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Levi's® Cut with Grace Pinterest Contest (the "Giveaway" and $2,000 is referred to herein as the "Grand Prize") is sponsored by Sugar Publishing, Inc. (owner and operator of FabSugar.com and BellaSugar.com) and having an address of 111 Sutter Street, Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94104 ("Sponsor"). Entrant's registration and participation in the Giveaway shall be governed by the terms and conditions contained herein (the "Official Giveaway Rules") and all entrants agree to abide by these Official Giveaway Rules.
ELIGIBILITY: The Giveaway is open to those individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry and are permanent, legal residents that reside in one of the fifty (50) states of the United States of America or the District of Columbia, excluding Rhode Island, all U.S. territories and possessions, and all overseas military installations. Employees of Sponsor and its respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies and any other individuals or entities involved in the development or administration of this Giveaway, and their immediate family members or household members (defined as spouses, domestic partners, biological, adoptive or step-parents, legal guardians, children, siblings, or grandparents or their respective spouses and any dependent under federal income tax law) are not eligible to participate in or win the Giveaway. All prizes won by minors will be awarded to their parents or legal guardians on their behalf. Winners may be required to sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and complete relevant tax forms as a condition to the delivery of the applicable prize. Void where prohibited by law. All applicable federal, state and local laws apply. No purchase is necessary to participate in the Giveaway.
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1. Build a Pinterest board titled "Levi's® Cut with Grace"
2. Pin at least 5 products, 1 from Levi.com, and build out a board on Pinterest using the hashtag #cutwithgrace on all pins to your style board
3. Submit your name, email and with a link to your "Levi's Cut with Grace" board to the contest page here: www.fabsugar.com/24324217.
ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF ENTRY (AMOE): You may also enter the Giveaway by mail as follows. On a plain 3" x 5" index card, legibly handprint or type your first name, last name, date of birth, complete address, city, state, zip code, home phone number (including area code), and email address (if any) and mail your completed 3" x 5" card to: "Levi's® Cut with Grace Pinterest Contest", Sugar Publishing, Inc., 111 Sutter Street, Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94104. To be considered eligible in the Contest, AMOE entries must be postmarked no later than October 24, 2012 and received no later than 12:00 pm PT on October 31, 2012.
Regardless of the method of entry, only one (1) entry per person is permitted.
Normal time, toll, connection and usage rates, if any, charged by your Internet service provider will apply. All entries become the property of the Sponsor. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. In the event that entrant elects to participate in the Giveaway by creating a Pinterest board, entrant agrees to do so in accordance with the terms of service and any other terms and conditions of Pinterest. Moreover, entrant agrees that his or her registration and any other information collected in connection with the Giveaway may be used by Sponsor in accordance with Sugar Publishing, Inc.'s Privacy Policy, a current copy of which can be found here: http://www.sugarinc.com/privacy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, information collected from entrant will only be used for direct marketing purposes if entrant consents to use in such manner. Sponsor expressly reserves the right to disqualify any entries that it believes in good faith are generated by an automated program or via scripts.
PRIZE: At the end of the Entry Period, there will be one (1) drawing in which one (1) potential Grand Prize winner shall be selected from all eligible entries received during the Entry Period by employees or representative of the Sponsor to receive the Grand Prize, which has a retail value of $2000. If the potential Grand Prize winner forfeits or does not claim the prize, prize will be re-awarded, in Sponsor's sole and absolute discretion. Other restrictions may apply. Decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding with respect to all matters related to the Giveaway. All prizes will be awarded. In no event shall the Sponsor be obligated to award more prizes than the number of prizes stated in these Official Giveaway Rules. Winners shall be responsible and liable for all federal, state and local taxes on the value of their prize.
To receive a complete list of winners or a copy of the Official Giveaway Rules, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Prize Fulfillment, Sugar Publishing, Inc., 111 Sutter Street, Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94104. Please specify winner's list or rules on your request.
SELECTION: The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. The Giveaway will be conducted under the supervision of the Sponsor. The decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding in all matters relating to this Giveaway. The winner will be notified via email on or around October 31, 2012. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to determine the method of notification. Winners must claim their prize within seventy-two (72) hours after the date of notification of such prize. A Giveaway winner's failure to respond to the prize notification within the specified seventy-two (72) hours will be considered such Giveaway winner's forfeiture of the prize and an alternate winner may be selected from the pool of eligible entries. If an entrant is found to be ineligible, an alternate winner may also be selected from the pool of eligible entries. Sponsor reserves the right to ship prizes directly to the email and/or mailing address provided by winners during their entry to the Giveaway. Each entry submitted in response to the Giveaway and in accordance with the rules will constitute an official entry. Only one (1) entry per person is permitted. Duplicate entries will be void. All entrants agree to abide by these Official Giveaway Rules. All entries become the property of the Sponsor.
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SANFORD/SPRINGVALE — What do you do if you need to get to a doctor's appointment and you don't have a car? How about if you need to get to work and you're out of gas? Or if you're enrolled in school but have no way to get to class?
One option would be to use York County Community Action Corporation's (YCCAC) WAVE program. The WAVE — which stands for Wheels to Access Vocation & Education — provides access to work, school, job training, day care, and, in recent years, to medical appointments and shopping sites in Sanford, Wells and Biddeford. The blue and white vans transport hundreds of York County residents every week, culminating earlier this month in transporting the program's 500,000th rider.
On Monday, Nov. 5, Roger Cote, a Sanford resident who has used the WAVE program since 2004 to get to his job at Flemish Master Weavers in South Sanford, waited outside his home for his ride. The WAVE van arrived, and then came a second van, this one carrying staff from YCCAC's transportation program. Cote watched as the doors of the second van slid open and the staff emerged, bringing with them colored balloons, an oversized certificate of recognition, and an invitation to be the guest of honor at a ceremony marking the 500,000th WAVE rider, to be held at the Nasson Community Center in Springvale on Nov. 15.
Cote was thrilled.
"I've never won anything in my life," he said, as Connie Garber, YCCAC's transportation program director, delivered the balloons, and Dot Morin, WAVE's program coordinator, presented him with the certificate.
On Thursday morning, Nov. 15, Cote was joined at the WAVE's 500,000th Rider Celebration by Mary Beth Mello, the regional administrator for the Region I Office of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and David Bernhard, the commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation.
In addition to flowers, balloons, and the certificate of recognition as the WAVE's 500,000th rider, Cote received a pass to ride the WAVE for free for three months. He also received a Kindle.
WAVE was designed as a job-access and education transportation service, connecting people to work and training in the Sanford-to-Wells area. The children of riders are also brought to area child care providers as their parents are en route to work or school. For a low monthly fare, the WAVE vans pick up riders who have made advance trip reservations, seven days a week, with operating hours able to get riders to most work shifts.
