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October 29, 2012 7:30pm-8:00pm PDT
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>> supervisor wiener, did you have a comment? supervisor wiener. >> thank you, and thank you, supervisor cohen, for calling a hearing on this very important subject, specifically car sharing. and i agree that it's extremely important that we provide car-sharing access in all parts of the city. and thankfully, particularly for those areas that are poorly served by other forms of transportation such as muni and taxicab service. and we do know that in some areas of the city, in particular districts 10 and 11, muni access is not as good as it is in other parts of the city, and cab access, taxicab access is at times [speaker not understood] nonexistent. so i think it is very important to provide this opportunity. but also backing up and look at this from a systemic
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perspective, i said this before and i'm going to keep saying it because i think it's true, that if we truly want to be a transit-first city, muni is never going to be enough. even if we had another $100 million a year to invest in making muni the kind of service that we all want it to be in terms of reliability and consistency, it would never meet all of the transportation needs of our citizens and our visitors. and if we truly want to see significant movement in terms of reducing the number of private car people make, in terms of getting people able not to have private vehicles to actually give up those vehicles, we have to have, number one, a reliable cab service which right now we don't have in san francisco. and number two, we have to have very, very robust car sharing. and that means traditional car sharing and the newer kinds of car sharing that we're seeing. and we need to make sure that
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the regulatory scheme actually supports that. and right now we're seeing some car sharing services that are experiencing problems with the california p.u.c. we need to make sure those services have a path to being acknowledged as legal and appropriate. we also need to make sure that we're creating enough spaces for our car sharing service providers. we're seeing in some parts of the city with the disappearance of gas stations and disappearance of surface parking lots with some of the most productive ways of providing car sharing spots that it's becoming harder and harder for car sharing companies to actually find spots. and i commend mta for its on-streetcar sharing program. i think that could be terrific. i think we have a ways to go before we can get there. i also have legislation pending to amend the planning code,
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take away right now the disincentive we have to apply the developers to put adequate car sharing spaces in their developments. we actually make it extremely hard, particularly for smaller development to put car sharing spaces in their buildings. this legislation we're sponsoring will address that problem. i make these remarks to get the broader context and supervisor cohen, thanks again for calling this hearing. >> thank you. good afternoon, chairperson mar, members of the committee. i'm mitt rifkin, transportation director. and i concur with you this is an exciting and important topic. i'm sure the reruns of the hearing will be -- will go viral at some point as people catch on to how exciting car sharing can be. i think -- i appreciate your opening remarks because i think they're a good lead-in into car sharing and how it really is an important part of the transit first policy and making that
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real in san francisco, a policy i'll mind you was adopted by the board of supervisors in 1973. so, i have a brief presentation i'm going to walk through. i am joined by melanie, director of department of environment. there are other representatives from the mta department of environment city administrator's office, car sharing organization. we're certainly working along with all of them, working side by side with the department of environment in particular in making sure that the policy is advancing both our transportation and environmental goals, which i believe car sharing is a good example of that. so, if we could go to the presentation, i'm just going to try to walk through briefly some basics to help stimulate the conversation and answer some of the questions that you raised in your opening statement, supervisor cohen. so, car sharing does have a definition currently in the transportation code. this is it.
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i won't spend time on this, but just want to frame at least from the transportation code, current perspective of what the definition of car sharing is. and this largely is in line with the more traditional car sharing models and this is how the code currently defines it. so, i think you've already started speaking to this, but there are significant transportation and environmental benefits from car sharing. perhaps at the top of the list is the potential and i think actuality it has in reducing automobile ownership rates. you may hear stats from others. i've heard that a single car-share vehicle can reduce up to 15 privately owned vehicles. when you think of what that can mean if you multiply it out in a dense city like ours, that could have pretty significant benefit in itself just in terms of needing to be fewer cars in san francisco.
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because it does take all those cars off the street. it reduces parking demand. it also reduces vehicle miles traveled because the data shows that people who rely on car share to do their auto-oriented travel do much more via transit, via cycling, via the other modes of transportation than driving. so, it would be a reduced vmt benefit. and if you put together the reduced number of vehicle miles traveled that car share seems to support, along with the fact that the car share vehicles tend to be greener, that's where you really get some significant environmental benefit in term of reduced greenhouse gas and other emissions. it does, car sharing enhances mobility and contributes to more walking, biking and transit use because people -- and i may be a poster child for this. i am able to live -- my family
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and i are able to live in san francisco without owning a car because of the existence of car sharing. and, so, because we don't need a car, because of the existence of car sharing, we generally rely on transit. for me, i ride my bike a lot. sometimes we take taxis. we often walk to where we're going. but the fact we don't own a vehicle means we're less inclined to just jump in our vehicles for times when we might not otherwise need it. when we do need to drive our own car, we get a car-share vehicle. so, i think if i may be so bold as to say that kind of use epitomizes ways in which car sharing, the existence of car sharing really has very tangible benefits to the transportation system and to the natural environment. so, supervisor wiener made some reference to the fact there are different types of car sharing. this is a spectrum that has the
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traditional model such as we have here in the city on one end of the spectrum. there are peer-to-peer models that have developed over the last year or so, some of them have been around perhaps a little bit longer. the traditional models have been around for nearly a dozen years in san francisco. the peer-to-peer models where individuals are basically making their cars available for others to use. and then the even newer one-way models that are coming into being. we know a lot more about some of the benefits that i just spoke to really pertain to the traditional models because that's what we have understanding and data from. we have much less, if any, on some of these newer models. but it's likely that at least some aspects of the benefits that come from car sharing may be realized by different [speaker not understood] of the
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traditional models. so, our approach to car sharing reflects the understanding that it does advance the city's transit first policy. it also reflects the fact that it's largely a private sector activity, therefore it's one that's for very small, if any investment from the public sector, we get all those significant transportation and environmental benefits. so, it's something that we want to embrace and facilitate. supervisor wiener made reference to the fact that parking is a big issue with regard to car sharing and parking is something that we regulate. so, that's a part of the equation where the sfmta can be helpful in either passively or actively facilitating more car-sharing. and you may hear also from the car-share companies that when they come to speak, that parking is a significant challenge and it's why they often hit roadblocks. so, where we can -- one way
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that we can best work to facilitate car sharing is by using parking policy to make more parking available for car sharing vehicles which in turn would make more car sharing available to members of the public. so, we are looking at our current parking policies, both on-street and off-street. and i'll speak to some of that as we walk through this. in terms of on-street spaces, there are some perhaps unique benefits to on-street spaces. off-street spaces are acquired by or access to them is acquired by the car-share companies based more or lesson the availability of who has space and is willing to lease, or it could be by requirements that are in the planning code. as supervisor wiener mentioned, one of the big down sides is those spaces can go away as
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they are in certain neighborhoods. we do, however, have a lot of on-street spaces, more than 2 80,000 of them that, while there is some fluctuation in those spaces, generally they're not going to go away. some other benefits of on-street parking for car share vehicles is that it increases the visibility. there's a lot more ability to distribute them equitably and where the demands are, that there's a lot more [inaudible] available. and the availability in the long-term because they're not as susceptible of going away as they are lease space in a former garage station site, that they're perhaps more sustainable in the long run. so, for that reason we undertook an on-street car sharing pilot. i guess about a year ago we took exchanges from the fmta
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board and [speaker not understood] to change divisions 1 and 2 of the transportation code to enable car share parking. and then we worked with the city administrator's office, city car share, which is one of the two traditional car share companies operating in the city, as well as members of the office of the board of supervisors to identify spaces. there are other on-street models out there. washington, d.c. and portland being some. our pilot was to see how it would work here. there is a whole process that we, as we do for most uses on the street, took the pilot spaces, too. i won't go through these all, but just to say there was quite a bit of vetting. not originally proposed space made it through. a lot of opportunity for public comment as it relates to san francisco, to make sure that we were being thoughtful in terms of placing these.
