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Amarok 2.2 Beta 1 "Crystal Clear" Released
The Amarok team is getting ready for the release of Amarok 2.2 and is proud to release the first beta version of Amarok 2.2.
Work was put into all parts of Amarok to bring back old features like playlist sorting and new ones like a video and photo applet and the ability to rearrange parts of the program to make the layout fit your way of rediscovering music.
To find out more please read the release notes and this excellent user review.
Please help us polish this for final release in about a month by testing, reporting bugs and sending patches. Most of all though enjoy rocking with a much improved Amarok!
is there a schedule plan with
is there a schedule plan with an estimated release date for 2.2? can't wait :p
By patcito at Fri, 2009/09/04 - 10:08pm
see [email protected] for a discussion. most likely not too long to wait, depends on how many betas we have.
By Leo Franchi at Sat, 2009/09/05 - 6:33am
playback slider
Hrm, I'm not sure I like the new playback slider. It's not clear exactly what part of the circle is the current position; is it the center? left edge? right?
One of the things I liked about the old one was that it was clearly exactly which pixel you were at, which makes seeking feel more precise.
By davidben at Sat, 2009/09/05 - 12:30am
New Progress Slider
Yep, we are aware of these issues. The current slider widget is experimental, a work in progress. We're tossing around a few ideas for a new toolbar look.
We'll make sure to fix these issues before the final release.
And hey, suggestions for the toolbar's look and layout are welcome and encouraged :)
By Mark Kretschmann at Sat, 2009/09/05 - 9:35am
Progress slider suggestions
well, if you want more accuracy, you can try a cross-hairs (like an X, where the centre pixel is clear), but it is a bit OCD :)
What I suggest is to copy the time position tooltip from youtube (the bit that hovers over the cursor when seeking); i find it very good as the length of the slider is fixed in space but represents different times according to the length of the song.
Keep it up! :)
By vespas at Sun, 2009/09/06 - 11:55am
only miss.
im testing amarok from svn and only miss:
-use the new tray, like kmess-svn
is really working nice.
By Rodolfo Andres at Sat, 2009/09/05 - 4:18am
Thanks for the suggestions,
Thanks for the suggestions, we'll look into it.
By Mark Kretschmann at Sat, 2009/09/05 - 9:39am
We're in a feature freeze
We're in a feature freeze now, so that sort of thing won't be added for 2.2.
2.3 will probably use the new tray like I expect most KDE apps will start using it. :) It'd have to be conditional since its a new feature in kdelibs and we try to run on older KDEs when we can..
By eean at Mon, 2009/09/07 - 2:02pm
As far as I know the class already takes cares of that - if it doesn't detect support for the new dbus-based system tray, it'll fall back to the old implementation.
By Hans Chen at Mon, 2009/09/07 - 9:34pm
But that still requires
But that still requires compiling against the libraries for the new implementation, which older KDEs (
By JontheEchidna at Wed, 2009/09/09 - 1:38am
Nice Progress
Nice to see the work and improvement going into Amarok. Kudos to the devs especially for listening to the users. It's the only way to write a killa app these days ;)
On another note, does anyone here knows what's going on in the kaffeine side of the Universe? The development of kaffeine seems to be moving on so slowly and quietly.
By Bobby at Sat, 2009/09/05 - 7:23am
It was released earlier this
By emilsedgh at Sat, 2009/09/05 - 9:01am
Normal volume bar for "Main toolbar NG" puhleeeze :)
I hope you can reconsider putting a norman volume bar in the new "Main toolbar NG" like in the original "main toolbar". There's definitely space fo it. I think there're a lot people who access volume quite frequently and that extra click is surprisingly annoying when accessing volume control.
Other than that I can't find anything to complain it just ROCKS! :)
By bliblibli at Sat, 2009/09/05 - 3:16pm
As I had written in another comment, the toolbar is still work-in-progress. We're still experimenting with different layouts.
Thanks for the feedback though :)
By Mark Kretschmann at Sat, 2009/09/05 - 5:59pm
Don't agree
I think the new design with the volume bar not being embedded is much better. I never change the bar in amarok. I already have Kmix and my multimedia-buttons on the keyboard.
By Pascal d'Hermilly at Sun, 2009/09/06 - 8:38pm
Precompiled packages
What all distributions has precompiled packages?
I am searching mandriva cooker packages (Sophie told there is not (yet) this version) so I could not need to wait compile this on netbook. :-)
All what I found was this page: http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Download:Mandriva
And it does not help at all.
And the Neon project (http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/User:Apachelogger/Project_Neon) should get supporting other distributions as well (Debian (goes for ubuntu well and others), OpenSUSE, Mandriva and Fedora)
Other way, can not wait to get hands dirty for testing and reporting!
By Fri13 at Sun, 2009/09/06 - 6:20am
Is there any way to restore or fix music tags like amarok 1.4 had?
By moritzmh at Mon, 2009/09/07 - 3:10pm
great despite some crashes
I like the new look a lot - despite some crashes it's very nice to use.
@Amarok team: Congrats and many thanks for your good work!
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World Trade Center Denver to present fashion show with international theme
Denver designer Maggie Burns and two designers with international reach will put their creations onstage at "A World of Fashion," part of World Trade Center Denver's week of events promoting international business.
The show — plus a dinner and silent auction — will be May 16 at Infinity Park Event Center in Glendale. Burns, who creates special occasion dresses and bridal wear under the Marie Margot label, will be joined by Yumi Katsura of Japan and Lois Samuels of Jamaica.
Guests are encouraged to wear international dress to the event, which will be from 5:30-10:30 p.m. at Infinity Park, 4400 E. Kentucky Ave.
Proceeds from sales of the silent auction will benefit the Young Americans Center for Financial Education's International Towne, the Denver-based non-profit that teaches middle school students about international trade, foreign exchange, and cross-cultural business.
Tickets for the gala start at $125 per person. Details at wtcdenver.org.

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Metro Detroit school districts edge close to snow days max
School districts say unpaved roads have prompted snow days, closing in on maximum allowed by state of Michigan
ARMADA TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Will the school buses roll in Armada Township on Wednesday?
At this point, that remains to be seen. The school district has used five snow days. The state of Michigan says the districts are allowed six snow days each school year. After those six days, the schools have to make up the hours missed.
Read: Winter storm headed for Detroit area
"We don't want to get stranded out there with 60 students on the bus and not being able to get them, and have them sitting out there for an hour for somebody to come rescue us," said Kathy Cryderman, of Armada schools.
Armada schools have been forced to use the days the district has due to unpaved roads. Snow quantity has not been the biggest issue.
"This year, all of our snow days were due to back roads. We have so many back roads, and they're gravel. And as you know, when the rain hits, it freezes right away," said Dr. William Skilling, superintended of Oxford schools.
Check: School closings
Winter has been mild the past couple of years in Michigan. Many districts had to use up just two or three snow days. This year, there are multiple districts that have one day left before they reach the maximum.
