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The 2013 Toyota Rav4 has been updated with new styling and a host of upgrades.
Toyota hopes to make a styling and sales statement with the 2013 RAV4. Gone is the spare tire on the tailgate. The front end has a "bolder, more aggressive look" and raft of improvements from stem to stern.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — If there is one thing you can say about the outgoing 2012 Toyota RAV4, it's distinctive with a clunky spare tire hanging off the side-opening rear gate in most versions.
But Toyota hopes to make a styling statement with the redesigned 2013 model, which it was showing off to journalists here in the desert last week.
Gone is the spare tire on the tailgate, which now opens in the typical way. The front end has a "bolder, more aggressive look," says Toyota, and the new model got a raft of improvements from stem to stern.
Bill Fay, general manager of the Toyota division, predicts sales for the new model will be up 25%, to more than 200,000 next year, from the 160,000 the company is on track to sell of the outgoing model this year.
Pricing for the new model starts at $24,145 with shipping, an increase from $23,495 for the base 2012.
Toyota needs the new RAV4 to be a hit. Midsize cars and compact crossovers are the two hottest segments in the auto industry right now, and many shoppers consider vehicles in both segments before buying. The Camry midsize sedan and the RAV4 are Toyota's crown jewels in those categories.
But the compact crossover field is a lot more crowded now than a few years ago, when RAV4, Ford Escape and Honda CR-V had it largely to themselves. Every major automaker now has an entry — even German luxury brands — and their models have gotten much stronger. Toyota says both the number of models and the overall sales for the segment have tripled since 2000.
The outgoing RAV4 was outsold through the first 11 months of the year not only by CR-V and Escape, but also by the Chevrolet Equinox. Nissan's Rogue wasn't far behind.
The new RAV4 should have a head start on success. Since the first one in 1995, Toyota has sold more than 1.5 million RAV4s and about 80% are still on the road, says Toyota. The company is betting that many of those current owners are ready to replace theirs with a new one.
"What this is going to do is help Toyota not lose customers to others," says Edmunds.com analyst Jessica Caldwell, who drove the new RAV4 here last week. "It's going to keep people in the Toyota family."
To do it, Toyota engineers went through the 2012 model to find features to improve, starting with putting the spare tire out of sight under the rear end and giving RAV4 a modern liftgate with a new rear spoiler for better aerodynamics.
In addition, the 2013 RAV4 has:
• Better fuel economy. It will be rated at 24 miles per gallon in city driving, 31 mpg on the highway and 26 overall. It's a 2 mpg improvement on the combined rating. The all-wheel-drive version is expected to come in at 22/29/25.
• Six-speed transmission. RAV4 keeps the same 176-horsepower 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine as the outgoing version but replaces the current four-cylinder model's outmoded four-speed automatic with a six-speed. The powertrain is smooth, though not overly peppy. A "sport" mode button tightens the steering and holds the gears longer. Toyota says the new RAV4 accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 8.9 seconds, 1.3 seconds faster than the 2012.
• No V-6. No third row. The six-cylinder engine option has been banished. So is the option of a tiny third-row for kids. Still want a V-6? Toyota says its larger Highlander SUV will do for V-6 fans. And it offers a third row, too.
• Two more air bags. In an age when automakers always seem to find a way to pack another air bag in family vehicles, Toyota increases RAV4's from six to eight, adding a knee-level one for the driver and a seat-bolster bag for the front passenger.
• New standard features. The formerly optional display screen, now 6.1 inches, and backup camera are standard.
• New safety features available. Now optional is a rear cross-traffic alert system that will beep when it senses another vehicle coming while the RAV4 is backing up.
• More space. The cargo area is increased by about 2 cubic feet. And the seats are thinner, which makes for more rear legroom.
• Quieter ride. Winding through the desert hills, the noise level was low. And Toyota says it reshaped RAV4's mirrors to cut wind noise.
• Fancier interior. Some of the seat combinations now are two-toned, and the interior has been gussied up with details such as a soft-touch panel with "French stitching" that runs across the dashboard. It's attractive, but it does make it hard to reach the sport- and economy-mode buttons underneath.
Toyota thinks the more popular version of the new RAV4 will be the XLE trim with more standard equipment than the base model, including a sunroof, at $25,135 to start. The fanciest version is the Limited, which starts at $27,855 and has larger 18-inch wheels, push-button start and Toyota's fancy infotainment system, called Entune. All-wheel drive adds $1,400 to any of the models.
Still, RAV4 isn't a luxury barge. The upscale version doesn't come with leather seats. Instead, it has an upscale plastic.
Toyota's Fay says target buyers include young couples with kids, active single people and empty-nesters. With a target market that large, Fay, says it's likely that Toyota will use a Super Bowl ad to kick off the 2013 RAV4's sale campaign.
Will it win back leadership in the compact crossover segment for Toyota? It's got a shot, says Caldwell, who says the redesign is "a compelling package at the price point."


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The FIA has told media outlets there is "no case to answer" amid questions over the legality of an overtaking move by Sebastian Vettel on Jean-Eric Vergne at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Nevertheles, Ferrari has asked for clarification from the governing body.
The move in question saw Vettel overtake Vergne's Toro Rosso while yellow warning lights were still illuminated in his cockpit and as he approached a green trackside light. The suggestion is that he may have overtaken in a yellow flag zone, which is illegal, although the FIA told Autosport a green flag was waving at a marshal post before the move took place. As a result the move was legitimate and outside the yellow flag zone and therefore it was not referred to the stewards.
Earlier on Thursday Ferrari said it was looking at footage of the overtaking move in the knowledge it had until Friday to file an appeal. However, the team revealed on Twitter that it has gone no further than asking for a clarification on the issue.
"Ferrari asked, by means of a letter, for a clarification from FIA regarding VET's overtaking move on VER during lap 4 of the Brazilian GP," the official @InsideFerrari account tweeted.
However, with the FIA saying there is no case to answer in the media and Ferrari not lodging an official protest, it is highly unlikely the issue will go any further.
The FIA director of communication, Norman Howell, told the Associated Press: "The incident wasn't reported to stewards in the first place because it didn't seem like there was a need to report it at the time. Now that Ferrari has sent us a letter asking for an explanation we will give it to them."


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Reading defender Alex Pearce has finally ended the speculation over his future by signing a new two-year deal that will keep him at the Madejski Stadium until the summer of 2015.
Republic of Ireland international Pearce, an academy graduate who has gone on to make almost 150 appearances for the Royals, spent much of the club's dismal 2012/13 Premier League campaign embroiled in a frustrating contract dispute.
Although Pearce insisted he was willing to stay, he is reported to have rejected numerous offers due to a feeling that his ability wasn't being sufficiently rewarded.
With Reading's relegation confirmed and still no apparent sign of an imminent resolution, it appeared as if Pearce would leave the club following the expiration of his previous deal.
Indeed, many thought a move back to the top-flight might be a very real possibility, with Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool rumoured to be heading a throng of reputable suitors.
However, after apparently being offered a more acceptable financial package and also being suitably encouraged with the ambition shown by the signings of Wayne Bridge and former Real Madrid midfielder Royston Drenthe, it would seem that the 24-year-old is now committed to ensuring that he will form an integral part of the club's bid to win a third Championship title in just eight years.
"Everyone knows Reading is close to my heart – I have come through the ranks since I was 12-years-old," Pearce told the club's official website.
"To be playing for this club is a great feeling and it feels great putting pen to paper.
"It has taken a little while but I always said that I wanted to stay at Reading and I'm so thankful that I can be a Reading player.
"I've said that I wanted to feel valued, and that's the case now. It's great to be part of something that we can build on this year.
"I can't wait to get my teeth stuck into this promotion campaign, we've done it once before and we can do it once again."
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From January through September, Call of Duty Elite members will receive "regular updates of all new content totaling at least 20 content drops." Those without premium access will have the ability to purchase the content "a la carte" via "Content Collections," which will be available in March. "The Modern Warfare 3 Content Season for Call of Duty Elite will include a broader variety than ever, with brand new multiplayer maps, Special Ops Missions, new game modes and more," a press release noted.
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All content drops for Call of Duty Elite premium members will occur once a month, starting in January for Xbox Live users and will continue through the year, ending in September. During the first three months of 2012, Activision will release five different content drops on three occasions in January, February and March, first on Xbox Live, followed by additional platforms at a later time.The first two DLC will be multiplayer maps, also available for Survival Mode fans. "Liberation is a vast, militarized landscape, ripe for long-range sniper and LMG fire, with mounted turrets on either end that lend power to anyone brave enough to expose themselves in exchange for deadly firepower. Piazza is the idyllic Italian getaway that is anything but, where tight corners and branching pathways pose great risk at every turn. Close-range combat dominates in Piazza, where attacks from behind, above and below are an ever-constant threat." The third content release will be in mid-February with two additional drops in March. BOOM video 11562


