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Posted 11 August 2009 - 11:39 PM
I didn't lose my mind - I have it backed up on a disk ... somewhere
Posted 12 August 2009 - 07:22 AM
"It is proper for you to doubt ... do not go upon report ... do not go upon tradition ... do not go upon hear-say." ~ Buddha
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Posted 16 August 2009 - 06:34 PM
Yes, I think just sellecting "other" leaves out some of the other big religions. Kind of a diss, but we know not of their reasoning. Space saving?
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Posted 19 December 2009 - 06:56 PM
Christian too...Catholic and yeah, Merry Christmas!
I am christian Minister Merry Christmas all
Size Does Matter
Posted 22 December 2009 - 12:21 AM
And no, I don't have a problem with using other as a choice. I've filled out paperwork that asks for my religion and I normally just leave it blank.
Yeah, other can leave out some faiths, but is it possible to include them all? You know that if you leave out The Church of Jedi somebody is going to get upset.
Edited by Corey, 22 December 2009 - 12:24 AM.
Posted 05 February 2010 - 09:36 AM
I do not worship the horned god,I worship the Lady Night/The Goddess.
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Posted 16 July 2010 - 03:43 PM
As long as we're all throwing it out there I'm raised Christian too...Orthodox actually. Greek Orthodox to be specific.
It's nice to see a poll where they have you vote Christian as Christian and not Catholic/Protestant. LOL sadly, most people tend to forget the Eastern European religions...even though they technically predate the Catholic church.
It's all good. Takes all kinds...I'm relatively religious about things though I question the church itself. I see things as we don't really know who or what is out there but we all have our way of seeing it. I like my church's views and stigmas so I continue to follow them.
Posted 20 July 2011 - 04:29 PM
A note here , I have seen and experienced to many out of the ordinary things and known many others who have experienced many things as well to not believe there is something to all of this , just what I do not know for sure nor have I come to any conclusions with exception of UFO's in which I do believe I know what they mostly are .
I am a curious person and made curious by many experiences hence my name SeekX.
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Santeria/Palo Mayombe faiths
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Uruguay Built-up Areas (points), 2007
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- Uruguay Built-up Areas is a point theme map representing built-up areas in Uruguay. This layer is a component of the Global Map, a 1:1,000,000 scale framework dataset of the world. It consists of vector and raster layers of transport, administrative boundaries, drainage, elevation, vegetation, land use and land cover data. The data were prepared from information provided by national mapping and other organizations worldwide. The Global Map data had been managed by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, but that organization was terminated in August, 2016. The data has been transferred to the Geospatial Information Section in the United Nations. For the most recent documentation, refer to the Global Map Specifications at https://github.com/globalmaps/specifications/.
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- International Steering Committee for Global Mapping
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- Global Map
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- Uruguay
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- Society and Population
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- 2007
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- Columbia
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Telecommunications Week Honors Operators
If you ask any peace officer or emergency responder what one of their most important tools might be, the answer will be quick the dispatcher on the other end of the radio.
For the countless voices behind the microphones, who remain calm in times of extreme stress and get help to those in need, the week of April 14-20 is once again being recognized as National Public Safety Telecommunications Week across the United States. Locally, the Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office, Emmetsburg Police Department, Palo Alto County Emergency Management, Palo Alto County Conservation Board and all emergency responders from ambulance services and fire departments throughout the county are paying tribute to the professional public safety communications operators for their dedication and professionalism as they serve the citizens of Palo Alto County.
The Palo Alto County Communications Center is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year by fully state and nationally certified, trained professionals. Becky Goeders, Sheryl Chamberlain and Dawn Moore, are the full-time Communications Specialists along with part-time operators Mary Jane Soenen, Staci Girres, Jarrod Fischer, Lena Peters, Crystal Sawvell and Jessica Sinning. These operators are the public's first contact with the Public Safety Communications system in Palo Alto County. When a citizen dials 9-1-1 for emergency assistance of any type, one of these individuals will answer the phone and notify the appropriate responding agency, all while gathering as much information about the situation as is possible from the caller.
Each of the Palo Alto County Hospital's four Ambulance services, based in West Bend, Ruthven, Graettinger and Emmetsburg, as well as the First Responder units in Mallard and Ayrshire are dispatched through the Communications Center. The Fire Departments in Emmetsburg, Cylinder, Rodman, West Bend, Mallard, Ayrshire, Ruthven and Graettinger are also dispatched from the Communications Center. All law enforcement, including the Emmetsburg and West Bend Police Departments, along with the Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office, receive dispatch information from the Communications Center Operators, along with Palo Alto County Emergency Management.
The local Communications Center also has contact with the Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Palo Alto County Secondary Road Department and other neighboring counties as well.
While, the primary duty of a telecommunications operator is to answer calls for service and assistance, the operator also operates the county's network of storm warning sirens and alerting systems, as well as operating the local access terminal to the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, a computer network that connects law enforcement agencies across North America as well as the world. Using this network, local operators can check a drivers' license record in any state, or check for warrants on any individual stopped by local officers.
When emergency calls are received at the Palo Alto County Communications Center, the operator on duty determines what type of assistance is needed: fire department, emergency medical services or law enforcement officers. The operator attempts to obtain as much information as they can from the caller, including accurate directions or an address; the number and type of injuries or any other pertinent information, and then determines the initial level of response from the appropriate agency.
Thankfully, not every call the Communications Center receives is an emergency. Dispatch officers often field inquiries on road and weather conditions, take reports of debris in a roadway, livestock loose near a road, or answer questions on where drivers' license examiners are located on a given day.
The local operators have to be able to access volumes of information to handle these calls as well as any emergency calls.
All too often the umbrella of Public Safety can unintentionally overlook that first link in the public safety chain the dispatcher that answers the initial phone call for assistance.
That voice over the phone line can calm a panicked citizen or frightened child, all while sending help. The communications operator is the person whom is never seen and all too often never given the proper appreciation for their efforts, but is without a doubt the heart of the public safety profession.


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Snowpack-atmosphere gas exchanges of carbon dioxide, ozone, and nitrogen oxides at a hardwood forest site in northern Michigan. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 3:000040.. 2015.
An automated system for continuous measurements of trace gas fluxes through snow: an evaluation of the gas diffusion method at a subalpine forest site, Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Biogeochemistry. 95(1):95-113.. 2009.
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Outspoken Scientist Dismissed From Panel On Chemical Safety
[Rachel's Introduction: What happens to a scientist who believes her knowledge warrants a precautionary approach to a toxic chemical? For her ethical stance, she is smeared by the chemical industry and then U.S. EPA removes from an advisory panel. In the mainstream media, this is not being discussed as an attack on precaution (and science), but that's exactly what it is.]
Toxicologist Deborah Rice was appointed chair of an EPA scientific panel reviewing the chemical a year ago. Federal records show she was removed from the panel in August after the American Chemistry Council, the lobbying group for chemical manufacturers, complained to a top- ranking EPA official that she was biased.
The chemical, a brominated compound known as deca, is used in high volumes worldwide, largely in the plastic housings of television sets.
Rice, an award-winning former EPA scientist who now works at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, has studied low doses of deca and reported neurological effects in lab animals. Last February, around the time the EPA panel was convened, Rice testified before the Maine Legislature in support of a state ban on the compound because scientific evidence shows it is toxic and accumulating in the environment and people.
Chemical industry lobbyists say Rice's comments to the Legislature, as well as similar comments to the media, show that she is a biased advocate who has compromised the integrity of the EPA's review of the flame retardant.
The EPA is in the process of deciding how much daily exposure to deca is safe -- a controversial decision, expected next month, that could determine whether it can still be used in consumer products. The role of the expert panel was to review and comment on the scientific evidence.
EPA officials removed Rice because of what they called "the perception of a potential conflict of interest." Under the agency's handbook for advisory committees, scientific peer reviewers should not "have a conflict of interest" or "appear to lack impartiality."
EPA officials were not available for comment Thursday.
Environmentalists accuse the EPA of a "dangerous double standard," because under the Bush administration, many pro-industry experts have served on the agency's scientific panels.
