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LONGMONT — About a dozen current and would-be Longmont immigrants' rights activists boarded a Pueblo-bound chartered bus on Friday for a weekend of training in ways to work for comprehensive immigration reform.
"We feel like this is the year to get things done," said Longmont resident Sonia Marquez, who works for the Colorado Immigration Rights Coalition.
A theme of the Pueblo training sessions, Marquez and other coalition members said, is "Keeping Families Together." It's part of a national effort to focus on immigrants' families' fears that current state and national laws and policies could lead to deportation of one or more members of many of those families.
One of those waiting outside the Longmont Public Library to get on the bus was Veni Noya, a 21-year-old Skyline High School graduate whose family came to this country when he was 5.
Noya said he, his brother and their mother "don't have papers" and are struggling with the pending possible deportation of his father, Venancio Noya Lopez, after the father was charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol.
Also waiting to board the bus was Hugo Juarez, a 24-year-old student at Metropolitan State University of Denver, who said he's a U.S. citizen who moved to Longmont from Arizona about 21/2 years ago student, in part because of his objections to that state's anti-immigrant laws.
Juarez said he met Marquez and got involved in Longmont Youth For Equality, an organization she'd founded. Several others from that organization were among those catching the bus to Pueblo on Friday.
Juarez said he believes some of Colorado's own laws can lead to discrimination against immigrants and their families, but rather than moving elsewhere, "I decided it has to end," and he's become more active on efforts to get such repealed.
"A sensible solution to immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship will help keep families who work hard, raise their families, and contribute to this country — together," Juarez said.
The bus picked up people in Yuma and Fort Morgan before arriving in Longmont and was to load passengers from Lafayette and Boulder before heading south. Another bus was headed toward Pueblo after picking up activists in Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs and Denver.
Coloradans for Citizenship Now organized this weekend's "movement-building training" event in Pueblo.
Marquez and Longmont Youth For Equality's Ana Temu said that as many as 150 participants from around Colorado will learn how to tell their own stories as families and friends of immigrants, as well as how to organize others in their local communities and to lobby state and federal lawmakers and other policy makers on immigration reform.
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They were conceived in a Montreal dream, and like most prestigious fragrances realized in Paris or in Grasse.
With concern for the protection of our environment and respect for our planet, our fragrances contain no phalates, non-biodegradable musks and no preservatives. They follow guidelines instituted by Europe's fragrance regulatory body IFRA which ensures that there is no danger to your skin.
Presentation is minimal and elegant with limited packaging as to reduce our carbon footprint and limit our overall environmental impact on this fragile planet.
In honour of tradition and quality fragrances, we are listening to women.
A women's fragrance is a reflection of her, inspiring her to dream, and to carry her through her day with confidence. Her aroma is beautiful and desireable.
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The descriptions of our perfumes will allow each woman to recognize herself and make the choice that best suits her.
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Target: Women, Age: 25 to 55. Modern women who have sensitivity to allergens found in fine fragrances. Women who use fragrances to convey elements of their personality ie: Sensuality, sophistication, extroversion, charisma. Women who have concern for the ingredients found in their beauty products. Ie: 'Organic', 'all natural'. .
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and comes down to around 100 degree Fahrenheit after administration of treatment is also unlikely to be serious. Keep in mind that seeing a doctor for professional evaluation is vital after you have treated your child at home successfully. Getting to the root of the matter might help avoid infections that might crop up. However, this is by no means an emergency. There are ranges of fevers in children that will warrant quick action. Below is a guide on when to make the call without wasting too much time.
Instances when you should call your doctor immediately
- When infants who are 6 weeks or younger have a fever of 38.5 Celsius (101 degrees F) or higher, it is critical to seek medical help immediately. Medically, this is an emergency. A doctor should take a look at the child right away. It is important to avoid medicating the baby so as not to mask the full extent of the fever. To be sure about the fever, use a rectal thermometer if you have any. If you are in doubt and feel that your baby has a high fever, see the doctor immediately.
- When your baby is between 7 weeks and 3 months and has a fever of 38.5 Celsius (101 degrees F) or more, it is good to schedule a doctors appointment at the earliest. Even though it may not be an emergency, it is good to observe the baby and treat any discomforts that are recommended by a medical expert. Remember, a rectal thermometer is the sure indicator on the level of fever in your child. Again, if you do not have it, seek professional help anyway when you are in doubt.
There are certain signs that should warrant you to seek medical help immediately if you have a child of any age as detailed below.
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2. If your child shows signs of lethargy. This means that the child will act lifeless or without energy. They will also not establish eye contact. So be very concerned when the baby is too calm or quiet for their character.
3. If your child is completely irritable and impossible to console. This means that their discomfort is great and immediate medical help is necessary. Otherwise, a crying baby does not necessarily mean irritable.
4. If your child has a stiff neck, back and neck pain, high fever, headache, vomiting and even sensitivity to light, these are signs of meningitis. Do not just medicate at home and hope for the best, visit the doctor for a professional course of action.
Are child fevers out-rightly dangerous?
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Porto is great too.
Portuguese women, great if you like your girls dark which I do.Terrible drivers though. Only the Russians are worse.
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During our tenure we received great feedback and support from our customers and stakeholders.
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Lack of snowfall in November worried some ski-oriented retailers and resort operators, but the timely dumps in December finally brought out the shoppers and skiers.
You can still ski and have a good time up there, said Kenny Malara, retail sales manager at Ski Barn. Everyones been coming back (from skiing) with a big smile on their faces.
Still, the lack of snow in November did affect ski rentals and purchases.
Our December was better this year than last, Malara said. November was not as good as the previous year. There was a concentration of customers in December, he said.
Mark Hoffman, manager of the recently opened Sports Authority store in the Durango Mall, said, it doesnt feel like it (the season) started. The early lack of snow is a big factor.
Normally, the big chain sees the ski-selling season start as early as October or November, Hoffman said. It didnt start until December this year.
Unlike some Sports Authority locations, the Durango store rents ski equipment, Hoffman said. It was the rentals that were most affected by holiday traffic, he said, noting that the strongest periods were the week before and week after Christmas.
However, customers buying holiday gifts were not affected by the snow issue as much, Hoffman said.
The competition comes from base-of-the-mountain rentals. The question is how to get the people staying at Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort and other areas to come off the mountain to rent.
Hoffmans advantage is, because he just opened the store, all of the rental equipment is new. Other places would have used or a combination of new and used equipment.
Malara of Ski Barn noted that the lack of snow in some areas means our skis are taking a beating on the slopes. He noted that many of his customers are locals who are taking advantage of Chapman Hill.
Hesperus and Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort are farther away and more expensive than Chapman, Malara said. Chapman has been making snow, weather permitting.
However, now that Hesperus has opened for night skiing, additional Ski Barn customers will head that way, Malara said.
However, the lack of snow is likely to continue. The first chance of snow is Friday, with a little more the following Monday. But neither of these storms are considered significant, according to The Weather Channel.
In fact, snowpack remains below average despite the December storms, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
The federal agency reported that the San Miguel, Dolores, Animas and San Juan watersheds are at about 70 percent of average snowpack, and 84 percent of last years levels.
Worse yet are indications that the drought may continue. Reservoirs are currently at 66 percent of average and 62 percent of last years levels, Natural Resources Conservation Service said in a news release.
Across the state, mountain precipitation was 122 percent of average for December, but because of extraordinarily dry conditions in October and November statewide, total water year-to-date precipitation remains below average, NRCS said in its release.
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An adventure seeker named Laura went bungee jumping, and while she didn't get very far, she did get very injured.
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DES MOINES - Gov. Terry Branstad will sign legislation expanding low-income health care in Iowa.
Branstad spokesman Tim Albrecht said Monday the governor will sign the bill Thursday in Mason City. Branstad said the location was selected to acknowledge two lawmakers from the region - Republican House Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer and Democratic Sen. Amanda Ragan - who brokered the deal.
Under the plan, Iowa will accept federal dollars offered to states that expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The state will use the funding to create a new health plan for some poor residents and will pay the premiums for other low-income Iowans to get plans on the new health care exchanges.
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With the recent announcement that the Preservation Hall Jazz Band will join Elvis in Nashville ( viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10883 ), one begins to dream of what may come next. Will this collaboration turn out in some kind of project or in a new album?
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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Monday that his office plans to sue Bank of America (BAC) and Wells Fargo (WFC) for repeated violations of the terms of the National Mortgage Settlement of 2012.
The settlement required the five largest mortgage-servicing banks to "improve their customer service practices by complying with new mortgage servicing rules, known as the Servicing Standards," according to a press release put out by Schneiderman's office. The rules include four standards with a timeline for when the banks should process mortgage-modification applications.
The attorney general says this office has documented 339 violations of those standards by Wells Fargo and Bank of America since October. A letter has been sent to the two banks. The planned suit would be a "first" involving the National Mortgage Settlement, according to Schneiderman.
"The five mortgage servicers that signed the National Mortgage Settlement are legally required to take specific, rigorous and enforceable steps to protect homeowners," Schneiderman said in a press release.
