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CNN/Stylemagazine.com Newswire | 3/8/2014, 11:19 p.m.
By Catherine E. Shoichet and Ray Sanchez
A delegation of painters and calligraphers, a group of Buddhists returning from a religious gathering in Kuala Lumpur, a three-generation family, nine senior travelers and five toddlers.
Most of the 227 passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 were Chinese, according to the airline's flight manifest. The 12 missing crew members on the flight that disappeared early Saturday were Malaysian.
Other passengers were from India, Indonesia, Australia, the United States, France, New Zealand, Ukraine, Canada, Russia and the Netherlands, the airline said.
The airline's list showed the passengers hailed from 14 countries, but later it was learned that two people named on the manifest -- an Austrian and an Italian -- whose passports had been stolen were not aboard the plane. The plane was carrying five children under 5 years old, the airline said.
On Saturday, Texas-based Freescale Semiconductor confirmed that 20 employees were passengers on Flight 370. Twelve are from Malaysia and eight from China, the company said.
"At present, we are solely focused on our employees and their families," Gregg Lowe, Freescale's president and CEO, said in the statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this tragic event."
Later, the company tweeted: "Your thoughtful words and prayers for Freescale families and friends affected by MH370 give comfort."
The company was making counselors available with around-the-clock support for employees affected by the tragedy, the statement said.
The 154 passengers from China (including Taiwan) included a group of painters and calligraphers and Buddhists returning from a religious gathering, Chinese state media reported.
Relatives of the Chinese citizens aboard gathered Saturday at a hotel complex in the Lido district of Beijing as a crowd of reporters gathered outside.
"My son was only 40 years old," one woman wailed as she was led inside. "My son, my son. What am I going to do?"
Family members were kept in a hotel conference room, where media outlets had no access. Most of the family members have so far refused to talk to reporters.
An Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman said a man listed on the airline's manifest is safe and was never aboard the aircraft. The Austrian national's passport was stolen two years ago, Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Weiss said.
Italian Foreign Ministry spokesman Aldo Amati also said no one from his country was on the plane, even though an Italian was on the manifest. Malaysian officials said they were aware of reports the Italian's passport had been stolen, but had not confirmed that.
U.S. nationals on the plane's manifest were identified by the airline as Philip Wood, 51; Nicole Meng, 4; and Yan Zhang, 2.
A senior U.S. State Department official confirmed Saturday that three U.S. citizens were aboard the aircraft. Embassy officials were trying to determine whether additional U.S. citizens were on the flight.
"We extend our deepest condolences to the loved ones of those on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. "Officials from the U.S. Embassies in Kuala Lumpur and Beijing are in contact with the individuals' families. Out of respect for them, we are not providing additional information at this time."
Among them is Philip Wood, who graduated from Oklahoma Christian University in 1985 according to school spokeswoman Risa Forrester. He earned a bachelor of science degree, concentrating in math and computer science, and belonged to the Delta Gamma Sigma service organization, Forrester said.
On Oklahoma Christian's Facebook page, one woman lamented the "heartbreaking news" while a man remembered Wood as "gentle, kind, had great taste in music and was a wonderful artist."
"Philip Wood was a man of God, a man of honor and integrity. His word was gold," his family said in a statement. "Incredibly generous, creative and intelligent, Phil cared about people, his family, and above all, Christ.
"Though our hearts are hurting, we know so many families around the world are affected just as much as us by this terrible tragedy."
CNN's Steven Jiang, Bharati Naik, Mariano Castillo contributed to this report.


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Hey, I thought insurers were on board with raiding Medicare Advantage? After all, that's what ObamaCare does to generate revenue for the ACA's redistribution scheme. One of the supposedly cost-saving mechanisms within ObamaCare was a series of reductions to insurer reimbursements for their end of Medicare coverage. Suddenly, insurers are finding something about ObamaCare they don't like:
The ad campaign is part of a lobbying and media blitz by the insurance industry to avoid cuts to their Medicare Advantage payments. The Affordable Care Act cut the Medicare Advantage program by $200 billion. The law and other policy changes cut the program by 6.5% this year.
Insurance officials say the cuts are already forcing insurers to cut their doctor networks, and they warn that further cuts will increase cost and limit access to seniors
"If the Medicare Advantage plan is cut once again, seniors are going to find out in October that their costs are going up, their benefits are being reduced and they have fewer choices of providers and fewer coverage options," said Robert Zirkelbach, spokesman for the insurance industry trade group America's Health Insurance Plans.
The ad warns, "We vote," and that may be the big problem for the Obama administration and Democrats. Whatever cuts take place in reimbursements will get rolled out in October, right before the midterm elections — which the insurers think will help them convince Congress to reverse course:
Insurers believe that timing will help their cause. Most seniors will find out about the new rates during open enrollment in October — only weeks before congressional elections. And insurers are betting that lawmakers won't want to be explaining to 14 million seniors why their health care costs more or their benefits have decreased.
Well, maybe, but that will take place at the same time that tens of millions of people get kicked out of group plans too, according to HHS' own analysis of the employer mandate. Seniors, who by and large swing conservative in elections, may be the least of their worries at that point. Democrats and the White House will be more worried about losing younger workers whose small-business health coverage suddenly disappears, forcing them into the already-broken individual markets.
Besides, the Obama White House has a way to deal with the midterm crisis, which is to just unilaterally change the law. It did that with the employer mandate twice — once by postponing it until 2014, and then pushing the date back to mid-November in a fruitless attempt to postpone the consequences until after the election. (Businesses will be making these decisions in August and September, not when open enrollment in the Healthcare.gov exchange begins, something anyone with any experience in the private sector would already know.) HHS postponed another deadline this week:
The Department of Health and Human Services has pushed back yet another Obamacare deadline, this time extending the life of a federal insurance program that began in 2010 and was only supposed to continue until Dec. 31.
The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance plan (PCIP) was launched in 2010 to provide stopgap coverage for those that needed it until Obamacare officially launched. Health and Human Services (HHS) first pushed the date back to January 31 and announced Tuesday evening that they'll now extend the coverage until March 31, the final day of Obamacare's open enrollment period.
Similar to the exchanges, some states run their own versions of the high-risk pool program, while others are part of a federal program. PCIP currently covers less than 30,000 participants between states and federal branches.
"As part of our continuing effort to help smooth consumers' transition into Marketplace coverage, we are allowing those covered by PCIP additional time to shop for new coverage while they receive the ongoing care and treatment they need," HHS spokeswoman Erin Shields said in an email Tuesday.
The deadline delay is another tacit admission from the Obama administration that to date, Obamacare exchanges across the country haven't performed well enough for those who need health insurance.
They're not just moving deadlines. The White House is also moving goalposts, which has Ron Fournier frustrated — and asking whether the Obama administration will just call whatever happens success:
White House officials consistently—and accurately—argue that the most important metric for Obamacare's success this year is the mix of young and old enrollees. But they're backing away from their own goals for that mix.
Getting young people into the system is critical to holding down premiums, and therefore to keeping each state's insurance market stable. Administration officials previously said their target was for young adults to make up about 38 percent of Obamacare enrollees. Now that standard is down to about 30 percent. Or maybe even 24 percent—where the mix stands now.
The Health and Human Services Department released its first age breakdown on Monday, showing that about 24 percent of Obamacare enrollees are between 18 and 34. Officials from HHS and the White House heralded the figure as a success because it makes an insurance "death spiral"—Obamacare's worst-case scenario—appear all but impossible
The administration may well hit its initial 38 percent target, but it's apparently abandoning that goal preemptively, declaring success just by avoiding the worst possible outcome. …
But, once again, administration officials are lowering their own standards for success—ditching targets they set or embraced, and redefining success as anything that's good enough to avoid a total collapse. It was the White House that set the initial target of 38 percent enrollment for young adults. But officials wouldn't stand by that figure this week.
Welcome to Hope and Change — changing metrics and deadlines, and hoping no one notices the disaster as it unfolds.


