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To promote transparency in merger enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission today released its most recent staff update of horizontal merger investigations, describing transactions that took place between fiscal years 1996 and 2007. The update expands the coverage of mergers by adding two more years to the agency's database.
The new data contain tabulated concentration levels associated with the FTC's investigations in 1,154 markets over the 12-year period and reflect results from 210 merger investigations. The data tabulations use the two market share concentration statistics described in the agency's Horizontal Merger Guidelines – the post-merger Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) and the change in the HHI – along with the number of significant competitors. The number of "significant competitors" is defined relative to the competitive effects theory that was the most plausible basis for the investigation. Data on HHIs are available for 1,150 markets and data on "significant competitors" are presented for 925 markets.
For a subset of investigations – those with three or fewer markets – the FTC staff also retrieved information on whether or not Commission staff identified "hot documents" or "strong customer complaints"during the investigation. The staff tabulated the Commission's enforcement decisions based on the presence or absence of these variables. Information for 198 markets is reviewed in the hot document tabulation, and data from 177 markets are tabulated in the strong customer complaint analysis.
Copies of the 2008 horizontal merger investigation update report, as well as the original report issued in 2004 and the updated report issued in 2007, can be found on the FTC's Web site and as a link to this press release.
The FTC's Bureau of Competition works with the Bureau of Economics to investigate alleged anticompetitive business practices and, when appropriate, recommends that the Commission take law enforcement action. To inform the Bureau about particular business practices, call 202-326-3300, send an e-mail to email@example.com, or write to the Office of Policy and Coordination, Room 383, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., Washington, DC 20580. To learn more about the Bureau of Competition, read "Competition Counts" at http://www.ftc.gov/competitioncounts.
(FTC File No. P035603)
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Fresh Tuna Melt
Source: Recipe from Chef Scott Crawford
At Food 101 in Atlanta, executive chef Scott Crawford upgrades a home-style sandwich into a specialty. The fresh Ahi tuna is submerged in canola oil and cooked confit-style, with onions and garlic cloves.
Tuna Confit:
5 lb. fresh tuna end cuts
2 cups canola oil
2 onions, julienned
2 garlic cloves
Salad Mix:
1 cup onions from confit, chopped
3 celery ribs, chopped
3 cups mayonnaise
1 lemon, juiced
Salt and pepper
40 slices 9-grain bread
40 slices aged Swiss cheese
40 fresh tomato slices
Iceberg lettuce leaves
1. For the confit: Cut the tuna pieces into equal-size chunks and place in a deep roasting pan. Cover tuna with oil and add onion and garlic.
2. Cover roasting pan and cook in a 225°F oven for 35-55 min. (Make sure the oil doesn't boil.)
3. Cool tuna in oil, then place in colander for 15 min. until all oil drains away.
4. For the salad mix: Chop tuna into large pieces; combine with chopped onions from confit, celery, mayonnaise, and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. To make sandwiches: Spread bread with a thin layer of mayonnaise and toast lightly on both sides. Place a slice of Swiss cheese on each piece of toast; top half of the pieces with tuna mixture, tomato slices, and lettuce. Cover with remaining toast pieces.
6. Grill sandwiches on buttered flattop for 15-30 sec. per side to melt cheese and finish browning.


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Mike Daniels, a career IBMer who has been running all or most of Big Blue's Global Services behemoth for the past several years, has said uncle and will be leaving the company.
IBM's current CEO, Ginni Rometty, beat Daniels and other graybeards for the top job in October 2011 and rearranged management appointments last year following the retirement of Frank Kern, another prominent services executive who was passed up for the CEO job.
Rometty replaced Sam Palmisano, who stepped down as CEO a year ago and relinquished the chairman position to Rometty last September. Like Palmisano and like Lou Gerstner before him, Rometty has the president, CEO, and chairman roles all locked up at the IT giant.
Daniels joined IBM in 1976 after graduating with a bachelor's degree in political science from Holy Cross College in Massachusetts.
He held a number of positions at the company over his 36-year career in sales, marketing, and services, and like many prominent top executives, had been cross-trained in different geographic regions and business groups to get a feel for the global and polymorphous nature of The IBM Company, as founder Tom Watson dubbed it and they still call it in the upper echelons to this day.
Rometty got her big break managing the $3.5bn acquisition of the IT consulting business of PriceWaterhouse Coopers in July 2002. She was put in charge of the integration of that unit and given control of the resulting Global Business Services unit, which accounts for about a third of Global Services' overall revenues each year.
Daniels ran Global Technology Services, which provides traditional outsourcing, system integration, and break-fix maintenance services for hardware and software. In July 2010, when Palmisano restructured IBM to prepare for his eventual retirement, Rometty was put in charge of IBM's Sales and Distribution organization, which controls its direct sales and channel distribution, and Daniels was given full control of Global Services.
But Daniels was not tapped to be Palmisano's successor, and it is probable that like Kern – who left IBM a year ago and is now CEO at another services company called Aricent Group – Daniels wants to run his own show.
The departure of Daniels now has many people thinking about what Steve Mills, who is close to the traditional retirement age of 60, will do. In that July 2010 reorganization, Mills was given control of both Software Group, which he has run for a long time, and Systems and Technology Group, which Bob Moffat ran until he got stung in an insider trading scandal in October 2009.
Moffat was considerably younger than Daniels or Mills and ran IBM's PC, printer, and server business, as well as being put in charge of the outsourcing and streamlining of its supply chain operations to India a decade ago.
It is a fair bet that he had the inside track on the CEO job and would have beat out Rometty. If he had not become involved in the Galleon Group insider trading scam, he night have done a stint in sales or services and then we would have known he was the heir apparent to Palmisano, much as it was obvious that Palmisano was the heir apparent to Gerstner because of his various appointments. But it didn't work out that way.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Rometty notified employees of Daniels' departure by email on Friday, which is the same day that the company filed an 8K report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that summed up Daniels in one sentence: "On January 2, 2013, IBM announced that Michael E. Daniels, Senior Vice President and Group Executive, Services, will retire on March 31, 2013, after a 36-year career with IBM."
A year ago, two executives were given control of the two parts of Global Services underneath Daniels: Bridget van Kralingen, who is now 49, was put in charge of Global Business Services, and Erich Clementi, who is now 56, was put in charge of Global Technology Services. With Daniels leaving, IBM is going to return Global Services to being a two-headed beast and have van Kralingen and Clementi reporting directly to Rometty.