"What they're looking for is total hours, not a day, per say, but they are counting hours of instruction," said Skilling.
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January 20, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that serves to allow judges to void the Constitution in their courtrooms. The decision was issued on January 18, 2011, and the Court did not even explain the decision (Docket No. 10-632, 10-633, and 10-690). One word decisions: DENIED.
Presented with this information and massive proof that was not contested in any manner by the accused judges, at least six of the justices voted to deny the petitions:
"There is no legal or factual basis whatsoever for the decisions of the lower courts in this matter. These rulings were issued for corrupt reasons. Many of the judges in the Northern District of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit are corrupt and violate laws and rules, as they have done in this case. The Supreme Court must recognize this Petition as one of the most serious matters ever presented to this Court."
The key questions answered negatively by the U.S. Supreme Court was:
"Whether federal courts must be stopped from operating corruptly and ignoring all laws, rules, and facts."
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By Kolby Hoagland | March 28, 2014
The final day of the 2014 International Biomass Conference in Orlando featured a tour to Viesel Fuel in Stuart, Florida where we were allowed an up-close view of their state-of-the-art 7.5 million gallon per year biodiesel facility. Viesel staff was happy to present, and all who attended were thrilled to have the opportunity to have a first-hand view of how Viesel aims to revolutionize the biodiesel industry through innovation and strong partnerships.
Viesel is pushing the innovation envelope by utilizing enzymes to convert raw oils into biodiesel. The majority of operating biodiesel plants across the industry use an acid or base solution of alcohol to catalyze and carry the transesterification process of raw veggie and animal oils into glycerin and biodiesel. Viesel, in conjunction with Novozymes, has developed and deployed an enzymatic process that breaks the limits currently constraining the traditional biodiesel industry. "Producing biodiesel with enzymes allows us to use less energy, less chemicals, and lower quality feedstock," Graham Dowerton, Project Manager at Viesel stated at the beginning of the tour. Higher temperatures and greater amounts of methanol are required in the more traditional processes, which negatively affects the energy required and profitability of traditional plants. By employing an enzyme to act as the catalyst, Viesel only needs to reach a process temperature around 100° F. This saves Viesel considerable energy and thus money throughout the production process. Additionally, compared to more traditional production methods, the enzymatic process requires considerably less methanol. Yet, what excites Viesel most about the enzymatic process is its ability to handle lower quality feedstocks.
Along with higher heat and greater amounts of ethanol needed during processing, traditional biodiesel production facilities are limited by the amount of free fatty acids (FFAs) that can be present in the oil feedstocks. There is a large market of oils and greases that have high concentrations of FFAs and prove to be unavailable to the more traditional facilities. These plants are limited to feedstocks with FFA concentrations of around 5%, according to Viesel staff. Alternatively, the enzymatic process not only tolerates higher concentrations of FFAs but is able to convert them into high quality biodiesel. "FFAs are not a limiting factor in what we can make biodiesel from. They're actually a viable feedstock," Becky Hobden, Chemical Engineer at Viesel, explained to tour attendees. Viesel's ability to process previously unusable feedstocks is not only a boon for Viesel but, according to Hobden, a major breakthrough for the entire biodiesel industry.
The acquisition of feedstock is the costliest part of running a biodiesel facility, with 70% of operating cost at Viesel spent simply on collecting and purchasing various oil feedstocks. Viesel independently collect used cooking oil from roughly one thousand restaurants to cut the cost of feedstock, but this only makes up 5% of the oil that passes through their plant. The rest is purchased from renderers. Minimizing the cost of feedstock dramatically affects their bottom line. According to Dowerton, for every $0.01 saved per pound on feedstock generates $500,000 in savings on an annual basis. While used cooking oil, which has a relatively low concentration of FFAs, costs around $2 per gallon, higher FFA oil, like brown grease, costs around a dollar less. Accessing the brown grease market and converting it into biodiesel is seen as "the Holy Grail of our business," exclaimed Hobden. Though Viesel's enzymatic process allows access to lower cost, higher FFA feedstocks, sulfur is the final road block in Viesel's quest for the 'Holy Grail' of biodiesel production.
The EPA limits the amount of sulfur that can be present in on-road and more recently off-road diesel. Biodiesel produced from brown grease can have up to 250 ppm, and with a limit of 15 ppm set by the EPA, brown grease biodiesel is not currently allowed as an approved feedstock. Viesel is working with a number of technology providers to reduce the concentrations of sulfur in brown grease biodiesel, and they say they are close. Once they are able to economically remove the sulfur, they will have found and possess the 'Holy Grail' of the biodiesel industry.
Because of Viesel's unabashed honesty regarding their successes and barriers, the tour was well received by attendees. We saw how they are openly working with a number of partners to streamline the enzymatic biodiesel production process and gain access to underutilized feedstocks. Through innovation and strong partnerships, Viesel is revolutionizing the biodiesel industry.
I would like to thank everybody at Viesel for the highly pertinent and very informative tour. Thank you.


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Where we live can play a huge role in our social lives. Bigger cities offer more opportunities for interaction, suburban areas prioritize private spaces over public ones.
But even small-scale urban design details can have a large impact on our social lives. Bad urban design is one of the major causes of loneliness and asocial behavior in Australia, according to a new report [PDF] from the Grattan Institute, a think tank focused on public policy there.
"Cities can help social connection, or hinder it," the report notes. "They can be so poorly organized that they are hard to get around – a problem not just for getting to work, but also for seeing friends and family and participating in social activities."
Urban dwellers in Australia have fewer friendships and neighborhood connections than they did 20 years ago, according to the report, which covers issues like accessibility and transit, suburban commute times, public spaces and the layouts of neighborhoods.
The number of Australians living alone is at a record high - singletons account for about one-quarter of all Australian households, and government estimates suggest that number will rise to 28 percent in 2030. The number of lonely people is also on the rise. According to a recent study, the amount of people who had no local friend they could ask a favor of grew from 11 percent to 13 percent from 1984 to 2005. The amount of people who had no trusted friends grew from 6 percent to 8 percent.
The situation is even more dire in America. In 1985, 10 percent of people reported having no close friends with whom to talk about important personal issues, and 15 percent reported having only one close friend. In 2004, those numbers rose to 25 percent and 20 percent, respectively.
These figures are from The Atlantic's May cover piece, which asks "Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?" The article shows that a wide variety of inputs or conditions can contribute to loneliness, and that even tools intended to make us more social, such as social networks, can have unintended negative impacts.
This can also be true in urban design, according to the Grattan Institute report.
"People often find ways to meet despite physical obstacles," the report notes. "Conversely, the best-designed spaces don't guarantee connection."
But there are solutions. Among other ideas, the report suggests better shared waiting areas for commuters (perhaps with greeters who could offer real-time information on delays); improving public transportation quality (to cut down on commute times); parks and sports facilities (the report is particularly fond of mini-parks); and local events that bring people together.