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UNICOL's Mike Butterworth leads transition to Adobe Creative Cloud for teams
Many companies are born out of a simple solution to a specific problem. For UK manufacturer UNICOL, this solution was a stand to hold a slide projector. Fifty years later, the company is a leading manufacturer and supplier of mounting solutions for a broad range of audio visual equipment. UNICOL creates wall, ceiling, and floor brackets for LCDs and projectors, as well as video walls for large displays.
IT Technician, Mike Butterworth, says that UNICOL relied on Adobe Creative Suite software for years to create the company's detailed product catalogs and other marketing and sales support materials. Recently, UNICOL made the switch to Adobe Creative Cloud for teams to provide the marketing department with access to a broader toolset, regular software updates, and simplified purchasing and deployment.
Adobe: What were you working with before joining Adobe Creative Cloud for teams and why did you decide to upgrade?
Butterworth: We previously had four licenses of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium. We were working with an outside designer for a large AV tradeshow in Europe and had some difficulty exchanging files because the designer was using Creative Suite 6 software. We were already working with our system integrator, Softcat, on some server workstation upgrades and decided to add the Adobe Creative Cloud for teams membership to that deal.
Adobe: What cost and deployment benefits have you seen?
Butterworth: We don't have a large deployment, but Creative Cloud for teams was still easier to deploy than the perpetual software. I just filled in the names, hit invite, and the team was able to start downloading and working with the software. Before making the purchase, we compared the cost to upgrade our CS4 Design Premium license to the cost of Creative Cloud for teams and felt that the cloud offering was more cost effective given the additional software and future licensing costs. We also have a continuous licensing model with Microsoft, so purchasing software in this manner just made sense.
Adobe: What were the main drivers for you to join Creative Cloud for teams?
Butterworth: Access to all of the products in Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection was a key factor. We previously had to pick and choose what suite to purchase and sometimes had to purchase point products if they weren't included in the suite we chose. In addition to the broad set of Creative Suite tools we can now use through the cloud, we also appreciate having access to new tools and services available only through Creative Cloud, such as Adobe Muse.
Adobe: How important are the regular Creative Cloud updates?
Butterworth: The frequent software updates in Creative Cloud and the ability to gain access to the latest features and enhancements as soon as they are available is very valuable. We no longer have to worry about compatibility issues with our outside designers and can immediately take advantage of new features that can make our processes more efficient.
Adobe: What type of content are you creating and how has it changed since joining Creative Cloud?
Butterworth: A large portion of the work we do is print based catalogs. We also create advertising materials for the trade press and support customers with imagery of parts and products. With Creative Cloud for teams, we're looking at creating product assembly and demonstration videos with Adobe Premiere Pro, which was previously out of scope of products available to us. Some of our products are static, while others are dynamic and functional, so video demonstrations will be very useful. We're also looking into Adobe Muse to see if it can be used to create content that installers can easily access on their smartphones when they're in the field, rather than lugging around print-based installation guides.
Adobe: What feedback have you received from the team using the solution?
Butterworth: The marketing director splits his time between working from the office and working remotely, so he likes being able to access Creative Cloud from more than one location. I also do some photography and web development for the company and can sync my files to the cloud and then use the collaboration features to share the files with our marketing manager. It's really convenient. It's been a very smooth transition for us and we look forward to exploring even more Creative Cloud benefits over the next year.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Deshaun Thomas scored 25 points, 10 during a game-breaking 15-0 second-half run, to lead No. 11 Ohio State past Wisconsin 58-49 on Tuesday night.
The leading scorer in the Big Ten, Thomas took over the game as both teams tried to gain leverage in a typically physical matchup between them.
The victory moved Ohio State (16-4, 6-2 Big Ten) into third place in the Big Ten and dropped Wisconsin (14-7, 5-3) two games off the pace set by co-leaders Indiana and Michigan (6-1).
Traevon Jackson, the son of Buckeyes great Jimmy Jackson, led the Badgers with 12 points in the arena where his dad's jersey hangs from the rafters.
Jared Berggren added 11 points for Wisconsin.
Aaron Craft had 13 points for the Buckeyes.
INDIANA STATE 68, No. 15 WICHITA STATE 55
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Manny Arop scored 17 points, including a celebratory slam in the final minute, and Indiana State snapped Wichita State's 19-game home winning streak.
The Sycamores (14-7, 7-3 Missouri Valley) stayed in the conference race with their first victory over a ranked team in five tries this season. Davonte Brown and Jake Odum both added 10 points.
Cleanthony Early had 15 points and Demetric Williams added 14 for first-place Wichita State (19-3, 8-2), which shot 27.1 percent from the field. The Shockers had just six field goals in the second half.
Indiana State ended the half on a 17-3 run over the last 4:12, taking a 39-28 lead. Wichita State got within 50-48 with 7:26 remaining, but never pulled even.
VIRGINA 58, No. 19 N.C. STATE 55
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Joe Harris scored 22 points, seven during a game-ending 13-6 run, and Virginia won its fourth straight.
Akil Mitchell added 14 points for Virginia (15-5, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), including an 18-foot jumper that put them ahead to stay, as the second-stingiest defense in the country put the clamps on.
North Carolina State (16-5, 5-3), which arrived averaging nearly 80 points per game, became the 17th team, including all seven ACC opponents, to be held under 60 points by Virginia.
C.J. Leslie, playing despite being under the weather, led the Wolfpack with 20 points and 14 rebounds. Richard Howell had 12 points, 11 rebounds and six assists. Jontel Evans hit two from the line with 26 seconds left to make the lead three. The Wolfpack never got off a good shot in the closing seconds.