So who is going to be the next IBM CEO when Rometty retires? Van Kralingen has not had enough cross training and has only been at IBM since 2004, but it is possible. She was born in the United Kingdom and spent 15 years with Deloitte Consulting in South Africa before joining Big Blue. She has run the financial services segment for IBM's GBS division in North America, then ran all of GBS in Northeast Europe, and most recently ran sales for all of North America. She has the international part down; now all she would need is the cross-group training.
Another possible contender – and there are many more than two – is Tom Rosamilia, who was appointed to run the combined Power Systems and System z mainframe businesses in the wake of the July 2010 reorganization.
Rosamilia, who is 51, graduated from Cornell University with dual bachelor's degrees in economics and computer science. He started out at IBM as an MVS mainframe operating system developer in 1983 and was appointed to head up System/390 software development in 1996. He brought Linux to the mainframe two years later, and then was made general manager of various software products within Software Group, including DB2, IMS, and Informix data management tools.
He eventually became general manager of the vast WebSphere portfolio, which includes middleware, transaction processing, e-commerce, and other stuff. He ran IBM's two most important server lines for several years, and was tapped by Rometty last May to directly report to her as vice president of corporate strategy and general manager of enterprise initiatives.
In that role, Rosamilia is mapping out IBM's technical and business future. He may well be the one who gets to execute it. ®


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Exhibit will rotate artifacts from a collection of 78,000 items
A new World War II exhibit starting this summer at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum will pay tribute to the millions who fought with hopes of getting young people engaged in the war's relevance.
The Abilene center's executive director, Karl Weissenbach, said the ambitious three-year project will be directed at younger generations who often know little about the war, its significance in world history or the impact of its outcome.
The exhibit will rotate artifacts periodically from a collection of 78,000 items to reflect the advancement of U.S. forces during the war, leading to the surrender of Japan and Germany in 1945. Among the items to be displayed will be a Soviet uniform and diary that were obtained with the help of the U.S. State Department.


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Azarenka wins 1st-round match at Australian Open
Victoria Azarenka has opened the defense of her Australian Open title with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Monica Niculescu of Romania.
Azarenka powered to a 4-0 lead in the opening set over Niculescu, who is winless in singles tournaments on the WTA Tour.
The top-seeded Azarenka was down a service break and trailed 3-0 in the second set before coming back to level the set at 4. She then broke Niculescu's serve in the ninth game before serving out Tuesday's match.
Azarenka could meet No. 3 Serena Williams, who also won Tuesday, in the semifinals at Melbourne Park.


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We've looked at many a luxury home, many a sweeping view, many a celebrity listing here at On the Block. Often, we marvel at the taste level that money can not buy. Not this time. 611 Ridge Road in Tiburon, Calif., the former home of Robert Redford, is just as stunning as you'd expect from a $6.2M listing in one of the world's most gorgeous settings.
According to Carol Reen of Coldwell Banker, the agent holding the listing, Redford and his wife lived in the home in the early 2000s. The home was built by renowned architect Miles Berger who also conceived well known properties such as the Monterey Plaza Hotel and Club Donatello in San Francisco.
For something once owned by a movie star, the dimensions here are modest: The main residence is a 3,700-square-foot, single-story home offering five bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, vaulted ceilings, kitchen with Wolf range, plus dining areas both formal and casual.
Separate from the main residence is a guest house we personally would be quite happy to call home. This features an extended garden roof from the home's upper level that was built into the side of the adjacent hill.
The lot, just over half an acre, features native Northern California flora, a pool, plus stunning 280-degree views that span Angel Island, the San Francisco skyline, the Golden Gate Bridge to the Berkeley Hills and downtown Oakland to Belvedere, Richardson Bay and Mount Tamalpais. (Enjoy a virtual tour of the home and grounds here at www.611RidgeRoad.com.)
Since we recently looked at some of the country's most expensive properties for sale, all of them $98M or more and not all of them all that impressive, we thought this one– while still way out of most people's price range- refreshing. Memorable and modern with an a touch of old fashioned class– rather like the Redford himself.
Anna Marie Erwert writes from both the renter and new buyer perspective, having (finally) achieved both statuses. She focuses on national real estate trends, specializing in the San Francisco Bay Area and Pacific Northwest. Follow Anna on Twitter: @AnnaMarieErwert


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Yosemite Bug
Digging in for a week at the Yosemite Bug hostel. Don't think I am sleeping in a bunk, we have a nice cabin on stilts on the side of the mountain. We walk on catwalks to get to the door after climbing switchbacks from the main lodge. The main lodge is a completely happy, rustic place where you are free to spend the entire day hanging out, working, whatever. After two days negotiating Los Angeles, I did nothing but sleep and stare at the ceiling today. Lance is going to go shooting photos in Yosemite, which is thirty miles away. I will stay back and do some editing and writing on the book I am hoping to finish by the middle of the month.
We were supposed to return home March 1, but after looking at the weather forecast, I decided to fulfill a long-time goal of renting an alpine cabin and writing. We'll see if the reality matches the ideal!
Meanwhile, back at the Hilton, Aunt Olla had a very tough night a couple of nights ago. Might have been heart issues. She was unresponsive twice during the night. They called my cell phone out here in LA. Those middle of the night calls are scary, but I am so glad they keep me posted. Tracie, Joe and Kae went in the next day. Olla had been up all night, yet she seemed no worse for wear and told stories they had never heard before, just as if nothing had happened 12 hours before. Incredible. I was about to drive home, but when I heard the good report, I decided to continue on with plans here. As a matter of policy, I have decided that not taking long trips just because you have a 101-year-old back home isn't the way to approach life. The 101-year-old might live to 105, and who am I to think I am that important anyway.
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Brown, who appeared before a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Monday, must return for a hearing on February 10 that will decide if he'll serve jail time after his three months in rehab.
The singer has an anger-management problem and drug-abuse issues, according to a probation report obtained by CNN.
He's been on felony probation since pleading guilty to beating up singer Rihanna on the eve of the Grammys in 2009.
Judge James Brandlin ordered Brown to check into a rehab program a month ago after he had been booted from another rehab facility a week earlier for smashing his mother's car window during a family session.
A report submitted to the judge by Brown's probation officer included a letter from his current rehab facility saying he "has made significant progress" since starting in the program on November 20.
"The clinical and medical team have witnessed very positive change in Mr. Brown since his psychotropic medications have been changed and he has been taken off medical marijuana," the program director said. "His ability to emotionally regulate himself has improved markedly."
"I'm pleased that he's doing well," Brandlin said Monday, explaining why he did not send him to jail Monday afternoon.
