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Google's Android Event Analysisby Mithun Chandrasekhar on February 2, 2011 4:26 PM EST
A lot is also happening behind the scenes in Android 3.0. I kept mentioning on the previous page that some of the features from Android 3.0 will eventually make it over to smartphone-versions of Android. This will be enabled because Google is heavily pushing code reusability (or 'fragments' as they called it) with Android 3.0. Not only will this enable features to be easily adapted for future versions of the OS, but features can also be reused between applications. On a related note, Google emphasized that existing Android apps will work on Android 3.0 devices without requiring any code modifications. They used the 'Fruit Ninja' app to demo this. While this is great news for developers who don't want to redevelop the same app for 3.0 devices, what I didn't get a clear answer for was about applications targeted specifically at Android 3.0. From the looks of it, I wouldn't be wrong if I said that in such a case, the developer will in fact have to make two, slightly different versions of the app.
(Top left) YouTube app, (Top right) Google Maps, (Bottom left) stack transitions, (Bottom right) Video chat
Google has also put in place a new graphics engine. Dubbed 'Renderscript', both 2D and 3D graphics are fully hardware accelerated in Android 3.0. This was quite visible in the demos and hands-on where the Xoom easily transitioned between screens and applications without much trouble. The bookstore, YouTube and Google Maps applications seemed to make the best use of the new engine. Speaking of Maps, Android 3.0 does come with a new version of Google Maps. Apart from bringing in features such as check-in, another big feature is better map caching. Although the intial impression given to me was that it is a valid enough alternative to offline mapping (where map data is stored in local memory), upon testing I realized that it very much needs an active data connection of some sort to work. It's just that because of better vector data compression, the application can now better cache areas around the one you are browsing. In my experience, it was a couple of blocks in each direction at best.
Android 3.0 builds upon the 'Stagefright' media framework introduced in Android 2.2. With the more robust rendering engine running underneath, the framework is able to make good use of the underlying hardware and includes features such as HLS (HDTV Live Streaming), built right into the OS. A demo of the CNN app streaming a live video feed was shown, although in all honesty, the quality was worse than standard YouTube videos. Video chat functionality is also now included as a part of Android 3.0.
(Left) Live video stream in the CNN app (Right) Great Battles : Medieval
Google did also show a couple of game demos, including one of a direct XBOX 360/Playstation 3 port. Although Monster Madness (War Drum Studios) was impressive in that it was (supposedly) a direct port of a current-gen console game, it wasn't particularly impressive in itself. Another game, Great Battles : Medieval looked more impressive and was definitely playable, but I could still pick up not-so-smooth transitions while panning and zooming. Nevertheless, it seems like both the game and Android 3.0 were in their 'near-final' forms.
Final Impressions
Honestly, I came a bit disappointed from the event today. But that was more because of the fact that I had very high expectations off of it, than the event being a let down in itself. Another reason may have been that Google had already gone about trumpeting Android 3.0 and the Xoom earlier on at CES, not leaving a lot to the imagination for today's event.
That being said, Android 3.0 does mark a very important milestone for Google. Although always having been feature rich, usability was never one of Android's forte and you had to be a bit of a geek to try and figure your way around some it. But with version 3.0, Android has finally moved into the current-gen of mobile operating systems when it comes to usability and cloud integration. It seems like Google has done its homework and has set the stage up quite well for itself for a real entry into the tablet arena.
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rpmurray - Thursday, February 03, 2011 - linkThe Xoom (what a dumb name) looks like just a bigger Android phone. That bezel is huge. The OS is just a glorified phone OS, not a real OS. You can't run real applications like Microsoft Office or Adobe Photoshop on it. It doesn't have a stylus. It's too big. It's too small. It doesn't have a physical keyboard. It costs too much for what it does. I can buy a netbook for less that does more. This is just a toy.
Are there any other stupid or asinine comments I forgot to recycle from when the iPad came out, but which the fandroids won't apply to Android tablets because they're "open"? Reply
psypher - Thursday, February 03, 2011 - linkSpeaking as an iPad owner:
The iPad runs some great applications, although Office and Photoshop are better than their iOS counterparts (good thing I have computers for those...).
The touchscreen keyboard on the iPad sucks. If it had Swype like my Droid X, that would be a different story, but it doesn't, so I hate it. I have the BT keyboard for the thing, but carrying it around kind of defeats the purpose in my opinion.
Size: personal opinion. I don't see myself getting a 7" tablet ever. Roughly 10" feels right to me. Others may prefer smaller, larger, whatever.
Cost: If you can't afford it, don't buy it. Same as anything else in this world.
All that said, my 64 gb 3g iPad is going on ebay this week so i can get a Xoom for my wife (unless anyone here wants it for the right price). Do I like "open"? Yes. Am I a Phandroid? No, I just like the product that fits my use scenarios the best and the Xoom seems to do that more so than the iPad this round. Reply


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COLOGNE, GERMANY – Japan midfielder Hiroshi Kiyotake has been acquired by German first-division side Hannover, the Bundesliga club announced Friday.