"Wells Fargo and Bank of America have flagrantly violated those obligations, putting hundreds of homeowners across New York at greater risk of foreclosure," he said. "I intend to use every tool available to my office to hold these companies accountable under the terms of the National Mortgage Settlement."
In 2012, 49 states, the Department of Justice and the five largest mortgage servicers negotiated a settlement worth $25 billion of consumer relief, including mortgage modifications for at-risk homeowners. The arrangement entails 304 Servicing Standards.
These rules were incorporated into the National Mortgage Settlement in order to address long-standing complaints from consumers and advocates about servicers subject to the arrangement—Ally Financial/GMAC, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Citibank (C), Bank of America and Wells Fargo.
The Servicing Standards prohibit dual tracking (the practice of negotiating a loan modification with a borrower while simultaneously pursuing foreclosure), require that every customer requesting assistance be assigned a single point of contact, and include four requirements that dictate a timeline of when servicers must respond to customers seeking loan modifications.
"Wells Fargo is committed to full compliance with the National Mortgage Settlement and its associated standards," the bank said in a statement. "It is unfortunate that the New York Attorney General has chosen this route rather than engage in a constructive dialogue through the established dispute-resolution process."
According to the San Francisco-based company, "We fully support the rules established under the Settlement and we will continue to provide transparency into the progress we are making to provide relief to consumers. Wells Fargo has helped more than 70,000 homeowners across the country through National Mortgage Settlement Programs, and we will continue to do everything we can to help all borrowers, including the New York families described today."
For its part, Bank of America said, "Through March, we have provided relief for more than 10,000 New York homeowners through the National Mortgage Settlement, totaling more than $1 billion. Attorney General Schneiderman has referenced 129 customer servicing problems which we take seriously and will work quickly to address."
It added: "This agreement has been good for New York, and we continue using these beneficial programs to assist troubled homeowners in New York and nationally. "
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Marcelo Lopes-Caesar Park Hotels and Resorts Design Strategy
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(Excerpt) Interview with MARCELO LOPES : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. MARCELO LOPES : To create a greater visual impact and smaller environmental impact. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. MARCELO LOPES : The items were studied to deliver the guests a design "experience". The sensitive, playfulness, coziness, even the basic items are presented in a more innovative way. We wanted the guests to feel embraced by the hotel. The unique design and communication of the items were created with the goal of generating a memorable stay for the guests. A Design that touches people's day-to-day in a positive way. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. MARCELO LOPES : I don't have future plans for this project because the main focus was to developed the strategy design just to use in the Caesar Park Hotels & Resorts. The future plans are only to include the project in my portfolio as one more award-winning project and maybe to get new clients. (smiles). .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. MARCELO LOPES : On this project I spent more then one year. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. MARCELO LOPES : This project was a commissioned design. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. MARCELO LOPES : This project is being used exclusively by the client – Caesar Park Hotels & Resorts .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. MARCELO LOPES : To help the client save by consuming less paper and creating pieces with greater durability resulting in a more sustainable project. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. MARCELO LOPES : No, I was not influenced by other designs. I just created based on the client´s briefing. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. MARCELO LOPES : The targets of this project are the clients of the hotels. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. MARCELO LOPES : Many things. To best show and talk about this project I would have to spend more than one hour speaking or four pages writing. This project was one of strategy design and involved a lot of things: The reduction of the size of practically all pieces maintained in the manual. From a design perspective, with our designs the pieces are now more compatible with an upscale hotel. In the manual´s old table of contents it was difficult to find the pieces and with the new structure of the table of contents the search for items was simplified. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. MARCELO LOPES : My work is based on playful, sensorial and interactive concept and in this special project it was possible to include this concept on some of creations. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. MARCELO LOPES : This project involved more then a hundred design pieces, for me twenty per cent of the new pieces are unique. Really new concept for hotels amenities. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. MARCELO LOPES : To produce all material for the hotel many partners are involved. Too many for me to list all. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. MARCELO LOPES : I believe that a good creation is when the design project balances technology and design concept. it is difficult create a good design when we don't have good a background in material and technology. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. MARCELO LOPES : The principal point of this new project were to give: The overall economy, 50% reduction in the number of items in the visual identity manual, less paper consumption, creation of the new index structure of the visual identity manual facilitated the search for the items in the new manual, durability- some support materials were also substituted with the aim of generating greater durability for the items and a sustainable Design, we also replaced some plastic or TNT materials for 100% cotton fabric. All paper types specified in the new project are FSC certified papers. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. MARCELO LOPES : I decided to submit to A´Design awards because I very much liked the proposal of this international design competition and I believe in my creations, with this kind of competition, will be well promoted. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. MARCELO LOPES : I learned with this project that with good material research we can find a perfect solution to design. With all new projects we have something new to learn. We never know everything and to grow I believe that we need to create always new challenges! Working with hotels demands a particular design approach. 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Q: Does it matter that GDP is being recalculated upward by about 3% to take into account the value of books, movies, software, research and other pieces of the "knowledged-based" economy?
Panel's answer: Yes 6, No 2
Note: Panelist Lynn Reaser was unable to participate this week.
Marney Cox, San Diego Association of Governments
Answer: YES
GDP measures the monetary value of final goods and services produced in the nation during a specific period of time. Economists and policy makers use GDP to measure the adequacy of the economy's performance by comparing it against past or expected trends. Trends over the past two decades indicate that the U.S. may be entering a new economic era as the service sector and the corresponding knowledge infrastructure account for an increasing portion of the economy and could hold the key to sustainable economic growth and development. As the elements that are responsible for economic growth change, GDP as a measure of growth must also change.
Kelly Cunningham, National University Systems
Answer: YES
The recalculation further masks the true health of the U.S. economy. States and companies having real producing assets such as manufacturing or oil and gas production will appear to lag states such as California with large R&D and creative work expenditures. States and municipalities with underfunded pension plans will seem to be more prosperous, making states such as California less at risk of being downgraded. Methodology guidelines will be so subjective, however, that historical comparisons and with other countries will become nearly meaningless. Fuzzy accounting only kicks the proverbial can down the road to the inevitable day of truthful financial reckoning.
Alan Gin, University of San Diego
With the U.S. economy moving away from an industrial economy to one that is more knowledge-based, increasing importance will be put on the creation of intellectual property. While other sectors of the economy, particularly manufacturing, are under pressure, the United States is still relatively healthy when it comes to the creation of intellectual property. So the U.S. economy will appear better under the new measure. It remains to be seen whether we can maintain that advantage given the cuts that have been made to higher education funding. Of course, the revision has to be applied to previously released data to allow consistent comparisons over time.
James Hamilton, University of California San Diego
Nobody's going to wake up any richer on July 1 than they were on June 30. And when the Bureau of Economic Analysis calculates the growth rate from Quarter 2 to Quarter 3, they will do so on a consistent basis, that is, using the new concepts, so this won't change the reported Q2-to-Q3 GDP growth rate or the reported Q1-to-Q2 growth rate. It will change the reported level of GDP starting in July, but that really shouldn't make much difference to anybody.
Gary London, The London Group Realty Advisors
It matters a great deal. This is a much better snapshot of true productivity in an economy that is ever more rooted in knowledge- based productivity. It achieves a new benchmark, but it will not skew the trend line which will be similarly adjusted backward. So the actual relative increase in GNP as a percentage will be small. But it reflects substantial additional and real output from the American economy. It also gives us pause to reflect on how much our economy has changed: from the tangible and durable, to the digital and tweetable.
Norm Miller, University of San Diego
What matters most is measuring our output of goods and services in a consistent way. Any measurement will be imperfect and miss some black market portion of the economy, but our current system does not reflect how the basket of goods has changed over time nor how the quality and technology have improved. The absolute number matters less than if it is increasing or not. Ideally the measurement system tells us if we are growing overall as an economy and more importantly when divided by population, on a per capita basis. Other indications of our standard of living are what percent of the typical household's after-tax-income do we spend on the basics of food and housing? This varies by location, but if this is increasing it is hard to claim a higher standard of living even with an increased GDP.
Dan Seiver, Reilly Financial Advisors
It matters in that we need to regularly revise our GDP numbers to reflect changes in the U.S. economy, and changes in how we define economic activity. Perhaps the biggest change is to count both public and private R&D expenditures as business investment (a component of GDP) rather than as an intermediate good (not part of GDP). Same goes for other intellectual property. What the revisions, which occur every four to five years, do not do is change our current economic situation: Economic growth is slower than desirable, unemployment is still well above the "natural" rate of 5 to 6 percent, and real wages are still stagnating.