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We get asked about pricing all of the time. Usually, the inquisitor is looking for a simple answer but the topic is vastly complex due to the many variables involved.
Pricing is a key element of market strategy and a powerful lever in your arsenal. It is intrinsically tied to your position in the market and is only as effective as your strategy as a whole.
You must be very clear about who your target buyer is, their buying triggers and where you want to play in the competitive landscape. A good place to start is with a firm commitment to the concept: we are not all things to all people but we deliver distinct value to this particular group of people.
Once you have identified the opportunity in the market and defined the most advantageous position to capture that portion of the market, then it is time to think through some of the textbook pricing elements.
First, the demand curve. Do some market research to understand what percentage of your target buyers will buy at particular price points. This information, coupled with your fixed and variable costs will bring gross margin into focus.
From there, you can decide whether you will take a market penetration or skimming approach, dependent on several things: 1. The chosen market position and strategy. 2. Market size and growth rate. 3. Open market share. The economies of scale strategy works best in a large market that is under-penetrated.
There are important psychological factors to consider as well. If your strategy is to capture the upper end of the market by offering a premium product, implementing a lower price point to drive volume may not be the best way to go. Understand the competitive offering to consider popular or established price points and what the buyer considers to be fair.
The pricing has to be in step with the positioning. People really do believe that you get what you pay for.
Last bit of advice: avoid short-term pricing tactics if you can. Short-term revenue maximization at the expense of longer-term strategy and profit margins may look good to investors or position the company for acquisition in certain situations but can set the company up for less growth in the longer run. Once you establish your pricing, you imprint the market. It is possible to start high and lower prices but it is very difficult to raise prices and move up market once you've been pegged as a value player.
What do you do if you want to change course? Consider launching a revised or new product offering for another market segment or shake up the market with a new pricing model. Study the competitors and do something different that provides more value to the buyer while maintaining profit margins for the company. If the industry charges a high flat fee that puts a stranglehold on buyers' cash flow, why not offer a subscription or finance model instead?
Whatever you do, don't succumb to the price war. When underpricing is the only weapon used, no one wins.
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Applications for concealed weapons permits rose about 9 percent last year in Washoe County, and an increasing number of those are sought by women, authorities said.
Last year, there were 956 applications for permits, up from 874 in 2002.
To receive a concealed weapons permit, applicants must complete a firearms training course.
Reno-area gun safety experts say female participants in gun training classes increase every year.
Kelly Connolly, a National Rifle Association instructor, training counselor and tactical range master who conducts a free three-hour gun safety course, said women comprise about 30 percent of every class and more enroll every year.
"I think women are realizing there are more situations that, when you call the police, the event has already happened," Connolly, who is also an elementary school teacher, told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
"We see more women do it after something has happened to them," she said.
Women like Ronda Clarke, who was kidnapped from Washington state 15 years ago.
Clarke thought she was spending a quiet evening at a friends house. But when her friend suddenly slapped handcuffs on her wrists, pushed a shotgun into her back and drove her through multiple states against her will over four days, she realized she was a crime victim.
On Saturday, the 53-year-old Reno woman took a gun safety course.
"It's taken me a long time and by no means am I over it, but I know the best way to face fear is to face it straight on," Clarke told the newspaper.
"I'm not sure if I had a gun at that time if it would have changed anything because I was taken by surprise," she said.
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Vice President Joe Biden and local Democratic leaders joined US Representative Edward J. Markey and a crowd of about 150 supporters this morning at Ironworkers Local 7 Hall on Old Colony Avenue in South Boston for the first of two rallies aimed at getting out the vote for Markey in Tuesday's special election for US Senate.
"There's no reason why this guy shouldn't walk to victory," Biden said of Markey. Still, he urged the crowd to work hard until the last minute.
"Please go out and knock on that extra door" Biden said. "Don't put yourself in the position, at 10 o'clock next Tuesday night, saying 'God, if I had just done that extra block.' "
Biden also spoke of Markey personally, saying he has known him a long time and knows him to be a man who keeps his word. "The thing that I admire about him the most is his character," Biden said. "Look at this man's record, look at his personal life, look at his public life, look at who he is. He will do exactly what he tells you."
Markey was also joined by Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino former Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn, and US Representative Stephen F. Lynch, a onetime ironworker Markey beat in the Democratic primary for Senate in April.
"Being with Steve Lynch at the Ironworkers is like being at Boston Garden with Bobby Orr," Markey said.
Political leaders focused their remarks on working-class values, while labor leaders reminded voters in the crowd of the importance of door-knocking and getting out the vote.
"If you want to talk about working people, Ed Markey's the guy you want in the US Senate," Menino said. "If you want to talk about protecting millionaires, the other guy's your candidate."
"Ed Markey will have our back in Washington," Menino said to loud cheers.
Biden is the latest political celebrity to join Markey on the campaign trail, following visits by the president, first lady, and former President Clinton.
Biden spoke at length about Markey's opponent, Republican businessman Gabriel E. Gomez, noting that he "calls himself a new kind of Republican," and questioning why he has gained support from some national Republican figures.
"Why does Newt Gingrich talk about him like he's the second coming?" Biden said. "Why does Marco Rubio want him so much?
"Look, I know Mitch McConnell pretty well and if he wants Gabriel Gomez in his caucus, it's not because he thinks he will ever disagree with him," Biden said, referring to the Senate Republican Leader. "It's because he wants a Republican majority and he knows he can count on the guy to vote with him on everything he needs."
Biden said Markey and the other Democrats "have a different vision for this country."
"Our vision rests on a growing, prosperous middle class, a fair tax code, investing in innovation," Biden said.
Markey focused his remarks on economic values, saying he supported a higher minimum wage and making sure that the wealthy pay their "fair share."
"At the top of the list, this race is about jobs, jobs, jobs!" Markey said.
Markey spoke about his family history, recalling his mother saying, "Eddie, your life is going to be different," and noting that he enjoyed more opportunities than his parents and grandparents had. He credited the opportunities he received to the policies that Democrats put in place.
"I know I'm standing here as the son of someone who grew up on the first floor of a triple-decker in South Lawrence," Markey said. "I want to go to Washington to fight: fight for Medicare! Fight for Social Security!"
"I'm going to fight for the best jobs in the world," he said.
Afterward, the vice president and Markey, along with Lynch and Markey's wife, Susan Blumenthal, stopped for hot dogs at Sullivan's on Castle Island in South Boston.
The vice president, wearing a blue-and-white checkered shirt, gray slacks, black tassel loafers and aviator-style sunglasses, stepped out of his limo to get a hot dog with mustard and relish and to mingle with the crowd. Behind the counter at Sullivan's, Biden posed for a photograph with manager Harry Markarian, Markey, and others.Joshua Miller can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @jm_bos.


