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mod parent up. Lived in Tokyo, live in China.
Shenzhen godzilla stomps Akihabara on everything geek except girls dressed as Sailor Moon and Manga. Google "SEG Market Shenzhen"
Even most East / Northern Chinese cities put on a better geek gadget market than Akihabara these days.
Sure - there is plenty of shanzai, but there is just as much wierdtech you wouldn't have seen online, or in a western city, or thought you needed. Ironically, the lack of IP protection, safety code enforcement, and easy access to manufa
Ironically, the lack of IP protection, safety code enforcement, and easy access to manufacturing is spawning a world of innovation that just wouldn't be possible elsewhere.
There's nothing ironic about it; that stuff was DESIGNED to retard progress for specific financial gain, by making it harder to sell small improvements to the designs of others. Go sit in the corner with Alanis.
Shenzhen godzilla stomps Akihabara on everything geek except girls dressed as Sailor Moon and Manga.
Akihabara has girls dressed up as books? Hurray!
Screw the maids.
Isn't that the idea?
Sigh. And I'm stuck with Radio Shack.
Could be worse.I'm stuck with Maplin.
Could be worse.I'm stuck with Maplin.
Actually Maplin* carries more than 2 transistors, whereas the physical Radio Shack stores are like your odd uncle's attempt to sell consumer electronics out of a store front rather than a car boot.
* I'm basing that on my last time I was in a Maplin in Cambridge, not City of London.
Possibly depends on the store.
The one near me, when it actually sells what I want, doesn't have it in stock. The central London ones might be better.. Although they are still working from the same catalogue.
After going to Tokyo a few times, and living in Canada, the fact that North America sucks becomes pretty apparent. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love Canada and the US has its moments too, but the sheer amount of technology and the railway infrastructure in Japan, along with the fact that you can find something to do at any moment there is kind of.. well, it just really puts things into perspective.
When I went to Disneyland recently I was disappointed all the Main Street shops are just the same, full of Disney trademark Chinese-made trinkets, with little differentiation even between themselves. I thought, 'is it just that I'm a grownup now?' But no, my kids didn't care for it either. Why? Maybe because they're a Disney store at every local mall, and because searching 'Disney' on ebay [ebay.com] returns over half a million results. I really think physical location has become less significant in the last 30 years.
Similarly, when I visited the Guang Hua Market [slashdot.org] in Taipei, I saw nothing I couldn't have shopped for much more easily online.
But OK, everybody has his price. I admit to spending the saturday before the Super Bowl last year scouring every big box store in town for a nice flat screen at a competitive price. I really wanted one THAT DAY. But I didn't find one, and got a really good deal on a refub Sony Bravia from ebay instead. It was still an enjoyable game on the old Trinitron, and I saved something like $400 on the new LCD.
Shipping is one of the biggest problems with online retailers, but the other is knowing what you want to buy.
Try shopping online for something that you don't know the technical term/trade name for.
Try comparing different items online when you don't know what the difference in the specs translates to in real world performance.
Sometimes you need to see the selection in person to know what it is you actually want to buy.
Another drawback is just plain browsing..
With physical stores, if you went browsing, you'd see a lot of shit that you wouldn't otherwise. Maybe that'd even give you an idea or two. With online stuff, while it seems counter-intuitive, you only get what you search for - in other words, you don't get exposed to things you didn't think to look up.
But why do we need a big electronics bazaar nowadays? You can buy anything anywhere, including from home.
Probably because if you wanted to, you could hop on transit and pick up the parts and build your project over the weekend. Fresh idea + Momentum = Exciting!
People are quick to hate on their cities here but are you SURE that there isn't a big electronics shop? There actually is where I live. Place is 100% DYI stuff. You need some parts, caps, resistors, etc they got what you need. Big warehouse of a place. Not as cool or famous as this, but there. So have you looked for local places that might be what you want? If not, don't bitch.
Also don't bitch if you love somewhere small. Please remember this is in TOKYO. The population there is north of 13 million people.
A majority of the Fry's Electronics are in California. Lucky we have one here close to Chicago, but not every American city with 1 million + population has a Fry's Electronics. And no, Best Buy does not qualify as a DIY store.
That's also why every processor in every desktop PC in the world is designed by American companies, and many of them manufactured here too. But that's it. Oh well and graphics chips, every one of those, PC, or console, from the highest end workstaiton card to the lowest end integrated is designed in North America (US for nVidia and Intel, Canada for AMD). But nothing else... Well except airplanes. The US has one of the two major commercial plane manufacturers (Boeing) which are designed here.
Once upon a time there was NYC's "Radio Row" near Cortland and Canal streets, but that started dying out when the WTC was built and the whole area got turned into yuppie hell. Several blocks of stores selling all manner of electronics, parts, military surplus, tubes, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Row [wikipedia.org]
All that remains of this history nowadays are a couple stores selling crappy car stereo junk.
