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- Why Buying Green Means Buying Local October, 2014
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- "Free Trade" Isn't the Goal of These Treaties by Jeff Milchen, March 13, 2014
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- Holiday Shopping Goes Local by Jeff Milchen, November, 2013
- Amazon.com and the President's Blind Spot on Job Creation by Jeff Milchen, July, 2013
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This week we discuss the Second Life first user experience, Premium destinations, Direct Delivery in SL, FFL blogging, Pinterest, cool new apps and more!
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- New Destination Islands
- Student's First SL User Experience
- Penny Arcade Pokes Fun at the SL Signup Avatars
- Rule 34
- Passing Thoughts on High Poly Mesh
- Wilderness — Second Life's Newest Premium Destination
- Direct Delivery Launches
- Problems with Direct Delivery
- Free Direct Delivery Linden Bear
- Plurk Discussion on Direct Delivery and Group Management Ideas
- The Issues about Blogging Charity Events
- Hamlet Asks About Pinterest
- How To Use Pinterest
- Zombies, Run
- Hamlet's Post on Zombies, Run
- Pinterest Spammer Tells All
- Is Draxtor a Spammer?
- Did SXSW Show That We're Headed for a Burst of a Bubble in Social Media/Apps?
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Washington, DC, August 15, 2007 — Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P., a highly specialized intellectual property law firm based in Washington, D.C., announced today that Lance G. Johnson, a partner of the firm, has joined the board of directors of SCOTTEVEST (SeV), a leading provider of technology enabled apparel.
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"We are delighted to welcome Lance to our team. His knowledge, expertise and counsel will be essential as we continue to grow," said Scott Jordan, CEO and founder of SCOTTEVEST.
Johnson specializes in patent and trademark matters. He has extensive experience in litigation, domain name dispute (UDRP) and resolution proceedings, and conducting specialty proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). His experience at the USPTO includes inter partes and ex parte reexaminations, reissues, trademark oppositions, appeals and interferences. This expertise has proven invaluable, as Johnson was the first attorney to file and successfully win a reexamination request for patent owners and third parties.
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Oh, that is long done :-)

If you had read the last few posts you would have noticed.

What is now needed is to generatw binaries and such from the branches in the repository.

We also need to create the 3.4 branct but that's a different (and all together more tedious) story.

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All the latest on the world's youngest royals
A Maori greeting was just one of the highlights from an action-packed first day of the second-in-line's trip
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Wills also had a kick-a-bout with some promising players at the Eden Park rugby stadium in Auckland
He got the chance to meet the country's national symbol – the kiwi – at a nature reserve on Kapiti Island
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Talk about an action-packed first day. Prince William hardly had time to pause for breath as he crammed in a wealth of activities at the beginning of his first ever official tour.
And he was clearly loving every minute of his new role within the royal family, judging by his sunny demeanour in New Zealand.
The smile hardly left his face for a moment as the sports-loving Prince joined in a training session with some youngsters at Eden Park rugby stadium in Auckland.
Joking with the children about the photographers, the 27-year-old – wearing a blue, green and white Rugby World Cup 2011 shirt with 'Wales' on the back – said: "Don't worry if you break their cameras."
He also got a chance to have a go at the country's other great sporting passion - sailing. After arriving at Waitemata Harbour, Wills joined the crew aboard an America's Cup yacht, helping them hoist the main sail and taking the wheel for a short while.
As the two day visit to the country got underway, William revealed his pride at representing his grandmother the Queen.
"It means an awful lot. She is extremely busy and I want to do something good and keep the standards up that she had led the way with," he said.
He arrived at Auckland airport after a flight which lasted over 24 hours and received a traditional Maori greeting as he visited Wellington's supreme court.
On the second day of his trip there was the chance for the second-in-line to the throne to get acquainted with the country's national symbol.
During a visit to Kapiti Island Nature Reserve he was introduced to a tiny kiwi bird before touring the island, which is located off the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
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Lack of Funding Threatens World's First National Park
|August 5, 2003
|Andrea Keller, National Parks Conservation Association, 202-454-3332
Lack of Funding Threatens World's First National Park
"Yellowstone is a national gem that each year is becoming more and more tarnished," said Tony Jewett, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) Northern Rockies Senior Regional Director. "This new report provides concrete evidence of just how badly Yellowstone is underfunded and the impact of that insufficient funding on our first and most treasured national park."
Yellowstone National Park participated in a six-year-old nationwide partnership between the National Park Service and NPCA to complete a financial analysis and write a business plan for park management. To date, the partnership program, called the Business Plan Initiative, has used M.B.A. and public policy graduate students to analyze more than 60 national park sites across the country, setting priorities for funding and improving and preserving park resources.
Research shows on average that national parks are operating with only two-thirds of the needed funding. Yellowstone lacks about one third of the funds it needs as well as more than 200 employees. As a result, public education programs are limited and trails are not adequately maintained. The Park Service is unable to monitor Yellowstone's nonnative species, such as the lake trout that threatens the survival of the park's native cutthroat trout as well as 42 known bird and mammal species that depend on the native trout for food. Additionally, insufficient staffing leaves Yellowstone's backcountry vulnerable to poaching and other illegal activities, impedes emergency response time, and provides limited educational opportunities for hikers.
"Yellowstone is representative of the trend of parks across the system. Funding is short by a third or more—limiting the ability of the Park Service to protect our national heritage," Jewett added. "Yellowstone is being held together by dedicated, professional staff doing multiple jobs and working beyond maximum capacity. But there are costs to this Band-Aid approach and protection of America's first national park is lapsing. Solutions must be found."
Several Montana and Wyoming-based businesses, chambers of commerce, and nonprofit organizations have joined the 330-member coalition of Americans for National Parks, a campaign led by NPCA, to encourage Congress and the administration to address the full needs of Yellowstone and the entire National Park System by increasing funding for the parks by $600 million annually.
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You'll find the Cockburn Central Town Centre off Beeliar Drive and right next door to the Cockburn Central Train Station. The current development site is bounded by Kwinana Freeway, Beeliar Drive, Midgegooroo Avenue and North Lake Road. Click here for Google Map location.