The Environmental Working Group, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, reviewed seven EPA panels created last year and found 17 panelists who were employed or funded by the chemical industry or had made public statements that the chemicals they were reviewing were safe. In one example, an Exxon Mobil Corp. employee served on an EPA expert panel responsible for deciding whether ethylene oxide, a chemical manufactured by Exxon Mobil, is a carcinogen.
Sonya Lunder, a senior analyst at the Environmental Working Group, called it "deeply problematic from the public interest perspective" for the EPA to dismiss scientists who advocate protecting health while appointing those who promote industry views.
Lunder said it is unprecedented for the EPA to remove an expert for expressing concerns about the potential dangers of a chemical.
"It's a scary world if we create a precedent that says scientists involved in decision-making are perceived to be too biased," she said.
Rice was unavailable for comment Thursday.
In addition to her testimony for the Maine Legislature, Rice has been quoted in media reports saying there is enough scientific evidence to warrant bans on deca. "We don't need to wait another five years or even another two years and let it increase in the environment, while we nail down every possible question we have," she told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer last March.
In a May letter to an assistant administrator at the EPA, Sharon Kneiss, a vice president of the American Chemistry Council, called Rice "a fervent advocate of banning" deca and said she "has no place in an independent, objective peer review." She told the EPA that Rice's role on the panel "calls into question the overall integrity" of the EPA's evaluation of chemicals and that Rice may have influenced the other panelists in their review of deca.
Top EPA officials met with the industry group's representatives in June and promised to take action, according to a letter that EPA Asst. Administrator George Gray sent to the group last month. In that letter, Gray said the EPA found "no evidence" that Rice "significantly influenced the other panelists."
Environmentalists are concerned that Rice's removal could result in a less protective standard.
After EPA officials dismissed her from the five-member panel, they removed her comments from the panel's report on deca and removed all mention of her. Three months later, at the request of the chemical industry group, the EPA added a note to the panel report that Rice was removed "due to a perception of a potential conflict of interest" and that none of her comments were considered in their review of the chemical.
EPA documents show that Rice's comments while serving on the panel focused on technical, scientific issues. For example, she advised the EPA to consider the cumulative effects of not just deca, but chemicals with similar neurological effects.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles), chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said he was disturbed by Rice's dismissal and the Environmental Working Group's findings about pro- industry panelists.
"If this information is accurate, it raises serious questions about EPA's approach to preventing conflicts of interest on its expert scientific panels," Waxman said.
The conflict of interest policies of another environmental institute, the National Toxicology Program, also has come under fire. Last March, a major consultant for a federal center that evaluates reproductive hazards of chemicals was fired after The Los Angeles Times reported that the firm had financial ties to 50 chemical companies or associations.
Rice specializes in neurotoxins -- chemicals that harm developing brains. Before she went to work for the state of Maine, she was a senior toxicologist at the EPA's National Center for Environmental Research, where she had a major role in setting the EPA's controversial guideline for exposure to mercury in fish.
In 2004, the EPA gave Rice and four colleagues an award for what it called "exceptionally high-quality research" for a study that linked lead exposure to premature puberty in girls.
Many toxicologists and other environmental scientists have said they are highly concerned about flame retardants known as PBDEs, polybrominated diphenyl ethers.
In laboratory tests, PBDEs have been found to skew brain development and alter thyroid hormones, slowing the learning and motor skills of newborn animals.
Two of the compounds, called penta and octa, were banned in 2004. Before the ban, amounts in human breast milk and wildlife were doubling in North America every four to six years, a pace unmatched for any contaminant in at least 50 years. Now they are decreasing.
Scientists had initially thought that the deca compound was not accumulating in people and animals as the other PBDEs were. But it appears that deca turns into other brominated substances when exposed to sunlight, and now many scientists say it, too, is building up in the environment worldwide. Deca has similar effects on animals' developing brains as the banned PBDEs.
The chemical industry contends that low doses pose no danger and that the compound is necessary to prevent fires in many consumer products. In addition to TVs and other electronics, deca is used in furniture textiles, building materials and automobiles. About 56,000 tons were used worldwide in 2001, mostly in the United States and Asia.
Only Maine and Washington state restrict use of deca; both passed laws last year that phase out some uses. Similar bills have been introduced in California but have not passed.
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I used Microsoft Word to create a template that looks like a car GPS for the kids to personalize. In place of the GPS map, they drew self-portraits along with a picture of the card recipient. Inside they added a heart made out of red foam paper. They glued the white GPS rectangles to black cardstock.
Our Father's Day GPS cards read:
Outside: Our [grandpa/dad] guides us each and every day.
Inside: But he doesn't need a GPS ... he lovingly guides with his heart! Happy Father's Day!
I've made the GPS Father's Day Card template [pdf] available for download from Google Docs, in case you'd like to borrow the idea.
In all actuality, a GPS and a father have a lot in common. A GPS system guides the trusting user to a destination. In a similar way, a father guides his children through life with love and compassion, despite the inevitable road blocks and detours. Here's a picture book that focuses on a father who guides with his heart.
Because Your Daddy Loves You by Andrew Clements, illustrated by R.W. Alley. Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (April 2005); ISBN 9780618003617; 32 pages (Review copy from library)
Because Your Daddy Loves You by Andrew Clements is a book about a very patient and loving father. The book starts and ends with bedtime, and the little girl and her father visit a beach during the day. The dad's patience never wavers and he remains positive and cheerful, despite many mishaps and obstacles. When the little girl loses a shoe, her father helps her look, finds it, and helps her put it on her foot. When the little girl makes a mess eating her ice cream cone, he cleans her up without scolding remarks. The dad even reads his daughter her favorite story without complaint, even though it's a story he's already read several times before. He continually shows her his love through his kind and caring actions.
Parenting requires an extraordinary amount of patience as Clements' book clearly illustrates. It is our job as parents to try and remain calm, guide with love and help our children grow into respectful, caring individuals. Obviously, all parents are going to have moments when patience goes out the window. In other reviews of this book, Clements has taken some flak for his overly rosy depiction of a father's parenting style and others have remarked on the "hovering" tendencies of the father. The problem with these criticisms is that it is hard to judge the age of the little girl in the book. I'm assuming that she's probably a small toddler and a toddler's abilities tend to be quite limited. They require more hands-on, nurturing parenting.
My kids are getting a little too old for this father/child themed book, but I would recommend it for very small children and new dads. It's a very sweet story and the lovely illustrations by R.W. Alley are full of emotion and reassuring images. Plus, the dad isn't depicted as a supermodel, he's just an average Joe -- a little chubby and very lovable.
Because Your Mommy Loves You by Andrew Clements, illustrated by R.W. Alley. Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (April 2012); ISBN 9780547255224; 32 pages (Review copy provided by publisher)
This year Andrew Clements released a companion book to Because Your Daddy Loves You featuring a mother and son. The book was out in time for Mother's Day. Interestingly enough, the mother in this newest story, though patient like the dad, emphatically encourages independence and self-reliance. In the book, a mother and son embark on a camping trip together. The child encounters a few difficulties along the way, and the mother helps her son overcome adversity without stepping in and doing everything for him. When the boy gets lost in the store, she doesn't go rushing after him but has him follow her voice back, gives him a hug and asks him to promise not to wander off. When the boy tires while hiking, she doesn't offer to carry his backpack for him, but instead they take a snack break before continuing up the trail.
The mom in this book certainly maintains a hands-off parenting style throughout the book, though she still snuggles and offers comforting support, especially at bedtime. The book is a good reminder to parents that it is important to instill in children a sense of responsibility, even at an early age. R.W. Alley's colorful watercolor, ink and acrylic illustrations portray lovely outdoor scenes set in a national forest complete with a rainbow sunset and a cozy star lit evening.