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BROCKTON – The place where Marvelous Marvin Hagler once trained could soon be back in fighting shape.
Israel Shear-Yashub, owner of the building at 28 Petronelli Way, is considering a formal offer for the downtown property and is expecting additional offers as well, said broker Jonathan Bowen.
Shear-Yashub confirmed Monday that a deal is in the works, but referred further questions to Bowen, owner of a real estate firm in Boston who is handling the property.
Bowen said there is no sale pending, but that the offer under consideration is "excellent" and a deal could be reached this week.
Beyond that, he declined to provide more details on the potential sale of the four-story, 19,000-square-foot building, zoned for commercial use.
"It's been such a long haul with this property," Bowen said. "I don't want to jinx anything. It's in a really delicate stage."
The building has a long and varied history.
It was built in 1890, according to the city assessor's office, and later hosted the St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Society, formed in 1881 to fight for temperance. When the group wasn't battling alcohol use, it sponsored amateur boxing bouts.
The boxing tradition continued when Pat and Goody Petronelli opened a gym on the third floor in 1980. The Petronellis helped keep alive Brockton's boxing success throughout the 1970s and 1980s, training Hagler and other fighters.
In 1999, the city renamed Ward Street, off Main Street, as Petronelli Way in honor of the brothers' accomplishments.
But the years took a toll.
The city closed the building several times, including in July 2010 when a 30-foot facade collapsed onto the sidewalk. The gym closed in January 2011, when power to the building was cut because a pipe in the sprinkler system burst.
The property directly abuts Trinity Financial's $100 million redevelopment of the Enterprise block. It was assessed at $244,700 in 2013, but was listed for sale by Bowen for $1.
"This property needs a complete rehabilitation and isn't useable in its current condition; it's a brick shell," Bowen wrote on his website. "The buyer must accept a no interest and no payment second mortgage for $150,000 with a balloon payment due in two years."
Two years ago, a consultant hired by the city said redeveloping a few targeted buildings, including the former Petronelli Gym location, could have a "catalytic" impact on downtown revitalization efforts.
More recently, Mayor Bill Carpenter has been working with City Planner Rob May on a comprehensive downtown development plan. The city is considering tax incentives for investors of specific properties, according to Carpenter.
John Merian, president of the Downtown Brockton Association and chairman of the Brockton 21st Century Corp., said that the $120 million in public and private investment currently happening downtown "shows there is a real effort to revitalize the center of Brockton."
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Our region and people are in the middle of an incredible storm. Our ancestors used to soak themselves in the winter waters for times like this. As Clarence Jackson said last year in his opening remarks for Celebration, they used to go in when the water was steaming from how cold it was. They strengthened themselves for moments just like this. They suffered tremendously, and they did it for us. Maybe this is the result of a hundred years of solid oppression. Maybe this is what it feels like when one generation turns over to another, and no one has prepared like we used to for cultural change.
There are things within our culture and language that allow us to pull each other together for emotional turmoil. It is embedded within our grammar, as we see from page 238 of the Naish-Story Tlingit Verb Dictionary: sh toonxh yee kkhwalyéixh – I am going to make myself united with you all. It is embedded within our oratory, in songs, stories, and speeches. There were times we held each other so close that we achieved the highest levels of human compassion and possibility.
But now we are adrift. It has undoubtedly always been difficult to make transitions from one generation to the next. All these fantastic human beings, who leave a wake so substantial that we feel as though the world will never recover. Because of that, we call ourselves has du eetí kháa – the ones in their remains. They have prepared us as best they could, and whether we believe it or not, we are ready.
The humility within our people leaves us thinking that we are never enough on our own. But that is the right way to feel because when we walk with our language and culture we never are alone. Our ancestors are there to help us, and we have a stronger ability to communicate with one another about sensitive and dangerous subject matter. My uncle Paul Marks was saying to our class today, over and over, that it is a sensitive thing, death, so we always paid close attention to our words, our mannerisms, the way we laughed and what we laughed at.
There were ways we used speech so that it became ceremony, medicine. There were ways we addressed a room so that those who suffered most knew they were the reason everyone came together. There was purpose, honor, reverence, and most of all language. I think that if you take away language, you realize that it was the thread that held everything together. The other evening, I interviewed my uncle Smitty Katzeek, and he kept saying in Tlingit: that was the way Raven said it.
Just because we feel astray, just because the waves are crashing over us, does not mean we cannot decide what to do about it. There was a time when we never sat back and waited to see what would happen to us, but instead we made a fortress to protect ourselves, our children, our elders, our people. And that time is returning to us again. In these difficult times, keep in mind that we have the greatest strength imaginable, and it is called unity.
When you are thinking about criticizing someone for the way they act: strengthen yourself. When you are thinking that we are in the worst of times: strengthen yourself. When you start thinking that we are not ready for the shift we are about to undergo: strengthen yourself.
Perhaps the shift we need is to return to our language and make it live. We do not need to continue talking about learning our language, and documenting our language, and lobbying for our language. We need to just live our language. As Barbra Meek points out in the early chapters of her book, "We Are Our Language," we create a disconnect between ourselves and our languages when we think it is something we have to practice or wait for, when in actuality it is something we just need to live.
You do not need to wait for that class, or that new book, or that recording you wish you made. You do not need permission or to feel like you need to accommodate anyone who does not speak. You do not need to wait a single moment longer, because the glaciers are calving once again. They are exposing a new face and that is you. I see our next generation of orators, and I am sure they feel as unprepared and uncertain as the last generation and the ones before that. We see our heroes walking away from us, but we must keep in mind all that they are leaving behind.
One of the strongest images Austin Hammond left us with is a dream he continued to have. Many of his elders, his teachers, who had already walked around the point, were seated at a table amongst a great feast. They were waiting for him. It was his time. Over and over he had this vision. We are right there. They have left all these things for us, and we can take these gifts, these tools, and prepare ourselves to create a better world for our children and grandchildren. There are seats at the table for everyone.
What we have been trying has not been working. So we will try harder and with more unity. We do not have to pretend to be anything else. A brilliant colleague of mine, Alice Taff, has amassed one of the most amazing linguistic and cultural collections of Tlingit language and speakers. In one of her pieces of work, the late Walter Soboleff says, "Ligéiyi át áyá yaa gaxhtootée – it's a big thing we're going to carry". My dear friend Ishmael Hope, one of our future orators, interviewed elder and teacher Ruth Demmert, and she said:
"Yées kháa Lingít,tlaxh wáa sá haa toowú sigóo, yá haa Lingítxh khusteeyí. Hél ch'a aadéi yéi yee.úxh'xw. Lingítxh haa sateeyí kei haa naltseen dé tsú. Haa yoo xh'atángi tsú. Kei ntugút ayáxh gughwatée.
Young people, how very much we want to have our Tlingit way of life. Don't live another way. Our Tlingit ways of being gives us strength, too. Our language, too. It's like we are going to rise up."
All of these things are here, waiting for you. All of these ancient voices are wanting to be heard. To hear you speak and practice. We will stand up: for Kake. We will stand up: for our grandchildren. We will stand up: for ourselves. We will stand up: for all those who soaked in the waters of a difficult life. We will never wait again for the moment to arrive.
• Xh'unei - Lance A. Twitchell is Assistant Professor of Alaska Native Languages at UAS.


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July 26, 2011 > Out-of-state retailer tax collection
Jerome E. Horton, Chairman of the California Board of Equalization, announced on July 12, 2011, the next steps in enforcing ABx1 28, the measure passed by the California Legislature and signed into law by the Governor on June 28, 2011. The law expands "nexus" jurisdiction to out-of-state retailers making sales in California and places use tax-collection obligations on them.Under ABx1 28, out-of-state online retailers who meet the criteria must register with the BOE and collect and remit the use tax. If the out-of-state retailers refuse to comply with the law, the BOE, in accordance with Article 3, Section 3.5 of the California Constitution, is obligated to enforce the law.Passage of the law, which the California legislature projects will help California collect an additional $200 million annually, adds California to a growing list of states that have turned to such measures to increase revenue and level the playing field for business. The BOE has estimated that purchases from out-of-state retailers results in approximately $1.1 billion in unreported use tax.Under Article 3, Section 3.5 of the California Constitution, agencies like the BOE do not have the power to declare a statute unenforceable, or refuse to enforce a statute, on the basis of it being unconstitutional, unless an appellate court or a referendum by the people has made a determination that such is the case."We are actively providing retailers information so they have a clear direction regarding their new responsibilities." Horton said. "We will engage in the necessary steps to ensure the affected retailers collect and remit the use taxes owed to the State of California."The entire Board will receive an update on the staff's implementation and enforcement plans and proposed future regulatory changes at the Board Meeting on July 26, which is open to the public for comment.The BOE will have its first indication of non-compliance on October 31, 2011 when returns are due and payable for the third quarter of 2011. At that time, the BOE may begin issuing estimated billings to retailers who are required under the law to report and remit the use tax collected, but fail to comply.Amazon has argued that the law is unconstitutional and wants California voters to decide whether to overturn the new law."This will likely set the stage for a potentially high-dollar ballot fight next year that would pit business against business," said Horton.A petition for a referendum was filed on July 8, 2011, with the state Attorney General's Office, which could eventually require voters to decide on the new law. Amazon also has an option of challenging the law in court."It is in every Californian's interest for online and store front businesses to play by the same rules," said Betty T. Yee, First District Member of the Board of Equalization. "I strongly doubt Californians will support a loophole promoting out-of-state jobs, when holding Amazon.com accountable to the same rules as everyone else protects California's economy.""This is a referendum on jobs and investment in California. We support this referendum against the recent sales tax legislation because, with unemployment at well over 11 percent, Californians deserve a voice and a choice about jobs, investment and the state's economic future. At a time when businesses are leaving California, it is important to enact policies that attract and encourage business, not drive it away," said Amazon Vice President of Public Policy Paul Misener on the referendum."Amazon looks forward to working again with tens of thousands of small business affiliates in California that were harmed by the new law's effect on hundreds of out-of-state retailers. As Governor Brown has made clear, it is important to directly involve the citizens of California in key issues and we believe that Californians will want to vote to protect small business and keep jobs in the state," he added."Once the public learns that non-California companies who currently fail to comply with the law and play by the rules are costing California approximately $12.5 billion in sales and $1.1 billion in use taxes which translates into 37,000 jobs, $52 M in property taxes, and $48M in income taxes, Californians will potentially reject the referendum," said Horton. Chairman Horton believes that the court of public opinion and the law of free trade will ultimately make the final determination of the winners and losers under ABx1 28 and Amazon will lose in the court of law."Amazon has also canceled all of its California based affiliates," Horton pointed out. "This has caused some confusion and questions about customer loyalty. Will the California consumers wait until these legal and political differences are resolved? If not, market share and free trade will govern the day." Chairman Horton believes that California retailers have a window of opportunity to convince California consumers to buy from them online or in their local California base stores due to this action by Amazon. In addition, he believes that the affiliates may decide to associate with out-of-state or California-based retailers willing to comply with the new law."Ultimately, until the public via a referendum, or the courts tell us otherwise, the Board of Equalization will enforce ABx1 28," said Horton.California and Non-California retailers with questions regarding California nexus or registration are encouraged to call (916) 227-6600.For more information on other taxes and fees in California, visit www.taxes.ca.gov and www.boe.ca.gov