I've been to Akihabara before and it's extremely confusing, much like the rest of Tokyo, so I'm really happy about this guide. I watched a few clips from it and it's easy to follow and the google maps addition is great. My only request is if you can do it for the rest of Tokyo
If you can find a phone in Japan that can access Google map that is. Japan does not want to sell you one, they can rent you one, but it may not be a smartphone that can access Google map. Besides, Japanese roads has no name and no number, their addressing scheme is a suburb-partition-sector-building number scheme: so several shops can share a single address and building number. Worst still, the building number on the same block of buildings are totally random. Whichever building was constructed first get
Even if you can find their shops, you may be greeted with "NO FOREIGNER ALLOWED" thing, lovely huh?
In Akihabara? No. In a district famous worldwide for selling electronics, with extremely expensive rent, you are not likely to find a place unwilling to sell to foreigners. That would be a bit like a bar with a sign "No drunk people allowed." In Tokyo, the only place I ran into a "no gaijin" policy was a love hotel in Shibuya.
Yea I agree with you. I've been around Tokyo quite a few times and I have never ran into a no foreigners thing. I've even been to places in Tokyo most foreigners never go. I have heard that outside of Tokyo it's not nearly as foreigner friendly though.
"I have heard that outside of Tokyo it's not nearly as foreigner friendly though."
If outside of Tokyo is not as friendly to foreigners, I never experienced it during the two weeks I was traveling around central Japan. People were very friendly helpful, including one instance when a convenience store clerk walked a couple of blocks with me to guide me to a post office as soon as I asked for directions. I never saw any "no foreigner" signs. (Before you ask, I was not doing the "tour group thing".)
I have spent quite a bit of time there, buying electronics, components, computer hardware, arcade accessories etc. I speak Japanese (not fluently, conversational level) and find the staff there very helpful. There are no signs about foreigners anywhere, no racism I could detect.
Japan is a welcoming place. Sure, if you act like a dick then people will avoid you, but that is just normal Japanese culture and applies to drunk businessmen as much as it does to foreigners.
Actually, for anyone going here is the on
Having lived in Tokyo before, I've never understood what the fuss is about. Most stores in Akihabara are tiny, amateurish ratholes run by guys who have no idea what they are talking about, but act snobbish to cover for it. They sell obsolete software for hundreds of dollars, out of torn boxes in poor condition. Most of the stuff will only work on the Japanese electric grid, on Asia-encoded DVD players, or on computers with Windows Japan installed on it. Despite the sales clerks' insistence, it will have problems in the USA. And cameras, they will act like they never heard of a camera that costs less than $300. If I tell them I just want something simple, that doesn't have a million buttons and strange features on it, then they are deeply offended and just turn their back to me. It is the last place I would want to go to buy anything. Between Wal-mart or ordering off the internet, these kind of places serve no particular purpose anymore.
Wait....I'm supposed to AVOID the cos-playing female types in Tokyo? Why the hell else did I go all the way to Japan, then? To buy electronics hardware that I can get way cheaper in Shanghai? I think not!
Next think you know, you're going to be telling me not to go to a ramen shop because you can get packaged stuff cheaper at the conbini.
For the record, the "cosplaying female-equivalents in Akiba" are pretty and they smell nice...even the dudes...(Don't ask, it was a
So your complaint is that shops in Japan sell tings to the Japanese market?
They sell all kind ting!
If you don't want things with a million buttons, then what are you doing in Akihabara...?
Having lived in Tokyo before, I've never understood what the fuss is about.
OP is (currently) modded as a troll. Anyone who's lived or been there and isn't a fanboy knows that the OP is
you feel this is a fair non-troll assessment about shops in japan serving the locals?
Most of the stuff will only work on the Japanese electric grid, on Asia-encoded DVD players, or on computers with Windows Japan installed on it.
I love how people assume I only went to the duty-free shops, or that I don't speak Japanese. I was born in Japan and it is my native language. I've been to shops in both the back streets and forward streets. I wasn't impressed with any of it. If some people see the point to spending $200 on a plastic bikini doll, $400 on some draft sketches of an obscure anime series, or $800 on a camera because the lens can move forward and backward like some unfulfilled manhood fantasy, then I suppose they stay in bus
I was there at the opening of the Yodobashi Camera store, where they made a big fuss of how it was supposed to be the new wal-mart of Akiba. Like every other store in Tokyo with the kushidango architecture, it was small, cluttered, and overpriced; the escalators/elevators seemed to take up more floor space than the merchandise. And yes, I was taken to the smaller stores in the back streets, with their random assortments of wires, diodes, screws, and other junk. And the anime fetishist stores with their o
I agree with your assessment of dorpus. Seems he completely missed the point (not that I've been there myself).