Asocial behavior can't be blamed completely on poor urban design. But as the report from Australia shows, the placement of building access points and the location of outdoor seating can have a noticeable impact on how much social interaction takes place in a city – or doesn't.
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Now more than ever, public transportation is not just about ridership. Buses, trains, and subways make urban civilization possible.
The coronavirus crisis stands to dramatically reshape cities around the world. But the biggest revolutions in urban space may have begun before the pandemic.
As reports of harassment and assault against Asian Americans increase, community advocates are finding new ways to tackle the spread of xenophobia.
With cities in lockdown and workplaces closed, the big drop in traffic and transit riders allows road repair and construction projects to rush forward.
What do we know so far about the types of places that are more susceptible to the spread of Covid-19? In the U.S., density is just the beginning of the story.


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With a massive New Jersey carjacking ring in the news, I have to wonder was what the biggest car-theft operation in history?
Surely there has been a more outstanding car theft operation than shipping triple-digit numbers of luxury SUVs to West Africa. What stolen car ring do you think was the most audacious?
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Alternative energy sources that are cost-competitive with fossil fuels may be closer to fruition than most people realize. Recent renewable energy research has shown that solar, hydropower, wind and other alternative sources are closing in on the cost of traditional electricity providers.
Crystalline silicon PV solar panels have fallen by more than 60 percent in the last two years to as little as $1 a watt, which is competitive with residential electricity, according to a report released last month by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Continued capacity growth in solar energy, along with other renewables, is expected to contribute to further cost reductions, the agency reported.
The most economical alternative energy source for generating electricity could be hydropower, the study showed. The levelized cost of electricity from a large hydropower plant, which considers costs distributed over the project lifetime, typically ranges from 0.02 to 0.19 cents per kilowatt hour, IRENA reported.
Wind turbines prices also have started to fall, and the cost of electricity from wind energy sites in North America, for example, range from 0.04-0.05 cents/kWh. This is competitive or cheaper than gas-fired generation, according to the report.
Further alternative energy options that can cost less than electricity from the grid include using agricultural and forestry wastes, or biomass, as feedstock to provide power and heat. The most competitive projects produce electricity for 0.06/kWh.
Natural gas
Cheap natural gas also is gaining attention as a competitive alternative energy source in the United States. The price of natural gas is at a record low in the U.S. because of increased drilling of the country's vast shale gas formations. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported earlier this month that the natural gas spot price, which averaged $4 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in 2011, is expected to average $2.58 per MMBtu this year.
Crude oil prices, though, have also been dropping over the past month. EIA has lowered the average regular gasoline retail price forecasts for the third quarter of 2012 to $3.39 per gallon. Regular gasoline retail prices, which averaged $3.53 per gallon in 2011, are expected to average $3.49 in 2012 and $3.28 per gallon in 2013, EIA stated in its Short-Term Energy Outlook release.
Affordable alternative energy sources are more readily available, more abundant and generally less damaging to the environment, but skeptics say renewables might not be as efficient as fossil fuels, such as coal and gas. Still, growth in alternative energy continues at an impressive rate considering it has experienced so much competition, consolidation and government cuts.
Renewable sources supplied 16.7 percent of global final energy consumption, according to a 2012 global status report last month from the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21). And investment in renewables increased 17 percent last year despite a widening debt crisis in Europe and rapidly falling prices for renewable power equipment, the report stated.
It all points to the increasing influence of alternative energy in the electric power marketplace.
More alternative energy stories on MNN:
- 10 surprisingly easy sources of alternative energy
- Obama and Ian Somerhalder talk green energy
- What is green energy?


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Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and most hellish! Last round, PCH Superpower Britain crushed PCH wannabe Germany, but today it's an all-Superpower affair.
You see, while it's fun to see Germany or Japan or the USA take on (and occasionally defeat) a member of the Unholy PCH Trinity of Britain, France, and Italy, the real Hell Garage battles take place between the Superpowers. France won the last cross-Channel PCH matchup, with a Simca Aronde edging out a Humber Sceptre, and today we're having the rematch!
We fear French cars, of course, but we also worship them… but clowns? It's straight-up fear, unalloyed with worship. So what do you get when you buy a weird orphaned French car that was once owned by Emmett Kelly Jr, the World's Most Famous Clown? You get a great deal, that's what you get! This 1959 Panhard Dyna Z-16 is being sold by the late Emmett Kelly Junior's mechanic- yes, the World's Most Famous Clown had a thing for French cars- and the top bid of $2,225 failed to meet the reserve price. How much is that reserve? We're willing to bet Monsieur Clown Mechanic will pay attention to the sound of rustling Benjamins, were you to shoot him an email right now! It might even run; the engine "starts eagerly at a tug of the start knob," but it hasn't been driven in years. The interior is completely fried by the Arizona sun and no doubt every component that ever touched fluid will need replacing/rebuilding, but it's a reasonably complete car. How hard could it be? Imagine the joy of cruising your town in this suicide-doored beauty! Thanks to Mark for the tip.
That Panhard definitely gets the drool flowing, no doubt about it, but the Dyna Z sent only 50 horsepower to the front wheels. What if you want to
die in a flaming high-speed wreck do some spirited high-performance driving? A British car you can afford, with crazy turbocharged power and tarmac-grabbing handling? Well, then, it comes down to pretty much one choice: Lotus Esprit Turbo! Before the Financiapacolypse, you couldn't get a running example for less than five figures, but the ticket to Lotus agony glory is now far cheaper! How much cheaper? Get ready for this: a 1985 Lotus Esprit Turbo (go here if the ad disappears) for only $6,500! You can find more details on this super-steal here. Much like the Panhard, the engine can be started, but it's not in "running/driving" condition. Oh yes, and it was "involved in a theft" and the center console was damaged… which means those high-quality Lucas electrics are likely to be even shakier than usual. Dim, Flicker, and KABOOM! We won't lie to you- this thing is scary even by Hell Garage standards; it runs well enough to give you hope, yet it's fully equipped with everything it needs to crush your spirit… forever! Still, having your own Esprit Turbo- just imagine how great that would be! Thanks to Adam for the tip!


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4 boneless turkey cutlets
1 onion, quartered and sliced thinly
1/3 cup chicken or turkey stock
1/4 cup Pernod
2 tablespoon Herbs de Provence
1/4 cup "instant" flour (like Wondra)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 tablespoon butter
Sprinkle both sides of each cutlet with Herbs de Provence. Sprinkle both sides with flour to coat. Heat the oil and butter in a large skillet. Add the onions and cook until soft. Add the turkey brown on each side. Add the stock and Pernod and cook until the turkey is fully cooked and the liquid reduces slightly.


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This is Day 19 of the 21-Day Journaling Challenge (21DJC). The challenge is over but you can still do the tasks in your own time! Visit the overview page for all Journaling Challenge tasks and posts.