Following a collaborative effort with the Sanford-Springvale Chamber of Commerce, Child Care Services of York County, the Departments of Human Services and Labor (the Career Center), and the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission, YCCAC received an initial grant from the Federal Transit Administration to start the WAVE in November 1999. YCCAC has since received additional funding to continue the successful service, unique in Maine as a daily rural public transit service. In 2006, YCCAC expanded the WAVE to serve trips between Biddeford and Sanford.
For more information about the WAVE, call 459-WAVE or 800-965-5762, ext. 2939, between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on week days.
York County Community Action Corporation is a private nonprofit organization serving York County residents since 1966. The mission of the agency is to help York County's low income citizens minimize the effects of poverty, attack its underlying causes, and to promote dignity and self-sufficiency through several social service programs, including: Head Start, Women, Infants Children (WIC), York County Community Health Care (providing medical, dental, and mental health care services), Community Outreach, Transportation, Energy Services and Housing Services. Each year, YCCAC staff interacts with more than 25,000 low-income York County residents to help with needs ranging from hunger and health care to tax preparation and family budgeting.
Brad Bohon is YCCAC's communications director.
WAVE celebrates 500,000th rider
SANFORD/SPRINGVALE — What do you do if you need to get to a doctor's appointment and you don't have a car? How about if you need to get to work and you're out of gas? Or if you're enrolled in school but have no way to get to class?

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Pit Beirer, Head of KTM Motorsports has announced that KTM Racing has signed its MX2 factory rider Jeffrey Herlings for another two years. Herlings is considered one of the brightest young talents in the sport and has been a successful part of the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team since he was old enough to qualify for the senior international racing competition.
The Dutch rider has delivered astonishing performances on the track since he joined the MX2 class but Jeffrey was already on the KTM radar screen from a very early age when Red Bull KTM Factory team boss Stefan Everts recognized his potential. Jeffrey is widely considered as the world's best sand rider but in 2013 the current MX2 World Champion has proved to be virtually invincible on all terrain. He has won every Grand Prix so far this season, losing only a single moto to have an impressive current 17-1 scorecard.
Pit Beirer: "Jeffrey is the youngest rider in his class. He is still only 18 and we've never experienced such a great talent in someone so young. Such a talent needs special nurturing and we're confident that in the hands of Stefan Everts and with the support of the entire KTM team, we can guide him carefully through these early years of his already remarkable career. This is also the reason that Stefan strongly recommends that Jeffrey should compete for another season in the MX2 class. He may still be very young but he has already shown everyone involved in our sport that his talent is indisputable. We are very pleased to have the opportunity to extend our agreement with him as he continues to develop and mature as a rider under the guidance of our factory team."
Beirer said Herlings was an excellent example of KTM's ongoing commitment to nurture the best and brightest riders from an early age in order to showcase the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team as the apex of the company's "Ready to Race" philosophy. Herlings will continue to ride for the team in both 2014 and 2015.


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The technique: Pan juices—the flavorful liquid and crispy bits left in the roasting pan— form the base of this gravy. To prevent lumps, thoroughly whisk in the flour, then gradually add the wine and stock, whisking until smooth.
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- 2 1/2 cups (about) Ultimate Turkey Stock or low-salt chicken broth
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- Scrape pan juices and browned bits from baking sheet into 4-cup measuring cup. Spoon off fat; reserve 1/3 cup (or supplement with butter). Add stock to juices to measure 4 cups.
- Heat 1/3 cup turkey fat in saucepan over medium heat. Add fennel cubes and shallot. Sauté until browned, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; add liqueur. Return to heat; stir until liqueur evaporates, about 30 seconds. Whisk in flour. Cook until flour starts to brown, about 1 minute. Gradually whisk in wine, then 4 cups stock mixture. Simmer until gravy coats spoon, about 10 minutes. Add fennel fronds; season with salt and pepper.


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Statement at the Conclusion of the IMF Mission to Tanzania
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, March 7, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Mr. Paolo Mauro, visited Dar es Salaam during February 21 – March 6, 2013 to conduct discussions for the sixth and final review under the Policy Support Instrument (PSI, which expires in June 2013) and the second review under the Standby Credit Facility (SCF, which expires in January 2014).1 The mission met with Hon. Dr. William A. Mgimwa, Minister for Finance, Professor Benno Ndulu, Governor of the Bank of Tanzania, other senior government officials, representatives of the private sector, and development partners.
At the conclusion of the visit, Mr. Mauro issued the following statement:
"Tanzania's economy has continued to perform robustly. Economic growth is projected at about 7 percent in 2013. Inflation has continued to fall, albeit more slowly than envisaged, and is projected to be in the single digits by mid-2013.
"The PSI/SCF program performance has been broadly favorable. Most end-December 2012 quantitative targets were met, whereas implementation of the structural reforms has been more uneven. Citing emerging balance of payments pressures, the authorities in late January 2013 drew the full amount of accumulated access under the SCF (about US$114 million), which they consider to have played a helpful role in complementing their policy response and supporting market confidence (see Press Release No. 13/45). The mission welcomed the authorities' commitment to attain their fiscal deficit objective of 5.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012/13, despite a modest shortfall in revenues and the rising fiscal implications of the high power generation costs associated with hydrological conditions.
"The authorities and the mission made substantial progress in their discussions. Economic policy will aim at further moderating inflation, preserving a sustainable debt outlook, and increasing foreign reserves, which will be facilitated by further enhancing exchange rate flexibility. The mission welcomed the authorities' readiness to moderately tighten monetary policy to meet their inflation objective of 7 percent by end-2013. The mission also supported the authorities' aim for a further reduction in the budget deficit in 2013/14, based on ambitious but realistic revenue targets, while transparently including support to the power sector and reversing the increase in unpaid claims (including in the road infrastructure sector) that have emerged during the current fiscal year. Prompt verification of the stock of arrears would be the first step toward that goal.
"The IMF's Executive Board is expected to consider the PSI and SCF review by end-May 2013. The IMF team wishes to thank the authorities for their warm hospitality and the constructive and open dialogue on policy issues."
1 The PSI is an instrument of the IMF designed for countries that do not need balance of payments financial support. The PSI helps countries design effective economic programs that, once approved by the IMF's Executive Board, signal to donors, multilateral development banks, and markets the Fund's endorsement of a member's policies (see http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/psi.htm). The SCF supports LICs that have reached broadly sustainable macroeconomic positions, but may experience episodic, short-term financing and adjustment needs, including those caused by shocks. The SCF supports countries' economic programs aimed at restoring a stable and sustainable macroeconomic position consistent with strong and durable growth and poverty reduction. It also provides policy support and can help catalyze foreign aid. (See http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/scf.htm.) Details on Tanzania's current PSI and SCF are available at www.imf.org/tanzania


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Apparently spotted at a Sam's Club supermarket in Beijing, these pears have been shaped so that they resemble babies. Because that's so not creepy.
