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Dems seek Arizona Senate upset with Carmona candidacy
Arizona voters have seen Richard Carmona in combat fatigues, in a surgeon's mask and gown, wielding a pistol as a SWAT team member and most recently dangling from a helicopter during a medical rescue.
They've also seen him described as President Obama's personal recruit to serve as the next U.S. senator from Arizona. "Richard Carmona, Barack Obama's rubberstamp," says a recent ad from Republican nominee Jeff Flake.
Time will tell which narrative proves most powerful with the state's conservative-leaning voters, but Carmona's eye-popping resume is giving Democrats hope that they can pull an upset in Arizona and deliver a devastating blow to the GOP's prospects for winning control of the Senate.
Democrats now enjoy an effective 53-47 edge in the Senate. With fewer than a dozen truly competitive races out there, flipping retiring Republican Sen. Jon Kyl's Arizona seat would make it that much more difficult for the GOP to get to a majority.
Flake emerged from the state's bruising Republican primary elections a solid winner over businessman Wil Cardon, who spent more than $6 million of his own money, much of it on ads criticizing the six-term congressman. While Flake has had a constant presence on the airwaves, Carmona is still unknown to many Arizona voters. He had a relatively quiet primary and focused much of his time then on raising campaign money.
Flake, 49, said he understands why Carmona has focused most of his early ads on talking about what he's done in his life rather than where he stands on the issues.
"There's no doubt he has a great resume and he rightly wants to point to that, but part of the reason for that is he just hasn't developed positions on many issues," Flake said.
Flake cites health care as exhibit A. Flake voted against the Democratic-led effort to expand health insurance coverage and would vote to repeal it if he's elected.
Carmona, who served as surgeon general under Republican former President George W. Bush, has made it hard to discern where he stands on the law. His ad on health care states: "Republicans and Democrats both got it wrong. We've got to make health care affordable to small business and working families through innovation and preventive care while also cutting waste and fraud."
Carmona's campaign subsequently made clear he would not vote to repeal the law and would work to improve it, but that doesn't come through in his pitch to voters.
"That's about the best stand he can probably take. It doesn't really take a stand on health care, but it does avoid being stigmatized as pro-Democrat or Republican," said David Berman, senior research fellow at Arizona State University. "What has happened in Arizona politics is the strong emergence of independent voters. They like this bad-mouthing-both-parties kind of approach, and he needs these independent voters."
The voter registration records in Arizona indicate that about 36 percent of the state's voters are registered as Republicans, while independents make up a third of the vote and Democrats make up about 30 percent.
The two candidates each had about $1.7 million in the bank in the weeks leading up to their Aug. 28 primary victories. National Democrats have so far dedicated more than $1 million to the race. National Republicans announced Friday that they are jumping into the race as well with an ad campaign costing $570,000 that depicts Carmona as "handpicked by Obama." Flake is also getting help from the conservative advocacy group Club for Growth and tea party organizer FreedomWorks for America.
Carmona's incredible life story has assured that he's taken seriously. He grew up in Harlem. He says his parents struggled with alcohol and drug abuse, and says he was at times homeless as a youth. He dropped out of high school and went into the Army at age 17. He came out of Vietnam with two Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts. When he returned to the states, he earned his high school equivalency degree and subsequently ended up getting a medical degree.
Besides being a surgeon, he also worked as a deputy sheriff and SWAT team leader. In 2002, Bush nominated him to serve as the nation's top doctor.
He was back in Tucson when Democrats recruited him to run for Kyl's seat after it became clear that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords would not run because of the head injuries she suffered during a shooting rampage. One of the recruiting pitches came from the president himself. The GOP is now referring to Carmona as "Obama's man in Arizona."
Carmona, 62, has tried to keep a distance from Obama.
"I had already pretty much decided I was going to do this by the time I had a conversation," Carmona said in an interview with The Associated Press. "The president didn't recruit me so much as say, `I hope you're seriously considering this,' and that was it. A call of a couple of minutes."
While Carmona emphasizes his resume, he also points to some issues where he and Flake have clear differences. Immigration is one of them. Carmona said he admires Bush and the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy for trying to craft legislation that would increase security at the borders, but also give illegal immigrants already in the U.S. a pathway to citizenship.
"It's an earned citizenship we're talking about," said Carmona, whose parents are from Puerto Rico.
Flake in the past also has supported comprehensive immigration reform, but during the GOP primary said he no longer could. He said lawlessness along the border called for an exclusive focus on border security. Once achieved, "then we can move onto these areas of reform we obviously have to have," he said in a recent interview.
Flake made his mark in Congress as a leader in the effort to do away with lawmakers' ability to designate federal dollars for local pet projects such as roads and bridges, or to help private companies. He supported a GOP budget authored by Rep. Paul Ryan that would change how future Medicare beneficiaries now under age 55 would get health care coverage. Basically, Ryan's plan would provide future seniors with subsidies to help buy a private health plan or buy coverage through a government-run program modeled after the current system.
Carmona said he opposes the Ryan premium-support plan because it transfers financial risks from the government to seniors. Seniors with chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and hypertension will have difficulty getting coverage, he said.
Instead, Carmona proposes reducing health care costs for the elderly by focusing more effort on preventing diseases such as diabetes and by wringing out more waste and fraud. While that prescription is unlikely to upset most voters, Flake said, it also is unlikely to do much to make Medicare solvent.
"The status quo ends Medicare because over time we cannot afford the program the way it is now structured," Flake said.


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by Pete Mazzaccaro
As Hill families settle into summer months – planning and going on vacations, sending kids to summer camp – Philadelphia is poised to increase property taxes under a new assessment system, hoping to raise more than $94 million to patch a shortfall in the Philadelphia Public School budget.
The new system is currently called the Actual Value Initiative. Under the new system, the city will reassess all Philadelphia properties and determine taxes based on what should represent an actual market value for the home.
The idea is not a new one. A similar proposal was made by former City Controller Jonathan Saidel 10 years ago. Mayor Michael Nutter's administration is pushing AVI for the same reasons Saidel did: The current system is out of compliance with Pennsylvania state law that requires property taxes to be based on actual home values. And numerous studies have shown that the current system has taxed properties with low values at a disproportionately higher rate than more expensive homes.
Also, according to the administration, the city faces immediate challenges to its current system, including a state board assessment that found the city's current system flawed and a threat that property owners could file a class-action suit against the city over the current system's inequities.
City Council is currently wrestling with a number of budget bills and a number of different proposals to raise taxes because it seems that – no matter what happens – taxes will again have to be raised. Council has until June 30 to pass a budget, meaning those proposals will be front and center for the next month.
One of the counter proposals to the Nutter administration plan was introduced by City Councilman-at-Large Bill Green. Green's proposal seeks to raise the $94 million needed by the administration, but attempts to control increases to residential property through a number of steps, including a reduced default mil rate and increased homestead exemptions – value that can be declared tax exempt for a homeowners primary residence.
Green said the problem with AVI as proposed by Nutter is that it would shift the burden of tax increases to residential taxpayers. He also pointed out that it is impossible for Council to understand exactly what kind of tax increase they would be voting for in AVI because the assessments on which new property taxes will be based are not scheduled to be completed until the fall, months after the budget is passed.