Hi everyone – Welcome to Day 19 of 21DJC! 🙂 We now have 2 days left till the end of the challenge!
Sign Up for 30DLBL, Dec 2011 Run!
I just opened up the registration for Live a Better Life in 30 Days (30DLBL), Dec 2011 run. Read the announcement post now to sign up!
If you're not excited about it yet, you really should!! This is our annual, year-end challenge that will let us close off 2011 proper and kick off 2012 with a big bang!
For those who haven't, be sure to grab your copy of Live a Better Life in 30 Days Program, as you need it to participate in the challenge (since it's based on the material in the guidebook and workbook). Your purchase also comes with a lifetime access pass to join all 30DLBL Live runs.
Day 18 Review
Yesterday's question was: "What Matters Most To You?". (Read the responses.)
What matters most to me? For sure, growing and helping others to grow is the most important thing to me. It's after all my life purpose. 🙂
My parents matter a lot to me too. They are the ones who brought me to this world and cared for me, even till this day. There wouldn't be a me today if it wasn't for them. And even though we don't communicate much, that doesn't mean we aren't important to each other. We express our love to each other differently than most do.
My goals and dreams matter a lot to me. Pursuing them is part of living my life to the fullest. I defend them fiercely from anyone or anything that gets in the way. To hold me back from pursuing my goals is akin to locking me in a cafe and taking my life away from me.
People matter a lot to me. While this is probably obvious given my life purpose, it became apparent during my travels. I found that no matter what country I was in, it wasn't the sites or sights that excited me. It was meeting new people, getting to know them, and making meaningful connections. To me, knowing someone new is an adventure. I would much rather do that than check out some building or rock which plays no role in my life and which I will probably never see again.
When I'm hanging out with someone, I like to know about their background, understand their motivations in life, and absorb everything they have to share. I feel there's always something to learn from everybody – it's like we're each a walking encyclopedia, except that we're more powerful than an encyclopedia because we have the ability to think and synthesize thoughts.
Love matters to me. I think to live a life with no love is akin to not having lived at all. Love is what sets apart living beings from non-living things. Love is the most powerful force in all of universe. History has shown, time and again, of how people are able to accomplish things greater than themselves, driven by love – be it love for a certain cause, love for other beings, love for the world, love for anything. (By love, I mean all kinds of love, and not just romantic love.)
With that said, let's now move to today's question!
21DJC Day 19
Today is the 3rd last day of 21DJC, and the 3rd last question of the challenge. Today's question is:
What Words Best Describe You?
If you are to describe yourself, what words would you use? And why? (Feel free to cover anything from physical appearance, to your character traits, to your values and life beliefs.)
(Today's question can be found in #6 of 101 Important Questions To Ask Yourself In Life. )
Your Task Today:
- Reflect and answer today's question. There's no word limit – whether minimum or maximum. Write as few or as many words as you want. It's all up to what you want to express!
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Though the Harry Potter franchise has come to an end, a reunion of sorts is already in the works. David Yates, who directed the last four Potter films, has chosen the drama Your Voice in My Head as his next project, and now he's in discussions with Emma Watson to star. The film is based on the memoir by Emma Forrest and centers on "a young woman who attempts suicide before being saved by a New York-based psychiatrist who's dying of cancer." It's some pretty heady stuff, and I commend Yates for choosing a small, intimate character drama as his follow-up to the massive Potter franchise. Hit the jump for more, including who Warner Bros. is looking at for the male lead and the possibility of Ralph Fiennes or Bryan Singer directing the studio's Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game.
Further completing the Harry Potter reunion on Your Voice in My Head is the fact that Warner Bros. is negotiating to acquire the film. As for the male lead in the project, Deadline reports that the studio is aiming for a big name as Tom Hanks and George Clooney are apparently in the mix. Personally, I'm ecstatic to see Yates take on such delicate dramatic material. I felt he capped the Harry Potter franchise off perfectly with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, and I'm incredibly excited to see where he takes his career next.
Warner Bros. was keen on keeping Yates in house, as they previously offered Yates the multi-film adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand and the Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game. Yates turned both projects down, but Deadline's report on Voice notes that WB is now putting together a list of potential directors for The Imitation Game that includes Ralph Fiennes and Bryan Singer. Fiennes recently made his directorial debut with Coriolanus, while Singer's next film Jack the Giant Killer was recently pushed back to 2013.
The Imitation Game is fascinating story and Leonardo DiCaprio has expressed interest in playing Turing, a homosexual mathematician who was criminally prosecuted for his sexuality and subjected to chemical castration. I'm sure we'll hear more on the project soon by way of a shortlist of directors that WB is considering.


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The Hugi Compo (short for "competition") was a size coding competition to see who could code the smallest executable, but still complete the task at hand and pass the test suite.
The long-running competition was hosted by a team of programmers who challenged participants with common (and not so common) tasks. I participated in Hugo Compo first as a competitor, and later as a tester and host of the results. It was someone on this team who suggested that we do something different -- create an emulator for a fictious CPU we called the "Spew processor" that 4k of memory accessed with 12 bits, 4 registers, and 18 instructions. The goal of the Spew Compo, Compo #9 was to see who could code the smallest executable to emulate the Spew CPU given a number of Spew image files.
The winner (and usually one of the top scoring competitors) had an executable entry size of 179 bytes. My entry was 15 out of 21, not as good, but still a respectable 261 bytes. In this article, I present my entry to the competition. The source code for my entry, the SPEW assembler, source code, debugger, and detailed information here. The results of this competition and 25 others along with complete rules, examples, test suites, and source code to each competitors entry for each competition are available here.
The Spew CPU only had 4k of RAM, and was set up with specific areas and values; see Table 1.
Pre-set to values 00..FF (after boot-up)
Code/Data area
"A" (accumulator) register
"Status" register
"STK" register (16-bit stack pointer)
"PC" register (16-bit instruction pointer)
Default stack space
The first 256 bytes of the 4k image are set to values from 0 to 255 respectively. This is done at boot time. These values aren't used for anything other than to make the emulator more involved for the competition. It has little or no effect on the actual SPEW CPU.
The memory area from 0x100 to 0xEFF is used for code and data. This is the area where the actual binary code and data is loaded to and executed.
The byte at 0xF00 is the accumulator register. This is a byte wide general-purpose register.
The byte at 0xF01 is the status register. It is almost identical to the lower byte of the 80x86 flags register, with a small difference; the overflow flag is moved to bit 3 in the spew status register (see Figure 1).
The word at 0xF02 is the stack register.
The word at 0xF04 is the current instruction pointer register.
The memory area from 0xF06 to 0xFFF is the default stack space.
Even though the stack pointer and instruction pointer fields are 16 bits each, only the lower 12 bits are used for memory access. The values in these fields should remain 16-bit values, but when the actual memory access is made, the high nibble should be ignored.
