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In the classic 1956 science fiction film Forbidden Planet, the extinct race of advanced beings of the planet Altair IV are known as the Krell. The Krell had reached a stage of technological and scientific development so advanced that they were able to construct a vast underground machine with virtually unlimited power — a machine that could turn thoughts into reality and project that reality anywhere on the planet.
Another Krell device that played a prominent role in the movie was their "plastic educator," a device able to create a three-dimensional visualization of the operator's thoughts while acting directly on the brain to measure intelligence and impart knowledge. Although previously demonstrated to be fatal to humans, its use by Dr. Edward Morbius had boosted his IQ such that he could understand some of the basic science of the Krell (allowing him, for instance, to "tinker together" the amazing Robby the Robot.) When Lt. "Doc" Ostrow tried it he gained the ability to infer the cause of the Krell downfall – "Monsters from the Id" – but it also caused fatal injury to his brain.
Morbius, the lone researcher studying the extinct Krell, did not know exactly what happened to them; nor did he know what they looked like. No record of their physical nature survived except in the form of their characteristic arch which served as the doorway between rooms. This doorway, much wider at the middle than at the top and bottom, suggests a being of enormous girth.
Morbius discovered that in a single day and night, 2,000 centuries past, the entire Krell race disappeared. In the time since all above-ground evidence of their civilization has vanished. Later in the film we learn that the Krell's 8,000-cubic-mile (33,000 km3) machine was so advanced that it gave physical form and life to their Id. Even for the advanced Krell this Freudian personality characteristic, although long forgotten, had not been eliminated. When combined with the power of their machine, the unbridled emotions of their Ids were all at once let loose to eradicate the entire Krell race.
In popular culture[edit]
- Science-fiction author Jamie Sawyer has used the name "Krell" for the hostile alien species in his Lazarus War series.
- In the web video series Yacht Rock, "Krell krell krell krell" is the "space-god of seafaring and smooth music."
- The GKrellM (Gnu Krell Monitors) computer-monitoring package commemorates the image of Krell technology as portrayed in Forbidden Planet.[1]
- The Department of Energy contractor, The Krell Institute, was named after the movie.[2]
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Reference: 1979 Cinefantastique Magazine Double-Issue (Volume 8 – Number 2 & Volume 8 – Number 3) MAKING FORBIDDEN PLANET – By Frederick S. Clarke and Steve Rubin
The steps leading up to the Krell door ... were designed to be separated by a smooth ramp in the middle.
In the article the cinematographer of the Forbidden Planet film, George Folsey states:
"The Krell were originally frog-like in nature with two long legs and a big tail. They were never shown, but it was indicated in the original screenplay that the ramps between the steps were designed to accommodate their dragging tail."
- ^ Wilson, Bill. "The Short GKrellM FAQ".
If you have seen the movie Forbidden Planet, you might recall the Krell had a room with wall to wall meters for monitoring their power systems, and that is what I was thinking of when I came up with the GKrellM name.[citation needed]
- ^ "Inside Krell". Retrieved 2013-06-07.
Krell is named after the advanced civilization that once inhabited the planet Altair IV in the classic 1956 science fiction movie 'Forbidden Planet.'


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I like the concept of the game. Playing Mario in a 3 Dimensional world. The first look at the 3D effect makes you amazed but shortly this feeling wears off and you just turn the 3D effect of due to loss of battery and eye straining. There are many faults
The gameplay gets very repetitive. Having to play very similar levels one after another gets very boring, and the challenge isn't very hard so it makes game play even more boring. With the original New Super Mario Bros. the games aren't so boring to play as they are more challenging and less repetitive.
The 3D effect hurts your eyes it's not worth putting it on. After 20 mins of playing my eyes start to ache and I switch the 3D option off. The 3D option when turned on is awful because when playing the game only lasts about 1 hour. I strongly reccomend getting a battery back for your. 3DS when playing this game or any other 3DS game. When the 3D option is off the game looks still very 3D making the idea of the 3DS console a little pointless.
The controls are very hard to use. Because you have to use the circle pad instead of the D pad it makes moving mario a little inaccurate and this can be crucial. If you make a wrong move mario will die and your will have to restart the level which gets very frustrating. It would be better just to use the D pad.
Overall the look of this game is good, but the gameplay and controls really let this game down. I recommend getting another mario game for a more challenging gameplay but if you want to see the 3D effect and don't care to much about the gameplay then get this game.
Super Mario 3DLand is one of the most recent game releases from the popular Nintendo Mario franchise. It can only be played on the new 3D DS, not on the slightly older DSi and DS Lite consoles. Because we didn't buy a 3DS until very recently, I had to wait a long time to try this game out and was thrilled to find I didn't want to put it down when I finally got to play it.
The game is in the familiar Mario format of 8 worlds, with six levels (including a castle boss) in each world to complete. You have to unlock each level and world one at a time by completing the last then being able to move onto the next. In this game, you will need to collect a certain amount of star coins (there are three hidden in each level) to be able to unlock the higher levels. I like the way this extends the game play - you find yourself needing to go back and replay the lower levels later on in search of these coins. It gives you the opportunity to become a skilled player by the time you reach the final stages and battle the big final boss (Bowser). None of the levels were too difficult for a fairly young child to manage, but practice was required to complete certain new situations.
The graphics in each world are amazing and I absolutely love how vibrant and colourful this game is. The only thing I didn't find appealing was the 3D effects. I found that playing this game with the 3D switched on made my eyes ache quite quickly. I had to complete the game in 2D, and while this may sound a pointless thing to do on a 3D console, I still enjoyed the game. It did make me question to myself the appropriateness of allowing children to use this console though!
The game play was pretty easy to get to grips with, the controls were all similar to how they've been for previous Mario titles. The only new thing I really noticed was that I could store 'spare' special power up items that I didn't need to use. For example if I already had flying power from a leaf, and I picked up another leaf, this would be stored for me and show up on my lower screen for use later on. If I was then walked into by an enemy and lost my leaf, I could tap the icon on my lower screen and activate the new leaf. There was a drawback to this though, I had to grab my stylus to do this and yet I used the buttons and crosspad controls for everything else. It was a minor inconvenience though.
I found I could play both the normal and secret worlds as Luigi after completing the final stage of world 8 and found that novel, as did the kids. Again, this served to extend the game play for us. Once the game was completed - there was still some fun to be had. It made the game better value for money than some of the previous titles from this series.
The three dimensional element of this game makes for a more interesting Mario!
Princess Peach has been captured by Biowser - big shock. Mario has to go and rescue her through a series of platform levels - another big shock. Those platform levels are in in three dimensions - ooooh hang on a minute...
This is so much fun, the levels in themselves are not particularly challenging, but to collect everything (ie three giant gold coins in every level) and get a perfect golden flag at the end of each level is a challenge. The 3d element can make it better or worse dependant on the level.
Unlike something very involved like Final Fantasy or Batman Arkham City, this game is good in short bursts, especially last thing at night as an alternative to reading a book. Mainly because your eyes will get tired after twenty minutes and your thumbs will ache from gripping the 3DS. This may be improved by the release of the XL version of the handheld.
I'm a huge fan of Mario, always eager to play the next instalment in the franchise, and this one was definitely eagerly awaited, when I received it for Christmas.
As it happens, this is actually my favourite handheld Mario title to date. The game feels packed with innovation and excitement, brilliantly-designed levels, new challenges and power-ups.
3D Land (most of the time):
The 3D in Super Mario 3D Land works very well. I love the extra dimension it gives the game, but conversely it can also have a negative affect on the gameplay, because of the narrow 'sweet spot' in which the 3D effect is at its best and truly engrossing. When the console is moved around/tilted to one side etc. the 3D effect is lost or distorted, and it can be very annoying, especially when you're in the midst of a boss fight or a tricky part of a challenging level! This leaves me with a dilemma: switch the 3D off (at least for that part of the game), or put up with the annoying distorted visuals and semi-3D-weirdness as I struggle to achieve whatever it is I am trying to do at that moment in time. Usually I end up doing the former, but only very reluctantly, as it makes me feel cheated because I am missing out on the main 'feature' of the latest Nintendo console. And this then leads me to think "I wish these 3DS games would also be released in 2D on the regular DS system, because then I wouldn't need a 3DS to play them!" Anyway, I am digressing and this is not a problem that is only unique to this particular game..