"Would you sign a contract to buy a house at a price based on a formula with variables that won't be known until a month after you move in"? Green asked in a release announcing his legislation. "That is what the Administration has asked City Council to do with your property taxes. I fully support a uniform and fair system for taxing property, but no one envisioned enacting AVI without knowing the values first.
"In implementing AVI, we must proceed with full information, make data-based decisions and keep the public informed every step of the way."
Green also released a property tax spreadsheet – available at his website, www.greenforphiladelphia.com – that allows homeowners to take a look at the new legislation, both his and the Nutter Administration's, and see how it will impact them.
The Local took a look at four current homes for sale, their current tax bill according to the city's Office of Property Assessment, and used Green's spreadsheet to see what would happen to those tax bills if each house were assessed at their current sale price according to the popular real estate site trulia.com.
The results predictably show steadily increasing tax bills as home values rise. The spreadsheet includes numerous other scenarios based on possible homestead exemptions and with so-called smoothing proposals that would phase in new tax rates over the next three years. (For a broader picture and more examples, see home list below)
The least expensive house on the market in Chestnut Hill is selling for $249,900. Its current tax bill is $2,336.12, which is based on a city determined market value of $77,400. According to Green's spreadsheet, the likely tax bill under the administration's plan would be $3,655 – an increase of $1,319.
The Green amendments would lessen that home's tax bill from $3,655 to $3,347, a $308 reduction. All rates were determined without factoring in a homestead exemption, which Green has proposed raising to $40,000 from $15,000.
On the other end of the scale, a $3.2 million dollar home for sale has a current tax bill of $24,749.57 based on a market assessment of $820,000. Under the administration's plan, the home's tax bill would rise to $46,805, an increase of $22,056. The Green amendments would lessen the bill to $42,861, a savings of $3,944.
According to Green, any home with a market value more than $120,000 should expect to see its property tax increase. This should assure property tax hikes for nearly every home in Chestnut Hill, where the average home price according to trulia.com is $893,352.*
Budget talks will commence this week in Council where, in addition to Green's bill, City Council President Darrell Clarke has proposed several compromises that would further lessen the impact on homeowners by seeking $45 million by raising use and occupancy taxes on businesses.
Current Taxes vs New Taxes under Actual Value Initiative
The Local took a look at four homes that are currently for sale in Chestnut Hill and compared Sales prices to current city assessed values to look at how individual property taxes could increase. Actual increases will depend on city legislation and new property assessments due for completion this fall.
Home 1
Sale Price $249,900
Assessed Value (City): $77,400
Current Tax: $2,336.12
Proposed Administration Tax: $3,655
Proposed with Smoothing: $3,218
Green Amendments: $3,347
Percent Increase: 43 to 56 percent
Home 2
Sale Price: $765,000
Assessed Value (City): $240,000
Current Tax: $7,243.78
Proposed Administration Tax: $11,189
Proposed with Smoothing: $9,901
Green Amendments: $10,247
Percent Increase: 36 to 54 percent
Home 3
Sale Price: $1,395,000
Assessed Value (City): $505,000
Current Tax: $15,242.11
Proposed Administration Tax: $20,404
Proposed with Smoothing: $19,125
Green Amendments: $18,685
Percent Increase : 22 to 33 percent
Home 4
Sale Price $3,200,000
Assessed Value (City): $820,000
Current Tax: $24,749.57
Proposed Administration Tax: $46,805
Proposed with Smoothing: $38,489
Green Amendments: $42,861
Percent Increase: 55 to 89 percent
Sales price listed with Trulia.com Current tax and assessed value from Office of Property Assessments
Proposed tax values produced by Councilman Brill Green's tax spreadsheet.
* Value taken on Monday, June 4.

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It wasn't supposed to happen this way. It was originally gonna be a throwaway vehicle. You know:something you hammer together quickly,have some yucks with, and then sell at a ridiculousloss to the next guy. But then somethinghorrible happened. We started to like The EvilTruck. Damn! We hate it when that happensto a vehicle ya love to hate.
If you tuned in to the last segment of this truck's ongoing and sporadically covered saga, "Over the Road M-715, Parts I and II" (May and June '08, respectively), you'll know why it's suddenly so easy to live with. After installing a Ranger Overdrive, a SM465 transmission, and an Atlas II T-case in place of the clunky stock gearboxes, the truck suddenly became a joy to drive. No matter what the grade or posted speed limit, there was a perfect gear available to keep the engine in its sweet spot. And off-road, it's easy to have either 3.0:1 or 2.19:1 low range for crawling or dune running thanks to the Ranger Overdrive.
So, when it came time to decide which vehicle in the fleet would make the annual trip to the Moab Easter Jeep Safari, it was The Evil Truck that got the nod. However, there were still some big hurdles to jump between the two weeks that marked the decision to bring the M-715 to the '08 event and the scheduled day of departure. As you'll read about this month, one of those hurdles was the horrendously inadequate manual steering setup. Trying to manhandle the 38s on the street was bad enough, but it would've been next to impossible trying to turn on tight slickrock trails with the tires at 10 psi. The second, which you'll read about next time, is the torturous stock seating and the complete lack of any protection in the event of a rollover. So, check out how PSC Motorsports made it easy to ditch the factory manual steering for an infinitely better power assist setup. And check back next month to see the truck transformed with better seating and safety for up to eight passengers.
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We didn't actually start this conversion until the day before leaving for Moab. While every single part PSC sent worked and fit flawlessly, we neglected to obtain the correct pitman arm even though we suspected our '68 manual steering box had a larger sector shaft than the Saginaw boxes. We had the stock pitman arm from an '85 Dodge Ramcharger in the shed that matched the Saginaw sector shaft and matched the M-715's 1-ton GM-sized drag link tie rod. The Ramcharger part worked, but its shorter length severely limited the truck's turning radius. Once in Moab, we found an Omix-ADA pitman arm for an '80s CJ at Moab 4x4 Outpost. We had Moab 4x4 Outpost retaper the CJ pitman arm for the GM 1-ton-size tie rod and it worked like a charm.


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A winner was selected from 89 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
A Gibson Taxation Services
The client is a small accountancy firm located in the UK. They offer tax and accountancy services to a range of businesses but specialise in advice to locum and freelance professionals. The client is looking for a redesign of their current website: http://www.agibsontaxation.co.uk
(We are a web development company working on a number of projects with this client including the redevelopment of their website. We generally outsource design work to graphic design partners; this is our first use of 99designs.)
The majority of their clients are individual locum / freelance professionals, for example veterinary surgeons from Commonwealth countries who are working temporarily in the UK. They also provide standard tax and accountancy services to small- and medium-sized businesses in any industry.
The subject matter is accountancy so the website should be fairly reserved and "traditional" in feel – i.e. not too "flashy". The content and structure is fairly basic, so we're looking for a simple design. The client does not want large images of people or money (they think it looks tacky), and does not want anything "over-complicated". The site colour scheme should be in keeping with the main logo.
The latest version of the company logo is attached. There is also a professional logo attached ("PCG Accredited Accountant") which should be included somewhere on the site.
The site structure will be as follows. We will be using our own CMS to manage the main content area on each page.
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Crytek working on new multiplatform shooter IP
Crytek has reportedly canceled a shooter titled Redemption, and is working on a new, unannounced shooter as well.