The image of the pears first popped up on a Chinese social networking site. According to MIC, a journalist followed up, but couldn't find the pears. The supermarket staff supposedly said they were sold out and didn't know when they'd be getting more.
But there's a context for all this: Experts say the pears look like mythical ginseng fruits of Chinese folklore. In the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, the fruit is shaped like a young human head, and it takes ten thousand years to ripen. The individual who takes a bite can then live for another 47,000 years.
These, however, are pears that have been placed in molds to make them look like babies. A marketing ploy! So if you buy some, don't wait ten thousand years to eat them. They'll totally go bad.
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Supreme Counterspell (3.5e Epic Spell)
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|Spellcraft DC:
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|1 immediate action
|900 feet
|One spellcaster in the process of casting a spell
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|738,000 gp, 15 days, 29,520 XP. Seed: dispel (DC 19). Factors: +50 bonus to dispel check (+50 DC), shorten casting time to immediate action (+35 DC), increase range by 300% (+4 DC), no verbal or somatic components (+4 DC), spell does not require line of sight or effect (+20 DC), preparation of this spell makes you automatically aware of all spells being cast nearby (but confers no knowledge of what those spells are or whether their casters are your allies, your enemies, or indifferent to you) (+20 DC). Mitigating factors: Only usable to counterspell (-10 DC), 20d6 backlash (-20 DC), burn 2,500 XP (-25 DC), burn 1 point of Wisdom (ad hoc -15 DC).
When you have this spell prepared (or know this spell and have at least one epic spell slot available, if you are a spontaneous caster), you can sense all spells being cast from as much as 900 feet away from you. You only sense that a spell is being cast; to actually identify the spell, you must make a Spellcraft check as normal, with a -40 penalty on the check if you cannot actually see or hear the spellcaster; plus, you don't know whether a caster you cannot see is friend or foe, nor can you naturally distinguish between spells being cast less than 30 feet apart from each other without actually being able to see the spellcasters (it just looks like a big blur of magic on your magic radar, though you can sort the individual spells out by making a Spellcraft check - DC = 100 + the combined spell levels of all the spells being cast within the 30-foot area). You can counterspell any spell being cast near you, even if you cannot see the other spellcaster; in fact, you can even counterspell if a solid obstacle between you and the other caster blocks your line of effect (though, as previously mentioned, doing so is very risky, as it's hard to tell exactly what you're countering). Best of all, because this spell is cast as an immediate action, you don't have to ready an action in order to use this as a counterspell - you just will a spell to fail as an immediate action, and if you succeed on a dispel check (with a total +61 bonus), the spell fizzles out. Because it is an immediate action, this spell can be used to react to and counterspell even a quickened spell (cast as a swift action), even if it lacks verbal or somatic components, as you sense the intent to cast a moment before it happens; however, you have no time to identify the spell before you have to act, so you must make the decision of whether or not to counter the spell based on very little information. (If you countered a momento mori, awesome - if you countered a swift expeditious retreat[1], well, that was kind of a waste of an epic spell slot.) You cannot counterspell another spell being cast as an immediate action, or even sense it happening; by the time you're alerted to the magic in progress, the other caster is already done, so you never get alerted at all. Likewise, because spell-like and supernatural abilities cannot be counterspelled, this spell grants you no special awareness of them. This spell can only be cast as a counterspell, and you take 20d6 of backlash damage when you cast it. In addition, the act of sensing all the magic going on around you is quite mentally straining all by itself; reaching out with your mind to stamp out and thwart a spell in progress is so mentally taxing that it disrupts your brain function and dulls your senses a bit. Thus, casting this spell inflicts 1 point of Wisdom burn to you.
XP Cost: 2,500 XP.
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As more households are headed by single people, financial well-being is suffering, MetLife Mature Market Institute found. A report released in September found single people are less likely to have taken steps to protect themselves financially, like working to lower their debt, meeting with a financial advisor and saving for retirement.
Their retirement security is at risk, too, the survey found. Forty-six percent of single people said running out of savings was a "major" or "significant" concern. Among couples, 35% of those with children and 36% of those without said the same.
The fact that singles, and to a lesser extent childless couples, are more likely to worry about depleting their savings may be a result of the belief that children will help care for their parents in their old age. Just under a quarter of respondents said children are expected to help their retired parents (although just 19% said they would ask for help). About 72% of all respondents had children, the survey found.
MetLife surveyed adults between the ages of 45 and 80 for the report. "Single" people include those who are divorced and widowed, as well as those who never married. Couples include people in their first or second marriage and those in unmarried domestic partnerships.
Over half of all respondents haven't estimated how much monthly income they'll need in retirement, but of those who have, single people with children estimated the lowest need at $2,536 per month. Couples with children made the highest estimate at $3,561.
The vast majority of respondents aren't working with a financial advisor, with little variation when looking at different family structures. Seventy-six percent of couples with children and 78% of couples without have no advisor. Singles are even less likely to have no advisor, as 85%, regardless of whether or not they have children, are planning for retirement on their own.
Families led by couples suffer the same problem as those led by single people, but less often, the report found. MetLife also noted that couples in first marriages tend to be better off financially than those in second marriages. According to MetLife, couples in first marriages tend to have higher levels of education, higher average income and higher home ownership rates.
Second-marriage couples are less likely to feel strain from inflation, market fluctuations and, among those without children, worries over depleted retirement savings, the report found. They're more worried about working as long as they planned and finding work in retirement.
Among all respondents, just 28% have already achieved or are on track to meet their retirement goals. Fully 22% don't have any goals and 24% are "significantly behind." Worse yet, 10% haven't even started saving yet.
Single people are more likely to have no retirement goals (27%) or to have not started saving yet (20%). That's compared to over a third of couples who have already achieved or are on track to meet their retirement goals.


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"Gustafer Yellowgold's Mellow Sensation" calls itself a "multimedia concert of live songs, stories and animation." That description is as good as any for this unclassifiable but entertaining kidshow returning to DR2 for 12 two-performance Saturdays, through early December. The world created by songwriter-illustrator Morgan Taylor is endearing, intelligent and slightly subversive, making a refreshing alternative for the 2- to 8-year-old set and a welcome divertissement for parents and grandparents.
Gustafer Yellowgold is a visitor from the sun, where it's always hot and there's only one season. Gustafer, whose favorite color is green, landed somewhere north of St. Cloud, Minn., and set up a little house with his little friend, Slim the eel (short for Slimothy). His other pal is Forest Applecrumbie, a non-flying pterodactyl who is "into fashion." Together, they munch on pinecones, punch cheese and jump on desserts (which Taylor advises his rapt patrons not to try at home, only when they are visiting other kids).
Production values are minimal; just Taylor, two musicians, and co-producer Rachel Loshak, who sings and operates the animation console. Mr. Yellowgold appears on a large screen center stage; he looks something like a glob of flame, with expressively wide eyes and an impish manner.