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The level design in SM3DL is brilliant. I have enjoyed every single level, playing through them multiple times to find the star coins and any other hidden secrets I can find. I get bored with games fairly quickly, so it's testament to the game that I actually bothered to replay all of the levels and spend so much time trying to discover everything the game has to offer.
There is some very clever level design, that makes great use of the 3D visuals, and most of the time (when you're not wiggling the console around, trying to do something tricky) is looks fantastic. The graphics are really rich, sharp and colourful with plenty of detail where it needs to be. It's a welcome change to the more 'serious' games that I own, and still feels fresh this time around, even this far into the series of Mario platformers.
The music is top quality as always, really fun and funky, with some classic old themes remixed, which I love. No complaints here. It also sounds great when turned up loud on the 3DS, as the console's speakers are really quite good. Sound effects are great too, with the usual Mario sounds and short phrases adding to the overall gaming experience.
I think SM3DL is a reasonably-sized game. There are plenty of levels to explore, and replay value is high, as it's fun and challenging to find all of the hidden star coins etc. This has been in my collection for a few months and even after completing it I still go back and replay some of my favourite levels, as the game is great fun and the 3D really enhances the game, for the most part.
As you'd expect, this is an easy game to control and is perfectly suited to the 3DS system. The controls work perfectly and feel comfortable. As usual (for me at least, as I have quite large hands) it can become uncomfortable during long play sessions, but a quick break is all that's needed, or you can just save the game quickly and easily, and resume at a later time.
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Super Mario 3D Land is a very well-produced game. It feels like a polished, complete and attractive package, with great graphics, innovative and interesting level design, lively and entertaining gameplay, a superb soundtrack and great use of the 3D feature. I find the game great fun to play, rewarding, challenging but not too frustrating, and very high quality overall.
I wanted to love Super Mario 3D Land. Honestly. I really did. The truth is, the 3DS has had something of a disappointing game lineup. Many of the games promised right back in those early preview sessions still haven't materialised and the thin launch titles didn't last much past the first few weeks. So, when Super Mario 3D Land finally turned up last year, I could barely contain my excitement. Mario titles are usually of an exceptionally high quality, and a decent in depth title was just what the 3DS needed. Unfortunately, 3D Land is something of a disappointment.
Super Mario 3D Land is a 3D platformer somewhat in the style of the Mario Galaxy series. However, probably due to it being a portable title, it has borrowed a lot of the overworld map and saving options from the New Super Mario Bros. series. The result is a 3D Mario title that is divided very much into small, bitesize levels with lots of bonus levels and little powerups to be find along the way. The problem is that the fusion doesn't work particularly well; while 3D Land looks like a 3D Mario game on the surface, it has taken so many elements from the 2D Mario games that it's never clear what it wants to be. Instead of a health bar, Mario returns to the "one hit you're small, another you're dead" approach. While this works for Mario in his 2D outings, it feels strange here and suddenly having to cope with Mario becoming half the size on a portable screen is a real pain. There's also a strange sort of "race to the finish" angle on the levels, with Mario jumping to grab a flag like classic Mario. Again, it feels sort of strange and out of place. 3D Mario games have always had a sort of exploration feel to them; putting 3D Mario back into a race to the end of the level scenario just shows up how much weaker the gameplay is here. As for the overworld, it's no replacement for the 3D hubs of Mario 64 or Mario Galaxy and the result is that the game feels cheap and condescending.
Condescension might seem like a strange trait for a video game, but 3D Land is laced with it. I could never shake the feeling that this was Nintendo's response to the success of the 2D New Super Mario Bros. on the Wii, which outsold the company favourite, Mario Galaxy. As a result, we have a 3D Mario game that plays a lot like Galaxy, but is crammed full out tropes from the vintage 2D Mario games. It really pushes the nostalgia angle, but these features are so out of place. The much promoted Tanooki suit, a costume that gives Mario a little tail and lets him fly, completely breaks the game as it is too powerful and turns up way too often. Its inclusion seems only to be to provide a nod to Super Mario Bros. 3. It's like someone took all the things from New Super Mario Bros. Wii, nostalgia, goofy powerups and an old school level map, and stuck them onto a completely different game as if they could replicate sales that way.
Gameplay is solid, with the circle pad continuing to be an excellent control option for 3D games. I've heard people say the 3D effect really helps platforming, but I found it much the same on or off. Controls are tight and button layouts seem responsive. However, Mario's capabilities are dumbed down a bit in this edition too and he doesn't have anywhere near the range of jumping and running abilities, making platforming a bit trickier for anyone who's spent a lot of time with other 3D Mario games. Worst of all, the character now runs slowly unless you hold a run button, another throw back to 2D games that just doesn't work here.
Graphically, the game is very nice. All the character models look almost as good as the Wii versions from Mario Galaxy, and while the sheer force of a home console isn't quite there, the game still does a great job of hiding it behind the far more modern shading and lighting techniques that make the whole package look smooth and sharp. As usual, the 3DS screen is a bit lower resolution than I would like, but that's unavoidable.
The 3D effect is competent, and occasionally very good, but never mind blowing. However, this game does feature a nice option to change the style of 3D. One mode is set as standard, and makes objects seem a bit more substantial like most games on the console, the other gives added depth letting thinks sink back further into the screen. I preferred the second mode after flicking between the two a bit, but the small screen really makes any 3D effect very minimal.
I'm a big fan of the 2D Mario bros. games, I think they've all been excellent, whereas the 3D games have been more of a mixed bag. However, throwing elements from Mario Bros. games into a 3D Mario title just doesn't work. Each is successful because of its reliance on a core gameplay style that works, when you mix and match like this you just get a game that falls flat. At times Super Mario 3D Land really works, it's easy to jump in when you want to and it uses streetpass in a nice way, but all too often it just feels like a compromise in all the wrong places. The gameplay is could, but it seems to be trying to hard, like it doesn't have confidence behind itself anymore. It never becomes ambitious, choosing instead to be safe, to be nostalgic and ultimately to be boring. It's OK, and the 3DS could really use more games with the same quality approach and attention to detail, but there's just too much that's mediocre from a series that can really do better.
I played this game after borrowing my friends 3DS, and I have to say it is a really fun game, that I ended up buying it for my sister's 3DS. I thought that it wouldn't be as good as some of the other Mario games, but it suprised me and turned out to be a pretty good game.
It is rated as 3 plus as it definitely is a game that all ages can enjoy, the controls are pretty simple and easy to get the hang of, so there will be no complaining from children that it is too easy. It is around £30 right now as all the other Mario games, they hardly ever deduct in price, so I think they will be this price for a while.
Super Mario 3D Land starts off as the typical Bouncer catching Princess Peach, and the faithful Mario trying to rescue her. However, the new addition to this well loved plotline, is the new 3D and new powers that Mario has. Although it is predictable and repetitive, you don't really care because its that great a game.
In this game, you go through 8 of the worlds, which have the typical range from desert to underwater. Each of the locations are different to what other ones have looked like before, so if you have played those to death and remembered where everything is then don't worry as these levels definitely have more of a challenge for you. They are very well imagined as usual and add to the overall charm that Mario games tend to have.
As usual all the enemies are the typical ones you have seen in past Mario games, except now you can see them in 3D. The boss stages are the same to, set in the castles and airships, and you get the typical bridge showdown with Bowser. You still have the powerups around in the Mystery Blocks which can help you beat enemies faster and easier.
The new powers that Mario possess adds to the overall enjoyment of the game. The first being Tanooki, where Mario transforms into a raccoon and can defeat enemies using his tail, while also having the ability to hover and glide. With the cute new addition of the Helicopter, propelling Mario upwards has never been as fun. There is also the new feature of being able to time the amount that you race through the level and recording it in a table,so you can compare with friends.