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so, here you can see graphically where we ended up putting spaces. they went in in a few phases, starting in september of last year through february of this year. there were 12 in all scattered somewhat throughout the city. so, one of the goals of the hearing was to discuss results. the two main measures by which we evaluated the pilot, the first was vehicle utilization. and this chart shows over the months just the percentage of time the vehicle was in use. you could see it's fairly mixed. there were some that were very heavily used. there were some that were much less used. there were some that started strong and dropped off. that picked up later on. the highest utilization were greenwich, valencia 17th, clay fillmore, [speaker not understood], fourth and clement. so, even in some of those
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spaces there were some issues, which i'll touch upon some challenges which, again, the purpose of the pilot to identify what some of those would be. the other measure we looked at -- oh, i should mention when you're looking at this chart, you'll see a bar going across. and that was basically a control group of off-street spaces that also i think somewhat comports with industry averages or where we'd want to be. you could see some of them hit that bar right off the bat. some of them were approaching it. some were quite a bit away. similarly on this chart, this is looking at unique users, another measure that the industry looks at. generally we found that there was where you had high utilization, you had a number of high users. the purpose of this is to see how broadly based these spaces are being used and whether it's just one or two people using it. >> excuse me for a second.
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could you once again, can you just define how unique users are identified? what's a unique user or who is a unique user? >> so, it's -- looking at the number of people in every given month relative to the total number of trips. so, if there was a space near me and i was using it 50% of the time, then there would be not so many unique users. so, it's a measure of how many different people are accessing that individual vehicle to just two or three people who are using it, or is it wide number or broad number of people. that's what this is measuring. >> [inaudible]. >> sure. so, [speaker not understood]. i think generally what we're pretty happy with the fact i think the general proof of concept, although it has been operating in other places, i think we found that it is certainly feasible. it can quickly become well utilized.
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as i said, some of them were well utilized from the jump when they went high-demand areas. we did have some issues of enforcement of the spaces, particularly the one in the mission and valencia on 1th. we had a lot of people illegally parking there. we did make some changes to try to reduce that. but it's something -- it's a little bit different issue than we have with off-street spaces. so, that's something we need to work upon. there are mitigations such as signage and other things we can do to try to minimize illegal parking of these spaces. * commercial areas are good in terms of visibility and accessability, but also can cause some enforcement challenges. and also going through the process of siting. the spaces, as you know, any discussion of taking the parking space for anything other than general use can be contested. there were some bumps in trying to get some of these, these
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spots cited. so, we need that process and we need to be able to build the support and demonstrate this one vehicle is taking others off the road, i think it will help that process. and then the last point is i think that for those that didn't do as well, it may be partly attributable at least to inadequate outreach and the fact that people didn't know that the space was there and the vehicle was there, maybe didn't know much about car sharing even more generally. i think the places where it did well was often places where there was already strong demand and the vehicle was just filling a gap or filling unmet demand. when going into new places that may not have that kind of latent demand already there, i think there is work to be done by the car share company or by the city, by nonprofit partners to improve -- to get people to understand what car share is and to get to more of a
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critical mass of car sharing use. so, i think that's an important lesson that we learned. >> so, were there -- was there multiple level approach to sharing this awareness, the car sharing of the pilot program? [speaker not understood] in english? >> i don't know the answer to that. i know someone here can speak to how the outreach was done or the pilot. >> [speaker not understood] with the mta. we worked with offices and city administrator offices city car share to select the spaces, city car share can speak to the specific events that they marketed the various [speaker not understood] for that. >> i'm sorry, you work with mta? >> yes. >> and you said you worked with which company? >> city car share and the city administrator's office. -- to select the spaces. >> okay. >> and your office as well. >> right. thank you for that. so, it was all done in english,
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is what you're telling me? >> i'm sorry? >> it was all done in english? >> no, i can't speak to that one way or the other. >> that's my question. if someone can speak to that. >> [speaker not understood] for city car share. >> [speaker not understood]. >> sure. we actually did over 12 different outreaches in the various neighborhoods, particularly in the neighborhoods that had no existing car sharing before. to answer your specific question, we did do an outreach piece in spanish. we did not do one in chinese. we planned to, we wanted to, but did not get one out. we worked with the mayor's mayor's office to get one out. particularly in the mission district we targeted various avenues and developments and that sort of thing. >> okay. thank you. i'm surprised in a city certainly the mayor's office knows how to get things translated. i know the mayor [speaker not understood]. i know there are folks on staff who know how to do that. >> i think that helps support the point, which was one of the lessons learned, that there was much better job that could have been done with regard to
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outreach. so, i think language is probably one dimension of that. i'm sure there are others as well. but that's i think an important take-home from this. >> supervisor wiener has a question, i believe. >> this is with regard to a few different questions with regard to areas you covered. the first has to do with -- it was real a good chart in of the differentxv of car sharing. i know you're aware of the challenges that some of the more innovative car sharing peer-to-peer kind of services are having with the california puc. and i'm hoping that can be worked there and the cpuc will be cooperative on the task forward. i would just like to be assured that the mta is supportive of having all sorts of different kinds of car sharing approaches and that the mta will -- i
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mean, you have to enforce the laws. but in terms of making sure that we can have different kinds of approaches to car sharing and not just have sort of a reactive. this doesn't fit into current models we have there for, we have to shut it down. >> okay. so, i want to make sure what kind of parceling out some of these different kinds of vehicle services. so, there are peer-to-peer car sharing where people maybe have a car in their garage and through some website somebody else can access that vehicle when it's free and they come over and they hand off the key and they drive off. so, it's kind of like an informal version of the traditional model. when you're done, you return it back to that spot and they use different website platforms or maybe apps to make those connections. those are really kind of