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text: Re: Have a working 'expander' based on DolbyA (not same design) -- works well. Reply #50 – 2018-01-02 19:22:29 Claification about the 'pseudo-DolbyA' decoder. I want to make it clear (because this question came up in another forum), that this decoder often has positive effect on NON-DOLBYA-ENCODED material. In fact, the Rainy-days-and-mondays example that I gave the spectrogram for was NOT advertised to be DolbyA encoded. The 'decoder' is an expander that undoes some analog sidechain compression. Because of that architecture, and (helpfully) the use of a non-traditional attack/decay calculation -- it can be effective in other cases where the material was compressed with a sidechain (or even non-sidechain) compressor. There'll still be SNR and some limited transient improvement, even if not DolbyA encoded (but is compressed.)So, when I suggest that people give it a try -- it is NOT necessary to have 'DolbyA' encoded material, even though results from such experiments would be interesting. I do have some material that is DolbyA encoded, but I cannot give it out as examples (2Tk mixed down master of pop music.) Because of the kind of intentionally distorted dynamics in the original material, it is impossible for me to accurately determine the quality of the DolbyA decoding. (every CD that I have heard based upon the material that I have sounds so very different, because the mastering engineers have really played with the 2tk master.)Regarding the spectrograms: The reduction of 'blue fog' (mostly hiss) occurred on compressed material that benefited from mild expansion (but not so much expansion as to badly distort the dynamics.)The 'larger scale' expander can make more significant impact on dynamics, and it is a bit more tricky to do that correctly without causing unpleasant expansion artifacts. However, the design of the 'large scale' expander (dynamics restoration software) is such that it is easy to set the parameters so that the results can sound better than the original.John Dyson


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Powder Coatings Plus LLC, an industry located on Park Street, is leaving the village and relocating in Archbold.
Spiess told council members the company has outgrown its existing location but no vacant industrial space is available in the village.
He spoke with the owners about building an addition to the existing structure and also about land for a new building, but the company is headed to a larger vacant building near Archbold on State Route 20A. The new location gives the company 13,700 square feet of space.
In January 2006, the company was issued a five-year $50,000 loan through the Fulton County Revolving Loan Fund. The agreement included anticipated growth of 10 employees within three years. The company currently employees four full-lime workers on one shift, according to county economic development director Lisa Arend.


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Obama challenges Congress to pass new gun regulations
- President Obama proposes broad gun-safety agenda
- Obama lays out deepest overhaul of firearms regulations since the LBJ administration
- Measures would include banning the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines
Washington -- In a sweeping second-term gamble that puts the White House at the center of the nation's divisive gun debate, President Obama laid out a gun-safety agenda that calls on America — and Congress — to get behind a dramatic plan that he believes can help stem gun violence.
The president on Wednesday challenged lawmakers, many of whom are tepid at best to the idea of major gun reform, to pass the deepest overhaul of firearms regulations since the Lyndon Johnson administration. Meanwhile, Obama vowed to spend considerable political capital on an explosive policy issue that he's largely avoided much of his first term.
At the heart of his agenda are calls to close background-check loopholes, make schools safer, increase access to mental health services and, most controversial, ban the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. All are measures that will require congressional action, and all face a level of opposition from some lawmakers — on both sides of the political aisle — and gun rights groups.
The president arrived at this moment in the wake of several mass shootings in recent years, from a political event in Tucson to a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., to the numbing tragedy at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. It was this last unthinkable act — a gunman mowing down 20 children and six educators — that provided the urgency culminating in Wednesday's announcement.
Yet, Obama faces a difficult climb to make his vision on gun control reality.
Even some of the 23 executive actions he proposed will face scrutiny from gun rights groups and their advocates in Congress who have already suggested they will use their considerable sway to block funding. All went into motion with his signature on Wednesday, but some face an unclear timeline on implementation.
Despite the considerable opposition and the daunting political path ahead of him, Obama vowed to make gun control a centerpiece issue as he begins his second term.
"I will put everything I've got into this, and so will Joe," Obama said, referring to Vice President Biden, who stood beside him at the White House event.
Gun rights advocates lambasted the plan as overreach, while gun-control advocates largely praised the president's proposal as bold and ambitious.
The administration's carefully choreographed announcement of the proposal was the culmination of a month-long press following the Newtown school shooting. Among those in the audience for the announcement was the family of Grace McDonnell, 7, one of the slain children to whom Obama paid tribute.
"When it comes to protecting the most vulnerable among us, we must act now, for Grace, for the 25 other innocent children and devoted educators who had so much left to give," Obama said.
Biden helped develop the plan after conducting a series of meetings with 229 groups involved in gun-violence issues. The president and vice president appeared at the presentation with four children who wrote letters to the White House expressing concern about gun violence after the Connecticut massacre.
Obama vowed to use "whatever weight this office holds" to make his gun-safety proposals a reality, but he put the onus on Congress, which he said will have to act if there is to be meaningful change.
He also sought to put voter pressure on the powerful National Rifle Association and, in particular, its supporters in Congress.
"Ask them what's more important: Doing whatever it takes to get an A grade from the gun lobby that funds their campaigns? Or giving parents some piece of mind when they drop their child off to first grade?"
The NRA responded in a statement that "only honest, law-abiding gun owners will be affected" by Obama's gun proposal. The group added "our children will remain vulnerable to the inevitability of more tragedy."
The tough road
Some proposals will face stiff opposition in Congress, especially in the Republican-run House of Representatives. GOP lawmakers offered little to suggest that Obama's push would compel them to act.
"House committees of jurisdiction will review these recommendations," said Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. "And if the Senate passes a bill, we will also take a look at that."
House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said he will consider Obama's recommendations but questioned the wisdom of the plan.
"Good intentions do not necessarily make good laws," Goodlatte said. He said he wants to ensure that the proposals will "actually be meaningful in preventing the taking of innocent life and that they do not trample on the rights of law-abiding citizens to exercise their constitutionally guaranteed rights."
The toughest fight Obama faces might be over his call for the re-implementing the assault weapons ban. A ban on such weapons was first passed into the law in 1994, but it expired in 2004. Obama has long backed a move to reinstate a ban, but there's been little political will to get it back on the books.
Even after last month's tragedy in Connecticut, where the gunman used a military-style Bushmaster rifle loaded with 30 rounds and had more high-capacity clips at the ready, Americans remain opposed to such a ban. A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll last month showed that 51% oppose outlawing assault weapons, while 44% support it.
Perhaps of more concern to the president are comments by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid suggesting that the ban has little chance of getting through Congress. Reid, who has opposed an assault weapons ban in the past, has been praised by the NRA for backing legislation that limits lawsuits against gun manufacturers and dealers.
"Let's be realistic. In the Senate, we're going to do what we think can get through the House," Reid, the top Senate Democrat, told a Nevada PBS station over the weekend. "And I'm not going to be going through a bunch of these gyrations just to say we've done something because if we're really legislators, the purpose of it is to pass legislation."
Picking his fights
The White House insists that the call to reinstitute the ban is not a pie-in-the-sky effort and suggests that Obama will lean into it with vigor.
However, even some supporters of reinstating a ban say a hard push by Obama is not without risks, and the president might be best served by putting his political capital into measures such as instituting universal background checks, cracking down on gun trafficking and improving data collection and sharing among federal agencies. (In 2011, the FBI reported that nationally there were 6,220 homicides in which handguns were used and 323 homicides with a rifle, of which assault rifles are a subset.)
Assault weapons "are not firearms that anyone needs or should have, but we don't think it will have much impact on gun crime, while other things the president proposes will," said Matt Bennett, a senior vice president at the centrist Democratic group Third Way. "I worry that it's going to dominate the debate when it shouldn't. It's the tail wagging the dog."
Larry Pratt, executive director of the group Gun Owners of America, even chafes at the White House's use of the term "assault weapons." He says they are "defensive weapons" that people are entitled to have to "defend themselves and their property." People are also entitled to have high-capacity magazines, Pratt said.
Obama counters that the combination of the "military-style" semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines have enabled shooters to kill more people quicker, at venues ranging from the elementary school in Connecticut to that movie theater in Colorado.