Songs are in what might be called '70s soft rock, something like the Beatles in their mellower moods. Tunes are set to daffy lyrics filled with child-friendly images, and illustrated — in the manner of youngster's picture books — with fanciful drawings that are slightly animated. Taylor has been developing the material since 2005, and has thus far released two "Gustafer Yellowgold" DVDs.
Taylor is a natural storyteller with the warmth of Raffi. He has an easy way with his young audience, engaging them in conversation and inviting them to eagerly participate from their seats. (At the performance attended, the star was spotted in the lobby just before the show carrying an infant, a freshly-used diaper in hand.) Parents who shudder at the thought of another visit with Barney, the Wiggles, or Disney on Ice are likely to appreciate Taylor's "Gustafer Yellowgold" almost as much as their kids do.


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Tomorrow's comic haul is a diverse batch. We've got one of the most beautiful (albeit offal-filled) fantasy books on the stands, the returns of Batman Beyond and Vertigo Comics' Spaceman, and a proper deluge of other staple-bound weirdness. Shall we?
First Issues
IDW's Infestation 2 Team-Up: One-Shot promises the unlikely combination of Bat Boy and Cthulhu-like creatures. (I have no sufficient explanation for this at the moment.) There's also Batman Beyond Unlimited, which is about Terry McGinnis and his adventures with the Justice League of the future. Here's the synopsis for that:
Batman Beyond is a new recruit in the mighty Justice League, but the team will be immediately tested by a very Neo Gotham-related enemy! How will the team work together to combat this threat?
Grab Bag
There are new issues of Angel & Faith, The Unwritten, Spaceman (which we really enjoy), Game of Thrones, The G.I. Joe: Retaliation Movie Prequel (sneak peek here), FF, and Joe Hill's The Cape. Also, be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the next issue of James Stokoe's gorgeously violent Orc Stain, which we recently previewed on this very site.
Graphic Novels
There's a raft of interesting Marvel books on the stands, including the first volumes of Greg Rucka's Punisher and Jonathan Hickman's FF and the fourth volume of Uncanny X-Force. The first omnibus of Adam Warren's manga-esque superhero title Empowered is also out on hardcover.
And as usual, here's the list of everything being released to comic stores tomorrow, and you can find your nearest comic retailer here. Happy reading, gang!


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Forums: Index > The Wizengamot > Disable the Visual Editor?
So I've been thinking - the visual editor has caused us a lot of problems in the past - what with images being inserted helter-skelter and stuff being oddly removed, etc. What if we just disabled it? I know of a couple other wikis that have done it, just like how we recently got rid of the attribution on the pictures. If nobody objects, I say let's get rid of it! ProfessorTofty (talk) 03:28, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
- That would be a good idea, but would it be worth the weeks, maybe months, of users trying to figure out the coding? I'd say we keep it for the time being, but let's watch and see what happens, in my opinion. By the way, make sure you're packed and ready for the Hogwarts Express, which leaves at eleven o'clock today :P james (talk) 04:04, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
- Well, other wikis have done it without any major problems. And it really shouldn't take weeks and months to learn coding - mastering the basic stuff like putting stuff in italics or bold or signing your username should really be a matter of days at most, and the more advanced stuff requires coding anyway. And, as for the later - sorry, not for me I'm afraid - check my user categories on my profile. Besides, I live in the U.S. anyway, so even if the previous weren't true... ProfessorTofty (talk) 06:08, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
- I only wanted to mention that there are already pages you only can edit in the source mode because of the complex codes in them. Is there a problem? You can look in the preview to look what it looks like. Harry granger Talk contribs 13:03, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
- That's quite true, I just wanted to make absolutely sure that we knew what we were doing when we started in with this whole "Disable ALL the Visual Editors!" campaign. I thought it was a good idea, just figured at the time that I'd note a flaw I saw in the plan. Sort of like at the Battle of the Seven Potters, the real Slim Potter (for those who don't know Eminem, he has a song called the Real Slim Shady) found a problem, suggested it, and ProfessorMoody revealed the answer to Potter's querie. Yes, I think it's quite a good idea once you take everything into account. And I live in Canada, but I'm still hoping to see the flying car (what I meant bout the Hogwarts Express was that it'd be quite likely that part of Pottermore would open sometime today, as Seth Cooper rightly said, because most of the events in chapter 5 take place today). Cheers, james (talk) 14:07, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
- I know that there are some that can't be edited in visual mode, yeah. The issue with visual mode is the problems I've mentioned that we've had in the past - code getting messed up without explanation and pictures being dumped in seemingly random positions in the text. ProfessorTofty (talk) 15:56, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
- "I 'gree with Sirius..."
- Yep, so let's see here... the visual editor isn't doing any good (except saving people's fingers from getting sore from typing so many codes). In fact, it does the opposite. There are already pages where we can't use the visual editor. Let's just get rid of it! Severus Snape (talk) 03:28, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you, Seth. That having been said, would you be interested in weighing in with your thoughts about the idea? Do you think that disabling the visual editor would be a good choice? ProfessorTofty (talk) 14:48, September 2, 2012 (UTC)
- Actually, I don't think it would be a bad idea, although I understand if the casually-editing anon would disagree. Perhaps getting rid of the visual editor might scare away potentially good editors (in the long term) because they don't have the time / didn't bother to learn WikiFormat? I'm not sure. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 15:17, September 2, 2012 (UTC)
- I dunno. I don't want to scare anyone away, but as I have mentioned, there are other wikis that have chosen to disable it, and apparently decided it wasn't a problem to do so. Most anons only come in and make a few edits then never come back anyway, and those that do stick around are exactly the type that we really want to learn code anyway. For those that are only dropping in, if the visual editor goes away, then they may never even know that it was there in the first place. And getting rid of it serves as an incentive to learn code, whereas as long as it remains, there's always that crutch there. Also of note - even without the visual editor, the basic features such as boldface, italics, and redirect links, and even the "Add features and media" section still remain on the interface. ProfessorTofty (talk) 15:31, September 2, 2012 (UTC)
- I was just expressing a concern; you make a pretty good argument, I guess, and I kind of agree with you. Perhaps we should wait for other users to weigh in their oppinion? -- Seth Cooper owl post! 15:42, September 2, 2012 (UTC)
- So... just to establish an overview, the "pros" of keeping the visual editor are that 'casually-editing anons' probably feel more comfortable with it. The "cons" of keeping the visual editor are picture misplacement, spontaneous removement of content, and difficulty learning codes (and as Professor Tofty stated, it shouldn't take that long to learn them). The basic things such as bold, italic, signatures, add features and media, and inter-wiki linking (is that what it would be called if I made a link on Bellatrix Lestrange's page to Voldemort's?) are all still the same (except mayhaps that you need to press a smaller button).