Kiyotake, who represented Japan at this summer's World Cup in Brazil, had been playing for relegated Nuremberg since leaving Cerezo Osaka in the summer of 2012. His contract with Hannover will run through June 2018.
Japan defender Hiroki Sakai currently plays with Hannover, whucg finished 10th in the league last season.
"We are very happy that he chose to come here when he had multiple offers to choose from," Hanover's sporting director Dirk Dufner told the Bundesliga's website.
"He's still 24, so he has room to grow."

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Accrington boss James Beattie was left to rue his side's defensive showing following a 4-1 defeat to newly-promoted Newport.
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Accrington boss James Beattie was left to rue his side's defensive showing following a 4-1 defeat to newly-promoted Newport.
A brace from Chris Zebroski and goals from Harry Worley and Christian Jolley handed the Exiles a dream start to life back in the Football League after a 25-year absence.
Danny Webber scored a consolation goal for Stanley on Beattie's managerial debut at the Lancashire outfit, but that failed to stop the party mood in Wales following Newport's first game back in the top four divisions since they faced Rochdale in May 1988.
Beattie said: "We are disappointed with the result and not to get off to a good start, but we didn't deal with the balls into our box.
"We said they weren't going to score with the flick on, it was the second ball we needed to win. We didn't do that twice in either half. We knew what was going to happen because we'd watched videos, but we didn't deal with it.
"Newport created four chances and took them. They are good at what they do. The scoreline is what it is.
"The lads are devastated but our defensive performance wasn't good enough.
"On a positive note, I thought we played well in patches and some of the football was a joy to watch.
"I'm delighted Danny Webber got his goal and on another day he could have had a hat-trick - hopefully that is to come.
"The good thing about football is we have a chance to put things right pretty quickly."


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Statistics say that most of the people who set "New Year's Resolutions" abandon them before they do any good. Yet statistics don't stop me from doing it every year. I set goals for my year and for a while at least they motivate me. Many of the goals I have are sort of "ongoing" and don't have really clear timelines associated with them - that is I'm not really dead set on when I have to complete them:
Looking back over the years, this set of "new years resolutions" has looked pretty much the same. It's about the same length. It has the same kinds of items on it.
But this year, I've added a new goal that is making me look at the whole topic of New Year's Resolutions differently: Get Fit.
Yes, it's been on the list before. But I'll say that it never went very far. But I'm really taking a different approach this year -and it's putting the whole effort in a new light.
Firstly, yes, it's a good thing to be fit. And I've know for a long time that being sedentary at my desk for too many hours per day would take a toll on me. Not so much a distinctly visible toll, but I'm getting older (so are you, if you bother to check), and there is a general slow down that is starting to happen. I don't like that, so fitness is part of my battle against time.
My selected approach has been bike riding. I've got a nice bike and it is an activity that I can do without further injury to my body (knees). So I've set a goal for the year to ride 2,000 miles. The number sounds pretty big, so I've broken it down to more manageable components: 40 miles per week or about 170 miles per month. Those numbers aren't so daunting. And I get a lot of feedback about how I'm doing on them. So it's a pretty good setup. This is by far the most specific that I've been about fitness in a long time. I've said "ride my bike" a lot of times before, but without numbers.
This leads to the interesting part. When? I have a busy career, family life and other outside activities that take up all my daylight hours. I'm not into too much physical activity early in the morning, so that's out (ok. that was a concession to the last time I made this goal and wanted to ride at 6 am. Now I just say "not happening".)
I've come to a new plan and approach this year. I ride my bike at lunch 3 or 4 days out of the week. It's a pretty good deal. The sun is up, I'm fully awake. So my body doesn't rebel or object too much. Most days I've been eating a lunch at my desk and working. I'd frequently go 9-10 hours in the office without grabbing a single breath of fresh air. That's not so good.
This takes me back to a story from very early in my career. I was a young consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) on a secret out-of-town project where I dealt with a lot of very senior people. I remember hearing the lead client telling a story about his own health and the fact that he had had a heart attack. This led him to step away from his career entirely and re-evaluate his priorities. His company, however, wanted him back pretty badly, and made him "an offer he couldn't refuse". He said that his response was to accept the offer but to impose what he called "a condition of employment" - that he would be allowed a daily walk EVERY DAY. That meant that all meetings had to be scheduled around the walk. That no one could force him to stay in the office and miss his walk. If the company violated that, he would leave and there would be no discussion about it.
To be honest, I don't remember seeing him take those walks. Maybe he did it at times when he wasn't with the consultants. But I do remember thinking it was pretty cool how he knew himself and how he set a boundary around what really mattered to him.
That's what I'm sort of doing. Folks in the office are learning that I'm gone at lunch. They are even offering to move meetings out of the way so that I have time to ride - I get a lot of comments "I scheduled the meeting at 2:00 so that you would have time to finish your ride". I appreciate that. It's an encouragement to me to know that others aren't going to fight with me about this new resolution I've made - and frankly is still in the fragile state of not being fully set.
I plan to share my progress against this goal publically on this blog. I hope that it will encourage some of you out there in reader-land to challenge yourself to step away from the desk and do something healthy during your day. Encouragement is always appreciated in the comments.