And while some polls show that most Americans remain resistant to a ban on assault weapons, the White House seems buoyed by polling that suggests Americans are broadly open to more restrictive gun laws in the aftermath of the Connecticut shooting.
Background checks?
Gun rights groups have also criticized proposals for "universal background checks" as a back-door way to a national gun registration system that could lead to confiscation.
"You don't trust governments," Pratt said. "And it doesn't solve crimes."
Universal background checks would also be hard to enforce because they involve private sellers, some of whom might not want to report transactions — a problem that the Obama plan seems to anticipate.
In a written report, the administration says that "private sellers can already choose to sell their guns through licensed dealers so the dealer can run a background check on the buyer, and the Administration is calling on them to do so. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will send an open letter to licensed dealers giving them guidance on how best to facilitate these checks."
Obama may have a better chance with Republicans when it comes to mental health. Some GOP lawmakers said mass shootings result more from psychological factors than the availability of guns, an indication that this might be an area of common ground.
Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., a doctor as well as a House member, said, "As we review how best to prevent mass shootings and the loss of innocent lives, we should make a robust analysis of America's mental health system a priority."
While gun-control advocates generally reacted positively to the Obama plan, some on the political left criticized the president's call to hire up to 1,000 school resource officers and school-based mental health professionals.
This could "lead to the overincarceration of school-age children, especially students of color and students with disabilities, who are disproportionately arrested and prosecuted for issues that would normally be handled by school administrators when law enforcement is introduced into schools," said Laura Murphy, director of the American Civil Liberty Union's Washington Legislative Office.
Beyond his calls for congressional action, Obama signed 23 executive actions that will not need congressional approval, but even some of those actions could be blocked by Congress. In an interview with CNN last week, NRA President David Keene hinted that the group might lobby lawmakers to use the power of the purse to take the teeth out of executive action the group objects to.
"Some things you can do by executive orders, and some things you can't do by executive orders," Keene said. "And some things that you do do by executive orders need money to be implemented, and that's up to Congress."
Obama, for his part, called on Americans to question lawmakers on where they stand on some of the most divisive issues, including a ban on assault weapons and universal background checks:
"The only way we can change is if the American people demand it."
Contributing: Jackie Kucinich and Gregory Korte


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VANCOUVER - University of B.C. researchers led a team of scientists that have found the swine flu vaccine triggers antibodies that protect against many flu viruses including the lethal bird-flu strain.
The results support the idea there is a way to develop universal flu vaccines which would eliminate the need for seasonal vaccines each year, said UBC professor John Schrader.
The details of the research were published Tuesday in the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Immunology, the journal of the International Union of Immunological Societies.
Vaccines contain bits of weak or dead germs that prompt the human immune system to produce antibodies that circulate in the blood to kill those specific germs, said Schrader, Canada Research Chair in Immunology and director of UBC's Biomedical Research Centre.
However, the research team found the 2009 pandemic H1N1 vaccine induced broadly protective antibodies capable of fighting different variants of the flu virus.
Schrader compared virus proteins to a tulip-like structure. Whereas traditional vaccines adhere to the "flower head" of the structure, which mutate regularly and require new vaccines, the swine flu vaccine appeared to produce antibodies that attacked the "stem" of the flu virus proteins, creating more stable resistance.
"The stem plays such an integral role in penetrating the cell that it cannot change between different variants of the flu virus," said Schrader.
The findings follow a two-year examination of human antibodies and research carried out on mice.
It will take years to test a new universal flu vaccine that would be ready for general use, noted Schrader.
The research team included scientists from UBC, the universities of Ottawa and Toronto, the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the BC Centre for Disease Control.
Seasonal flu is a serious illness affecting from three to five million people each year, causing 200,000 to 500,000 deaths.
The 2009 H1N1 pandemic killed more than 14,000 people worldwide, noted UBC researchers.


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His immersion in the contemporary literature for flute led to his desire to compose. He began studying counterpoint and harmony at the age of 13 with Donald Stratton and Tom Manoff, who sparked his interest in serialism. While at NYU, Chatham met Morton Subotnick, who encouraged him to compose electronic music. Working under Subotnick's guidance at the NYU Studio for Electronic Music, he met Maryanne Amacher, Charlemagne Palestine, Serge Tcherepnin, Ingram Marshall, and Eliane Radigue. These composers, more than anyone else, kindled Chatham's interest in music of long duration, which ultimately led him to study and work with La Monte Young, tuning his piano in just intonation in exchange for lessons.
Rhys Chatham studied tuning under Hugh Gough in New York and William Dowd in Cambridge and supported himself during the early seventies by tuning the instruments of such artists as Gustav Leonhardt, Albert Fuller, Paul Jacobs, and Glenn Gould, to name only a few. His ability to tune and hear harmonics lead to his interest in making compositions incorporating the overtone series. This interest stayed with him long after the digital tuner rendered his harpsichord tuning skill useless.
Chatham wrote his first composition in just intonation in 1971. Following the lead of musicians such as Young, Terry Riley, Cornelius Cardew, and Frederic Rzewski, he then began working as a composer-performer with non-notated music of various sorts, which culminated in 1976 when he first started working with hard rock. Rather than simply appropriating rock music, he worked as a kind of "secret agent" in the field, becoming an active figure on the late-night rock scene in New York City. With his composition, Guitar Trio (1977), Rhys Chatham became the first composer to make use of multiple electric guitars in just intonation to merge the extended-time music of the sixties and seventies with serious hard rock.
By 1982, Chatham was going deaf from playing too much loud music. He decided to make a series of fully notated pieces for the slightly quieter brass family of instruments. After awhile, this renewed interest in notation (and an improvement in his hearing) led him to return to writing for electric guitar ensemble; Die Dönnergötter (1984-86) was his first effort in this direction. After a series of interim pieces he concluded this period with an ultimate work, An Angel Moves Too Fast to See (1989) for a symphony of 100 electric guitars, electric bass, and drums.
Rhys Chatham's compositional concern has been to bring together seemingly incompatible elements and put them through a personal filter so as to vertically align them. During the seventies and much of the eighties, he devoted himself to combining the pounding, throbbing rhythms of rock with the aesthetic concerns of post-minimalism. At the end of the eighties, his compositional interest turned to making full use of the enormous freedom composers now have available to them by launching an investigation into the nature of this freedom itself.
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Confirming that enterprise reuse can be a bit of a joke at times, Jason Gorman shares this fable on enterprise reuse (via another inspired Jason). Short summary: Two ladies could save 8 cents by boiling tea in the same kettle. But the cunning analyst forgets that, since they live 20 miles from each other, there will be overheads to the tune of a $20 cab ride and the travelling time.
Viewed from a high level, enterprise reuse is a noble goal; what's the point of being a single company if everyone writes their own code? In practice, it can be fraught. Ironically, it's usually easier to reuse publicly-available libraries (e.g. open-source libs on sourceforge) and public web services than those in the same company. The following things make reuse more digestible in an enterprise setting:
- Language-agnostic, industry-standard, technologies Using obscure or proprietary technologies can work in an individual team, but rarely in a large enterprise; in most cases, there are simply too many factions with different skill sets and legacy code bases. There are companies that describe themselves as a "pure Java shop", for example, but you will indefinitely find pockets working in Python, .Net, and so on. Getting an enterprise to truly standardise (not just lip service) on something non-industry-standard is futile. It takes several months for people to get really competent in a new language; in an environment full of contractors and staff turning over every few years, and full of legacy systems, you can count on the fact that there will be disparate technologies at play. It's a good thing, too; no one language (or paradigm, for that matter), not even Java *gasp*, is the right solution to all problems.
- Service-oriented SOA as in "built on a needs-driven basis". The stuff that's available for reuse is stuff that's been abstracted from real-world projects, where at least one project already built it and at least one other project actually needs it. (Rails is successful because 37Signals uses it; there aren't dozens of 24-month working groups involved.) Perhaps the biggest mistake enterprises make in this whole area is pushing out functionality no-one else actually wants to reuse.