Regarding Uniqlo, though, the thing that's "revolutionary" about them is not that they are cheap but that they are cheap *and actually quite stylish*, with decent quality to boot. They're becoming *hugely* popular in the few places outside of Japan where they've opened shop. They sell very good clothes for cheap.
In other words, they're not the Salvation Army of Japan. Besides the fact that a lot of
It's like Digikey, Mouser, a hamfest, Radio Shack and Best Buy all mashed up together. Awesome.
more like a microcenter crossed with a anime convention.
There is a place right smack in the middle of Sao Paulo, Brasil called Electronics Paradise that is just like this
I go there often and it is just as confusing
Wikipedia to the rescue!
I've visited Den Den town a few times and bought a few items there, such as a copy card for my DS...:-)
Not as large as Akihabara, but adequate and interesting.
Kyoto has almost nothing. It used to have some interesting stuff on the south side of Shijo, on Teramachi, but I visited again this year, and many of the stores have relocated/closed.
Also try Yodobashi camera in Osaka near the Hankyu/JR railway stations (Umeda). Carries many, many e
Bic Camera also have a big store just east of Namba JR station on Sennichimae.
They need to do this to evade police detection. You know the code, you get the stuff. It is designed for a specific group of people knowing exactly where they need to go.
Have not been back in years since the whole Otaku scene crap took hold.
I can appreciate the guide to cut through the crap though!
I watched this when it was posted on HackADay earlier. It was largely a waste of time, because there's not that much to see. Most of what I saw looked remarkably similar to some ham-friendly electronics stores in Boston, like You Do It Electronics (there was another great hobbyist store chain that went out of business, I forget the name.)
The video is shot without any stabilization, handheld, by someone who had a little too much caffine, and who points the camera at Interesting Things for all of about, oh, a tenth of a second. This combined with Youtube's low bitrates = blurry, compression blocks of Fail. Seriously, you can tell the place is amazing visually, but because Cracky McCoffee The Cameraman can't hold the camera still or stop to pause on something, all you see is a blurry mess. And it's all out of focus, too, because it was shot with a dSLR, and this one apparently can't autofocus while shooting video (or Cracky McCoffee bumped the MF/AF switch), and CMcCTC didn't realize that indoors, he has such a large aperture that there's zero depth of field. At one point, the guy is standing in front of the camera talking for a good 30 seconds, completely blurred out, until he steps closer to the camera to get out of the aisle, and then poof! He's out of focus again.
Most of the "cool stuff" seems to consist of enclosures. The guy leading the tour has a borderline fetish for enclosures. Here, let me blast right past these meters and industrial automation gear. Now, check out this enclosure! Wow, it's hexagon shaped, see that? And it's metalic! This one has a stand. Now, pay no attention to those robotics...here's my other favorite enclosure store! This one can silkscreen graphics on the front. WOOOOOOOW. Oh that, those are nuclear-powered minisubs. Waaaaaaalking....
Perhaps you didn't see any products of interest to you, but I know of nowhere in the US or London that even comes close in terms of diversity of components for the do-it-yourselfer. Perhaps, things are picking up in Hong Kong.
If you actually go there, and you know what you are looking for and are willing to learn a little Nihongo, it is awesome.
For a quick non-professional filming effort, it more than served its purpose. My congratulations on developing a very interesting tour.
Anyway, I really appreciated the tour. We'll all be looking for SuperBananas awesome video of his local Akehabara on a future slahsdot post so we can make a fair comparison.
Looks like "Family vacation," quality camera work. Ummm, that may be fine if you are just shooting something to preserve memories but if you are trying to make something as an online guide/information site, take more time. As you noted, image stabilization is key. Best idea is just a camera with simple optical image stabilization. You don't need an expensive one to get it these days and it works great. Then take some time on shots and frame them. Let people get a look at what you are showing them, in partic
The moderators seem to be appreciative of your dismissive tone. It sure sounds like you could do a lot better.
But until you do, this is actually pretty fun to watch for some of us that have never been able to make it to Japan yet.
you see it on the subject of movies, books, fandom... the mindlessly extremely negative person
is it some sort of personality problem?
what exactly do you think you achieve unloading with such negativity on efforts which you have no investment in?
what motivates this completely irrational negativity?
it's an honest question
surely you realize your negativity is way out of proportion, right?
wow, much brighter in there now...
we went on our senior trip to japan 23 years ago.... visited there..
just think of all the projects i could start and not finish!!!!!!!!!
It's a trap!
A video catalog of the various shops in a tinkerer's paradise!
That was an awesome little tour. I think every city has a few electronic parts stores, but I've never seen anything so extensive or well-categorized. I seem to recall a lot more cardboard bins and chaos. The thing which surprised me the most was that it wasn't shoulder-to-shoulder madness. I've been in cities with a lot fewer people and you barely move around in shops like that, but in Japan (of all places), there was permanently enough room
Yeah, actually we shot it on a Tuesday afternoon because the weekend would have been mayhem. A lot of the shops had no camera policies so Patrick filmed it all on his D-SLR hung at stomach level so that he just looked like a tourist rather than someone filming footage.