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Candidates for county commissioner and school board will particiapte in an Oct. 17 forum
Local voters will have an opportunity next week to hear from candidates running for seats on the Lenoir County Board of Commissioners and Board of Education.
The forum will take place at 7 p.m. Oct. 17 in the Waller Auditorium at Lenoir Community College. The event is free to the public.
It will be hosted by the Young Professionals of Lenoir County, The Free Press and LCC.
�I can�t think of a better way for the Young Professionals to give back to Lenoir County than helping the voters know more about the candidates as they walk into the voting booth,� Justin Hill, chairman of the Young Professionals, stated. �This will be the only time the public will get to see the school board and commissioner candidates face-to-face and I�m excited to hear their thoughts on how to lead the county.�
There are four seats open on the Board of Commissioners � the races for the District 3 and two at-large seats are contested, and incumbent District 4 Commissioner Jackie Brown is unopposed.
There are also four seats open on the Board of Education � as with the commissioner race, District 3 and the at-large seats are contested, and incumbent District 4 board member Garland Nobles is running unopposed.
Free Press Managing Editor Bryan Hanks will serve as the forum�s moderator.
�The Free Press is pleased to help with the candidate forum in what is arguably the most important election in memory,� Hanks said. �We appreciate the efforts of Justin Hill and the Young Professionals to present this forum, but we also appreciate Dr. Brantley Briley and Lenoir Community College for hosting it.
�I hope everyone comes to LCC on Wednesday to become better educated before they step into the voting booth Nov. 6.�
Election Day is Nov. 6; early voting begins Oct. 18 and runs through Nov. 3.
David Anderson can be reached at 252-559-1077 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at DavidFreePress.
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What: Local candidate forum
When: 7 p.m. Oct. 17
Where: Waller Auditorium, Lenoir Community College
The following candidates are running for open seats on the LenoirCountyBoard of Commissioners and Board of Education:
District 3:
Tommy Pharo-R*
Craig Hill-D
District 4:
Jackie Brown-D*
At large:
Reuben Davis-D*
Darrell Eubanks-R
Linda Rouse Sutton-D*
Patricia Von Canon-R
School board:
District 3:
Jonathan Sargeant-D
Molly B. Smith-R
District 4:
Garland Nobles-D*
At large:
Bruce Hill-D*
Merwyn K. Smith-D
Giles Stroud-R*
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Happy April! Boy was it a long week. So much stuff happened it's hard to remember it all, but that's definitely better than the alternative. This week was all about two big pushes toward the completion of two big systems: the entity component system (ECS), and the physics engine. Neither was finished, but major progress was made on both fronts.
Entity Component System: Just to quickly recap, this is the part of the engine that powers all objects in the game (hence, the part of the engine most relevant to gameplay). It defines how the data that describes objects like ships, stations, colonies, asteroids, etc. is defined, managed, and altered over time in response to gameplay. From the point-of-view of most would-be LT modders (as well as Gameplay Josh), it's the most important part of the engine, perhaps followed by the UI system.
I spoke last week about the abundance of trade-offs inherent in designing a game engine's ECS. This week I continued to explore that abundance of hard choices by...implementing them. Describing all those choices in their technical detail would take too long and bore you all to tears. I started describing my current implementation in quite some detail in this log, stopped, and deleted it because I'm still too unsure about it With the lessons I learned from trying several different architectures, I started implementing a different one yesterday. But yesterday is...well, yesterday. Practical Josh, in general, does not feel confident about things being 'the answer' after only having had them around for a day.
But since I don't want to talk implementation details, I'll mentioned a new (to me) development paradigm that I've been using while playing with all of the options. Like many things I do, the idea sounds stupidly-obvious...but it almost felt like a revelation to me when I started doing it. I've been writing a good bit of gameplay pseudocode. Yep. Quelle breakthrough! But seriously:
It's so simple, incomplete, and really quite boring. Yet amazingly, it helps me in so many ways to think about how I should design the ECS from a practicality standpoint to do the stuff that I'm actually going to want to do. Even writing this silly code, I can get a feel for challenges that aren't obvious when designing from a blind, theoretical perspective. That code isn't real; it's not any real language, just my made-up pseudocode. But what we really want is to design things such that we can write gameplay code in Lua that rivals the simplicity of the code above.
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/* Basic Mining AI Pseudocode. */
targets = self.getSystem().getEntitiesWithComponent(Component.Harvestable)
miningTarget = argMax over target in targets of
target.getInventoryUsed() / self.getTravelTime(target)
self.pushAction(TravelToObject(miningTarget), align)
/* Align myself 'tangent'-ish to the target. We could get way fancier here,
taking into account turret line-of-sight. Quick version is to just assume
being tangent will yield goood LOS for all. */
toSurface = miningTarget.getNearestSurfacePoint(self.getPos()) - self.getPos()
self.pushAction(AlignAxisYTo(toSurface), harvest)
/* TODO: Maybe move around the target a bit so as to be less...boring? */
/* TODO: Fire each turret at a different (visible) surface point. */
for turret in self.getTurrets()
if turret.getType() == TurretType.TransferUnit
self.notify(InventoryFull(self), full)
self.notify(InventoryEmpty(miningTarget), start)
self.notify(NotInRange(self, miningTarget), reposition)
self.pushAction(DockAt(dropoff), unload)
/* Calculate a point near the surface of the target such that all transfer
units are in range but I'm still a safe distance away */
self.pushAction(TravelToPoint(point), align)
self.transferInventory(dropoff, ItemType.RawMaterial)
self.pushAction(Undock(), start)
Frankly, this has been equal parts difficult and rewarding. I'm bouncing back-and-forth between the highest-possible levels of gameplay coding (I mean, it's pseudocode, it's higher-level than the high-level gameplay code), and the lowest levels of engine architecture. It's mentally jarring to constantly bounce between those levels. But it's also rewarding to feel that these low-level choices are being made with very concrete goals in mind.
Physics: Great progress and several new structures/algorithms that I've never implemented before in LT, even back in the C++ engine. The LT Core picked up a lot of code. Octrees. AABB trees. K-d trees (unfinished). I have efficient code for building octrees & AABB trees from meshes or arbitrary volumes, as well as for raycasts. Full intersection tests will come soon.
On top of implementing a ton of physics-related data structures and algorithms, I did a lot of testing to determine which ones best solved the previous performance problems with the narrow-phase collision detection on large meshes. Not surprisingly, AABB trees are winning, at least with raycasts. I can do raycasts against a large, ultra-quality station mesh in something like 3 microseconds now. Although broadphase is not really a pressing issue and will come later, it was interesting to see that my tree construction code is fast enough to actually do the dumbest thing possible without killing FPS (that is, to reconstruct the whole acceleration structure every frame, inserting all objects in the system; this is incredibly stupid compared to real broadphases, which exploit temporal coherence to do dramatically less work).
Gratuitous screen from physics work:
And a few more if you want...
Lua & LuaJIT: As per my concerns last week, I did some investigation with respect to how to use LJ most efficiently. I used the profiling framework that I mentioned last month (and have expanded on greatly this week) to guide my investigation. I also started examining LJ bytecode dumps & trace information so that I can better understand how and where I'm losing cycles. The profiling framework has already proven itself to be invaluable!
Spoiler: SHOW
I now have a better (but still expanding) understanding of writing efficient scripts, especially for gameplay logic. I implemented a system (in the LT Core) for script loading & running that allows better memory usage and performance than my previous monolithic architecture.
The coming week should be all about the entity component system. I've made great progress so far with trying a lot of implementations, and I'm getting ever-closer to a design that fits all of the requirements of LT. I'm putting this at max priority and giving myself full permission to do nothing but ECS work for the coming week. I want to start getting 'real' gameplay (not LTDemo gameplay) up; I'm ready for that pseudocode to become reality!
Hey everyone! Talvieno here, with another non-technical summary!
Josh has spent most of the past week or so working on the completion of two things - entities and physics. Just to recap, the entities are every object in the game - ships, stations, asteroids, planets, colonies - everything. The physics engine is how these objects interact physically with game space and each other - collisions, acceleration, motion and so on.
You may have noticed that he dumped a ton of "mining code" up there, and may have no idea what he's doing. Josh is basically doing his own version of "Rubber Duck Debugging". Rubber Duck Debugging is an old programmer method to figure out how to fix bugs: you talk to a little rubber duck sitting beside your computer and tell it what the problem is. In talking about the problem, you understand it better, and are often able to solve it much more easily than just from staring at the screen. Josh is writing pseudocode (fake code - "code" that's not actually code) to help him understand his problems, and finding it incredibly helpful.
The physics stuff is much more complicated, but in summary, Josh is working on collision detection. Basically, it splits up the game space into smaller, more manageable areas - splitting them up means the program has less space to check at any one time, which means a faster program. Josh includes a few visualizations of this in the form of shiny pictures.
As to the LuaJIT stuff - he's been experimenting with LuaJIT (the modding/scripting language) to try to find out how to get the most out of it - to squeeze out every last drop of efficiency for maximum framerate.
tl;dr: Josh has worked a lot in several areas the past week, mostly in solving complex problems. He's almost ready to start putting all the pieces of the puzzle together and make something you can actually play as LT.


