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ANOTHER VIEW: Helping Obama's health-care law reduce the deficit
Republicans in Washington have repeatedly called on President Barack Obama to make changes to the Affordable Care Act as a part of their efforts to deal with long-term budget deficits. Although complete repeal of the law is desirable, such an outcome is impossible in the near-term.
This raises two questions: Should changes to the law be part of current budget negotiations? And, more important, what form should these changes take?
The answer to the first question is yes. The law is a budget-buster, adding almost $2 trillion in new spending over the next 10 years. Calculations based on a recent report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office show that the Affordable Care Act could add $6.2 trillion to U.S. deficits over the next 75 years. Many liberal commentators have attacked this conclusion, in part because it came from Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ranking member of the Budget Committee.
It's worth explaining, however, why the GAO report -- and the accompanying calculations -- are fair assessments of the law's long-term fiscal impact.
The calculations are based on what the GAO terms an alternative fiscal simulation. This scenario predicts fiscal impacts based on certain reasonable assumptions about the future, such as the likelihood of certain cost-containment measures coming to pass.
As written, for example, the law cuts Medicare payments to physicians in such a draconian fashion that, in 2030, the program would pay doctors 60 percent less than private health- insurance plans. Given that Congress has acted to avert other, similar reductions every year for the past decade, it is only reasonable to expect that these cuts would be averted as well. Drastically reduced Medicare and Medicaid payments to hospitals, which the law also assumes, are similarly unlikely.
All this is cause for concern and a reason to overturn the law. But let's be realistic: Full repeal isn't happening as long as Democrats control the White House and Senate. So Republicans should focus instead on deficit-reducing changes that Obama and congressional Democrats might actually consider.
The two most expensive and most politically sensitive elements of the Affordable Care Act are subsidies for the purchase of health insurance ($1.2 trillion over the next 10 years) and funding for the expansion of Medicaid ($638 billion). It is unrealistic to expect either of these to be eliminated, but their cost could be reduced.
The law subsidizes the purchase of health insurance for Americans earning up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level. The benefit is means-tested -- that is, the poorest Americans are eligible for the most help. The federal poverty level for a family of four is currently $23,550, so the law would provide subsidies to families with household incomes of more than $94,000 a year. The president and Congress can generate savings by trimming eligibility for the subsidies or putting in place more aggressive means-testing.
Further savings can be had through recapture of any overpayments of subsidies under the law. These overpayments may occur because the subsidies are based on income from a previous year, and a family's income may rise after it gets a subsidy. The House Ways and Means Committee has already approved provisions requiring the federal government to collect this money, and the president and Congress should do the same.
Another way to extract savings is to delay the law's full implementation. For example, a delay until 2016 of all its provisions scheduled to take effect in 2014 or 2015 could save taxpayers as much as $200 billion
Both congressional Republicans and the president can benefit from some delay. For Republicans, delay allows them to keep alive the possibility of full repeal until after the next presidential election. For Obama, a delay would allow more time to set up (and help states set up) health insurance exchanges, the mechanisms through which subsidy recipients would purchase insurance
Finally, there are several smaller provisions in the law that could be changed to generate savings. A favorite bipartisan target is the law's Prevention and Public Health Fund, which is nicely named but has paid for seemingly unrelated projects such as the construction of sidewalks and playgrounds. The law originally set aside $15 billion for this fund from 2010 to 2019, but Obama has twice proposed cutting the fund and actually did cut it by $5 billion in 2012.
In short, there are a number of ways the Affordable Care Act can be altered to help with the challenge of deficit reduction. The question is whether President Obama is serious about amending his signature law to help the nation deal with its fiscal challenges.


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You've seen the trailer for Cloud Atlas, but did you spot all the many faces of Tom Hanks? As David Mitchell's novel jumps from century to century, so do the actors playing various characters throughout time. Especially Tom Hanks. Here is our collection of the many ways Tom Hanks appears in Cloud Atlas.
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From the 1850s storyline — Hanks appears as a Doctor, loves straw hats.
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Based on the wardrobe we're guessing this fits somewhere in the "The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish" book. Hanks has never looked better.
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Zachry the tribesman meets Meronym (Berry) a woman from a more technologically advanced society. Hanks is currently living in post apocalyptic wasteland, aka Hawaii.
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In the past four days, Pittsburgh has added three new faces to the lineup to gear up for a title run. First Brenden Morrow from Dallas, then Douglas Murray from San Jose. The latest addition, and arguably the biggest prize of all, is Calgary's Jarome Iginla.
"We talked to (Flames general manager) Jay (Feaster) and said if you're going to move Iginla we would be interested," Penguins general manager Ray Shero said. "Over the last day or so it became apparent they were going to move him. We started getting into more names and scenarios.