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outside of our regulatory sphere. i don't think, and i don't believe that the cpuc has -- i think it's outside of theirs as well. there are one-way car sharing models that there's one here that is using off-street spaces. i think the city has been, you know, is aware of and i think happy to see the increase in the [speaker not understood] infrastructure that they're bringing to the stable. -- table. there is another model i'm sure they're going to speak to today that is perhaps more of an on street version of that. what i was going to get to in a slide or two is that we look forward to figuring out how we can see if we can make some of those work. it seems that there may be places where some of these are not consistent with our parking policy and we just want to make sure that we can resolve areas
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where there are inconsistencies where we don't have different types of rules for different people at least without policy justification for doing that. again, i don't think the cpuc has any jurisdiction there or any concern. what we're really eager to see is some data to confirm that the benefits or pilot to test the benefits that we see in the traditional models would hold and the one-way model. then there's the other realm of maybe what you're talking about more akin to taxi services. and that is where the cpuc has issued cease and desist orders on a number of companies that are acting not really as car sharing, but more as taxi. that's really outside of the realm of what we're talking about here with the different type. there are cpuc [speaker not understood] vehicles and there are some that are not, having
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private people. and those are i think within their regulatory realm. i'd say we have -- i have different perspectives on each of those different types. what i do get is that they're filling a void that is created by our current taxi industry. our primary focus is not going to be fighting anybody who is coming in to fill that void. our primary focus is going to be to improve taxi service in san francisco, to obviate the need for those services or at least compete with them. the types of services that are using licensed vehicles and drivers, while they are operating much like taxis, but with a much less burdensome regulatory framework, while i don't think that's really sustainable in the long term, they are operating with some regulatory framework. with the other ones that don't have any regulations to address
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public safety or equity of access, geographically a-d-a, all the things we have in our transportation code that we place on the taxi system for a reason, including the environmental benefits of our having the greenest fleet in the country, those are a little bit -- are unknown. we have no data, no visibility into them. they are operating completely absent any regulatory framework. so, there's where we're really trying to get more information on. all of that is outside of what we're talking about here in terms of car sharing. >> actually, i think that there's a spectrum and some things there might be gray areas about what is taxi service, what's sort of like taxi service, what sort of then leads into car sharing. so, i think it is actually a spectrum. i'm just trying to make sure when we're reviewing how people get around in the city, the
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challenges around public transportation and a traditional taxicab and we're not looking at it -- this bucket or that bucket. if it doesn't fall into one of our currently existing classifications, that means it must be something wrong with it. i'm not saying you have this attitude. i just want to make sure that the agency doesn't develop this attitude. we need to be encouraging innovation in this area. and i've also noticed that an unfortunate dynamic -- this isn't true of all taxi drivers in san francisco, but some who view any other transit options -- and i won't name specific companies -- that's competition, so we have to kill it and then resist adding any new taxicabs, provide adequate service. so, that's really my larger point that we embrace these new kinds of innovative approaches to transit [inaudible]. >> absolutely. and to the extent that the innovations are advancing the city's policy goals and doing a
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way that's safe, we absolutely want to embrace them. there may be some innovations that don't meet those criteria that we may want to try to steer in a different direction or bring them into a framework that is safe in meeting the other policy goals. there's a lot happening out there, both in the car-sharing realm and in the taxi-like service realm and we're not doing a knee jerk, not within our current understanding of a frame. therefore, it's no good. >> and then the last thing i wanted to ask is about the on-streetcar sharing. -- on-street car sharing. there is i robust on street car sharing service throughout the city which is important to car sharing. i think [speaker not understood], you mentioned this in a very polite way, that
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they're just taking one on-street spot and converting it to a car sharing spot can turn into just a neighborhood brawl. when we had to find one spot in glenn park in my district to use for car sharing, it was very, very challenging. just to find one spot. and we know that to have a truly robust on street car sharing program [speaker not understood]. do you have any political support to get that higher number of on street [speaker not understood]? >> that's a a good question. i think that the more data that we have where we can demonstrate clearly the benefits and demonstrate the reduction of vehicle, reduction of demand for existing constrained parking out there that car sharing has the potential to bring, that's probably our best argument. you give us this one space in your neighborhood and you're
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going to have fewer cars on your street. it actually can be a solution to a parking problem. so, kind of flipping the understanding of it's not just taking a car space or parking space away, but it's potentially freeing up parking because people aren't going to need to have their cars in that area. that's where we need to go. but as you know and as i've said, taking away a parking space is always going to be a challenge. so, the better we're able to articulate those benefits and clearly demonstrate this based on this pilot, the better success i think we'll have. >> thank you. >> so, just a couple more if you want me to kind of finish here. that does segue nicely into the fact that on street is not the only solution. i know supervisor wiener made reference to the legislation that he's offering to try to take advantage of development that could
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Asset managers are reaping the benefits of Australia's ballooning superannuation industry at the expense of fund members, argues the boss of the country's biggest industry super fund.
Frustration over the millions of dollars
The funds management industry is about to lose $150 million in fees as a result of the retirement scheme's decision to manage one-third of its portfolio in-house. "It is a direct transfer of wealth from the funds management industry to the accounts of AustralianSuper members," Mr Silk said.