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STOCKTON - Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden has been a proud ambassador of Stockton since gaining fame for his perfect game in 2010, but there were mixed reactions to his outburst after he brandished a baseball bat during a community meeting Wednesday at Victory Park.
STOCKTON - Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden has been a proud ambassador of Stockton since gaining fame for his perfect game in 2010, but there were mixed reactions to his outburst after he brandished a baseball bat during a community meeting Wednesday at Victory Park.
The incident occurred near the steps of The Haggin Museum, where about 300 area residents gathered for an anti-crime meeting organized by Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones and Councilwoman Susan Eggman. Braden had angry words with Jones, claiming he and his grandmother were victims of the city's crime wave, and said he was selling his Stockton home because he no longer feels safe in his hometown.
"That's obviously a personal choice of his, and I don't know what is really behind all of that," Stockton Mayor Ann Johnston said. "I just know that every day I meet people who are not giving up on this city, who are going to stay here and fight for this city, just like all those people who were there (Wednesday) night.
"It's all about attitude. Most of the people I talk to are frustrated, but they know the solution is here with the people in this community. I don't hear people saying, 'I'm packing up and leaving.' They're saying, 'I'm going to stick with this. I'm going to fight.' Tough choices have to be made, but we're in this together."
Braden, a Stagg High School graduate, reportedly became agitated after Jones told residents police were doing all they could to stem the rise of violent crime in Stockton. Braden began shouting as Jones addressed the crowd. When he refused to stop, Jones told him, "We'll have you escorted out if you don't wait until the end."
Braden later told reporters he was the victim of an attempted carjacking and his grandmother's apartment was burglarized last week. On Sept. 20, Braden arrived at the scene of a car crash driving a Cadillac CTS with a dent in the driver's side door. He told police he had been attacked in his car and got upset when they said they couldn't immediately help him pursue the alleged assailant.
According to a police report, Braden shouted: "I'm Dallas Braden. I'm a multimillionaire and I pitch for the Oakland A's. I pay your (expletive) salary. That's why I hate you (expletive)."
Braden said Wednesday he has put his Stockton home up for sale because police aren't doing enough to keep residents safe.
"I'm out here because I've been lied to my entire life here, and I hate to see these people get lied to like this," Braden told CBS 13 News. "I've already put my home on the market. I'm out.
"I've fought for this community. I've given back to this community. This community raised me to be where I am today and to be lied to blatantly by the guy who's supposed to be running the shots around here - I can't do anything. I have nobody to go to."
Braden did not return voicemail or text messages and did not answer the door at his Stockton home Thursday.
Jones was unavailable for comment Thursday but issued the following statement: "We've been very transparent, accessible and responsive to the community. We continue to focus on crime and our community partnerships."
Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department, said Jones will continue to hold town-hall style meetings.
"There are risks and rewards to town halls," Silva said. "This (outburst) is one of those risks."
Johnston said Braden's outburst was "unusual." Eggman had more pointed words, saying Braden was disruptive and disrespectful.
"He says he's going to leave," Eggman said. "Sometimes when there's trouble, people run. Other people step up."
Other community members reacted with sadness, saying it's a shame that one of Stockton's leading advocates feels the city is unsafe.
Braden, who has Stockton's 209 area code tattooed on his stomach, has sponsored Little Leaguers from single-parent homes and served Thanksgiving dinners to the homeless at Saint Mary's Interfaith Dining Room. In 2010, after pitching the 19th perfect game in major league history against the Tampa Bay Rays, Braden was awarded a key to the city and inducted into the Stockton Athletic Hall of Fame.
"This just kind of breaks my heart a little bit," said Gary Scott, executive director of the Stockton Athletic Hall of Fame. "He's given so much to the community and to the youth and been a role model. To see such a high-profile person become angry and lose his enthusiasm for the area is disheartening."
Frank Wanner, who coached Braden while he was playing at Stagg, shared similar sentiments.
"I hate to see him go," Wanner said. "When he got inducted into the hall of fame, I said, 'You know, you're pretty popular now. You could be elected mayor of Stockton.' That may not happen now, but he's got to do what he feels is right, and he will.
"I know his grandma is very precious to him, and he's not going to let anything happen to her. He'll do what's right for himself, but the community will feel the loss because of his prominence. He became prominent in our lives because of that perfect game. He is from this community and he reflects it, and right now it's hard times for Stockton. Hopefully we can pull together and work through this."
Johnston said she hopes Braden will remain in Stockton and continue his efforts to make a positive impact in the community.
"I would hope Dallas would stay," Johnston said. "He has contributed so much to the City of Stockton and so much to the image of the City of Stockton. We love having him here as a native son, and it's important for him to stand up and say that he, too, will fight for this city."
Record staff writer Jordan Guinn contributed to this report.
Contact reporter Jason Anderson at (209) 546-8283 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/sportsblog.


text: Ok so I have a black marble in my tank. Thursday I rescued a silver domestic and the body of this fish is the size of the palm of my hand, it's huge. Those 2 angels get along great. Well yesterday I was able to get a pair of very large koi angels for my tank as well that have been together since birth. But their not a breeding pair. Well ever since adding the koi angels the big silver domestic has chased them and pestered them everywhere. Now will this stop once they establish a pecking order or am I gonna have to rehome someone? My tank is a 55 gallon.


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San Diego — This year's International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) convention was themed around the phrase "One for All." Held March 5-8 in San Diego, that "all" ended up equaling more than 12,000 fitness industry professionals from 70 countries.
"On behalf of IHRSA, I extend our deepest appreciation and gratitude to all who joined us in San Diego," says Joe Moore, IHRSA president and CEO. "The superior quality of the educational programming and the trade show made our great event the best ever, and San Diego was more than a gracious host city. It is our hope that each and every attendee returns to their business with a renewed commitment to grow our industry, with the collective goal of enriching the lives of all through regular exercise."
Held within the San Diego Convention Center, 413 exhibitors occupied more than 400,000 square feet of exhibit space with their fitness products and services. Nearly 200 educational and networking sessions were also held at the convention, including notable keynotes and feature presentations.
In the first keynote of the show, former ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff shared with a crowd of several hundred his experience in Iraq, in which he was injured by an improvised explosive device. The injury left him in a coma for 36 days. Once he came out of the coma, it took a lot of physical and mental rehabilitation to get where he is today, especially in his ability to find the right words when speaking — something so vital to a journalist, he said.
Kjell Nordstrom gave the second keynote presentation called "Funky Business," which focused on how the world is becoming more personalized. For example, members want a club that speaks to them and equipment and classes that fit them.
"Successful companies do not compete. A temporary monopoly is a moment in time when you are perceived to be different, unique. It's all about perception," he said.
Dick Vitale, well-known college basketball analyst, also spoke at the event, giving a passionate presentation about his life, leadership and how to overcome struggles. He also offered his three "E's" of life: enthusiasm, energy and excitement.
On the last day of the show, Martina Navratilova gave her feature presentation, "Champion for Life." Navratilova spoke at length about her experiences playing at Wimbledon and other tennis tournaments, and applied what she's learned throughout her life to the fitness industry.
On Friday, March 7, more than 1,000 attendees turned out to support The Beach Bash for Augie's Quest. The third annual Augie's Quest event raised $1.5 million in the fight to combat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease). The event, emceed by NBC's "Today Show" national correspondent Natalie Morales, featured Pat Monahan from the band Train and NFL Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott.
"I spent my whole life making people normal and healthy; that's a cruel irony," Augie Nieto, co-founder of Lifecycle Inc. (now known as Life Fitness), said about ALS's effect on his life. "But I'm happier today than I've ever been in my whole life."
Other special events included the Technology Summit, where Jeff Skeen, CEO of Titan Fitness Holdings, which is a Gold's Gym franchisee, spoke about the importance of technology when running a club company.
Official IHRSA business was also conducted at the show. Gene LaMott, former president and CEO of Gold's Gym International and current chairman of the board, was elected as IHRSA's board chairperson. LaMott will succeed Michael Levy, effective July 1. Those elected to begin serving terms on IHRSA's Board of Directors effective July 1 were: Jeff Klinger, co-founder and CEO of Anytime Fitness; David Hardy, president of CLUBFIT, and founder and president of the Fitness Industry Council of Canada; and Kilian Fisher, chief executive of the Institute of Leisure and Amenity Management.
Geoffrey A. Dyer, founder of Lifestyle Family Fitness, and IHRSA Associate Member Matrix Fitness Systems were recognized with IHRSA's annual honors. Dyer was presented with the Dale S. Dibble Distinguished Service Award, and Chris Clawson, president of Matrix Fitness Systems, accepted the IHRSA Associate Member of the Year Award.
The 2009 IHRSA show will be held next March 16-19 in San Francisco with the theme "A World of Opportunity."