At 1:25 a.m. Eastern standard time the Flames and Penguins announced the trade of Iginla to Pittsburgh in exchange for prospects Ben Hanowski, Kenny Agostino and a 2013 first-round pick.
"The first-round pick was very important to them," Shero said. "They ended up with two good college prospects. That's the price of Jarome Iginla. That's what you have to do. That's what we did."
And just like that, Iginla became a Pittsburgh Penguin.
"I talked to (Iginla) after the fact. He agreed to waive (his no-trade clause) and come to Pittsburgh," Shero said. "It was a big change after 16 years in Calgary so I'm sure it will be quite emotional. He said he was excited to come to Pittsburgh."
Iginla, 35, played the last 16 seasons in a Flame uniform – many wearing the "C" as captain. He's a seven-time NHL All-Star and a 500-goal and 1,000-point scorer. Iginla, who has won two Olympic gold medals, is a two-time 50-goal scorer that has 11 straight 30-goal seasons.
"He brings a lot of different elements, ability to play with good players, play in tough areas, good leadership," Shero said. "He wants to win. From the people I've talked to that have played with him talk about what a great teammate and person he is. My expectation is that he'll be a really good fit in terms of the team and the guys that we have."
What Iginla's role will be with the Penguins and whom he'll play with hasn't been figured out yet. However, Shero said Iginla is willing to do whatever it takes to win.
"He said he would help any way he could, didn't care about role or who he was playing with," Shero said. "He'll accept any role that's asked of him by coaches or teammates.
"That will be up to Dan (Bylsma). They have a month to work things out as far as where things go and what the fit might be. They may play with different players here and there and find that fit with what the roles are and who's comfortable with whom. We have some time to sort through that and find those roles."
Iginla has nine goals and 22 points in 31 games in the current season. But Shero is hoping Iginla will follow in the footsteps of past older veterans that have come to Pittsburgh in trades and finds a new spark in his game.
"Jarome Iginla is 35 years old. He's not 45," Shero said. "He's like a few other guys that have come here that seem to be rejuvenated playing with these younger players. That's what we're hoping for with the guys that we picked up. Hopefully, that will be the case."
Iginla also has an impressive trophy collection: Art Ross (scoring champion, 2001-02); Lester B. Pearson (outstanding players as voted by peers, 2001-02); two Rocket Richards (goal-scoring champion, 2001-02, '03-04), King Clancey (2003-04) and Mark Messier Leader Award (2008-09).
One thing Iginla is missing is a Stanley Cup and that's the reason he chose to come to Pittsburgh.
Shero has put together the pieces to win that Cup. Now it's up to the players to take care of business.
"The team on paper doesn't mean too much," Shero said. "We have to do it on the ice."


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How accurate are the labels on the food you buy? TODAY National Investigative Correspondent Jeff Rossen put some popular diet desserts to the test.
Let's face it: There's nothing better than bingeing on ice cream. But who wants to gain the weight? So a lot of us buy the lower calorie stuff, trusting those labels. But can you really believe them? Put down your spoon: We're getting the skinny on your favorite treats.
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They promise all the satisfaction with none of the guilt: Diet desserts from frozen yogurts to ice creams and treats boasting low calorie numbers dieters crave. "It's right there, front and center (on the package)," nutritionist and NBC News contributor Joy Bauer told us. "Buy me and you'll lose weight."
Bauer said you buy these diet products because you're counting calories, so she wants the numbers to be as accurate as possible. After all, these are pre-portioned, packaged foods. "I'd like to see the calories right on the money, but if you had a little wiggle room, I'd say no more than 10 percent."
But we found claims that aren't even close to what's on the package. We went shopping, buying nine individual diet desserts from popular brands, from Ben & Jerry's to Weight Watchers to Skinny Cow to the new sensation, Arctic Zero ice cream, which promises 150 calories for an entire pint. But don't be so sure.
We put each sample in specially marked containers for out blind test, packed them in dry ice, then took them to EMSL, a top food laboratory. There, scientists tested each one for calories, using the industry's standard methods.
The results? Three of the products actually had fewer calories than the label claimed: the Skinny Cow Cookies n' Cream Truffle Bar, Stonyfield Minty Chocolate Chip Frozen Yogurt, and Ben & Jerry's Fro-Yo Half-Baked. Two others had a bit more calories, but were within 10 percent of the label: Ben & Jerry's Fro-Yo Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Stonyfield's Creme Caramel Frozen Yogurt.
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But from there things took a turn. Take the Weight Watchers desserts: the Giant Chocolate Fudge Sundae Cone came in with 13 percent more calories than the label; the Ice Cream Candy Bar, 16 percent more calories. The company told us it does rigorous testing to make sure the labels are accurate.