Brown was arrested on an assault charge in Washington on October 27. That case is why Brandlin ruled Monday that he was tentatively revoking Brown's probation for the Rihanna assault. He will decide in February if he will order Brown to complete his sentence in prison instead of probation.
Brown's girlfriend Karrueche Tran accompanied him to the Los Angeles County courtroom Monday. For the second time, his mother was not with him.
Brown's freedom has been in question since he was arrested on a sidewalk near the White House after allegedly punching a man.
The probation imposed when he pleaded guilty to a felony charge in the attack on Rihanna -- his girlfriend at the time -- requires that he stay out of legal trouble.
Brown voluntarily entered a rehab center on October 28, a day after he was released from a Washington jail.
The probation report given to the judge last month revealed that he was kicked out of the program. It quoted a center official saying he was ordered out for "breaking program rules by acting violently."
The violence involved Brown "throwing a rock through his mother's car window" after a family session at the center in which she said she wanted him to stay in treatment.
"Mr. Brown preceded to walk outside and pick up a rock and threw it through his mother's car window and it shattered," according to letter from the rehab center included in the probation report.
Brown's "prognosis is very guarded" unless he gets professional help, the letter said.
Brown leaves the new rehab center three days a week to work eight-hour shifts of community labor so that he can complete the 1,000 hours of work still remaining in his punishment for attacking Rihanna. The report estimated he will have to work on community labor three days of every week until next August to meet the deadline for completing the labor.
He may also travel to Washington for a court hearing on January 8 in the assault case there, the judge said.


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|Captain James T. Kirk and Cpt. Hikaru Sulu are celebrated at the conference after uncovering the Khitomer conspiracy
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The Khitomer Conference was the first full peace negotiations between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire in 2293, held at Camp Khitomer, a Klingon colony on the planet Khitomer near the border with the Federation.
Following the destruction of the Klingon moon of Praxis, Chancellor Gorkon reached out to the Federation for détente and an end to the lengthy and costly hostilities between the two superpowers. Following Gorkon's assassination by anti-peace operatives from Starfleet, his daughter, Azetbur, became chancellor and continued her father's peace initiative. For security reasons, the location of the conference was kept secret. However, both sides underestimated the extent of the Khitomer conspiracy. Eventually, personnel from the USS Enterprise-A and the USS Excelsior intervened, preventing an assassination attempt against the Federation President and exposing the conspiracy.
Ultimately, the Khitomer Conference led to the signing of the Khitomer Accords and the beginnings of nearly a century of peace between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
Captain Spock and Ambassador Pardek first met during the Khitomer conference and began setting forth the goal of reuniting the Vulcan and Romulan governments. (TNG: "Unification I")
One of the Federation ambassadors present at the conference was Curzon Dax. (DS9: "You Are Cordially Invited")
One of Chancellor Azetbur's delegation members was Colonel Worf. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
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Mark Fisher and his eight employees can bend steel to their will.
Yet what they�d like at Merchant�s Fabrication Inc., the nine-person business on Elm Street that Mr. Fisher bought in 2009, is a little more attention.
�We�d like to have people know we�re here,� said Mr. Fisher.
Merchant�s Fabrication will get its chance Friday. The business at 13 Elm St. and its next-door neighbor, American Steel and Aluminum LLC, 27 Elm St., will open their doors to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. as part of a nationwide effort organized by the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International and the National Association of Manufacturers.
One goal is to raise the profile of manufacturing.
�I think that this message is resonating very clearly right now, and I think it�s an opportunity to showcase the unique opportunities in manufacturing,� said Ned L. Monroe, senior vice president of external relations for the National Association of Manufacturers.
The last 15 years have not been kind to manufacturing in Massachusetts. The sector employed about 413,000 people in 1998. This year, employment is down to 251,000.
Yet the sector also has undergone a transformation. As recently as 2000, low-technology manufacturing industries such as paper printing and tobacco made up the biggest piece of the state�s manufacturing pie, according to an analysis by researchers at the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University in Boston. In 2010, high-tech sectors such as aerospace and pharmaceuticals represented the biggest segment of manufacturing, the report �Staying Power II: A Report Card on Manufacturing in Massachusetts� showed.
Productivity gains in the companies that survived the Great Recession helped the sector become a more important part of the Massachusetts economy.
�In 2009, the sector accounted for 10.8 percent of the state�s private industry output. By 2011, that was up to 12.2 percent.
� A total of 43 net new firms were created in 2011 in Massachusetts, the Northeastern researchers reported.
�As of June, manufacturing was the sixth-largest employer in the state. With average annual wages above $75,000, the sector has the second-largest payroll in the state, Barry Bluestone, a co-author of the Northeastern report, said last week during a speech at a conference at the DCU Center in Worcester.
�Manufacturing is still a major sector, in terms of employment,� Mr. Bluestone said.
Manufacturing doesn�t necessarily look so rosy to the public. People surveyed across the country last year by Deloitte Development LLC and The Manufacturing Institute overwhelmingly supported manufacturing. About 86 percent said manufacturing is very important to U.S. economic prosperity. But 55 percent said they expect the long-term outlook for U.S. manufacturing to weaken, and 37 percent said manufacturing careers and jobs are stable relative to other industries.
In Massachusetts, where the manufacturing work force is aging, poor perceptions of the industry stand to complicate recruitment. Large companies that slowed hiring of engineers now find they�ve lost opportunities to bring younger workers into their businesses, according to Richard D. Sisson Jr., director of manufacturing and materials engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester.
�They�ve had several years over the last 10 years where they didn�t hire too many people,� he said. �Now they see there�s a gap.�
The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp., an arm of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, will publicize some of its training initiatives at the chamber on Friday as part of Manufacturing Day. John R. Harden, economic development specialist, said one goal is to shift the dial on manufacturing so it is perceived as an acceptable career to young people and their families.
�Manufacturers have found even if the kids are interested, their parents don�t want them going into those careers,� Mr. Harden said. �What they need to better understand is that manufacturing that was going on 50 years ago is not anything like the manufacturing that�s going on now.�
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Many of the plant workers are 50 to 60 years old, and some have worked there 20 to 30 years, said Greg D. Egan, plant manager and 13-year veteran of the company. About 35 people work for American Steel and Aluminum, which is part of Canada-based Novamerican Steel Inc.
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�I don�t have a lot of young people coming in here looking for work,� Mr. Egan said.
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Should beneffit by the bonus only the player that lands on it?
Yes. The bonus must be given only to the one that lands on it.