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In particular, this book will serve developers who want to learn how to design business applications, and introduce the patterns to use, the issues that you?ll face, and how to resolve them. Chris Anderson , who has been building line-of-business applications for years, demonstrates his experience through a candid presentation of how to tackle real-life issues, rather than just avoid them. Developers will benefit from his hard-won expertise through business application design patterns that he shares throughout the book.
With this book in hand, you willCreate a fully functional business application in Silverlight Discover how to satisfy all of the general requirements that most business applications need Develop a business application framework What you?ll learn How to structure your project to ensure a robust and maintainable application How to create user interfaces with XAML and bind controls to data How to communicate securely between the server and the client How to view and maintain data within a Silverlight user interface How to design unique user experiences and use advanced styling techniques How to implement standard business application paradigms in Silverlight Who this book is for
This book is for developers experienced in other .NET technologies, such as WinForms or ASP.NET, looking to translate their existing skills to developing business applications with Silverlight. Patterns and methodologies associated with building robust applications will be introduced and are not prerequisite knowledge. Table of Contents Introduction Getting Started with Silverlight An Introduction to XAML The Navigation Framework Exposing Data from the Server: Using WCF RIA Services Implementing Summary Lists Building Data Entry Forms Securing Your Application Styling Your Application Advanced XAML and Data Binding Creating Custom Controls The Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) Design Pattern Printing and Reporting Out of Browser Mode, and Interacting with the Operating System Application Deployment


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ITHACA, N.Y., Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Robert C. Richardson, who shared a Nobel Prize for turning helium into a liquid state never seen before, has died, Cornell University reported. He was 75.
The university, where Richardson had been a physics professor since 1968, said he died Thursday in Ithaca, N.Y., of complications of a heart attack suffered three weeks ago.
Richardson and two Cornell colleagues conducted experiments in 1971 to explore the properties of atoms at a fraction of a degree above absolute zero.
In cooling helium to within a few thousandths of a degree of absolute zero they created what physicists call a superfluid -- a liquid that flows without friction.
"I quickly tell people it has no practical applications," Douglas D. Osheroff, who as a Cornell graduate student was one of the three experimenters, said in an interview with the New York Times.
However, it allowed scientists to study a variety of scientific problems, including basic quantum interactions at the atomic level, and the experiment won Richardson, Osheroff and David M. Lee the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Richardson was born June 26, 1937, in Washington, attended Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va., and earned a bachelor's and a master's degree in physics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He went to Cornell in 1966 as a postdoctoral researcher and was promoted to assistant professor two years later.
He served as Cornell's first vice provost for research from 1998 to 2003 and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dust off those resumes, the Los Angeles City Council may soon be looking for a condom cop.
Earlier this year the council appointed a committee to study how a newly minted law requiring the use of condoms on some adult film sets could be enforced.
After several meetings between police, representatives of the porn industry and other committee members, the city's administrative officer issued a 47-page report Wednesday.
Among its recommendations: contracting with a licensed medical professional who would conduct periodic inspections of film productions to make sure condoms are used.
Other proposals include establishing a fee, the amount to be determined, to pay for those inspections.
The law requiring condoms came after years of lobbying by groups citing the dangers of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
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I saw one gentleman on TV decrying the legislation as that good ole' catchall argument anytime a line is drawn on anything: "Who are they to tell people how to dress?" But does he realize that we are told how to dress, as in we must wear clothing covering all private parts, at a bare (nice pun, I guess) minimum? Does this have to be a response to any and all situations?Originally Posted by Johnny Footstool
As for the comparision to the fat guy with his gut sticking out the bottom of the shirt or butt cracking, that is normally unintentional and most guys correct it as soon as they can. Sure, there are some slobs who don't, which is beyond me, but slovenish and intentionally running around with your underwear half exposed are two different matters. They are not exposing certain areas intentionally as a fashion statement. That is a big difference from "mopin'", at least that's what I understand the term to be.