Believe it or not, it's completely legal. Under FDA regulations, packaged foods, even diet foods like these, can be as much as 20 percent off on their labels — the FDA says "to account for variation in portions."
"They know they can get away with it, because the FDA allows up to 20 percent wiggle room, so you know they push the envelope a little bit," Joy Bauer explained. "There's variation. It's upsetting, but it's legal."
But the biggest gut-buster of all: the new summertime craze, Arctic Zero ice cream. It promises 150 calories for the whole pint: Sounds great. But in our test, the results were less than appetizing.
Our sample of Arctic Zero Vanilla Maple had a whopping 46 percent more calories than the label. The Chocolate Peanut Butter: an incredible 68 percent more calories.
Arctic Zero told us its calorie counts are accurate. So we asked to see their test results — and we're still waiting. Update, 3/21/14: Arctic Zero provided a link to their test results; view them here.
"Shame on this company," Joy Bauer said. "People, they are eating the whole pint in one sitting. You eat that every single day, listen, at the end of the week you have to walk an extra nine miles just to burn off those calories."
The industry's trade group told us: When most companies come up with their labels, they test a dozen samples and take the average — they say, to ensure accuracy.
So how widespread is this problem, the numbers being off? Experts say it's hard to know. The FDA doesn't have the manpower to test most foods — so companies are on the honor system.
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TNT and Turner Broadcasting System International, Inc. Announce Worldwide Launch of Epic Alien Invasion Series "FALLING SKIES," Debuting in More Than 75 Countries
Eagerly Anticipated Series Starring Noah Wyle, from DreamWorks Television, TNT Productions and Executive Producer Steven Spielberg, Set to Premiere in United States June 19, Followed by International Launches this Summer
TNT and Turner Broadcasting System International, Inc. have teamed for the global premiere of FALLING SKIES, the much-anticipated new drama series from DreamWorks Television, TNT Productions and executive producer Steven Spielberg, starring Noah Wyle. This summer, FALLING SKIES will be available in more than 180million homes worldwide, beginning with the series premiere June 19 in the United States on TNT.
Turner Broadcasting System International, Inc. holds most worldwide rights to FALLING SKIES. The series will air on TNT networks in several international markets. In other areas, FALLING SKIES has been licensed to networks that include Fox, Super Channel and Canal+. Warner Bros. International Television holds licensing rights for Canada.
"The launch of FALLING SKIES promises to be a global television event," said Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks. "We're excited that people around the world will be able to experience this great new series."
"The FALLING SKIES project is a great example of the creative and business collaboration at work across Turner Broadcasting and with our partners," said Louise Sams, president of Turner Broadcasting System International, Inc. "It also demonstrates the increasing power of Turner's platforms worldwide to create global scope and scale for signature programming events."
The series will be seen in more than 75 countries and markets, including Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Canada, South Korea and the United Kingdom. More markets will be added in the weeks and months ahead.
FALLING SKIES opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few remaining survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force, whose nature and purpose remains a mystery.
FALLING SKIES stars Noah Wyle (ER), Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation), Will Patton (Armageddon, TNT's Into the West) and Drew Roy (Secretariat). FALLING SKIES is executive-produced by Steven Spielberg, along with DreamWorks Television heads Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank, Graham Yost (Justified, The Pacific) and screenwriter Robert Rodat. Rodat, who earned an Oscar(R) nomination for his screenplay for Saving Private Ryan, wrote the pilot from an idea he co-conceived with Spielberg. Mark Verheiden (Heroes, Battlestar Galactica) and Greg Beeman (Heroes, Smallville) are co-executive producers.
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Prior to the release of Wolfenstein, Raven Software designer Manveer Heir promised a full refund to anyone who bought the game if it outsold this year's Madden. It did not. It didn't come close, actually, according to NPD Group estimates.
According to a report from GameSpot, the Activision game sold just 106,000 copies across the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Madden sold 1.9 million. Sure, combined Wolfenstein looks like it may have outsold the Wii version of this year's Madden, but I don't think that counts.
Not terribly good news for Activision, id or Raven, but news that helps shed a bit more light on those recent layoffs at the developer.
Here's to hoping that Singularity, Raven Software's other first-person shooter, fares better with its new release date.
Wolfenstein sells 106K on PC, PS3, and 360 combined [Gamespot]


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Well, four days into to the new year and we've hit the ground running. From IPv6 to Sony's used-game-blocking patent purchase, from the connected Antarctic to virtual reality, from Charles Carreon to auto racing, Ars has had an interesting 2013 thus far. Make sure to check out these stories if you haven't yet...you wouldn't want to get behind this early in the year now would you?
- IPv6 takes one step forward, IPv4 two steps back in 2012
IPv6 rollout is still inefficient with problems ahead, but there is slow progress.