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Center Kyrylo Fesenko is reportedly close to signing a contract with professional Ukrainian team Dnipro. But Fesenko's agent, Stu Lash, said Monday that he is unaware of the deal.
On the surface, the move would make sense for Fesenko. The 24-year-old is a native of the Ukraine, will compete in the 2011 EuroBasket tournament for his home country and still has personal ties to the region. Fesenko was recently linked to Spanish club Baskonia, though, and he has been pursued by other international teams in the past. Fesenko is also expected to receive attention from NBA teams once the lockout ends and free agency begins.
The 7-foot-1, 280-pound Fesenko averaged 2 points, 2 rebounds and 8.6 minutes last season in 53 games for the Jazz. He is no longer under contract with Utah, and will become an unrestricted free agent once the 2011-12 season starts.


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WE ARE A CARBON NEGATIVE / OXYGEN POSITIVE BUSINESS We have arranged for the local community nursery to propagate local large trees (to offset our carbon emissions) and plant these in protected areas on the Island in rehabilitated areas for local wildlife. We have arranged for more trees than is required to be planted on our behalf.
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We report our dolphin and dugong sightings every three months to various agencies including Moreton Research Station, and University of Queensland. For dolphins, our information includes the type of dolphin, the pod numbers, where in the Passage they were sighted and what they were doing, and if there were any juveniles sighted with the pod. For dugongs, our information includes number sighted, where in the Passage and what they were doing, plus again, if any juveniles spotted. To date, we have seen a mother floating on her back breastfeeding her calf. She was not concerned with us floating past her and she continued to feed her calf for about 20 minutes. We have also spotted dugongs mating (wouldn't like to be a female – those bucks get a bit too amorous for safe swimming!!) and in spring we have spotted male dolphins regularly jumping out of the water showing off their bits for all to see!
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Discussion in 'Texans Talk' started by Vinny, Nov 24, 2004.
We will soon see what we really have in Hollings. Looks like we are preparing to feed him the rock.
Lets hope he doesnt get injured again, cause we'd be dangerious with a good running game, and thats what we need to win games (it seems)
As David Carr said : "Thank You Jesus!"
Hopefully he proves me wrong, but I think I already know what we have in Hollings. He's a guy with questionable durability who seems to need a bigger hole than Davis does when running between the tackles. He's a long strider with decent hands who does well when attacking the outside but he has poor vision and cutback ability when running inside. And yes, I can say that even though the guy only has 56 regular season touches over two seasons.
At least he can run by somebody. Perhaps mixing things up with Tony and Domanick will prove effective because what we are doing now ain't working.
Hope I'm wrong, but what I think we got is Casserly's most expensive
mistake to date with regard to the Texans' college draft picks.
You can't show me a team that has never blown a pick. For every Hollings pick we have a guy like Faggins taken in the 6th round and is productive for us. That said, Hollings isn't quite a bust yet. Not by a long shot. Hollings hasn't really ever had a string of touches to prove himself after fully 100% healing from ACL injury and we really never expected much from him until this season. Unfortunately he has been injured. Edge James wasn't the same back the year after his injury; it took him two full years to get his game back.
I've seen enough from Hollings to think he can be a Tiki Barber type. I am still an optimist on this one.
Don't get me started on whether Hollings really cost the Texans a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th round pick. A strong argument can be made the Texans traded their second 4th round pick of the 2002 draft (the pick after Wells) for the pick that ultimately became the Hollings pick.
The reality of the pick is simple. It started as a 4th round pick and we eventually traded it down to a 2nd. It was an 'extra' expansion pick on top of everything else so we didn't even lose a pick in the second round.
I also think that I know what we have in Hollings. We've got another guy who isn't going to be able to run behind this line and it's pathetic excuse for blocking. Barry Sanders would have a hard time getting a hundred yards if he had to depend on these guys to create openings for him.
Who knows though. Maybe they get better or maybe Hollings can break a few to the outside and force the defense to deal with him enough to get things going with the passing game. I'm for it of course. Anything different is worth a shot because business as usual ain't getting it done.
With all due respect, I've got to chime in on this issue this time around.
It doesn't matter in the least bit, what the pick started out as. Trading an extra 4th round pick up until it became a 2nd rounder was just good wheeling & dealing on CC's part. The fact is that, at the time we drafted Hollings, we used a 2nd round pick that we had in our possession. A 2nd round pick that ultimately turned out to be the 1st pick in the 2nd round.
Now, in all fairness, there was no way that we could've foreseen that pick being the 1st pick in the 2nd round. But, no matter where it was going to end up, Hollings still cost us a 2nd round pick.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, quit trying to devalue the price we paid for Hollings. Extra or not, we gave a 2nd round pick that we owned.
I really hope that Hollings turns out to be a stud & CC adds to his legend as a master at finding gems in the draft, but until Hollings proves the doubters wrong, there'll continue to be 2nd guessing. Especially, when you consider that we could've had our choice of Julius Jones, Karlos Dansby, Teddy Lehman, Igor Olshansky, Michael Boulware, & several others with that 2nd round pick.