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Senior managers of the internal team can earn up to 40 per cent of their salary through bonuses. For managers in the equities team, their bonus is based on the performance of the balanced portfolio as a whole, as well as the performance of their particular fund.
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OpenStack Summit Portland kicked off this week, and nearly 200 rackers made the journey to Oregon. There, they gave tech talks and discussed all things cloud with an estimated 2,400-plus attendees. Tickets to the summit sold out weeks in advance, so if you missed out, here's a brief recap of the week:
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- Day 2: We kicked off the morning by showcasing how HubSpot is using an open hybrid cloud infrastructure to power its marketing software.
- Day 3: Where will OpenStack be in 2023? Tune into our video to hear about the future of the open source cloud operating system.
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Selene D. Salinas Due April 7 (boy); 1 child; Texas 4 postsSep 24th '12
I'm 12 weeks today and im still nursing my 7 month old. at the beginning (before i knew i was pregnant) my breast were very sensitive. but it eventually subsided. I'm still lactating like a champ! i was so worried about drying up lol but so far so good. I'm hoping to tandem nurse, and ive also been really excited thinking about after giving birth and when my milk comes in my son can go visit and help me out with my engorged breasts.


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On February 25, Haggarty raised $23.3 million selling 5 million Whitehaven shares at $4.66 each to institutions. He then took up options on about 7.3 million shares at $1 each on March 3. Those shares are now worth up to $6.89 each, meaning Haggarty is up almost $44 million on paper. Plummer also exercised options on 7.3 million shares for $1 each in late January. He sold 3.7 million of those shares – or about 10 per cent of his overall shareholding – on February 25 for $4.66 per share, making a $13.5 million profit.
"We didn't get one question about it at our recent annual general meeting," Haggarty tells The Australian Financial Review.
"Our remuneration practices are pretty straightforward and our share option packages are pretty vanilla.
"It was really just to take care of some personal cash needs and it probably looks like we sold out at a cheap price now, doesn't it?" Haggarty says he and Plummer sank $30 million of their own money each in Whitehaven since joining the company's board in May 2007. Their shareholdings in the company are now worth about $240 million each.
Given that Whitehaven shares have almost doubled in value since the beginning of 2010, Haggarty says he hasn't had any complaints from investors about his share trading.
"[The institutions] understood what we were doing. After all, they are rebalancing their portfolios on a daily basis. They knew it was a pretty small proportion of our overall shareholding so they knew not to read much into it, really."
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I've decided I want to change my smile, however, I don't want to wear braces at my age. I've looked into invisalign also but don't like the end result (the teeth will look straight but they will be different lengths at the gum). I was wondering if I would be a candidate for porcelain veneers or crowns. I would want them at least on the top 6-8 and same for the bottoms.
Would I Be a Candidate for Veneers or Porcelain Crowns?
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Restoring extremely crowded teeth do have a limitation.
From looking at your photos it seems like your upper teeth are too crowded to allow ideal porcelain veneers. I would strongly advise you to reconsider the option of orthodontics. If you are willing to do Invisalign and don't think you will be able to get the ideal result then you can always do veneers after. If you are completely set against orthodontic treatment than the only other likely options would be to extract the crowded teeth and replace them with an implants. Another option which is less favourable following extractions would be a bridge but this would mean cutting down the adjacent teeth to support the bridge.
If teeth are too crooked, veneers or crowns are not an option
From the photos, it looks as if the lower arch would be fine for crowns or veneers, but the upper teeth do not. While invisalign has its limitations, I think your concerns aren't correct. Invisalign, and any braces method, can be sure that the gums are even when treatment is complete, and if they end up slightly off, a simple laser procedure can fix it up.
Your case would either be orthodontics, orthodontics and veneers, or extract the upper crooked teeth and place implants or bridges. I would NOT recommend the last option, but it WOULD achieve your goal.
I would suggest seeing a cosmetic dentist that offers Invisalign and they can show you what can be done. Ger Alfe is in the Chicago area and is fantastic. chicagosmilespa.com/
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Straightening Teeth With Veneers or Braces?
Your particular case is difficult due to the extensive crowding of your upper four incisors. The best option for you would be to wear braces for 12-18 months to straighten the teeth and improve your "bite", then place veneers if you are still unhappy with the shape of your teeth. Invisalign would be a great alternative to braces if you would be compliant in wearing the trays. If you are convinced that you will not do orthodontics, then you could have porcelain veneers. You need to be aware that a couple of your teeth would have to be prepared aggressively to the point of potentially having root canals. This case would need to be done by a well trained cosmetic dentist. Good luck.
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It can be done with veneers!
The ideal way to approach this is with orthodontics and porcelain veneers. Without orthodontics preparing the teeth would require root canal therapy on possibly 2 teeth. I know that there are many holier than thou dentists that would want to charge me with heresy for even suggesting it but it can be done if you are totally opposed to orthodontics prior to veneers.
Straightening Teeth with Cosmetic Dentistry
I would hope you would choose to do braces since you have major crowing and would have such a FANTASTIC result if you would realign your teeth. I would even do Invisalign and re-acess the results after to evaluate the gum.
You can find a 'Cosmetic Dentist' and ask them to do a wax up with their lab and see what bonding would look like. Bonding is attaching tooth colored plastic to your teeth to reshape them and realign them. It is not ideal but a compromise that might work.
DO NOT extract your perfectly fine teeth. Whiten them and see how they look as well.
If your teeth are healthy, try to do the right thing and be patient. Get another consult!
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Wildwood beat visiting Hammonton 8-2 in the Atlantic County Baseball League on Saturday.
Winning pitcher Zach Philipi went five innings and gave up five hits, striking out six and walking one.
Philipi also went 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Marvin Evans was 1 for 3 with a double and a run.
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Skillet Catfish Recipe
It only takes three ingredients to whip up this tasty dish! Combine salad dressing with relish for a quick tartar sauce if you're tight on time. —Kim Hardison, Maitland, Florida
- 3/4 cup corn bread/muffin mix
- 2 teaspoons seafood seasoning
- 4 catfish fillets (6 ounces each)
- 1. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine corn bread mix and seafood seasoning. Add catfish, one fillet at a time, and shake to coat.