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Backdraft ★★½ 1991 (R)
High action story of Chicago firemen has some of the most stupendous incendiary special effects ever filmed. But then there's that plot, B-movie hokum about a mystery arsonist torching strategic parts of the community with the finesse of an expert and a brother-against-brother conflict. Straightforward performances from most of the cast in spite of the weak storyline. Writer Widen wrote from experience—he used to be a fireman; real-life Chicago firefighters were reportedly very happy with the realistic and intense fire scenes. Forget the plot and just watch the fires. Also available in a letterboxed version. 135m/C VHS, DVD, HD DVD . Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Scott Glenn, Rebecca De Mornay, Jason Gedrick, J.T. Walsh, Tony Mockus Sr., Clint Howard, David Crosby; D: Ron Howard; W: Gregory Widen; C: Mikael Salomon; M: Hans Zimmer.


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Prager University: Do High Taxes Raise More Money? – YouTube.
Possibly the best short explanation of the Laffer Curve I've seen. Of course there is more to be discussed because this example focuses on the morally reprehensible "progressive" tax system wherein 47% of filers wither pay no income taxes or receive a cash bonus for filing. However, we'll save that for another time.
Tim Groseclose, in addition to being a faculty member at Prager University, is a professor of political science and economics at UCLA. His article on this subject is here.
The Laffer Curve and New Evidence that Taxes Stifle Economic Output
Here is the link to download the Romer & Romer paper (in pdf) from the UC Berkeley website:
The Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Changes: Estimates Based on a New Measure of Fiscal Shocks