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From vitriolic social media tag clouds to unhappy customer videos gone viral, it's no secret that people are shouting about the poor service they receive to anyone in the social sphere who will listen.
Click through the photo for advice on what to do if you find yourself on the unhappy end of online criticism.
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So if you're planning to commit a crime make sure you steal another phone without the app installed?
No, if you're planning to commit a crime, download the app and hack it. Watch the images the server is sending to your phone to say "find a match for this image." If you see your picture, you know there's a secret APB out on you, so it's time to run and hide. If you don't see your picture, maybe you got away with it.
What about people that don't want to be found? Guess they don't get a choice in the matter, huh?
I can see that there's going to be a lot of hats and sunglasses being worn in my future...
Those images of publicly viewable should be subject to automated searching for criminal evidence. If a billion cops could legitimately stand there watching and writing down notes, it's legit to replace them with sensors, networks, and AI.
But a billion cops would do more than stand there watching and writing down notes. Replacing them with sensors, networks and AI doesn't eliminate all the problems with using real cops. Many prohibitive problems of comprehensive public surveillance still remain when the cops are automated. Primarily the abuse potential of compiling all that info, crosstabbed and logged. A higher probability of abuses committed, a higher amount of damage doable by abuse, a higher probability that abuse will never be caught, a higher probability that abuse will not be corrected, remedied, or abusers punished. Therefore more abuses.
Until the US reforms privacy laws to comply with the Fourth Amendment [cornell.edu], the right of the people to be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects (AKA "privacy"), against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall be frequently violated. All data collection that touches our private information must be subject to open review for abuse, must be required to aggregate and anonymize data wherever possible, must prevent crossreference except under legitimate court order, must report collection or crossreference events to the person measured, and must truly delete any data identified with any specific person or small group after the immediate justification for its collection has passed. The people doing the collection, crossreferencing and retention, whether directly or by either setting policy or implementing it (including programmers and legislators), must be quickly subject to stiff penalties for any abuses.
Unless there is a bright and easily defensible line kept between public and private, the public will always invade the private - typically in the interests of some favored private interest attacking the others. We are already far down this road, but not too far to back out of it.
Those images of publicly viewable should be subject to automated searching for criminal evidence. If a billion cops could legitimately stand there watching and writing down notes, it's legit to replace them with sensors, networks, and AI.
There are two assumptions here. Firstly that anything you do in public is fair game, and secondly any activity that we accept when it's done the old-fashioned (and tedious) way is equally legitimate when it's done in a high-speed, automated manner.
Some- myself included- disagree with both these general premises. A hundred years ago, if you did something in public, people could see you and talk about you, but there wasn't the chance of some video of you doing something stupid hanging around forever, or someone in power easily being able to see you doing that.
In short, the implications of doing something in public have changed a lot, even in the past 30 years, and the social rules surrounding that date back to before this time. Even then, you generally couldn't have got away with (e.g.) stalking someone, even if they were doing it "in public", so it's not like there was ever *no* level of "privacy" towards people in public spaces.
Secondly, doing some surveillance activity in the old-fashioned, tedious manner by definition limited it to people the police had a reason to focus on. Doing it in an automated manner makes it possible to gather information on and track people in general, regardless of whether or not there is a fair reason to do this, and makes a police state or "surveillance society" possible in a way that doing it by hand doesn't.
In short, this is a case where a quantitative change in how much something can be done makes a *qualitative* change to its effects, i.e. it is *not* simply a case of letting the police do their old job faster- it fundamentally changes it. And this is why (IMHO) doing it the new way should *not* get a free pass because it's always been like that.... because it hasn't.
"A hundred years ago" there were also problems with unfair consequences of doing things in public. The persistence of recordings of even public acts doesn't strike me as unfair. If you did something in public, that will always be true. The replay of evidence of it doesn't seem unfair. Indeed, that persistence seems more fair to the public actor, since legitimate acts are more easily defended by persistent evidence of them. Bad acts should remain available to the public - why not? Because you were stupid? Ho
Then don't do those things in public. Privacy is for private places.
And if those public acts enable some people to unfairly affect you, then the problem is those people's unfair power over you. That's the place to resist. Not in pretending that public acts have privacy expectations. At the very least because those people's power will be used to exploit what's available to the public to the maximum extent, unless you limit their power.
No, you should fix the problem that those people have too much power over you. Your fear of public assembly and association, and preference to hide it rather than protect it, is positively un-American.
The reality is that recording public acts is never going to go away. The reality is that it is possible to protect your freedoms of public assembly and association. When you stop making excuses for your fear, you'll get more security from what threatens you.
The reality is that recording public acts is never going to go away.
Or, "the reality is that prejudice and bias will never go away"
One of those problems is more easily solved than the other. One requires a legal restriction on technological surveillance and recording. The other requires a drastic change to human nature. It would be nice if human nature would miraculously change, but don't hold your breath.
They find an impage of a missing child on your phone... then what? Guys in black balaclavas burst into your home? Presumably this app would access to more than just the photos in order to work our who you were and where you are? That said, I quite like the idea but so long as I can trace my cheating ex-wife
If they can search it, odds are they can access it, so what's preventing them just taking the damn photo and not paying you a dime?
Jesus, when did people get so fucking naive when it comes to business and government, especially businesses like tabloids and whatever government agencies would be checking your pics for whatever the hell they feel like whenever they feel like it? So many people just ready to torpedo any rights of privacy we have left...what the hell is wrong with this country?
It comes right out and says "political activist". That's very timely, all things considered, By "political activist" they mean protesters or those holding demonstrations outside of the designated free speech zones.
Just right for quickly identifying those who would dare to threaten the established order. Can you think of any reason why you might not want to take part in this system?
You might think that the security and privacy aspects were so terrible that you just wouldn't install the app. However exceptional photos of a sporting or news incidents are worth money and the profit motive might be enough for you to install it.
Ben Franklin [google.com]:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Doc Gonzo: They who can give up essential privacy to obtain a little temporary cash deserve only a little temporary cash, but neither liberty nor privacy.
This app might be worth granting access to your public images, if you could trust that the app would not get permission to access your private images (or anything outside the public images you allow). But then it wouldn't have the side effect of "WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN".
don't forget to factor in data and data roaming costs,.
Don't worry. I'm sure the phone companies and the government can come to an arrangement where data they retrieve from your phone doesn't show up in the bill or logs.
Oh, for a +1 Funny mod!!!
The charge will be there in your bill; it just won't be very obvious.
Oh come on... that is soooooo 1984...
Can I patent crowdsourcing Big Brother? Is it possible to trademark that phrase, "Crowdsourcing Big Brother"? Service-mark it?
Eastern District of Texas, here I come...
Big brother moves to THE CLOUD!
(Hey, you, get off of my CLOUD)
Hell no, no, not just hell no, but FUCK no. I know that the Facebook/Youtube/IM/Text generation doesn't get privacy but I sure as fuck do and no one needs anymore access to any data that can remotely be used to identify me, track my movements, give the government an edge (which is ALWAYS evil no matter who is in power), or be sold to a business to market to me.
The rich get rich, and the poor get poorer. The haves get more, the have-nots die.


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Director-General takes part in UN Chief Executives Board
From 12 to 14 April, the Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova is in Geneva to participate in the spring session of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board (CEB), which is hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The CEB, which is the highest-level coordination mechanism of the UN System, meets twice a year in meetings that are chaired by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. Irina Bokova is joining the heads of 27 UN System organizations, including 10 UN Funds and programs, 15 specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The objective of the CEB is to align the strengths of a decentralized system of specialized organizations into a coherent and functioning whole. It ensures that the UN system delivers as one at the global, regional and country levels.
The Director-General is also taking part in the 36th meeting of the UNAIDS Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations. Gathering the Executive Heads of 10 UNAIDS co-sponsors, the meeting provides a platform to discuss financing and programmatic challenges in achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. While in Geneva, the Director-General will also chair a meeting of the Global Migration Group (GMG).
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For Follow Friday this week, I suggest you take a look at the Elsie says... blog. This is a blog created by Dear Myrtle to record the stories of her friend Elsie Naylor. This blog is a wonderful way to start recording to stories of others. Once you get all the stories down in the order that they are told, they can be reconstructed into a chronological book.
Please take some time to read Elsie's stories:
Climbing Mt. Fuji
Get it in notes
I remember when I saw Tojo
You can learn more about the project on Dear Myrtle's blog:
Tender Times
Revised Plan
Plan C
Friends come to call


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Iconic American brands Eddie Bauer and Airstream have teamed up to build a special edition travel trailer, the Eddie Bauer Edition Airstream, and to develop premium co-branded items for 2011.
By combining Eddie Bauer's heritage as The Original Outdoor Outfitter and Airstream's focus on functional durability, the brands will target travelers who love to explore the outdoors in style. The special edition travel trailer will include a rear sport hatch to allow for easy access to gear and equipment and to "let the outside in." It will also include finishing touches such as exterior protective cladding and unique interior surfaces, flooring and Eddie Bauer bedding.
"Airstreamers, like Eddie Bauer customers, have come to expect superior construction and design, and now with the Eddie Bauer Airstream we've added some special features that will appeal to their adventurous spirit," says Bob Wheeler, president and CEO of Airstream. "The rear sport hatch allows Airstreamers to live the Eddie Bauer lifestyle, enjoying the outdoors as often as possible."