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STOCKTON - Backers of two crime-fighting initiatives took the stage Wednesday night in an exercise of comparing and contrasting the merits of their plans.
STOCKTON - Backers of two crime-fighting initiatives took the stage Wednesday night in an exercise of comparing and contrasting the merits of their plans.
It was the city's Marshall Plan on crime squaring off against the Stockton Safe Streets half-cent sales tax initiative in front of 100 or so residents.
But under the leadership of David Renison, president of the San Joaquin Taxpayer's Association, the participants left out the drama and personality clashes to focus on the plans' true implications.
Council members Kathy Miller and Elbert Holman began with an explanation of the Marshall Plan, a strategic effort to change the city's violent culture for generations.
The Marshall Plan works in coordination with the city's effort to repair Stockton's ailing finances in bankruptcy court. It seeks collaboration from the county, courts, community organizations and churches.
"What the City Council believes is most important - we must address the bankruptcy and public safety," Miller said. "You can't do one without the other."
The Marshall Plan has been drafted and partially implemented with a recent Operation Ceasefire call-in session of the city's residents most prone to violence to explain there's help - or trouble awaiting them.
In addition to Ceasefire, the city proposes to launch mentorships, sending elders into the schools and onto the streets to offer young people alternatives to gangs.
Another possible initiative puts intervention in hospitals, where retaliation is often plotted at a wounded friend's or relative's bedside, Holman said, explaining the nuts and bolts of the Marshall Plan.
"These methods have been proven in some of the worst neighborhoods," said Holman, a retired cop. "They've had success."
The Marshall Plan is directed by a committee of key community leaders who have worked from the statistics of Stockton's crime - what Holman called the DNA - to find proven solutions.
The Marshall Plan will also need more police but will not work on a traditional "hook 'em and book 'em" approach, which has failed Stockton for years, Holman said.
Miller said that the full implementation in coordination with bankruptcy will take a tax hike. The city isn't ready to ask residents for that. It will likely require a three-quarter-cent sales tax increase under a general tax, Miller said.
Representing the Stockton Safe Streets initiative, Russell Ray, a farmer and developer, said that the initiative, also backed by Mayor Anthony Silva, will be a restricted tax, requiring two-thirds voter approval.
The rational behind this restriction is to ensure that the money won't be siphoned by future leaders for use on other projects other than fighting crime, Ray said.
"If we don't restrict the money, then how can we possibly hope for adequate and sustained execution of the plan on a consistent basis?" he asked.
Developer Anthony Barkett led much of the discussion for the Safe Streets initiative, saying the Marshall Plan includes things the city can't control, such as the County Jail and schools.
Yet the city can influence policing in Stockton, Barkett said. A quarter of the anticipated $18 million raised by the tax could be used to contract with a neighboring county for jail space, which this county lacks, he said.
Barkett also said the discussion in bankruptcy needs to be tackling the difficult discussion of reforming pensions, whose high cost continues to burden Stockton.
"I don't think we're having that debate and asking the right questions," Barkett said. "This is our only chance to ever do anything about it. If we don't, forget it."
Contact reporter Scott Smith at (209) 546-8296 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/smithblog.


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Now's a good a time as any to go shopping for used sports cars. Better, perhaps, because the variety of used sports cars on the market is a particularly appealing one. It's hard to put a strict definition on the category of sports cars; they just don't stay still long enough to be defined. Strictly speaking, a sports car is a road-worthy passenger car that is designed to be optimized for performance. The road-worthiness is key, because it separates sports cars from race cars. Sports cars are intended to be driven on the street and safe for drivers and passengers, even though they are also meant to be fast, fun cars.
Once the fundamentals are established, there's a lot of flexibility among used sports cars. All of the major auto manufacturers have their own priorities, and know that they need to design cars that will appeal to their ideal customer. Of course, many of the automakers have several sports car models in the lineup at any given time to draw in as many potential customers as possible. And as more new models get introduced and current models are given mid-lifecycle refreshes, more sports cars will end up on the used market as current owners are convinced to upgrade. That's good news for potential buyers of used sports cars. The more examples on the market, the more variety to choose from. And it's also likely that if there are more cars available, prices will be lower as sellers compete with each other. With so many different models of used sports car available, though, the buying process can quickly get pretty overwhelming. It helps to consider priorities carefully before actually going out to buy a preowned sports car. People who enjoy pushing a car to its limits through twists and turns should explore the small, lightweight two-seater coupes. Even though most of the speed in these types of sports cars is achieved through tight curb weight control, they've still got peppy and powerful engines. Plenty of drivers, though, prefer slightly larger sports cars with high horsepower and high top speeds, and there are lots of those available, too. Most of the major auto manufacturers have offered several sports car models over the last few years, so shopping for a used sports car can be a time consuming process, but for buyers who find the right car, it can also be a very rewarding endeavor.


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The other day I was wondering… 'Am I blogging what I cook?' or 'Am I cooking for blogging?'
I guess this question arises, in almost every food blogger.
My hubs started complaining. I don't deny that he is the one behind my blog with constant encouragement, my best critic and adviser. But at times when lunch or dinner is ready, and I jump upstairs with my dishes and props, saying "Just a min hon, I will be just right back, I need to take a picture", he gets upset. He says you are cooking just because of blogging. Hmm… well… what can I say?
My last post was 6 days back, and every day I was thinking about something special to cook so that I can post again. Does every one have the question "What to post next?" hovering in your mind all time? or is it just me?
Coming to the recipe, when I went grocery shopping the other day to buy chicken, I had some other recipe in mind. But I could'nt get all the ingredients. So I made this simple Chicken Korma my grandma used to make when we were kids.
What you need:
Chicken : 1 Kg, cut into bite sized pieces
Onion : 1 big, finely chopped
Jeera: 1 tsp
Curry leaves : a few
Ginger garlic paste : 2 Tbsp
Green chillies : 3 or 4, slit lengthwise
Lime juice : 1 Tbsp
Red Chilli powder : 2 tsp
Turmeric : 1/2 tsp
Salt : to taste
Water / Chicken Stock : 1 cup
Masala powder:
Cloves: 8 to 10
Cinnamon: 2 inch piece
Coriander seeds: 3 Tbsp
Cardamom seeds: 1 tsp
Roast and grind to fine powder
Ground Paste:
Poppy seeds: 3 Tbsp, soaked in warm water for 1 hour
Coconut: 1/2 cup, grated
- Heat oil in a wide thick bottomed pan.
- Add Jeera and curry leaves.
- Add onions and fry till the sides turn brown.
- Add green chillies and ginger garlic paste. Fry for 3 to 4 mins.
- Add turmeric and red chilli powder. Fry for 2 more mins.
- Add poppy seeds and coconut paste. Fry till it emits nice aroma.
- Add the prepared masala powder. Mix well.
- Stir in salt.
- Add the chicken pieces. Cook on high without lid, till chicken pieces turn white.
- Add 1 cup of water or chicken stock. Cover and reduce heat to low.
- Cook for around 15 to 20 mins, or till done.
- Add lemon juice and adjust salt.
- Serve hot with Steamed Rice or Dosa or Garelu/Vada.