- So far, there are two definite yeses, a maybe, and what I'm taking for agreement (a statement that there are some pages such as, or so I believe, Colin Creevey's page, are already required to use source mode for editing.
- All in all, I think it'd be for the best if we do disable the visual editor, but as you said, perhaps we ought to wait for other users to provide their thoughts. Hunnie Bunn (talk) 16:14, September 2, 2012 (UTC)
- I have found that, apart from things such as images being inserted into the middle of words, use of the visual editor also results (presumably as a result of marked-up text being copy-pasted from external visual editors such as Microsoft Word) in needless font changes and the like being added. An extreme case occurred on July 23 2012, when an editor added a table to "Dæmon" on the His Dark Materials Wiki which increased the page size by over 130,000(!) characters whilst adding almost nothing of substance. (I later, for want of anything better to do, removed all the pointless fluff from that revision, which on inspection proved to have come from the use of Microsoft Word, a notoriously bad HTML editor; the fluff turned out to amount to over 100,000 of the characters added.)
- There's an option to turn off the visual editor as far as one's own edits are concerned, and this I have taken; but to my mind the visual editor does more harm than good, and should be disabled for everyone. -- RobertATfm (talk) 03:52, October 3, 2012 (UTC)
- I completely agree. Most of us experienced editors agree that it's a problem and there's been no major objections to disabling it. So why don't we just do it? ProfessorTofty (talk) 05:17, October 3, 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, I third the motion (should such a thing be proper grammar). It doesn't do much good, and if I knew how I would permanently disable it for myself (this is assuming such is not merely clicking the "Source" tab when editing). I agree that there are no major objections (actually, I personally haven't noticed any objections). --Hunniebunn (talk) 19:31, October 3, 2012 (UTC)
- To answer the implied question in the above: one disables the visual editor for oneself by going into "My preferences" (on the drop-down list given by your username at the top left of the screen), clicking on the "Editing" tag, and unchecking the "Enable visual editor (where available)" checkbox (the top one). Then saving of course. -- RobertATfm (talk) 14:55, October 9, 2012 (UTC)
- I recognised a new problem when deleting the "Visual" Mode, which should be solved before deleting, see this: File talk:Sally mortemore-pince.png. Harry granger Talk contribs 10:50, October 4, 2012 (UTC)
- I'm not sure what the issue was you were having. But I just found and removed the category. ProfessorTofty (talk) 12:08, October 4, 2012 (UTC)
- I recognised a new problem when deleting the "Visual" Mode, which should be solved before deleting, see this: File talk:Sally mortemore-pince.png. Harry granger Talk contribs 10:50, October 4, 2012 (UTC)
- I tried again and I didn't see this category box in source mode, only in visual mode, ridiculous. I never saw the category box on the right side in the "source" mode, always visual mode. I am using Firefox. Perhaps the Firefox is the problem, I don't know.
- But that's a stupid thing. After I wrote the above on the mentioned talk page I now see the same as you, really ridiculous. Harry granger Talk contribs 13:21, October 4, 2012 (UTC)
- I hope my old problem of above is away then because when I open this page for editing in source mode the right box is NOT there - AGAIN!!! Harry granger Talk contribs 14:43, October 9, 2012 (UTC)
- I tried again and I didn't see this category box in source mode, only in visual mode, ridiculous. I never saw the category box on the right side in the "source" mode, always visual mode. I am using Firefox. Perhaps the Firefox is the problem, I don't know.
- Alrighty. I've contacted Wikia Staff to disable the visual editor site-wide. It'll probably take them a few days (they say probably 2-3 business days), as they work through all of their messages. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 14:58, October 7, 2012 (UTC)
- Whoops. Missed this before. Excellent! Glad to know this won't be an issue anymore. ProfessorTofty (talk) 10:52, October 9, 2012 (UTC)
- Alrighty. I've contacted Wikia Staff to disable the visual editor site-wide. It'll probably take them a few days (they say probably 2-3 business days), as they work through all of their messages. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 14:58, October 7, 2012 (UTC)
- I got this response:
- Hi Seth,
Thanks for contacting Wikia. Disabling the visual editor is not something we are offering anymore. To disable that would be to remove a core functionality of the Wikia service. If you're encountering any bugs that you feel are hurting the editor on the wiki, or you have any suggestions for how you think it can be improved, you're welcome to send them our way and we'll make sure the Engineering Team and Product Team (respectively) have that information.
Thanks, and feel free to let us know if you need anything else.
- -- Seth Cooper owl post! 23:33, October 11, 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Seth,
- Well, that changes things. Does that mean, then, that it can't be done? In which case it can still be something individual users can do... A shame, though, because there are quite a few disadvantages. I suppose, though, that we can (indeed, we have to) work around it. --Hunniebunn (talk) 23:55, October 11, 2012 (UTC)
- Oh, that's nonsense. They'll let it remain disabled on those wikis where it's already been disabled, but then claim that that's no good for other wikis because it breaks a "core functionality"? Come on. Well, in that case I strongly recommend reporting the issues that we've had as suggested - that edits made using the visual editor often break the infobox and often leads to things such as pictures being placed directly in the middle of text, messing up the formatting. It is not a good feature. ProfessorTofty (talk) 03:22, October 12, 2012 (UTC)
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WASHINGTON, July 12 (UPI) -- It is time to "roll up our sleeves" and get to work on a low-carbon economy for the sake of the planet's welfare, a Chinese diplomat said in Washington.
Chinese delegates are in Washington for the fifth annual strategic and economic dialogue. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi for the signing of a bilateral partnership agreement for the environment.
The United States and China, two of the world's leading economic powers, are the top emitters of greenhouse gases.
Yang said during a Thursday press briefing with Burns his country was committed to the fight against climate change.
"Let us just roll up our sleeves and do our job and make the Earth greener [and] make this a more beautiful planet for all of us and for generations to come," he said.
Both sides in April formed a working group to discuss ways to cooperate on green initiatives. Delegates in Washington agreed Wednesday to take steps to curb pollution from the transportation sector and cut down their emissions levels.
"We aren't just heeding the call, but leading the charge to find solutions to some of our most pressing environmental challenges," Burns said.


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Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series presents the following readers on the theme: Break April 12 at Studio 333 in Sausalito, 7-9pm. $5. Break: an interruption in continuity; a second chance. These seven authors will BREAK through what we think we know about this topic. Join us! And don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter announcing upcoming readings each month. (We never share your email with anyone!)
Shannon Cain's debut short story collection, The Necessity of Certain Behaviors, is the recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Her stories have been awarded the Pushcart Prize, the O. Henry Prize, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. They have appeared or are forthcoming in Tin House, The Colorado Review, the New England Review, American Short Fiction, Mid-American Review, and Southwords: New Writing from Ireland. She is the co-editor, with Lisa Bowden, of Powder: Writing by Women in the Ranks, from Vietnam to Iraq (Kore Press, 2008) and co-adapter of Coming In Hot, the stage adaptation of the book. She is the Artist-in-Residence for the City of Tucson's Ward One and the fiction editor for Kore Press. Her current creative project is Tucson, the Novel: An Experiment in Literature and Civil Discourse.