I guess it really doesn't matter what we paid for him. The fact is, that he's a Texan & we've all got to be patient & keep our fingers, eyes, toes, & whatever else we have to cross, crossed & hope he turns out to be a 2nd round steal.
It doesn't matter to me if you don't care where it started but if we are going to crucify Casserly with this pick, we need to be fair and accept the fact that Casserly took a 4th round pick and gambled with it to the point it turned into Tony Hollings. We never used that 4th round pick. By the time the trading was over it became Hollings, and he will get his shot now. I'm pulling for the guy. There is too much finger pointing and rash judgments on Casserly for this pick (at this time) for my tastes. When we picked Hollings, James Allen and Stacy Mack was the 'talent' in our backfield. The jury is still out to me.
Vinny, and others, I don't see how you can judge any running back or QB on this team given the problems with our O-line and the new blocking scheme. I quiet frankly believe that they are the major reasons for every problem we are seeing with the offense. Is it the scheme or the players? I tend to believe, as you know, that it is the scheme. It has so destryoyed the consistency of our line play. I know Hollings is quick, but I think they are setting him up for injury just like DD. Sorry, but you all are being set up for another big, big disappointment. I think if either of these two backs were playing with Denver we would be talking about how great they were. DD came into this year with high hopes and I don't think they were based on false hopes. I believe the man did everything he could and then some to get ready for the new season. He hoped to help the Texans have a good year. Rather, its the coaching staff who let the team down, not the players. They have placed this team in an impossible situation. They installed a blocking scheme that did not fit the players who were going to impliment the scheme nor the backs who were going to impliment it. They thought it would, but it didn't. The coaching staff made a disasterous call with no contingency plan in case it didn't work. That is again why I feel so strongly about these coaches and their necessary replacement.
If Hollings starts playing some more in games from here on out, hopefully we will be able to get some sort of gauge on what we have. So far he hasn't been too impressive IMO, but he also hasn't had a full chance at proving what he's got. (injuries, lack of play time etc.) What he has seemed to show though is a propensity to go down easy and a lack of vision for the cuts along with an ability to get outside. We need to get a better range on this kid befor the end of the year and we head into the draft. Could have some bearing on how we approache it.
That is exactly why they need to get Hollings on game tape. At the end of the year they will again break down the players and decide their direction in re-loading the team for 2005. Hollings has only had 11 runs this year and only had 38 last year, and the 38 came right off ACL surgery. He also has 5 catches for 46 yards. Thats nearly 10 yards a pop.
I have to agree with that statement. If Hollings doesn't pan out, we can find an everydown back and we will have one heck of a 3rd down back in Davis.
I agree.
Hollings 'cost' the Texans a 4th round pick in th 2002 draft; and
Hollings has the experience of a 2003 draft pick (he has attended meetings and conditioning like a 2003 pick, not a 2002 or 2004 pick); and
Hollings has a cap value similar to a late 2nd round pick.
Hollings is only confusing if it isn't clear what you are talking about - what the Texans risked (4th round), what his experience level is (2003 pick), or his cap value (late 2nd)
The value of the Hollings pick (present value in 2004) was a high 2nd round pick. The initial investment was a 4th rounder. The investment gain was +2 rounds. Smart investing yes (way to go Charlie) but the actual value of the pick was whatever the initial investment plus gain turned out to be. I'm dizzy from the spin.
by 'high' do you mean late in the 2nd round, as opposed to early in the 2nd round? It's my understanding that the Oakland pick, by the terms of the supplimental draft, was a late 2nd round pick.
Yeah, it started with what the Texans thought would be a late second but they didn't count on the Raiders collapse in '03 so if you run the investment out to maturity, didn't it turn into the 34th or 35th overall that we forfeited? I know it was higher than our own pick (the one we traded to Tennessee when they took Troupe around 40)
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York Theatre Royal To Present ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MAM! Running from 13th December through Saturday 2nd February 2013
Following on from last year's smash hit YORK FAMILY ROBINSON, which sold over 50,000 tickets, Pantomime legend Berwick Kaler is back for his latest hilarious madcap seasonal treat at York Theatre Royal - ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MAM! Written, directed and featuring Berwick Kaler, the world's first historically incorrect pantomime– based on fact– will be thrilling (or should that be confusing!!) theatre audiences from Thursday 13th December through Saturday 2nd February 2013.
Set in 1212 King Richard the Lionheart is away fighting in the Crusades, whilst here at home Robin Hood has the task of saving the rightful heirs to the throne from the evil Prince John and Sheriff Hutton of Nottingham! He also has to cope with the arrival of his mother who thinks he's an accountant and brings with her a recipe for slapstick, mayhem and zany antics.
Joining Berwick Kaler, who will be appearing in his 34th pantomime at York Theatre Royal and 40th in his career, will be regular favourites Martin Barrass (who has spent most of the year appearing as Alfie, the doddering waiter in The National Theatre production of One Man, Two Guvnors), Suzy Cooper, Sian Howard and AJ Powell. The production will also see the much awaited return of Berwick's nephew and ladies favourite Vincent Gray. Standing in for regular baddie David Leonard, who is currently wowing west end audiences in the hit musical MATILDA, will be Jonathan Race. Jonathan has become a familiar face at York Theatre Royal for his performances in The Railway Children, The Wind in the Willows, My Family and Other Animals, and most recently in blue/orange. Jonathan has also appeared in Christmas productions at Nottingham Playhouse and the New Vic Theatre.