You know, I wondered about that. Everybody you ran into seemed so totally un-obsessed with camera fear that I thought, "Sheesh, maybe Japanese retail vendors are simply happier and less paranoid than everybody in the West?" The camera work was good enough for me to think that it wasn't being done on the sly. Nice job! -Oh, and of course, all your dialogue would have seemed normal to anybody witnessing because they would have simply thought it was being directed to your 'tourist' friend. What a clever se
Wow, that's a really old pic of AKB48. Like, half of those girls are no longer members.
"And this guy totally focused on things he likes, if you didn't see what you are looking for in his video it isn't because its not there. Its because he skipped it."
Note, I have only been to Akihabara once, but I agree this was a limited view of the place. This guy seems to really be into electrical engineering and gives a great tour of that aspect. (Still well worth watching. It showed me that I only scratched the surface of the Labyrinth.)
Think about most of the other stuff a geek might be interested
I used to live in Kanagawa. Kanagawa is the prefecture bordering Tokyo. I was studying at a university in Tokyo. As such, I had the opportunity to shop there a few times.
Call me a buzzkill, but Akiba is not that impressive in my opinion. The arthouses along the border of the sub-city (??) were way more impressive.
Akihabara just feels like a city made out of Fry'ses.
So much better to read about than Lindsay Lohan!
the one in new york city was demolished in the 1970s when they built the world trade center
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Row [wikipedia.org]
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Huffington Post Highlights New UVM Research Linking Mood to Twitter Networks
- 10-15-2012
- By University Communications
Positive moods appear to be correlated with those in your Twitter social network - up to three links away, according to a new study published in the Journal of Computational Science by graduate student Catherine Bliss, professors Christopher Danforth and Peter Dodds and their research team in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Researchers used a "hedomenter" for scoring the happiness level of words used in a tweet, measured on a scale of one to nine, with "love" rating 8.42 and "die" coming in at 1.74. "The study," according to the UK Huffington Post, "computed the happiness of each user by applying this 'hedometer' to all tweets authored by the user." Using this measure, contentment levels are higher the closer a user is to those who are very happy and declines with the degree of separation. Read the story…

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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 14th Jan 2013 15:14 UTC
The Wall Street Journal: "Apple has cut its orders for components for the iPhone 5 due to weaker-than-expected demand, people familiar with the situation said Monday. Apple's orders for iPhone 5 screens for the January-March quarter, for example, have dropped to roughly half of what the company had previously planned to order, two of the people said. The Cupertino company has also cut orders for components other than screens, according to one of the people." The WSJ is usually very well informed about Apple matters (and Japanese business new Nikkei reports something similar), so it's a safe assumption that they're not making this up. What, exactly, this means, we don't know; perhaps a new model already? Seems strange they would switch to a different screen this quickly, though. Android (more specifically: Samsung) keeps on growing, so it's only inevitable that Apple would feel a sting there at some point. We'll know for sure on the 23rd, when Apple's latest quarterly results come rolling in.
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by Thom_Holwerda on Mon 14th Jan 2013 16:57 UTC in reply to "The strange math"
Nikkei mentions the 60+ million figure - the WSJ does not. Instead of treating it all as the same set of datapoints, it makes more sense to discard Nikkei's 60+ million figure than it does to attach the figure to the WSJ's (virtually always) reliable Apple information.
But hey, we'll see.
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Despite Economy Most Homeowners Not Downsizing
Potential Buyers Want Efficient Use of Space to Accommodate Life Changes
By: PR Newswire
Dec. 18, 2012 03:15 PM
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether a millennial, Gen Xer or baby boomer, homeowners overwhelmingly want their next home to be the same size or larger than their current home, according to a recent PulteGroup Home Index (PGHI) survey by national homebuilder PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM). This latest PGHI survey polled current homeowners on size and feature preferences for their next home.
"It was interesting to see that 84 percent of homeowners ages 18-59 don't have plans to downsize their next home, even among baby boomers," said Deborah Meyer, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of PulteGroup. "The PGHI survey results also show that today's buyers are equally focused on smarter use of the spaces within their homes. We invest significant time and resources in understanding our consumers, and when combined with efficient product design, PulteGroup is able to offer homes that live bigger and can meet consumer preferences."
Further proof that increased house size is on the rise comes from recent U.S. Census Bureau data which indicates the average size of a newly built home was 2,480 square feet in 2011, which is an increase of 3.7 percent from 2010. This represents the first annual increase since 2007.
Generational Differences
One of the most interesting survey results came from baby boomer respondents. Only 28 percent of those ages 55-59 said they want their next home to be smaller, citing retirement and becoming an empty nester as the top reasons for downsizing.