- Antarctic IRC: how NASA's flying lab stays connected
Dialing up San Jose over satellite connections from 500m over the Antarctic.
- Charles Carreon: Internet is so mean I can't "keep my cool" in court
After tangling with The Oatmeal, a lawyer complains about Internet pile-ons.
- Entropy drop: Scientists create "negative temperature" system
Bizarre setup may help researchers model dark energy.
- FTC won't bring charges against Google on search, patents (Updated)
Google can't seek injunctions on patents, or scrape rivals' data.
- Why Mark Shuttleworth thinks Ubuntu on phones will outclass Android
It will be the best phone for newbies and the most powerful phone for geeks.
- Judge can't order Yelp user to edit negative review
After firing contractor, VA woman left scathing review—he sued for defamation.
- Ask Ars: Why will Apple's Do Not Disturb bug fix itself next week?
Bug pops up as Apple advertises DND feature in new ads.
- Patent trolls want $1,000—for using scanners
An alphabet soup of patent trolls is threatening end users with lawsuits.
- Open-sourced, big data knowhow meets auto racing
Race Capture Pro delivers race data faster—all in an open-source setup.
- How fast does "virtual reality" have to be to look like "actual reality"?
Low latency is important to an effective VR display but might not be everything.
- Examining Sony's Internet-free method for blocking used game sales
New patent filing describes using RFID chips to tie games to a single user.


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The Alliance Photo Battle
Do you have a camera? Knew it! Bet you think you're pretty good too (or at least sometimes you get lucky.) Well here's your chance to show off your stuff. Introducing the Alliance Photo Battle.
The premise is simple: You submit your favorite wakeboard or wakeskating photo that you've taken. Photo Editor Garrett Cortese will pick two of similar style or subject matter, and they'll face off for one week. The readers will vote, and whoever comes out on top continues on. A new challenger is selected and should the photo again win, the photographer will be rewarded with a sweet prize! A new battle begins each Monday.
The prizes will rotate monthly, but you can expect things such as Arnette Agent sunglasses or great gear from Pro-tec, Vans and more. We'll post on each new battle what the prize that week will be. Sorry, we can't guarantee specific prizes when you submit your photos, but we can guarantee they will all be awesome!
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Voting in each battle lasts for one week, photos are posted on Monday and winners are decided on the following Sunday.
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JFace Data Binding/FAQ
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- 1 Where can I ask a question?
- 2 How do I report a bug?
- 3 Where can I find examples of how to use data binding?
- 4 Where can I get the plugins?
- 5 What is a Realm, and do I need to care?
- 6 Does Data Binding depend on Eclipse and the OSGi runtime?
- 7 Does Data Binding depend on SWT?
- 8 How do I bind to the ValidationError of a Binding or DataBindingContext?
- 9 How do I run the tests?
- 10 Can JFace Data Binding run against older versions of Eclipse?
Where can I ask a question?
You can ask questions on the Eclipse JFace newsgroup. When you post please prefix the title with "[DataBinding]".
How do I report a bug?
On the Eclipse bugzilla log a bug to Eclipse > Platform > UI with "[DataBinding]" in the summary.
Where can I find examples of how to use data binding?
Have a look at our collection of Snippets.
Where can I get the plugins?
The JFace Data Binding plug-ins can be found in any of the following distributions on the Eclipse download page:
- Eclipse SDK
- RCP Runtime/SDK
- Platform Runtime/SDK
Just select the desired build (e.g. stable, integration, nightly) and download one of the above distributions.
The plug-ins you need are org.eclipse.core.databinding, org.eclipse.jface.databinding (if your UI is implemented using SWT and JFace), and org.eclipse.core.databinding.beans (if your model objects conform to the JavaBeans specification).
What is a Realm, and do I need to care?
The data binding core plug-in does not depend on SWT but needs to talk about "being on the UI thread" in the abstract. The class Realm is similar to SWT's Display class - you can call Realm.asyncExec(Runnable) to execute code within a realm (read: on the UI thread), but it does not have any UI-specific methods or fields. If your UI is the only source of changes to your model, then everything will happen on the UI thread anyway and you don't have to worry about realms. Workbench#createAndRunWorkbench will initialize the default realm to be associated with the SWT UI thread if you are writing an RCP application, or a plug-in for the Eclipse Platform. If you are writing an application that only uses SWT, data binding, and optionally JFace, you will have to provide the realm explicitly, or set up a default realm in your main method. All of our Snippets do this - they are standalone applications that just use SWT and JFace. For more information, see the wiki page about Realm.
Does Data Binding depend on Eclipse and the OSGi runtime?