Stan Goldberg is the author of Lessons for the Living: Stories of Forgiveness,Gratitude, and Courage at the End of Life, which received six national and international awards and was translated into Chinese, Indonesian, and Portuguese. He has published seven books, written numerous articles, and delivered more than 100 lectures and workshops throughout the United States, Latin America, Canada, and Asia on topics ranging from change, to flyfishing, to end of life issues. He is Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University, and devotee of the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) and Native American Flute. In 2009 he was named Volunteer of the Year by the Hospice Volunteer Association.
Leo Litwak's novel Waiting for the News received the National Jewish Book Award and the Edward Lewis Wallant Award. He has published two novels and two works of nonfiction. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, New York Times Book Review, Esquire, Look Magazine, and Best American Short Stories. He is a recipient of John Simon Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and first prize in the 1990 O. Henry Prize Stories collection. Professor at San Francisco State University for more than thirty years, he lives in San Francisco.
Meredith Maran is a book critic, award-winning journalist, and the author of several bestselling nonfiction books including My Lie, Class Dismissed, and What It's Like to Live Now. A member of the National Book Critics Circle, she reviews books for People, Salon, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Boston Globe, and writes for a number of magazines. Since publishing a poem at age six in Highlights for Kids, she's dreamed of publishing her first novel. A Theory of Small Earthquakes is it.
Sommer Schafer is a candidate in the MFA program at San Francisco State University. She lives in San Rafael and is currently working on two collections of stories: My Father's Memoirs, about a family coming to terms with a father's mental illness and subsequent death, and Hope, about the citizens of a small town in Alaska. You can read her first publication, "The Table," forthcoming later this year in Barge Journal.
Linda Gray Sexton has published several widely acclaimed novels as well as two memoirs about her life and relationship with her mother, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Anne Sexton. Her first memoir, Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back To My Mother, was named a New York Times Book Review Notable Book. Her recent memoir, Half in Love: Surviving the Legacy of Suicide, is about her struggle with her own mental illness and the legacy of suicide left to her by her mother, who took her own life when Sexton was twenty-one. Unlike her mother's story though, hers is a story of triumph. She lives in Northern California.
Mary Paynter Sherwin's work has appeared most recently in The Midway Journal, Drash: Northwest Mosaic, and Unswept. She was also recently named one of the Northwest's most innovative poets by Rattapallax. Mary is pursuing an MFA at Saint Mary's College of California and lives in Oakland with her husband, David.


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Members of the self-proclaimed "Gypsybilly/Punk" band call various neighborhoods in Brooklyn home, and are getting ready to release their first album, which they recorded back in 2009 while still based in Miami. The group sings of the hardships emigrating to a new country.
I met up with Nacho Segura, vocals and percussion, Nikko Martiz, vocals and guitar, and Ethan Cohen, banjo, guitar and singer, last week at Dos Toros Taqueria, located at 189 Bedford Ave. in Williamsburg, to talk about the roots of their group and some of their future plans.
With so many different backgrounds, how did you guys come together and form one cohesive group? Nikko: Originally, me and Nacho lived in Miami and we did the whole record together in Miami and bringing out all the musicians together that now formed Butcher Knives. Nacho, I met him back in 2005 when he was the drummer for another band and I was their sound guy. Eventually I went out on tour with them, Gogol Bordello and other bands. We started getting together to listen to a lot of music together and eventually we started making music and songs. We compiled this whole record together, Nacho moved to New York City where he got together with everyone and eventually it formed down to what it is today.
Ethan: We were playing live for a year or so with Nico flying in from Miami for every show. He just moved to New York like six months ago.
What did you see in this group that gave you the drive to fly in for shows? Nikko: It's been ever since I was like 16 or when I came here to the city for the first time, I knew that I was going to move here. When I got together with Nacho, we kind of knew NYC was the place to be for this kind of music. New York has a lot of variety and a lot of cultures.
Nacho: What happened was when we did the album, we created the music, we were thinking about getting every piece of music from every genre we like and put it together from different parts of the world. When we were recording we couldn't find a banjo player or an accordion player and we had to actually fly some people in from New York to record. That's when we realized that we had to move. You have every culture and every genre here.
In what ways does your music represent this city? Ethan: In many ways it is quintessential New York just because it is totally a melting pot style of music. The other bands that have done that kind of stuff and have been successful with it and reached a lot of people with it, a lot of them have been based out of New York. I don't think there is another city, certainly in the United States, that has the diversity that New York does.
Nikko: The fact that there are people from all over the world adds to the global sound that we're trying to reach.
Ethan: I don't think there really is another place where there is an audience for it.
What do you hope your audience takes away from your band? Nacho: The idea of the band, in our live show, is basically getting in contact with the crowd.
Ethan: Physical contact. (laughs)
Nacho: You know when you go to see a band and it's just boring. There are guys playing and the whole time you're just waving your hands and it's cool, but nothing happens and you get out of the venue and you're like, "Oh yea, whatever." For us, the main thing is when you get out of the venue, you're like, "Wow, that was an awesome show." The contact, the tension we create between us and the crowd, that makes the show.
What kind of contact? Are you guys hitting people? Ethan: (laughs) Well, we are mashing with people, we go and dance with the crowd, Nacho likes to crowd surf.
Nacho: They go down and play the drums for us. It's very important for us, the interaction with them.
Where did your band name come from? Nikko: Back in the 1940s and 50s in Columbia, where me and Nacho are from, there was this whole political movement and it got many families displaced from the violence from the farms to the cities. It was a ten-year violent period called "La Violencia." All of these farm families got displaced by the guerrilla forces that came in. Both of our families were displaced at that time and all they had to defend themselves with were butcher knives.
Since you have so many different sounds, how you are you able to write the music for all these different parts? Nikko: The thing with the writing process is we usually do it alone, then we make it Butcher Knives after that. We try to make something really weird, then we add a banjo or an accordion, which is one good way of doing it. We take all of these ideas that we write down and record and we stretch them out adding all of the elements from the band.
Ethan: A lot of times Nacho and Nikko will come up with the skeleton of the song and an idea of what they want it to sound like. The song is pretty much there, but we just add the different layers on top of it. They don't play accordion or banjo.
Nikko: I do everything on the keyboards first.
Do you trust these guys with your songs? Nikko: Yeah man, they add something unique and it's really cool.
Who writes the lyrics? Nacho: We do it together (referring to Nikko). For this album, it was divided in two. It was based on our experience as immigrants when we came to the United States. So it's our view from here to our country and then our country to here. It's about the American dream and all these things. What they show us back in our country is completely different from what it really is.