Artistic Director Damian Cruden will again endeavor to try and maintain some level of sanity whilst co-directing with Berwick Kaler for the 15TH year. The production will feature designs by Phil R Daniels and Charles Cusick Smith, with lighting by Richard G Jones and music composed by Christopher Madin (The Railway Children).
Berwick said about this year's pantomime "This year's pantomime will have all the ingredients of a traditional family panto but refuses to play safe or be predictable. It's never boring, borders on lunacy at times and if there's a script and plot then that will be a huge bonus. Add anarchic, manic, surreal, visually stunning sets and costumes and bags of belly laughs and you have all the magic of a pantomime unlike any you will ever see this year or any other year."
ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MAM! may have 'Made in York' stamped all over it, but it promises to be the pantomime the whole country will want to see.
Tickets for ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MAM! are priced from £10-£26 and can be obtained by visiting the York Theatre Royal Box Office or by calling 01904 623568. Show Times: Daily 7.30pm (Mat at 2.30pm -15, 19-22, 24, 26-29,31 December,1-5 & 7,12, 19 & 26 January & 2 February and 4.30pm & 8pm -11,18 & 25 January & 1 February).
Specific Ticket prices: Bronze performances: £12 - £21.50 (Concessions available), Silver performances: £12 - £24.50, Gold performances: £14 - £26, All 4.30 performances: £10 - £15. Schools Offer available 19- 21 December (matinees). Tickets are also available online at www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk.
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Discussion in 'Photographers' started by jnanian, Nov 20, 2013.
Love Nadar but Hippolyte Bayard is an even bigger hero of mine and was a portrait photographer as well. Bayard had a much darker personality than Nadar who must have had a great sense of humour.
Thanks for the link
Seemingly he he came up to his name...
i agree mdr hippolyte bayard was wonderful too ...
like so many people he was never given credit he deserved in the early days of photography
(from what i have read nadar's brother did a large amount of the work that nadar also gets credit for ... )
too bad someone hasn't republished a collection of bayard's work ... slow photography at its best !
Richard Holmes is free to pursue his hagiolatry of Gaspard-Felix Tournachon aka Nadar however he wants but I think he misunderstands this great man's accomplishments.
Unlike most people in APUG Felix Nadar, for the grand bulk of his career, did no camera work, no darkroom work, and produced no photographs by his own hand. His studio employed "operators" to do framing, focus, and exposures at the camera, a team of assistants running from and to the darkroom with wet plates, and "printers" on the roof of the building contacting out albumen paper. Felix Nadar was a photographic impresario whose precious talent was self promotion and the capacity to attact and schmoose famous sitters to his studio. Without him many iconic images of the European glitterati of the late nineteenth century would not decorate history.
Well, a movie director does not do things the same, but still he is not considered a impressario.
i think you give him less credit than he deserves, he wasn't much different than most commercial photographers of "today"
as i mentioned, his brother took a many of the photographs ...... he (nadar) took many of them as well.
do you know many commercial photographers that do / did all their own printing and processing ... everything involved?
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It is still uncertain how much of a new 3-mill tax will be levied on July 1 summer tax bills to pay off a Pontiac school debt in the eight communities in school district boundaries.
To offset any chance that assessors might decide to try and levy the 3 mills over 10 years instead of a one-time levy this year, the attorney for Michigan Education Special Services Association filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Shalina Kumar to stop any such action and order the tax to be levied entirely on the summer tax bill.
Kumar ordered the tax levy in a settlement with MESSA to cover a $7.8 million debt for teacher health premiums not paid by the Pontiac school district as required under contract.
The lawsuit was filed by Liliana Ciccodicola on behalf of teachers' insurance carrier MESSA against assessors for the cities of Auburn Hills, Pontiac, Sylvan Lake, Lake Angelus and the townships of Bloomfield, West Bloomfield, Waterford and Orion.
Ciccodicola said in the lawsuit that because of the judgment against a school district it must be paid in a one-time payment in the settlement agreed to by MESSA and the Pontiac district. She also said the district had not sent tax request to the assessors as required.
The tax assessors have set a deadline of Friday to begin processing summer tax bills, to get them to property owners in time. They had held off on the process until they knew for certain Pontiac schools was not able to pay it off with a tax anticipation loan.
Initially, the tax was to be paid in a one-time levy July 1. Then the possibility of spreading the tax over 10 years was recommended in a letter to Oakland County Deputy Corporate Counsel Keith Lerminiaux last week from Matthew Schneider, chief legal counsel for the Michigan Attorney General's office.
Ciccodicola, attorney for teachers' insurance carrier MESSA, disagreed and wrote Lerminiaux a letter citing state law to back her argument that the school district's debt must be paid in full this year.