"Baby boomers are a diverse group and have a lot of desires for the home," said Meyer. "We're hearing this group say they want functionality and smartly-designed homes without wasted space. This doesn't necessarily translate into smaller homes. That's why you'll see a variety of floor plans in our Del Webb communities from under 1,000 square feet to more than 3,000 square feet."
Forget Formality, Homeowners Want More Space
When asked to rank their top five "must haves" in their next home, respondents indicated they want:
While men and women ages 18-59 agree on having a master bedroom suite, 62 percent of women said they also would like to have more storage space while 45 percent of men want more technology in the home. And, as older men (55-59) embark upon retirement, they rank having a study/den in their top five must-have features.
"Many homeowners say they can do without a formal dining and living room, and we've seen this trend for a while," Meyer said. "House designs today are much more open and flowing as opposed to 'fixed and formal.' While homeowners are moving away from these formal areas, they want better use of space to create more flex and practical spaces such as, large informal kitchen and dining areas, expanded laundry rooms, and planning centers."
Family Closeness Still a Factor in Choosing a Home's Location
When asked what homeowners 18-59 would be willing to give up for the "must haves" in their next home:
However, the last thing homeowners want to give up is being near their family with only 21 percent saying moving away from their family would be an option.
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UiTM has apparently invited nominations for the Ibrahim Ali Award. The award is reserved for those "students who have proven they have "clear and consistent" principles in upholding their race."
(Source: IMPAK UiTM).
Great. Congratulations UiTM.
For this act, I am bestowing UiTM with the Manage-To-Entertain-Despite-Total-Lobotomy-Done-On-You Award.
This award entitles you to a free "noodle eatery hair and shirt guard".
Damn, since UiTM's initiative is so good, I am throwing in a 2nd prize, which is :-
Oh well, UiTM is so good, I would throw in a 3rd prize as well (I am feeling generous today) :-
Soon, Malaysia will have its inaugural entry into this website, I suppose.
Malaysia Boley!


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Texas Bighorn Sheep Numbers Continue to Climb
AUSTIN, Texas -The last wild desert bighorn sheep in Texas was seen in a remote area of far West Texas a half century ago, in October 1958. That might have been the last chapter for the majestic animal in the Lone Star State, but today, thanks to ongoing efforts to restore this majestic game animal in far West Texas, there are more sheep than you can shake a stick at with numbers unseen since the late 1800s.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists recently completed annual desert bighorn sheep counts and report a record 1,193 desert bighorn sheep observed, up from 991 sheep last year.
"We rocked along for years with very low numbers, and that makes it hard for a population to gain momentum," said Mike Pittman, TPWD Trans-Pecos Wildlife Management Area project leader. "You've heard of safety in numbers? With sheep that's very true. With larger herd groups, there are more eyes to help avoid predators. Also, increased social activity means ewes going to lambing areas are able to produce more sheep."
By conducting annual helicopter survey counts, TPWD biologists can ascertain not only how many animals are present, but also if there are surplus bighorn rams.
The number of harvestable rams seen on the survey makes possible a record number of sheep hunting permits to be issued during the 2008-09 season. The Department will issue 15 permits, 11 of which will be given to private landowners who have been instrumental in sheep restoration through habitat management, and four permits which will be used by the department.
Of those four permits, one will be auctioned by the Wild Sheep Foundation, with proceeds returned to fund the department's bighorn program, and the remaining three will be included in TPWD's public hunting program.
One lucky applicant in the Big Time Texas Hunts Grand Slam category will be selected to hunt a desert bighorn ram. Entries are $9 online at www.tpwd.state.tx.us/bigtime or for $10 at retail locations where licenses are sold or by phone at (800) 895-4248. There is no limit to the number of Big Time Texas Hunts entries an individual may purchase, and entries may be purchased as gifts for others. Purchasers must be 17 years of age or older. The deadline to apply for this year's Big Time Texas Hunts is Oct. 15 to give the winners more time to prepare for their trips.
Two applicants in TPWD's drawn hunts will be selected for a guided bighorn sheep hunt package. Application fee is $10 and the deadline for applying is Nov. 4. For more information, including an application, visit the public hunting section of the TPWD Web site.
The desert bighorn sheep was once prominent in the remote mountains of West Texas, with populations of more than 1,500 animals in the late 1800s. Largely because of unregulated hunting, bighorn numbers dwindled to about 500, according to the survey conducted by Vernon Bailey in 1903.
Protective measures for bighorn sheep began as early as 1903 with the enactment of a hunting prohibition; however, numbers continued to decline to an estimated 35 sheep by 1945. The last reported sighting of a native bighorn sheep in 1958 came from what would later become the first wildlife management area in Texas, the Sierra Diablo WMA. Biologists believe the last native Texas bighorns were gone by the early 1960s.