- Support trumps standardisation The best way IMO to encourage a certain technology or library is the carrot, not the stick. Make people actually want to reuse what you have to offer, rather than forcing them to do so. I am very sceptical about any situation where architects have to act as the reuse police; if the component or service was designed, documented, easily located, and served a genuine need, wouldn't the developer be drawn towards it? Wouldn't they actually want to use it, and maybe even give something back to it? In an ecosystem where components and services are high-quality and easily-accessed, you can forget about mandating reuse because it will happen anyway. See Web API Patterns and Documentation as Conversation for the kinds of things that will make this happen.
- Online As a rule of thumb, offering a centralised web service is better than offering a reusable code component. The web service can (should) be easier to use and is language-agnostic. Obviously, there are sometimes situations where code components make more sense, especially from a performance perspective. I wouldn't use an online service to create a polygon every millisecond, for example.
- Easy to use As with any API, it should be easy to learn and make calls. For this reason, online services should be RESTful, not SOAP or CORBA or whatever MQ if you can help it.
- Iterative progress Don't try to bite off more than you can chew; if you start pretending *everything* can be reused, you'll soon find that nothing gets reused.
- Simple and parsimonious Factor out the trivial factors that relate only to one particular client. In enterprise reuse, this can be a big problem, where client projects may be the budget holder for anything reusable. It's difficult, but someone needs to stand up and say "no, we're not going to include feature X because no-one else would actually need it". In software, deciding what to leave out is usually a greater challenge than coming up with new things to put in. Any feature that won't be used by a significant proportion of client apps is going to create more clutter than its worth. In a broad-scale service, I'd say this minimum proportion should be something like 5-10% (e.g. Each method should be exercised by 5-10% of clients who used the class.) In an enterprise context, where there may only be a few clients, I'd say the criterion should be "at least 2 clients". (There was a podcast interview a while ago, with PragDave I think, where he was asked what he would include in Rails 2.0. He essentially replied that he's more worried about taking things out - push them out of the core distro and into plugins.)
- Automated Sometimes, people think "it's all under the same roof", so getting access and learning about an API requires a call or a meeting with the owner of the reusable service/component. Whereas, if Google offers the same thing, it will provide online doco and a means of accessing it automatically, without any human intervention. An agile enterprise should aspire to do the same thing; it doesn't have to be as polished as a public offering, but the spirit should be the same. Otherwise, it won't scale, and the owner will soon become fed up doing the same thing over and over. </ul>


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The Mountain View City Council is set next week to consider ramping up the city's involvement in the development of so-called pod cars as one potential solution to local gridlock.
SkyTran, a Mountain View-based firm developing "personal rapid transit" and "automated transit network" technologies, is looking for the city to back its efforts to build a "proof-of-concept" demonstration project at NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field.
On Tuesday, the council is slated to consider directing City Manager Dan Rich to begin talks with the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Fox and South Bay corporations about creating a grant to fund the project.
The project is expected to cost $750,000, said Councilman Mike Kasperzak, who along with Mayor Chris Clark and Vice Mayor John McAlister, discussed the idea with a skyTran representative this week while attending National League of Cities meetings in Washington, D.C.
"From my perspective, transportation and congestion are very problematic now, and so far all of the solutions are all about heavier use of roadways," Kasperzak said in a phone interview Friday. "Why not look and see if there are some other potential technological solutions?"
SkyTran has already created working scale models, the councilman said. Using magnetic levitation and propulsion, the real thing would whisk two-person cars along an elevated track.
Kasperzak envisions a system that links the light-rail station on Ellis Street, Google's future campus at Moffett Field, the heavily congested North Bayshore Area and the downtown transit center. He estimates it would cost $7 million to $8 million per mile to build.
"That seems like a totally reasonable circuit to be developed in the next five to 10 years," he said.
Kasperzak said he would be comfortable with the city pitching in $75,000 to help create the grant.
"To me, to help identify if there are any viable technologies out there, I think contributing 10 percent would be totally within the realm of possibility," he said. "Given how much we're spending on other studies, that seems like money well spent to try and advance a technology into a proof of concept."
To date, the seven-member council has expressed only general support for the development of personal rapid transit and automated transit network technologies through a pair of resolutions.
"Transportation is obviously a critical issue in Mountain View and the region, and the city has an interest in transformative solutions, particularly for the North Bayshore Area," the city manager wrote in a report released Friday. "However, the City Council has not identified PRT/ATN initiative as a council priority, nor has it directed that other than routine staff resources be directed to working on the topic."
The idea could meet with resistance from some council members. When it first surfaced at a meeting earlier this month, Margaret Abe Koga and John Inks expressed reservations about supporting skyTrans and not some other firm. They favored maintaining the current course.
"Why would we fund skyTran and not some other venture that's doing the same thing? I don't know why we would support or even consider funding one private venture over another if it's about using our roads and airways," Abe Koga said at the meeting.
On Friday, Kasperzak said skyTran is one of just a handful of firms that are developing a "stage three" system capable of moving as many as 5,000 people per hour. Others — like the one completed by ULTra for London Heathrow Airport in 2011 — are ground-based and relatively slow in comparison.
A decision about whether to make the grant competitive could be made farther down the road, he said.
The key thing, Kasperzak noted, is to prove pod cars can work.
"The Federal Transit Administration and Department of Transportation believe that if you could actually get these things built, that other people would see the technology is possible and that other people in other organizations might then start investing into the technology to bring it to fruition," he said.
SkyTran officials did not immediately respond to requests for interviews Friday.
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Miami Airport Lakes Fishing
The Miami airport lakes are next to the Miami International Airport, the airport is often noisy and congested. But this area should be avoided by traveling west to the Miami airport lakes. From the boat ramp, it is 3.0 miles to the entrance of the Coral Gables Canal, 4.8 miles to the lateral canal connecting to McDonald Lake (which is awesome), and 7.6 miles to the intersection of Snapper Creek (immediately east of the Turnpike Extension). The non-navigable flood control structure of the Airport lakes Tamiami Canal near Krome Avenue is about 13 miles from the boat ramp. The combination of Tamiami and Snapper Creek canal systems provide urban anglers more than 43 miles of exciting fishing opportunities.
Miami Airport Lakes Peacock Bass Fishing
Airport lakes Tamiami canal offers some of the most exciting and varied canal fishing in all of southeast Florida. Several anglers have reported canal 'trifecta' or 'grand slam' catches of butterfly peacock and largemouth bass topped-off with a snook or even a tarpon. The butterfly peacock is a world-renown gamefish that was successfully introduced in the mid-1980s by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to eat undesirable exotic fishes and to give more sportfishing for anglers in the metropolitan Miami-Ft. Lauderdale area. Fallen trees, canal intersections, sharp bends, and dead ends are generally productive areas for catching most species of fish. Sportfishes also congregate in the shade of bridges, culverts, and other structures. Shoreline vegetation, rip-rap, and even some residential seawalls (particularly in lateral canals) also provide good fishing opportunities. If there is a strong current in the main canal, spend more time fishing lateral canals, small lakes, and other areas that offer refuge from the current (e.g., cut-outs, bridge pilings, and the downstream side of spillways).
Miami Fishing has many options, the Miami Airport lakes support excellent populations of butterfly peacock and largemouth bass that average about 14 inches (1.5 pounds), and nearly 50% of the harvest-able butterfly peacock and 40% of the largemouth bass are larger than this. The biggest butterfly peacock (10 pounds) ever confirmed in Florida came from this canal. The bag limit for butterfly peacock is two fish per day, only one that can be greater than 17 inches; up to five largemouth bass can be kept, but only one of these can be greater than 14 inches. Fishing for butterfly peacock is usually best from March through May, but they are caught consistently throughout the year. Butterfly peacock feeds only during daylight and normally close to shore, although schooling peacocks will sometimes feed aggressively in open water. Largemouth bass fishing tends to be best during the winter when the water cools, and early in the morning, evenings, and even at night during the summer.