Ciccodicola also argued that if the 3-mill tax were to be spread over 10 years, it would cost taxpayers $1.3 million in interest compared to the $147,000 interest due now.
Lerminiaux said his office continues to review the issue. Because of the possibility of litigation, Lerminiaux would not comment further.
Ciccodicola alleges in the lawsuit that Lerminiaux followed Schneider advice and directed the Equalization Department to spread the tax over 10 years and MESSA is of the belief that the other assessors will do the same.
Last week, Lerminiaux said his decision on what to do about the levy would affect only the Oakland County Equalization Office, which does assessing for Pontiac and Orion Township. The other communities have their own assessors.
In Auburn Hills, where property owners are expected to pay more than half of the past-due health insurance bills -- $4.08 million -- the Auburn Hills Chamber of Commerce is collecting funds from members for the "Pontiac School Tax Legal Fund."
On Monday, chamber Executive Director Denise Asker said any legal action is now on hold, pending what the assessors decide to do.
Auburn Hills City Manager Peter Auger said officials there are also on hold until they receive tax forms from Pontiac schools.� �
In her answer to Schneider, Ciccodicola said, "The statutes do not state that one-tenth of the amount shall be placed on the (tax) rolls. If the legislature wanted to set forth a payment plan it could have, but did not."


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Joseph C. Ott's steelworker father gave his son just one bit of career advice: Don't grow up to be a steelworker.
Mr. Ott, who died Friday at age 77 of esophageal cancer complications, heeded that advice, influenced by his father's mid-career decision to leave the mills and start his own mechanical contracting company. Mr. Ott, in turn, started several of his own companies after he returned home to Pittsburgh from California. Area entrepreneurs held him in such high regard that he eventually was board chairman of the University of Pittsburgh's Institute For Entrepreneurial Excellence.
"It's really a sad day for our organization," said Bob Stein, interim executive director at the institute. "We lost a great man."
Mr. Ott, most recently of Ohio Township, bounced around the Pittsburgh area as a youth, eventually graduating from Langley High School. He briefly worked at his father's company, trying his hand at plumbing and heating, but he found he "wasn't particularly good at either of these fields," he said in a 2008 interview. Instead, he pursued a civil engineering degree at Pitt.
That degree was conferred not long after the Soviets had launched Sputnik into orbit. As a result, the nation's young aerospace industry was offering "every engineering grad in the country a job so we could catch up with the Russians," he said in 2008.
That's how Mr. Ott landed in California in 1961, with what was then known as Douglas Aircraft. He was randomly assigned to the company's computer programming wing, he said in an interview. As a programmer, he played a role in the design of missile simulations for the Nike Zeus and Skybolt missiles and the Saturn IVB rocket booster, according to his family.
After his return to Pittsburgh in 1963 and a short stint with the City of Pittsburgh's planning department, he co-founded the first of his three software companies: Ecco Consulting, a company that built custom systems for corporations as well as municipal governments. Next came Acclamation Systems Inc., a benefits management company that he co-founded in 1989 and sold in 2008 to EBIX Inc. for $22 million cash. The next year, he bought Tower Systems and subsequently renamed the company TowerMetriX Inc.
"He really loved the art of business," Mr. Stein said. "One of Joe's talents was that he could strategically envision how to take the business not to the next level but many levels" beyond.
During his battle with cancer, he was still mentoring young businessmen. Brian McMahon, a Pittsburgh entrepreneur who has launched several companies, said Mr. Ott gave him feedback and insight regarding his latest venture, a service that helps connect myeloma cancer patients with potential clinical trials.
"We were meeting every couple of weeks," Mr. McMahon said. "Even in his illness, he was helping." Before Mr. McMahon set out to start his own companies, he worked for Mr. Ott at Acclamation Systems, first as a summer intern, then as a full-time personal assistant. Mr. Ott allowed him to work in different parts of the company, he said.
"He was putting me through the paces [in] learning everything about how the business worked," Mr. McMahon recalled. "Joe's really played an instrumental role in my life" and in many others, by acknowledging their innate curiosity and forcing them to confront and solve problems rather than giving up on them, he said.
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Mr. Ott is survived by wife, Rae; a daughter, Michelle Crookenden of Connecticut; a son, Douglas Ott of South Park; sister Joan Davies; brother Patrick Ott; and several grandchildren.
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rating: 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
The move to the sidepull didn't feel so desperate. I thought this was a good warmup because - what else are you going to start with on this wall? The bolts are well placed and make it a safe route.
After topping out you can traverse right along a loose and slightly sloping but wide ledge to the small tree. Good toproping on stiffer stuff.
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|For posterity . . .agree on the 10 rating, especially for shorter folks. This was a pretty good first climb at Shelf, what with the incredible, sculpted (read: sharp!) limestone features. Get good but polished feet and reach way, way out for a big hold. Fun but pretty easy after that.
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MLB approves protective caps for pitchers
Major League Baseball announced that it has approved the use of padded caps to protect pitchers from hard-hit balls.
All 30 teams were informed Tuesday morning of the decision after consulting with the league's players union. Use of the caps is optional.