Nikko: I think now that all these corporations are taking over, it's actually something that is being sold to you, propaganda-wise.
What did you think the American Dream was before you came here? Nikko: I mean everything. It was movies and everything that is being said to you is meant to portray a certain image. Even as Americans this country is meant to be portrayed in a way that it is not quite what it is. I am always the guy that talks about politics for two hours and then I go around in the loop. At the end of the day all I can do is make a song and convey my thoughts.
Nacho: The most important power of a band is saying what they think. You can reach a lot of people with your message.
What is that message? Nikko: It would be to learn as much as you can about the world and there are many more cultures than just one. There are infinite amounts, between tribes and cultures and people, I think that is what life is about, too. Experience.
Nacho: Don't judge.
Ethan: Have fun.
Nacho: Really have fun.
Check out Butcher Knives live at Pianos, located at 158 Ludlow St. in Manhattan, on Dec. 21 and look for their new album Misery set to hit shelves on Feb. 18.


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Karstens' just one of many creative contracts
BRADENTON, Fla. -- General manager Neal Huntington showed his negotiating creativity in drawing up the contract that got left-hander Francisco Liriano in the fold after he'd broken his right arm, making the most of a $12.75 million package (including an option for 2014) that is dependent on Liriano staying off the disabled list with that specific injury.
Huntington has been similarly creative in drawing up terms for some other players with specific areas of concern.
• Right-hander Jeff Karstens, who had been projected to get a salary of $3.8 million through arbitration, was instead nontendered because injuries limited him to 90 2/3 innings in 2012. Karstens was eventually re-signed for a guaranteed $2.5 million, but he can earn another $1 million if he stays healthy enough to pitch 200 innings.
Karstens would get bonuses of $100,000 at 150 and 160 innings pitched, $175,000 at 170 and 180 innings, and $225,000 at 190 and 200 innings.
• First baseman Gaby Sanchez is the only one of the four Pirates who went through the arbitration process to settle for a contract ($1,750,000) that includes incentives for plate appearances at 425, 475 and 525, with a bonus of $25,000 at each stage.
• Left-hander Jonathan Sanchez signed a Minor League contract that would pay him $1,375,000 if he makes the Bucs. In addition, he could earn up to another $750,000 in bonuses based on a complex points system based on appearances (three points) of two-plus innings (two points) or of fewer than two innings (one point).
Sanchez would earn $75,000 for 42, 48 and 54 points; $125,000 for 60, 66 and 72 points; and $150,000 for 78 points.
In addition, the southpaw, in camp as a non-roster invitee, can request his release on March 24 if he has not been added to the Major League roster by then.
• The contract of non-roster outfielder Brad Hawpe calls for a moderate $800,000 if he makes the Majors but includes a $600,000 incentive package for plate appearances, kicking in at 200 and maxing out at 500.
Hawpe, too, can request his release if not added to the big league roster, by March 26 in his case.


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GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — A lawyer says the family of a Woodland Hills man suspected in a shooting rampage near UC Santa Barbara called police several weeks ago after being alarmed by YouTube videos "regarding suicide and the killing of people."
Attorney Alan Shifman said police conducted an investigation and interviewed the man he identified as Elliot Rodger. Shifman said police did not find a history of guns but did say the man had trouble making friends.
Shifman is the attorney for Peter Rodger, an assistant director on "The Hunger Games" film series. Authorities have not confirmed the identity of the shooter.
The family has not yet seen a body, but they have been told the gunman was killed and believe it was their son who killed seven people Saturday night.
The drive-by shooter left seven people dead Friday night, including the attacker, and seven others wounded, authorities said Saturday.
The gunman got into two gun battles with deputies Friday night in the beachside community of Isla Vista before crashing his black BMW into a parked car, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said.
Deputies found him dead with a gunshot wound to the head, but it wasn't immediately clear whether he was killed by gunfire or if he committed suicide, he said.
A semi-automatic handgun was recovered from the scene near the University of California, Santa Barbara. Investigators know the gunman's name, but Brown said he couldn't release it pending notification of relatives.
A press conference is scheduled for 4 p.m. "at a location to be determined," Santa Barbara Sheriff Bill Brown said, adding, "The families of the victims know that our hearts go out to them" on this "horrific series of events that have taken place."
In an earlier statement, Brown said, "We're analyzing both written and videotaped evidence that suggests that this atrocity was a premeditated mass murder."
Police are investigating a disturbing YouTube video posted that shows a young man describing plans to shoot women, which they say appears to be connected to the attack. Police would not say whether the person in the video was a suspect in the shooting.
"We're analyzing both written and videotaped evidence that suggests that this atrocity was a premeditated mass murder," Brown said.
Elliot Rodger, a 22-year-old Woodland Hills native, identified himself on the Internet as a man with a plan to kill female college students at UC Santa Barbara because he was lonely.
Rodger has been identified by the UCSB newspaper, the Daily Nexus, and the Santa Barbara Independent as the man who killed six people in a shooting spree and gunbattle Friday night. He was found dead in his car, possibly by suicide, during a six-minute shooting spree in Isla Vista, a predominately- student neighborhood next to the UCSB campus.
"Being lonely in a beautiful place like Santa Barbara is truly a horrible experience," said the first paragraph in a blog called "Elliot Rodger's Official Blog."
"As I've said many times, a beautiful environment can be the darkest hell if you have to experience it all alone, especially while having to watch other men walking around with their girlfriends.
"I wish girls were attracted to me, I don't know why they aren't."
In a Youtube video apparently posted by Rodger on Friday, he calmly sat in the driver's seat of a car and detailed plans to "slaughter" "the hottest sorority girls" at UCSB.
Rodger said on his blog he was born in Britain and raised in Calabasas and Woodland Hills, and was living in Isla Vista, 95 miles west of Los Angeles.
Rodger's name surfaced in the Santa Barbara newspapers several hours after the shooting, attributed to eyewitnesses.
In the video, shot at sunset, Rodger looked into a camera on his dashboard, and pronounced his plans in a dramatic, deliberate tone.
"I'll take to the streets of Isla Vista, and slay every single person I see there, all those popular kids who live such lives of hedonistic pleasure while I've had to rot in loneliness, they all looked down at me as I tried to join them, they all treated me like a mouse, but now, I will be a god compared to you."
The shootings started around 9:30 p.m. in Isla Vista, a roughly half-square mile community next to UC Santa Barbara's campus and picturesque beachside cliffs.
Alexander Mattera, 23, said his friend Chris Johnson, was walking out of an improv comedy show when he was shot in front of a popular pizza place. He stumbled into a nearby house.
"He walked into these random guys' house bleeding," he said.
Mattera was sitting at a bonfire with friends when at least one gunshot whizzed overhead. The friends ran for cover when they heard the barrage of gunfire.
"We heard so many gunshots, it was unbelievable. I thought they were firecrackers. There had to have been at least like two guns. There were a lot of shots," he said.