Crytek is diversifying its portfolio, continuing to work on games that don't have "Cry" in the title. Having shipped Crysis 2 recently, the company is working on a new multiplatform shooter IP, reports Supererogatory. Mention of the new IP comes from a LinkedIn profile, which mentions a "New IP, shooter genre, TBA title for Xbox360, PS3 and PC." Vague, but there you have it.
The company was also working on another shooter, which was quietly canceled.
The shuttered project comes from another resume, which doesn't share many details aside from its cancellation and name. According to the resume, it was titled "Redemption," though that may not have been the final planned name. It's also possible, of course, that ideas from Redemption are being used in this new shooter IP.
Crytek has been pushing into broader development plans, expanding its own IP portfolio, showing off CryEngine working on consoles, and inviting indie developers to use the tools as well. It is currently working on Ryse for Kinect, free-to-play Warface, and is reportedly shopping around a new game in the TimeSplitters series.
Steve Watts posted a new article, Crytek working on new multiplatform shooter IP.
Crytek has reportedly canceled a shooter titled Redemption, and is working on a new, unannounced shooter as well.


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I did a dist-upgrade of a remote machine and wanted to log into KDE4 remotely via x11vnc and krdc on kdm. I did this several times on former dist-upgrades already and it usually works fine.
Now kdm starts up and I can connect the remote Xorg via vnc. When logging in on the remote kdm I see the switch to the splash-screen graphics but before the first icon appears, the vnc-connection shuts down. I think kdm jumps back to the login prompt.
I did check the log files on the remote system and all I found was:
Xsession: X session started for arwa at Mi 20. Okt 17:13:20 CEST 2010
startkde: Starting up...
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libkdeinit/libkdeinit4_klauncher.so
kdeinit4: (klauncher /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/klauncher) Pipe closed unexpectedlykdeinit4: Pipe closed unexpectedly: No such file or directory
No protocol specified
kdeinit4: Can not connect to the X Server.
kdeinit4: Might not terminate at end of session.
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libkdeinit/libkdeinit4_kded4.so
kdeinit4: (kded4 /usr/bin/kded4) Pipe closed unexpectedlykdeinit4: Pipe closed unexpectedly: No such file or directory
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libkdeinit/libkdeinit4_kcminit_startup.so
kdeinit4: (kcminit_startup /usr/bin/kcminit_startup) Pipe closed unexpectedlykdeinit4: Pipe closed unexpectedly: No such file or directory
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting!
In the /var/log/kdm.log there is only a warning at startup of kdm:
X.Org X Server 1.7.7
Release Date: 2010-05-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 220.127.116.11-dsa-ia32 i686 Debian
Current Operating System: Linux cinzano 2.6.35-7.slh.5-aptosid-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 20 03:27:00 UT
C 2010 i686
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-7.slh.5-aptosid-686 root=UUID=147c0386-9736-472e-a368-6f837e3c4092 ro quiet vga=791 quiet
Build Date: 10 October 2010 11:57:07AM
xorg-server 2:1.7.7-8 (Cyril Brulebois <email@example.com>)
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Oct 20 17:13:23 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
SELinux: Disabled on system, not enabling in X server
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning: Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
> Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
QFont::fromString: Invalid description 'Serif,20,5,0,50,0'
QFont::fromString: Invalid description 'Sans Serif,10,5,0,50,0'
QFont::fromString: Invalid description 'Sans Serif,10,5,0,75,0'
The Xorg.0.log does not show any warnings or errors.
When trying to start X remotely without kdm by "startx -- :1" I just get the message "X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.". As I never did this remotely, I am not sure if this is a problem or just a misconfiguration of ssh or something.
As I do not know if this is a special issue with the remote stuff or if the problem might happen on local machines, too, this report is just a warning and maybe not a real error report.
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Ok, after many tries with init 3 && init 5 and logging in with broken connections I gave this a last chance and tried it again. Guess what, everything was fine!? I do not understand it, but I could log in now. Hmmm. So I mark this as solved, ok? Seems to be a special case.
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This is very strange. I logged into KDE with new kernel only the fifth time
And now it is ok.
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Mayor Rick Sollars
A Vision for the Future
In late 2013, the City of Taylor, like many cities in southeast Michigan, needed strong, compassionate, and proven leadership to weather the economic challenges facing the city of Taylor. The residents overwhelmingly selected local businessman Rick Sollars to lead the city as Mayor.
Mayor Sollars' strong leadership skills, founded in lengthy public and private sector work experiences, have come to the forefront when Taylor needed them the most. A man of vision who is also extremely responsive to the needs of "his neighbors," Mayor Sollars publicly refers to Taylor as "The Capital of Downriver." He strives not only for success, professionalism and stability, but to bring a "world-class" outlook to the community where he grew up and now raises his own family.
When Mayor Sollars took office in November 2013, the City was in the midst of a state-mandated Deficit Elimination Plan which was created by a $5M deficit in the general fund with the city on the verge of an appointed emergency manager.
Today, under Mayor Sollars' leadership, the city has not only eliminated the $5M general fund deficit, but now maintains a $5M surplus / fund balance. Much of this was accomplished through fair and reasonable collective bargaining with all of the city unions. Now all of our unions have ratified long term collective bargaining agreements that provided them the stability they needed for their memberships while providing the City of Taylor with long-term staffing, healthcare, and retirement savings.
Mayor Sollars' first term has been marked by countless achievements, grounded in positive change accomplished through real (and reasonable) solutions with a primary focus of "running the city like a business" with the goal of enhancing the services they provide, by reducing waste and implementing cost containment measures, and generating new revenue sources through grants and economic development.
A stable and affordable workforce, along with numerous economic development projects and new revenue sources has resulted in a better long term financial outlook for the City of Taylor. Bond ratings through Fitch and Standard & Poor's have shown substantial improvements in the City's bond ratings and general economic outlook. The independent auditing firm, Plante Moran, which audits several municipalities annually, recently published the city's 2016 Financial Audit with zero financial and or material deficiencies. City property taxes in Taylor were reduced by one mill in 2015.
Business Activity Improves
Over the past three years, the overall image of Taylor has grown as its fiscal outlook has greatly improved.
The rebound of the economy has resulted in major investments – and reinvestment – in the business community. Much of that has occurred in the "Eureka!" business district between Telegraph and Allen, where Rouse Properties has invested heavily in Southland Center while Menards is redeveloping the old 80-plus acre Gibraltar Trade Center into "Trader's Point," a combination of three major retailers and an array of smaller retail, restaurants and the like.
Other key points of business development have been Kroger, located at Ecorse and Monroe, which expanded and added a fuel station to the tune of $8.8M as well as Taylor Ford, just completed a $6M expansion on Telegraph Road.
From staffing levels in key spots to previously closed buildings and unique programs, Mayor Sollars has continually sought measurable improvements for tax dollars throughout his first term.
He reopened Northwest Pool, the City's only outdoor swimming facility, in 2014. He reopened the Recreation Center shortly thereafter. Renovations at the Sheridan Center Open Air Pavilion in Heritage Park are not only breathtaking, but highly functional and award-winning.
With curbside trash and recycling a problem, the Sollars Administration negotiated a better deal with Green for Life Environmental, which now offers not only weekly service, but bulk pickup and weekly recycling.