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California to sue DRAM makers over price-fixing claims
Will file lawsuit with 33 other states
Seven of the world's biggest memory makers today face an antitrust lawsuit from 34 US Attorneys General who claim the companies conspired "to fix DRAM chip prices, artificially restrain supply, allocate among themselves the production of DRAM chips and markets for the chips, and rig bids for DRAM chip contracts" between January 1998 and June 2002.
The lawsuit will be filed in the US District Court for Northern California by the state's Attorney General, Bill Lockyer, who anounced the plan yesterday. The defendants include Hynix, Infineon, Micron, Nanya, Elpida, NEC and Mosel Vitelic. The world's biggest memory maker, Samsung, is not on the list, it seems.
Samsung was one of the subjects of the US Department of Justice's investigation, conducted in 2002 and 2003, into DRAM price-fixing allegations. In September 2004, Infineon pleaded guilty to DoJ charges that it conspired to set memory prices, and since then, Elpida, Hynix and Samsung have likewise pleaded guilty and paid punitive fines. Micron admitted a number of its executives had been involved, but denied the company itself was to blame. It traded co-operation with the DoJ for freedom from criminal sanctions and fines.
In May this year, Samsung, Hynix and Infineon agreed to pay $160m to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by individuals who claimed they were financially harmed by the alleged (in this case) conspiracy - in the civil suit, the three firms admitted no wrongdoing.
The DoJ's charges centred on the period April 1999 to June 2002, whereas the 34 states' action extends back to early 1998. Lockyer said the lawsuit seeks "compensation" for the alleged conspiracy's consumer, governmental and educational "victims". ®
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Trish Leonard, the director of marketing for community outreach at Florida Gulf Coast University, educated members of the Greater Fort Myers Beach Area Chamber of Commerce about the opportunities for small businesses at its monthly luncheon at Sunshine Grille at 8700 Estero Blvd. on Thursday.
Leonard, who has resided in Southwest Florida since she was a child in 1969, relayed the message to small business owners to take advantage of new ways to increase business through a diverse collection of programs and services by the Small Business Development Center at FGCU.
"I'm passionate about small businesses. I am a small business owner as well, so I do understand the struggles you have to go through," she said.
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Trish Leonard, director of marketing for community outreach at Florida Gulf Coast University, tells Beach Chamber members about marketing plans, business plans, training opportunities and education through the Small Business Development Center.
Leonard began her business called TLC Marketing and Creative Services in 2008, and the Small Business Development Center was one of her clients back then. She is known for placing her heart in support of many local charitable and civic causes.
Though the hub of the Small Business Development Center is located on the campus of FGCU, it has offices throughout the five county area including local sites in Port Charlotte, Cape Coral, Naples and Bonita Springs
"We are a no cost, confidential small business advisors for small business owners in Southwest Florida," said Leonard. "Our goal is to assist small business owners with business consulting as far as marketing plans, business plans, training opportunities and education through some of our signature programs."
In 2011, SBDC counseled 1,242 clients and helped 154 training programs while assisting 390 veterans, 905 minority businesses and 1,764 women.
"Women are coming out and opening businesses. We are not just talking cosmetics. We are talking about real business owners," Leonard said.
She referenced a peanut butter and jelly luncheon featuring 275 P&J sandwiches from leftover events to thank FGCU faculty members.
"It doesn't cost a lot to do some of those things," said Leonard. "Those of you who do marketing should change the word 'cost' with 'investment.' It is an investment in your time."
SBDC is holding a social media seminar at the Beach Chamber on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Presenter Ingrid Molina, who attended the Chamber luncheon, will teach participants the basics on how social media aids in increasing the business bottom line. Investment is $20 for a few slots left.
SBDC is funded by U.S. Small Business Administration and matched by grants from FGCU. There are 34 SBDC centers on college campuses throughout Florida.
"It's important to take a look at your marketing plans to see how we can help you," said Leonard, who cited name tags as one great source for self-marketing.
"We have a lot of services to help you. That's why we are here."
Those interested in learning more about the Small Business Development Center can call 745-3700 or email email@example.com. Check website www.sbdc.fgcu.edu for more information.


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Sheboygan River and Harbor
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration
The Trustees for natural resources, on behalf of the public, have reached a settlement with the potentially responsible parties to restore the natural resource injuries at the Sheboygan River and Harbor site.
The Sheboygan River and Harbor site is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, approximately 55 miles north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It includes the lower 14 miles of the Sheboygan River from Sheboygan Falls to the Sheboygan Harbor.
Industrial activities along the Sheboygan River released polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), heavy metals, and oil residues within the waterway and the surrounding environment. As a result, the U.S. EPA designated the lower 14 miles of the Sheboygan River a Superfund Site. The U.S. EPA and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are working to clean up the contaminants in the river system.
Meanwhile, the Trustees for natural resources are conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). NRDA is the process of collecting, compiling, and analyzing information and data through prescribed methodologies to determine the amount and type of restoration projects needed to compensate the public for injuries to natural resources. Trustees then seek damages (i.e., compensation in the form of money or restoration projects) from those responsible for the contamination.
The Trustees for the Site, acting on behalf of the public, include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the state of Wisconsin, represented by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The Trustees signed a Memorandum of Agreement in the spring of 2012.
In the summer of 2012, the Trustees also signed a Pre-assessment Screen (PAS) document. The purpose of a PAS is to provide a rapid review of readily available information on natural resources at the Site to ensure that there is a reasonable probability of making a successful claim before monies and efforts are expended in carrying out a natural resource damage assessment. The Trustees' PAS for the Sheboygan River and Harbor Site documents a Trustee decision to proceed with a natural resource damage assessment based on extensive information regarding releases of hazardous substances and impacts to natural resources.
The potentially responsible parties (those parties who may be responsible for injury to natural resources and resulting damages) have been informed that the NRDA process is moving forward. The Trustees are currently engaged in the assessment planning process.
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April 19, 2013: Notice of Intent to Perform a Natural Resources Damage Assessment; Sheboygan River and Harbor Superfund Site (2-page PDF )
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FITCHBURG -- A full house at Christ Church on Main Street paid tribute Saturday to longtime Stratton Player and devoted community member Janet Cragin, who died April 24 at the age of 79.
"What she gave us can only be repaid by how we live our lives going forward," Mayor Lisa Wong said at the funeral for the beloved local teacher, actress and director.
Wong said it was Cragin who encouraged her to both run for and take on the role of mayor.
"She was larger than life, a one-woman welcome wagon," Wong said. "She inspired generations of people."
Among those Cragin inspired were her students, as she had her first teaching job at Fitchburg's Richardson Road School, where each of her students was reading above grade level by the end of the year. She also taught at Applewild School in Fitchburg, where she worked for 37 years in the preprimary classroom.
In addition to the classroom, Cragin made her mark in Fitchburg through her avid involvement with the Stratton Players, a local theater group. Her debut in 1963 would result in 50 years of involvement with the Players. She was also instrumental in the creation of the children's theater at Stratton, Junior Wing, and the Stratton Summer Players.
Along with her prominent role in the theater group, Cragin also established a presence in other aspects of the community, including as a founding member of the Fitchburg Cultural Alliance and a longtime member of the Fitchburg Art Museum, and by combining her love of teaching and the arts by instructing drama and performing arts to many people.
"She was generous and brought energy and enthusiasm to the classroom and every group she was in," said Cragin's daughter, Sally.
Her giving spirit and love of the theater are just two of the characteristics people admired about Cragin, as her son, Hal, compared his mother's kind nature to "casting long rays of light for everyone to feel."
About Cragin's work in the local theater scene, Wong said, "Janet was vintage Hollywood, but she chose home. She had a special gift for spotting the shy ones, the ones who didn't yet know they could shine on stage."
That light and passion for the arts is still present today, with the Janet Cragin Arts Award established in 2011 by the Fitchburg Cultural Alliance and Fitchburg Public Schools. The award is given to middle-school students who exemplify significant talent and accomplishments in the world of art, music and theater.
"When I think of the phrase 'follow your passion,' I think of my mother," Hal Cragin said.
"She wanted you to shine and do what you love to do," Sally added. "She made us all better at being ourselves."