"We're excited to have a product that meets our safety criteria," Dan Halem, MLB executive vice president for labor relations, told ESPN's Outside the Lines. "MLB is committed to working with manufacturers to develop products that offer maximum protection to our players, and we're not stopping at all."
More than a year ago, then-Oakland A's pitcher Brandon McCarthy was struck in the head by a line drive and suffered life-threatening brain injuries.
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n The Cincinnati Reds avoided salary arbitration with All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman by agreeing to a one-year, $5 million contract, according to multiple reports.
Chapman requested $5.4 million and the club offered $4.6 million in filing for arbitration but the two sides came to an agreement.
Chapman, a left-hander, went 4-5 with a 2.54 ERA with 38 saves in 68 appearances last year. He struck out 112 batters in 63 2/3 innings.
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Since this work was first published after 1922 with the prescribed copyright notice, it is unlikely that this work is public domain in the USA. However, it is in the public domain in Canada (where IMSLP is hosted), the EU, and in those countries where the copyright term is life+70 years or less.
|Composition Year
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|3 Improvisations, No.1?
|Vierne, Louis
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Transcribed by Danijel Drilo (2015), music engraving by LilyPond 2.18.2. First transcription by Maurice Duruflé (1954).
As this is the first of the three improvisations (not just published as such in 1954 but so intended by the composer) (as per Frazier, p.135, who gives December, not November, 1928 for composition date, but perhaps that's the date for all 3 combined), then it should be moved to a workpage "3 Improvisations (Vierne, Louis)" (site rules, with some exceptions for certain major collection-group-works...) rather than having a workpage all its lonesome. Will do so unless reason can be found to the contrary?...
This improvisation ("Marche épiscopale") was recorded on November 17, 1928, it was released in January of 1930 -after- the other improvisation(s) (references: IHORC, Jean-Michel Louchard). It exists a fourth Improvisation (transcribed by Jean-Michel Louchard, 2005). So a common workpage "Improvisations (Vierne, Louis)" would make more sense, if someone wants to move this Marche épiscopale.


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UND gets creative with UAS; FAA rules prevent students from flying
Since federal regulations prevent UND students from flying unmanned aircraft systems outdoors, the university has had to find creative ways for students studying UAS to practice.
The Federal Aviation Administration bans commercial use of UAS, commonly known as drones. Since aerospace students pay for their time flying to get their degrees, that payment makes the flying considered commercial, said Al Palmer, director of UND's Center for UAS Research, Education and Training.
"Eventually we want to be able to fly them out," Palmer said. UND will be pursuing an exception to the commercial flying regulations since it would use its UAS for education and training, he said.
The process takes time, but he said it could be possible to hear about whether the university gets that exception by spring 2015.
Palmer has not heard of any other UAS education program getting that type of exception, he said.
Since all UAS programs are under the same federal regulations, UND's students are not at a disadvantage by needing to keep their UAS indoors or on the ground, Palmer said.
And UND professors have come up with a few ways for their UAS students to fly.
"We have to figure out how to work between the lines," Palmer said.
Almost since UND's UAS program started in 2009, professor Ben Trapnell has had students building their own UAS, which they are allowed to fly under FAA rules because they're not paying for it, Palmer said.
Students can also fly UAS for research, Palmer said, but the amount of flying time depends on the student and what they are researching.
Mostly, the students practice on simulators, he said. Each student must get 70 hours of simulation for their degree, he said.
Simulation is good for building mission control skills, or feeling what it's like to fly the aircraft, but Palmer said he wants students to have more practice taking off and landing.
UND purchased some new UAS in May, called SandShark, which Palmer plans to have students use if the university can successfully get an exception from the FAA.
There are more than 150 students enrolled in UND's UAS program, Palmer said. Sixty-one students have graduated from the program since it started.


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Azeotrope Presents JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN, 6/15-30
After an impressive debut with their production of Red Light Winter in 2010, Seattle theatre company Azeotrope is proud to announce a second production with the Northwest premiere of Jesus Hopped the A Train by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Artistic Associate Desdemona Chiang. Jesus Hopped the A Train opens Friday, June 15, 2012 through June 30, 2012 and is produced in association with Central Heating Lab at A Contemporary Theatre.
Jesus Hopped the A Train is a stark and sobering examination of life, death, salvation, and what it takes to be a "good" person. The play revolves around the relationship between two prisoners at Riker's Island in Manhattan, each of whom believes himself accountable to a higher law than that of the judicial system. Angel Cruz (Richard Nguyen Sloniker) has shot the leader of a religious cult to which he lost his best friend. Lucius Jenkins (Dumi) is a serial killer awaiting extradition to Florida, guilty of the deaths of at least eight people, and during his incarceration, Lucius finds God. Assigned to protective custody at Riker's, Angel and Lucius find themselves in close company each other during their daily hour of outdoor exercise. The two struggle and clash in their mutual guilt, innocence and faith in higher powers.
"We are interested in Jesus Hopped the A Train because it expresses a unique story deeply rooted in the human psyche," says Artistic Director Richard Nguyen Sloniker. " Azeotrope strives to do work with the courage to go beyond comfort and into realms that are implausible to contend with."