The first major renovations at the Taylor Meadows Golf Course address play, practicality and safety. First "Fix It! Taylor" and now it's improved sibling, "iCare Taylor," give residents City of Taylor mobile applications that offer "government at their fingertips."
Sollars worked with his Police Department and added staffing and programs. As a result, crime has declined year-after-year since he took office. After seeing staffing levels and programs at the fire department travel through hills and valleys for several years, department has been stabilized.
Mayor Sollars has used key funding sources to the City's advantage. After negotiating an extension on an original SAFER fire grant of over $8M, Taylor gained another $4.3M grant that saved 15 firefighters from layoff and created a sustainable department of 36 fire suppression personnel and three administrators. The City was able to bolster emergency responders by purchasing new equipment and smaller SUV vehicles that make the department more up-to-date and versatile.
A $2M SAW grant is enabling Taylor to totally evaluate its storm sewers, while cleaning and televising. A $500,000 COPS grant added four new officers, focused on high crime areas in the community.
Focus On Capital Improvements
Mayor Sollars has also focused on capital improvements, investing millions of dollars in road renovations. Taylor started a very aggressive residential street repair program in 2015 that has carried through 2016 and will continue into the future, while major resurfacings have also taken place along Eureka, Racho, Superior, Beech Daly and Allen roads.
Meanwhile, buildings and grounds have also become a special focus. Major improvements have taken place in Heritage Park (new signage, splash pad and Coan Lake seawall installed; improvements to parking lots, walking paths, bridges, docks and fences), City Hall (interior, exterior and parking lots), the reopened Recreation Center (new indoor baseball facility planned and flooring replaced throughout), the reopened Northwest Pool (deck resurfaced), and Taylor Meadows Golf Course (first major expansion and renovation to course since its creation).


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Apple has started mass-producing its smaller iPad, which is expected to be announced later this month, Lorraine Luk of the Wall Street Journal reports.
The device will have a 7.85-inch screen with a lower resolution than the main iPad, her sources report.
Most people expect the new tablet to be called the "iPad Mini." Apple is launching it to compete against a wave of smaller, lower-priced tablets from Amazon, Google, Samsung, and others, which have likely been eating into iPad sales.
The basic version of the new iPad is expected to be priced around $199-$299--up to $100 more than some of the competing tablets, but also $100 less than the the low-end full-blown iPad. This compares to prices ranging from $159 to $199 for similar-sized tablets from Apple and Google.
With the new iPad about to hit the market, the key questions are these:
1) Will Apple price the mini iPad aggressively enough to compete with Amazon's Kindle HD and Google's Nexus 7? One of the big reasons for Apple's spectacular rise in recent years is that it has been not only the quality leader in tablets and smartphones--it has also been the price leader. Both Google and Amazon, however, are willing to sacrifice profit margin on their tablets to sell more of them. Apple may not be. So many people expect Apple to aim for a modestly higher price point to protect its profit margin.
2) Will the device cannibalize sales of the larger iPad? Apple's iPad has dominated the tablet market for the last couple of years, but the company has recently lost overall share due to the launch of smaller tablets. Assuming there is strong demand for smaller, cheaper tablets, will the iPad Mini cannibalize sales of the bigger and presumably more profitable iPad? Seems possible.
3) Will growing sales of iPads (of all sizes) hurt Apple's profit margin? One of the reasons Apple has become so mind-bogglingly profitable is because of the extraordinary profit-per-unit it makes on sales of the iPhone. The iPad does not appear to be anywhere near as profitable, and mini-iPads will probably be even less profitable. As these devices become a larger percentage of Apple's overall revenue, therefore, they may cause Apple's overall profit margin to decline. This would not necessary be a negative--as long as Apple's profits continue to grow, the margin should be irrelevant--but the stock market does not like declining profit margins.
Apple's extraordinary profit margin is, ironically, likely the biggest risk to the company's stock price. And for this and other reasons, the margin may soon begin to decline. (See: "Apple's Biggest Risk May Be Starting To Hit Home.")
SEE ALSO: Here's What The iPad Mini Is Expected To Look Like


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Personal History
The recollection of one's own life. May or may not include Oral History, but it's closely related.
After two decades, the conversation that changed EVERYTHING
21 years later, I learned about a conversation that changed everything – everything – I thought about what happened on March 8, 1986. Over two decades after that harrowing event, knowing about that conversation has made all the difference.
I've written about this March 8 day before, in 2007 in a post "Why International Women's Day is Hard."
The kernel of the story is hard: Early that morning, my grandmother woke up. Fell. Pain. Broken hip. (this, some three months after falling and breaking her hip. The first time.) What we know comes from grandpa's phone call. She fell. Broke her hip. She's gone and by the time you get here, I'll be gone, too. Gunshot wounds. Police tape. News stories, and shock.
The new revelation came to me a few months after I wrote the above blog post. I re-read it again, and thought, My perspective on this has completely changed. (If you want to, go read it. I'll wait.)
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Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on March 08, 2013 in
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Interviewing Family At Thanksgiving: What Happened Last Year & This Year's Plans (Updated)
What can you do to interview family and collect histories and memories of elders and relatives when you get together with family at Thanksgiving or for the National Day of Listening?
I wrote about this last year, with a collection of ideas I culled from the internets. I adapted one of those for our family gathering last year. I'll describe what we did, what I learned, how this year will be different, and brainstorm some variations on a theme.
I started with Beth Lamie's idea, Draw From A Hat. Put a set of questions in a hat and draw one out and ask. Repeat. That was the inspiration: That, and "Get the kids involved."
But of course, somebody has to think up the questions that get placed into the hat. I focused on this with my nieces—two girls, aged 9 (nearly 10) and 4. Let them be the ones to come up with questions for everyone.
What we did to prepare for Dinner Conversation
I arrived at their house, got them to step away from the computer and the Tee vee (sigh. yes. true.) with an aunt-ish scheme: Think of some questions to ask people at the dinner table. Instead of generic questions that would apply to anybody, I ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on November 22, 2011 in
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Digital Family History as understood by Digital Natives with 500 IRL Facebook friends
It's not the same thing as what Ye Olde Maiden Aunt used to collect and curate. An intriguing article by fellow Association of Personal Historians member Jane Lehman-Shafron, she notes the current trends (look! TV shows! Newspaper articles!), but also points out how family history in digital form is being used by the next generation, the Digital Natives who grow up immersed in computing technology.
The form that family history is taking changes with the times.
Today's younger generations are more interested in family history than ever before. The whole country is. But they are demanding that those maiden aunts (and all the rest of us who fulfill the function of "family historian") get with the times. They want their family history accessible and they want it compelling.
Speaking as the
single Aunt whose spent a lot of time in the technology industry—I'm even called AuntiAlias—it's a computer graphic pun (know what anti-aliasing is?), I'm one of those Aunts who is pushing everyone forward in digital pursuits when it comes to family history.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on May 26, 2010 in
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I'm following Digital Death Day today. Remotely
What happens to your bits after you die? That's the premise behind the Digital Death Day unconference, currently in progress. (On twitter, check out the #ddd2010 hashtag). I'll be posting provacative tweets and topics here on an ongoing basis.