Who is delivering the project?
Cockburn Central Town Centre is being delivered by LandCorp and the City of Cockburn in partnership with Australand, Giorgi Group, Department of Housing, Public Transport Authority and West Australian Planning Commission (WAPC).
What stage is development at? When will it be complete?
Delivery of the project is well advanced with close to 500 residents already living on site as well as a number of commercial and retail businesses already in operation. To encourage more activity and use, we are currently redeveloping parts of the Town Square.
In all, Cockburn Central will be delivered in two stages over the next 5 to 10 years:
• Stage 1: All buildings within the first 11 lots will be complete by 2014.
• Stage 2: A further four lots from 3,299sqm to 1.05ha were released to market in August 2012, with construction also starting on a new Cockburn Central Police Station in the same year. It is hoped development of all buildings will be complete by 2016.
Future Development - LandCorp, on behalf of WAPC and the City of Cockburn is undertaking the structure planning for a 30ha site west of Midgegaroo Road, currently being referred to a Cockburn Central West.
Cockburn Central West will expand on the Activity Centre principles of Cockburn Central and integrate mixed use development with regional recreational facilities.
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- Author: Bella Leone
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- Series: Weathering
- Genre:LGBTTQ, Multicultural, Contemporary
- Cover Artist: Justin James
It took weeks before Markus knew his hot coffee boy's name. It took months of serving him every morning before Markus learned that Clinton was an American History major. It took nearly six months into their senior year at UC Davis before Markus found out that Clinton had no family, few friends, and rather than the dorms, he actually lived in the library. They finally come together with a fierce heat, but it's over too soon and Markus doesn't understand why.
Then Clinton's attacked during a vicious hate crime and he tries to keep Markus at arm's length, but Clinton can't help seeking solace in the man who makes his coffee every morning. And Markus must move past what he thinks he knows about love and strength to stand with his boyfriend during the worst downpour of Clinton's life.
- Note:This book contains explicit sexual situations, graphic language, and material that some readers may find objectionable: male/male sexual practices.
The same request every day, accompanied by a slow grin. My gaze never wavers from his beautiful face as his gray-blue eyes look down to count the correct change. He is meticulous about that. He pushes the right amount outward with his long fingers. Then he presses it into my hand. Whatever is leftover in his handful, he puts into the jar at the end of the counter to donate to the children's ward at UC Davis where my mom works. Every morning, like clockwork, we do the same dance of shy smiles, brushing fingers, and stolen glances.
"Sure thing, Clinton." I always try to use his name, now that I know what it is, whenever he comes in. I just like saying it and seeing his smile. "I'll bring it out. I just put the grounds in." His grin is lopsided and knee-buckling as he turns to sit at his table.
From fall to spring, we keep the hearth lit open to close because the college kids coming in from the rain and ice seem to gravitate toward it. He always does the same, finding a table off to the side, tucked against the bricks.
As I'm filling the milk containers, I spill and make myself take a deep breath. My fingers are a little shaky this morning. Not from too much caffeine, but I always get jittery around Clinton, and I'm sure my lack of sleep doesn't help. After a bunch of guys were heckling my friends and me last night as we left a well-known gay bar, I couldn't get to sleep. We're in California, so there aren't a whole lot of un-gay-friendly bars, but apparently these guys weren't thrilled with anyone who was drinking there, straight or gay. I got no sleep and didn't even need my alarm this morning to be up at dawn. The only bright spot to my morning was knowing Clinton would be here.
The day I asked his name so I could write it on his cup during a lunch rush, I practically melted into the kitchen floor.
"Clinton," he stuttered out, and my heart lurched.
"Such a unique, totally Southern name. It fits you perfectly. I'm Markus."
His eyes sparkled as he glanced down, then back up at me, fighting a smile. Everything about him seemed to fit: the accent, the name, his sandy hair, freckles across his nose, and the way the corner of his mouth drew up into an almost sly grin.
"Thank you for the coffee," he drawls with the hint of a stutter. I find his saying you as ya adorable, and usually poor grammar drives me insane.
From the moment he first walked into the café, I knew he was every wet dream I had ever had rolled into one sweet man.
As I get the mugs ready, I have to force myself to keep from staring at him. We're the only ones in the café this drizzly, cold morning, and I can't help but peek at him as I work. He's taken off his thick vintage woolen jacket and gloves and is mopping the rain from his hair. He looks tired and a little unkempt, and my mind drifts to thoughts of him with sleepy eyes, sluggishly climbing from my bed. He always looks like he's just woken up and rolled out of bed in search of caffeine. He must have a girlfriend or boyfriend, or both, at home, curled in his recently vacated sheets. No one that kind and pretty—yes, pretty—is single. And from what I've seen since I've been out, rarely gay either.
He's been coming in every morning at the same time all of senior year. I had noticed him before, in a few classes and here at the shop a few times our junior year, but I couldn't muster the guts to talk to him. He has a very solid routine, which makes me happy since I'm as retentive and OCD as a twenty-two-year-old guy can get without being clinically diagnosed. Staring at Clinton now, I see he looks even more tired than usual, making him seem a little older. My coworker Ella and I started debating his story after he left one morning, and she caught me making "googly eyes" at him. Her words, not mine.
I've thought up scenarios about him in my mind; he's a science nerd like me, taking advanced classes, or maybe a grad student working on his thesis. Ella thinks he's a spy with a torrid background or a nuclear physicist in hiding from the Russian KGB. I've since asked her to stop reading so many Tom Clancy novels.
The heat from the fireplace is inviting and soothing. When we're not busy, I love hanging out in front of the fire; it's the best place to study during the cold, rainy days. The weather's been so cold the last few days, but it will only get worse as winter moves forward. I also enjoy the hearth because Clinton sits there every morning.
As I get closer to his table, he smiles widely. I love his smile with his straight, bright teeth, how his whole face lights up. His warm eyes shine with hints of blue in the dim light of the café, and they make my heart thump a little harder. Every negative thought is erased as I move closer to him. Looking to the door, I pray no one steps foot inside until I can actually talk to him for longer than a sentence. When he speaks, his slight drawl peeks out on occasion, and it never ceases to make me grin like an idiot.