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No. The bonus should be given to all players in game. (like it is now).
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Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:04 pm
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Ok I think the bonus shuld stay like he is now, but ,( there is always one but), only in the game until recesion. When recesion comes , only player who land on it ,shuld recive a bonus.
The reasons are thre (3) first.
In recesion ,the player who is 99% wining ,with several bonus loses the game easy.( i almost lose 2-3 times whit same reason of to many bonus)For me the recesion with this bonus rule is only luck,not skill and bring dead player in chance to win.
The other two (2) reason i will explane when i see what other people think about my first reason.
Glad to help BEZMA
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Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:15 pm
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Ok bezma ur saying that if only the person that lands on bonus gets the money then it would be less luck and more skill. That would be impossible. If we look at the poll it is 10-3 so ithink we should move on unless there is a better reason and if u have one bezma then could u please explain because i think it would destory the game.
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Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:11 pm
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Location: Italy
Post subject: Other solution
I love play GM because hate games as Tombola where "Luck" is an important factor.
But now.. i think.. i think.. i think..
I propose a nice solution:
Who land on Bonus get double respect other players!
This can be very nice!!
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Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:28 pm
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Ok muffi i dont know you understud mee.I said only in recession.
Take it this way. Before recession i work hard and tray to get advantage to my oponent.(In some tactiks you tray to make your oponent bankrot or make him to go to recession with small acount). I want to tell that I let him bye what he need and what he dont need so hi lose much money. And than ,lets say hi have 500 and I have 5000 with 7-10 bonus he raise from deads to winner (or almost).Is that good?I dont know. For my opinion its not fer.
Today I played with Fix one game like this.Before recession i had about 3500 and hi was at 600 or less.One more round and hi wins the game. Hi is my whitnes.I think there was 12-15 bonus in recession.Its hard to explane but i think that you know what iam saing.
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Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:41 pm
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Hi Bezma, pardon for game but I calculated Bonus in recession.
Recession is an important part of the game not the end to kill against players.
For Bonus I have an other idea
reduce to half bonus amount in recession so there is but not distort game.
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Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:21 am
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Bezma i know u said only recession but if only the person landi9ng on it gets the money then that could be the difference between 1st and 2nd.
Lets say that p1 has 5000 and is sure to win and p2 has 500 and is dead. p2 could land on bonus 5 times in a row giving him 2500 compared to p1 who is still losing money. Now is that fair? if it is the way now then p1 would also get 2500 and still be sure to win. So i think it would increase luck factor which would ruin gm.
Also i would be happy with fixus idea as i would not care what amount u get for landing on bonus as long as everyone got the same amount.
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Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:36 am
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Muffi, we all know that factor of luck is 80% in recession, so , everyone say goodluck when recession comes.You ,almost never bay lands and upgrade them in recession( only if you have a loot of money or you need to go back to the start,.
In that case you wrote , P1 dont need the money no more but , landing on bonus , he is helping P2 to rise from deads if you know what i mean.Iam only traing to say that, in recession , my landing on bonus is no more my lucky roll but my lucky roll for my oponent and only for him.
And Fix have good idea but it will change a little.
For me , my luck to land on bonus, should bee and stay my luck and not luck for everyone in recession.
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Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:43 am
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Ok first of all luck factor is 2% not 80 cause people should have upgrades by then and in that example of p1 and p2 p1, p1 does not once land on bonus and therefore if it was the way it is now he would give no benefit to anyone except p2 landing on bonus.
My point being if we make it that only one person gets money then it would be complete luck and the reason i play gm is cause it requires skill to win. Otherwise id get my board out and play monopoly. Dont take this offensivly as this is what i personally think.
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Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:50 am
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Muffi, I dont take anything offensivly on forum. This post is here for do somthing abut wrong and wright things in game and to make jokes and .....
What i have do and upgrade untill recession is 2% of luck and 97% of skill,
(i leave 1% for joke lol) but in recesion you cant tell that it is 2% of luck,no way.
Iam telling this for bonus ,And i repeat; only in recession.
And in that example. if I read wright; you said if P1 does not once land on bonus he would give no benefit to anyone. For mee , landing on bonus is not skill but only luck - till recession ( than in many cases its oponents luck when you land on bonus).
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Bezma it would not make a difference whther it was only allowed in reccession or not. There is still some luck involved (and i over exagerated with 2% lol) but if this new rule was implemented then it would INCREASE the luck factor. By the way bonus benefits everyone in the same way. Sometimes more for some people cause they need money 4 houses but it is still even for everyone. Changing it would increase luck factor more so it wuld destory the game.
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Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:55 pm
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Muffi, sorry but you dont read what I wrote: you wrote:
There is still some luck involved.
By the way, bonus benefits everyone in the same way.
For some people, cause they need money 4 houses.
In all games luck is involved
Bonus benefits everyone in the same way in game, but not in recession
And last : who need money 4 houses in recession - If you build house in recession thats the wright way to quick bankrot - your bankrot.
I discus this with many other players and they agree with me.But - like we see - only few of us discus about this.
Lets wait and see. Maby they will write what they think about this on this topic
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Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:20 pm
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OK, after getting burned by BONUS just a few times too many, I've got an idea that will put more "strategy" into Bonus.
1. Before EC, Bonus = 2 x current Start value, with a Max set by the # of players (perhaps the current amounts, 500, 370, 300, 270). In addition to the value of Bonus decreasing through time (the bank starts running out of money), Bonus ALSO will have the effect of passing Start, meaning that any player in debt will pay 20% interest on their negative debt BEFORE receiving the Bonus money. The reason for this is that hitting Bonus is now effectively like passing Start 2x for the cost of 1 interest payment, instead of free money willy nilly.
2. After EC, Bonus = 0.5 * start Value (taking money from all players) with the Start effect as well. The reason for this logic is that during EC, the Banks are forcing margin calls on hedge bets (the upgraded properties that haven't returned on their investment).
The reason for my suggestions is this... at the beginning of the game, when start values are high (200+), it makes sense that Bonus gives everyone a nice chunk of change, and it helps put cash into the system so that people can buy properties and upgrade. But, when Start = 20, and you hit Bonus in a 2P game, that's the effect of 25 laps around the board at once. That's a rediculous cash infusion for the player who is banking on their "short credit" that Bonus is coming to bail them out.
I've played 3 games lately where I played shrewdly and got my opponents to spend all of their cash, only to have Bonuses quickly replenish their spending ability. I mean, when you purchases the reds in a 2p game, one bonus = 1 upgrade. That's a lot of luck offsetting the strategy of forcing the player into debt.