The 3D makes for a great addition to the Mario game, as it has more depth and dimension to the game. My favourite is when you are in the air, as it really does look like Mario is falling downwards! The only downfall is after a while the 3D can hurt your eyes, however there is also the option to play it in 2D. I would say it only further increases the experience of playing Mario though.
The graphics are what you'd expect for a small console, while being extremely colourful and cutesy looking. With the vast contrasting environments you control Mario through, the Worlds are even more interesting. They are sharply designed with a lot of detail, so everything runs smoothly and nicely as expected from a game that is always of high quality. I haven't had any glitches with it so far, so the developers have definitely made this game well.
The sound is definitely what you expect from a Mario game, as they are equally as charming and video-game styled as before. It doesn't get too annoying, as it changes every couple of levels or so, stopping it from getting too repetitive. The sounds that they use for actions match up well which is a nice little bonus to.
Gameplay is as long as they always have been from a Mario game, with a lot of replay value. The fact that there are still Stars to collect, so trying to collect them each level means replaying levels is as fun as ever.
I would recommend this game to all ages, as it is a much loved classic. It has a great combination of arcade style action, and with Mario's overall charm there is little space for it to go wrong. It manages to keep up it's high quality graphics and sound, while developing a game that will keep you occupied for hours on end. Definitely worth the price.

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Dancing hottie Maksim Chmerkovskiy's has decided not to renew his contract with "Dancing with the Stars" when it expires next year.
Chmerkovskiy took to Twitter to confirm his departure by linking a New York Post article, writing, "With nothing but love, gratitude and respect to all that played a part in that amazing aspect of my life.
"What else do I have to do there after 15 seasons? It makes total sense. The audience can't expect for me to want to stick around, and the producers can't expect for me to want to stick around."
"Essentially, 80% of our job is to give somebody another push in their career. Or we make them into likable characters. But at the end of the day, they go off and they better themselves.
"I loved doing it. But to be honest with you, at 32, I am at what-about-me time. I am not thinking that with me leaving, the show will go off the air or anything. Like my dad said, 'There are no irreplaceable people.' I wish them the next 50 years of success. But I have to do something else. I need to move on for me."
Maksim won't be out of the showbiz world though ladies!
The dancing pro has signed a movie deal that will begin filming in January. And, from the sound of it the sexy dancer will be sans clothes in quite a bit of the film.
Maksim Chmerkovskiy states of new role, "He is a bit of a hustler. The [female lead] is faced with the choice between somebody really attractive and appealing and somebody who looks like a lifelong partner.
"Who she chooses, you will have to watch the movie. But I like that I get to portray somebody that I would not like for my daughter."
The only part of his new career that makes him a bit nervous is the love scenes. Maks adds, "I have never had a romantic scene before."
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Top Five Reasons to Foster a Dog
1. Save two lives – the life of the foster dog and the life of the new dog coming into the shelter who needs the space.
2. Improve adoptability of the dog being fostered through socialization and training in your loving home.
3. Reduce the risk of illness by getting the foster dog out of the shelter environment.
4. Enhance quality of life by eliminating the stress of the shelter environment.
5. Eliminate for the foster dog the risk of euthanasia due to lack of shelter space.
But if you say, I can't because I will get too attached, remember this saying (author unknown):
I would rather cry watching them leave our home to go live a full, good life in a loving forever home of their own,
Than cry because no one stepped up for them in the shelter where they died all alone, scared, unwanted and unloved.
Please help. Contact BRDG, Inc. at email@example.com or call 390-6904 for more information.
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When you have your own business, you may find that after a time of offering the same products and services for a while you want to try something different. One great thing about owning your own business is that you are able to change the types of products and services that you offer whenever you would like to. I am in the process of changing some of the services that I offer through my two home – based businesses and so far, things are going well.
One change that I am making with my law practice is that I am not taking any new clients that require court appearances as part of my representation of them. Since my primary occupation is that of a stay – at – home mom and since my kids are still very young, I really want to keep my work schedule to evenings only. Fortunately, I only have one open case left and it is nearing its conclusion.
You may be wondering what a lawyer would do, if they are not working on cases that might require court appearances. This is where I am making another change to my home – based businesses. I am basically combining my law practice with my freelance writing business, and offering freelance legal research and writing services. Last month, I switched my Elance membership from the "Writing and Translation" category over to the "Legal" category. I've already landed my first client, and things are looking very, very promising.
It gets even better. Since I own my home – based businesses and I get to decide what I do for work, I get to continue doing non – legal freelance writing work like blogging and writing e – commerce descriptions for my existing writing clients. Legal research and writing is interesting and enjoyable, but I love writing as a creative activity and it is important to me that I keep other types of writing work on my plate for that very reason.
When you own and operate your own business, you are in a position to make changes to the way that you do business. It can be hard to think about changing things, especially if things are going well. However, if there are changes that you would like to make, do not be afraid to make them. After all, if you end up not liking the results, you can go back to how you were doing things before.
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TGW Limited has been given the go ahead to construct a 12,000 sq ft office development on Peaker Park in Market Harborough in Leicestershire.
As a leading supplier of automated materials handling solutions for warehousing, production and distribution operations, the company has enjoyed impressive growth since it opened for business in January 2007. It is anticipated that the modern two-storey development will support the business as it continues to grow in the UK, and has been designed to accommodate more than 90 people.
Currently around 40 engineers, project managers, sales, marketing and clerical staff are based at the existing sites with a further 40 field-based engineers frequenting the offices. Phil Steeds, sales director at TGW said, "We're delighted to have been granted planning permission for the new office development. It means that we can consolidate two of our existing sites and strengthen our resources as we continue to develop the business in the UK."
"We're confident that the new offices will bring a significant boost to the local economy both in terms of employment opportunities and through the revenue generated by our UK & international visitors & colleagues staying in the area. In addition we will continue to be heavily involved with the local community through our charitable work and engagement with the local schools and colleges."
The building has been designed with an emphasis on sustainability and will consist of glass panels with insulating properties that will harbour natural daylight and retain internal heat. Roof mounted light wells are included in the design to provide natural daylight to the first floor areas. An intelligent lighting system with sensor technology is planned and this will optimise the use of artificial lighting as the lights will automatically switch off when an area becomes unoccupied.
Aesthetically the building will be visually striking, with a contemporary exterior and impressive water features in the colours of TGW's logo. One of TGW's own automated storage and retrieval machines will serve as an archive repository and will automatically store and retrieve plastic tote bins on request. Employees will benefit from a modern and comfortable working environment that includes a rooftop garden, dynamic collaboration zones for project teams and a staff gymnasium. Designated quiet areas (no phones etc.) are also planned where people can concentrate on the task in hand – without interruption.
The project is due for completion at the end of November 2013.
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RICHMOND — Local voters may have a chance to give the city's lowest earners the highest minimum wage in the region if the City Council agrees to place a measure on the November ballot.
A proposal by Councilwoman Jovanka Beckles, to be discussed at Tuesday's council meeting, asks staff to craft three potential minimum wage hikes for the November general election ballot of $11, $12.30 or $15 per hour. If the council approves one of the rates, it would go before voters Nov. 4.
"My experience in working with low-income residents is they want to get off the government dependence and afford basic necessities for their families, and the current minimum wage is just not enough," Beckles said. "People are struggling."
Beckles' proposed hike would include exemptions for Richmond employers with fewer than 10 employees and local businesses operating less than two years in the city that have fewer than 26 employees. Beckles said the City Council could raise the minimum wage with a majority vote, but she'd rather the voters decide.
"It should be on the ballot for community input on the process, rather than the council just telling the community," Beckles said. "It's not a special election, so the costs of the ballot measure would be low."
Even the lowest proposal would be a significant increase over the current state rate of $8 per hour, and the highest in the Bay Area. San Francisco's $10.74 minimum wage is currently the region's highest; San Jose's rate is $10.15.
In Berkeley, a proposal under consideration would increase the minimum wage to $10.55 per hour. SeaTac, Wash., voters in November approved the highest municipal minimum wage in the nation, $15 per hour.
The state's minimum wage is already on the way up, slated to bump to $9 per hour in July and to $10 per hour in January 2016.