Why does Family Oral History deal with digital death? The recordings of conversations that are saved in digital formats is the deliberate creation of digital bits that are meant to last longer than the speakers whose voices are recorded therein. It's an edge-case of the central phenomenon explored at the conference. What happens to your bits once you die?
Here, in no particular order, are tweets from those in attendance, as a kind of thought-piece about the digital lives we have. Plus, for me, having experienced three deaths of people close to me in less than a year (and many more remote as friends' parents shake off this mortal coil), it's highly relevant.
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on May 20, 2010 in
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The Interviewer's Goal: Enabling a Mental Journey into the Past
Stumbled upon this awesome description of The Interviewer's Dream Moment, posted by Don Ray. It's part of the setup for a story he's going to tell, but it jumped out as the! most! perfect! description! of a kind of zen state of interviewing:
Countless times in my 30+ years as a reporter, producer, author and teacher, I've looked into the eyes of people I was interviewing and realized that they weren't there with me—they had taken a mental journey into the past. They were somewhere else. I eventually learned to remain as silent as possible so that they could stay in that place—any questions would quickly bring them back to the present.
He goes on to talk about an experience where he was transported into hiw own past, back in Vietnam, trying to save a dog's life. It's a story worth reading for its own sake.
The unwritten part of this process for the interviewer is to ask the right kind of question that facilitates the ...Read More
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Tartan Thoughts: So, there was, like, this big Genealogy shindig in Salt Lake City recently, and…
So I hear there was this great gathering of genealogists in Salt Lake City recently, at an event that goes by the acronym NGS. Many people attended, and blogged about it. I read a few of the roundups, but one in particular caught my eye – the Ancestry Insider post that included a link to a movie. About family with a clan. And a tartan. I'll embed it here, with color commentary.
About the Clan McCloud. So you know, McCloud is an anglicization (americanization) of the spelling of the name McLeod or MacLeod.
Oh, that photo at the top of this post? Those are my parents and Dad is wearing what we call the Loud MacLeod tartan—also known as the bumblebee tartan. I can't say as that tartan goes well against my particular skin tones. I've written about my family's erstwhile and dubious MacLeod connections in my story Not from the Isle of the Lewes. The blood is fake and mythical, but our experience meeting Chief John MacLeod of MacLeod was very real. Alas, most of my good photos of that trip are all slide transparencies. There is much to scan, and I've not even ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on May 14, 2010 in
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"It was like I had opened up a history book and was able to ask it questions"
Grandpa's 94-year old cousin. His name's Keith. That's who Louise Bibby Hocking of It's my Life DVDs went to interview. She was Late. Lost. Flustered. But she finally arrived, and then it all changed. Her account of her day, what she discovered, and what it was like describes exactly why I am so jazzed about interviewing family members.
Let me give you a little more from her story, with the quote that makes up the title of this post:
But eventually I got to asking him about his grandfather, who he knew very well – my great great grandfather. As Keith told me about the "jolly" fellow who was my great great grandfather, and then spoke of his great uncles, I was suddenly hit by an amazing feeling – it was like I had opened up a history book and was able to ask it questions.
She goes through all the high points. Of the get around to it to make that call.
Being in her own head while en route. Getting lost. Having misgivings. Regrouping. (deep breaths!)
Arriving. And then the magic when the stories unfold. Comparing ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on May 06, 2010 in
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Wordless Wednesday, 5 years after 05/05/05 Family Reunion Edition
¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo!
Click the big wide photo to enlarge.
Photo taken by camera timer. But it was my camera.
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on May 05, 2010 in
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Thoughts about Faces of America
Just watched the first episode of Faces of America American Lives, the annual February PBS documentary by Henry Louis Gates Jr. He looks at the immigrant experience, and the family history that brought certain people to the United States – the parents and grandparents of Americans of note– Kristi Yamaguchi, Yo Yo Ma, Mike Nichols, Louise Edrich, Mehmet Oz, Elizabeth Alexander, Malcolm Gladwell, Eva Longoria and Mario Batali (I guess we hear more next time from Stephen Colbert, Meryl Streep, and Queen Noor). The heart of this episode dwelled in the events of World War II, and the way that great event shaped the lives of ancestors of Yamaguchi, Ma, Nichols and Edrich.
One trademark about these Gates productions is the revelation about an ancestor. You watch Gates direct the person to turn the page of the book and take in the surprise fact about the Ancestor To The Celebrity. What did figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi's grandfather do when he served in WW2? Surprise! What became of the other family members of Mike Nichols who stayed in the old country? Surprise!
Some surprises are affirming and uplifting, others are revelation of unknown tragedy, examples of prejudice and injustice. Still others exemplify the torn loyalties of new Americans who support their adopted country that is now at war with The Old Country.
"Faces of America" illuminates the ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on February 10, 2010 in
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Census 2010: A family history perspective
Pia Lopez of the SacBee opines that the census is much more than How Many People, What Ages are they? She describes all her family history that's contained in census past. She recounts everything she knows of her family history that'd be lost if a proposed law that asks Just Four Questions Only (name, age, date of response, number of people living in one household) had been in force at the time her ancestors filled out the census. enacted.
From my family's oral history, I knew that my mother's grandfather had left Ireland for New York in 1893 and that he worked for James Butler's Irish neighborhood grocery store chain.
But the June 6, 1900, census snapshot fills in a whole lot more fascinating detail. Martin E. Roache lived at 551 W. 152nd St., near Broadway (one block from the Hudson River) in Washington Heights, Manhattan. He was boarding with the Schmidt family.
The husband, age 42, had arrived from Germany in 1875 and was a baker. The wife, age 39, was born in New York, the daughter of a German immigrant and a native-born New Yorker. They had two children, ages 10 and 5. The older child was attending school. A ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on January 05, 2010 in
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MemoryMiner 2.0 is out!
MemoryMiner 2.0. Cool. Been looking forward to this, and readers of this site's comment threads have had a slight heads up this was coming. The announcement arrived as I was out of town for the holiday. MemoryMiner's developer, John Fox, is the digital family photo Santa. I came up with a wishlist of items while working with the till-now current version, will have to download it and check out the new version.
UPDATE: I've been taking a look at the demo movie, and I like the things I see in there so much that I'm putting the movie here, too.
Thought this movie is for the Mac version, MemoryMiner is cross-platform. Looks as though, at this point, MemoryMiner 2.0 is Mac-only at this point. I'll get you more news about any plans for MemoryMiner 2.0 for Windows.
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on December 31, 2009 in
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• Photographs
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MIT class of 1920: A gift in my email
This image is a gift, one I received in an email. My cousin sent it to me a couple of weeks back. Subject line: "Grandma Joe* Graduation Photo." She went to MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology – and graduated in 1920.
I have Grandma's letters that she received when she was at MIT, and one or two photos from that time, but this unexpected one is a beaut.
[Welcome, BoingBoingers & followers of @Xeni!
Stats about early MIT below; or maybe you'd be interested in a foto essay of my other, non-techy Grandma and her 1924 climb of Mt Rainier when she was 23 years old.]