By adding the "pass start" feature to Bonus, and decreasing the payout value, it'll be much more likely that if 1 player has 6k cash, and the other player has 500 cash, the 6k player would say "yes, advance to bonus" because it'll get to EC quicker without giving the 500 player a lot of cash, and even better, if the other player is negative, they'll have to pay interest.
One other suggestion that I have, not for bonus, but for jail, is that during EC, when you land in jail, for whatever reason, jail is only the 1 round of rolls that you don't collect rent, and you are then thrown back on the streets because there isn't enough order in the prisons to hold everyone while economic collapse is rolling throughout the land. By only making jail 1 turn, you'll speed things up, and also prevent the "I was in jail for 3 turns and didn't get any rent" scenario, or the "I was in jail for 3 turns and the other player ran around the board and bankrupted himself" scenario. Since you get quickly thrown back on the board, and about to pass Start again, you're already "penalized" because you advanced quickly around the board without choice.
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There was easily a couple hundred sea lions around
The sea lion colony at Hornby Island is active, and has little fear of people. My dive happened to be right around the biggest herring spawn of the year, meaning they were all around waiting for a feast. Ones you see solo in the wild tend to be a lot more shy.
They just want to play…
Of course, sea lions can be dangerous. I'm not saying you should go out and hug a sea lion – but if you happen to dive with this group you don't have a choice. As soon as you're in the water, they just want something to play with. They can come across as quite aggressive – they'll nip at your suit, the top of your head, or tug on your wings, but they aren't trying to injure you. I've had one put his full mouth on my dorm port – and another one yanked me up to the surface to play.
… but it's on their terms
When they're done, they'll just head back to the rocks to sunbathe.
These are 'Stellar Sea Lions'
That's actually the name of the breed. I saw a few California Sea Lions as well, but mostly Stellars.
It's super obvious they're super smart
When you dive with these sea lions, you get the perception that it's all play. They're very curious, and they're very trainable. At the seaquarium, they train the sea lions to undergo all sorts of vetinerary procedures to keep them healthy.
That part of British Columbia is absolutely stunning
On this trip I was diving a wreck called Capilano. There's so much to see underwater. Some of the best diving in the world! Nutrient rich water year round. Stunning wildlife. Plenty of wrecks.
We dove during a blizzard
Full white-out topside. Great visibility below. Sure, the water is cold, but the air above was even colder. If you've got the right gear it's no big deal.
One sea lion loved my Suunto Eon!
He kept tugging at my dive computer – at one point he even looked like he was checking out my dive stats. So maybe one day they'll make a good diver partner anyways!
Diving offers a unique chance for humans to observe marine animals in their native environment. Stay tuned for even more incredible stories of divers and the denizens of the deep sharing space beneath the surface of the sea!
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Book clubs have come back as a popular way to allow readers to discuss books in an informal setting. Children can enjoy the same kind of community-building experience by meeting with friends to choose, read, and discuss books together. Their meetings can come to life with discussions, arts and crafts, and activities. Different book clubs will need different amounts of adult supervision, so provide guidance but don't be afraid to step back and let them run the show!
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In the contemporary world, there is an emphasis on all things natural and environmentally friendly. This has had a huge impact on prevailing interior design trends, and triggered a host of innovative and interesting concepts for forward-thinking property owners. One of the most prominent is the idea of optimising exposure to natural light within the home, which has been facilitated by the development of products such as frameless glazing and French windows. Given this and the number of complimentary natural wood and oak furniture items also available from suppliers such as Shackletons, there is every chance that this trend will retain its popularity for a considerable period of time.
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VANCOUVER – Real Salt Lake (2-3-2, 8 points, West #5) picked up a hard-earned road point on Saturday, tying Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1-1 (2-2-2, 8 points, West #4) at BC Place.
RSL FW Olmes Garcia scored his first career MLS goal in the 66th minute to put the Claret-and-Cobalt ahead, curling an absolutely gorgeous 20-yard shot into the top right corner from the left side of the box. Vancouver FW Camilo equalized in the 84th, burying a penalty kick after RSL DF Nat Borchers was whistled for an innocuous hand ball in the box.
RSL started the match on the back foot, ceding a number of early opportunities. Vancouver had its first chance in the ninth minute, when DF Y.P. Lee uncorked a blast from the right side of the box toward the far post that RSL GK Nick Rimando parried out for a corner kick.
Rimando came up huge on the ensuing corner, making a double save on Camilo before the Brazilian attacker fired over from close range. Camilo got on the end of Vancouver DF Brad Rusin's header eight yards out, heading shot on goal that Rimando saved. Camilo picked up the rebound, hitting a shot that Rimando stopped before picking up another rebound and sending his third effort over the bar.
Rimando had another good stop on Camilo in the 19th minute, parrying the Brazilian's 20-yard curling free kick over the bar and out of danger. Rimando turned away Camilo yet again in the 26th, diving to his left to push a low long-range effort around the post.
Real Salt Lake was dealt a blow in the 31st minute, when MF Kyle Beckerman had to be subbed off due to a slight rib injury. He was replaced by MF Yordany Alvarez, who filled in admirably for the Claret-and-Cobalt captain.
RSL had its first good move of the game in the 35th minute, when FW Joao Plata had a goal called back for offside.
RSL's next chance came in the 50th minute. After some nice combination play in the area, Plata hit a short cross from the left side of the box to FW Alvaro Saborio at the near post, with the Costa Rican international toe-poking his close-range effort off of a Vancouver player and out for a corner kick.
Rimando made another huge save in the 55th minute. Vancouver MF Nigel Reo-Coker collected a Rimando punch near the top of the box, slamming a shot on goal that Rimando made a very nice diving stop on.
Garcia – who subbed on for Plata in the 55th – had a good look at goal in the 61st. Morales got to the end line in the right side of the box, cutting the ball back to the center for Garcia, who stung Vancouver GK Joe Cannon's gloves with a hard 15-yarder.
Garcia put RSL ahead with a marvelous goal in the 66th. The 20-year-old Colombian collected a Morales pass on the left wing, cutting in on his right foot before curling a delectable 20-yard effort inside the far post. The world-class goal was Garcia's first in MLS after signing with the Claret-and-Cobalt this preseason.
Vancouver pressed hard for an equalizer following Garcia's goal, eventually finding it in the 84th minute. Referee Drew Fischer whistled Borchers for a hand ball in the box in the 83rd after the veteran center back slipped in the box and fell on the ball. Camilo made no mistake with the spot kick, sending Rimando the wrong way and burying the penalty off the left post and into the back of the net.