"Man, it's cold," I say like the complete moron I am. Blessedly he nods and takes the mug I offer him. His hand is icy as his fingers touch mine, and I'm so glad he's out of the frigid wind and rain. If I'm honest, I'd love to hold his hand and warm him, but he's so shy. I'm guessing he wouldn't exactly appreciate that, especially since I don't know if he has a boyfriend, or girlfriend, for that matter. I thought his smiles were bigger when I served him rather than on the occasion that Valerie or Ella worked, but maybe it was just wishful thinking.
Moving to the fire with my own mug, I put another log on. "It's tough to go to class on days like this, eh?" I manage to say without stuttering by keeping my eyes on the fire.
"That it is." His voice is deep, calming. I wish he'd speak more, but I'm having a hard time finding something to say that won't make me sound like a complete stalker. I could mention Tennyson, since he was reading a book of his a few weeks ago, or I could mention seeing him at the library last week really late at night, or seeing him walking toward the union on Sunday. All of that sounds like I'm a creeper.
"How's the coffee?" See? That isn't so bad. I can be normal.
"It's always good. You make the best coffee," he says with a dip of his head.
I stare into his happy face and can see that he's being completely honest. When he looks at me like that, with this quiet intensity that someone appreciates a painting with, I'm almost certain he likes me.
"I think you would know. Other than my roommates, you seem to be here as much as an employee." I laugh.
His smile falters a little, and he covers by taking a long sip from his mug. After swallowing, he asks me, "Where has your redheaded slave driver been lately?"
I nearly spit my coffee out. The sentence might be the longest he's ever said to me. And his description of Val is spot on. She has wild red hair and a mouth like a sailor; her bright, loud Scottish heritage is very evident in her looks and personality. She is the exact opposite of Jack Henry, her quiet, introverted history professor husband.
"She's on maternity leave now." Ella and I volunteered to alternate working the opening shift. I actually found that I like getting up before the sun, and I'm able to get so much more work done in my studies. And every morning, like clockwork, the shy blond comes in for his coffee minutes after the lights go on.
"Oh, did she have her baby girl?"
I'm surprised that he knows she's having a girl. My face must show it because he clarifies, "She and the little brunette were discussing a very pink baby shower a few weeks ago."
"Ah yes, the princess party that ate Tokyo." I shake my head and sit across from him. "Not yet. Brynn's still tucked safely inside. Val has preeclampsia, though, so she's at home with her husband until Brynn comes in a few weeks." Why am I telling him all this?
"Pre-what?" He seems interested as his nose scrunches up. I want to touch it. But I don't.
"Preeclampsia? Hypertension. It can be dangerous if a woman's blood pressure becomes too high during pregnancy. Sometimes they need to start early labor to avoid problems with the baby." I'm rambling. His face turns concerned, so I quickly add, "She's okay. My mom's one of her doctors, and she runs the neonatal/pediatric ward at Davis."
"The Simmons Children's Wing at the medical center?" He motions to the tip cup that he puts his extra coins in every morning.
"That's the one." I smile with pride. My mom's worked so very hard to build that state-of-the-art pediatric medical wing, and it's doing well.
"You're Markus Simmons?" he asks, studying my face closely.
I nod, suddenly feeling awkward about who I am. "Uh, yeah?"
"You don't look like your momma," he states as his eyes scan my face. Then he points to the cup on the counter. Dr. Sue Simmons, my very Asian mother, is staring back with her NICU staff.
"Ah. So yes, that's my mother. She's Japanese. Dad's obviously not. One of my roommates, Peter, calls me a cinnamon macchiato," I laugh while gesturing to my darkly tanned arm. He's staring at me in a way that causes goose bumps to rise along my arms. He looks intense, like he's about to say something but worried about it. I know he's Southern, but he doesn't seem like someone who would have a problem dating a black guy, or half a black guy, as the case may be.
"Want another cup?" I ask, trying to get the focus off me and my family. Moving to take his mug, I see him pull at his sleeves uncomfortably.
"Yeah, but I should probably get going. It will be a long walk in the rain," he says, nodding to the weather outside.
I curse Ella for not coming in until after nine, because I can't offer him a ride.
"Where's your class?" My mouth goes without me thinking.
"It's in the eastern buildings on the other side of campus."
"You must live nearby to want to come here. There's a Starbucks less than a block from there." I grin at him as I take his mug back to the counter to get his to-go cup ready as always.
"Yeah, close." His reply is short, and I feel him retreating.
Putting his cup together, I do something that I taunt Ella about relentlessly when she meets someone cute while working the counter—I write my name and number on his to-go cup. When I hand it back to him, he doesn't look at it. His gaze is on mine, the side of his lips quirked up on one side.
"See you at lunch?" I ask hopefully.
"Yep. Thank you again, Markus." As he pushes out into the storm, I can't help but feel lost, watching him walk away from me. I'm hoping he'll get the hint when he looks down at his cup while in class.
After Clinton leaves, I'm rather sullen, but the crowd gathers once the sun is up, and I am more than thankful when Ella comes in all sunshine and bounces. She's a definite annoying morning person—all fresh, glowy faced and perky, high brunette ponytail—and it all works in her favor. We are efficient, and we get all the cranky college kids out the door with their caffeine fixes. I have a hard time concentrating, wondering if Clinton has found my name and number on his cup. What if he's offended or freaked out by it?
"Earth to Markus." Ella snaps her fingers at me as I find myself staring at the fireplace from the counter.
"You're being all mopey. Did Josh start calling again?"
I shudder to think about my ex from my freshman year. He didn't like the good-bye at all, had an emotional meltdown when I broke up with him, but he was just not the one for me, no matter how drunk he dialed me some nights.
"No, I think Jesse scared him off for good the last time." I laugh thinking about how my humongous football player roommate, Jesse, answered my phone and threatened Josh's body. "I'm just thinking."
"Well, think while you walk, or you'll be late to class again."
Looking at the wall clock, I jump up while trying to take my apron off and nearly fall on her.
"Careful, big guy. I'll see you at noon."