The default stack location is simply that, default. The loader (the host) will only load your data and code to offset 0x100 through 0xEFF. However, the memory from 0x000 to 0x0FF and the memory currently allocated for the default stack can be used however you like. You may place a value in the STACK register to use a different stack.
The stack space, memory from 0xF06 to 0xFFF, is not cleared at load time, so technically, you could place code and data in the image file at this location as long as you changed the stack register to point somewhere else before you used the stack. This process was never discussed enough to rule out using the default stack space as code and data too. Therefore, if you need more memory than the area from 0x100 to 0xEFF allows, simply use the area from 0x100 to 0xFFF making sure you do not overwrite the four system registers. Then as one of the first things you do, point the stack pointer to use the memory area 0x000 to 0x0FF. This frees up about 250 bytes for code and data.


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For lovers of stage shows and musicals, the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College's Niceville campus is an unlikely blessing.
For lovers of stage shows and musicals, the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College's Niceville campus is an unlikely blessing.
Few communities � thanks to a perfect storm of geographical and technical factors � can lure Broadway blockbusters such as "The Addams Family," which runs Nov. 12.
But the convergence of the center's prime location, on a route well-traveled by touring shows, and being a state-of-the-art facility leads to the Mattie Kelly Center being a Mecca for stage buffs.
"We're in a marvelous location for the touring shows," Sylvia Bryan, the center's assistant director, said.
"When the shows travel the circuit, they're going to go to the bigger cities. Well, guess who's right in the middle, right off I-10?"
The Mattie Kelly Center's previous Broadway hits established NWFSC's ability to attract successively impressive seasons, Bryan said.
"We've gained a reputation over the years that we can accommodate these shows," she said.
Location and tech
Bryan said planning each new season depends on which productions are touring along the Interstate 10 corridor, often between performances in Jacksonville and New Orleans.
Smaller cities, such as Pensacola and Mobile, also attract touring shows, but the Mattie Kelly Center's versatility and technical superiority can mean local audiences get shows that might skip those cities.
Making a stop en route to the next major engagement also explains why most touring Broadway shows only run one night, Bryan said. It can also reflect the local market, she added.
"Usually the one-nighter is a function of their schedule ... but it's hard in this market to fill up that house two nights," she said.
A towering fly space � the multi-story space above the stage � along with wide wings and a deep stage attract shows dependent on several sets, scenery and technical effects.
When the curtain rises Tuesday on the creepy, kooky and all together ooky "Addams Family" musical, local audiences will enjoy a show that entertained New York audiences for 722 performances.
But their appreciation of the Mattie Kelly Main Stage's technical advances is unlikely. And that's just fine with Bryan, who said it's the show, not how it's produced, that matters to ticketholders.
WHAT: "The Addams Family" musical
WHEN:7:30 p.m. Nov. 12
WHERE: Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Northwest Florida State College, Niceville
TICKETS: $51; call 729-6000or see www.mattiekellyartscenter.org
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- 1 (10 to 12-pound) turkey, with giblets removed
- 1 quart chicken broth
- 2 ounces dried mushrooms
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup chopped green pepper
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, plus extra for rubbing on turkey
- 1 tablespoon salt, plus extra for seasoning turkey
- 3 cups Challah bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (from approximately 4 to 5 slices)
- 4 ounces unsweetened dried cherries, approximately 1 cup
- 2 ounces chopped pecans, approximately 1/2 cup
- 2 whole eggs, beaten
- 2 teaspoons dried rubbed sage
- 2 teaspoons dried parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus extra for seasoning chicken
- Special equipment: 1 re-usable organic cotton produce bag*
*Cook's Note: The bag is optional. Once the stuffing is made, you can place the stuffing into the bag and then place the bag into the cavity of the turkey.
Preheat the oven to 205°C.
Place the turkey into a deep, high-sided bowl on its end with the stuffing end up. Set aside.
Heat the chicken broth in the microwave in a large microwave-proof container. Place mushrooms in a glass bowl and pour heated broth over them. Cover and allow to sit for 35 minutes.
In a large mixing bowl toss the onion, celery, and green pepper with the oil and salt. Place the vegetables on a sheet pan and roast for 35 minutes. During the last 10 minutes of cooking, spread the cubed bread over the vegetables, return to the oven, and continue cooking.
Drain mushrooms, reserving 1 cup of liquid. Chop the mushrooms and place in a large
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It was sheer luck that a conversation I had a month ago led me to pen some thoughts about the qualities that can make or break social media platforms. At the time, I had no idea that Google+ was less than 30 days from launching it's "Field Test". In that post, I cite some literature on the "150-connection gap", which shows that the limit for social circles seems to settle in at about 150 real connections to real people, and that when you start interacting with more than those 150 real connections, you're acting as an Authority does to an Audience, not participating in a community/conversation. I then posit a hypothetical new social media service, and claim that if it can't "cross the 150-connection gap", then it will have a difficult time gaining traction amongst the general population. Facebook and Twitter eventually became decent at managing this dynamic. Buzz was horrible at it (more on that, below). So what can Google+ do to cross the 150-connection gap? The key is in the Circles feature, and in "re-sharing".
Will we "Make Lists"?
Mark Zuckerberg famously said "Guess what? Nobody wants to make lists."
I know it's just a single data point, but I think Gina Trapani has a pretty strong answer to that question.
So let's assume for the sake of argument, that we're willing to make lists by using Circles, because they are useful to us. How many times have you decided not to post something to twitter because the audience is too broad, won't care about what you write, or it's a little *too* personal? Let's assume we are more willing to share with an audience that we think will be more interested in the topic we're sharing. Google is betting the farm on it.
What Circles can do for us
Presently some early g+ users are complaining that the Stream is too "noisy".
Robert Scoble documents this issue well here, where he says:
So, until Google gives us the ability to control noise Google+ will continue not being used by average people (my metaphorical "yo momma and yo daddy."Following someone does not necesarily corellate to targeted ideas. I follow Jeff Jarvis to hear about social media development and it's impact on disrupted institutions. I get a lot of penis news too.
The thing is what is noise control?
Two things, one of which Google is known for:
1. Search. The ability to say "show me all cool new items that talk about venture capital."
2. Sifting. This is similar to search, but goes beyond. "Show me all future items that talk about venture capital."
Essentially, Scoble is highlighting a problem that Buzz was also notorious for: If you follow a famous person, you are beset with noise that drowns out your "real" connections, and leaves you little ability to gain topical control over what you hear from whom.
Scoble wants downstream filtering (read, "an algorithm") to help him select what to read (and this is by no means a bad idea, escpecially given how good Google is at this sort of thing).
Google+ tackles this problem head on with their Circles feature, but the present limited population of g+ is hiding how useful Circles can be. The most useful part about circles is that they *filter twice* - I pick who I follow, and they pick what they share *topically*. In g+, the intersection of these interests will be what I actually see.
It is a huge step forward in crowdsourcing curation. It can hugely reduce the noise that a reader gets compared to twitter and facebook. It may rely on the author to select their (initial) audience,which may seem inconvenient, but in practice this is exactly the feature we've been clamoring for in other social media tools. Circles finally gives us that power.