RSL had a great chance to break the tie late in second half stoppage time. Saborio earned a corner kick with some hard work in Vancouver's box and Borchers nearly buried it, heading MF Luis Gil's set piece toward the top left corner before Cannon tipped it over the bar.
The Real Salt Lake Reserves will play the Vancouver Reserves on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. MT at UBC Thunderbirds Stadium.
RSL will return to MLS action next Saturday, April 20, when it will host Chivas USA at Rio Tinto Stadium. A limited amount of tickets are available for the match and can be purchased at the Rio Tinto Stadium box office, online at www.RealSaltLake.com/tickets or over the phone at 801-727-2700.
Real Salt Lake Match Notes – RSL 1-1 VAN
- Saturday's result breaks Real Salt Lake's three-game road losing streak. After beating the San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 at Buck Shaw Stadium in the season opener on March 3, the Claret-and-Cobalt lost 1-0 at D.C. United on March 9, 2-0 at FC Dallas on March 23 and 1-0 at the Colorado Rapids on April 6.
- Saturday's match was RSL's fifth road game in its first seven matches. The Claret-and-Cobalt will now play seven of its next 10 matches at home in the friendly confines of Rio Tinto Stadium.
- RSL FW Olmes Garcia's 66th minute goal was his first in MLS after signing a five-year deal with the Claret-and-Cobalt in the preseason. Garcia was shown a yellow card for removing his shirt while celebrating the goal. The 20-year-old Colombian had a picture of a deceased friend on his undershirt.
- Garcia's goal broke RSL's 275-minute road scoreless streak. The Claret-and-Cobalt hadn't scored on the road since FW Alvaro Saborio found the back of the net in the 85th minute of RSL's 2-0 season opening win at San Jose on March 3.
- RSL MF Javier Morales started and played 79 minutes on Saturday. It was Morales's first start of the season. The Argentine playmaker missed RSL's first four games and came off the bench as a second half sub in its last two while recovering from preseason knee surgery.
- RSL MF Kyle Beckerman had to be subbed off in the 31st minute due to a slight rib injury. Beckerman left training early on Friday due to the injury.
Goals by Period 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake 0 1 1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 1 1
Scoring Summary:
RSL – Olmes Garcia (Javier Morales) – 66'
VAN – Camilo – 84'
Misconduct Summary:
RSL – Chris Schuler (Foul) – 18'
RSL – Olmes Garcia (Excessive Celebration) – 67'
RSL – Lovel Palmer (Foul) – 81'
Real Salt Lake (4-1-2-1-2) – Nick Rimando; Tony Beltran, Chris Schuler, Nat Borchers, Lovel Palmer;; Kyle Beckerman (C) (Yordany Alvarez, 31'); Ned Grabavoy, Luis Gil; Javier Morales (Khari Stephenson, 79'); Alvaro Saborio, Joao Plata (Olmes Garcia, 56')
Substitutes Not Used: Josh Saunders (GK), Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Abdoulie Mansally, Devon Sandoval
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (4-4-2) – Joe Cannon; Y.P. Lee, Brad Rusin, Andy O'Brien, Alain Rochat; Daigo Kobayashi (Kekuta Manneh, 73'), Jun Marques Davidson, Russell Teibert, Nigel Reo-Coker; Corey Hertzog (Darren Mattocks, 63'), Camilo (Tommy Heinemann, 89')
Substitutes Not Used: Brad Knighton (GK), Jordan Harvey, Erik Hurtado, Gershon Koffie
Referee: Drew Fischer
Referee's Assistants: Jeff Hosking, Jonathan Johnson
4th Official: Fotis Bazakos
Attendance: 18,612


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See related content: More briefs from CPMA: Expo booths 1 and Expo booths 2.
For a video, see U.S. firms find tastes differ in Canada.
News Editor Chris Koger, Retail Editor Pamela Riemenschneider and Cynthia David, Special to The Packer, gathered the following news items from expo booths at the Canadian Produce Marketing Association's Convention and Expo April 18-19.
PEI POTATO BOARD: Prince Edward Island native Heather Moyse, gold medal winner for bobsled in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, promotes potatoes and the PEI Potato Board"s new website, www.peipotato.com, which features new recipes and photographs. The board is also working with Tourism P.E.I. to launch a food truck that will tour eastern Canada promoting the island"s culinary delights, including potatoes.
ARTHUR'S FRESH: Arthur"s Fresh Co. launched squeezable pouches of Fruit Crush pureed fruit at CPMA. The grab-and-go snack doesn"t need refrigeration and is ideal for kids, said Jeff Leeming, assistant product manager for Toronto-based H.J. Heinz Co. of Canada, which purchased Arthur"s in 2009. Each colorful pouch, aimed at kids ages 8-12, contains a full serving of fruit, Leeming said. Arthur"s also launched two new smoothies. Pineapple coconut blends pure pineapple juice and coconut cream, while Grape Wildberry combines concord grape and blackcurrant juice.
CLIFFORD PRODUCE: Meghan Agosta (left) and Tessa Bonhomme, Olympic gold-medal hockey players, help launch Clifford Crunchies, snack-size greenhouse cucumbers from Clifford Produce Sales Inc. in Leamington, Ontario. The cukes will be available in 1-pound stand-up bags for retail and 1.5-pound club packs. Sales manager Tony Coppola is also working on a grilled veggie kit that cooks in the microwave, on the grill or in the oven. The sturdy tray contains two peppers, a sweet onion, zucchini and eggplant. Coppola hopes retailers will merchandise the grill kit in the meat department near the steaks.
RENEE'S GOURMET: Kristen Lewarne, product manager for Toronto-based Renee"s Gourmet, introduced new fat-free Caesar salad dressing and refrigerated mayonnaise at CPMA. Both are made with fresh Greek yogurt and other natural ingredients. The Caesar has only 5 calories per serving, Lewarne said, and the mayonnaise has half the fat of regular mayonnaise. The products are only available in Canada.
GAMBLES: Gambles Ontario Produce Inc., at the Ontario Food Terminal in Toronto, is adding its redesigned Go Fresh private label to about 800 stock-keeping units, says business and product development manager Tom Kioussis (left). The Go Fresh logo, with quick-response code, will appear on everything from tray pack corn to single-serve veggie cups with dip. Trader Sean Balog shows off the company"s carrots in biodegradable bags. New hand-packed biodegradable bags of Go Fresh carrots have a money-back guarantee on the back, Kioussis said. Gambles wholesales and distributes fresh fruits and vegetables across the province. The new web address is www.goproduce.com.