Making it into class barely on time, I try to pay attention to the lecture on contagious diseases of American history, but it's difficult. Even Spanish Influenza doesn't keep my mind from wandering to Clinton and his big, stormy eyes. I can't help but think about what he does when he isn't at the café, or if he's seeing anyone. I guess if he doesn't come back in, then he's not interested.
By the time noon rolls around, I'm running back to the café. He's usually in by one, so I make myself busy, mopping up the mud from the customers who've been deluged all day, and then cleaning the espresso machine. Ella refuses to do it, and I've tried teaching the other barista, Sean, how, but he has the attention span of a gnat, or a freshman in college, so it was a lesson in futility. I'd have to redo it when he was finished anyhow.
Practically crawling with nerves, I make myself work, and I've almost convinced myself Clinton won't ever come back. I'm a pathetic mess when Valerie waddles in with her husband in tow.
"Hey!" I run over to give the adorable pregnant lady a hug and shake Jack's hand. They are great bosses. I've known them pretty much my entire time at UC Davis, and they're like a surrogate family. Jack is a professor of history who specializes in military strategy and civil affairs. I took one of his classes my freshman year, and that's how he led me to the café. Jack brought me to the Higher Ground for a cup so we could discuss my final paper. He introduced me to his then-girlfriend, Valerie, who was going every which way because her barista had up and quit. I've worked here ever since, and I usually love it. At this moment, I don't so much love it because I am desperate to see the blond with the slow smile again. Instead, I'm helping Jack and Val do inventory.
My shift is over at four, and it's nearly that time when I hear his voice all the way in the back. Running through the small kitchen and into the deck where the coffee bar is, I slip on a wet spot under the blender machines and nearly bite it. Ella gives me a wary look like I've lost my mind, but when she turns back to Clinton and realizes I came running for him in particular, she calls me over with a devious smirk. "Markus, dear, can you help this nice man with his coffee? It's time for my break," she says, not even trying to be subtle. Clinton looks confused as I walk toward him, giving Ella a dirty look when she passes me.
"Hi." I am so smooth. I realize he's nearly soaked through from the early evening downpour, so I reach down and hand him a bar towel. "You're soaked." I am smooth and observant. He does look delicious with the droplets of water trickling from his curly mop down his strong jawline.
"Thank you." He takes the towel and brushes it over his hair, causing it to stick up in thick curls all over. I try hard not to drool. "I was just ordering another coffee when the little one ran off." He chuckles, and I smile like a dope and think to myself that he looks younger when he laughs.
"Right, she does that." I look over my shoulder to see Ella trying to look busy with a magazine. "Time for a refill. Do you have your cup from this morning?" I ask, hoping to hell he has it, and he's seen it, and he's ready to move in. No, not really. Well, kind of. I try to sound light, but my heart is a little sad that he didn't care my name was on his cup.
He shakes his head in the negative and reaches into his pocket for change. "Sorry, no. With all the rain when I left…" He looks almost bashful, and I want to grab his hand as he's wiping them off on the towel. "I slipped and dropped it on my way to class."
"Oh, that sucks. Are you okay?" I ask, suddenly concerned he may have hurt himself. He nods, looking fairly embarrassed. He tries to hand me money, but I wave him off. "No worries, I know you were here earlier." Not that I was staring…or drooling. "And it's not like you won't be here tomorrow." I almost sound pathetic. Almost. He looks down at my hands on the counter, and I realize I'm just standing in front of him.
"Yeah, hot coffee. Coming up." I turn and grab a new cup, but I'm so twisted up inside that I fumble it and have to pick it up, then throw it away and grab another one off the stack. I chance a look at Ella, who's grinning massively and drops her gaze back to her fashion rag.
"Have a seat, Clinton, and I'll bring it out to you." I don't need Ella spouting off with him right there.
He dips his head, then says a quick, "Thank you." He takes a seat near the fire again, and I go back to getting his coffee to-go.
"Oh. My. God." Ella's voice is low but enough for me to jump and look around.
"For a smart kid, you are so dumb. That boy was checking you out!" She slaps me and takes the towel from me, then slaps me with it and hands it back to me.
"He was not." I look from her to Clinton, who is reading now, and back to her.
"He very much was. Ask Val." Ella points behind me, and I look across the room to where Valerie is sipping her tea by the window and giving me a not-so-subtle thumbs-up. Ella and Valerie are always trying to find me someone to date, which can be flattering, but sometimes very awkward when their gaydar is off. Both of them have been badgering me to ask Clinton out for as long as he's been coming in here, but I've always deflected them.
"Are you sure?" I try again. "I think he might be… I'm just not totally sure he's gay or single. He's so quiet…and what if he's seeing someone?"
"Oh, sweet boy. No, he's interested." She pats my head. "He plays for your team. No one checks out another man's ass like that unless he's a star player." She bounces with thumbs up. "Go ask him out."
"No, I can't do that. He's so shy. I don't want to scare him off."
"Stop making excuses. Some other hot guy will come along and snap him up." Her words startle me. "Try the number trick on his cup."
"Tried. He lost the cup in the rain."
"Ah, okay." She sits back down and taps her chin. "Then just go ask him about classes. He's reading a book on World War I. You're a nerd… Why don't you ask him about it?"
"I'm premed."
Ella smiles and hops off her stool, making her ponytail sway behind her. "Yes. Like I said, you're a nerd. Go talk to him." She shoves me a little. Even though I outweigh her, she's still able to move me. "I'm closing tonight, so you go talk to him and see if he wants to get dinner or something, or offer him a ride to class, take him to the library…something." She gives me a pointed, no-nonsense look. "He walks through the neighborhood to wherever he lives, so he probably lives nearby like you do."
My gears are spinning in my head, and a little ray of hope opens up. Maybe I could ask him out…or to dinner…something.
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The Board of Directors of the Northside Coalition For Fair Housing (NCFH) a coalition of tenants who reside in a Northside Associates Section 8 mutli-family HUD assisted property, support Title IV the Preservation Matching Grant Program. We also support an amendment to Title IV, direct access to the matching grant fund by resident endorsed non-profits.