- 2. In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook fillets in batches over medium heat for 5-6 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Yield: 4 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 each: 344 calories, 16g fat (4g saturated fat), 86mg cholesterol, 657mg sodium, 20g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 0 fiber), 28g protein.
Reviews for Skillet Catfish
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"This is such a great "batter" for fish. I've made it with catfish with great results, and tonight I'm going to try it with tilapia. It's so simple and light, and yet it tastes like it's fried. I'll be keeping this recipe handy!"
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When most people think of the word stuffing, they think of turkey. Stuffing is used in the preparation of many different types of other meats, such as pork chops and lamb roasts. The key to cooking stuffing is that for health reasons, the stuffing needs to reach the same internal temperature as the meat before being considered fully cooked. To ensure this, you will need a meat thermometer and know the proper cooked temperatures of the meat.
The Food Safety and Inspection service of the USDA recommends cooking stuffing, or dressing, separate from the turkey. If you feel you must stuff the turkey for cooking, you should plan on cooking the bird for 20 minutes per pound or until the turkey reaches 165 degrees F in the thigh, breast and the center of the stuffing. If you choose to make the stuffing in a casserole dish, prepare the stuffing according to the recipe directions and cook while the turkey is at rest outside the oven or roaster for 30 to 45 minutes. Cooking a stuffed turkey on the grill or in the microwave is not recommended.
Many people stuff pork and lamb chops along with various types of roasts. When cooking stuffing in meats of this type you should cook the meat to the medium or well-done state to ensure the stuffing is cooked properly also. For pork and lamb chops and most beef, the internal temperature of the meat should read 160 degrees F. Stuffed beef tenderloin is an exception and should be cooked to at least 145 degrees F.
Stuffed fish and seafood, such as trout or lobster, should be cooked to an internal temperature of 145 degrees F or until the fish flakes easily with a fork. For fish this can be in as little as 20 to 30 minutes in a 350 degree F oven. For lobster and other shellfish, the cooking time can increase to around an hour.
Stuffing can be prepared on the stovetop from packaged mixes safely and quickly. Follow the directions on the box for cooking times. Make this type of stuffing during the resting stage of the meat or poultry.


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Anastos, Seniors Lay the Foundation
Winning Over Players Early Was Crucial to Spartans' Success
by Adam Wodon/Managing Editor
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. One year to the day since Tom Anastos was thrust into an unexpected situation, Michigan State's coach felt like another unexpected situation had just ended as he reflected after his team's NCAA Tournament First Round loss to Union.
"A year ago if somebody would've told me that we'd be in the top 16 teams in the country, I'd say it was not very likely," Anastos said. "The players worked real hard, they found ways to scratch and claw to get in this position. So I'm pleased with the progress today, but we have a long way to go to reach the level we want to be at."
Anastos was hired as Michigan State's new head coach last March, turning heads in the hockey community. He was known as a top administrator, the CCHA's commissioner, but had very little coaching experience at the college level, 20 years prior, and none as a head coach.
Michigan State, in need of a way to get Spartans fans excited again, turned to him as an alumnus with passion for the program, and as someone who gets things done.
But still, no one knew what to expect, and as much as Anastos had confidence in himself, he understood where others were skeptical.
The first, and most important, people Anastos had to win over were the players. The fact that he was successful fairly immediately in doing that, says a lot about why the Spartans got as far as they did this season.
Everyone knew Anastos was brought in to boost recruiting, but the first thing he did was tell the returning players emphatically that they were his guys.
"That was the most important thing to us," MSU senior defenseman Torey Krug said. "Any coaching change, they'll say al that stuff. But it means a lot that he actually meant it — we know he meant it."
It's clear they believed Anastos from how they responded to him.
"If actions speak, then yes, because those guys dove in and started immediately and worked incredibly hard," Anastos said. "We pushed them very hard because we wanted to establish a mentality.
"I've watched lots of teams, and I'm not saying coaches are saying those things, but outsiders — 'When he gets his guys ...' But these guys are my guys. They're just like me. They're Spartans for life. So I really believe that, from the beginning, and I believe that to this day ... you'd have to ask them, but based on the commitment to me and the coaching staff, I'd have to say absolutely (they believed me)."
But despite the good first impressions, not all of the trepidation was going to be eliminated right away.
"I'm not gonna lie, we were surprised too," Krug said. "But it was an unbelievable feeling. With any coaching change there's a period of nervousness and anxiety, but our period of nervousness was very short-lived. He won us over on that very first day.
"Guys were a little curious to how he'd do on the ice, running practice and running the bench. That was right out the door the first day on the ice."
With a team of pluggers, the Spartans clawed their way to an NCAA Tournament bid, the first one since 2008.
"At ice level, you see the margin of error is very small, and the difference between good and great is very small," Anastos said. "So we have to keep pursuing it."
Everyone has the greatest respect for Rick Comley, one of the sport's great gentlemen over the years, and an accomplished winner of two national championships and over 700 games. So everyone is understandably reluctant to say anything negative about him at all. But conventional wisdom held that the program had gotten complacent under Comley, and when he announced his retirement last winter, it was clear he was getting eased out the door.
As much as a coach, Michigan State needed a new CEO of its program — someone who was going to pound the pavement, both for players and for drumming up interest on campus, restoring the enthusiasm.
Anastos proved an axiom — that you put hard-working, organized, disciplined, intelligent, creative people in any role, and they'll get the job done. He'd already done it as one of the most respected administrators in the sport, so why not in head coaching?
Those skills will serve Anastos well going forward. And in the process, he's won over some other people too — such as former Spartan Rod Brind'Amour, who only played one season in East Lansing but was nevertheless on hand Friday.
"It was surprising, but it was good," Brind'Amour said of the Anastos hire. "I'm glad they got it back on track, because now look at it. ... You can go four years or one, that's the thing about college — that group you come in with are your best friends for life."


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The Nigerian Higher Commissioner to Ghana has stated that his outfit will not shelter any Nigerian citizen who falls foul of the laws of Ghana.
Speaking at a ceremony to launch a number of activities to mark the country's 47th independence anniversary celebrations in Ghana, he said, the Commission will not hesitate to hand over recalcitrant Nigerians who engage in criminal activities to the security agencies any time.