Butterfly peacock is more likely to be caught using live fish for bait than are largemouth bass, which makes them an excellent fish for younger anglers, as well as those just learning to bass fish. Live fish such as small golden shiners purchased at local tackle shops are the best overall bait for both butterfly peacock and largemouth bass. It is illegal to use goldfish or any other non-native fish for bait, except those legally caught from and immediately used in the same canal. For those who enjoy fishing with artificial lures, just about any fast-moving minnow imitating plug or fly can be used to entice a peacock. Early in the morning look for tarpon rolling at the surface, especially in the area just east of Red Road. Snook can be found throughout the canal system but tend to concentrate along vegetated shorelines and under bridges close to lake areas. Another species anglers might catch resembles a walleye; this fish is the brackish water bigmouth sleeper which is a long, cylindrical fish with many small sharp teeth.
The number and quality of panfish over six inches in Miami Airport lakes is about average for area canals. Live worms and crickets are the choice baits for many panfish anglers, although fresh bread or bread dough works well, is readily available, and it costs less. Shoreline anglers will need to do some exploring to find the best locations for shoreline fishing, and always be sure to park cars safely on public right of ways. Tamiami Canal Airport lakes area anglers might also catch a jaguar guapote from Central America, Oscars from South America, or spotted tilapia from Africa. These exotic fishes were illegally released, and pose a threat to native species. Jaguar guapotes resemble black crappie (speckled perch) with many small, sharp teeth. Oscars are a bream-shaped fish with a red or orange circle at the base of the tail, and they have a thick coat of protective mucus on their bodies. Spotted tilapia are also bream-shaped, golden in color with black spots or bars, and some adults have red on them. These exotic fishes are good to eat, and you can keep every one you catch.
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Boat ramp Directions
The only public boat ramp is located in Antonio Maceo Park for the Miami Airport lakes. This park is open from dawn to dusk and is operated by the City of Miami Parks and Recreation Department. The two-lane ramp is paved and in excellent condition. The park has picnic tables, grills, a playground, and a paved parking area, with brand new restrooms. Note: Manatees are quite common, so be careful boating and watch for posted regulations.
To reach the boat ramp, take the Turnpike Extension or I-95 to Hwy 836 (Dolphin Expressway). Take Hwy 836 east from the Turnpike or west from I-95 to Red Road (NW 57th Avenue). Go south on Red Road about 0.5 miles to NW 7th Street, east (left) 0.6 miles to NW 51st Avenue, and Antonio Maceo Park is on the left side just before NW 51st Avenue. Look for the backcast iron fencing, there two gates. The first one is the exit, the second is the entrance.
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If you have never experienced Airport lakes peacock bass, we hope this peaks your interest enough to take your first venture into the Miami Lakes for this fantastic sport fish. There are thousands of people in search of Florida peacock bass and we would be delighted if you would allow us to take you fishing. Make your fishing trip come true with one of our professional peacock bass fishing guides.
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Euro Area Policies : Staff Report »
Volume/Issue: 2005/265
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Author(s): International Monetary Fund
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Publication Date: 03 August 2005
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451813012.002
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This paper focuses on euro area policies. The monetary policy stance remains appropriate for now. Fiscal policies are falling well short of consolidation requirements, and the area remains insufficiently prepared f...


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The Byte Code Engineering Library is intended to give users a convenient possibility to analyze, create, and manipulate (binary) Java class files (those ending with .class). Classes are represented by objects which contain all the symbolic information of the given class: methods, fields and byte code instructions, in particular.
Such objects can be read from an existing file, be transformed by a program (e.g. a class loader at run-time) and dumped to a file again. An even more interesting application is the creation of classes from scratch at run-time. The Byte Code Engineering Library (BCEL) may be also useful if you want to learn about the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and the format of Java .class files.
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A smiley day in Sydney!
Posted by Alisa on Sunday, September 2, 2012 / Labels: Model Moms, Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr, Stylish kids / Comments: (0)
Model Miranda Kerr was spotted on Australian father's day with her father and 19 month old son Flynn in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney. Miranda's hubby and Actor, Orlando Bloom wasn't along for the family outing.
What a wild bunch
Actress Michelle Williams was seen taking her beautiful daughter Matilda, 6, to the Bronx Zoo- Matilda's father is the late actor Heath Ledger. Michelle's boyfriend, Actor Jason Segel was along for the outing in New York this week (August 31).
That's one small pony!
Actress Selma Blair was spotted with her son Arthur, 1, went for a walk on the beach in Santa Monica, CA yesterday (September 1).
What a Pearl!
Model Lily Aldridge and hubby and Kings of Leon star Caleb Followill were seen departing Los Angeles International Airport with their sweetie, daughter Dixie Pearl, 2 months, in Los Angeles, CA on Friday (August 31).
Mommy's little boy!
Ashlee Simpson was spotted going through LAX with her handsome son Bronx,3. The pair was seen boarding a flight for NYC on Wednesday (August 29).
Amy Adams with partner Darren Le Gallo and their beautiful daughter Aviana, 2, for a stroll around New York on Saturday (September 1).
Valentina in Venice!
Salma Hayek and her husband French Business man Francois-Henri Pinault took their adorable daughter Valentina, 4, for a stroll in Venice, Italy on Saturday (September 2).
Jess and her beautiful budy
Actress Jessica Alba took her beautiful daughter Honor, 4, to the Andy LeCompte Salon in Los Angeles, California on Friday (August 31).
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Supermodel Kate Moss and her ex-boyfried Jefferson Hack and her husband Jamie Hince took her daughter with Jefferson, Lila, 9, on a boat ride in Saint-Tropez, France on Wednesday (August 29).
Actress Uma Thurman stepped out with her daughter Maya, 14, and her 6 week old daughter in New York City on Thursday (August 30). Uma and partner Arpad Busson have yet to announce the name of their baby girl. Maya's father is Uma's ex Ethan Hawke. Uma is also mom to Levon, 8, with Ethan Hawke.
Johnny Depp's Grove Girl
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13-year old daughter of Actor couple Johnny Depp and Actress Vanessa Paradis, Lily-Rose, was shopping with a friend at the Grove in California on Friday (August 31).
Camilla and her Prince and Princess
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Pregant wife of Actor Mathew McConaughey, Camila Alves, stepped out with gorgeous children Levi, 4, and daughter Vida, 2, in New York City on Wednesday (August 29).
Jen's little gymnasts!
Actress Jennifer Garner was seen with daughters Violet, 6, and Seraphina, 3, in Culver City, CA on Tuesday going from a gymnastics class (August 28).
Miranda Kerr's mini me!
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Model Miranda Kerr says that her handsome 1-year-old son Flynn loves to be the center of attention. He knows the drill when we get on the plane and he likes to walk up and down the aisle smiling at everyone," the Aussie beauty says of her jet-setting toddler, who appears with her in the July 2012 issue of Vogue UK. "He will stand there until each person notices him. Once he gets a smile he's on to the next person."
Mommy & me ice cream duo
Actress Michelle Williams was seen taking her daughter Matilda, 6, for ice cream in Santa Monica, CA on Tuesday (August 28).
Guess Who's expecting!
Reality star Holly Madison and boyfriend Pasquale Rotella are expecting a child in March. US Weekly reports. "I've always wanted to be a mom," Holly says. "But I thought it would take longer!"
Chris north and his little super hero!
Sex in the City actor Chris North was spotted at the farmer's market in Studio City, CA on Sunday with 4 year old son Orion (August 26).
Cool in Cali
Mad Men star January Jones was spotted in Malibu, CA with her handsome 11-month-old son Xander on Saturday (August 25).
Munchin with Marlowe!
Actress Sienna Miller and her fiancé Tom Sturridge were seen getting breakfast with their 1-month-old daughter Marlowe at a local café in London, England on Monday (August 27).
Life's a day in the park!
Spiderman star Toby Maguire was spotted enjoying a day in the park with his kids Ruby, 5, and 3-year-old Otis at Brentwood park in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday (August 26).
Birthday Princess
Model Alessandra Ambrosio and her parents took her newly 4 year old daughter Anja to celebrate her birthday at Di Dio's Italian Ice in Santa Monica, CA on Friday (August 24).