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SteelSeries have announced the availability of their newest edition of their Siberia headset, the Siberia v2 Heat Orange Edition. This version is now available for purchase in North America and features an distinctive and unmistakable orange LED glow. These LED are on the outside of each of ear cups and can be customized with the SteelSeries Engine configuration software. Along with the LED illumination, the Heat Orange Edition Siberia's also feature an active noise cancelling microphone that reduces noise to focus in on your voice that is coming from nearest the microphone. The headphones can be found at the SteelSeries Web Shop for $119.99.
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|2012-09-26, 10:00
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Looks like some people are a bit critical about the game. People are finding loops and semi-infinite long combos, which doesn't exactly match with Ecole's promise of making a more footsie-heavy fighting game.
There's also the youtube link Kirito posted. A mechanic that allows characters to essentially Roman Cancel and get meter at the same time is already powerful. If the system can be exploited to do Chain Shift more than once in a single combo like that Linne did, the system isn't looking too balanced.
|2012-09-30, 12:30
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Hey guys, I'm back with a surprising new big update. It seems like a new character has been added to the roster. The character is called Eltnum, this is getting more better by the minute. I wonder if many new character reveals will be more present during the games run, can't wait for more. Anyway, here's the video of Eltnum in action, enjoy!
As usual if there's any more news or gameplay of this game being released you'll all be the first to know. For now this is what I have, so until then, until then.
|2012-09-30, 15:14
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What's every fighting games players/system worse nightmare. Care to guess what it is...?
5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Spoiler for Surprise:
Here's a little video of a player doing an recently discovered infinite with Linne. Here comes the Linne bandwagon.
|2012-09-30, 15:26
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There have been talks about an upcoming patch, but I wonder if they're delaying the release a bit considering a new character has been added to the roster.
|2012-09-30, 15:42
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A bigger problem is when other chars have loops that can do that much damage without meter, like Orie and Merkava.
|2012-10-05, 00:31
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Looks like the 1.01 patch is out on arcades.
I noticed you no longer gain GRD in a combo after using Chain Shift, meaning no second GRD Vorpal and second Chain Shift in a single combo. That should remove most if not all of the many infinites... hopefully.
We'll see how it affects the more broken characters like Merkava and Waldstein.
|2012-10-05, 19:55
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Eltnum's profile has been added to the site. But no sample voices or images yet. Her page is here.
And according to this blog post, Eltnum and Sion are not the same person. In fact, Eltnum doesn't take part in the UNIB storyline and was just added 'cause they felt like it (read: for the lulz and to attract MB players).
|2012-10-05, 20:00
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Of course French Bread would never outright say Eltnum and Sion are the same person. They wouldn't want Type-Moon to sue them. It also sounds like they're just too lazy to make her an arcade story.
|2012-10-05, 21:56
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Maybe they were in the process of making new Melty Blood with HD sprites but it got canned. Probably didn't want the sprite to go to waste, so renamed the character and throw her in.
Or a tease that a new MB could be in the making and just need Type-Moon to greenlight it.
|2012-10-05, 23:14
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Translation of Eltnum's profile. Credits of the translation goes to Paitouch from Beast's Lair forums.
Teenage boys (looking at you, Hyde and Seth) be careful when walking at night and always wear a chastity belt. Otherwise, memetic molestor-of-young-males Eltnum will get you!
|2012-10-19, 16:15
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Join Date: May 2012
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Age: 22
Lots of news:
According to this post, the game will be patched to version 1.02 soon, and Hilda will be playable. In fact, they added a moveset in her page.
Eltnum's profile got updated. It has now sample voices and images. Also, her VA is Akesaka Satomi.
And someone uploaded in niconico the story mode dialogue of Hyde, Waldstein, Linne and Carmine. Someone from youtube gladly subbed these videos. Beware, since they may contain spoilers.
Spoiler for Story mode dialogue with english subtitles:
|2012-10-19, 23:47
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|2012-10-20, 07:19
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The story actually seems pretty interesting. It's too bad that the choice of the terms that they used always made me cringe whenever they said it (in-birth, re-birth, insulator, amnesia etc).. this one here is from the arcade version, right?
|2012-11-03, 22:49
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Hilda's patch is out.
More subbed videos. This time it is the story mode dialogue of Orie, Gordeau, Merkava and Vatista. Vatista's is separated in two videos and as a bonus, the person also subbed the game's credits.
Spoiler for Subbed videos:
Now only Seth, Hilda and Eltnum remain (assuming the latter two even have a part in story mode).
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Alana Hayes, a former officer and the wife of a police lieutenant in Ormond Beach has been the focus of an FBI investigation since early last year.
ORMOND BEACH — The FBI is investigating the wife of the Ormond Beach Police Department's second in command after bank officials discovered irregularities in at least two accounts of clients who banked where she worked.
Alana Hayes, the wife of Lt. Kenny Hayes — herself a former police officer for Ormond Beach — has been the focus of an FBI investigation since early last year.
The probe has been confirmed by the FBI, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Ormond Beach Police Chief Andy Osterkamp, and centers around Alana Hayes' employment with RBC Bank and complaints by some of her clients there.
On Wednesday, Osterkamp said he has "been assured by both the FDLE and the FBI that Kenny Hayes had no knowledge of this."
Osterkamp said if it's proven otherwise during the course of the investigation that his colleague of two decades was aware of Alana Hayes' actions, he would have to deal with it then.
Alana Hayes, 44, could not be reached Wednesday and it is unclear if she is employed. Kenny Hayes — who is also Ormond Beach police's public information officer, as well as the head of internal affairs — said via email on Wednesday that his wife's lawyer is criminal defense attorney Aaron Delgado. Kenny Hayes did not comment on his wife's investigation. Delgado said he could not discuss an ongoing investigation and referred questions to the FBI.
One of Alana Hayes' banking clients included Howard Diamond, whose son Doug Diamond once worked with Kenny Hayes at the Ormond Beach Police Department. Doug Diamond was a detective with the agency and he headed the Criminal Investigations Division until he retired in 2008.
Another client who filed a complaint against Alana Hayes — whose Facebook page shows her wearing sparkling dollar signs as earrings — was Sylvie Beaulieu, a neighbor of the Hayeses who lives on their street.
According to Osterkamp, Beaulieu — who declined comment through her husband — went directly to the FDLE to complain about Alana Hayes last year.
"The victim did not want to come to Ormond Beach police," Osterkamp said. "She went directly to the FDLE and that's how we found out about it."
Osterkamp then said his agency asked the FDLE to handle the query.
FDLE spokeswoman Susie Murphy said Wednesday the state agency's fraud division took the case in February 2011 after "a victim" came forward with a complaint about Alana Hayes.
"We opened the case in February 2011 as a fraud case," Murphy said. "(But) the FBI was also looking at her and they (FDLE investigators) decided it was a federal case and we closed it in September 2011."
The FBI agent handling the case is John Groeschner, who works in the federal agency's Daytona Beach office.
"I'm the case agent on the case but I can't discuss it with you," Groeschner said.
But Doug Diamond said he and his father met with Groeschner and RBC fraud investigator David Riser on Jan. 27, 2011, to discuss the irregularities that Riser had noticed on some of Howard Diamond's accounts.
Riser declined comment on the case Wednesday, saying, "the investigation belongs to PNC now." He was referring to the purchase of RBC Bank by PNC Bank in March.
Doug Diamond said his father was unaware that anything was askew with his finances until he got a call from Riser in January 2011. That's when the elder Diamond learned there were problems with his line of credit and that an ATM/check card had been opened in his name without his knowledge.
In a claim he filed with RBC Bank, Howard Diamond said withdrawals were made from his line of credit without his permission.
In addition, when the elder Diamond — then 85 years old — received credit reports from Experian and Equifax during that same month, the first address listed on the reports for Howard Diamond is Alana and Kenny Hayes' home address.
Doug Diamond said he is both angry and disappointed about what happened to his father. He said Howard Diamond was heartbroken when he learned from Riser of RBC that there were problems with his bank accounts.
"He (my dad) was a coal miner in West Virginia and Pennsylvania," Doug Diamond said. "All he ever wanted to do was have his own home and pay it off.
"When this happened, he thought he had lost it all," Doug Diamond said.
In mid-2011, Howard Diamond was able to pay off the modest house he and his first wife lived in on Golf Avenue near Ormond Beach, Doug Diamond said.
The elder Diamond remarried in 2011— just before he and his second wife learned of the FBI investigation of Alana Hayes — and he died six months later, Doug Diamond said.
"The same day he received a letter from the bank telling him that his house was finally paid off, he died a few hours later," Doug Diamond said.