The residents of NCFH, organized in a crisis to stop the mass eviction over three hundred families. " Our Mission is to engage in activities that insure and improve the availability and accessibility of low-income and affordable housing in the North Side Communities". We have developed a project concept to acquire, re-develop and manage our units, in partnership with a experienced developer and/or manager.
We are a resident community of mostly African American single-female headed household with children. Over 70% of our families are employed in some capacity.
NCFH has managed in a brief period to collaborate with many local and national housing resource and advocacy organizations to empower ourselves with a vast knowledge of what It will take to accomplish our vision.
There is a documented need in Pennsylvania and the Nation for Quality Affordable Housing and we believe resident input and participation is crucial to the success of preserving at risk housing. The Matching Fund Grant could make that a reality for many communities.
Good afternoon. My name is Ronell Guy. I am the Co-Chairperson of the Northside Coalition for Fair Housing (NCFH), the resident organization for the Northside Associates, a HUD assisted multifamily housing development in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
I want to thank you Senator Santorum for holding this hearing on S. 2733, the Affordable Housing for Seniors and Families Act. I also want to thank Senator Kerry, Senator Sarbanes and you Senator Santorum for introducing S. 2733. Finally, thank you Senators for being here today to listen to our testimony about this important legislation. If you please, Senators I would like my written testimony entered into the record.
Before I tell our story, I wish to thank the people who made this possible. First, I want to thank God... I want to thank my family…I want to thank all the people and organizations, which have helped us, come this far. Last but certainly not least I want to thank the residents of the Northside Associates properties for the honor of representing them here today.
I am speaking on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Northside Coalition for Fair Housing which represents the residents of the HUD assisted multifamily development owned by Northside Associates. Our housing development is a 333 unit scattered site HUD multifamily development located in the North Side community of the City of Pittsburgh. While I am here to speak on behalf of the Northside Coalition for Fair Housing, also here in spirit with me are the one and a half million (1.5 million) people who call HUD multifamily housing home. We are elderly, we are people with disabilities and we are families with low to moderate incomes. Above all we are people, people who know we deserve to live in safe, decent, accessible and affordable housing.
I am here today to testify in support of Title IV of S. 2733 which would establish a preservation matching grant program for HUD assisted multifamily housing. I am also here today to tell you about how important it is to involve the residents of HUD assisted housing directly in this program from start to finish. We believe this bill - if provided adequate funding by Congress - can contribute significantly not only toward preserving HUD assisted multifamily housing but also be a catalyst for improving the quality of life of the residents of that housing. In the past others have felt they could better define and design our communities for us without us. Today I am here to let you know that our limited incomes are in no way indicative of a limited capacity for understanding. We have the ability to fully understand and participate in the planning, funding and implementation of development opportunities in our communities.
On behalf of the NCFH Board of Directors We thank all of the national, state and local housing organizations who have been engaged in the fight to save and improve HUD multifamily/Section 8 housing in Pennsylvania and across the nation. Specifically, the National Alliance of HUD Tenants (NAHT), the national voice of HUD tenants. The Pennsylvania Low Income Housing Coalition, which went to bat for us and helped prevent the owner of our housing from boarding up our properties. We want to thank the Pittsburgh office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) who provided initial support for predevelopment and our capacity building efforts. We also thank The National Housing Trust who has been a partner of ours in developing our housing plan. We sincerely thank Kweli Kitwana and the McCauley Institute who provided us with much needed Professional Leadership Education motivating us to believe that we could shape our own futures, Bob Damewood of Regional Legal Housing Services who expertly at no charge handles all our legal issues and the National Low Income Housing Coalition who are our eyes and ears here in Washington and without whose help I could not have been here today.
I would like to provide some background on the North Side Community of Pittsburgh I have called North Side home for over 40 years and have been witness to many changes. The Northside community is made up of 18 distinctly different Neighborhoods most of which have a community-based organization to represent the greater interest of each neighborhood. The families, I have the honor of representing today reside in four of the eighteen neighborhoods and without this housing many of us could not afford to live in the communities in which we currently reside. This is because of aggressive housing re-development plans of the 80's and 90's some of the communities have become gentrified. No one included low-income families in the planning and low- income families are becoming priced out of some neighborhoods. The Northside is also the site of two brand new sport stadiums currently under-construction. We feel we should be able to save our homes, rebuild our community, and benefit from these massive publicly supported developments.
In a recent collaboration with Beyond Shelter of Los Angeles, NCFH completed a socio-economic profile of the resident families. Some indicators revealed by the study are :
General resident needs:
· There is a high level of multi generational and persistent poverty among the primarily African American residents of the area.
· According to rental data obtained from the management company, the average household income is $12,786 per year.
· Many residents, particularly the elderly, have an annual income of less than $10,000.00 and depend on public assistance programs to provide or supplement their incomes
· A majority of the family units with children residing in the home are single parent or grand-parent female-headed households, in which the head of household is employed either full-or part-time at minimum wage with little or no opportunity for higher income.
· The average number of children per household with children in 3.6.
· Ninety-eight percent of the resident use public transportation or jitney service for grocery shopping, getting to and from child-care providers, jobs, and services.
· Because they must use public transportation, working mothers often seek employment in close proximity to the North Side due to parenting responsibilities and child care alternatives, although better paying jobs are available outside the area.
· Discrimination based on ethnicity, age, gender, class and/or lifestyles has been identified as a barrier to upward mobility in the City of Pittsburgh. ( Black and White Economic Conditions in the City of Pittsburgh, June 1995).
· African Americans have difficulty obtaining employment opportunities above minimum wage. This is particularly true among males across all age levels.
· Many resident have participated in specialized training programs but were unable to obtain employment in the field for which they trained.
Children and Youth
· Many parents in the area are employed during non-traditional hours
· There is a need for 24-hour child care, child care for sick child and child care for children with special needs.
· Children and youth in the target area have limited access to sports, recreational, enrichment and educational programs and activities.
· There is a 49 percent un-employment rate among teenage boys.
More information is available upon request from the Northside Coalition for Fair Housing.
With some back ground into who we are and where we live I begin our story.