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Nick Diaz didn't make the same mistake twice.
Diaz made a flight to Montreal for today's press conference in support of his fight with welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre at UFC 158, the UFC announced on Tuesday.
Assuming he doesn't vanish by some other means, Diaz will sit opposite his rival to discuss the bout during a press conference set for 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT) at Bell Centre in Montreal.
UFC 158 takes place March 16 at Bell Centre, which has played host to more UFC events than any other Canadian venue. Main-card bouts air on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook.
Getting the cagey Diaz (26-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) to the French-Canadian city represents something of an accomplishment. The former Strikeforce champ no-showed a press conference in Toronto for his first scheduled fight with St-Pierre (23-2 MMA, 17-2 UFC) at UFC 137, and after missing a second press conference in LAs Vegas after missing a flight from his native Stockton, Calif., UFC President Dana White pulled him from the bout.
St-Pierre later scratched from the card with a knee injury, and Diaz was put back on the card to fight B.J. Penn. After beating the ex-champ, Diaz stoked the flames of the rivalry by calling out St-Pierre, who immediately demanded a fight with him.
Their second scheduled meeting, which was slated for UFC 143, fell away when St-Pierre injured his knee more severely. "Rush" wouldn't fight again until this past November at UFC 154. where he topped interim titleholder Carlos Condit.
Diaz, meanwhile, fought and lost the interim title bout to Condit at UFC 143 and was suspended for one year after a post-fight drug test came back positive for marijuana metabolites.
After unifying the welterweight belts at UFC 154, St-Pierre passed on eligible contender Johny Hendricks and middleweight champ Anderson Silva for a fight with Diaz, with whom he said he had unfinished business.
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Reading entries of 52 Weeks to Better Genealogy prompted me to think about and decide on some goals for 2011. I was inspired by Donna Jane's blog http://hangingwithdonna.blogspot.com/ especially reviewing one family line a month and making sure all citations are in place. That is a great suggestion.
My goals for 2011 are:
· Produce a monograph of the Hardenbrook family 1830 – 1930. I have so much interesting information written up on this family during these years it is time to share with others doing research in Seneca and Cayuga County, NY.
· Produce a monograph of the Shepard family for my cousin. I have sorted through the two suitcases. I will scan photos, research this family, write up what I find and return the material to my cousin in an acid free archival box by Christmas 2011.
· Continue to share genealogical research information through my blog.
· Develop the 1880-1889 Newtown Death Database from vital records book held at the town clerk's office. (The 1890-1899 Newtown Death database was developed in 2010; an article has been submitted about the importance of this database to the February 2011 issue of Connecticut Ancestry).
· Continue to search for descendants of Elizabeth Nunn Siebert.
· Attend the NERGC Conference in April 2011.
· Provide Tompkins County Rootsweb (http://nytompki.org/) with transcribed material. From the Shepard family suitcases I have retrieved a number of Ithaca Journals in which I have saved the obits and will transcribe for this site as I have done in the past.
Happy New Year and I wish everyone a year filled with genealogical successes!!!


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As for the now ubiquitous CNBC, its origins are in the second tier Los Angeles UHF television station KWHY. In the mid-1980s, it changed its name to the Financial News network and expanded its national presence via cable. In 1991 it merged with the two-year-old broadcast outlet CNBC. Longtime political campaign consultant Roger Ailes was soon brought in to glam up the place up...Breathless stock cheerleading became the order of the day when the dot-com boom commenced, with long legged, big lipped "money honey" Maria Bartiromo reporting from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange., frantically delivering up to the minute news releases from companies and analysts alike.
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As a lot of keen sporting participants know, being involved in sport is not a cheap exercise. Data from the 2009-10 ABS Household Expenditure Survey, updated in Chapter 7, shows that households spent an average of $18.94 per week on sporting and physical recreation products, which represented 1.5% of the average amount spent each week on all products. Further information on the ABS Household Expenditure Survey can be found in Household Expenditure Survey, Australia: Summary of Results, 2009-10 (cat. no. 6530.0).
Although Australians spend a considerable amount of money on sport and physical recreation goods, many of these are imported. According to data on International Trade in Goods and Services, updated in Chapter 10, Australia's trade in selected sport and physical recreation goods was in deficit in 2010-11 with about $2 billion in imports and $310 million in exports. Further data on International Trade in Goods and Services is available on request.
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Photographer's Note
This is an old scanned print, a re-post after alterations: I took this while strolling in Burano island near Venezia, last days of June 1980.
It did not change much since - but here it shown with much less tourist than nowadays.
The cloudy day did not help the scarce light, and time consume on the quality of the paper-print, but I thought it was worth posting.
It was photographed with my first camera: Fujica Compact35.
On map: 45.4855, 12.4149
Miguel82, ourania, pierrefonds, mcmtanyel, mirosu, cornejo, jhm, snunney, pajaran, PaulVDV, Cricri, papagolf21, jcpix, delpeoples, adramad, Romano46, swapankumarroy, danos, ChrisJ marcou esta nota como útil
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photoray (13981) 2014-01-25 8:19
Howdy Ike,
I like your posting of this attractive Venice canal scene before the camera digital age. The diagonal composition with boats and classical buildings from foreground to background is ideal, and in warm tones with water reflections.
And not the typical touristy Grand Canal view.
Good job,
Have a fine weekend,
Miguel82 (46486) 2014-01-25 10:04
Dear Ike, it's a good idea and it's allowed, I've posted again some underestimate pictures for more visibility and in order to improve them, this is a value archive of Venezia, the boats look different, deep field of vision and excellent hues, all the best, have a good saturday evening
kato (11630) 2014-01-25 10:40
Hello Ike,
You're capturing well this place by a good angle and excellent tone/clarity, so it's interesting and impressive to see the naroow canal in which a lot of boats are anchoring, and tasteful colorful buildings of both sides. It's the beautiful island with the peculiar atmosphere.
Kind regards,
jurek1951 (42198) 2014-01-25 11:38
Hi Ike,
a spectacular photo of this place with attractive composition, the colours and lights are beautiful,
ourania (51103) 2014-01-25 11:38
Hello Ike,
this is a very interesting picture. I only know Burano from recent pictures and think that this view shows it very different. It doesn't look as neat and freshly and brightly painted as in the new pictures. It's a very unique and intriguing daily life setting, though. I like very much the perspective, the reflections and the presence of people. Low lighting, blank sky and dark colours create a melancholic mood and a sense of isolation. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great weekend,
siudzi (34141) 2014-01-25 13:20
Hi Ike,
Wow! What a moody shot from Burano! Really great that you decided to share with us your archive image. Lovely place beautifully observed and photographed. TFS!
pierrefonds (101523) 2014-01-25 17:00
Hi Ike,
The length of the canal is giving depth to the composition. The point of view is showing the details, the colours of the buildings and of the boats. The washout skt doe not hurt the output of the colours. Have a nice day.
mcmtanyel (58669) 2014-01-25 17:33
Hi Ike,
1980s must feel to my children what 1940s feel to me. This is a very nice historic photo with excellent perspective, repeating patterns and reflections.
Nicou (193806) 2014-01-25 21:24
quelle perspective et vue sueprbe ce long canal avec ces bateau et toutes les façades de ces maison sueprbe vue et compo.
Bravo et amitié
mirosu (16313) 2014-01-25 22:18 [Comment]
You have a very nice scanner. Excellent view along the small water channel full of small boats. Excellent perspective with nice diagonal arrangement. The deep DOF is very good.
Well done.
cornejo (61504) 2014-01-26 2:09
Hello Ike, interesting retrospective photo of this beautiful place, very well captured in this interesting image with good pov, good sharpness, depth, light and color. Very good and interesting job well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.
Good evening and happy start to the week.
Best wishes from southern Spain.
jhm (200815) 2014-01-26 2:23
Hello Ike,
Almost 34 year old, this is always very interesting for to see Venice in 1980, I don't know or now is a lot changed in these 34 year.
As scanned picture is this very well done.