OPMA: Cookbook writer and former TV host Cary Osmond is the face behind the Ontario Produce Marketing Association"s new back to basics campaign and website, Producemadesimple.ca. Every Monday, the site introduces a fruit or vegetable as Pick of the Week. Tuesday is prep day, Wednesday Osmond offers usage tips, Thursday she"ll discuss what the item pairs well with and Friday she"ll share a recipe. Osmond also stars in 10 videos that will change every three weeks.
PRIMEPRO: Grant Ferguson, director of sales for Mississauga, Ontario-based Chantler Packaging Inc., demonstrates PrimePro, the next generation of modified atmosphere packaging for fresh produce. Using the PrimePro carton liner, which absorbs ethylene to keep produce fresh, Ferguson says it"s now possible to ship fresh broccoli from Ecuador to northern Europe, a 28-day journey. Washington cherry and pear growers use the film, and greenhouse growers from Spain to Mexico to Canada have adopted it to keep their produce fresh. Ferguson said PrimePro was recently certified for use with organic produce by the Organic Materials Review Institute.
PROCYK FARMS: A massive display of fresh vegetables set against a background of cartons earned Procyk Farms Ltd., Wilsonville, Ontario, third place in the best booth contest on the expo show floor.
GWILLIMDALE FARMS: Whether a recipe calls for three medium onions or 1 pound of onions, a new offering from Bradford, Ontario-based Gwillimdale Farms Ltd. fits the bill, says Quinton Woods, salesman. The onions, in a mesh sleeve, offer a more attractive price point to retailers compared to bulk onions, Woods says.
ARIZONA LGMA: The Arizona Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement is introducing a fourth training module in a series designed to train field and packinghouse crews on food safety best practices. The new module, in a workbook format, focuses on environmental risk assessments, says Teressa Lopez, who is the Arizona LGMA administrator through the Arizona Department of Agriculture. Lopez, showing an earlier "tailgate training" module, says the format allows trainers to educate employees on site.
NATURIPE: Mighty Blues, 9-ounce containers of large blueberries (minimum of 18 milimeters), have greater availability in the Canadian market as California production starts, says Kyla Garnett, marketing manager at Naturipe Farms LLC, Salinas, Calif. "If you place an order today, we"ll have it in the store tomorrow," Garnett says.
CHURCH BROS.: A 1-pound foodservice pack of Italian greens (a blend of scarlet and black kales and arugula), sold under the Tuscan label, is new to the Canadian market from Church Bros. LLC., Salinas, Calif., says Ernst Van Eeghen, director of marketing and product development for the Salinas, Calif., company. Kale"s popularity continues to rise Van Eeghen says, and the company is educating new kale consumers on how to prepare the greens. Canadian customers are responding in a big way to the kale blend and Church Bros". red heirloom spinach, Van Eeghen said.
DEL MONTE: New fresh-cut offerings in Canada from Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. include the company"s Gold Fresh Pineapple spears and chunks, melon spears/chunks (watermelon, Mag Melon, honeydew and cantaloupe), fruit parfaits and party trays that include celery, tomatoes, broccoli, carrots and other vegetables. Besides the standard packaging available in the U.S., Del Monte offers customized packaging for certain customers in Canada, says Amanda Press, assistant manager of trade shows and special events.
SCOTLYNN: The Vittoria, Ontario, grower recently opened a facility in Belle Glade, Fla., to precool, pack and ship sweet corn, says Joe Didiano, director of produce sales. The company also has 260 new acres of asparagus with plans to almost double that by next season, he says. The corn is packed under the Sweetpac brand.
F.P.D. EAST: Beaconsfield, Quebec-based F.P.D. East Inc., an importer of produce into Canada, is importing the South African Royal Beaut apple. Peter Martino, vice president, said the apple has a dominant red blush. Because of its newness to the market, only one container will be available, Martino said.
MASTRONARDI: Colorful displays of greenhouse tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers earned Mastronardi Produce second place in the best booth contest on the show floor. The company displayed new Duo/Trio/Quattro packs of mini/grape tomatoes and is rolling out the "Inspired by Flavor" branding campaign in Canada, says Chris Veillon, marketing director.
BIOLOGICO: Tom Huculiak, manager of business development for greenhouse grower Biologico, said the company will have bell peppers for the first time this fall, and is testing an organic zebra tomato. "We are aggressively converting to organic," says Huculiak, shown with a pack of the zebra tomatoes.
MANN PACKING: Mann Packing Co. Inc. is debuting an all-clear vegetable party tray pack to the Canadian market, says vice president of retail sales Greg Kurkjian, pictured here with Christine Keller, director of marketing and innovations. Another product introduced to the U.S. last year, Veggie Mac-n-Cheese meals, are now available in Canada. The meals are available in four flavors, and are a "great alternative to the center-of-store mac and cheese," Kurkjian says.
LA HUERTA IMPORTS: Corbeil, Ontario-based importer of Mexican and South American produce, is now marketing Mexican "Chico" sapote, which has a texture like a pear and has a slight flavor of cinnamon, says Graeme Bruce, vice president. People of Hispanic and Asian descent are familiar with the fruit, and the company is trying to reach other demographics with the sapotes.
BABE FARMS: One-pound bags of baby fennel and baby purple artichokes, in resealable bags featuring quick-response codes, are new to the Canadian market from Babe Farms, says Ande Manos, sales and marketing for the company. She says the codes offer convenient referrals to online recipes and menu ideas.
NATUREFRESH FARMS: Interest in a fried green tomato kit from NatureFresh Farms has picked up after the company moved from a four-pack to a two-pack, says Ray Wowryk, director of business development. The company also has 3- and 4-variety packs of mini tomatoes.


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This is a very special question, I hope that somebody here already worked in a similar project setup.
I am working with Netbeans and started a maven web project based upon the maven HS 4.x tutorial on http://www.hibernatespatial.org/tutorial-hs4.html
This compiles fine using maven.