For many years it has been the dream and the plan of the residents of Northside Associates to own and manage these properties and be in control of ensuring the quality and affordability of our homes. In the early 1980's, we were inspired by Jack Kemp's proposal for tenant management and ownership and the Northside Tenants Reorganization was formed to work toward this goal. When that organization fell on hard times and the leader the late Ms Harriet Henson was dying with cancer, we were hit with a blow that almost cost us our homes and our community. In late 1997, the owner said he was going to terminate his Section 8 contracts when they expired because HUD was forcing his rents down to market. His plan was to evict us, voucher out the residents and board up the properties. It was at this point in time that we realized that we were not going to stand by and allow the owner to lock us out of our communities and support systems. Thrusting a community primarily of single females with children into fear and panic. The residents with the help of stakeholders and advisors were able to stop the evictions. We resident's rallied quickly, because this was not the first time the owner had threatened our way of life. The women with the support of the larger community organized and incorporated The Northside Coalition for Fair Housing. The residents primarily Women and Children began attending meetings and forming committees. We were fed up and determined not to be held hostage again by an owner who had profited for years from his affiliation with the families in the properties, and seemingly had no concern for their future well being. In an honoring an affirming way we began to gather information from our neighbors as to what they would like their community to be. The following major themes emerged:
q Residents were long time members of the community 5 to 35 years and wanted to remain in their community.
q Residents want to participate in the ownership, redevelopment and management of their units.
q Residents wanted to understand why many of them had been trapped in low-income housing for generations.
From this information our work was outlined:
I. The Mission: The mission of NCFH is to engage in activities that insure and improve the availability and accessibility of low income and affordable housing in the Northside communities of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Thus improving the quality of life for all Northside Residents.
II. Organization Structure: NCFH is incorporated under the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988. We are a 501-C3 corporation. The board is governed by a 13 member board of directors. The board has six standing committees including finance, membership, fundraising, housing development, empowerment services, organizational planning.
III. Overview of Organizations Activities:
q Building organizational capacity.
q Housing development.
q Resident empowerment services.
q Advocacy
After much hard work and learning the ropes we incorporated a non-profit and all that entailed. The creation of by-laws, an election of a board of directors, regularly attended meeting, and achieving civic and fiscal accountability. We learned how to organize our community through grass roots organizing, issue organizing and consensus organizing to garner larger community support for our projects. We learned how to manage staff and consultants which proved to be one of the greatest challenges. We learned the housing development process from project concept, to pre-development, to project funding, to choosing a development partner, to Tax Credit application etc. All of this education has occurred in the last two years and pretty much from scratch. This education proved to be a life changing experience for the women involved in the process. They went from powerless to being expressively empowered. Our hard work commitment, and dedication earned us the support of the Mayor, other elected representatives as well as the local and national foundation community.
Now after two years of intensive work - organizing residents, creating a partnership with affordable housing advocates, community organizations, churches, our elected officials and federal, state and local housing agencies, and putting together a development plan with the assistance of a committed development team - we are ready to buy the Northside Properties and begin shaping our own futures This project requires NCFH to facilitate:
· The acquisition 333 properties
· The redevelopment of the 333 properties. (80% affordable market rate and section 8 rentals, 20% low-income home-ownership)
· Integration of a home-ownership component ( Home-ownership education, ongoing support to transition families to home-ownership and a dollar-match savings program.)
· Integration of resident empowerment service. (We intend to provide empowerment opportunities to residents that will improve social, economic and civic functioning ability.)
· The management of the affordable rentals ( integrated with service coordination).
· The establishment of a no interest loan fund to support Home-owners and renters in financial crisis.
Before we can implement these plans and accomplish our dreams, however, we need the resources to acquire, rehabilitate and develop our homes and community. Preliminary total development costs for the rental redevelopment are estimated at approximately 12 million dollars. We have gained commitments form the Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority and plan to apply for federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits through the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. We are pursuing other public and private funds but we expect a funding gap. In order to complete this project we recognize that we will need other sources of funding. We also know the more money we bring to the project the more ownership and direct input we will have in the project outcome.
Right Now we are at the stage in our process when funding needs to be put into place. We have been extremely limited in our options for acquisition funding. NAHT's recommendation regarding amending S.2377 to include direct access for resident endorsed non-profits to matching grant funding would prove invaluable in our process.
We know that a Preservation Matching Grant program will have a significant impact upon our development project and will allow the overall redevelopment plan to be successfully completed, including neighborhood-based services and the homeownership component. Matching funds would be directed toward the rehabilitation, capital expenditures and operating support for the HUD assisted rental units.
While we have been working to save, buy and redevelop our homes in Pittsburgh, we know that tens of thousands of our sisters and brothers across Pennsylvania and the country have faced a similar crisis in preserving their homes. According to the National Housing Trust, over 100,000 units of housing were lost between 1996 and early 1999 due to owner decisions to prepay on their mortgages or "opt out" of expiring Section 8. According to the Pittsburgh HUD office Consolidated Plan, there is an overwhelming need in Pittsburgh for additional affordable housing, particularly for renters. A decline in household incomes experienced by the city and region has had a significant impact on the ability of local households to afford housing. Even with little or no inflation in housing costs, the decline in real incomes has by definition expanded the pool of households experiencing housing cost burdens. Almost 30 percent of all Pittsburgh households, or 44,981 households, spend 30% or more of their income for shelter in 1990, and almost all of these households (40,508 households or 90%) had incomes below the city median. Population, households, and housing units have all declined in the city over the last decade. Renter occupied units declined (09.6 percent) at a rate greater than the overall occupied housing stock (-7.6 percent) and almost twice as great as the decline in owner occupied units (-5.6 percent). The effect has increased the proportion of home-owning households in the city to 52.3 percent. As would be expected in a city with an older population, the rate of home ownership is considerably higher than the national central city average (48.6 percent). Vacancies remain high, at 16,676 total units or 9.8 percent of the total housing stock. The city lost 12, 584 units over the previous decade to demolition and disaster, units that were largely substandard and unsuitable for rehab. The housing affordability problem in Pittsburgh is primarily among renters:
q Over 70 percent of the households which spend 30 percent or more of their income on housing - that is, which spend an amount on housing which is sufficient to place an exceptional burden on the household budget - are renters.
q These 32,062 rental households represent almost 44 percent of all rental households in Pittsburgh. Twenty percent of all rental households in the city, or over 14,500 households, spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing.
q Sixteen percent (12,910) households) of homeowner households spend 30 percent of more of their income on housing.
q A total of 52,510 households, or one-third of all city households, had very low incomes. Over 20, 000 of these households were experiencing a severe cost burden by paying 50% or more of their income for shelter. Note that this excludes households in public or subsidized housing, as their shelter costs are limited to 30% of their income.
q Most of these very low-income households were renters: 36,630 or 70 percent.
q Housing cost burden among very low-income renters and owners was high but relatively constant across all household and tenure types.
q In all categories, roughly 60 to 75 percent of all very low-income households were paying 30% or more of their income for shelter.