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Max Payne is looking haggard. His increasingly creased face has hardened into a permanent grimace and his expanding bulk means there's no way he's fitting into the same suits he wore back in his NYPD days. But it's not just that. The fact that his ageing frame is a lot less suited to being thrown into action than it used to be is compounding matters, sure, but it's amore than that right now.
Max Payne is having a bad night.
The blood from the bullet wound he received earlier, before he even had a chance to fire a single shot, has become dark and caked on the bandage his partner Passos tightly wrapped around his left arm. We've been slogging through a Sao Paulo football stadium after-hours with Max for close to 30 minutes. Max is too old to be mixing it up with a bunch of Brazilian gangbangers, and that hole in his arm isn't helping. You can feel every yard. No, really. You can.
Max Payne is having a bad night.
The blood from the bullet wound he received earlier, before he even had a chance to fire a single shot, has become dark and caked on the bandage his partner Passos tightly wrapped around his left arm. We've been slogging through a Sao Paulo football stadium after-hours with Max for close to 30 minutes. Max is too old to be mixing it up with a bunch of Brazilian gangbangers, and that hole in his arm isn't helping. You can feel every yard. No, really. You can.
The reason you can feel every bit of progress you make is due entirely to the incredibly well-honed animation system at work here. Max is looking haggard because you can see the effort he's making. Max's realistic reactions mean you that things that should hurt look like they hurt. When Max crashes into a wall his body folds up as he impacts against it; he doesn't just complete the move suspended in mid-air. When he leaps sideways down a set of concrete grandstand steps and crunches back to earth halfway down he doesn't just pounce back to his feet; his inertia sends him into a sickening slide down the remaining stairs on his ribs, blasting all the way down. This one makes us wince, in particular.
With Max Payne 3 we're seeing the latest marriage between NaturalMotion's Euphoria technology and the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine. NaturalMotion's Euphoria, for those of you who don't know, is an animation system engine based on a full simulation of a 3D character (including body, muscles and a motor nervous system). Instead of using pre-canned animations, actions (and reactions) are synthesised on-the-fly, in real-time. This means they're always different, every time. The tech has already been used to excellent effect in GTAIV and Red Dead Redemption.
However, GTAIV and Red Dead Redemption are large, open-world titles. Max Payne 3 is not. It's a laser-focused, third-person shooter. With the narrower scope the developers have been able to use the additional headroom to really ramp-up the authenticity of the animation and physics.
Max has thousands of animations that blend into one another, working in tandem with Euphoria to craft incredibly realistic on-screen movement. Where you're diving, what's around you at the time, what guns you're holding and so on will all affect how Max performs the move you've demanded of him. Diving sideways, firing one-handed while clutching a long-barrel shotgun in your free hand and thudding into a wall will result in a markedly different outcome than diving sideways in a large room firing pistols in each hand.
The work done here to ensure Max moves as realistically as possible in any situation is seriously impressive. The way he rolls and pivots when prone in order to shoot in any direction. The way his body shifts to fire behind himself while running away from an ambush. The way he picks himself up off the ground, which varies depending on what firearm(s) he's holding at the time. Max Payne 3 is here to fuse the control of a first-person shooter with the character of a third. Rockstar doesn't want you to form a relationship with a reticule. It wants you to see Payne in pain.
The Euphoria integration naturally extends to the enemies too, similar to what you've seen in GTAIV and RDR before. What you get with Euphoria is more than simple rag dolls, or pre-animated location-sensitive death animations. You get enemies reacting accordingly to where they've been struck, how fast they were moving at the time, and by the calibre of the bullet that struck them. A few quick pistol slugs to the central mass of one goon may see him flop to the ground like a puppet with his strings cut, but a sniper bullet to the shoulder of another will see him spinning into the stadium seating in a flurry of flailing limbs. A shot to the arm should disable it; don't expect the kind of bullet-sponge enemies you get in the likes of Uncharted 3. Naughty Dog's latest may be world class in many ways but being shot is a serious matter, and Max Payne 3's enemies don't just shake it off.
The action has a supremely visceral quality to it, making Max Payne 3 a shooter where good instincts and luck are rewarded as often as pure skill. On one occasion we had Max shoot-dodge around a corner in order to stitch up two hired guns hiding there in wait. A burst of rounds into each of them saw them despatched. Replaying the same section again, we rounded the corner in real-time, stitching a horizontal line of lead from left to right. The Hail Mary spray caught the first enemy in the head and the second near-enough to it and they both sagged to the mud, dead. Max Payne 3 is as satisfying in real time as it is in slow motion; there's a certain Michael Mann-style abruptness that's been merged here with the series' more famous Hong Kong-esque sensibilities.
If the old Max was a scalpel, darting from firefight to firefight, skating around opponents and springing from the ground like a steel trap, the new Max is a wrecking ball. Heavier, and at the mercy of Newton's Second Law more than ever, but even more devastating. And yet, despite this, it's remarkable how familiar it actually feels. Max Payne 3 is a thoroughly modern sequel, built with new technology, and yet it still fundamentally feels like a Max Payne game.
So if you're worried the Max Payne magic may have gone MIA; don't be.
You can read a detailed blow-by-blow of this level here.


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GOP reaches for stars, but falls flat
A new GOP study designed to theatrically rebrand the party and boldly redirect its future, turns out to be 97-page blend of the obvious, the unlikely and the impossible.
The study, which contains no fewer than 219 recommendations, was supposed to pull a party that has lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections out of its death spiral.
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In previewing it on "Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer" on Sunday, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, said of the last election: "Our message was weak; our ground game was insufficient; we weren't inclusive; we were behind in both data and digital; our primary and debate process needed improvement."
Wasn't something else weak, insufficient, behind and needing improvement? Oh, yeah, Mitt Romney. Priebus didn't mention his name, perhaps because he has already forgotten it.
( Also on POLITICO: Can Priebus remake GOP, himself?)
The bold and new rebranding of the Republican Party is, in fact, a mélange of old Democratic successes (organize hard with paid staff and new technology across the entire country), old Democratic failures (limit the number of primary debates) and thinking that is so pie-in-the-sky that the GOP might as well stand for Grand Old Pastry.
Take minorities. The Republicans are now going to study them like they were some kind of new microbe. Priebus is pledging to spend $10 million on the effort.
I know $10 million sounds like a lot, but in political terms it is a pittance. The two presidential campaigns spent more than $2 billion in the last election, and one Republican billionaire, Sheldon Adelson, gave Romney $33 million in the closing weeks, bringing the total he and his wife gave to the GOP to $95 million. In other words, $10 million is what Republican fat cats find in their couch cushions.
No matter. The Republicans need to seek out and woo minorities because so few minorities are already members of the party. Republicans have to study minorities from afar, like astronomers studying distant galaxies.
The Republicans are going to establish "Senior Level Advisory Councils" for Hispanics, African-Americans and Asian-Americans. They will reach out to women and start doing "voter engagement at a granular level starting now," Priebus said at a news conference Monday.
Priebus did not explain what "granular level" means, but next time you open your sugar bowl, watch out.


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The Vashon Tea Shop opened on Saturday under a new owner. Islander Elizabeth "Boo" Dinan-Slack purchased the shop on Friday, saving the business in the heart of town from possible closure.
Dinan-Slack said the small tea shop next to the Vashon Bookshop was full on Saturday.
"Everybody was so happy," she said. "They're happy the shop is going to stay open, and they're happy I bought it."
Dinan-Slack, an Islander of 40 years, said she has owned a painting business for years and was looking for a change when she learned the tea shop was for sale. The shop has been on the market since last summer, when former owner Beng-Imm Low, who grew the business considerably, decided she wanted to spend more time traveling with her husband.
Unable to find a buyer, Low announced earlier this year that her ownership of the shop would end March 31, whether it was purchased or not.
Dinan-Slack, who also volunteers for Drama Dock, said that although she has owned a business and worked in various restaurants in the past, she has much to learn about the tea shop. Thankfully, she said, Low has been helpful in showing her the ropes, as have the shop's several employees. Dinan-Slack, who regularly bought bulk tea at the shop before, said she also plans to spend time studying tea.
She said she's impressed with what Low, who owned the shop for two years, did with the place, and she doesn't plan to make any big changes.
"We'll tweak little things here and there," she said, "but I like the atmosphere and feel of the place."