Efforts to restore bighorns in Texas began in 1954 with the development of a cooperative agreement among state and federal wildlife agencies and private conservation groups. Through landowner and Texas Bighorn Society support, remote mountains in the Trans-Pecos have been enhanced to meet the basic needs of the desert bighorn, including construction of numerous man-made water guzzlers. These capture the area's limited rainfall to provide more reliable water sources for bighorn sheep and other wildlife.
"Although the restoration efforts to date have been a tremendous success, desert bighorn restoration in Texas is not complete," reminded Calvin Richardson, TPWD desert bighorn sheep program leader. "Our immediate focus is on Big Bend Ranch State Park and the surrounding area, which have substantial quality habitat for desert sheep, particularly when including the rugged mountain ranges in Cañon de Santa Elena Protected Area immediately to the south in Mexico."
Richardson noted that, with the help of partners in Mexico, including Cemex Corp., and Texas partners like the Texas Bighorn Society, Dallas Safari Club, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services, and private landowners, TPWD will be working to address some challenges over the next few years and prepare Big Bend Ranch State Park for eventual restoration of desert bighorns to this historic range.
Other historic ranges are still unoccupied, including the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park, the Chinati Mountains, and the Guadalupe Mountains.
"Natural expansion is occurring to some degree and bighorns will continue to colonize suitable habitat, provided the unoccupied mountain range is not too distant and there are few existing barriers like fences and major highways," said Richardson.
Some of those barriers can be overcome through trapping and relocation of bighorns and Richardson said the restoration tool of restocking historic range through translocation will continue to be used when suitable mountain ranges are isolated from other bighorn populations, preventing re-establishment through natural movements.
Additionally, translocations may be used to augment small populations that typically require many years to "get past" the multiple sources of mortality that threaten herd viability when bighorn numbers are few.
"Despite the dramatic success with the desert bighorn program in West Texas, particularly in recent years, TPWD and our partners must be persistent in management," said Richardson.
Among the challenges facing bighorn restoration efforts are: control of exotics, control of predators in some situations, water development and maintenance and vigilance regarding one of the greatest threats to bighorn sheep — disease.
Because bighorns are highly susceptible to some diseases, contact with domestic sheep, goats or certain exotics, like aoudads, can potentially wipe-out an entire population. From the perspective of a bighorn sheep, West Texas is a very different environment than it was 300-400 years ago, with more barriers, more disturbance, and sources of disease that historically were absent.
"And, with an increasing human population hungry for petroleum products, wind energy, and minerals hidden in the mountains, I don't anticipate a decline in the threats to desert bighorn survival," Richardson predicted. "Regarding the desert bighorn program in Texas, we're not done . . . and it will require a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to maintain what we've achieved."


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Coal seam gas explorer Comet Ridge Limited (ASX:COI) is pleased to announce that the coals intersected in the Mira 5 well, at its ATP 337P Mahalo asset in Queensland's Bowen Basin, are productive and consistent with the earlier wells drilled at the Mira field. In similar fashion to the recently drilled Mira 4 well, Mira 5 also intersected 8.7 metres of coal over four separate, closely spaced intervals in the Castor Pollux
Mira 5 is the third well in an eight-well programme for the Mahalo Joint Venture and also the third of four pilot wells in the Mira field. Mira 5 is located approximately 13 km southeast of the Mahalo pilot area and is approximately 250 km west of Gladstone in central Queensland. The well reached a total depth of 320 metres.
Production casing has been run and cemented in the Mira 5 well and the well suspended as a future pilot production well. The well will be completed for production later this month, with tubing and a pump
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Comet Ridge currently has a 35% interest in ATP 337P Mahalo, having divested a 5% interest in the asset to Stanwell Corporation Limited in an agreement announced in September 2011. Under the terms of that agreement, Stanwell Corporation Limited will fund Comet Ridge's expenditure for the Mahalo field and Mira field pilot schemes. The agreement also gives Stanwell Corporation an option to purchase half or all of Comet Ridge's equity in the Mahalo block, based on 2P reserves booked.
Equity participants in ATP 337P Mahalo are Comet Ridge Mahalo Pty Ltd 35%, Stanwell Corporation Limited 5% (with an option to increase), Australia Pacific LNG Pty Ltd 30% and Santos QNT Pty Ltd 30%.
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In a wide ranging interview NBC's Brian Williams asked Republican presidential candidate about a number of topics including gun control in the wake of the Aurora shootings.
In an exclusive interview with NBC's Brian Williams, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney discussed gun laws in the wake of the Aurora shooting:
WILLIAMS: "On things however like Aurora, Colorado, do you see why Americans get frustrated at politics. They can see and hear your words from earlier in their career, people are hurting out there. Perhaps they want to start a national conversation about whether an AR-15 belongs in the hands of a citizen, whether a citizen should be able to buy 6-thousand rounds off the internet. You see the argument?"
