 550 feet anywhere but Denver, I won't believe it– but I won't bet the farm against it. If the ball is hit in Denver, it might nearly reach Kansas, or even Oz."
Q. What if some nation's military harnessed control of lightning, much like the Greek skygod Zeus firing off thunderbolts? A new ultimate weapon? D. Rumsfeld
A. It's probably on every general's wish list but far from anybody's drawing board– yet. For one thing, if all energy of a single flash could be harnessed, it would run a household lightbulb little more than a year, says University of Florida's Martin A. Uman in All About Lightning.
While a cloud-to-ground flash may unloose 100 million to a billion volts, only 10s of coulombs of charge are involved, figuring to 1-10 billion watt-seconds. And most of this energy is lost as thunder, heat, light, radio waves.
Still, worldwide there are some 100 such lightning occurrences every second. What if numbers of these could be amassed simultaneously? Imagine constructing a 1,000-foot tower in a region of moderate thunderstorm activity, with maybe 10 hits per year.
"It would take 100,000 such towers, each collecting all the energy (ignoring the losses) from 10 strokes per year, to equal the 100 million watts generated by a typical small power station!"
This is impractical, and no better way of intercepting lightning has been proposed. For sure, several nations have studied the feasibility of directing lightning at specific targets. "Maybe this will one day work," Uman says, "but in view of the awesome destructiveness of nuclear weaponry, lightning will probably be at most a psychological weapon."
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Dyack Responds to Kotaku expose on X-Men Destiny
Last October, Kotaku published a feature titled "What went wrong with Silicon Knights' X-Men Destiny?" You can read that piece here. Former studio head Dennis Dyack, now at Precursor Games today posted he response to it in a YouTube video.
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Shadow of the Eternals: crowd funding for "spiritual successor" to Eternal Darkness starts May 6
A teaser trailer for the "spiritual successor" to Eternal Darkness titled Shadow of the Eternals has been posted by IGN along with a few details.
Silicon Knights prototyped Eternal Darkness 2 before troubles, canned games listed
Too Human developer Silicon Knights was developing a string of intriguing games before it ran into trouble. Get the list and a collection of concept art from canned games below.
Silicon Knights ordered to destroy unsold copies of all Unreal Engine games
Earlier this year Silicon Knights lost a legal battle with Epic Games over a breach of its Unreal Engine license agreement, and the disclosure of Epic's trade secrets. A newly-discovered document from the case shows that the ruling has forced Silicon Knights to recall and destroy every unsold copy of Too Human, X-Men: Destiny and […]
SK confirms lay-offs, denies Nintendo rumours
Silicon Knights boss Dennis Dyack has shot down yesterday's whispers of the developer's dependence on a disgruntled Nintendo.
Rumour: Nintendo cancels Eternal Darkness 2 following Silicon Knights' lawsuit loss
According to rumours, Nintendo has chosen to cease production of a sequel to Eternal Darkness following the outcome of Silicon Knights' legal battle with Epic Games.
Silicon Knights to appeal Epic ruling
Too Human developer Silicon Knights will continue to pursue its suit against Epic following a ruling which favoured the Unreal Engine maker.
Silicon Knights boss expects used games to "cannibalize" industry
Dennis Dyack has said the used games market is eating away at the games industry by killing off sustained revenue from new sales.
Silicon Knights to resurrect "most requested" IP
As hardly anyone has ever requested more Too Human, we can but hope an Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem follow up is on the way.
Quick Quotes: Dennis Dyack hopes PSN hack doesn't "undermine people's confidence" in digital
"It's very concerning and I think getting as much information out there – factual information out there as soon as possible is good. I know, personally, I just changed all my passwords because I was an active user of the PSN and I didn't even want to take a chance. I just started changing all […]
US court allows Silicon Knights to sue Epic over claims of incomplete Unreal Engine 3
The courts have given the go ahead in a suit filed by Silicon Knights against Epic over Unreal Engine 3 licensing. The original complaint, filed back in 2007, claims Epic "defrauded" the firm by claiming the source code for UR3 was more complete than it actually was.