Colours make these picture attractive
This cares for an excellent composition.
Very well done, TFS.
Have a nice Sunday,
snunney (130967) 2014-01-26 2:42
Hello Ike,
An image getting on for 35 years old that still retains much of its charm. The colours are not what we are used to nowadays and have no doubted faded somewhat over the years, but they seem to suit the subject well.
pajaran (100750) 2014-01-26 4:00
Dobar dan, popodne.
Lepa fotografija i secanje ...
Dobar rad i perspektiva, lepo pokazano mesto.
Lepo popodne i sve najbolje sa lepim secanjem na -1980.
Good afternoon, this afternoon.
Beautiful photos and memories ...
Good work and perspective, nice place shown.
Nice afternoon and all the best with beautiful memories of -1980.
PaulVDV (53052) 2014-01-26 5:35
Hello Ike,
This is a very interesting picture of Burano in 1980.
You write that - apart from the number of tourists - it didn't change much. I have been only once in Venice (in 1977) and then I unfortunately refrained to visit Burano. So I haven't seen the place with my own eyes. According to my personal opinion this picture shows a complete different Burano from all the photos that are posted here lately.
Looking at this picture I regret even more that I didn't go there while I was in Venice in 1977.
This is a fantastic archive photograph. An historical document!
I certainly agree with what Ourania has written.
Time has not stood still in Burano. Nowhere of course.
This picture shows a beautiful and attractive Italian neighborhood brimming with folklore.
Thanks for posting.
Best regards, Paul
Kamilutka (8107) 2014-01-26 6:00
Hi Ike,
I love that photo with all its features. The climate of old times is so obvious not only in the content of the photo but also in its grainy structure. The colors are very pretty and remind me some of the Dutch paintings. Good POV to shoot from with the canal helping to achieve proper depth.
Thanks for sharing
eldancer1 (36343) 2014-01-26 7:38
This must be the area of Venice that they don't show to tourist but still look like a nice place to live. You did a wonderful job scanning this old photo retaining good technical qualities. Well done, tfs.
Cricri (176) 2014-01-26 8:07
Hi Ike
Un scan de très nonne qualité, bon rendu des détails, des reflets et des couleurs, bonne profondeur, une très belle présentation sans touristes, c'est plus agréable moi je préfère malheureusement ce n'est plus le cas maintenant, normal c'est un bel endroit
Agréable soirée
papagolf21 (151753) 2014-01-26 11:33
Bonsoir, cher Ike,
Quel charme cette composition argentique ! Heureusement que l'on peut redonner une âme aux photos oubliées.
Le canal avec ses barques semble bien embouteillé.
Jolie réalisation.
jcpix (14030) 2014-01-26 18:37
Hi Ike,
I know I've mentioned it before, but I always enjoy these older photographs. Amazing how little things seem to have changed, which is a great testament of time and nostalgia. A wonderful look along the canal, this is a really strong perspective from this point of view, making it easy to follow. Even on a cloudy day, there's no beauty lost here. Looks fantastic for being almost 34 years old...the only difference in this scene nowadays would be brighter, more vibrant colors. :) Enjoy the week ahead.
Friendly wishes,
fabbs99 (17179) 2014-01-26 19:11
Hello Ike,
The memories of the golden days of youth and exuberance must be flashing back on your mind,just looking at this old image.Really creative stuff from old times.Very well presented.TFS.
krzychu30 (15512) 2014-01-27 1:38
Hello Ike,
on May 3rd 1980 I was born,so the image is in my age.
I like the special charm and look this photo conveys.
The color scheme of the image with visible brownish domination helps here also to create so nice atmosphere and to give the picture kind of sepia look.
Beautiful memory photo!
Wish You a nice week
Oceania (5202) 2014-01-27 6:05
Hi Ike,
It's from scanned, I know. But it's similar to one artistic style of photography very popular recently. Over 30 years, Venice seemed like never changed.
Lord_Of_Chaos (0) 2014-01-27 6:08
Hello Ike.
Boats like to play ball in the water.
Beautiful natural colors, excellent composition.
all the best!
Royaldevon (72820) 2014-01-27 7:34
Hello Ike,
I must say, I really like this.
It has the quality of an old artist's print!
Maybe it is the predominance of browns, maybe it is the lack of tourists,, maybe it is the untouristy attention of unmended pathways, but somehow this is the Venice we would all have loved to experience: real houses, real people.
You have a great viewpoint, good sense of perspective, fine sharpness and very pleasing reflections.
Have a good day,
Bev :-)
macjake (95947) 2014-01-28 1:32
Hi Ike
Oh man...this is great!
it looks rather different from how we see it today, or at least I think it does...now it seems more tidy and clean, its looking a bit 'rustic' here.
love seeing these older shots. the poor quality doesn't even bother me one bit, its still an awesome post.
Waylim (25436) 2014-01-28 18:27
Hello Ike,
Not bad for a scan image. What I actually like is the muted colors that give the feeling of old and nostalgic quality. Beuatiful composition and good quality with film texture
delpeoples (60326) 2014-01-29 2:50
Dear Ike
This lovely photo has withstood the test of time, resulting in a good quality scan and a retro type atmosphere. the reflections are beautiful, they look like melted silver on top of the water. You were a little unlucky with the overcast weather, but the image retains the character of the place really well.
Warmest wishes
adramad (65740) 2014-01-29 7:23
Hello Ike.
Good composition of your file of memories, good job scanning, certainly these people have not changed much, only the facades have been renovated a bit more colorful, I think ...
Have a nice day.
All the best.
P/D. Very grateful for your kind congratulations.
Romano46 (18472) 2014-01-29 10:00
Ciao Ike
peccato che la scannerizzazione abbia tolto gran parte del fascino alla città togliendo gran parte del colore alle belle case variopinte.
Però la composizione denota la cura con la quale hai scattato la fotografia.
Resta in ogni caso una testimonianza di come questa parte di Venezia appariva negli anni 80 e rende possibile un confronto con la nostra epoca.
Ciao e buona serata
tenretin (3135) 2014-03-02 1:52
Hello Ike,
It's nice to occasionally present sun scan of an old photograph or slide. it helps a little in good time and the comparison too. Obviously the sky bleed the colors of spring with age no doubt, but the rest remains colorful and enough net.
Friendly and good Sunday.
Jean Philippe
jmdias (100626) 2014-05-03 2:07
I didn't have a chance to know this island because there was a strike in that day. very nice angle catching well the canal and the façades.
swapankumarroy (3769) 2014-10-12 10:44
Dear Ike,
The picture was old but its composition is excellent, a long has flown between the old houses and series of boats were waiting for passengers or carrying goods, nicely shot it from well chosen position with good color contrast and sharpness.
warm regards,
abmdsudi (87125) 2014-10-15 5:06
Hi Ike
That's good old picture scanned to your best! a typical canal scene of the famous place. I like the temptation of the shiny water and row of boats inviting viewer to peek deeper with other interest around which look a bit laid back and relaxed. A nice portrayal with the right amount of toning to suit the yester years feel. Congrats, TFS
Best regards
PiotrF (51108) 2015-03-15 13:17
Hello Ike,
I really like this place and the atmosphere that is there.Interesting picture with beautiful colours.Good framing, clarity and sharpness. Lovely presentation.
danos (110395) 2016-02-16 23:40
Hello Ike,
nice the view of the canal in Venice from this old scanned print from '80s.I like the creative perspective as the context of the image that as we say has a smell from the early past.
ChrisJ (157457) 2017-07-06 0:42
Hello Ike
Fantastic archival shot of Burano from 1980. Good sharpness and nice repetition of the boats. The diagonal canal adds deep lead in lines and perspective from left to right. Tfs!
Photo Information
- Copyright: Ike Harel (ikeharel) (104657)
- Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 1980-06-00
- Categories: Vida Diária, Arquitectura
- Camera: Fujica compact35 (prints)
- Map: view
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Date Submitted: 2014-01-25 8:12
- To krzychu30: 5/1980 (1)
by ikeharel, last updated 2014-01-27 08:23


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