But the Richmond measure is sure to draw opposition from other council members and some business leaders, who complain that the proposal was not run by them and say the rate could worsen Richmond's unemployment problem. Richmond's unemployment rate stands at 11.9 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, higher than the state rate of 8.9 percent.
"This is the first we've heard of this," said Judy Morgan, president and CEO of Richmond's Chamber of Commerce. "Cooperation between council and business community is sorely lacking. The council should look to create jobs, not end jobs."
Morgan said the majority of the chamber's roughly 450 members are businesses with fewer than 10 employees, which would be exempt under the proposed measure.
Councilman Nat Bates also expressed skepticism.
"I'm not voting for anything other than what the national minimum wage is," Bates said. "We are in no position to establish higher rates."
Councilman Tom Butt, generally a supporter of Beckles and her progressive allies, said he supports further study but has not yet decided whether he thinks the increase is a good idea.
"It's more complicated in Richmond than in larger cities like San Francisco and San Jose with red hot economies," Butt said.
Beckles said she hopes the proposal sparks a larger local debate during the year, which will also feature four council races and a contest to decide the city's next mayor.
"By passing this resolution, the City Council is starting a process that will allow Richmond residents to debate and decide the appropriate level of minimum wage for Richmond," Beckles wrote in her proposal.
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San Francisco: $10.74
San Jose: $10.15
Richmond, proposed: $11, $12.30 or $15.
California: $8
SeaTac, Wash.: $15
United States: $7.25
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What: Richmond City Council meeting
When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Richmond City Council chamber, 440 Civic Center Plaza
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LARGO — A judge found a St. Petersburg police officer not guilty of leaving the scene of an accident, putting the department in the awkward position of deciding whether to return him to patrol duty after accusing him of a crime.
Pinellas Judge James Pierce said Thursday that Christopher Dixon was not guilty of leaving the scene, or of careless driving, the two things his own department and prosecutors accused him of.
"I look forward to returning" to patrol duty, Dixon said. He said he did not think it would be difficult to resume working as a patrol officer with the same department that accused him of breaking the law.
But it's not a sure thing. The department's Internal Affairs Division will now complete its report and send it to Dixon's supervisors, including Chief Chuck Harmon.
The chief said he would keep an open mind. But he did say Dixon's truthfulness would be a key consideration.
"We have some, during my administration, where we determined they didn't tell the truth,'' Harmon said. "They are no longer employed here."
The misdemeanor crime of leaving the scene of an accident with property damage carries a maximum penalty of 60 days in jail, but this attracted more attention because it involved an officer on the job.
The trial also took an interesting sideline as both sides attempted to explain why the GPS device in Dixon's car did not place him at the scene of the accident.
Both sides acknowledged the devices are easy to disable and said it's well known that officers sometimes do so if they don't want headquarters to be able to track their speed or location.
One officer said others sometimes disable the devices while getting a quick bite to eat. Dixon, taking the stand in his own defense, acknowledged he previously had disabled his device so he could drive to an urgent call for service, going faster than he was supposed to. But he flatly denied disabling his GPS the night of the accident.
The case dates to July 29, 2009, after a Tampa Bay Rays baseball game. A Riverview man approached an officer and said his minivan had been rear-ended by a police cruiser — which then sped away.
Police interviewed two officers who said they had heard what sounded like a crash and then looked up to see a van and police car close to each other. One officer ultimately identified Dixon as the driver.
Investigators also found a cruiser with damage they said was fresh. The cruiser with scuff marks on its right front fender led police to the man who had been driving it that night: Dixon.
During the trial, one officer testified that the car had little or no damage the day before Dixon drove it; and another reported finding damage to the car the day after Dixon drove it. Dixon said the damage occurred during an accident several months earlier, which was documented in the vehicle's damage log.
Defense attorney Joseph Ciarciaglino, who has a reputation for staunchly defending police officers, vigorously cross-examined the officers in this trial, attempting to poke holes in the state's case.
In closing arguments, he pointed out that the officer who identified Dixon as the driver had initially failed to do so. He pointed to a lack of incriminating GPS data, said estimates of the timing of the accident were off, and that it was too dark to get a clear view. He said investigators did not inspect more than 100 take-home cruisers to see whether one of them had been in the accident.
Assistant State Attorney Timothy Sullivan said that there was plenty of evidence pointing to Dixon and that you would have to believe in a huge coincidence to conclude he was innocent. If the damage to Dixon's cruiser happened several months ago, as Dixon said, why did no one report it until the day after the accident?
Police officers had said Dixon showed a guilty conscience when they interviewed him, by putting his face in his hands and getting teary-eyed. Dixon said there was a reason for that: "I was upset because I was being wrongfully accused."
Times staff writer Jamal Thalji contributed to this report.


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PUBLISHED: 13:48 10 September 2015 | UPDATED: 14:29 10 September 2015
A Norfolk horse sanctuary has said one of the "greatest challenges" it has faced in 30 years is over after a quarantine zone was finally lifted after a disease outbreak.
In February a farm belonging to Redwings Horse Sanctuary was struck by the respiratory disease called strangles, leading to wide-spread quarantine zones and restrictions on horse movements between the charity's sites.
The outbreak was reported at it Piggots Farm site, near Tasburgh leading to 24 positive cases of the disease, the imposition of nine quarantine zones and rehoming operations ceasing at its headquarters at Hapton.
Today Redwings, which has 1,500 resident horses, confirmed the final quarantine area at Piggots Farm had been lifted, all movement restrictions had been lifted and the charity's horse hospital at Hapton was back to normal operations.
The outbreak was the first of its kind for 23 years and has left the charity with a hefty bill - leading to an appeal for donations.
At the height of the outbreak Redwings was spending more than £4,000 a week to tackle the disease and had to close its Ada Cole visitor centre in Essex, leading to a fall in donations.
Hay stocks set aside for the winter also had to be used up.
Redwings Chief Executive Lynn Cutress said: "The strangles outbreak has been one of the biggest challenges we have faced in our 30-year history.
"I'd like to thank our supporters, new and longstanding, for their support and understanding during this extraordinary time.
"Sincere thanks also go to everyone who has already donated to help us deal with our outbreak and ensure our horses got the best possible care."
"I'd also like to thank our amazing staff who have worked so hard to contain the disease; their care for and dedication to the horses has been unceasing – wonderful work.
"Strangles has affected so many areas of our work, but our teams have stood steadfast and remained positive throughout. I am so proud of each and every one of them."
Strangles is a highly contagious infection of the upper respiratory tract that spreads rapidly through contact with infected mucus, either directly between horses or indirectly with contaminated items such as feed and water containers.
Although strangles is usually not fatal it can cause real distress and can result in large abscesses that prevent swallowing and restrict breathing.
•People can support Redwings in the wake of the strangles crisis by making a donation by visiting www.redwings.org.uk


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Speak softly and move slowly. That appears to be the Federal Reserve's version of Theodore Roosevelt's mantra.
Minutes from the Fed's Open Market Committee meeting showed that the Fed members believe in a slow exit from stimulating monetary policy and are not concerned about inflation, thanks in large part to a "subdued" labor market. Fed members also believe in broadcasting their intentions well before taking additional steps to cut back on accommodative monetary policy, such as allowing benchmark interest rates to rise.
Though the minutes showed Fed members discussed a variety of options for normalizing monetary policy, it made clear that they did not settle on a course of action and that the Committee plans to communicate its policy decisions "well before the first steps in normalizing policy become appropriate."
"@BobBrinker: $FED FOMC "Participants generally agreed that starting to consider the options for normalization at this meeting was prudent""? See It Market (@seeitmarket) May. 21 at 02:10 PM
Investors generally responded positively to the minutes' release. The major indices remained solidly in the green an hour after the minutes became public. And some investors expressed confidence that the Fed would not take any brash action to spook investors.
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Fed members noted that, though economic growth "paused" in the first quarter, activity heated up along with the weather. However, as far as the Fed was concerned, the increase in economic activity in the second half of the quarter did little to push up prices. The consumer price index was about 1% higher than a year earlier. "Consumer price inflation continued to run below the Committee's longer-run objective, but measures of longer-run inflation expectations remained stable."