So why don't we see this emergent property of Circles yet?
Presently, Google+ is populated only by "Internet Celebrities" (to quote Leo Laporte), and their nerdly hangers-on (myself included), and I think this population is masking this very important feature, making the graph (at present) look more like this:
If Circles allow an author to feel as though they're sharing with a targeted community (and more than just the Internet Celebrity/Early Adopter community is present), then they'll be useful enough at the source to help more open sharing, and more targeted conversation. This can solve the "Community" problem of social networks, but what about the transition past the 150-connection gap to an "Audience"?
Sharing, Resharing, and crossing the 150-Connection gap
Jeff Jarvis highlights a currently talked-about issue with re-sharing, where he essentially says, that disabling re-sharing stifles discovery by a third-party audience. (From my standpoint, this is a kiss-of-death to an emerging social media technology). Sometimes, we may *want* that discovery stifled, and should be allowed to announce it to our circle by disabling re-sharing (which is, by no means, a guarantee that a malicious member of the audience won't find a way around it--Jeff's excellent point). The question is really a matter of *defaults* (Defaults matter!), and I'm glad to see that g+'s default is to allow re-sharing.
Because re-sharing is one mechanism by which we crowdsource curation which is important in the long-term for social technologies, and the Internet in general. But it also allows a relevant post to jump from Community to Audience, which is, as cited before, the key feature for a social technology to "take off". That's not to say we ought not to offer as much control to the author as possible over their intended audience, but we should leave that control to the social pressures that work so well in this space, as opposed to relying on technology to lock away information in a space that was actually built for sharing it. We need the system simply to promote transparency of the author's intentions to their chosen circle (i.e. to let your circle know that the message was intended for them and only them), and let social pressures handle the rest. (If you violate my trust, you'll find yourself quickly removed from that Circle).
Having the ability to disable re-sharing is an important signal to the audience that this is for them only (see Gina Trapani's excellent thoughts on why having the ability to disable re-sharing is important here), but hiding away anything not explicitly marked "public" would hamstring any social media technology before it has a chance to even leave the ground.
Google+ looks like it has the genetic makeup to be a very impressive social technology. If we find utility in "making lists", and sharing defaults are kept open, it has the tools to help people interact with thier close communities, as well as allowing relevant content to jump to a wider audience. There are many other hurdles to clear to see if Google+ will gain the critical mass of users needed to sustain any new social media technology, but it's off to a very promising start.


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Houston Dynamo midfielder Brad Davis has been added to the U.S. national team roster by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann for the upcoming World Cup qualifying matches against Jamaica and Panama, it was announced today.
Davis will join the national team in Kansas City today after playing 90 minutes Wednesday night against Sporting Kansas City. He will be available for selection for the United States' upcoming World Cup qualifying matches against Dynamo teammate Jermaine Taylor and Jamaica at Sporting Park on October 11 and against Panama at Estadio Rommel Fernández on October 15. Davis will then return to the Dynamo in time for their home match against the New York Red Bulls on October 20 (TICKETS). The United States is currently in first place in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying and has already clinched a berth in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Davis, 31, has earned eleven caps with the U.S. men's national team, including four appearances in the current World Cup qualifying round. Davis has four goals and eight assists in 23 games this season for the Dynamo. The St. Charles, Mo. native set a career high with eight goals in the 2012 regular season and recorded his fourth consecutive season with at least 12 assists. Davis was named an MLS All-Star for the sixth time this season and earned Dynamo team MVP honors for the fourth consecutive year in 2012.
The upcoming matches continue the final round of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Brazil. The top three teams will advance to the 2014 World Cup, with the fourth place team advancing to a playoff series against the winner of the Oceania region.


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Released: November 7, 2012
Obama 71%; Romney 27%
Latino Voters in the 2012 Election
Latinos voted for President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney by 71% to 27%, according to an analysis of exit polls by the Pew Hispanic Center, a Project of the Pew Research Center.1
Obama's national vote share among Hispanic voters is the highest seen by a Democratic candidate since 1996, when President Bill Clinton won 72% of the Hispanic vote.
The Center's analysis finds that Latinos made up 10% of the electorate, as indicated by the national exit poll, up from 9% in 2008 and 8% in 2004.2 The analysis also shows that as a group, non-white voters made up 28% of the nation's electorate, up from 26% in 2008.3
Battleground States
Hispanics made up a growing share of voters in three of the key battleground states in yesterday's election—Florida, Nevada and Colorado.
Post-Election Analysis
Changing Face of America Helps Assure Obama Victory
A Milestone En Route to a Majority Minority Nation
Obama carried Florida's Hispanic vote 60% to 39%, an improvement over his 57% to 42% showing in 2008. Also, Hispanics made up 17% of the Florida electorate this year, up from 14% in 2008.
The state's growing non-Cuban population—especially growth in the Puerto Rican population in central Florida—contributed to the president's improved showing among Hispanic voters. This year, according to the Florida exit poll, 34% of Hispanic voters were Cuban while 57% were non-Cuban. Among Cuban voters, the vote was split—49% supported Obama while 47% supported Romney. Among the state's non-Cuban voters, Obama won 66% versus 34% for Romney.
In Colorado, Obama carried the Latino vote by a wide margin—75% to 23%. The president's performance among Latino voters in Colorado was better than in 2008, when Obama won the Latino vote 61% to 38%. Hispanics made up 14% of Colorado voters this year, up from 13% in 2008.
In Nevada, Obama won the Hispanic vote 70% to 25%. However, the president's Hispanic vote was down from the 76% share he won in 2008. Among voters in Nevada, the Hispanic share was 18%, up from 15% in 2008.
In other states, the president also carried large shares of the Hispanic vote. Among other battlegrounds, Obama won 68% of the Hispanic vote in North Carolina, 65% in Wisconsin, 64% in Virginia and 53% in Ohio.
Top Issues for Hispanic Voters in 2012
For Hispanic voters, according to the national exit poll, 60% identified the economy as the most important issue (of four listed) facing the country today, virtually the same as the share (59%) of the general electorate that identified the economy as the nation's most important issue. On the other three issues asked about, for Hispanic voters, the economy was followed by health care (18%), the federal budget deficit (11%) and foreign policy (6%).
Throughout this election cycle, the issue of immigration has been an important issue for Hispanics. In the national exit poll, voters were asked about what should happen to unauthorized immigrants working in the U.S. According to the national exit poll, 77% of Hispanic voters said these immigrants should be offered a chance to apply for legal status while 18% said these immigrants should be deported. Among all voters, fewer than two-thirds (65%) said these immigrants should be offered a chance to apply for legal status while 28% say they should be deported.
Demographics of the Latino Vote
Among Latino voters, support for Obama was strong among all major demographic sub-groups. Yet some differences were evident. According to the national exit poll, Hispanic women supported Obama more than Hispanic males—76% versus 65%.