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Robert Morris University
Pittsburgh -- As an actuarial science major, RMU junior Jeff Siwik loves math but is far less enamored with the thick mathematics textbooks that have forced him to shell out as much as $500 each semester.
Siwik's experience is typical. As part of a class project in Business and Professional Communications last spring, Siwik and classmates learned that the average college student spends approximately $1,000 each year on textbooks. The class conducted a survey of Robert Morris students, and approximately 14 percent of respondents reported knowing at least one student who dropped out of school because they could not afford to pay for textbooks.
Now the university is doing something about it. In the fall, Robert Morris launched a textbook reserve program, in which RMU purchases several copies of textbooks for the most in-demand courses on campus, and places them in reserve in the University Library for students to use there for up to three hours at a time.
The university spent approximately $10,500 to purchase 170 textbooks, covering courses from RMU's general education requirements that all students must fulfill. More than 850 students made use of the textbooks, saving each an estimated $300 for the semester. RMU has expanded the program in the spring semester, offering more than 200 textbooks in approximately 70 general education courses and several upper-level courses. It will cost RMU $6,500 for the spring.
"We got special requests from faculty who use particularly pricey textbooks," said John Michalenko, vice president for student life at RMU.
The program grew out of the work of the RMU retention committee, which includes faculty and staff who investigate why students drop out of the university and come up with solutions to help them finish their degree. Michalenko co-chairs the committee along with Carl Ross, university professor of nursing. Among the topics on the committee's agenda as it met last spring was the escalating cost of textbooks, which have risen at the three times the rate of inflation since 1978, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
It so happened that Michalenko's wife, Julianne, who teaches classes in RMU's communication skills program, was looking for a project for the sophomore students in the Honors section of her Business and Professional Communications course.
"Part of our class is to brainstorm solutions that fit the needs of a client. It's better to have a real-world experience than just a case study," said Julianne Michalenko.
Her students were eager to tackle a problem that had such a significant impact on their own lives. They met periodically with the retention committee members who were assigned to study textbook costs. The students presented six solutions that committee members winnowed down to three: converting university-wide to e-books delivered on iPads; a book bartering system; and a textbook reserve program.
That third option proved the most feasible, and the students' research found similar programs at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Patrick Henry College in Virginia. The RMU students were heartened by the success of a textbook reserve program at two vastly different institutions, one a large public university and the other a small private college. That told them the idea was adaptable enough to work at RMU.
"It's worked out amazingly well. You would have thought we would have done this sooner," said Julianne Michalenko.
The simplicity of the textbook reserve program is what appeals to Siwik, who notes that shopping online for the best textbook deal is one of a student's most arduous tasks each semester. His classmate Josef Landon anticipates that long after he graduates from Robert Morris, students will still be making use of the textbook reserve program he helped to create.
"I like the feeling that we gave something back to the university," said Landon.
ABOUT ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITYRobert Morris University, founded in 1921, is a private, four-year institution with an enrollment of approximately 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The university offers 60 undergraduate and 20 graduate programs. An estimated 22,000 alumni live and work in western Pennsylvania.


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Premier League: Wednesday night's matches - in pictures
All the best images from around the grounds, including Liverpool's visit to the Emirates, West London taking on East London as West Ham visit Fulham, Chelsea's trip to Reading and Manchester United hosting Southampton. Elsewhere, Everton take on West Brom and Spurs travel to Norwich. Wednesday's clockwatch – live!


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"Two years ago," says Sean, the young narrator of "Illuminati," one of the half-dozen stories in Jim Gavin's excellent new collection, "Middle Men," "all my dumb ideas and tenuous connections came together. I sold a screenplay to a finance company that was working with a production company that was developing a project for a pair of comedians who had appeared in commercials for a popular men's body wash that wanted to distinguish their brand by underwriting a feature film in which the body wash somehow played a crucial role in the plot."
Sean got a tidy sum for the script — a sum which, according to his calculations at the time, "would last forever." But after things fell apart due to a variety of factors beyond his control, Sean laments, "Nothing always happens. The literature of Hollywood is depressingly consistent on this point."
While it's only partially about Hollywood, "Middle Men" could be another entry in this literature, as it is very much about men for whom nothing happens — albeit often in surprising, entertaining ways. A couple of these men, including Sean, are aspiring creative types. Others — a young, semi-talented basketball player who is somehow already washed up, a 30-year-old who is shocked to find he is following his father into his line of work as a toilet salesman — are not. Gavin's characters tend to be either unsure about who or what they're supposed to be or are at least somewhat convinced they can become something they can't.
Most of "Middle Men" takes place amid the relentless sunny optimism of Southern California (the stories are littered with Del Taco wrappers), and all of it is buoyed by Gavin's piquant, extremely entertaining language. His writing delivers jab after jab, the hilarious and the poignant mingling in compelling ways. "It was a happy time and I couldn't wait for it to end," notes one character as he recounts being 23 and "living with too many friends in Echo Park." In another tale, Gavin describes an aspiring stand-up comedian who is "waiting for something to click. . . . The words coming out of his mouth seemed like they could've been coming out of anyone's mouth. He was desperate to become who he was, to not care what others were thinking, to dissolve the world around him."
Gavin also has a way of quickly and vividly drawing the minor characters who drift in and out of his stories: In describing a "famously mediocre local comic" who has carved out a job running a lottery that determines which amateur stand-up comics get two-minute sets at a major comedy club, he writes, "Despite his pleasant demeanor, Thorpe was suffering in a hell of his own making; he had cashed in his delusions and bought a sad little fiefdom." Elsewhere: "Alcohol, for Ray, was a kind of charm, allowing him to barge through doors and announce his place in the world. Over the years he had diligently boozed and golfed his way to the top."
Overall, Gavin's writing is eminently readable and reminiscent of some of Tom Perrotta's best work. But whether a reader will admire "Middle Men" probably depends on an appetite for stories that are all set in the same place and largely involve men trying to "figure stuff out." That's not a fatal flaw, but simply an acknowledgment that "Middle Men," by design, covers a limited range of characters and issues. What it does cover, however, it covers wonderfully.Jesse Singal is a contributing writer at Newsweek/The Daily Beast and a graduate student at Princeton University. He can be reached at jesse.r.singal


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ALBURY Council is set to resurrect the disposal of the Uiver replica plane after baulking at an opportunity to recognise the memorial aircraft as an item of local heritage significance.
The council's planning and development committee last night unanimously supported not pressing ahead with any formal local recognition after an independent assessment revealed the memorial aircraft has "indirect" associations with the original DC-2 Uiver's emergency landing in Albury in 1934.
Also, the replica's social significance was negligible as the memory of the Uiver landing was successfully kept alive in Albury for 46 years without an aircraft.
But the Uiver memorial does have state and national significance as a movable heritage item associated with air transport.
The council earlier this year again called for expressions of interest to dispose of the memorial plane after a proposal to restore the plane and house it at the Albury Airport was rejected.
Acting general manager Michael Keys warned the expressions of interest process could have to start again if the council agreed to recognise the plane's local heritage significance.
Lynette Gurr, a senior heritage consult, told the committee last night millions of dollars would be needed to properly house the aircraft and historical items at the airport.
"You've got the collection in the museum now," she said.
"Those items are protected, preserved and intrinsic to the story.
"You've got to spend millions to ensure you've got that environment out at the airport to preserve those artefacts.
"Up until 1980 the whole of the community was behind this landing and union between the Netherlands and Albury.
"It is very theatrical this plane at the airport on a stand and fills you with excitement.
"But will it reduce the understanding of that landing by taking the aircraft away?"
Cr Daryl Betteridge said the expressions of interest process would determine whether the plane stayed in Albury.
"We could put the cart before the horse here. It doesn't quite line up at this stage," he said.
Deputy mayor Kevin Mack agreed.
"My concern is a decision has to be made and the longer we leave it, the longer it deteriorates and becomes a product of bureaucracy," he said.
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The Indiana Senate passed a bill that would block any attempts to detain people on Indiana soil without due process Thursday afternoon.
The Prohibition on Aiding the Enforcement of Unconstitutional Laws Act (SB400) passed 31-17. All but one Senate Democrat reportedly voted against the bill, with six Republicans joining the dissent.
If the bill becomes law, a "state actor may not investigate, prosecute, or detain any person lawfully in Indiana under a state or federal law that the state actor knows or reasonably should know deprives a person of life, liberty, or property without a fair proceeding in violation of the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution or the Due Course of Law Clause of the Constitution of the State of Indiana."
The legislation not only prohibits state cooperation with indefinite detention without due process under the National Defense Authorization Act, it also covers any such attempts under any other act.


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HARTSVILLE, SC. – The Coker women's basketball team has not lost at home all year, and that record will be put to the test this Saturday (Jan. 12) as they host Limestone College. Live broadcast coverage of the game will be available at www.cokercobras.com.
Limestone College (8-2, 5-1) is currently ranked first in Conference Carolinas, while Coker (9-4, 5-2) is seated at fifth.
Coker's most recent competition resulted in a loss when they fell to the Barton Bulldogs on Tuesday (Jan. 8), giving the Cobras only their fourth loss of the year.
Twin sisters Amber and Autumn Lau continue to lead the Cobras in scoring, averaging more than 17 and 15-points per game. Coker will rely heavily on the Lau sisters for scoring purposes, as Limestone has only allowed an average opponent score of 58.6-points per game.
Saturday's competition will only be the fourth road game of the year for the Saints. Their most recent victory came against North Greenville when they defeated the Crusaders 63-59 to give them their first away victory of the year.
Limestone will be led by Maria Young and Tia Williams, who average 15 and 14-points per game.
Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday, followed by the men's game at 4 p.m.