Next I want to use the maven hibernate3 plugin from MOJO (http://mojo.codehaus.org/hibernate3-maven-plugin/index.html), so I can create SQL Scripts and the database schema out of my java entitiy classes. So the workflow should be
- code java entitiy classes with spatial (postgis) fields
- compile
- create DDL out of entity classes
- create/update database schema with DDL
- run app
The problem is, when I run
mvn hibernate3:hbm2ddl
The plugin does not search for hibernate spatial in the remote repo on www.hibernatespatial.org like the compile plugin does, but searches for it in the central repo. Due to the fact, that the hibernate-spatial.jar does not exist there, DDL creation fails. This is what the maven output looks like:
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:hibernate3-maven-plugin:2.2:hbm2ddl ... Plugin org.codehaus.mojo:hibernate3-maven-plugin:2.2 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Could not find artifact org.hibernate:hibernate-spatial:jar:4.0-M1 in central (http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2) -> [Help 1]
Caused by: ... Could not find artifact org.hibernate:hibernate-spatial:jar:4.0-M1 in central (http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2)
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginResolutionException
As I already mentioned, maven compile goal works and resolves hibernate-spatial correctly.
Is there an alternative way to create database schema out of java entity classes without the maven hibernate plugin?


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Our Parents
Parent volunteers make up the French Section Parent Association (FSPA) helping to organise events for our students throughout the year. The parent associations of the four sections of TES together make up the Parents Support Council (TES PSC). They play an important role in the organisation of events throughout the TES school year, such as the Christmas Bazaar, International Day and book fairs.
The FSPA team 2018-2019:
Chairperson: Julia Chiu
Vice Chairperson: Pamela Huang
Treasurer: Mandy Chiu
Secretary: Karen Benat, Peggy Hou-Riverain
Event coordinators: Angel Hsu, Pei Chun Tsai, Christine Lai, Zoe Taso, Michelle Wang, Sandy Yang, Iman Cheng, Amanda Lee, Jennifer Liao, Isabelle Chiu
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
For the children who are in the senior secondary level, they are also supported by our European Secondary Campus Parent Association (ESCPA). For more information, please visit this page.


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House Republicans released a 2019 budget proposal Tuesday that, though it stands little chance of advancing, signals the party's priorities: The blueprint would balance the budget in nine years by making steep cuts to mandatory spending programs including Medicare and Social Security, which President Trump has pledged not to cut, and by factoring in what some analysts call overly optimistic growth projections.
Here's what you need to know:
Deficit reduction: The budget "seeks to revive the deficit-cutting mantle for Republicans," Bloomberg's Erik Wasson writes, after the GOP's tax law and a bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill dramatically increased projected deficits over the next 10 years. The new budget resolution calls for $8.1 trillion in deficit reduction over a decade, including $5.4 trillion in mandatory spending cuts. Reconciliation instructions call for congressional committees to find at least $302 billion in cuts to mandatory spending, but the rest of the reductions are left for future lawmakers.
"The time is now for our Congress to step up and confront the biggest challenge to our society," said House Budget Chairman Steve Womack (R-AR). "There is not a bigger enemy on the domestic side than the debt and deficits."
The debt: Under the budget proposal, debt held by the public would still rise from $15.5 trillion to $20.6 trillion in 2028. As a share of the economy, debt would drop from a current 78 percent of GDP to 64 percent in 2028. The Committee for a Responsible Budget says that, without some rosy economic assumptions — "The budget seems to assume average annual real GDP growth of 2.6 percent per year over ten years, compared to 1.8 percent in CBO's baseline" — debt would fall to about 75 percent of GDP in 2028.
Key spending levels: The budget maintains the discretionary spending targets for next year (a 3 percent increase over 2018) that Congress, as part of a bipartisan two-year deal, agreed to in February. Longer term, the budget projects that discretionary defense spending will rise from $647 billion in 2019 to $736 billion by 2028. Overall, the draft calls for a $645 billion spending increase over 10 years.
Discretionary domestic spending would fall from $597 billion in 2019 to $555 billion in 2021 and stay frozen at that level through 2028.
Where savings come from: Most notably, the House budget plan would cut spending on mandatory programs including Medicare and Medicaid by $5.4 trillion over 10 years. The budget aims to eliminate $537 billion in Medicare spending over the next decade. Social Security spending would be reduced by as much as $4 billion by eliminating the ability for enrollees to receive both unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance. Roll Call offers this handy breakdown, noting that the plan assumes $1.3 trillion in savings from Obamacare repeal and about $2.5 trillion more from:
- Reducing improper government payments by 50 percent over a decade, saving $745 billion.
- Cuts to welfare and federal retirement programs saving $923 billion.
- Cuts to veterans' programs intended to save $59 billion.
- Changes to student loan programs, intended to generate $231 billion.
- Changes to agricultural programs, which would save $23 billion.
- Overhauling medical liability lawsuits, assumed to save $33 billion.
And the CRFB sums it all up in chart form:
The safety net: The budget assumes that Congress will fully repeal Obamacare, and it adopts the same approach to Medicaid that House Republicans took last year in their Obamacare repeal effort: It would overhaul Medicaid by introducing per capita spending caps, or optional block grants if states prefer. The budget also envisions the introduction of work requirements for able-bodied, childless Medicaid beneficiaries. The proposed changes to Medicare include gradually raising the eligibility age to 67 and changing the program to give seniors the option of enrolling in private health care plans.
What critics say: Democrats pounced on the proposed cuts. "Democrats will make sure everyone knows that after providing millionaires and corporations with massive tax breaks, House Republicans decided to pay for it by once again calling for a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, ending Medicare as we know it, and offering deep cuts to investments in economic growth," said John Yarmuth of Kentucky, the ranking Democrat on the Budget Committee.
Budget hawks, while praising the basic act of putting forth a budget resolution and cheering the projected deficit reduction, warned about gimmicks in the plan, such as those rosy growth projections, unspecified or unrealistic spending cuts — and a complete lack of accounting for the second round of tax cuts that Republicans want. "Budgets shouldn't exclude one of your party's biggest agenda items," Tyler Evilsizer of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget tweeted.
The lack of detail in the spending cuts drew the ire of Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA). "Only $300 billion is in the actual reconciliation bill. So the remaining 95 percent of that $5.4 trillion is going to require action by future congresses because we just can't bear to make those decisions this year," McClintock said. "The rest is happy thoughts and pixie dust."
What happens next: The blueprint will be marked up by the Budget Committee for a second day on Thursday and may get approved by the committee this week, but it stands little chance of advancing beyond that. "With Republicans battling to retain their House and Senate majorities, GOP leadership in both chambers might not want to force their vulnerable members to vote for a plan that could open them up to likely Democratic attacks that they're trying to take away health benefits from the elderly and the poor," David Sherfinski wrote in The Washington Times.
However, Bloomberg's Wasson notes that the rescission process still "could be used by lame-duck lawmakers after the election to ram through Republican-only legislation" like another Obamacare repeal bill.


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