Of the 40 people in this photo, Florence, also known as Flossie (upper right)—is the only woman. The photo arrived in email all by itself. The only clues were the file name and the subject line. Other than knowing that Flossie graduated from MIT in 1920, I don't know much else about this photo. But one good gift leads ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on December 10, 2009 in
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• Photographs
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Bizy Backson
I've been otherwise occupied for a while. As said in Winnie The Pooh, Bizy backson. A while back I mentioned that I might as well name this site Family Medical History Using Offline Tools, and that is so. My father is reaching the end of a long, long road. He is now at home, receiving hospice care. So. Well. suffice it to say, I haven't been stoking this site with a ton of new posts and articles.
I'm going to be attending the Oral History Association annual meeting in Louisville, KY this month. I'll be speaking there about doing family oral history (don't take it personally? But I have to take it personally!)
There's a part where I'll talk about what it's like to listen to oral histories after the interviewee has died. As I've been putting together the presentation, I planned to talk about my grandpa, and tell the story of my boyfriend's Mom. But I don't know that I want to talk about my reactions to listening to oral histories I've recorded with my dad—and my reactions to them—in real time.
I did write some reflections and reactions to interviewing Dad… not long after an ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on October 02, 2009 in
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Playing with MemoryMiner export
MemoryMiner and exporting. I'm figuring out how to export a library and then transfer that to my laptop, so that I can show you MemoryMiner if you'll be at the SoCal Genealogical Jamboree (Twitter hashtag #scgs09) this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The app is available on both Mac and Windows; I've got the Mac version, of course/ The export process isn't the most obvious, so I'm writing about how I will accomplish it.
How I will... notice the future tense. This is still a work in progress.
The photo library dates back some time, and individual photos reside all over the frickin' place on my computer—some in iPhoto libraries, some in folders each of which representing different scanning session, the most recent of which was an ego-scan session to compile a set of photos of myself for a birthday party invite. The photos themselves are pretty large, if they're PSD (photoshop) files, because I scan them at fairly high rez. Many photos are over 20MB in file size. The largest, I think, is around 60 MB.
I decided to work with an external disk drive (easy to change from my main desktop computer to my ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on June 23, 2009 in
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Flying Thuds into North Vietnam
Thuds, the Ridge, and 100 Missions North. Air & Space Magazine, Smithsonian. On the weekend of April 4 & 5th, I was in Arizona to attend a wedding and to interview my uncle for the Veterans History Project. Among the many things my uncle did in his Air Force career was to fly F105s as a fighter pilot, flying 5 more missions than the required 100 missions into North Vietnam that completed a tour of duty.
My uncle mentioned that the latest Air & Space magazine had an article on the F105s. I found the article online; hence this link and post.
Other things my uncle mentioned that the article does not:
The tires would last for two flights. Takeoff, land, takeoff, land, change tires. That plane was so heavy on takeoff—what with fuel, external fuel tanks, and the ordinance they had on board, the plane was heavy at takeoff—50,000 pounds. Sometimes they had to rolling at 300 mph before the plane got airborne. Landing, the plane was 25,000 or 30,000 pounds. (I'm reciting the weights from memory; I'd have to go back and listen to get exact figures, but the point is takeoff weight was close ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on April 14, 2009 in
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The business
The company sells weight-loss, nutrition, hair- and skin-care products in more than 80 countries, utilizing independent distributors who profit from their own sales and sales from others they recruit into the business.
Its top-selling product is cookies and cream flavor Formula 1, a high-protein, meal-replacement shake mix.
Herbalife does very little mainstream advertising and does not sell products in retail stores. Instead it relies on a network of independent distributors who recruit customers, counsel them about nutrition and fitness and sell them products.
The company recently agreed to a $44-million, 10-year deal to sponsor the Los Angeles Galaxy professional soccer team, one of many professional sports clubs it supports around the world.
The latest
Wall Street veterans say they've never seen a fight like this.
Noted hedge fund managers Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn have engaged in a heated debate about Herbalife's business model, with billions of dollars at stake.
Ackman has taken a $1-billion "short position" against the company's shares, meaning he'll profit if the stock price drops. In a slick, multimedia pitch on Wall Street, Ackman contended that the company is a well-disguised pyramid scheme.
He said the vast majority of the company's independent distributors make little money or lose money, while a fortunate few get rich off commissions they receive for recruiting others into the business. Ackman said he expects Herbalife's shares to hit zero.
Icahn said he has purchased nearly 13% of the company's shares and planned to talk to executives about strategies to increase its profitability, including taking it private. Herbalife acknowledged discussions with Icahn but did not elaborate.
The company insists its business model is completely legal. Herbalife said it sells products that help people live healthy lives while giving entrepreneurs an opportunity to build their own businesses.
The company reported record sales and profit in 2012 and said it expects things to improve in 2013. It has mountains of available cash, pays a decent dividend and repurchased 15 million -- or more than 10% -- of its shares in little more than a year.
Herbalife shares have been extremely volatile in the last nine months, plunging more than 40% in the days after Ackman's attack, and falling 20% in a single day in May after hedge fund manager David Einhorn questioned the company's business model.
Herbalife has acknowledged it is under review by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Federal Trade Commission released dozens of complaints it has received about Herbalife in recent years. Neither agency has confirmed an investigation.
Analyst opinions
Seven analysts have the stock as a buy or strong buy, while four have it as hold. The average one-year target price is about $58 a share.
"Our belief remains steadfast that Herbalife operates a perfectly legal multilevel marketing model that has proven particularly efficacious in the weight-loss category," said Scott Van Winkle, an analyst, at Canaccord Genuity. "Herbalife's sustained growth and 30-plus year history in a highly regulated industry indicate a legitimate business [because] pyramid schemes are unsustainable."
"Buckle up, it's going to be bumpy.... We are maintaining our overweight, but recognize that the stock is not for the faint of heart, said Brian Wang, an analyst at Barclays Capital. "We expect Mr. Ackman to continue to make noise on his short thesis, however, and for the potential for an FTC investigation to be an overhang on the stock for the indefinite future."
"It is clear that over time Herbalife is answering the questions that need to be answered and providing greater clarity around their business model -- one that we see as simple but effective, said Timothy Ramey, an analyst at D.A. Davidson & Co. "We think it logical that, as these questions are finally answered to the investment community's satisfaction, the shares will trade, finally to the premium valuation we believe it deserves. The scarlet letter it wears today in the minds of the short seller community will be removed."
Stock Spotlight is a new weekly feature that will profile a notable, public company.
The company: Herbalife Ltd.
Headquarters: Los Angeles
Ticker: HLF
Employees: 6,200 employees and 3.2 million independent distributors worldwide
Revenue: $4.1 billion in 2012
Net income: $477 million in 2012
Stock price: $36.79 at Friday's close
52-week range: $24.24 to $73
Annual dividend: $1.20 a share annually, a current yield of about 3%
P/E ratio: $7.87, based on 2013 estimated earnings


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Time sure flies when you are having fun!! We have enjoyed an incredible few months here at Engaging Concepts with some really interesting client projects and unique opportunities and of course, the successful presentation of our 5th wedding industry event engage!10 :: cayman islands in early June!
Instead of us telling you about it, we thought better to hear directly from the speakers & attendees themselves -- to date over 75 blog post/recaps have been filed and the official Twitter hashtag www.twitter.com#engage10 was burning up the lines before, during and after the event! Here is a pdf with live links to each post ::
And a link to some highlighted 'rave reviews' of comments we have received about the event ::
We continue to be blown away (& humbled) by the outpouring of support and kind words from so many and are eternally grateful to each and every person who joined us and came together to make this event the best one yet!! We could never have done it without the support of so many of our partners and will be thanking them in a follow up post!!