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Waste management body arc21 has revealed that 36,000 is the number of glass bottle aluminium screw tops used in the borough annually.
arc21 – a consortium of 11 local authorities – has launched a "You Can Leave Your Cap On" campaign to increase the numbers recycled.
Aluminium screw tops have become increasingly popular on glass bottles such as wine, spirits and olive oil. The campaign asks people to screw the tops back on to empty glass bottles before recycling them.
Every screw top and bottle deposited in household recycling centres, community recycling centres and glass bottle banks can be transformed into something new, including more bottles, drink cans, mobile phones and even cars.
Ricky Burnett, policy and operations director at arc21, said: "Screw tops are a far from insignificant part of the waste stream. If everyone in Northern Ireland recycled all their aluminium caps this would save approximately 1,125 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year – the same effect as taking 450 medium-sized cars off the road."


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G80 just chews through the rendering work asked for by Half Life 2's Source engine, doubling 7900 GTX's performance (or more) at every stage, all while making X1950 XTX look very silly as well.
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G80's Z/stencil-only and colour-only rates, as well as its general shading prowess, are likely the reasons for the hefty wins in Quake 4. Note X1950 XTX overtake 7900 GTX at 4 megapixels, a workload the 8800 GTX has zero issue with here.
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Splinter Cell: CT is the poster child in our tests that highlights that software pays a part in the performance of a 3D application too. We think (but aren't 100% sure without profiling) that SC:CT might be a better fit for ATI's fast Z-reject rate at large pixel counts than NVIDIA, even in G80. Regardless, you aren't guaranteed a win with G80, it's just highly likely.


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Before the memorial service for the Mets announcer Bob Murphy yesterday at St. Patrick's Cathedral, the organist gently played ''Take Me Out to the Ballgame'' as a dirge for a man who loved baseball.
Murphy died last week of lung cancer at the age of 79, having called the Mets for their first 42 seasons, through last year, and having made fans believe he was their friendly summertime visitor with a happy recap.
Lorraine Tarsnare, who came to the service with her mother and two nieces from Pelham, N.Y., and who became a Mets fan as a child in the late 1960's, said she would ''turn the TV down and put the radio on to listen to Bob.''
''He seemed like a genuinely nice person,'' she said. ''I felt like I knew him. I've been a Bob Murphy fan for years.''
In the crowd of about 1,200 in the cathedral were fans in Mets jerseys and T-shirts; current Mets Mike Piazza, Al Leiter, John Franco and Manager Art Howe, and the former Mets Keith Hernandez, Bud Harrelson, Ed Charles and Ed Kranepool.Continue reading the main story
Ralph Kiner, an original Mets voice like Murphy and the late Lindsey Nelson, was there. So were Joan Hodges and Maxine Agee, whose late husbands and Murphy are forever linked to the 1969 Mets, who won the World Series over Baltimore.
''It's a full house,'' Fred Wilpon, the Mets' owner, said during his eulogy. ''He deserved it.''
Wilpon added: ''Generations grew up to the sound of Bob Murphy's voice. I did.''
Gary Thorne's first major league broadcasting job was with Murphy. They called the Mets on radio, from 1985 to 1988, and Thorne's eulogy recalled Murphy as a shy perfectionist who hated intrusions into his focused routine, a Marine veteran who rarely spoke of his wartime service and someone who could summon small details from long-ago games.
''The best place to be after a game was on a bar stool, sitting in the middle, with Bob on one side and Ralph on the other,'' Thorne said. ''Ralph would start telling a story about a game in 1964 against the Cardinals and he would say the score was 4-3, and Murph would say, 'Ralph, it was 3-2, get it right.'''
During one spring training game in Florida, Murphy told Thorne that he had seen ''some wild turkeys'' at his house. Thorne wondered to himself how many turkeys were running unchecked in Florida. ''And I said to him on the air, 'Just how many Wild Turkeys have you had?' He looked at me, realized what I was saying and started laughing. I laughed so hard, I crawled out of the booth and up the stairs. Curt Gowdy was there, and he said, 'You guys are having way too much fun.'''
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– WWE.com has an article up on Justin Roberts celebrating his 10th year with WWE. You can read the article here. In the article, he shared some advice that Stephanie McMahon gave to his early on….
"When I started here, I had been listening to Howard Finkel. So when I previously announced at independent wrestling events, tough man contests, University of Arizona women's softball games, basically anything I could announce … I was utilizing a bit of The Fink's 'cool announcer voice,'. I didn't even realize that I was doing it.
One day, Stephanie McMahon came up to me and said not to go out there and be Howard, but to be me. I didn't understand it at first, and then it hit me. I went back, watched some of my work, and thought, 'That that isn't my voice, that's not how I sound.' Once she said that to me, the light went on and I just became me. So every introduction that I do has its own flavor. I don't go out and give the same introduction to everybody."
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A bit late with this , not been on here in a while , but the report of this from the Times the other day .
What would Ena Sharples make of it? Ikea is talking to ITV about buying the broadcaster's Granada Studios site in Manchester as part of its expansion of property development.
The Times understands that Landprop, the Swedish retailer's property division, has resumed talks with the broadcaster to buy the site where Coronation Street was made and where the Beatles' first television performance was filmed in 1962.
ITV put the 14-acre complex on Quay Street, which was its base for more than 50 years, up for sale last year, instructing Jones Lang LaSalle to market it for about £25 million. A sale was made possible after ITV moved its operations to the MediaCityUK complex in Salford.
The broadcaster has been in exclusive negotiations with its preferred bidder — a joint venture between Gener8 and the Chelsfield Group — but these stalled after the consortium experienced funding difficulties. This has resulted in discussions reopening with Ikea, and previous bidders may also be asked to re-enter talks.
Granada Studios is one of the largest development opportunities in the city centre. It can accommodate up to one million sq ft of new development, including offices and prime housing.
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Interesting. "International Buyer" = Ikea?
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Is the Albion Market tin roofed thingy listed? I read that the V&A owned that bit as well.I thought they'd have done away with that by now
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IKEA are back in talks with Granada to buy the site.
Hopefully IKEA will buy the site in the end. Manchester city centre could end up with a really interesting and vibrant waterfront neighbourhood.
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Have you even read any of the article and the resi development in London they're involved with?!
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Did a bit of digging.
Oh I love digging.
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The creation of short term tenancy's and increasing landlords rights boosted small small scale landlords and created the buy to let market.
But no large companies ever became interested in doing the same in the UK.
But now that is beginning to change.
Recently the Prudential announced a tie up with Berkeley homes to buy £100 million worth of rental properties. It is the first such investment launched in the UK market.
Currently there is lots of interest in building private homes for rent and the main interest at the moment seems to centred on the Olympics site in London, where that Abu Dhabi fund is planning on being a long term landlord for it's new developments and IKEA of all people have launched their Strand East development.
At the moment IKEA seem the most ambitious, in so far it is looking outside London and is looking at the major metroploitan centres of the UK and wants to create it's new rental properties.
All of these sites are looking at a minimum of a 1,000 units and look big enough for them to create a destination. They probably hope to sell a controlled and cleaned urban environment that many people want, but is hard to achieve in a fragmented city. If they do it right I imagine the rental margins will be high.
If this takes off you might see more of concierge services common in the US but rare here.
It is too early to tell at the moment, but if it works it might be the ideal way to transform large scale sites surrounding our city centres. You could see much faster development in such a scenario, with mixes or rental and for sale properties.
If I could afford the rents in such a development I'd prefer to rent from a corporate with a brand to protect than an individual landlord.
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If I was rich it's certainly where I'd be investing my money right now. Until we see a sea change in housing policy in this country it's a goldmine.
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From a pure wealth point of view (with £500million to invest in the UK) the IKEA Landprop proposal looks interesting and could ensure the area is constructed much quicker than some of the other developers mentioned (reliant on bank lending and pre-lets) which can only be a good thing.