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Barred Spiral Galaxy COSMOS 1161898
Barred spiral galaxy COSMOS 1161898 is located 5.3 billion light-years away from Earth. The galaxy is part of a landmark study of more than 2,000 spiral galaxies from the largest galaxy census conducted by the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The observations are part of the Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS). Astronomers assembled this image from observations taken between fall 2003 and spring 2005 with Hubble and the Subaru Telescope in Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
NASA, ESA, K. Sheth (Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology), and P. Capak and N. Scoville (California Institute of Technology)


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Editor's note: The monthly mental health guest post on No wriggling for March has been written by Mark K. Social networks provide great support to those with mental health issues and it is via twitter that I 'met' Mark. Writing has long been a release for him during bouts of deep depression, but only recently, after changes to his diagnosis & treatment, he has started writing when not under the cloud of depression. He is using this new found freedom to write on mental health issues, to help raise awareness & to fight the stigma associated with mental illness. He blogs at http://nudirection.blogspot.com.au/
Just 12 months ago I was diagnosed as bipolar. I was told I suffered from social phobia, had anxiety issues, suffered from PTSD & was mildly obsessive-compulsive. Yet the year that has just passed is the best I've had in probably 15 years or more. How can it be that despite this alarming list of mental illnesses, I'm so much better today than I was?
The answer is quite simple. Before this diagnosis I was being treated based on an eleven year old diagnosis, a diagnosis I had believed was incorrect for most of that time. In early 2000 I was diagnosed with major depression – a label that I would live with for the next eleven years. I never realised it at the time, but once you're labelled by a doctor as having a certain illness, it can be very, very hard to get it changed, even if you know it's incorrect.
Having the diagnosis allowed me to do my own research on the subject and it wasn't too long before I realised that I didn't have just depression, I was probably bipolar instead. But getting this across to those treating me didn't seem to work. I can't blame them really, my periods of depression where very long, months at a time, compared to a week or so of highs every now & then. So when I saw them I was always down & probably didn't get the details across fully.
So I lived the label. Many different treatments & medications were tried, none that ever seemed to get me 'right'. Some worked to a degree, allowing me a little freedom to actually get out of the house occasionally. But generally, things stagnated. The long periods of darkness were still there, as were the uncontrollable mood swings & rages. Sadly, it was my family who suffered most during this period & in the end it was too much and the family broke up. I became a virtual hermit.
Finally I had enough of city living – too many people, too much noise. I just couldn't take it anymore. So a few years ago I moved back to the area I was born, a large country town. Things didn't change much. I still didn't go out unless I had to and my new GP kept up the treatments for major depression. I had the label & that's what I was – majorly depressed.
Towards the end of 2010 I started doing things out of character even for me. I became obsessed with something & just couldn't let it go, no matter how I tried. I kept doing what I was doing, saying to myself the whole time that it has to stop, it's going too far. But I couldn't stop and eventually things got out of hand. My world collapsed around me again. What I had been doing hurt people around me badly, people I truly cared about. It was too much for me. I had to do something to change what was happening to me.
I booked an extra long session with my GP; I was going to tell him everything I could, make him understand I was not JUST depressed. So I talked and talked. I told him everything, even things that I had been too ashamed to tell anyone – how bad the lows were, thoughts of death & suicide, feeling I was a waste of time & space. How the highs were too high, days without sleep, mind going a million miles an hour, unable to sit still, spending all my money & more without a care in the world. How I seemed to get something started & becoming obsessed with it, no matter how bad things got I just had to keep going.
And he listened, he really listened. He agreed that I was bipolar, but then shocked me by adding a few more things. The anxiety I understood. I would go shopping & within a couple of minutes I would be sweating & shaking. Anytime I went out the thought was always how quickly I could get home. I never realised that my not wanting to go anywhere was more than just the depression – on the few occasions I did go out to things like a relatives birthday, I would always hide in a dark corner, just staying long enough to be polite. And no matter how far away I was, I would still drive home as soon as I left. I never felt safe until I was back in my own place.
The big surprise for me was being labelled mildly OCD. Me? Isn't OCD those people who wash their hands every 5 minutes, or have to have everything arranged exactly so? Apparently not, there appears to be a lot of different ways to display OCD. He pointed out a number of areas in my past where I had behaved in ways that indicated OCD. This included what I did that led to me coming to see him this time. For me, the OCD is not being able to let something go, no matter what. I get something in my head and will just keep at it until it's done or it blows up in my face.
But at least the bad way I had been over in the previous few months had one good outcome – I finally got what appears to have been a full & correct diagnosis. Which means my treatment was changed there and then. My new medications included anti-psychotics for the first time. And sessions with a new counsellor, who now has the correct diagnosis, meaning what we talk about is relevant to my current situation. All which seem to be helping.
And this is why the last year has been so much better than the past. I can now go out more, even socialise. I've even taken up ten-pin bowling several times a week – though that almost became another costly obsession. One of my brothers recently commented on how different I am now. He had stopped visiting me because he just didn't know what to say to me, I was so unresponsive. But now he feels like I'm at least in the same country.
I am starting to recognise when a period of depression or mania is starting, something I've never been able to do. And, for the last few months at least, the highs & lows haven't been to the extremes that they once were. I am much more social when I go out, I actually talk to people. I don't know how but I've even managed to get a wonderful woman in my life who is helping me more than she could ever know. She gets me thinking, challenging labels placed on me by others & myself.
My life is still far removed from what many would consider a 'normal' life, but it has been much better than the one I lived since being diagnosed with depression 12 years ago. Things aren't perfect, they never can be. But at least I have the strength & will to face each day as it comes. It took a major upheaval in my life to again stand up and say 'HEY, things aren't right. I need more help'. But it was enough to get me on the road to looking at myself differently & come to terms with my condition. I think it was the first time I really accepted me, accepted that I had an illness & needed to do what needs to be done to get some control over it.
There are still periods I struggle, and getting out of bed some mornings is still a great effort. But things are better, and most days I can face the world. Well, some of it anyway. I've gone from thinking I deserve nothing in this life to realising everyone is entitled to a little happiness. And I'm grabbing mine with both hands & not letting go.


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Don Smith, a mechanical engineer from Johnstown, created a remote-controlled, 10-foot-tall crane with the ability to lift as much as 20 pounds — and it's made almost entirely from Lego pieces.
"I've been playing with Legos since their inception way back in the early '70s," Smith said.
His Lego creation is modeled after the Lampson Transi-Lift 2300. He chose to recreate a Lampson International crane because "they make the largest mobile cranes on the planet. They are currently engineering one to lift 3,000 tons, which is 6 million pounds.
"It's not an exact duplicate. The only reason it's not is because I'm not using steel, so the load points with plastics are at different locations," Smith said.
He did a demonstration at the Lampson site in Denver and then another one around three weeks later on Saturday at the Loveland Home Depot. Many Lego and machine enthusiasts, of widely varying ages, stopped to watch in awe as the plastic beast lifted a circular saw.
Smith estimates there are 75,000-100,000 parts in the crane, approximately 12 of which are not Lego products, and no glue was used to hold pieces together. The non-Lego parts include 100 pound, deep-sea fishing line and bolts and other metal pieces at points of high stress and pivoting areas where plastics would not be able to handle.
"Most cranes on the market can lift between 40 and 45 percent of their actual weight. This crane has lifted 50 to 55 percent of its actual weight, so its statistics are actually higher than what actual cranes can do," Smith said. "As a matter of fact, when we were at Lampson doing a demonstration, one of their general managers made the comment that maybe he should start using plastics in his cranes."
The crane is 10.4 inches tall with the boom fully extended. At the Home Depot showing, it lifted an 8.88-pound saw, with an additional 2.5 pounds hanging from the jib line. The model itself weighs 24.8 pounds, with an extra 12 pounds of counterweight in the back compartment.
"The money is a bit hard to put a finger on, because I've been collecting Lego parts all my life. If I had to guess, in today's market, I'd have to say about $2,500," Smith said. "I started engineering it and tracking the parts last September or October."
He began construction at the beginning of 2013 and mostly worked on it during the winter. Assembly was complete by late March or early April.
"My wife says she thinks it's somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 hours, but that incorporates some of the other things I've built and taken apart," Smith said. "It's hard to put a finger on how much time you spend playing. You know, it's a hobby."
Smith grew up on a farm in Illinois, but his father did not want him to become a farmer and encouraged him to attend the University of Illinois and he's been a mechanical engineer ever since. He currently works for Western Summit Constructors out of Denver.
"I've been around cranes all my life. They're just one of the pieces of construction equipment I've always loved," he said.
Toward the end of the demonstration, the jib collapsed due to fatigued plastic. Smith explained he'd taken the crane to four demonstrations so far, one that pushed the crane to its limits with 20 pounds and even lifting a 16-pound carbon bicycle, and that it's hard to tell when the stress limit of plastic has been reached.
"What a bummer. Well, that's the way it goes. I can fix it," Smith said.
He wasn't too worried about the repairs though, saying the replacement pieces would only cost around $2.50 and take a maximum of 20 minutes to fix. He was disappointed however that he had to end the demonstration early, having been enjoying explaining the mechanics to fellow enthusiasts.
"We all know plastics can't take the stress, stretching, and bowing that steel can. But it's a lot of fun."
He plans to sell his crane for $7,500 to a private collector of one-of-a-kind crane models who is also encouraging Smith to build another model. He said his family has been supportive of his hobby.
"Boys and their toys, and women understanding how we play with our toys is one thing. But they have been supportive and as I build things and they see what I'm capable of, they've actually been amazed," Smith said.
James Garcia can be reached at 635-3630 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter: @JamesGarciaRH.