"I have zero tolerance for Nigerians who come here to engage in crimes; rather I have respect for Nigerians who do every thing according to the laws of where ever they find themselves", he stressed.
This was contained in a statement read on behalf of the High Commissioner by a Minister at the Commission, Simon Ejike Eze.
Shebure Bubemi Henry, Chairman of the Ghana Chapter of the ruling Democratic Freedom Party who are organising the anniversary celebrations, in his submission indicated that, besides the dinner and other fun activities, funds will also be raised for some identified orphanages in the country and appealed to Nigerian corporate entities in Ghana to support their cause.
Some of the activities lined up for the celebrations, which begin on 1st September, include fashion shows that will showcase Nigerian designs and culture and a comedy show that will feature leading Nigerian.


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Japanese Style BBQ Miya
Shop A, 17/F Lee Theatre Plaza
99 Percival Street, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2881 0307
Open: 11.30am-11pm
Cuisine: Japanese-style Korean barbecue
Price: about HK$220 without drinks and the service charge.
Ambience: the spacious padded booths are comfortable, and there are some semi-private tatami rooms with recessed seating. There were very few other diners on the night we visited.
Pros: the ventilation system is good, so we didn't leave the place smelling of cooked meats. Service is competent: they didn't offer information on which tabletop condiments to use for the different meats, but answered our questions. The condiments included a mild chilli paste and a delicious chopped onion relish that we ended up slathering on everything, and we had to ask for more. The list of grilled meats is divided into three categories: yakiniku (HK$29 a dish), special yakiniku (HK$59 a dish) and wagyu (starting at HK$79).
Cons: it's worth spending a little more for the better cuts of meat. With the exception of the pork ribs, which were boneless and well-layered, the ordinary yakiniku dishes paled in comparison to the more expensive ones. Yakiniku beef liver was sliced too thickly, so the exterior charred before the interior was cooked. The yakiniku skirt steak and karubi (short ribs) were tough, as was the special yakiniku ox tongue with salt. Beef and kimchi in stone pot rice (HK$59) was under-seasoned, while the Miya kimchi (HK$29) was a scant portion for the price.
Recommended dishes: special yakiniku marinated karubi was fatty and tender. Even better were the wagyu shoulder chops and karubi (HK$79 each), which were so rich, flavourful and fatty that they didn't need a marinade. Tofu and seaweed salad (HK$49) was refreshing, and the deep-fried chicken wings (HK$49 for four) were like a good, slightly greasy version of battered fast-food chicken.
What else? There's another branch of Miya at Langham Place in Mong Kok (tel: 3514 9227).
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The South Castries Youth & Sports Council is the umbrella organization which represents all youth organization with South and Castries South East. The one of the many aims of the council is to build and foster amicable partnerships with all stakeholders within these two districts.
The council is happy to announce that both Dr. Earnest Hilaire SLP Candidate and Mrs. Mary Isaac UWP Candidate have accepted the invitation of the South Castries Youth & Sports Council to participate, Round One of the Youth Public Meeting which will take place on Thursday at the Ciceron Secondary School from 7pm.
The South Castries Youth & Sports Council with all good intentions wants to meet with representatives of both political candidates simultaneously. The youth and sports council believes it is important, that young persons from Castries South East and Castries South meet with the candidates to discuss, deliberate and voice their concerns objectively and respectively. The two political representatives, will be given the opportunity to outline their plans and vision for the South East Castries constituency.


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Chris Brown, Drake sue each other in last summer's nightclub fight
Chris Brown and Drake may have thrown down at a New York nightclub last June, but they are just now getting around to suing each other for it. Whatever happened to settling scores in the parking lot. Never mind, that's what Breezy tried to do to Frank Ocean.
TMZ says that after a French model names Romain Julien sued both performers and W.i.P. nightclub for injuries he allegedly suffered in the fracas, Drake and Brown have taken up legal arms against one another. Both sides say the other was responsible, and both want the other to pay any damages due to Julien, should he win.
Ah, remember when it was easy to settle a score with some guy who used to date your ex-girlfriend (Rihanna, in this case)? Nothing a two-by-four and gaggle of your best friends couldn't handle. Plus: The legal fees were so much lower!


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The Excelsior Springs High School cheer squad spent the last week shaping up the future Tiger cheerleaders of Excelsior Springs and teaching Tiger spirit to the little ones during their annual Cheer Mini Clinic held June 17-20. Each year the ESHS cheer squad takes four days to host their Mini Clinic at the high school commons to take preschool through eighth grade students under their wings and show them what it's like to be a cheerleader, yell leader and to have true Tiger spirit.
"The cheer squad taught the younger children several aspects of cheerleading," said Tiger Cheer Coach Kristi Sharp. "Each group learned their own chants, cheers and practiced stunting." When children sign up for Mini Clinic they are broken down into age groups and paired up with current ESHS cheerleaders, and each day are taught a variety of cheers and stunts that the cheerleaders have already learned from either cheer camps or from previous experience on the squad.
"Several parents complimented our high school cheerleaders saying that they did a wonderful job teaching their kids and made it fun each day," said Sharp. At the conclusion of Mini Clinic, on June 20, the youth cheerleaders invited their friends and family members for a live performance of what they had learned over the week. Participants from Mini Clinic will also be invited back to perform prior to the start of the ESHS Tiger football team's home game at Tiger Stadium on Sept. 20. Mini Clinic participants should wear their clinic T-shirts to the football game.
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The majestic Capertree Valley follows the Capertree River through World Heritage listed wilderness and vibrant bird life. Sandstone escarpments dominate the landscape, drawing down into a deep chasm carved into the landscape over millions of years. It's known for its spectacular views, beautiful secluded valleys, and a world class bird watching experience.


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Taken from Woodpecker Wooliams album "The Bird School Of Being Human", "Gull" is the follow up single to "Sparrow", which proved a massive specialist radio hit throughout August and September this year.
"Gull" considers the softer side of a tough male character - a perpetrator of domestic violence, returning to his "safe place", a greasy spoon cafe, reflecting on his crime and its liberating effect over breakfast, as he relaxes and confesses all. The song explores a sympathetic view of a trapped soul committing violence to try and free himself. Sonically "Gull" stumbles and reels through distorted gull tape loops. It spits crisp harp chords as the vocals shudder and quake over sub-bass pitch-shifted euphonium and glitchy drums.