The core Data Binding plug-in only depends on org.eclipse.equinox.common, ICU4J but no other parts of Eclipse. It will run without OSGi. See also JFace Data Binding/Runtime Dependencies.
Does Data Binding depend on SWT?
No. Data Binding is meant to be UI toolkit agnostic and more specifically UI agnostic. There is default support for SWT and JFace but this is in the org.eclipse.jface.databinding project which is separate from the core Data Binding APIs that live in org.eclipse.core.databinding. For background and when the separation occurred in see bug 153630.
How do I bind to the ValidationError of a Binding or DataBindingContext?
See Snippet 004 and Snippet 014.
How do I run the tests?
The main JUnit Test Suite is contained in the org.eclipse.jface.tests.databinding project. This project contributes the "JFace-Data Binding Test Suite" to the IDE. When invoked this suite will run all tests.
- Ensure the org.eclipse.jface.tests.databinding project is in your workspace.
- Open the Run Dialog (Run->Open Run Dialog...).
- Expand the "JUnit Plug-in Test" entry.
- Select the "JFace-Data Binding Test Suite" entry and select "Run".
Can JFace Data Binding run against older versions of Eclipse?
Yes, we try to keep the data binding bundles compatible with the previous release of Eclipse - for example, data binding released with Eclipse 3.3 will work against Eclipse 3.2. Depending upon your needs you might need to take an extra step because of the way the released version of the bundles is compiled. For example, the compiled org.eclipse.jface.databinding bundle as released with Eclipse 3.3 will only run against Eclipse 3.3, whereas the distributions of org.eclipse.core.databinding and org.eclipse.core.databinding.beans will run just fine against Eclipse 3.2.x. If wanting to run org.eclipse.jface.databinding against Eclipse 3.2.x you'll need to build it from source against your target platform. For more information as to why this is necessary see bug 177476.


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Buoyant and not too bulky, this is a premium, fully-featured PFD with maximum flotation without being too restrictive. Thoughtful details include belly padding for added comfort and flotation and a strong handle, optimally positioned to lift dogs out of the water, and 3M™ Scotchlite™ reflective trim for enhanced visibility in or out of the water.
The material itself is impressive. Made of 1680-denier ballistic nylon, the Float Coat is highly resistant to tearing, adding longevity and durability. This especially matters when the material is rubbed along the boat or dock when pulling your dog in. It's less likely to catch, rip and wear out fast - which means many years of fun for your water-loving dogs!
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KC prayer vigil honors homicide victims of 2012
Mom speaks of agony of losing son, friend just months apart
Kansas City's AdHoc Group Against Crime opened 2013 with the unfinished business of the previous year. They held a prayer vigil to remember the people killed in homicides last year.
The front window of the group's office shows the faces and tells the stories of the victims, lives cut short for reasons that in some cases are still unknown.
"When you lose a child, it's a pain I can't describe for a mother. It's like my heart cried," said Rosilyn Temple.
She said her son, Antonio "Pee Wee" Thompson, was 26 years old when firefighters found his lifeless body inside his new apartment in November 2011.
"I have no peace. Some nights, I feel like I can't sleep. I fear for my life because the murderer is still walking the streets," she said.
Several months after her son died, another homicide hit home for Temple. Her friend Andrea Hooks-Shields, a mother of six, was found dead behind a Kansas City business after someone set her on fire.
"She didn't deserve that," she said. "That was too much, and nobody known about that? Someone knows, but it's like it's OK. They did it once (and) they're definitely going to do it again."
Temple said that as a new year begins, she hopes that another mother won't have to deal with the pain and agony of losing a child to violence in 2013.
"I hope people start coming forward or turning their child in. Turn them in. Tell what they know," she said.
Helen Frazier said she thought she could fight back her tears, but the pain, she said, is still raw.
Her daughter, Essence Willoughby, 21, was found dead in a wooded area in November. Willoughby was the mother of two boys and was studying criminal justice in hopes of becoming a police officer.
Frazier said there isn't a day that goes by that her grandchildren don't ask about their mom.
"We are very honest with them in letting them know their momma is with the Lord and that helps," Frazier said.
She said she was shocked to see how many other families are grieving loved ones killed in senseless crimes.
"Words can't express that part of it," she said. "You never thought you'd see that many people."


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For more information, or to schedule a group event, please call the event services department at 530-581-7188
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Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows Event Services specializes in creating custom events and races for groups of any size. From corporate teams, to ski clubs, to college and civic organizations, we can create a custom race course to suit your group's needs and abilities. We can produce single day or multi-day events to coincide with your schedule. Conferences, sales meetings, group motivational events and more can benefit and enjoy the thrill of ski racing on our world-class mountain. Special group rates on lift tickets and other activities are available.