:: Incredible photos (above) of the event shared with us by the talented photographers Stevi & Matt Savage of Avery House ::


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Patti Page, the Oklahoma-born pop singer whose gossamer-gentle voice was heard on 1950s hits such as "The Tennessee Waltz" and "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?," died New Year's Day in Encinitas, Calif., where she'd lived for several decades. She was 85.
No cause of death has been announced, but her manager said she had been suffering from heart and lung disease recently. In September, Page posted a message on her official website explaining her cutback in personal appearances, telling fans that she was facing "several medical challenges. Throughout my life I never really gave much thought to my senior years. I was always able to hop on a plane, go out on stage and make music with the band. At this point I am no longer able to do that."
Page helped bring country music to a broader audience in the late 1940s and early 1950s with smooth, elegantly produced recordings epitomized by "The Tennessee Waltz," the achingly emotional tale of a woman who loses her sweetheart to an old friend at a dance: "I introduced her to my loved one, and while they were dancing, my friend stole my sweetheart from me."


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proratebiz needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 32 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
rivalTeez is a new tshirt company looking for a well designed, easily editable website to attract consumers of high school age and over. We offer a vast selection of pop-culture styles and designs and perform most of our marketing/advertising on college campuses and online.
We are looking for a bold and professional design which incorporates a strong color scheme. Must give a sense the consumer has entered a real urban-artsy tshirt shop. please see details.
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rivalTeez is a new tshirt company looking for a well designed and functional website to attract consumers of high school age and over.
We offers a vast selection of pop culture t-shirts as well as our exclusive line of t-shirts promoting rivalry between inner-state public universities/colleges.
Company name: rivalTeez or rivalT'z
- sleek, attractive, professional design
- calm, dark colors a plus
- layout must give a "feel" of anti-norm i.e. rebellion, vandalism, even graffiti will work
- roll over navigation with Home, About, Shop or Designs, Contact, and Updates
- Shopping cart feature
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BETHLEHEM — Bethlehem City Council decided to pass on an eleventh-hour request by Moravian College President Bryon Grigsby to include neighborhoods near the college in a new tax-break zone council adopted Tuesday.
The Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance program includes about 220 acres primarily north and east of Main and Broad streets where city officials want to turn rental properties into owner-occupied ones.
Under the program, property owners will continue to pay their base municipal, school and county real estate taxes, but are given a break on increased assessments from new construction and improvements for 10 years.
The increased tax from improvements...
A recycled sprocket that was once part of machines used by Bethlehem Steel Corp. to produce steel is now being used as works of art. The sprockets line the streets along the old Bethlehem Steel site.


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Professors share poetry with international radio audience
January 15, 2010
Assistant Professor of English Mary Szybist and Visiting Assistant Professor of English Jerry Harp share their poetry in an episode of the Australian radio show Poetica, in a program dedicated to Portland poets.
Poetica, which appears on ABC Radio National, features poetry by writers from around the world. The episode in which Szybist and Harp appear also includes David Biespiel, BT Shaw, Paulann Peterson, and Herman Asarnow.


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Smoking Shelters
Compton Buildings Limited
Station Works, Fenny Compton, Southam, Warwickshire CV47 2XB
Tel: 0800 072 8146
Fax: 01295 770646
About Us:
Established since 1958, Compton Buildings have vast experience of supplying buildings to both the general public and businesses. Compton has been built on satisfying customers and we are pleased that around half of our business is generated through recommendations from happy customers of which there are now in excess of 500,000! Compton Smoke Shelters are two attractive new products that add to the already extensive range provided by The Compton Group. Other product ranges include concrete buildings & garages, cedar & aluminium greenhouses and a range of cedar summerhouses. More information on other Compton Group products can be found at www.ComptonGroup.co.uk
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Don't let the smoking ban deteriorate your business! Compton Smoke Shelters are two very attractive wooden (spruce) buildings designed to enhance any outdoor situation. They are the perfect addition to any beer garden. www.SmokeShelter.co.uk contains further information and images of the range. All products are delivered and installed, plus the structure of the buildings includes benches and flowerpots. The Square Smoking Shelter comfortably seats six people as well as providing extra covered space for people to stand in. Measuring 3m x 3m, this is available at only Ł2150+VAT installed. The Corner Shelter comfortably seats four, is triangular shaped and measures 2.5m x 2.5m x 2.6m for a cost of only Ł1850+VAT installed. Don't miss out contact us now, call 0800 072 8146.
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The Dream World is the Wi-Fi feature that first appeared in Pokémon Black and White. The Dream World is a large place to explore, as well as holding many features to figure out. To get to the Dream World, you need to use the C-Gear to sync your game with your Global Link account.
However, with all its wonder, the Dream World has some restrictions as well. You only have one hour per day to explore the Dream World and there is currently a limit to the number of Pokémon you can send back. Below is everything you need to know about the Dream World.
This new feature has many things that may be confusing. These are the basics of the Dream World and its features.
The first thing to see in the Dream World is your House (Fennel will guide you through it). This area is your "Secret Base". When you harvest berries, you can use them to buy kinds of furniture to decorate your house. You will receive a beginner house set, but as you can purchase additional items through the catalogue. After you enter the Dream World for the first time, Loblolly in Nacrene City can craft special furniture for you.
Treasure Chest
The Treasure Chest is a place to store the items you collect in the Dream World. When you remove items from your chest, you can access and get them when you enter the Entralink after awakening your Pokémon.
Pokémon Board
Your Pokémon board is an area in which you can see the Pokémon waiting to be sent to the Entralink. Also, you can see the Pokémon you have already sent. In the second board, after you reach 50 you can no longer send any more Pokémon.
To send Pokémon to your game, first go to your friend board. The pictures of the Pokémon "held up" with blue circle pins are the ones that will be sent back. Then you need to "wake" your dreaming Pokémon up. In the top right hand corner is a button that has the on/off circle symbol. Click on it and it will proceed to show you what Pokémon and items are being sent over. It will show you the Pokémon first and you click next, then you will see the items. If you don't see a Pokémon or item you want to send over, just click back. If your Pokémon and items are on the "transfer list," then continue.
Now you will need your DS. Get your game up and make sure you have a wi-fi signal. Then click on "Online" on your C-Gear. Click "Game Sync" and wake your Pokémon up. On the upper screen, in the dream cloud, you should see all the Pokémon and items you sent over floating down and disappering. That means it is being sent to your game. When it has downloaded everything it will close the game sync. You then click "Wireless" and then click "Entralink" to be transported to the Entralink. Go up towards the forest. If you sent items, there will be a boy on the left side of the entrance. Talk to him and you will get your items. If you sent Pokémon, go into the forest and find them. To catch them talk to the Pokémon. It will take you into a battle, but all you have to do is go into your bag and find a Dream Ball. It will allow you to catch any Pokémon in the dream world without fail.