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Paul was the Director of the Historic Preservation Program at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation where he had been a faculty member for over 30 years and was also a partner at Platt, Byard, Dovell & White Architects.
He will be fondly remembered and greatly missed.
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Questor Enterprise Partners is a newly-established private equity investment firm that provides both capital and other resources to help privately-held companies grow and achieve their full potential. Our new firm is a true partner with the companies and management teams in which it invests, and is focused primarily on businesses in the information technology and healthcare sectors. Our firm looks to invest in small and medium-sized businesses, with the overriding objective of helping these companies achieve the "next level" of performance.
Our firm is unique in its approach to private equity investing, and seeks to communicate this through a modern, clean-looking logo for its website and all printed communications (e.g. business cards, etc). Our firm, however, is somewhat affiliated with a predecessor firm, "Questor Partners Fund", and while we want to continue to emphasie the letter "Q" in our logo (see attached for example of what we have been thinking), we want the logo to be reasonably different so that it differentiates the new firm from the old firm.
Target audience is the private equity market, including primarily entrepreneurs looking to sell their privately-held businesses, investment bankers, private equity fund managers, bankers generally, and other professionals (accountants, lawyers, business brokers) that we will be in contact with regularly. These persons are generally used to seeing professional, clearly-communicated information (including logos), and use the logo to help identify the nature of the company it represents. The logo therefore should be easily recognizable, and in a "clean/modern" format so that it translates well in both printed form on documents as well as for presentational (PowerPoint) purposes. The logo needs to fit with the overall company name of "Questor Enterprise Partners".
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The Lezyne CRV offers 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8mm Allen keys but no 10mm. Flat and Phillips screwdrivers along with a T25 Torx wrench.
There's also a combined tyre lever and 10mm open-ended spanner, plus a disc brake pad separator/bottle opener combo. The large chain tool has Mavic, 3.22 and 3.45 metric spoke head slots. Unusually for a bike tool, the CRV 20 also has a serrated 2¼in blade.
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(CNN) — November 3rd marks the 14th annual Learn to Homebrew Day, a day that is celebrated by some one million Americans who brew their own beer. Homebrewing is at the very core of the craft beer boom, with countless professional brewers having honed their chops years prior on a homebrew system. Several established breweries still try out their test recipes on systems not unlike those found in many basements across the country today.
One homebrewer who is in the process of taking the leap from amateur to professional, is Brian Purcell of Decatur, GA. Brian began homebrewing several years ago and is living out every homebrewers dream as he begins work on his own brick and mortar brewery, Three Taverns . I recently spoke with Brian about homebrewing and what it's like to start a craft brewery.
Eatocracy: What first lead or inspired you to start home brewing?
Brian Purcell: I made a trip to Portland 12 years ago to attend an old friend's wedding. After a day of sampling the amazing beer and pub culture of Portland, we ended the day at a party where my friend was serving his own homebrewed beer. This was my first taste of homebrew and it blew me away. I never imagined you could make such great tasting beer at home.
Back in Atlanta there was a homebrew shop around the corner from my house, and the first thing I did on return was to buy a homebrew kit. I didn't actually make my first beer till I moved to the beer hub of Decatur two years later, but once I brewed my first batch I was hooked. I don't think there has been a month since that I haven't brewed at least one batch of beer. In brewers' terms, I got the bug. I can't imagine not brewing beer now.
Eatocracy: Did your view of beer change after you began brewing your own?
Brian Purcell: Discovering the art and uncovering the mystery of brewing has been nothing short of profound. Beer is an ancient art and, while simple at its very essence, is far from simplistic. A new beer starts with a recipe that can find inspiration from many sources and takes time and talent to formulate. And the outcome of the brewing process is complex and difficult and mostly determined by the skill and creativity of the brewer.
In Malcolm Gladwell's Blink, he writes, "When we put something in our mouth, and in that blink of an eye decide whether it tastes good or not, we are reacting not only to the evidence from our taste buds and salivary gland but also to the evidence of our eyes and memories and imaginations." Once you understand that, you understand how an amazing beer can be enjoyed and celebrated by all our senses as a gift, a gift to which we can only be grateful.
Eatocracy: What advice would you give for someone that is considering home brewing? Any books or websites you'd recommend on the subject?
Brian Purcell: Most homebrewers could go on for hours on this topic. My experience though distills it down to this one most important thing, "brew it your way". There are things you shouldn't do of course, but everybody brews in a different way and brewing is really all about learning.
Your first step might be to watch a friend brew or attend a class. Or you might start with the directions in brew kit or a book like Charlie Papazian's beloved The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, first published in 1984. Today you can even watch videos on YouTube or subscribe to Podcasts like Basic Brewing. There are even newsgroups and forums on homebrewing you can find on the internet. And every city has homebrew clubs where community is formed and information and techniques are traded and improved upon.
The mediums for learning are endless, but you need to do what is most comfortable for you depending on how far you want to take the hobby. Be your own brewer. Nothing should stop you from making your first mistake, for mistakes can lead you to new heights in making beer. In the end, the sage advice of Charlie Papazian still applies today, "Relax, don't worry, have a homebrew."
Eatocracy: Does brewing certain beer styles present more challenges than others? Is there a particular style that is more tedious to perfect?
Brian Purcell: All styles take skill to master, but some are definitely more forgiving than others. But to me the Belgian styles, especially the big beers with dry finishes like the Tripel and the Quadrupel are some of the hardest to perfect. The alcohol on these beers typically reach as high as 9-12% with the road to perfection littered with failed attempts, many of them my own in the early years of brewing. The quality of the produced wort (unfermented beer), the health of the yeast and the management of the fermentation environment is especially difficult to master for most brewers, including many experienced commercial brewers.
To match the quality and nuances of the Belgian brewers, especially the monastic brewers, is almost impossible. It is surely impossible without the focus, the practice, the experimentation, and the "Benedictine patience" required for unearthing the mystery of making these truly divine beers.
Eatocracy: You recently lived out the dream of every homebrewer by raising just under two million dollars to start your own brewery. What were the least and most rewarding aspects of that process?
Brian Purcell: It began for me as a passionate dream and the inspiration and drive from a well developed vision was critical for the long hours of research and planning required in making it a reality. This is a capital intensive industry, and unless you are an exception and can self-fund your venture, you have the especially daunting task of raising capital from investors, an effort that requires a thorough and formally developed business plan.
Time and emotional energy was one of the most difficult challenges when trying to balance my current job as a business owner, my commitment to my family and friends, and the many hours away during my four years planning the brewery. And while often mentally and emotionally exhausting, the effort was filled with amazing rewards and surprises.
The breweries that make up the Craft Brewers Association are filled with amazing and deeply passionate people. Whether I was attending an industry conference, interviewing another brewer, talking with pub owners or raising a glass with fellow beer enthusiasts, there was always an inspiring experience of real relationship tied to a common vision for the creation and restoration of good things. Looking from the outside in year after year was a real test to my stamina and commitment, but a vision for life and vocation in this community always spurred me on. And of course there was always the escape into the soul satisfying work of brewing the next test batch of beer.
Finally after months of networking and pitching new investor prospects, we were suddenly rewarded when we raised 135% of our capital requirement in June of this year. As the brewery build-out now accelerates toward a May launch in 2013, I often have to pinch myself to make sure I'm still not dreaming. This is truly my dream come true.
If you'd like some more information about how to begin the process of making your own beer, the American Homebrewers Association"has got you covered. There you can find a listing of all the events taking place today in conjunction with Learn How to Homebrew Day, what you need to get started brewing your first batch of beer, and even how to connect with fellow homebrewers in your area.
What is your experience with homebrewing? Any good stories about a beer that was an accidental hit? Plans or special ingredients for an upcoming beer? I'd love to hear about it in the comments.
By Nathan Berrong
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Bob Koester, owner-operator of Delmark Records and the Jazz Record Mart, is celebrated in the New York Times' Arts & Leisure section today. He's documented and marketed South and West Side soul, AACM innovation, trad jazz and the Mississippi Delta blues revival. I'm among the many music fans who grew up in his sway -- and include my 12-best list of albums Koester brought to life. … [Read more...]
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Practicing what we preach truly marks a changed life.
Practicing what we preach truly marks a changed life.
In Leviticus 11:44, God tells us that we must be holy for he is holy. God wants us to come up to where he is.
In Luke 18:10-14, a Pharisee stands in the temple �bragging� to God about how great he is. He goes on and on about his good deeds and then says, "I sure am glad I am not like that tax collector over there in the corner."
The tax collector looks down and asks for God�s mercy. He knew he was unworthy.
Jesus asks, �Who did God hear and justify?�
The answer was the tax collector.
Salvation takes place when someone comes to Christ, admits his unrighteousness, helplessness and unworthiness, and turns to Christ as his or her only hope for forgiveness and a place in Heaven.
That's when we�re saved or justified.
The Rev. Albert Corey is Oak Ridge Assembly of God's pastor.