The vagueness surrounding the Strand East designs and the lack of reference to anything they have achieved so far is probably why IKEA lost out in the first place to Genr8 Developments (also having Mancunian John Early, founder of Amec/Muse, on board helped- but no great loss having them out of the picture given their protracted low-quality Smithfield Market project). I imagine the London site will be cheap build to replace the social housing cleared for the Olympics with the government eager to proclaim a shiny new legacy of the games irrespective of how it will look in 20years. The density there looks worrying, with little engagement with the waterway or over abundance of green space.
If IKEA use the Granada Studios plot as a benchmark for their work then great. The concern has to be over the quality of any buildings given its prime city centre location; if it is allowed to be another Green Quarter of nominal space-filling tat then the City Fathers should hang.
IKEAs desire to get into the Budget Hotel and Student Accommodation market should be frowned up for this plot as well. Plus, their previous housing projects were indeed BOKLOKS.
There is a real opportunity with the Granada plot to embrace the river frontage, link throught to Deansgate and the rest of the city, construct some high quality family homes in the city centre that tap into the adjacent Spinningfields Business Quarter and Mediacity (with the potential wealth accumulated there) and demonstrate that high quality can be lucrative in Manchester.
Does any modern developer have that in them and does MCC have the BOKLOKS to enforce it?
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Any moves to break the hegemony of the volume builders in the housing market is to be encouraged. But it remains to be seen if this model will work at scale outside London.
Not many sites - particularly around large post industrial cities - will offer clean consolidated ownership and the level of risk and margins attractive to institutional investors when compared to other asset classes.
And this is where the government have neglected the other bits of the jigsaw. Many sites will require consolidation, remediation and investment in public services and infrastructure to make them viable and attractive to investors and occupants alike. Gap funding will probably be needed and crucially local co-ordination to make it all happen.
In other words, as with so many of the issues discussed on this forum, we need to break the hegemony of Whitehall. Not a very palatable message for you and your colleagues I would have thought, RP. Which is why you will have to forgive me if I contain my excitement for the time being.
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More of this urbanist and Ripple.Good read.
Yeah the Granada site has to be thoughtfully designed. Sadly not that easy in stagnation Britain, but it has to be.
I think I have seen some Book look Bokloks in Malmo. I think, but I am not sure. They look familiar to what Ripple has posted, but frankly I wasn't taking notes on social housing that day. Too busy doing work thangs.
Pop these houses there and you might as well call it Ordsal east or Chorlton on Medlock north as it will make this part of the city feel like an book end suburb.
Yeah it needs some big city buildings. It needs VD boy and the Norwegian sovereign fund not some turnip houses from the Swedes.
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We shall see. But it's a bit early to be dismissive just because Ikea have in the past been keen to try tackle the lower end of the mass market. What's so wrong about Ikea anyway? I feel that all of Ikeas efforts have tended to be dismissed by comments by ideas that reek of class distinction and what is considered to be cool. Most articles about there land development ideas have been filled with comments about extra bits, or they must be poor build quality, which makes me just roll my eyes considering a lot of new builds in this country.
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Councils already have the power of land assembly and compulsory purchase to help developers with big sites if they wish to do so. In fact councils have long been doing this, so I'm not sure how a sudden transformation of the power balance between whitehall will suddenly make a difference on this.
Councils have long had powers to create simplified planning zones or condemn properties for redevelopment. it's just some are more interested in using them than others. Of course it's council over keen use of these powers in the past that often led to electoral backlash, so it is really up to the council to have the correct plan and vision and the ability to sell it to the local populace. It's now't to do with Whitehall.
Of course this only works if the value is high enough to overcome the costs of doing so. I don't see many large sites being done by single developers, as the whole process is so long winded and so it really is only going to happen on largish sites. But at medium to high densities you don't need that big a site to get a few hundred units.
Of course central government could lift restrictions on how much council tax local authorities could charge to raise more funds.
From an urban design point of view, its probably best if only a few buildings are developed at the same time by the same developer. But happily that covers most urban sites.
If property companies can make a profit selling flats and houses across the country there is no reason why they can't do the same renting them out. Institutions like offices and shops for the steady cashflow from rent, it can happen in residential and does happen the same way all over the world.
They don't have to be super fancy schemes, they can just be standard housing estates or small apartment blocks or low rise complexes. Properties will be built to suit the rental levels that can be achieved. There is no particular reason they have to be in city centres they can just as easily be new suburban estates.
This won't happen over night and it could one of those changes you won't really notice till 15 to 20 years have gone by and suddenly there everywhere.
It took that long for buy to let to flower from the changes in tenancy agreements to attract larger numbers of private sector investors and then change the mortgage market. Suddenly apartment blocks were being sold off plan and builders could build much larger blocks of flats and sell them quickly. It's buy to let that allowed high rise apartments to flourish in British regional cities.
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Theyve continued to follow that pattern, with the majority of the big boom-time developments undertaken on their own land holdings or those of larger concerns such as the Co-op and Network Rail; Smithfield, Ancoats, New Islington, First St, Angel Meadow and the Green Quarter all received varying degrees of public money to help stimulate initial development and smooth the path for developers.
The danger they have created is that every new developer sees this and asks what can you do for us even if their proposal isnt necessarily in the immediate interests of the wider city such as the Green Quarter or Pollard St which came at the expense of finishing Ancoats or Castlefield, say. There are too many half completed projects in Manchester that will never have a chance to become real communities until they are finished.
The challenge for MCC is to ensure that the assets of the city are preserved within the framework of redevelopment. They failed monumentally with Smithfield Market to ensure the Mackie Mayor was restored and genuine beneficial public space created; similarly with Urban Splash and the Ancoats Hospital debacle.
Their failure to demand real quality and permanence from developers also does no favours to the future of the city and doesnt effectively fill the gaps in the urban landscape in a sustainable way that might justify the inflated (Boomtime-valued) council tax bills they charge.
I have no issue with IKEA Landprop developing the Granada estate in the same way as the Co-op will develop the NOMA project (their financial muscle makes them a better proposition than the Ask Developments or Urban Splashes who squandered their opportunities and our money); what they deliver in terms of quality will depend on MCC who I hope at least ring-fence any public money his time for things like the Bonded Warehouse at Granada to be central to any design, maybe liaising to expand MOSI onto some of the vacated land in lew of 106 monies or future council tax revenues.
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I'm assuming this proposal is purely for the Quay St / Water St land, the other parcels will be sold separately? We're still told there is an active plan to keep the Corrie lot as a stand alone attraction, again possibly still with the MOSI.
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As frustrating as this has been, it does mean that when the global economy does upturn again (on the assumption that there are still enough city slickers and PLCs who need to make money on an inflating economy), then unlike the 90's when the city could only get up and running once the bubble was 3/4's inflated, Manchester will be well placed to capitalise when the upturn begins.
There are signs of this strong positioning and green shoots IMO with the completion of the Smithfield Market apartments, which includes an initial refurb of the Mackie Mayor (see below). I suspect that this was always part of the deal with the developers who have (guessing) chosen to undertake their obligation in the final stage of the project. BTW this was a '5 year scheme' as quoted by Ician (Crosby/AMEC) who started off as the developers and is now 13 years and counting, so the initial premise that Mackie Mayor would be completed by c.2005 was not a bad proposition, but alas times have changed.
What the city have done well is to secure large projects that have so far seen through the current 'depression': Metrolink, BBC Salford, Manchester University property re-evaluation and now (finally) Manchester Victoria to name four.
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The Timberwolves got an unexpected lift on Wednesday when Kevin Love returned earlier than anticipated from the broken hand that had sidelined him for the last few weeks. Although reports suggested Love wouldn't be back until December, he looked to be in midseason form in his debut, racking up 34 points and 14 rebounds against the Nuggets. It wasn't enough to propel the T-Wolves to victory, but the team will get another shot to get its first win with Love on the court tonight vs. the Trail Blazers. In the meantime, here are a few rumblings out of Minnesota:
- Derrick Williams tells Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune (Twitter link) that he was preparing to become a Trail Blazer this summer when rumors involving a Nicolas Batum sign-and-trade were swirling. Asked if he was just listening to speculation or if he had inside info, Williams replied, "I guess you could say inside information" (Twitter link).