Latino youth, just as all youth nationwide, supported Obama over Romney, but did so by a wider margin—74% versus 23% for Latino youth compared with 60% versus 37% among all youth. Obama won other Latino age groups by nearly as large a margin.
Among Hispanic college graduates, 62% voted for Obama while 35% supported Romney. By contrast, 75% of Hispanics without a college degree voted for Obama while 24% voted for Romney.
Another gap was evident among Latino voters when viewed by income. Among Latino voters whose total family income is below $50,000, 82% voted for Obama while 17% voted for Romney. Among Latino voters with family incomes of $50,000 or more, 59% voted for Obama while 39% voted for Romney.
About this Report
Exit poll results for this report were obtained from CNN's Election 2012 website and are based on National Election Pool national and state exit poll surveys of voters as reported on November 6, 2012. In addition to an analysis of the national Latino vote, 12 states were examined. These states are Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
The authors thank Eileen Patten for excellent research assistance. Seth Motel checked numbers in the report.
A Note on Terminology
The terms "Latino" and "Hispanic" are used interchangeably in this report.
- The analysis in this report is limited to 12 states. These states are Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin. Voter survey results from the National Election Pool national exit poll and state exit polls were obtained from CNN's Election 2012 website. ↩
- Utilizing the National Exit Poll to estimate the share of the electorate that is Hispanic generally produces an estimate that is higher than that observed in the Census Bureau's November voting supplement of the Current Population Survey (CPS). In 2008, according to the National Exit Poll, 9% of voters were of Hispanic origin (Lopez, 2008). However, according to the 2008 November CPS, 7.4% of voters were Hispanic (Lopez and Taylor, 2009). Estimates of the Hispanic share of the electorate for 2012 from the 2012 November CPS will not be available until 2013. For more details on the issues associated with using these data sources to estimate the share of the electorate that is Hispanic, see "Hispanics and the 2004 Election: Population, Electorate and Voters" by Roberto Suro, Richard Fry and Jeffrey Passel. ↩
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Annapolis Shakespeare Company's Tartuffe
Sitting under the towering magnolia of the Reynolds Tavern courtyard, I sip a spiked summer Tavern Tea and munch fried green tomatoes with shrimp and corn relish, all the enticement I need to come out on a warm weeknight. But there's more. Listening to the gentle strains of a harpsichord, I am transported back in time — way back to 1664 for Moliere's Tartuffe, the Annapolis Shakespeare Company's first production in the new Comedy in the Courtyard series.
Fast and frivolous fun is promised, but I'm skeptical. Moliere? Really? Then the music stops, and director Sally Boyett-D'Angelo has the players charge into our midst all aflutter with gossip and curses, wheedling the audience into their shtick, and I know I was wrong to doubt. This is better than front row seats at a trial, better than ringside at the fights, better than a boudoir keyhole. It's all three at once and so close the actors reach out and touch me.
Louis XIV found this bawdy satire of blind faith "très boffo" until the Catholic Church made him ban it on the grounds of moral turpitude. Modern audiences will find it just as amusing. Tartuffe or The Impostor touches on eternal themes like seduction and resistance, parental dictates and pouty children, lovers' quarrels and interminable goodbyes, while relating the timeless story of a con man in clerical collar: a self-confessed scoundrel, whore's son, beggar, louse, hypocrite, cheat and liar.
The noble Orgon (Alex Foley) is so hoodwinked by the poseur Tartuffe (Stephen Horst) that he promises his daughter Marianne (Alyssa Bouma) in marriage. Of all the household, only his mother, Mme. Pernelle (Horst in drag), finds this a good idea. Marianne, already engaged to Valere (Michael Ryan Neely), is inconsolable. Her maid Dorine (Lauren Turchin) mocks the master's stupidity behind his back. Orgon's wife Elmire (also played by Turchin), who has been dodging Tartuffe's advances, is sickened by her husband's insensitivity. Orgon's brother-in-law Cleante (Grayson Owen) is drunk with disgust and greed. When Orgon's son Damis (also played by Owen) is disinherited for voicing objections, the family plots to make Orgon witness to Tartuffe's seduction of his wife. That's when the fun really begins.
The campy romp that brings the story to a head, so to speak, is just one of many overplayed gags, but it all works in the exaggerated style of the period. Likewise, the dated language works because Timothy Mooney's clever translation of the French rhyming couplets pokes gentle fun at Moliere's poetic form with forced rhymes the actors speak with exaggerated delivery and physicality.
All but two players are double or triple cast, which, after some confusion, works with the aid of accents and props thanks to the talents of four stars from Annapolis Shakespeare Company's recent Pride and Prejudice: the serious Owen and snide Turchin (P&P's Mr. and Miss Bingley); the dashing Neely (Darcy); and the ingénue Bouma (Jane). Horst, the two-faced man of the cloth who sports a stained cravat to match his stained soul, is the star of the show, with Foley acting as his buffoonish foil.
The action unfolds quickly in this 40-minute script, stretched to an hour and a quarter with two breaks. Despite the outdoor environment, the actors are audible with distant birdsong and church bells enhancing the atmosphere. Traffic is distant enough so as not to be a distraction.
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Bad Bets, Costly Promises Put Detroit On The Brink Of Bankruptcy
Bad Bets, Costly Promises Put Detroit On The Brink Of Bankruptcy
The state of Michigan is taking over its largest city's finances. Washington, D.C., attorney Kevyn Orr's job is to reverse a death spiral in Detroit, brought on by an eroding tax base, and years of unwise financial decisions — like promising generous retiree benefits with money that wasn't there, and a pension financing deal that backfired in a big way. Now, massive debt service that threatens the city's ability to provide even a modicum of services.
Detroit has a more spotty record, as far as city management goes. The state of Michigan has taken over Detroit's finances, and the city is deep in debt. Sarah Hulett, of Michigan Radio, has this story about the bad bets, costly promises and deficit spending that has sent Detroit to the brink of bankruptcy.
SARAH HULETT, BYLINE: Let's say you're an auditor, and you want to take a peek at Detroit's books.
SHELLEY DUVALL: (as Wendy Torrance) Jack?
HULETT: You might feel like Shelley Duvall's character in the horror movie "The Shining," the part where she stumbles upon what her husband has been writing all winter and realizes he's completely unhinged.
JACK NICHOLSON: (as Jack Torrance) How do you like it?
DUVALL: (as Wendy Torrance) (SCREAMS)
HULETT: For the purpose of this story, Joe Harris is our Shelley Duvall. He spent a decade as Detroit's auditor general. Shortly before he quit in 2005, he asked an outside consultant to look at the city's pension and retiree costs.
JOE HARRIS: This is his presentation to the council.
HULETT: The consultant's report was a shocker. It said the city was looking at more than $7 billion in retiree health care and fringe benefit costs it had not projected, let alone budgeted for - $7 billion, seven times the city's annual operating budget. So what was the response to this bombshell of a report?