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Announced on Microsoft's official Blogging Windows blog earlier today, the software company plans to run a special pricing promotion when Windows 8 launches to the public later this year. According to Windows communication manager Brandon LeBlanc, any consumer currently using a copy of Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 will be able to purchase an upgrade copy of Windows 8 Pro for a price of $39.99. By comparison, the current rate for an upgrade to Windows 7 Professional costs $199.99 on the Microsoft Store and runs about $160 on retailers like Amazon. This $39.99 price for a Windows 8 Pro upgrade even trumps the current student rate of $64.95 for Windows 7 Professional on the Microsoft Store.
One caveat to the discounted rate is that the $39.99 rate is for a digital copy only. If a Windows user would prefer to get a physical copy on DVD, they can purchase the upgrade to Windows 8 Pro on DVD at a local store for a price of $69.99. However, anyone with a DVD burner could simply burn the digital copy on disc to accomplish the same feat.
According to LeBlanc, this upgrade can be purchased on Windows.com later this year after the Windows user runs through the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant. The software looks for compatibility issues with both the hardware and the software during the upgrade process. The Windows user can choose to keep all Windows settings and applications or choose to just keep personal files.
In addition, Microsoft will offer an option that allows users to create a clean install of the software instead of upgrading the current version of Windows. The drive can be formatted during the upgrade process in order to start fresh with the new operating system. After the Windows user selects those options, Microsoft initiates the download process and allows the user to continue using the PC until the download is complete.
Once the download finishes, the user has the option of starting the upgrade immediately or creating a link on the desktop that will initiate the upgrade process at a later time. The Windows user can also create a bootable USB drive or save an ISO image to burn to a blank DVD for a backup. For anyone interested in using a USB drive, the drive needs to have a minimum of 3GB free.
The download will be available in 37 different languages in over 100 countries when Windows 8 is released later this year. According to a recent report from The Verge, Microsoft is already compiling the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build and could be providing the software to computer manufacturers by the end of July 2012. In addition, Microsoft is targeting a release date of the operating system during the middle of October 2012. When the Windows 8 is released, consumers will be able to purchase the upgrade at the promotional $39.99 price until January 31, 2013. LeBlanc also indicated that two full versions of Windows 8 will be available to consumers that build their own computers, but did not specify price at this time. The current rate for an OEM copy of Windows 7 Professional runs about $140 at a retailer like Newegg.


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|System: PS3, PC, Xbox 360
|Dev: Trion Worlds
|Pub: Trion Worlds
|Release: 2013
|Players: MMO
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
by Josh Wirtanen
I've never been a fan of the term "transmedia." It makes me feel like I'm sitting in a stuffy corporate board room with a bunch of the guys from Mad Men, trying to manipulate the masses into buying into a certain mindset that makes them more apt to purchase a specific product.
Nonetheless, Defiance's use of the transmedia marketing strategy is fascinating to me. Defiance is basically a brand new sci-fi universe that's being crafted as both a Syfy television series and a massively multiplayer third-person shooter. Now, I can't say a whole lot about the television series at this time, but the guys at Trion Worlds showed me around the video game in a closed-doors hands-on session at E3 last month.
As I mentioned before, this is a third-person shooter MMO. What? Well, it feels like a third-person shooter when you're exploring the world, but then you start bumping into all sorts of other people who are also running around and shooting things.
And what a world it is. Defiance is set in a fictional version of the San Fransisco area that's been partially terraformed by aliens. You see, there were these space ships that had terraforming tech onboard, and we humans, who like to shoot things (a habit we've picked up from playing too many shooter games like Defiance) blew them out of the sky. These terraforming machines crashed on Earth and started doing their thing. By the point at which the game takes place, there's all sorts of weird alien plant and animal life everywhere. Some of the animals you encounter are based on species you might know from real life, only they're mutated and extremely aggressive. Ignore PETA; just shoot the things.
Now, one thing that Trion Worlds has already successfully implemented into its other MMO, RIFT, is the idea of dynamic world events that require massive groups of players to team up and fight back hordes of enemies. Whereas in RIFT you had massive rips in time-space, Defiance has big chunks of spaceships falling from the sky like meteors, kicking off new terraforming machines and bringing down a whole slew of mutated life.
I got to witness one of these events, which ultimately brought a gigantic tentacled plant thing into the middle of an open field. It had some sort of spore pods beneath each tentacle (an area I referred to as its armpits) that I had to shoot in order to harm this thing.
The skeptical booth rep told me there was no way I would bring down this monstrosity on my own, so he ran off to encourage some other players to me to help me out. Well, he may have underestimated my skill level a bit, as I managed to bring down the thing, dying only once and having very little help from the other players.
Still, the experience was a blast, and I was assured that this was not the only type of dynamic event to expect in the finished game. The reps were hesitant to give me any hints as to what those might be, unfortunately. But since the concept is something Trion's already successfully implemented in RIFT, I have very little doubt they'll be able to pull it off in Defiance.


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bestbrains needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 98 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
Bestbrains is a software development consulting company.
We help our clients tranform elements of the development process to work in an optimal flow, that is constantly being improved. We help you achieve management, team and engineering excellence in your development organization.
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New York, February 19,
2009--Three defendants in the October 2006
murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist
The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Russian authorities to vigorously seek out the masterminds and triggerman, thoroughly gather all available evidence, bring all perpetrators to trial with solid proof of their involvement in the crime, and try them in a court open to the press and the public.
Those acquitted are Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, a former police officer with the Moscow Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, and ethnic Chechen brothers Ibragim and Dzhabrail Makhmudov. A fourth suspect, Pavel Ryaguzov, a former Federal Security Service (FSB) lieutenant colonel, was tried in a separate case but alongside the three because of his previous association with Khadzhikurbanov. The jury also acquitted Ryaguzov of unrelated charges of abuse and extortion today. All defendants had pleaded not guilty, according to local news reports and CPJ sources close to the trial.
"Though we respect the jury's
decision today to acquit the three defendants based on the presented evidence,
we are deeply disappointed at the continued impunity in the murder of Anna
Politkovskaya," said CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator
At a Moscow press conference held
after the verdict was announced, Novaya Gazeta Deputy Editor
Defense lawyer Karinna Moskalenko, who represents the Politkovskaya family, told the independent radio station Ekho Moskvy that she and the family were dissatisfied with the results of the investigation. "With the case presented in court as is, one could only expect what happened," Moskalenko said, referring to today's verdict.
The trial was off to a jumpy start in November when Judge Yevgeny Zubov first opened it to the press, then immediately closed it on what he said was a request by the jury, only to re-open it after a juror spoke up and refuted that such request had ever been made. The juror who spoke up was dismissed for talking to the press. The case was tried in a military rather than a civil court because of Ryaguzov, though his role in the case remains unclear.
Out of the 10 suspects the prosecutor-general's office arrested in August 2007, only three were tried for involvement in the crime. According to lead investigator Petros Garibyan, Khadzhikurbanov was considered the organizer of the crime, while the Makhmudov brothers were said to be his accomplices. In an interview for Novaya Gazeta marking the second anniversary of Politkovskaya's murder, Garibyan said Khadzhikurbanov was implicated in organizing the surveillance of Politkovskaya; one of the Makhudov brothers had followed the journalist and reported her whereabouts back to the second one, who then passed the information to a third brother and suspected triggerman, Rustam. Rustam Makhudov is sought on an international warrant. Investigators have yet to name the suspected mastermind.