Dyack: Too Human is up to 80 hours long
Speaking with Kiziko, Silicon Knights' controversial commander in chief, Dennis Dyack, revealed that if you want to reach level fifty in Too Human, the game can be anywhere from 50 to 80 hours in length."First play through is probably around fifteen hours, I guess, it depends," said Dyack."To get to level fifty, it's anywhere from […]
Dyack tells "the Gaf": Stand up and be counted on Too Human
Silicon Knight's Denis Dyack has posted a rallying cry to Too Human over at NeoGaf.He's urging all those who are looking forward to Too Human to "stand up and be counted.""Too Human will be out in August and I think there is going to be a lot of trolls crying here. Either way when the […]
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Shadow of the Eternals: crowd funding for "spiritual successor" to Eternal Darkness starts May 6
Silicon Knights prototyped Eternal Darkness 2 before troubles, canned games listed
Silicon Knights ordered to destroy unsold copies of all Unreal Engine games
Rumour: Nintendo cancels Eternal Darkness 2 following Silicon Knights' lawsuit loss
Silicon Knights boss expects used games to "cannibalize" industry
Quick Quotes: Dennis Dyack hopes PSN hack doesn't "undermine people's confidence" in digital
US court allows Silicon Knights to sue Epic over claims of incomplete Unreal Engine 3


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Ennis Sisters Albums
- Ennis Sisters (2001)
- 3 (2000)
- Red Is the Rose (1997)
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Ennis Sisters is an Irish style folk group made up of three real sisters, Maureen, Karen, and Teresa Ennis -- listed in order of birth. All three are gifted singers, as well as musicians. Maureen, the oldest, is a guitarist and songwriter. The middle-born Karen plays both the tin whistle and flute, and does step dancing. The youngest of the family trio, Teresa, also step dances, as well as playing the bodhran. By the time the sisters were in their early twenties, their group had already recorded a few albums, completed a television Christmas special, signed with a major label, and won several awards.br /br /Maureen, Karen, and Teresa were born in Newfoundland and raised on traditional Irish type songs. They began performing for family and friends, and then landing local gigs in pubs. Festivals and touring followed, fans increasing with each energetic performance. In 1997 Ennis Sisters recorded their first album, Red Is the Rose. The excellent debut made the music world take notice, and earned the sisters the MIA Folk Album of the Year Award. The next year found them adding Female Artists of the Year and Group of the Year awards to their growing list of accomplishments. In 1998, a sophomore album, Christmas on Ennis Road, appeared in time to warm holiday hearts. The joyful album also landed Maureen, Karen, and Teresa their own Christmas Special on CBC television, giving them the chance to reach a whole new fan base.br /br /When the new millennium arrived, Ennis Sisters released a third album simply titled Ennis Sisters 3 -- which earned them another Album of the Year award. A year later Warner Music Canada signed the sisters and work on a new album began. Some of the tracks on this talented trio's recordings include "Lord of the Dance," "Rainy Days," "If Anything Happened to You," "When Tomorrow Comes," "Can't Stop the Dance," "Never Puts His Fiddle Down," and "Forever Love." ~ Charlotte Dillon, All Music Guide


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Today is all about the employment report which came in with a headline of "only" 247,000 for the month of July while the rate dropped from 9.5 to 9.4%. Here's how the equity futures reacted:
The dollar was up and bonds were down sharply on the release.
In a nutshell, keep in mind that this current economic crisis has been going on for so long that there are now many people dropping off the back side of being counted. The consumer is still burdened with debt and more and more people are losing their incomes. Talk of employment growth is simply premature. The higher stocks go without real earnings and without clearing the debts from consumers, the higher price to earnings ratios will go. It is ultimately earnings that underpin the equity markets and the price of stocks has NEVER been so high compared to earnings.
It would take one heck of a lot of growth to pull P/E's back into a normal historic range, and the only reason they look as "good" as they do is because the financial industry was allowed to go back and mark their assets to fantasy – otherwise the large banks are still insolvent and would not have earned a nickel.
Then there's the money printing/laundering game. If you haven't read Monetizing Via Lies and Deceit… I suggest you do so.
Back to the jobs report, here's Econoday's report:
Job losses came in much lower than expected and point to being at or near the end of recession. Nonfarm payroll employment in July shrank 247,000, following a revised decline of 443,000 in June and a revised drop of 303,000 in May. The July drop in jobs was not as severe as the consensus forecast for a 300,000 decrease. June and May revisions were up a net 43,000. The easing in job losses was seen in both goods-producing and service-providing sectors.
From the household survey, the civilian unemployment rate unexpectedly slipped to 9.4 percent from 9.5 percent in June and was below than the consensus projection for 9.7 percent. The decline was due to a sizeable drop in the labor force.
Wage inflation returned more to normal in July as average hourly earnings rose 0.2 percent after no change June. The latest gain matched the consensus forecast for a 0.2 percent rise. The average workweek edged up to 33.1 hours from 33.0 hours in June.
Today's report is very good news for equity markets. Job losses are getting smaller and the unemployment rate actually slipped. Without a doubt, the July numbers should be a big psychological boost for equities. Meanwhile, bond prices are down.
Here's the report directly from the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) - BLS July Employment Situation.
Keep in mind where the BLS's data falls within the spectrum of reliability – here's how Chris Martenson put it:
Into the final bucket goes the utterly unreliable 'data,' so bad that I need to use quotes around it. This 'data' is modeled or otherwise manufactured out of thin air with no accountability, does not square up (at all) with good sources of data, has massive errors in methodology that have never been explained, consists of survey data for reasons covered in an earlier Martenson Report (Survey Says...), is self-referential (e.g. LEI or 'leading indicator' data), and/or has been proven repeatedly in the past to be consistently biased for political or self-serving gain.
Unreliable Data
• New home sales data
• Employment data (due to the Birth-Death model)
• All survey data
• Leading indicator data
• GDP (just added to list)
Okay, now that we know we're talking about massaged numbers that are derived from sampling and processed in a myriad of ways to arrive at a guess. And if that were done consistently, at least we could derive a trend, but that's not the case either, especially over the long run.