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NBC's Brian Williams interviews Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in London on Wednesday, July 25, 2012
ROMNEY: "Well this person shouldn't have had any kind of weapons and bombs and other devices and it was illegal for him to have many of those things already. But he had them. And so we can sometimes hope that just changing the law will make all bad things go away. It won't. Changing the heart of the American people may well be what's essential, to improve the lots of the American people."
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Spearman hands Comanches first loss of the year
The West Texas Comanches were celebrating 25 years of fielding a football team at their Homecoming game vs the Spearman Lynx last night. WT High celebrated by sporting the jerseys of the two teams from the schools that make up the District now, Stinnett Rattlers in the first half, and the Phillips Blackhawks in the second half, while the cheerleaders wore Plemons Indians outfits. All three represent the schools that no longer exist since combining to make WT High.The Spearman Lynx were there to spoil the Tribe's Homecoming event, and they did just that. They took advantage of five Comanche turnovers, three fumbles and one interception, and won the game 31-14 in Stinnett. Three fumbles by the Comanches turned into Lynx scores. The Comanches had more total offensive yards, with 349, than the Lynx with 301. But the turnover column, was the game killer for the Tribe last night. Spearman was also able to shut down the WT offense with some hard hits.The Lynx scored after their first Comanche gift, with 2:32 left in the first quarter. The kick failed and it was 6-0 at the end of one. Their second touchdown came after fumble number two. The PAT was good this time and they led 13-0 with 4:13 left in the half. One more Tribe fumble led to yet another Spearman score with 1:28 left in the half and a 19-0 score at the intermission.Spearman opened the second half with a nice return to the WT 41 yard line to set up a quick score. Three plays later they were in the end zone again for a 25-0 lead with 10:04 in the third quarter. The third quarter ended with the Tribe still scoreless, but threatening. Chase Elliott scored on a 2 yard run and Alex Ramirez added the PAT to get WT on the board and the score was 25-7 with 11:57 left in the game. Spearman added another six points a couple of minutes later to boost their lead to 31-7. Ramirez added one mores score for WT from inside the 2 yard line. The kick PAT failed for the final of 31-14.Ramirez led the team in rushing yards with 103, and Chase Elliott had 65 yards. Colin Coleman also had two solid kick off returns. Defensively, Ty Lay had a solid game for the Tribe.The loss gives WT a record of 3-1. They take to the road next week to take on Electra at Wellington.


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Athens, GA - The Georgia football team began preparations for this week's non-conference matchup with Appalachian State by holding a one-hour session under the lights on the Woodruff Practice Fields on Monday.
The Bulldogs are 5-3 overall and 4-2 in the SEC, while the Mountaineers are 2-7 overall and 2-4 in the Southern Conference. This will mark the first time the two schools have played each other.
Saturday's game in Athens will kick off at 12:30 p.m. and will be televised regionally by Atlanta station WSB Channel 2.
Monday's practice was the first for the Bulldogs since their 23-20 victory against Florida in Jacksonville last Saturday.
"I thought the guys did a great job of putting that game behind them today," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "It was an emotional win for us, but we can't afford to think about it or celebrate it too much. Appalachian State deserves all our attention and focus this week. We're expecting a real challenge from them on Saturday."
Richt said the captains for Saturday's game will be center David Andrews and receiver Michael Bennett on offense, nose Garrison Smith on defense, and fullback Corey Campbell on special teams.
Saturday's game will be Homecoming for the Bulldogs. Georgia is 72-17-2 all-time in Homecoming games.
Quarterback Aaron Murray has another SEC career record within reach Saturday. The SEC mark for career touchdown passes is 114 by Florida's Danny Wuerffel (1993-96) and Murray will enter the game with 113. Murray already owns the SEC career records in total offense and passing yards.
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• The kickoff time for the game on Saturday, Nov. 16, between Georgia and Auburn will not be determined until Sunday, Nov. 10, as a result of CBS exercising a six-day option. The kickoff options for the game at Auburn are 3:30 p.m. on CBS, 7 p.m. on ESPN2 and 7:45 p.m. on ESPN.
• Smith was named the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week and kicker Marshall Morgan was chosen as the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week by the league on Monday. Smith had a career-high nine tackles, including 2.5 sacks, in the win over the Gators. Morgan went 3-for-3 on field goals, including a 49-yarder, and was 2-for-2 on extra points. He leads the SEC in scoring average at 10.2 points per game and leads the nation with 2.2 field goals per game.
• Morgan also was chosen on Monday as one of the 20 semifinalists for the Lou Groza Award, which is presented annually to the nation's top kicker. Morgan is the SEC's lone representative among the semifinalists. The three finalists will be announced on Nov. 25 and the winner will be announced on Dec. 12.


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Five of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt RomneyŌĆÖs 41 national security and foreign policy advisers have links to companies that last year alone received at least $7.9 billion in federal contracts, according to data compiled by Bloomberg Government analyst Christopher Flavelle. Of that, $7.3 billion came from the Department of Defense.