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Sarajevo - simply sublime
Advantages: Plenty to see; good value for money;Disadvantages: No budget flights yet (but also a good thing!)
In 1984 Sarajevo hosted the Winter Olympics; just over a decade later, the world watched as Sarajevo burned and the sites of the games became cemeteries for those killed in the siege, at four years the longest in modern warfare. Before the war Sarajevo wa ...
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Value for Money
Ease of getting around
Sarajevo, Famous for the wrong reasons!
Advantages: Smart and quaint city. Peaceful nowDisadvantages: Still being fixed after the war
My first visit to Sarajevo in Bosnia was a few years ago,- to think this place is twinned with Coventry!
At the time, it was hardly a tourist desitination, and I made a Lada Riva shift like a Ferrari as my skin tone turned a whiter shade of pale due to ...
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Welcome back to Sarajevo
Advantages: Historic, beautiful, cheapDisadvantages: Not easily accessible, war damage
My announcement that I would be spending my summer in Bosnia met with bemused silences. "But why?", they asked - "Be careful" or "Good for you". My neighbour told me "be sure to take a headscarf with you, it's a Muslim country y'know." So many concern ...
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Jewel in the Balkan Crown
Advantages: Cheap, value for money, friendlyDisadvantages: Still rebuilding after the war
...Sarajevo...Jewel in the Balkan Crown...location of the 1984 Winter Olympics....place where thousands of Bosniaks were killed 1994. I worked in Bosnia Herzegovina for 12 months in 1998 as part of the Police Peace Keeping Force and lived in Sarajevo for the ...
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Sony's USB turntable turns LPs into MP3s
We know what you're thinking: WTF is a turntable doing on APC? Ah but Sony's $299 PS-LX300USB is a turntable with a high-tech twist: a USB port for connecting the deck to your Windows PC (Mac owners need not apply). A tiny inbuilt pre-amp boosts the turntable's outgoing to a usable level and with the aid of the bundled Sound Forge Audio Studio software you can spin your old 33s and 45s and have them automagically turned into MP3 files.
And if you don't have any blasts from the shiny black past we're sure a parent or favourite uncle or aunt will. They also fall into Sony's target audience and we can't think of many better ways to give the gift of geekery than to bring all of their favourite old albums back to life as easy-to-play CDs.
Which is why having taken the LX300USB for a quick spin (no pun intended) we can offer this advice: do not unleash the Sound Forge Audio Studio software on any unsuspecting mere mortal.
The turntable's a gem â great value for such an affordable unit and as it's essentially Sony's mid-range LX250H deck fitted with a USB port it can happily become part of your hi-fi system once your record ripping session burning is done.
But Sound Forge Audio Studio is an audio editing production package with the features interface and array of menu options to match when all that's really called for is something far simpler and more task-specific. Indeed at a first pass of Sony's piddling text-only instruction sheet (screenshots are for sissies!) we were unable to make sense of the steps required to copy an LP into a digital format let alone be able to hear the music while the album was playing.
Then we discovered a Vinyl Recording and Restoration option tucked away under the Tools menu. Sony makes no mention of this and that's a shame because this simple wizard is exactly what the spin doctor ordered and precisely what the non-geek novice needs to be using.
With a few friendly clicks you're led through playing the LP (and at the same time being able to enjoy the music through your PC's speakers); running an automated cleanup filter to normalise any audio peaks and clean up hiss pop and crackle; then selecting if the recording is to be burned directly to CD saved as a CD-ready WAV file or in MP3 format at three pre-set bit rates â 96Kbps 128Kbps or 192Kbps.
So if a family member or friend lacking the gadget gene buys one of these turntables walk them through the Vinyl Recording and Restoration wizard and they should be good to go from then.
Also worthy of note is that the software doesn't divvy the album into tracks â it captures each side of the LP as one long recording. You can of course use Sound Forge Audio Studio (or any equivalent program) to dice that into individual tracks for skipping or shuffling on an iPod or assembling a 'best of' mix CD. But we reckon many folk who grew up with vinyl will be happy just to have those dusty old classic LPs bought back to life in their entirety.


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FreeBSD Manual Pages
CHOWN(2) FreeBSD System Calls Manual CHOWN(2) NAME chown, lchown, fchownat, fchown -- change owner and group of a file or link SYNOPSIS #include <sys/types.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <unistd.h> int chown(const char *path, uid_t owner, gid_t group); int lchown(const char *path, uid_t owner, gid_t group); int fchownat(int fd, const char *path, uid_t owner, gid_t group, int flag); int fchown(int fd, uid_t owner, gid_t group); DESCRIPTION The owner ID and group ID of the file (or link) named by path or refer- enced by fd is changed as specified by the arguments owner and group. The owner of a file may change the group to a group of which he or she is a member, but the change owner capability is restricted to the superuser. By default, chown() clears the set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits on the file to prevent accidental or mischievous creation of set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs. This behaviour can be overridden by setting the sysctl(8) variable fs.posix.setuid to zero. lchown() operates similarly to how chown() operated on older systems, and does not follow symbolic links. It allows the owner and group of a sym- bolic link to be set. The fchownat() function is equivalent to either the chown() or lchown() function depending on the value of flag (see below), except that where path specifies a relative path, the file whose ownership is changed is determined relative to the directory associated with file descriptor fd instead of the current working directory. If fchownat() is passed the special value AT_FDCWD (defined in <fcntl.h>) in the fd parameter, the current working directory is used and the behav- ior is identical to a call to chown() or lchown(), depending on whether or not the AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW bit is set in flag. Values for flag are constructed by bitwise-inclusive ORing flags from the following list defined in <fcntl.h>: AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW If path names a symbolic link, then the owner- ship of the symbolic link is changed. fchown() is particularly useful when used in conjunction with the file locking primitives (see flock(2)). One of the owner or group IDs may be left unchanged by specifying it as -1. RETURN VALUES Zero is returned if the operation was successful; -1 is returned if an error occurs, with a more specific error code being placed in the global variable errno. ERRORS chown(), lchown(), and fchownat() will fail and the file or link will be unchanged if: [ENOTDIR] A component of the path prefix is not a directory. [ENAMETOOLONG] A component of a pathname exceeded {NAME_MAX} charac- ters, or an entire path name exceeded {PATH_MAX} char- acters. [ENOENT] The