The Housing and Community Development priorities listed in the Consolidated Plan are:
q Increase the supply of affordable housing units for low income households;
q Increase home ownership for low and moderate income households through maintenance of the existing housing stock and rehab of vacant and distressed properties;
q Increase resident management capacity in public and subsidized housing;
q Expand housing choices for racial and economic minorities and people with disabilities or special needs;
q Prevent homelessness as a first resort and increase the supply of transitional housing with support services.
q Preserve the supply of federally subsidized rental housing while raising the quality of life through capital investment and resident management;
q Eliminate lead based paint hazards in housing units of all income groups;
It is our understanding that Congress's funding of HUD's Mark up to Market program has significantly slowed this flood of affordable housing losses. We also know that HUD units continue to be lost around the country and that limited resources are available to properties going through the Mark to Market program and needing significant financing for rehabilitation will continue to place tens of thousands of affordable housing units at risk.
In Pennsylvania, we lost over 1500 units of affordable housing due to owner opt-outs and prepayments between 1996 and 1998. Adding to these losses, in the past year and a half over 500 units of HUD assisted multifamily housing were lost due to properties going into default, receiving low Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) inspection scores and being turned over to HUD's enforcement or property disposition program without HUD making the effort to work with residents and community-based organizations to come up with plans to preserve and revitalize these properties. The Pennsylvania Low Income Housing Coalition, based on their experience to date with the Mark to Market program and these other trends, projects that as many as 3500 units of housing could be lost to the Section 8 program over the next three years in Pennsylvania unless increased federal, state and local resources are invested in a system to transfer these properties to non-profit organizations with a long term mission to preserve, revitalize and maintain these properties as quality affordable housing.
For all these reasons, we support the passage of a Preservation Matching Grant program as part of S.2733. We urge you to pass this bill and consolidate it with HR 202, which passed the House of Representatives by a 405-5 vote in September last year (1999). In addition, we urge you to take leadership in helping gain Congressional support for appropriating several hundred million dollars this year for the Matching Grant Program to make this legislation meaningful.
In addition to our support for the passage and funding of the Preservation Matching Grant program in this legislation, we urge you to consider two proposals to strengthen this legislation. One, we urge you to create a program where a significant percentage of the matching grant funds, up to 50%, are provided as direct grants to resident-endorsed non-profit housing organizations which have been able to obtain state and local matching funds for their preservation project. In addition, we urge you to provide capacity building funds to resident-endorsed, community-based organizations so that the resources flow to those who can best take advantage of them to advance the participation of residents and non-profit organizations in preserving HUD multifamily housing.
Our experience is a lesson in the fact that the residents of HUD housing know what they want and are capable of planning for their own housing futures, if given sufficient support to pursue a leadership role. In addition, too often in the past large amounts of funds have been expended without directly benefiting the residents who reside in HUD multifamily housing or the communities in which these properties are located. For this reason, we urge you to design a Matching Grant program that gets the resources to those who need them the most. An act that will preserve and maximize the number of safe, decent, accessible and affordable HUD assisted multifamily housing units.
In closing, we thank you again Senator Santorum, as well as your colleagues Senators Kerry and Sarbanes, for introducing S. 2733. We appreciate the opportunity to testify before this subcommittee today. At this time the Northside Coalition For Fair Housing board of directors would like to extend and open invitation to you and your colleagues to visit our blossoming community and meet some of our dedicated, committed colorful residents.
We urge all Senators to make this legislation and the Matching Grant program a priority this year. And please understand - we urge you not to raise the hopes of our members and the tens of thousands of other residents of HUD multifamily housing around the country whose housing may be at risk. We need this program now. We cannot wait until after this election year for the President, Congress and HUD to take real action.
We look forward to working with you to pass strong, meaningful Preservation Matching Grant legislation with significant funding this year. The elderly, disabled and families with children who benefit from this program will thank you for that.
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
THE Cebu City Sports Center, an 18-year-old sports complex, finally underwent an all-important facelift in 2012.
With its track oval oozing melted rubber from the cracks, it had become a safety hazard to the running public and elite athletes.
It was closed for months as a P26-million renovation was being done.
In April, it was finally reopened.
It opened with Cebu's hosting of the Schools Athletic Association (Prisaa) National Collegiate games.
Later in the year, the football field was also renovated for Cebu's hosting of the international friendly between the Philippine national team and Singapore. This impressed the entire country as it was transformed into an international-quality football field.
The CCSC was put up in 1994 when Cebu City hosted the national sporting meet Palarong Pambansa.
With the new look, new rules and regulations were implemented in CCSC's desire to preserve the field, especially since it will cater to over a thousand runners daily as well as other health buffs who wants to enjoy the other facilities in the CCSC.
One of the major things the CCSC wanted implemented was the wearing of proper running shoes.
Rubber shoes should be worn at all times since the other kinds like leather and heeled shoes will damage the tracks.
Also, no one is allowed to use Lanes 1 and 2 in order to extend the life span of the oval. These will only be used during competitions.
For the field, the management will no longer allow festival types of tournament as this will easily ruin the field and grass takes weeks to grow back.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on January 03, 2013.