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Oooo...see the cheese....oozing out from the buns...yummy!
It my version of buns..;p Using those kraft cheese, turkey hams and chicken hams, well it was exceptable..:) The buns are still soft..;D I just roll it up like a swiss roll like the picture shown below.
The recipe for this bread dough was from my previous red bean buns. Wanted to try out my dear friend (h0neybeesweets)'s recipe but I don't have enough ingredients for that. So will wait for next round.
Some red bean buns for my daughter (her favourite)..:)


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Assistants mad over contract.
An interim coach is about as useful as a substitute teacher. Often times, they're both just babysitting.
As the Illinois interim coach, Vic Koenning has been around the block as one of the game's most respected defensive coordinators, and he knows one thing's for sure when Illinois meets UCLA in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in AT&T Park Saturday.
"The team that usually wins is the one that wants to be there the most,'' Koenning said.
It's the biggest question surrounding the Interim Bowl, the nickname for the pairing of two teams with interim coaches after Illinois fired Ron Zook and UCLA whacked Rick Neuheisel a month ago. Illinois is one of nine teams with interim coaching staffs in bowl games, so this must be the new normal.
Meanwhile, both teams lost key players to academic ineligibility and faced embarrassing issues, rather than just putting some makeup on a season full of blemishes. Illinois is the first team in major college history to win its first six games only to lose the next six, and the Illini face perhaps another first -- a threatened boycott by assistant coaches.
UCLA played in the Pac-12 title game because Southern Cal was ineligible while on probation. A 49-31 loss to Oregon dropped UCLA before .500, but a waiver allowed the Bruins to become the first team to earn a bowl berth with a losing record since North Texas in 2001.
"It's two teams that have gone down similar paths,'' said UCLA interim coach Mike Johnson, the team's offensive coordinator.
The interim coaches, both marching bands and a handful of players from each team were the key attractions at a bowl pep rally at Union Square Friday, but Koenning was still left to answer questions about his coaching staff.
According to report by Sports Illustrated's online edition, offensive line coach Joe Gilbert, quarterbacks coach Jeff Brohm and tight ends coach Chip Long threatened to boycott the game in an issue over a rollover contract.
"If they want the bowl game to be coached, they better decide they want to treat us the right way,'' Gilbert told si.com.
"That's news to me,'' said Illini athletic director Mike Thomas at the pep rally, repeating the same line he gave to si.com.
The coaches were apparently upset over a late change to the contract that wasn't noticed when they signed it before the season that eliminated the extra year in pay. Koenning juggled loyalty to his coaches with trying to keep the negativity out of the locker room.
"That's on them,'' Koenning said. "I'm out of the equation.''
Asked if he's worried about his offensive staff not coaching, Koenning replied: "If they don't, we'll figure out the next thing. I'm not going to worry about something that might not happen.''With Illinois coach Tim Beckman expected to watch the game from the sideline, it's an interesting mix of the past and present that have rarely mingled in the past three weeks. Beckman made an attempt to keep Koenning on staff, though it appeared as an offer (co-coordinator with no raise) made for Koenning to refuse, although it was ammended to coordinator the following day.
The players don't know what to think while Beckman watched them practice in Champaign and San Francisco.
"It calms me down knowing he's watching,'' said Illinois linebacker Jonathan Brown. "I know how we practice. I know what we can do. I know he knows what we can do. There's no need to do anything extra in my mind.''
Otherwise, the Illini realize it's their last game with Koenning and this coaching staff, which disbands after returning to campus at 2 a.m. on Sunday. Koenning will depart the same day for North Carolina, where he's hired to run the defense under coach Larry Fedora.
"We want to play for our former head coach,'' said Illini defensive end Whitney Mercilus. "We want to send Vic to North Carolina with a win.''
John Supinie can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @JohnSupinie.Illinois (6-6) vs. UCLA (6-7) When: 2:30 p.m. Saturday Where: AT&T Park (40,184), San Francisco Series record: UCLA leads 6-5 Last meeting: UCLA 35, Illinois 17 (2004) Rankings: Both teams unranked Radio: TV: ESPN The line: Coaches: Vic Koenning, 0-0 as interim coach at Illinois, 5-29 in third season overall. Mike Johnson, 0-0 as interim coach at UCLA and overall. NCAA rankings: Illinois offense -- rushing 42nd, 171.1; passing 91st, 187.0; scoring 91st, 22.8; total 86th, 358.1. Illinois defense -- rushing 41st, 132.6; passing 4th, 159.1; scoring 21st, 20.0; total 7th, 291.7. UCLA offense -- rushing 29th, 190.6; passing 81st, 198.1; scoring 85th, 23.7; total 62nd, 388.7. UCLA defense -- rushing 95th, 191.5; passing 70th, 232.6; scoring 96th, 32.2; total 91st, 424.1. Notable: Illinois is 7-9 all-time in bowl games. Illinois plays UCLA in a bowl game for the fourth time. They split Rose Bowl games with Illinois winning in 1947 and losing in 1984. UCLA also defeated Illinois 6-3 in the John Hancock Bowl in El Paso in 1991. . . Illini senior wide receiver A.J. Jenkins needs 83 yards receiving to break the school record of 1,278 set by David Williams in 1984. . . Junior running back Johnathan Franklin rushed for 947 yards and five TDs to lead the Bruins while Derrick Coleman had 726 yads and 11 TDs. . . . Quotable: "They're trying to get some of the concerns resolved. I've tried to stay out of all that.'' -- Illinois interim coach Vic Koenning, on assistant coaches. Prediction: UCLA 17, Illinois 16