HARRIS: There was no response. There was no follow-up. There was no concern. There was no - not only by the council; there was no response by the administration, either.
HULETT: One of the city council members at the table that day was Sheila Cockrel. She says she was concerned about what the report found, but few of her colleagues wanted to follow up. Cockrel left the council in 2009, after serving four terms.
SHEILA COCKREL: OK, folks...
HULETT: She now teaches urban policy and Detroit history at Wayne State University. Today, she's giving the class a primer on the city's financial problems.
COCKREL: One of the questions I get asked often is, how did this all happen? When did it start?
HULETT: Cockrel says the city's financial problems did not start with Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. You've probably heard of him. He's in federal prison, awaiting sentencing on charges that he ran the mayor's office like a criminal enterprise. Cockrel took office several years before Kilpatrick, in 1994, and she says the city was not in great financial shape then. But there was a little surplus that year. By the next decade, though, things had changed dramatically.
COCKREL: There seemed to be a lot of what looked to me like robbing Peter to pay Paul - like moving, you know, funds around; and that the trends in our estimates on revenues were beginning to be off; expenditures were always greater than projected.
HULETT: So if you've ever run out of money at the end of the month and put the groceries on your credit card, that's essentially what the city was doing - again and again, year after year. The deficit ballooned, and Detroit was falling way behind on payments to its pension fund.
So Cockrel says a plan was hatched, and it made sense. The city would borrow $1.5 billion. The pension fund would be flush, and it would free up cash to pay for things like streetlights and cops. But that's not quite how things worked out.
COCKREL: Those were variable-rate transactions. The rates went in the wrong direction. So the gamble, in that sense, absolutely didn't pay off. It backfired.
JOHN POTTOW: The - I don't know what the metaphor is - the chickens are coming home to roost now.
HULETT: That's John Pottow, a bankruptcy expert at the University of Michigan. He says borrowing money to cover structural deficits was not a smart move; neither was the city's practice of pushing costs into the future at a time when middle-class residents were fleeing, and revenues were shrinking. Remember that $7 billion time bomb we heard about earlier? It was created, in part, by the city's promises to sweeten retirement benefits as a way to placate unions when there wasn't any money for raises.
POTTOW: Making matters worse is, as they do try to shrink the workforce, that pushes more people onto the retirement rolls. And then we expand that number of retirees.
HULETT: But Pottow says Detroit's hardly the only city that made these kinds of bad bets. He says municipal leaders across the country are watching Detroit, to see what concessions labor unions and bondholders will be forced to make. So the state has effectively benched Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and the city council and instead, turned to this guy...
KEVYN ORR: Kevyn Orr, the emergency financial manager for the city of Detroit.
HULETT: ...to make all kinds of decisions about the city's finances. He can cancel contracts, rewrite labor agreements and sell assets. Orr says the herculean task is to deliver services, get a handle on retiree costs, and figure out how to meet the city's credit obligations.
ORR: You know, my billet is 18 months, and I'm not going to be able to do all of that in 18 months. But what I can do is provide the architecture and the foundation, and then return the city to the city fathers and mothers - the elected officials - so they can build a stronger, more secure and more sustainable house.
HULETT: The big question is whether Orr can build that foundation without resorting to bankruptcy. While he says he'd like to avoid that, he won't rule it out. And that's something the city workers, retirees and bondholders he's negotiating with, are acutely aware of.
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Rachel Zoe Pre-Fall 2013
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A liberal sprinkling of black leather added some edge to Rachel Zoe's Pre-Fall 2013 collection. Her penchant for '70s tailoring and luxurious fabric choices are still there, but with the addition of shorts, trousers, and fingerless gloves cut from cowhide in the mix, this offering was a little more masculine and a little tougher than its predecessors. A peachy tuxedo jacket looked fresh for day when paired with a knit sweater in the same color family, but a similar jacket covered in gold sequins provides a fresh alternative to evening gowns and cocktail dresses.
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According to one major-league source, however, unless the mood around baseball changes by Monday, the market for catcher A.J. Pierzynski is all but non-existent.
"Texas was eyeing [Pierzynski] up for a week, saw what they needed to see, and that's it," the source said.
Meaning that Pierzynski's 10-and-5 rights will kick in on June 14, giving him control of any trade the Sox might try afterwards.
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By 2025, these cities will account for 60 percent of global GDP.
As the majority of the world's population continues to gather in cities, the majority of our global wealth is also concentrating there. And that wealth is heavily concentrated in few global cities. Or as our own Richard Florida would say: Global wealth is spiky. A new report from McKinsey Global Institute says that the top 600 global urban centers (based on GDP) account for more than half of the world's GDP. By 2025 that number is expected to jump to 60 percent.
MGI put together a handy infographic to compare GDP in the top 600 between 2007 number and their projected 2025 GDP. You can also explore population shifts and filter the information by city size. (Click here or on the image below to explore the infographic.)
In the report, MGI predicts that by 2025, the top 600 urban areas will continue to be powerful, but they will shift considerably to cities global East and South. According to the report:
Today, major urban areas in developed-regions are, without doubt, economic giants. Half of global GDP in 2007 came from 380 cities in developed-regions, with more than 20 percent of global GDP coming from 190 North American cities alone. The 220 largest cities in developing-regions contributed another 10 percent.
But by 2025, one-third of these developed-market cities will no longer make the top 600; and one out of every 20 cities in emerging-markets is likely to see its rank drop out of the top 600. By 2025, 136 new cities are expected to enter the top 600, all of them from the developing world and overwhelmingly—100 new cities—from China.
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- 22 percent of the world's population lives in the top 600 cities
- The top 600 cities generated $30 trillion in GDP in 2007
- Top 100 cities generated 38 percent of global GDP in 2007
- In 2025, top 600 cities will generate $64 trillion in global GDP
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Detectives probing domestic violence allegations against Mel Gibson in connection with a Jan. 6 incident have given prosecutors the results of their investigation, a sheriff's official said on Wednesday.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore told The Associated Press the results were turned over Wednesday for a decision on whether charges would be filed.
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The decision into whether the 54-year-old Academy Award-winner attacked his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva could take months, according to People mag.
Since their split in March, Gibson and Grigorieva, a 40-year-old Russian-born singer, have also been locked in a custody battle over their 10-month-old daughter Lucia.
On a series of leaked tapes last month, a man who sounds like the actor is heard berating and threatening Grigorieva with sexist language.
Grigorieva later claimed all the recordings that hit the Internet were from a single night.
"The tapes, as you call them, the voicemails, everything was recorded that night because I was in fear for my life," she told RadarOnline in late July. "I really did not think I was going to make it."
Gibson has maintained he was the victim of a blackmail attempt by Grigorieva and reportedly turned over text messages and e-mails for a separate probe.
Whitmore said the investigation of Gibson's extortion claim has not been completed.
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