The shootings occurred at several sites, resulting in nine crime scenes, police said.
A visibly shaken student told the station she was approached by the driver of a black BMW who flashed a handgun and asked "Hey, what's up?" The student, who didn't provide her full name, said she thought he was carrying an airsoft gun and kept walking. She said seconds later, she felt something buzz by her head and quickly realized they were bullets.
Kathrin Schirazi Rad got a call from her 21-year-old son, Adrian Timothy Petersson, who told her in a shaky voice that he had been knocked off his skateboard by a BMW being chased by police about 9 p.m. Friday. He hurt his shoulder, but he went home after being checked by first responders to the scene.
"He was in shock," said Rad, who lives in Sweden. "He saw some plastic bags and said somebody must have died. He couldn't confirm anything, he was pretty shaken up. It was so many things happening at the same time."
The victims' identities were not immediately released. The injured were being treated for gunshot wounds and traumatic injuries, including at least one person who underwent surgery for life-threatening injuries, Brown said.
Isla Vista has a reputation for excessive partying. Last month, an annual spring bash spiraled into violence as young people clashed with police and tossed rocks and bottles. A university police officer and four deputies were injured and 130 people were arrested.


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Imagine if all large and medium sized cities of Latin America had good quality, sustainable, modern and affordable transportation choices: metro lines, bike sharing systems and light rails. Envision cities with ample access to green, safe, well maintained public spaces and where most of the energy used is generated by biofuels originated from the recycling of municipality waste, and where information about these services are only one click away. All that functioning via innovative, transparent, sustainable and efficient Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) models, where the private sector builds and/or manages these operations, assumes risks and its remuneration is linked to performance. Sounds like a dream? As of today, it may sound that way but the dream is getting closer to reality in various Latin American and Caribbean cities.
Almost 80% of the region's population currently lives in urban settings and this number will grow approximately 6% in the next twenty years. This growth comes accompanied by challenges related to urban mobility, waste and water management, land use, citizen security and others.
Public Private Partnerships can be a great option for governments that need to deal with these pressing social needs in a financially and environmentally sustainable way. Throughout the region, there are various recent good and innovative PPP solutions that tackle different urbanization challenges that could have demonstration-effects for other governments.
A 2015 study commissioned by the MIF concluded that the most successful innovative PPP projects that tackle urban mobility, for example, also carry low levels of operational risk and are economically sustainable. Countries have understood that and despite various challenges, are moving forward with emblematic urban mobility PPP projects. For example, this year the government of Colombia will award a US$4.7 billion PPP contract for the Bogota Metro; Chile continues to increase its bike sharing network and a light rail system operated via a PPP contract, integrating 32 trams, is already operational in Rio de Janeiro.
The region is also modernizing PPPs in the so called circular economy, and its main purpose is to keep different waste materials at their maximum value for as long as possible. In this context, the Municipality of Mexico City has awarded a PPP contract of US$ 611 million to the private sector to build and operate an incineration plant, where the waste of the city will be treated and transformed into biofuels. And in Bolivia, the municipalities of La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz are developing a new public-private partnership model, with relevant participation of civil society, to manage the recycling of these cities' electronic and electrical waste.
Innovation is also present in the way PPP projects are funded by municipalities. For example, the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro used a financial certificate to raise resources to finance urban planning PPP projects in downtown Rio. The financial mechanism created, also known as CEPACs or Certificates of Potential Additional Construction, was offered by the municipality to potential developers. The funds raised by selling these certificates were used by the municipality to finance urban development projects that prioritize a better land use of public spaces and the improvement of previously degraded areas. Thus, the project enhanced local tourism and the local economy. In Rosario (Argentina), the municipality worked with local developers of a new urban district to provide part of their capital gains as donations to public spaces and other infrastructure needs. In Chile there is a study currently being carried out to collect information on the consumers' willingness to pay for non-conventional infrastructure assets, such as museums and parks.
However, challenges to bring these projects to fruition persist, such as: transparency and public consultation processes during the PPP project cycle; more preparedness to climate change adaptation and resilience; and access to institutional investors and long term finance – that go beyond loans. The good news is that there are more and more solutions to help countries surpass these obstacles as well, including new regulation, such as a new transparency framework in Argentina or the ability to use pension funds to invest in infrastructure in Chile. There are also readily available resources, such as the recently launched NDC Invest tool of the IDB Group, that allows national governments to access resources needed to translate their climate commitments into investment plans and bankable projects.
These and other PPP topics will be discussed in 12 different and exciting sessions at PPP Americas 2017, that will be held between the 8th and 10th of May in San Jose, Costa Rica. PPP Americas 2017 is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Finance of Costa Rica and the IDB group.


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A big "thank you" is in order to Lee and the good folks at Titan Internet.
"Why", you ask?
Well, you probably didn't notice - but TMC moved to a new server over the weekend.
One of the main reasons that the move was so smooth was the absolutely top quality customer service from Titan Internet. Titan are the company that built TMC's new server for us, and they are maintaining it for us in their rack space at Telehouse (London Docklands).
(For the cognoscenti, this is called a "co-location" service).
Our warmest thanks from everyone at TMC to Lee and the guys at Titan - positively the best Internet company I've ever come across, bar none. If anyone reading this is in the market for hosting or even just internet access services, they could do worse than give these guys a look.
(Disclaimer - yeah I know that TMC is strictly non-commercial and the above sounds suspiciously like advertising - but in my defence Titan really are totally excellent, and telling the world about them is a really good way of saying "thanks for everything". Other than being dead chuffed that they're looking after TMC Internet's new server for me, I have no association with them).


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The Lady in Grey
The Victorian building is a beautiful, gothic masterpiece that is home to a vibrant library of artistic and cultural artifacts.
It's also home to a spiritual presence, an apparition, a veiled lady in grey... a haunting... a ghost.
The library's apparition roams in silence; we're not certain who she is.
Some say it's Louise Carpenter, daughter of the library's founder, Willard Carpenter. While Willard provided for his family upon his death, Louise was very unhappy when he left most of his estate to the new library. She sued and lost. Perhaps, some say, Louise nurses a grudge and haunts the property to this day.
Others disagree. The Grey Lady is not malevolent, as they assume Louise would be. In fact, library employees have come to see the Lady in Grey as another staff member. They know that every so often, they will see the Grey Lady.
And they do see her... often. There are reports of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of ghostly encounters. Sometimes her presence is accompanied by the strong scent of musky perfume. Other times, she makes her presence known by moving books, adjusting lights, and turning faucets on and off. She is not malevolent, but she has many ways to let the world know she is here.
Along with the Grey Lady, there have been many other entities spotted. One day, we may find out who is haunting the Willard Library. Until then, watch quietly. Perhaps you'll see our Lady in Grey or one of her companions as they pass in front of our cameras...
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