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Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows Event Services offers a series of Performance Gate Training Clinics to help further your racing abilities and hone your technique. This program is offered to all ages and abilities. Our experienced teaching staff will help you with edge control, weighting, timing and terrain changes.
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The Ordinary Colours Serum Foundations with SPF15 are lightweight medium-coverage formulations available in a comprehensive shade range across 21 shades. These foundations offer moderate coverage that looks natural with a very lightweight serum feel. They are very low in viscosity and are dispensed with the supplied pump or with the optional glass dropper available for purchase separately if preferred.
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Fourth times' the charm! Florida rapper Plies is about a week away from dropping his fourth album, Goon Affiliated (out June 8) and he's already racked up quite an impressive list of collaborators. Not only is the MC featured on Usher's monster hit "Hey Daddy" and Young Jeezy's "Lose My Mind" but he's rapped with Ne-Yo, Akon, Jamie Foxx, Ludacris, Chris Brown and others already.
About to go on tour and with his single "Becky" featured on The Hills, he caught up with UsMagazine.com and let me know who he really wants to get down with. Simon Cowell would definitely raise an eyebrow to this one! Read on...
UsMagazine.com: Going way back, what initially sparked your interest in becoming a rapper and the music industry?
Plies: Being from Fort Meyers, Fla., music was never really big on our radar. More street activity and athletics was the thing to do, but I kind of got dragged into the situation. I had a brother who was incarcerated at the time, and was just trying to do something positive when he came home and music was the solution. Music kind of happened by accident for me.
Us: Are there artists you are inspired by and maybe want to work with in the future?
Plies: I always bring this up to people and they think I'm just teasin'' but Susan Boyle is probably at the top of my list. A lot of people look at that as a far-fetched feature or collaboration. From a business standpoint, I watched what she was able to do and create through her own story and it always interested me.
Us: Who are some other artists featured on your new album, Goon Affiliated?
Plies: I got Trey Songz, Fabolous and Keri Hilson on this album. So, I had an opportunity to keep it right in the middle, I didn't want it to be overloaded with features but I wanted to work with people who had a respect for their craft as well. I feel like this fourth album is so well-rounded.
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Evolution Dance Center is hosting its first Winter Wonderland Scholarship Gala on Sat. Feb. 2.
Time: 7 pm – 11 pm. Black-Tie
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Groans Erik Boland of Newsday: "All the elements that put the Yankees in a three-games-to-one series hole materialized Friday night, ensuring they wouldn't be able to completely climb out of that hole. It was another night of ragged starting pitching, ineffective relief pitching and next to nothing on offense from baseball's highest-scoring team. "
Offers Kenneth Plutnicki of The New York Times: "The Yankees' only run, in the top of the fifth inning, should not have come when it did. Alex Rodriguez led off with a double and took third on Lance Berkman's long fly to center. He scored on a wild pitch. But replays showed that Nick Swisher was actually hit by the pitch -- it bounced in the dirt, hit his shin, changed direction, and scooted past catcher Bengie Molina. Swisher, who was also hit in Game 4 but was not awarded first base, continued to bat and grounded out to the pitcher. The next batter, Jorge Posada, doubled to right. The Yankees had only two base runners the rest of the way."
Recaps Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News: "ARLINGTON, Tex. - Joe Girardi won't have to change his uniform number next season. The Yankees' chase for a 28th World Series championship came to a crashing halt Friday night, as the Rangers sent them home for the winter with a 6-1 loss in Game 6 to wrap up the American League Championship Series, giving Texas its first pennant in franchise history."
Shrugs George King III of the New York Post: "Derek Jeter is expected to be a Yankee next year after doing the free agent tango. The way to bet is Mariano Rivera and Joe Girardi return to The Bronx. What the Yankees won't have back is the title of defending World Champions. The quest died Friday night at The Ballpark when the Rangers hung a 6-1 ALCS Game 6 loss on the Yankees in front of 51,404 to win the AL title four games to two."
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There are many exciting traditions and attractions to choose from in the Capital-Saratoga region. Along with architectural treasures and historic battlegrounds, you'll find revered music and dance traditions, fine art, and world-famous horse racing and polo dating back to the 1800s. Learn about Dutch settlement and Henry Hudson's famous ride up the river that would be named after him. Whether you stop in Troy, Saratoga Springs or Albany, you will find plenty to keep you entertained this summer.
Day One
Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center
You can learn all about Albany's Dutch heritage and eclectic architecture in the gallery, and then pick up a map for a walking tour. Ask about tours of the Capitol, with its "Million Dollar Staircase" carved with 300 portraits of famous New Yorkers, and look for a few gargoyles and the faces of some of the mason's children blended into the designs.