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Twelve media innovation projects have been named the 2010 winners of the Knight News Challenge, a contest that funds ideas that use digital technology to inform specific geographic communities.
The winners will share $2.74 million as part of the fourth round of the five-year international contest.
Among this year's winners are:
- CityTracking
Award: $400,000
Winner: Eric Rodenbeck, Stamen Design
Web URL: http://stamen.com; http://crimespotting.org
Summary: To make municipal data easy to understand, CityTracking will allow users to create embeddable data visualizations that are appealing enough to spread virally and that are as easy to share as photos and videos. The dynamic interfaces will be appropriate to each data type, starting with crime and working through 311 calls for service, among others. The creators will use high design standards, making the visuals beautiful as well as useful.
- Local Wiki
Award: $350,000
Winner: Philip Neustrom and Mike Ivanov
Web URL: http://daviswiki.org
Summary: Based on the successful DavisWiki.org in Davis, Calif., this project will create enhanced tools for local wikis, a new form of media that makes it easy for people to learn -- and share -- their own unique community knowledge. Members will be able to post articles about anything they like, edit others and upload photos and files. This grant will help create the specialized open-source software that makes the wiki possible and help communities develop, launch and sustain local wiki projects.
- WindyCitizen's Real Time Ads
Award: $250,000
Winner: Brad Flora, WindyCitizen.com
Web URL: http://nowspots.com
Summary: As a way to help online startups become sustainable, this project will develop an improved software interface to help sites create and sell what are known as "real-time ads." These ads are designed to be engaging as they constantly change — showing the latest message or post from the advertiser's Twitter account, Facebook page or blog. Challenge winner Brad Flora helped pioneer the idea on his Chicago news site, WindyCitizen.com.
- GoMap Riga
Award: $250,000
Winner: Marcis Rubenis and Kristofs Blaus, GoMap Riga
Web URL: www.gomap.org; www.KristofsBlaus.com
Summary: To inspire people to get involved in their community, this project will create a live, online map with local news and activities. GoMap Riga will pull some content from the web and place it automatically on the map. Residents will be able to add their own news, pictures and videos while discussing what is happening around them. GoMap Riga will be integrated with the major existing social networks and allow civic participation through mobile technology. The project will be tested in Riga, Latvia, and ultimately be applicable in other cities.
- Tilemapping
Award: $74,000
Winner: Eric Gundersen, Development Seed
Web URL: www.developmentseed.org
Summary: To inspire residents to learn about local issues, Tilemapping will help local media create hyper-local, data-filled maps for their websites and blogs. Journalists will be able to tell more textured stories, while residents will be able to draw connections to their physical communities in new ways. The tools will be tested in Washington, D.C. Ushahidi, a 2009 Knight News Challenge winner, used a prototype after the earthquake in Haiti to create maps used to crowdsource reports on places needing aid.
"The free flow of shared information is essential for communities to function in a democracy. More each day, that information flows through and because of digital technology," said Alberto Ibarguen, president of Knight Foundation. "Until someone figures out the next big thing — the next killer app that might provide blockbuster connectivity and information sharing to masses of people — we can use the Knight News Challenge to experiment with ways to learn how to think in different ways about information sharing so we might discover the future of news."
Nearly half of this year's winners are private enterprises, up from 15 percent in 2009. Businesses are finding more ways to build on open source software, a requirement of the Challenge.
Knight Foundation announced the winners at the Future of News and Civic Media conference at MIT, where Challenge winners past and present gather to exchange ideas and collaborate.
Over the Challenge's four years, Knight Foundation has reviewed 10,000 applications and funded 50 projects for $23 million.
Already, past projects have been adopted by other media organizations and are having an impact:
- Hnews, which allows readers to see the source of information in online articles, is being tested by the Associated Press and 250 newspapers.
- DocumentCloud, which allows reporters to share source documents, is being used by ProPublica, The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune.
- Spot.us, the community-funded reporting site, has had stories published in the Oakland Tribune and The New York Times and has expanded to Los Angeles.
"The future of news is being advanced every day by Knight News Challenge winners, who are bringing critical information to communities in new ways," said Jose Zamora, Knight Foundation journalism program associate.


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DURHAM � Moments after Rasheed Sulaimon was benched and scolded, he provided just the kind of response Duke needed.
The freshman�s shooting touch propelled the top-ranked Blue Devils to an 84-64 victory against visiting Maryland on Saturday afternoon at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Sulaimon�s season-best 25 points were just what Duke needed to wipe away some of the misery of a 27-point loss three nights earlier at Miami.
�Everybody out there put me in great position to shoot the ball,� Sulaimon said. �Everything kept falling in.�
This came following a stretch early in the game when Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski was disturbed with Sulaimon�s effort in defensive rebounding.
Upon returning to the court after a brief period as a spectator, Sulaimon racked up 13 points in less than a three-minute span, allowing Duke to take a 27-18 lead. Those points came on four 3-pointers and, as part of a four-point play, one free throw.
�He gave us a huge lift there,� Krzyzewski said. �That was a great performance especially after he started out that way.�
Sulaimon connected on his first six 3-point attempts before missing two in the second half. He has led the Blue Devils in scoring in back-to-back games after never holding that distinction in the first 17 games.
Duke (17-2 overall, 4-2 ACC), which is likely to lose its top ranking when the new polls come out Monday, shot 52.4 percent from the field.
�We got shots we wanted and they went in,� guard Seth Curry said. �That�s what it was.�
Mason Plumlee scored 19 points, Curry had 13 and Quinn Cook and Amile Jefferson added 11 apiece. The freshman combination of Sulaimon and Jefferson tallied 27 first-half points as the Blue Devils produced a 43-35 lead at the break.
Starters accounted for all of Duke�s points until less than 13� minutes remained.
Maryland (15-5, 3-4), which is 0-3 in ACC road games, lost by more than 10 points for the first time this season. The Terrapins hadn�t allowed a conference opponent to shoot better than 38 percent from the floor until this game.
Plumlee took only three first-half shots, a fact that Maryland coach Mark Turgeon said he though worked in his team�s favor. Plumlee ended up 9-for-12.
Jefferson grabbed nine rebounds to lead the team in rebounding for the first time. Duke committed a season-low four turnovers.