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For some, Thanksgiving is a brutal reminder of genocide of Native Americans by European colonists. Sorry for the harshness of that statement. Others may find the religious connotation an inappropriate interpretation of separation of church and state. Many historians site America's first Thanksgiving, also known as the autumn harvest feast, to have occurred roughly 391 years ago, when 53 Plymouth colonists and 90 Wampanoag Indians gathered together to celebrate the harvest. This celebration was said to have lasted three days and included prayers of thanksgivings. In 1789, President George Washington designated Thanksgiving Day as a "...day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness..."
Several (but not all) presidents following Washington proclaimed an annual Thanksgiving Day. It wasn't until about 149 years ago (1863) when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day (in the midst of the Civil War) on the last Thursday in November. The actual date became a political issue, when in 1941, under President Franklin Roosevelt, the 4th Thursday of the month of November was officially declared as the national holiday, Thanksgiving Day. This declaration did not come without controversy as some politicians believed this came as an affront to President Lincoln's proclamation. This divided Republicans and Democrats to the point where Republicans celebrated Thanksgiving one week and Democrats the next. Maybe it's this divisiveness that makes some folks depressed during the holidays. But enough about the politics of Thanksgiving, let's move on to the food.
The first feast likely included venison (Wampanoag guests arrived bearing five deer). Dishes were likely prepared using traditional Native American spices and cooking methods. No oven and little sugar, so no pies, cakes or other desserts - however, Squanto (a member of the Pawtuxet tribe who resided with the Wampanoag) had taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate maple syrup. Lobster, seal and swans were also likely on the menu. Turkey, though native to America, didn't become a popular addition to the Thanksgiving table until sometime around the late 1700's.
Modern day Thanksgiving tends to get lost in the buffet table. Many of us actually plan ahead to overeat, overindulge and actually gorge ourselves until we are literally uncomfortable in our own skin. As a result, we not only lose sight of the thankfulness aspect, we feel awful and depressed due to the overindulgence - but enough of the doom and gloom. When we shift our focus to gratitude over food, we actually feed our minds and souls in ways that continue to energize us long after the feast is over.
Thanksgiving is truly an opportunity to exercise moderation and gratitude for the abundance that is our birthright. Vital nutrition creates powerful energy; circulating, nourishing and feeding positivity, creativity and love. All the inspiration we will ever need to make healthier choices can come when we open our hearts along with our mouths and eat with gratitude and thanksgiving.
To create and maintain a sense of gratitude is inspiring and humbling. Physiologically we are innately positive beings, "wired" for optimism. Most of us want to experience the holiday season with grace, openness, and love. Yet even with our sincerest intentions the holidays can challenge our vision to express the spirit of the season; too much to do and not enough time, money, or help. Family dynamics, "issues," politics, you name it, somehow the holidays don't always bring out the best in humans. Stress and seemingly countless errands become thieves that steal our goodwill and gratitude. So what can we do to stay positive and thankful at a time when we may be tempted by pessimism?
An attitude of gratitude is developed through awareness of life's daily miracles, including the choice to feed and nourish mind and emotions with empowering foods and exercise. One key component for mood mending involves a neurotransmitter in the brain called serotonin, often referred to as the "good mood hormone." When our bodies produce sufficient serotonin we can feel better balanced and happier because this chemical helps to promote relaxation, restful sleep, and a feeling of well being. Some of the holidays harsher habits - too much sugar and alcohol, excess protein, too many offending fats disguised in beckoning dessert buffets of cakes, pastries, and candy, can lead to blood sugar imbalances, lack of motivation to exercise, and increased stress, resulting in reduced serotonin levels and the potential for a variety of health challenges, including depression.
Building and maintaining optimum serotonin levels can be achieved by adding many delicious and nutritious foods. Consider the serotonin building block or precursor tryptophan. Tryptophan is an essential amino acid found in a variety of delicious and nutritious foods like (yes) turkey, cottage cheese, salmon, oatmeal, cheese, whole wheat, yogurt, eggs, and even chocolate (in moderation). Adding these foods to your diet (IN MODERATION) can help to raise serotonin. To maximize the absorption and assimilation of tryptophan from dairy or animal sources, combine these foods with whole-grain based carbohydrates. Omega-3-rich nuts and seeds, folate-rich crucifers like broccoli and brussels sprouts, and vitamins B12 and B6-rich fish, brans, and sea vegetables will also contribute to a positive state of mind. This cornucopia of mood enhancing foods is supportive in building healthy brain chemistry, enabling you to thrive and not merely survive Thanksgiving and the holiday season.
Another way to uplift the holiday spirit is through consistent exercise. Motion builds positive emotion and exercise may be the most powerful of all our natural antidepressants. Our family and friends Thanksgiving tradition always includes a hike before the feast. Whether we are gathered in Colorado, California, or New England, we fit in at least an hour of a great walk or hike before planting ourselves in front of the holiday buffet.
In our hurried holiday pace it is all too easy to let go of our exercise routines - and no, dashing from store to store does not count as mindful movement. So please don't believe that a Black Friday shopping extravaganza can replace a real workout. Over 100 clinical studies confirm the effectiveness of exercise in the prevention and treatment of depression. As little as 10 minutes three times daily (we often spend more time in buffet lines) can have a powerful and positive impact on both emotional and physical well-being.
Gratitude is an elixir for life. We need not isolate one day a year to think about what we are grateful for. Create time each day to reflect and be present for the blessings unfolding all around. Gratitude opens the heart to receive and be in the true essence of Thanksgiving.


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Aviation technology developed by ESRL's Global Systems Division has been successfully transferred to Raytheon. Aviation-specific enhancements made to the Advanced Weather Information Processing System (AWIPS) regarding icing, turbulence, convection, ceiling, and visibility are now integrated into the OB8.2 and OB8.3 versions of AWIPS, being prepared for field deployment in 2008. For the first time, the National Weather Service's (NWS) Center Weather Service Units can use the AWIPS Remote Display (ARD) to view aviation weather products and map backgrounds for use in their aviation forecasting and briefings to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Traffic Management Units (TMU). These products give visual references to affected airspace that words alone sometimes do not capture. This is a major step at ensuring that future aviation research and development efforts will transition into aviation operational forecasting systems quickly and efficiently and that NWS' role in aviation forecasting for the FAA is strengthened.
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