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Rookies in Rotation
July 24, 2007
Tonight's Lineup
Rollins, ss; Victorino, rf; Utley, 2b; Howard, 1b; Rowand, cf; Burrell, lf; Dobbs, 3b; Ruiz, c; Kendrick, p.
Kyle takes the mound tonight. As the final two months of the regular season approach, the Phillies have two rookies in their starting rotation, Kyle and J. D. Durbin.
A reader remembered two rookie pitchers played key roles in 1980, Bob Walk and Marty Bystrom. Walk started the season 5-1 in AAA ball, was recalled in late May, won his first six decisions and finished 11-7. Bystrom came up in September and was 5-0.
Myers Update
Brett Myers, pitching for the Clearwater Threshers at Tampa last night, struck out three and allowed one hit in one and one-third innings. He was on a 25-pitch limit.
Brett will have another rehab assignment tomorrow night in Tampa. If there are no setbacks, he could be back in the pen later this week.
If you add Brett to a bullpen of Tom Gordon, Antonio Alfonseca, Ryan Madson, Jose Mesa, J. C. Romero and Mike Zagurski, you have a combined ERA of 3.45. That'll work.
Trade Update
Pat Gillick in Marcus Hayes' Daily News article today: "We're going to continue to look and try to come up with something that can be an improvement. Some of the stuff out there isn't an improvement. What is out there might improve us but the asking price is off the wall. Astronomical.
"That might change by the 31st, but right now, you're hearing these asking prices and you're
saying 'Your're crazy.'"
One thing I will not do in this space is criticize the media. That is not the purpose of the blog. That said, the Daily News' headline on Marcus' story—"Gillick: Myers about the only pitcher who fits the budget right now." For those who are not aware, headlines are written by a person in the sports department, not the writer. Whoever wrote the headline mistook the word "price" to mean dollars when it really referred to the quality or quantity of players required to make a deal. As Pat has often said, the Phillies have financial flexibility.


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SACRAMENTO – Attorneys in Stockton's bankruptcy are poised to deliver closing arguments this afternoon with the judge's oral ruling to follow Monday.
SACRAMENTO – Attorneys in Stockton's bankruptcy are poised to deliver closing arguments this afternoon with the judge's oral ruling to follow Monday.
That's when U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein is expected to decide if Stockton is eligible for Chapter 9 protection in the face of millions of dollars worth of long term debt. Wall Street creditors stridently oppose Stockton.
Today marked the third day of the trial that began Monday. Stockton Councilwoman Kathy Miller took the witness stand, and an attorney for the city's creditors declared a hostile witness, allowing him to ask leading questions.
The question and answer exchange between Miller and attorney Guy Neal, who represents Assured Guaranty Corp, was not hostile. Rather, it focused largely on a series of videos she published to Youtube, explaining the reason Stockton voted to file bankruptcy June 28.
Miller said she made the videos that went online in early July in response to a flood of questions she had taken from local residents and because she was running for re-election.
Miller also explained why she used the phrase "half baked" to describe Mayor Anthony Silva's half-cent tax proposal to hire more police. She proposes a comprehensive recovery plan for Stockton that considers libraries and after-school activities in addition to police services.
"I think there's more to a city's health than just police officers on the street," Miller said. "I think it's a bigger picture."
If Judge Klein grants Stockton access to bankruptcy court, the city will next file a so-called plan of adjustment, which restructures the city's debts to bond holders and formalizes officials move to phase out payments to the health care coverage of retired city employees.
Convincing the judge to confirm the plan of adjustment is expected to draw an even bigger fight from creditors, who contend that the city needs to reduce its pension payments managed by the California Public Employees' Retirement System.
Today in court, Judge Klein said that, before giving his oral ruling on Stockton's eligibility, he needs some time after the attorneys' closing arguments to read thousands of pages in documents forming the foundation of this week's trial.
"To lift them all, I would probably have to be able to bench press 300 pounds," he said. "Suffice it to say, I'm left with some weighty evidence."
After Monday's oral ruling, the judge said he will produce a written ruling, refining his initial decision.
Read Thursday's Record for more of this story by Staff Writer Scott Smith.


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The following are short quotes from social media superstars, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and mavericks about the impact social media has on our personal and business lives. Although most of these quotes are blasts from the past they are interesting nonetheless.
If you had to come up with 10 quotes about the impact of social media, what would be your focus?
What They Are Saying About Social Media
Chris Brogan: "I don't use Twitter for play. I've doubled my business earnings from Twitter. Twitter is the new telephone. 100 years later."
Guy Kawasaki: "Twitter is the most important factor in Alltop"
Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard law professor: "The qualities that make Twitter seem inane and half-baked are what makes it so powerful"
Brian Solis: "Social Media is about sociology and psychology more than technology"
Seth Godin: "How can you squander even one more day not taking advantage of the greatest shifts of our generation? How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?"
Erik Qualman: "With the growing reliance on social media, we no longer search for news, or the products and services we wish to buy. Instead they are being pushed to us by friends, acquaintances and business colleagues."
Pete Cashmore: "Privacy is dead and social media holds the smoking gun"
Brian Solis: "Please Repeat: Influence is NOT Popularity!"
Dean Guadagni is Inner Architect's chief communications strategist with 20+ years of business development, sales management, and national account management experience. Dean is the author of a nationally recognized self-help business guide whose articles have been published by Reuters.com, Nielsen.com, FoxBusiness.com, Ziff Davis Enterprise's "Microsoft Watch", Computer Shopper, and the Chicago Sun-Times. Prior to joining Inner Architect, Dean worked with management consulting firm Domus Consulting Group, whose mission was to help real estate brokerages and affiliates develop technology marketing strategies in real estate.
Dean is a frequent public speaker and workshop facilitator on social media strategies, blogging, and networking. He is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a BA degree in Speech Communications.


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It was over a year ago when we first heard about Star Wars Uncut, the 15-second-at-a-time, crowdsourced remake of Star Wars: A New Hope. And it's now finally available in its entirety for your streaming pleasure.
Former Vimeo developer, Casey Plugh, came up with the original idea for the project. But the film was created and features Star Wars fans from around the world. Each 15-second segment was produced by a different group of filmmakers using their own equipment, and the result is a classic story retold by its fans, for its fans... With cats.
It's a scene-by-scene remake of the original Star Wars film following the same script, but with a much smaller budget and a lot more actors. If you've seen the original, then you'll know exactly what's going on. If you haven't, well... the dialogue remains largely in tact.
As you've probably gathered, what makes this an awesome movie isn't its production values or the talent of its actors. As cliché as it sounds, what makes it special is the people who made it. It's like watching the original movie through the eyes of its most devoted fans. You can tell that they had fun making their scenes and as a result, you will have fun watching them. Oh, and in case you were wondering, in this version Han does indeed shoot first.
Star Wars Uncut (2010), 122 Minutes — Star Wars Uncut


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The ZigBee Alliance has announced availability of ZigBee Remote Control, a standard for advanced remote controls. ZigBee Remote Control is the first public application profile designed specifically for use with the ZigBee RF4CE specification which provides multi-vendor interoperable remote control solution for consumer electronics featuring a simple, robust, and low-cost communication network for two-way wireless connectivity.
ZigBee Remote Control replaces 30 year-old infrared (IR) technology with radio frequency (RF) control and eliminates the pointing confusion and other performance problems associated with IR remotes and large screen LCD and plasma televisions. It also delivers new functionality to conventional remotes, including:
- Ability to locate misplaced remote controls
- Common command set for true interoperability eliminating the need for multiple remote controls
- Control of equipment stored almost anywhere, including behind wood and glass doors or in other rooms
- Enhanced user interfaces and advanced display capabilities
- New interactive capabilities and the ability to navigate content on the remote's LCD
- Over-the-air upgrades and programmability
"ZigBee Remote Control offers electronics manufacturers a global standard to simplify control of a wide variety of CE devices and improve their customer experience," said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance.
The ZigBee Remote Control profile gives CE manufacturers a defined standard to create interoperable products offering advanced communications between devices and remote controls, regardless of manufacturer.