"Jesus Hopped the A Train provides representation for marginalized and disenfranchised people that few Seattle residents have seen on stage," says Director Desdemona Chiang. "We are also excited to present the raw, muscular, and relentless voice of Stephen Adly Guirgis."
Jesus Hopped the A Train features performances by Richard Nguyen Sloniker (Red Light Winter, The Cider House Rules), Ray Tagavilla (A Lie of the Mind, The Mistakes Madeline Made), Angela DiMarco (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Mother in Another Language), Patrick Allcorn (The Bells, Border Songs) and newcomer Dumi, in the role of Lucius Jenkins. The creative team includes scenic design by Deanna Zibello, lighting design by Jessica Trundy, and costume design by Kimberley Newton.
Thursday, June 14, 7:30pm (Preview)
Friday, June 15, 7:30pm (Opening Night)
Saturday, June 16, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, June 17, 2:00pm
Thursday, June 21, 7:30pm
Friday, June 22, 7:30pm
Saturday, June 23, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, June 24, 2:00pm
Thursday, June 28, 7:30pm
Friday, June 29, 7:30pm
Saturday, June 30, 2:00pm and 7:30pm (Closing performance)
JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN will be presented at the ACT, Eulalie Scandiuzzi Space, 700 Union Street, Downtown Seattle. Tickets: $25-30; Available to ACTPass holders. Now on sale: (206) 292-7676 or www.acttheatre.org.
Co-founded by Seattle actor Richard Nguyen Sloniker and director Desdemona Chiang, Azeotrope's mission is to create a space where audiences confront the marginalized and obscured, bringing visibility to the invisible. We hope to broaden Seattle?s cultural and artistic environment with vital, urgent, and exciting projects that would otherwise be underrepresented. For more information, please visit www.azotheatre.org. Azeotrope can also be found on Facebook and Twitter (@AZOtheatre).
Launched in 2007, The Central Heating Lab at ACT serves as an incubator and catalyst for new works. ACT cultivates, produces, and presents artists working in all performance genres and provides an artistic home for a variety of local performance groups and artists. Relationships develop daily with individual actors, performers and playwrights while established partnerships with groups such as the Contemporary Classics, 14/48, TheFilmSchool, Collektor, Pinter Fortnightly, Seattle Dance Project, and Icicle Creek Theatre Festival grow and develop. New programs are added throughout the year. With year-round programming produced by The Central Heating Lab at ACT alongside ACT?s Mainstage plays, ACT offers its patrons a unique opportunity to maximize their theatre experience ? the ACTPass: all you can see for only $25 per month. ACTPass Members can attend nearly all ACT produced performances throughout any given month, provided tickets are available. It is the new, more flexible, more affordable way to see more performances for one low price, and is the first of its kind in the region. ACTPass members may cancel at any time, and there is no limit to the number of times a Pass Member can attend.


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Lisbon Students Get Crafty WITH Cards for 'Holiday Mail for Heroes' Program
Nearly 1,000 Holiday Greetings Collected
Throughout Central, Northern New York So Far
State Senator Patty Ritchie visited Lisbon Central School Wednesday to collect handmade holiday cards from students in Jane Brown-Flack's second grade class who took part in the American Red Cross' 'Holiday Mail for Heroes' program.
Senator Ritchie is partnering with Ogdensburg native and radio personality Melody Burns to urge the public to support 'Holiday Mail for Heroes,' which helps to deliver tens of thousands of holiday greetings every year to service members at military installations, veterans hospitals and other locations.
So far, nearly 1,000 holiday greetings have been donated from as far away as Missouri, as well as schools and veterans posts in Oswego, Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties.
"I was so overwhelmed by the generosity of these second grade students," said Senator Ritchie. "Through this program, students are learning—at a very young age—not only the importance of remembering others during the holiday season, but also how necessary it is to honor the people who sacrifice so much to protect our freedom."
"I'm thankful for these students, and the many other people who have sent cards to my offices that will be forwarded to our troops this holiday season."
Cards for the 'Holiday Mail for Heroes' program may be dropped off at the following locations through November 30th:
Ogdensburg City Hall
330 Ford St.
Ogdensburg, N.Y.
Dulles State Office Building
317 Washington St.
Suite 418
Watertown, N.Y.
46 East Bridge Street, 1st Floor
Oswego, N.Y.
To participate in the program:
- All cards must be signed.
- Use generic salutations such as "Dear Service Member." Cards addressed to specific individuals cannot be delivered through this program.
- Only cards are being accepted. Do not include envelopes. Do not send letters.
- Do not include email or home addresses on the cards: the program is not meant to foster pen pal relationships.
- Do not include inserts of any kind, including photos: these items will be removed during the reviewing process.
-Please refrain from choosing cards with glitter or using loose glitter as it can aggravate health issues of ill and injured warriors.
- If you are mailing a large quantity of cards, please bundle them and place them in large mailing envelopes or flat rate postal shipping boxes. Each card does not need its own envelope, as envelopes will be removed from all cards before distribution.
(Senator Ritchie is pictured in the above photo with Lisbon Central School second grade students and their teacher Jane Brown-Flack)