Now, let's look at the breakout of categories within this report to see where the jobs are being lost and created:
Areas in red are areas that lost jobs while the green are areas that gained jobs. What you'll notice is that almost all the job gains are still in the government sector while all the losses are in the private sector. This is the trend and has been for quite some time. Of course it requires private sector money to pay for those in the government and you can see that our economy is getting stilted further and further out of balance with BIG government being the understatement of the century.
In deriving the reported numbers, the BLS does provide some of the raw numbers in each step of the "cooking" process. The number from the table that most closely resembles how data was presented in the past is the U6 number:
The numbers presented to the public are the U3 numbers. You can see that it was only with seasonal adjustments that both the U3 and U6 rate improved and that without seasonal adjustments the rate was steady.
The numbers, as presented by the BLS, are trending to a slower rate of job loss. Again, the people who are not tracked, like part time employees who would work full time, those "discouraged workers" who have just given up. And then there are those who the BLS just creates out of thin air using their "birth/death" model (Mish does a good job of covering that aspect and I'm sure he'll have the breakout later).
So, has employment turned an actual corner or is it just a statistical blip combined with distortion? For me it's too difficult to tell, the other more reliable data, like tax revenue and shipping numbers, do not support this report and thus we need to see if the trend of falling numbers can be maintained.
From a technical perspective, probably the most bearish thing that could happen is that the markets spike this morning and then close down later today or even on Monday. Rallies often END on "Good" news, and we are now up against heavy resistance, extremely overbought, and McHugh's wave count suggests we are finishing wave 1 up of c up.
Another technical possibility is that we are forming a big rising bearish wedge. Everyone is focused on the "V" or the inverse H&S pattern, but check out the rising wedge. On the SPX we may be overthrowing the top of the wedge now, but it's even better formed on some of the other indices like the Transports:
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Key West Memorial Names A to Z Index
The names listed on this website are in alphabetical order by first name. If you click on an individual name, you will be able to leave a message, upload a picture, or share a story. In addition, you will find a Location Code for each name that identifies where the name can be found on the Key West AIDS Memorial, since names are engraved in random order.
For instance, click on a name. To the Right is the LOCATION CODE and a picture of that section of the Memorial with the code Sea, Center, or Street (which identifies the three major sections of the Memorial. The section is followed by the Row Number (1-7) and the Column Number (1-14). For example, if the stone location code is SeaR5C10, then that stone would be in the part closest the water, five rows down, and in the 10th column across. Please note, all stones are counted, including blank ones on borders.


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Over-enthusiastic security personnel working for the recession-hit Continental Airlines created pandemonium in India after the media here released reports of India's most-dearly-endearingly-totally-wonderfully-'belovedly'-loved ex-President A P J Abdul Kalam was apparently frisked before being allowed to board their aircraft.
When the airline's security head for Indian operations was contacted, he reportedly said, "It is the policy of Continental Airlines to frisk every muslim man, woman and child. It is the policy of the United States of America, in unwritten law, to be prejudiced and biased towards people of a particular faith, race, caste or creed. Aren't you morons aware that your disgusting skin-colour only compounds the problem? You filthy Indians make me want to puke."
Visibly disturbed reporters then contacted the operations head for Continental Airlines' India Division. "Everyone loves being frisked," said the agitated highly paid employee. "We particularly employ these bountiful babes who touch you in the right spots, make sure your family jewels really are your family jewels and to shake their booty at the slightest alarming indication. Fly us, and decide for yourselves."
In the meanwhile, the normally hard-working, law-abiding, sincere and patriotic Indian Parliament was in an uproar over the incident. "We cannot accept this," exclaimed a paan-chewing idiot politician named Laloo Prasad Yadav. "I may be Prime Minister tomorrow, and I will not take my shoes off!"
To which a smug Nitish Kumar was overheard smirking, "Thank goodness! As if his bad-breath wasn't enough to kill everyone on the airliner!"
Continental Airlines has reiterated their commitment to customer service, adding that secure travel is the expectation of every passenger, employee and nation. "Once, our in-flight food was so bad, it even killed one of our pilots in mid-air during the course of a journey, but we still ensured every customer left with a smile!" The Airline staff also ensure every customer has a warm boarding, pleasant journey and secure arrival.
"We haven't had even one single complaint," says the airline's public relation officer, Aparna. "Ever!"
While many sections of the media and the blogging community lambasted the ex-President for choosing to fly on an American-based airline company, the humble and unassuming Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam silenced his worst critics by saying, "I'd rather be humiliated by a disaster-plagued foreign service provider than poorly serviced by an aging Indian carrier!"
In unrelated news, national carrier Air India is facing a serious crunch for money and is in the process of taking strong measures to turn-around it's flagging performance.
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Dear VStar aficianados,
This is just to let you know that we have decided to create a new forum dedicated to VStar. We feel that this move will make finding discussion and information about the use of VStar much easier for everyone. Also, it reflects the fact that VStar is much more mature than its presence in a "software development" forum would lead one to believe. Today, VStar is much more about data analysis tools than about the nuts and bolts of Java development.
To this end, I have moved all relevant discussion threads from this forum to the new one which you can find here:
-Sara Beck
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