named file does not exist. [EACCES] Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix. [ELOOP] Too many symbolic links were encountered in translat- ing the pathname. [EPERM] The effective user ID is not the superuser. [EROFS] The named file resides on a read-only file system. [EFAULT] path points outside the process's allocated address space. [EIO] An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system. Additionally, fchownat() will fail if: [EBADF] The path argument does not specify an absolute path and the fd argument is neither AT_FDCWD nor a valid file descriptor open for reading. fchown() will fail if: [EBADF] fd does not refer to a valid descriptor. [EINVAL] fd refers to a socket, not a file. [EPERM] The effective user ID is not the superuser. [EROFS] The named file resides on a read-only file system. [EIO] An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to the file system. SEE ALSO chgrp(1), chmod(2), flock(2), chown(8) STANDARDS The chown(), fchown(), fchownat(), and lchown() functions are expected to conform to IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (``POSIX.1''). HISTORY A chown() system call first appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX. Since Version 6 AT&T UNIX it supports changing the group as well, and in Version 7 AT&T UNIX group was made a separate argument. The fchown() system call first appeared in 4.2BSD. The chown() and fchown() functions were changed to follow symbolic links in 4.4BSD; therefore, and for compatibility with AT&T System V Release 4 UNIX, the lchown() function was added to OpenBSD 2.1. The fchownat() function appeared in OpenBSD 5.0. FreeBSD 11.1 September 21, 2017 FreeBSD 11.1
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By Theola Labbé-DeBose and Hamil Harris
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, December 12, 2008; B04
D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty plans to press federal officials for money for the District from the economic stimulus package that President-elect Barack Obama and federal lawmakers are discussing.
"We are preparing to ask for money from the stimulus, and we're putting together a package right now," said mayoral spokeswoman Mafara Hobson. Hobson said more details on the needs outlined in the city's request would be released in the next several days.
The news of Fenty's plans comes as states are analyzing their budgets and compiling wish lists amid job losses and shrinking tax revenue in the declining economy.
Fenty's announcement came on the heels of a report released yesterday by the nonprofit group D.C. Appleseed, which is calling on the incoming administration to offer the city more financial help. The report focused on the District's unique status as a local and federal city, which means it must shoulder extra financial responsibilities.
Walter Smith, Appleseed's executive director, said the report, which has chapters written by experts on the District's finances and history of governance, had been underway for more than a year. Smith said the national discussion of bailouts for Wall Street and U.S. automakers presents an opportunity to discuss the District's fiscal needs.
"The federal government is poised to invest billions in infrastructure in a number of jurisdictions across the country, and the District of Columbia has as strong a case as" anyone else, Smith said.
But Smith outlined some of the report's findings about what makes the District's financial picture unique. The city funds programs that usually are run on the state level -- child welfare, public assistance and Medicaid, for example -- but has a smaller tax base upon which to draw.
It also has federal restrictions and responsibilities. For example, the city is barred by Congress from taxing the U.S. government, which occupies more than 40 percent of D.C. land.
Those responsibilities lead to revenue shortfalls, Smith said. According to a Government Accountability Office report, the District's obligations translate into a "structural deficit" of $1 billion annually.
Fenty (D), Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D) and council member David Catania (I-At Large) attended yesterday's news conference.
Local lawmakers have appealed to both Democratic and Republican administrations to assist the District. In 1995, when the city's $335 million budget deficit led Congress to impose a federal governing board, Norton appealed to then-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who, after attending a community meeting at Eastern High School, pledged that he would help make the District "the best capital city in the world."
Two years later, President Bill Clinton signed the Revitalization Act, and eased some of the District's funding issues by pledging more federal aid for some programs. The District eventually produced 11 years of balanced budgets.
But the Appleseed report notes that the city is back where it was when it was bankrupt -- appealing to federal officials to recognize the District's status and its financial burdens.
Obama transition spokesman Nick Shapiro said the team is "receiving input from mayors and governors in shaping the [stimulus] plan."
The report is available online at http://www.dcappleseed.org/newsandupdates/.
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Man Arrested After Living In Ex-Girlfriend's Attic
Maybe this guy should be sentenced to serve his time in the attic of the jail.
Maybe this guy should be sentenced to serve his time in the attic of the jail.
Chris Brown's stalker has been identified and during her recent hearing, a judge handed down three felony charges.
PETA holds nothing back when it comes to animals and no one is safe from their stiff criticism, especially celebrities.
A lot of people think that being a celebrity is full of glamour. You get to attend fancy parties and premieres, wear the latest clothing and look gorgeous making out with the latest hot thing. But being a celebrity isn't all that, especially when you're dealing with psycho stalkers, the kind who would like to sniff your hair while you're sleeping kind of insane.
Unfortunately for Mila Kunis, she has one of those intense stalkers. And despite a restraining order, he chased the actress down in Los Angeles yesterday.
Ut-oh. Selena Gomez's unstable stalker, who told his therapist that he spoke to God and member of the LAPD about killing the teen queen and even traveled to Los Angeles in effort to meet her, has seen his charges dismissed by a judge.
LOS ANGELES -- A 27-year-old man jumped the gate at Halle Berry's house this week...again. Oddly enough, she was not impressed. Go figure.


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This village dates back to the
Domesday Book (1086) but most visitors come here
to watch the skies because it is world-famous for
its proximity to Europe's leading aviation museum,
which began life as an aerodrome in the First
World War and played a vital role as an RAF
station in World War Two.
Later it became an American fighter base. The museum has a fine collection of tanks, military vehicles and naval craft and includes the American Air Museum which houses historic American combat aircraft, including the B-17 Flying Fortress, Sally B, which was used in the filming of "Memphis Belle". Many planes are suspended from the ceiling as if in flight.
Nearby is the Duxford Lodge Hotel which also played its part during WWII When visiting the Lounge Bar, decorated with many pictures of aeroplanes and fighter pilots, you can imagine the frequent visitors during the last World War which included Winston Churchill, Douglas Bader and Bing Crosby in their number.