- With Michael Finley attempting to make an NBA comeback, the Wolves received a call from Finley's camp, but said no thanks, tweets Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN Twin Cities.
- Brandon Roy's future is still to be determined, tweets Wolfson, who says the idea of possible retirement came up when Roy spoke to GM David Kahn last Friday.
- Earlier this afternoon, we heard that the Timberwolves briefly signed Demetris Nichols and Troy Hudson before the season in order to hang onto the duo's D-League rights. Both players are now on the roster for the Sioux Falls Skyforce, Minnesota's D-League affiliate.
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Once again, the South Dallas Super Bowl is upon us, and Lincoln is out to tip the scales back in its favor.
In the annual matchup between James Madison High School (1-2) and Lincoln High School (0-2), Lincoln hasn't taken home a victory since 2009, which means this year's senior class has yet to feel the euphoria of beating its rival school.
"We're hungry for a win," new Lincoln head coach Zarnell Fitch said. "We're starving for one."
Madison and Lincoln meet up at 7 p.m. Saturday at Kincaide Stadium.
As if the annual rivalry game wasn't enough to get the players fired up, Lincoln has suffered two last-minute, one-point defeats to start its season.
The season started with a 20-19 loss to Fort Worth Dunbar on a 25-yard touchdown with three seconds left in the game. The second loss was to Bishop Dunne, 42-41. This time, the game-winning touchdown was scored with 1:52 left in the game, but Lincoln could not mount a comeback.
The close losses will motivate Lincoln, but it all comes back to the importance of the rivalry.
"They've been waiting for this game all summer," Fitch said. "When we're running that extra lap, we're thinking about Madison."
Fitch is looking for a big game from his 6-5 wide receiver, Emanuel Porter, who is committed to Texas.
Lincoln is planning a blackout for the game by asking fans to wear all black in the stands. The players will wear black jerseys and black pants to complete the look.
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At age 94, Newt Wallace deserves a break, so he takes one. It's on a bench just outside of the burnished wooden doors of The Buckhorn, Winters' well-known steakhouse.
Newt sits quietly, taking in Main Street, his canvas carrier bag draped over his shoulder. This is his town, the town where the oldest living paperboy just keeps on ... delivering.
It all began in 1947. It was then, Jan. 1, 1947, Newt took over control of the Winters Express, the town's weekly newspaper. He paid $13,500 for the paper and its building on Railroad Avenue. The Express is still housed in the same building, defying time, just like Newt.
When he and his wife, Ida, rolled into town, Newt was struck how Winters, with it's concentrated business district, reminded him of Iowa, where the couple had gone to college.
The town, in some ways, remains the same, except more hip.
Ida passed away three years ago on Valentine's Day after 68 years of marriage. The couple had five children, including Charley, who took over for Newt in 1983 as publisher of the Express, and John, the Winters' city attorney.
But let's get back to the present. It's Wednesday, the day 2,300 papers are circulated. Newt does his part, delivering what a 94-year-old has the energy for.
He doesn't take a long break on the bench In fact, he is constant motion, dropping off papers to Main Street businesses at a furious pace, rarely stopping to chat to town folk who call out "Hi, Newt!" as soon as he opens the door. If no one greets him, he'll announce "It's the paperboy." It's sounds strange to hear a 94-year-old refer to himself as a "boy."
On this day, the "boy" is on a mission to get the Winters Express delivered locally before taking off in his SUV to the Capay Valley, where he will drop off more papers.
Yes, Newt still drives.
"I just got my license renewed," says the native Oklahoman, proudly. "I can drive until I'm 99."
When Newt asks Charley Wallace, one of Newt and Ida five children and the 10th publisher of the Express, if it's OK if a photographer travels with him on his route, Charley quips, "I wouldn't."
Charley then proceeds to tell a story about warning a local not to "park behind my dad," explaining, "He can't turn his head (to see what's behind him) and he will hit you."
Weeks later, the forewarned local entered the Express office and asked for Newt's insurance information. Newt had backed into him.
"I told you not to park behind him ... it's your own fault," Charley told the man. Case closed.
The paper hasn't been printed in Winters for years, but, when it is ready to roll, the Davis Enterprise is tasked with printing the paper every Tuesday night. By Wednesday morning, Newt arrives promptly at 9 a.m. to begin the process of readying some of the 2,300 papers for delivery. Around 10 a.m., Newt throws bundles of papers into the back and front seat of his SUV, gets in his car and takes off, where he will place some papers in racks and drop some off at stores near I-505.
At the Berryessa Sporting Goods and Mini Market, he stops long enough to chat with Berryessa owner John Lorenzo, whose family has been advertising in the Express since Newt took ownership.
"It's a matter of loyalty with me," Lorenzo says of his longtime affiliation with the Express, adding that his grandfather was the first person to place an ad with Newt after the Wallaces arrived in town. "As long as there is a Wallace running the paper, I will continue to advertise there."
A man of habit, Newt buys his weekly $2 Lottery ticket at Berryessa. He thinks he may have won $41 once, and jokes that if he ever won, it would be his retirement.
"When he was 75, he was thinking of retiring," says Charley. "I told him, 'Show me three of your friends that are retired and still alive.' "
That was the last time Newt brought up retirement.
After his delivery at Berryessa, Newt heads back to the office, where the rest of his deliveries will take place on foot.
This is when the words "oldest living paperboy" come to life.
Newt earned that honor in 2013 when England's Ted Ingram gave up delivering his hometown paper after 71 years. At age 93, Ingram blamed cranky knees.
Paperboy is a bit too casual of a title for Newt. This man has lunched in the White House with John F. Kennedy, corresponded with presidents Truman, Nixon, Ford, Clinton, Bush No. 1 and on and on. He was the youngest president of the California Newspaper Publishers Association. He even had the honor of riding with Humphrey Bogart in an elevator in 1952, except Newt didn't think it was an honor.
"All I saw was this gangster-looking guy on the elevator," Newt says, admitting he didn't recognize the world-famous actor.
As a young man, before newspapers, he built bridges and roads in Alaska, airstrips in Bermuda and even had a shot of playing professional baseball.
"He's my icon, my hero," says longtime Express' editor Debra DeAngelo of Newt, emphasizing his extraordinary work ethic and knowledge of local history.
Meantime, Newt's Wednesday is winding down. After his downtown deliveries and a roadtrip to the Capay Valley, he heads home, takes a shower, changes clothes and then it's back to the office, where, at 5 minutes to four, he begins a walk that's been taking place for 35 years, heading west on Railroad Avenue to The Buckhorn for his last delivery of the day.
It's critical Newt arrives there at 4 p.m., when the doors to the bar portion of the restaurant open, so that he can grab his favorite seat, a bar stool in the corner facing the door.
Without asking, Buckhorn bartender Andrew Garcia sets a cold beer in a tall glass next to Newt on the bar.
"Hi Newt," Garcia says.
That's the way it's been for 35 years: three papers for a beer.
It's quiet. Not a soul there. Yet, Newt keeps an eye on the door.
He explains he's made some enemies during his years as a newspaperman — that's why he covets this particular seat — so he can watch who comes and goes.
It may be wishful thinking on his part .. that he has enemies.
Because, really, how can the world's oldest living paperboy have enemies?
To see more photos of Newt Wallace, the world's oldest living paperboy, visit the media center of www.thereporter.com.


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CONCERNED residents have been asking what our local MPs are doing to help back the Echo campaign to keep blood tests local.
The non urgent screening service is set to move to Bedford from April rather than the current set up at Basildon and Southend hospitals.
The Echo tried for a second time to contact all six of the south Essex MPs. Only three have so far responded.
John Gibson, chairman of the Asset Trust which provides equipment to the hospital, raised the issue of MPs remaining silent.
Mr Gibson who is fully supporting our campaign, said: "The silence of our MPs will not be unnoticed by voters. Many will feel they have been abandoned by their MPs in this time of great need and support.