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Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: the coaching patriarch refuses to play favorites.
Jack Harbaugh joined 790 the Zone in Atlanta with Mayhem in the AM to talk about how nervous he was watching both of his sons' teams this weekend in the playoffs, if they plan on traveling to watch the games or stay at home and watch them on TV, what he thought about the games this weekend, on Jim Harbaugh being able to turn Alex Smith around, if he is breaking down any film for his sons this weekend, and how he would react to his two sons playing in the Super Bowl.
How nervous he was watching both of his sons' teams this weekend in the playoffs:
"Very, very, very nervous. My wife and I, Jackie, were here in Wisconsin watching both games over the weekend and it was rather exciting around the house. A lot of shouting, a lot of congratulating, a lot of lamenting, but thankfully in both cases we were happy and successful."
If they plan on traveling to watch the games or stay at home and watch on TV:
"This is how it goes for us. We're able to stay here and watch and we've got understanding neighbors when they hear the pounding and the shouting they understand that it's just part of the weekend routine for us. We're very comfortable and very happy where we are and enjoying from long range."
What he thought about the games this weekend:
"I thought they were great games. I talked to Jim after the ballgame on Saturday and I think that's one of the very, very best playoff football games that I've ever watched. Watching the game and at the end of the ballgame, the last four minutes there where the score changes four different times, Saints go up, the 49ers answer, Saints go up, 49ers answer. You had the idea that when the clock ran out whoever happened to have the ball last was going to be successful. That was a fantastic football game and then yesterday the Texans just played so, so very well. They're defense was very good, offensively they made some plays, and it was a tremendous football game. Not as high scoring as Saturday but just a fantastic game."
On his son, Jim, getting Alex Smith to turnaround his career:
"I think when you look at the 49er team just from afar the way we look at it that was a team that was blessed with very, very good football players and you can see with the Pro Bowls, I think there were eight or nine players that the fans and players and coaches selected for the Pro Bowl and All-pro team. Patrick Willis, Frank Gore, and you can just go down their roster. Tremendous football players. I think all of us, parents, coaches, teachers, clergy, and people that deal with youngsters, there's a tremendous lesson here is that there is potential in so many different individuals and sometimes that potential is brought out by trust and understanding and believing in them. Bob Feller, longtime pitcher I saw after he passed away, they asked him what his father had brought to him that he felt allowed him to be the professional athlete and person that he was. He mentioned three things. The first one was he played catch with him, spent time with him. Second was he took him to ballgames. The last one and I think the most important one and the one you allude to with the Alex Smith thing is he believed in me and trusted me. I think there is a tremendous lesson there. Not just with Alex Smith, Jim Harbaugh, San Francisco 49ers, playoff football team but for parents and coaches as well."
Whether or not he has gotten film to break down for this weekend's game:
"I don't know what my assignment will be this week. Last week I had a special assignment from Jim. He sent me some Green Bay Packer tape and I spent a couple hours looking at that. Those notes are moot. We just don't have anything to do with them. I haven't gotten my assignment for this week so we'll see what happens."
How he would react to his two sons playing in the Super Bowl:
"That's a long way away and we haven't thought about it, discussed it, so we just kinda play that out. The most important thing is this is about Jim and John and we hope that they both have success as all parents out there can understand that have children that are involved in any type of activity."
What weaknesses he sees with his two sons:
"They have no weaknesses. They're just like their mother. They're stealth."
This post, written by Chris Fedor, appears courtesy of Sports Radio Interviews. For the complete highlights of the interview, as well as audio, click here.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) Tony Parker delivered another typical performance, which the San Antonio Spurs needed on a day when nothing went as expected.
Parker had 22 points and 10 assists in his return from a four-game absence, and San Antonio never trailed in a 108-101 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Friday, a day the Spurs lost two key players.
San Antonio (58-21) clinched at least the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference following Denver's 108-105 overtime loss Friday in Dallas.
The good news didn't resonate in the locker room, where the Spurs were still dealing with the decision to waive forward Stephen Jackson on Friday afternoon, ending his second stint with the team.
Hours earlier, San Antonio also lost reserve forward Boris Diaw, who will miss three to four weeks after having surgery Friday to have a synovial cyst removed from his lumbar spine.
Jackson's departure took the team by surprise, especially since the playoffs start in eight days.
"It's a hard one," Parker said, "but it's a big boss decision."
The Spurs are already without Manu Ginobili, who is going to miss the remainder of the regular season after straining his right hamstring March 29 against the Los Angeles Clippers.
"We probably look a little thin, but life goes on," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said before the game. "Nobody knew it was going to be two or three weeks for Boris, but the two events are basically mutually exclusive in the sense of what had to be done."
The Spurs needed everyone to step up in the wake of a depleted roster, and they did so.
Tim Duncan added 18 points, Kawhi Leonard had 15 points and Tiago Splitter and Danny Green had 12 apiece as seven players scored in double figures for San Antonio.
The Spurs shot 54 percent from the field overall (42 for 77) and were 4 for 8 on 3-pointers in the second half.
"When we run our offense, this is what happens," Leonard said. "A lot of guys get open shots and they knock them down."
DeMarcus Cousins had 19 points and 12 rebounds, Jason Thompson added 18 points, Toney Douglas had 15 and Jimmer Fredette had 14 for Sacramento, which lost its sixth straight to San Antonio.
Leonard sparked an 11-2 run, continually beating John Salmons to the basket for a pair of layups, a dunk and a free throw that gave San Antonio a 15-6 lead. He played 35 minutes with his primary backup, Jackson, no longer with the team.
"That's Kawhi's position and he plays a lot of minutes," Popovich said. "That's what we want him to do. We want him to play 35-40 minutes a game. He's a heck of a player and he needs minutes, so he's going to get them."
Sacramento shot 4 for 22 to start the game, missing seven straight early in the quarter. San Antonio held a 23-13 lead after the first, the second-lowest point total by a Spurs opponent in the opening quarter this season.
"Sometimes when you don't make shots you don't have that backup to say, `OK, next time we get it and get a lot of defense going,'" Kings coach Keith Smart said. "When young teams and veteran teams miss a couple of shots right away, they drop their shoulders."
Parker didn't attempt a shot in the first quarter, but still led the team with 13 points in the first half.
His first points came on a layup with 3:38 left in the second quarter, and closed the first half by scoring 13 of the team's final 15 points.
"He started to take over the game in the second quarter," Leonard said. "It was fun watching him get us the lead."
Sacramento opened the third quarter on 15-6 run to pull within 66-65 with 5:49 left in the quarter, but San Antonio quickly rebuilt a 10-point lead on a pair of buckets apiece from Leonard and Parker.
The Spurs were outscored 27-24 in the fourth, but their lead was never really threatened to end the tumultuous day.
"(Reaction) starts at the top," said Spurs guard Gary Neal, who had 10 points. "Timmy shows up and does his job. Tony shows up and does his job. There's not a lot of gossiping about the situation. It is what it is and we try to prepare ourselves to win games."
NOTES: Duncan was averaging 22 points, 10.6 rebounds, 2.73 blocks and 2.7 assists in his 11 games prior to Friday's victory. . Cousins picked up his league-leading 15th technical foul with 2:22 left in the first half after he was whistled for pushing Duncan. Cousins was upset there was no foul called on Duncan on a steal.


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