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
With renowned acoustics, this historic gem in Troy has a long tradition of attracting the world's best musicians in classical, jazz, and traditional music. Before the show, you can browse through the neighborhood's shops and galleries or follow a walking tour to see the highest concentration of Tiffany windows per square mile in the US.
Day Two
Saratoga National Historical Park
Head to Stillwater, and watch for signs to the Saratoga National Historical Park, where you can learn about local military history. The famous Battle of Saratoga, the turning point of the Revolutionary War, took place on these grounds about 15 miles from Saratoga Springs.
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
Learn about the greatest Thoroughbreds the track has ever seen. Interactive programs present 300 years of horse racing history, a discovery paddock and tours.
Saratoga Polo
From July through early September, you can take in a world-class polo match, a Saratoga tradition since 1898. For $20 a carload, families and friends tailgate on the sidelines. Another option, still a bargain at $20 per person, is dressing up for admission to the clubhouse. You can splurge on champagne and a gourmet dinner under the white tents beside the polo field.
Day Three
Saratoga Race Course
Get yourself a stylish hat (a Saratoga tradition) and head off to watch the Thoroughbreds run at America's oldest race course. If you arrive early, you can have breakfast trackside and watch the horses work out. After breakfast, go for a free 45-minute tram and walking tour of the track's historic backstretch area, watching the Paddock Show and Starting Gate demonstration. (Racing season runs from July 25 to September 7.)
The Roosevelt Baths & Spa
A drive along Saratoga Springs' stately Avenue of the Pines leads to this resort spa in Saratoga Spa State Park. Pampering visitors since the 1930s, the spa is historically elegant, yet totally up-to-date, with a fitness center and recently renovated facilities for bubbling mineral baths and other spa treatments. You'll find it just across the lawn from the Grand Dame, Gideon Putnam Hotel.
Saratoga Gaming and Raceway
Watch live evening harness racing year round. Additional entertainment at the Saratoga Racino includes Simulcast wagering from across the country, 1700 video gaming machines, two restaurants and a nightclub called Vapor, where you can dance the night away.
Day Four
Saratoga Spa State Park
Bring a picnic basket and walk the nature trails to see the many mineral springs and geysers. Among the few naturally carbonated springs in the country, Saratoga mineral water is steeped in legend and lore. In summer, you can go swimming at the park's Peerless Pool or Victoria Pool, the first heated pool in the US.
Saratoga National Golf Club
If you prefer golfing, Saratoga Springs has several highly rated courses. Reserve a tee time at this historic gem with lush greens, vast views and the award-winning Sargo's restaurant.
Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
Take in an evening of performing arts in the amphitheater, with 5,000 reserved seats, or bring a picnic spread and stretch out on the lawn. SPAC presents a full calendar of nationally known musicians, and is also the summer home of the New York City Ballet and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Nearby, also on the grounds of Saratoga Spa State Park, the Spa Little Theater hosts the Homemade Theater and the Lake George Opera Festival that present year round plays and concerts as well as a summer opera season.


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Municipal Boundaries: Ceará, Brasil, 2001
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Nestled in by El Mundo on Frankfort Avenue is a cozy Filipino place called Sari Sari. Two weeks ago, I had no idea that it existed. Luckily, I had a smart and adventurous date who knew just where to go when I wanted to try something new!
The restaurant is tiny with festive decorations that make it pretty much impossible to be in a bad mood. There are vibrant colors, lights, and flags everywhere, plus a cute little chef who occasionally pops her smiling face through the door of the kitchen and checks on her customers.
I ordered a wonderfully-gingery ginger lemonade and one of their specials, Grilled Lemongrass Chicken Tacos with Rice, Beans, Avocado, and Jalapeno Sauce, plus a bowl of Spicy Chicken Soup. The main course didn't knock my socks off, but it was solid and tasted good. However, the spicy chicken soup was quite delicious. With all the wonderful flavors of gumbo, it thoroughly and instantly warmed me up, so now that it's getting colder outside, I'll definitely be wanting to come back for this bowl of spicy goodness. I'm craving it as I write this, actually.
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I'm tired of sessions. They lock for too long, reducing concurrency, and in my current case, don't fail gracefully when a request takes longer than the session timeout.
Session implementations typically lock very near the beginning of a request, and unlock near the end of a request. They tend to do this even if the current request handler does no writing to the session. Why so aggressive? Because the typical test case trotted out for sessions is that of a page hit counter:
session.counter += 1. What if the user opens two tabs pointing at the same page at once? The count might be off by one!
But if you don't do any counting, what's the benefit of such aggressive, synchronous locking? What we could really use is a system that used atomic commits instead of large, pessimistic locks.