"Our MPs should stand up and be counted now, with a simple Yes or No to this appalling proposal. Or might they have been warned-off by Government whips?"
Castle Point MP Rebecca Harris said she would speak with her fellow local MPs.
She said: "Residents who rely on a fast turn-around of blood samples are getting really frightened by this. I was assured that all urgent GP and hospital blood tests will still be performed locally and this idea is only being looked at for non-urgent, routine ones.
"The local GP Commissioning Groups needs to clarify this urgently to both MPs and the public before any decision is taken. And even if this is purely for non-urgent tests, they must not endorse anything that reduces the quality of service for local residents."
Rayleigh MP Mark Francois, Southend West MP David Amess, Billericay MP John Baron have failed to respond.
James Duddridge, Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East, previously said: "Blood testing has been transferred to another location in Wales before, and it was done so with relatively few problems.
"I understand it is worrying to hear about a change like this, but that does not always mean a worse service."
While Stephen Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, said: "I understand people's concerns, but they have to be balanced against making sure we get best value for money.
"Any savings would be redirected to frontline services."


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Alex Stupak, self-identified nihilist and chef-owner of Empellon Taqueria and its upscale little sister Empellon Cocina, notoriously falls under the "best celebrity chefs who just don't give a fuck" umbrella.
In a recent post for First We Feast, he thoughtfully lays out his four requirements for restaurant expansion (he's toying with the idea of a third space), admitting that he maybe, definitely jumped the gun on opening Cocina after Taqueria blew away critics who doubted what a "modernist" gringo pastry chef could do with Mexican food.
Writes Alex:
"When I opened Taqueria I was told many times, by several different people, that I was not going to succeed. So much so that once the restaurant just barely started to click I became compelled to extend the biggest middle finger I possibly could to all those naysayers. That middle finger was Cocina."
What a loving descriptor. We can't wait to nickname our second child "middle finger."
But Alex's rules aren't meant to be universal: "Everyone's journey is different and I have no fucking clue about what I'm doing."
Which is exactly why he's our favorite. Well, that, and delicious tacos. You can read his whole post here.
Anthony Bourdain On Why The Best Celebrity Chefs Just 'Don't Give A F*ck'
Alex Stupak Doesn't Believe In The 'Deep Importance' Of Food
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text: Kate Bosworth has one of the pretty faces in Hollywood, who became famous in the movie Blue Crush. She has dated some pretty notable types from Orlando Bloom to Alexander Skarsgard. She tends to make pretty good fashions choices and she has been always makes a lasting impression with her street style and red carpet choices. One bag she loves to make a statement with is her Fendi Selleria Intrecciato, personalized of course. This pretty actress sure knows how to prove her fashion worth.


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TOKYO - A "ghost detector" is the latest offering from a Japanese company that sells popular computer data storage units shaped like rubber ducks and sushi.
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SolidAlliance Corp.'s portable GhostRadar beeps and flashes red lights in response to unusual magnetic waves. It also reacts to body heat and perspiration detected by a sensor where users place their thumbs.
The gadget went on sale in Japan in early April, and the first shipments to the United States are on their way, said SolidAlliance Vice President Yuichiro Saito.
GhostRadar is a novelty item that comes attached to a portable storage device which holds documents, photos and other files on a memory card and plugs into a computer's USB port.
In Japan, GhostRadar costs $185 for the 512-megabyte version, about twice as much as a regular memory storage unit. U.S. prices haven't yet been decided.
The device might beep as often as once an hour in a place that's haunted but might fall silent in other spots, Saito said. He wouldn't elaborate on how it works.
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'Kadhafi and his clique must go': Britain and France
France and Britain on Thursday agreed that Libya strongman Moamer Kadhafi "must go" and called on the EU to consider the country's rebel national council a valid political interlocutor, Sarkozy's office said.
"To stop further suffering of the Libyan people, Muammar Gaddafi and his clique should leave," French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron said in a joint letter to European Union president Herman Von Rompuy.
"We support the efforts of the Libyan Interim Transitional National Council to prepare for a representative and accountable government.
"We should send the clear political signal that we consider the Council to be valid political interlocutors, and an important voice for the Libyan people in this phase," they said.


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The St. Cloud Apollo boys basketball team defeated Little Falls three times last season on its way to the state tournament.
No longer in the same conference or section, the Flyers made the most out of the team's lone meeting of this season, Tuesday, plowing past the Eagles 82-62.
Junior Collin Eckman led a balanced offensive attack with 20 points, six rebounds and four assists.
Senior Matt Valentine posted 18 points and eight rebounds, junior Jake Scott had 15 points and five rebounds and junior Josh Wenzel had 14 points and five assists.
Senior Tom Smith, junior Travis Spillum and sophomore Troy Scott added four points apiece, while senior Grant Bell had three points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.
It was the seventh win in a row for Little Falls.
Little Falls plays at Foley, Friday.
Little Falls 82, St. Cloud Apollo 62
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Little Falls—Collin Eckman, 20 (6 rebounds, 4 assists); Matt Valentine, 18 (8 rebounds); Jake Scott, 15 (5 rebounds, 3 steals); Josh Wenzel, 14 (5 assists); Troy Scott, 4; Tom Smith, 4 (4 steals); Travis Spillum, 4; Grant Bell, 3 (10 rebounds, 7 assists).


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DENVER – The Toronto Raptors were ready for Danilo Gallinari. They didn't have an answer for Nikola Jokic.
The rookie center had 27 points and 14 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets ended Toronto's 11-game winning streak with a 112-93 victory over the Raptors on Monday.
Jokic's totals were season highs. He had 23 points and 12 rebounds against San Antonio on Nov. 28 and now has four double-doubles in his past five games. The 20-year-old Serbian has surpassed even his own expectations for this season.
"When I came here I didn't think I would play," he said. "Now I have trust from the coach."
His effort Monday eased the burden on Gallinari, Denver's leading scorer. Gallinari had just 13 points on 4-of-7 shooting and let Jokic dominate Toronto.
"He had a good game. I'm very happy for him," Gallinari said. "I told him the challenge is for him to do that every night."
Will Barton scored 20 points and Randy Foye had 16 for the Nuggets, who swept the season series. They won in Toronto on Dec. 3 to stop an eight-game losing streak.
The Raptors entered with the NBA's longest current winning streak but couldn't duplicate the success they had in January. They led by one midway through the second quarter but trailed by double digits for most of the second half.
DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 24 points.
Cavaliers 111, Pacers 106 (OT)
In Indianapolis, Kyrie Irving scored 25 points and LeBron James had 24 points, 12 rebounds and six assists to lead Cleveland past the Pacers in overtime.
James only scored seven points after halftime, but it was enough to give the Cavaliers their fifth straight win under new coach Tyronn Lue — and their first win in Indy in six years.
Thunder 114, Wizards 98
In Oklahoma City, Russell Westbrook had his seventh triple-double of the season and the Thunder beat Washington.
Westbrook had 17 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists and got the best of his matchup with Washington point guard John Wall.
It was the 26th triple-double of Westbrook's career.
Grizzlies 110, Pelicans 95
In New Orleans, Zach Randolph had 22 points and 12 boards and Memphis beat the hosts for its 10th victory in 12 games.
Jazz 105, Bulls 96 (OT)
In Salt Lake City, Gordon Hayward had 27 points and 12 rebounds, Rodney Hood added 19 points and Utah beat Chicago.
Spurs 107, Magic 92
In San Antonio, LaMarcus Aldridge scored a season-high 28 points and the Spurs defeated Orlando to remain undefeated at home.
Hawks 112, Mavericks 97
In Atlanta, Jeff Teague scored a season-high 32 points on 12-for-15 shooting, Kyle Korver added 16 points and the Hawks beat Dallas to snap a three-game skid.
Pistons 105, Nets 100
In New York, Andre Drummond had 21 points and 18 rebounds, Reggie Jackson scored 19 points and Detroit beat Brooklyn.
Kings 111, Bucks 104
In Sacramento, Rudy Gay had 32 points, nine rebounds and six assists and the Kings snapped a five-game losing streak by beating Milwaukee.