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President Barack Obama made less in 2012 than in any other year since taking office, with about 40 percent of the nearly $609,000 in income that he and first lady Michelle Obama reported coming from book sales.
Obama, who renewed his call for higher taxes on the wealthy in the budget he released Wednesday, paid $112,214 in taxes last year, putting his effective federal tax rate at 18.4 percent. The Obamas donated almost one-quarter of their income to charity, according to tax returns released by the White House.
Most of the $608,611 that the Obamas reported in adjusted gross income came from the president's salary, as he reported $394,840 in wages. An additional $258,772 came from royalties from his books, including his 1995 memoir "Dreams From My Father," his 2006 political book, "The Audacity of Hope," and a 2010 children's book, "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters."
Income from Obama's books has fallen off since 2009, when his books sales surged after his inauguration. The Obamas made $5.5 million that year - his first year in office - but the figure dropped precipitously the next year to $1.73 million. In 2011, the Obamas reported about $790,000 in income.
The president and Mrs. Obama signed their tax returns on Monday - one week before the April 15 deadline for Americans to file their 2012 returns.
Itemized deductions of $258,385 brought the Obama's taxable income down to $335,026. The first family deducted $45,056 in interest on the mortgage for their home in Chicago, plus $36,554 in state and local taxes and $26,751 in real estate taxes.
Through withholding and estimated tax payments during the year, the Obamas paid $129,029 to the Internal Revenue Service - an overpayment of $16,815. The Obamas directed that, rather than receive a refund, the overpayment will be applied to their taxes for next year.
The Obamas also claimed $39,875 in income from outside the United States. A White House official said all of that income came from book royalties, but did not disclose details about which countries the income came from. The official was not authorized to comment publicly on Obama's taxes and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The president and first lady reported donating $150,034 - or 24.6 percent of their income - to 33 charities. That's a slight dip from the previous year, when the Obamas donated more than $172,000. The largest contribution last year was a $103,871 donation to Fisher House Foundation, which provides humanitarian services to military members, veterans and their families. Other charitable groups that received donations from the president for $5,000 or less include the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the United Negro College Fund.
The president and the first lady also paid $29,450 in income taxes to Illinois, according to their state tax returns.
The White House also released tax returns for Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden. The Bidens paid $87,851 in federal income taxes on $385,072 in adjusted gross income, for an effective federal tax rate of 22.8 percent. The vice president and his wife paid state income taxes in two states - $13,531 in Delaware and $3,593 in Virginia. They reported donating $7,190 to charity.


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Japan Professor on Fukushima and Media: Children bleeding from nostrils, skin diseases, cardiovascular diseases (VIDEO)
By ENENews
April 9th, 2012
Title: The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and The Media: An Interview with Professor Akira Murakami Akira
Source: KPFA
Date Uploaded: Apr 8, 2012
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Akira Murakami, a professor of media at Akita University discusses the Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown and the media cover-up as well as the real concerns of the people of Japan. It was done at KPFA on 3/14/2012 by Steve Zeltzer of WorkWeek Radio and Project Censored.
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Question: Children with signs of medical problems?
Murakami: Yes. Bleeding from nostrils, skin diseases, short temperedness, cardiovascular diseases…


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|Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
|Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is a painting by Gustav Klimt completed in 1907. According to press reports it was sold for US$135 million to Ronald Lauder for his Neue Galerie in New York City in June 2006, which made it at that time the most expensive painting ever sold.[1] It has been on display at the gallery since July 2006. Update on ownership of painting-click here.
This homage to Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer is part of The Museum Collection which is one of three Barbie Collector series inspired by some of the world's most iconic masterpieces.
They are the Barbie Art Van Gogh Doll:
|Barbie Art Van Gogh Doll
Not all doll collectors studied art history so it won't seem such a sacrilege to have used the wonderful, emotive brushwork and colors of Van Gogh on a flirty blonde Barbie dress. I do like the dress and the way the black organic motif winds up and over her shoulder.
|Starry Night (June, 1889) by Vincent Van Gogh; Museum of Modern Art NYC
|Barbie Art Leonardo Da Vinci Doll
|Mona Lisa or La Gioconda (1503-1505/07) by Leonardo Da Vinci; Louvre, Paris, France
Dolls are due July, 2011. MSRP $39.99 each


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In Mary Valley country behind the Sunshine Coast, Imbil is a 48 kilometre drive south-west from Gympie. A steep haul to the Imbil Lookout presents incomparable, near 360-degree views to Kenilworth, the mountains, and the Sunshine Coast. A 26 kilometre round-trip through forest and cultivated creek flats takes in Lake Borumba, which is perfectly tailored to swimming, boating, water-skiing and fishing. A nearby hatchery, which was opened in the early 1980s, breeds golden perch and silver perch, which are released into the local waterways as fingerlings.
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(visited by Helmut Stadelmeyer, Simon Augdoppler and Hans Augdoppler)
20-May-2001 -- After careful investigations, intense studies of a lot of road maps and even more detailed stuff on the matter we decided to do the job on that particular Sunday. The road distance between our homes and the spot is roughly 300 km, the weather was as fine as could be and we knew we could make the spot easily with no special efforts if the last 4 kilometers were accessible to the car (this is a private and unpaved road through the forest at the north-east side of the mountain).
At the village of Stadl a.d. Mur, about 10 km north of the spot, we made a stop and had a conversation to a policeman on duty (he stopped us and claimed over speed). He gave us a lot of useful hints regarding accessibility to this area, but no fine.
After gaining permission (R. Nagele) to use the private road we made the first 9 km, entered the private road and slowly headed towards the spot (4 km), as the road is not intended to be used by ordinary cars. As we finally stepped out of the car and had a first glance at the location we heard some voices - up the slope Michael Carl and Fred Janosievics came out of the bush. They had used less accurate maps.
From that time on we headed for the spot together, which is about 12 meters beside the road at the upside of the slope. After taking plenty of pictures we had a rest (was the whole thing really that breath-taking?) and decided not to miss the opportunity and have a short walk over meadows up to the next peak called Sonntagsbuehel. Our GPS indicated an altitude of 1929 m, which nicely matched with the indication at a confluence spot there.
After this tribute to the sportive aspects we dropped Michael and Fred at their car at the main road and then decided not to leave Styria without having a glass of those famous Murauer beer. We dropped into the brewery at Murau and can now confirm: They really make pretty good beer!
Good luck and see you at another spot!
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Abstract: The paper at hand presents an extension and application of Kotzab & Madlbergers (Kotzab & Madlberger, 2001) original clicks-and-mortar web-scan framework, which is here used to reexamine the click-and-mortar activities of the top 100 Danish retailers and compare with results from the identical study last year. The first part of the paper describes the development and rationale behind the model used, the second part describes the results obtained and describes the evolution by analysing data from 2001, 2002 and 2003. The empirical results show a shift toward selling in the internet channel, and a differentiation between the most sophisticated sites: they focus on either Marketing or Logistics processes! URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6291
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