Sessions are often used for sites with thousands, even millions, of users. When any one of those users walks away from their computer, the servers usually try to free up resources by expiring any such inactive sessions. But lots of my admin-y sites have a few dozen users, not thousands. I'm just not that concerned with expiration of session state. I'm a little bit concerned, still, with cookies, so I still want to expire auth tokens. But there's no need to aggressively expire user data. But I find my current apps are so aggressive at expiring data that we frequently get errors in production where request A locked the session, and while it was processing a large job, request B locked the session because A was taking too long. B finishes normally, but then A chokes because it had the session lock forcibly taken away from it. Not fun.
What we could really use is a system that allows tokens to expire, or be reused concurrently, without forcing user data to expire or other, concurrent processes to choke.
Sessions are used for more than one kind of data. In my current apps, it's used to store:
The problem is that each of these three kinds of data has a different lifecycle. The session id tends to get recreated often as sessions and cookies time out (taking all of the rest of the data with it). The user info tends to change very rarely, being nearly read-only, but is often read on every page request (for example, to display the user's name in a corner, or to apply the user's timezone to time output). Workflow data, in contrast, persists for a few seconds or minutes as the user completes a particular task, and is then discardable at the end of the process; it never needs concurrency isolation, because the user is working synchronously through a single task.
Sessions traditionally lump all of these together into a single bag of attributes, and place the entire bag under a single large lock. What we could really use is a solution that had finer-grained control over locking for each kind of data, even for each kind of info or workflow!
We can achieve all of the above by abandoning sessions. Let's face it: sessions were cool when they were invented but they're showing their age. And rather than try to patch them up and keep calling them "sessions", I'm inventing something new: "slates".
I'm implementing slates in MongoDB, but you don't have to in order to get the benefits of slates. All you need is some sort of storage that uses atomic commits, and that allows you to partition such that you have a moderate number of "collections" (one for each user, plus a special "_auth" collection), and a moderate number of "documents" (one for each use case) in each collection. Let's look at an example:
$ mongo
MongoDB shell version: 1.6.2
connecting to: 127.0.0.1/test
> use slates
switched to db slates
> show collections
> db.admin.find()
{ "_id" : "user", "userid" : 999, "readonly" : false,
"timezone" : null, "panels" : [
[1, "pollingpoint"],
[2, "unsampled"],
[4, "test_redirect"],
[6, "test_redirect_manual"]
], "staff" : true }
{ "_id" : "new_id_set", "name" : "My set",
"ids" : [ 84095, 3943, 39845, 112, 9458, ... ] }
As you can see, there is a collection for the username "admin". It contains 2 documents.
The first returned document is what I called "user info" above: things most pages want to know about the logged-in user. They're read for almost every request but changed hardly ever, and when they're read, it's very near the beginning of the request. Here's the Python code I use to grab the whole document:
request.user = Slate(username).user
...which is API sugar for:
request.user = pool.slates[username].find_one('user') or {}
Most pages perform this quick read and never write it back.
The second document returned above is workflow data for a domain-specific process I called 'new_id_set': the user uploads a large number of id's in a CSV file and gives them a name. But if there are problems with a few of the id's, we want to ask the user whether to discard the conflicts or continue anyway. But we don't want to go making records in our Postgres database tables until the numbers are confirmed, and it's prohibitive to have the client upload the same file again after confirmation. So we need a temporary place to stick this data while the user is in the middle of the activity.
Slates to the rescue! Unlike sessions, which tend to dump all their data into a single big bag, when we use slates we store our data in multiple 'bags'. That means that our user can upload their ids, be prompted for confirmation, go elsewhere to investigate the conflicts further, and come back and confirm the ids. The time they spend investigating incurs no performance penalty, because those pages don't load and re-save the 'new_id_set' slate--only the pages directly concerned with that particular slate do. Once the user has confirmed the upload, the slate is deleted.
Most of the use cases for slates fit nicely into "user slates"; that is, a collection that is identified by the user's username. But when you receive an auth token in a cookie, how do you match it to a username so you can look up the slate?
The answer is to create a special, global slate which I named "_auth" in my implementation. You can name it whatever you like. This collection contains a map from tokens to usernames:
> db._auth.find()
{ "_id" : "abcdef09345", "token" : "94ee8f572",
"username" : "admin",
"expires" : "Wed Sep 22 2010 13:39:51 GMT-0700 (PDT)"}
When a user visits a page, their token is searched for in the "_auth" collection, the username is retrieved, and that value is stored for the request. Typically, their "user info" slate is then retrieved. Finally, if they are visiting a page that participates in a slate-based workflow, that slate is retrieved (and saved if any changes are made).
Slates provide finer-grained locking than sessions in order to meet the varying needs of auth tokens, user info, and workflow data. They lock for much shorter durations, over smaller scopes, and take advantage of the native atomicity of the storage layer (MongoDB, in my case) allowing much more parallelism between requests.
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