Romney and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, who are leading in the polls, have advisers who sit on the board of directors of BAE Systems Inc., which has received at least $37 billion in U.S. government contracts since 2008, the most of any of the companies with ties to Republican national security advisers.
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2012 Baseball
Bluffton 10, Defiance 2
Beavers drop Yellow Jackets 10-2 at Defiance
April 3, 2012
By: Martin Kluk, sports information intern
DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Bluffton Beavers baseball team chalked up their third win in conference play as they dominated arch-rival Defiance 10-2 on Tuesday, April 3. The victory pushed the Beavers' overall record to 10-12 (3-4 HCAC), while the Yellow Jackets fell to 7-13 (0-7 HCAC). It was Bluffton's fourth straight win over Defiance and the ninth in the last 10 games with the Jackets.
Bluffton got on the board right away with a little small ball in the first inning. Kyle Niermann (Napoleon) led off the game with a single and Miles Richardson (Granville/Newark Catholic) moved him to second on a sac bunt. Tyler Stephenson (Springfield/Northwestern) smacked an RBI single to bring home Niermann and put the Beavers up 1-0 in the first.
Great pitching ensued from both sides over the first five innings as the score remained 1-0. But once again, the Beaver bats come through with a huge inning in the middle of the game as the visitors plated six tallies in the top of the sixth. Tyler Wright (Troy) was the first run to cross the plate on a double to center by Tim Webb (Delaware/Worthington Christian).
After a foulout which gave Bluffton two in the inning, the bottom of the lineup came through in the clutch. Senior Matt McKinney (Columbus Grove/Bath) rapped a single to plate Webb from second. After another single by Anthony Cianci (Ravenna/Southeast) put runners on first and second, Niermann stepped to the plate and belted a three-run bomb to right field to put the Beavers up 6-0. Bluffton then added another run on a single by Richardson and a double by Stephenson, making it 7-0 going into the bottom half of the sixth.
Freshman Halen Core (Reynoldsburg) was dominant as he continued through the sixth, holding Defiance scoreless on five hits while striking out four before turning it over to the bullpen. Defiance put up its first run in the bottom of the seventh to end the shutout, but the Beavers truly slammed the door on the Yellow Jackets when Nick Broyles (Toledo/Whitmer) drilled the second three-run shot of the game to make it 10-1. Defiance scored a run in the bottom of the ninth, but that was all as Bluffton wrapped up a big victory over the rival Jackets.
The offense was paced by a huge day from Webb as he finished a perfect 5-of-5 with two doubles while adding an RBI and a run. His five hits equaled the school record for a single game. Big hits also came from Niermann, who was 3-for-6 with three runs batted in and two scores, and Stephenson who had three knocks and two RBI.
Core earned the win on the hill for the Beavers, staying perfect at 4-0 on the year. Mark Hadaya (Beavercreek), Ryan Leugers (Botkins), and Kyle Stover (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) each fired an inning of relief to close out the game.
The Beavers return home for a three-game Heartland Conference series with Transylvania this weekend starting on Good Friday, April 6. The first contest is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Memorial Field.


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There is a huge number of already existing email clients with new ones being started all the time. Many of them are free (see this list), so why have yet another one? Of course, one reason is that Mahogany had been started before many of these projects came into existence but this is not a valid reason. The official reason is that Mahogany is going to be the ideal mail client combining the best features from all the others with many of its own but this is probably not very convincing. There are others which are much better though:
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Nobody ever robs restaurants. Bars, liquor stores, gas stations... you get your head blown off sticking up one of them. Restaurants on the other hand, you catch with their pants down. They're not expecting to get robbed. Not as expectant anyway.But who am I to pry into your Friday night? I watched the show, mostly because I saw that Markos Moulitsas and Christopher Hitchens were going to be on -- and they're two characters I follow, more or less, not to the point where I think about what they'd do on a Friday night if they weren't doing "Real Time with Bill Maher." But they were there, Hitchens looking unusually healthy. Markos, perky as ever, with those big eyes and that turn-the-world-on-with-your smile.
Bill did his typical monologue, each joke beginning with the recitation of a recent news story and then swooping down for a low punchline. One punchline, about Mark John Karr -- he's so hilarious -- made me laugh, but I can't remember it this morning.
Then he interviewed Spike Lee, who was there -- on a video screen -- to promote his documentary "When the Levees Broke." But Lee wasn't into the promotion enough to pump any energy into the segment. Maher shifted from the subject of Lee's movies to the topic of a recent Bob Herbert column -- TimeSelect link -- and quoted the line "If white people were doing to black people what black people are doing to black people, there would be rioting from coast to coast." (The column was about Juan Williams's new book "Enough." And I wish the Times would make it available now for open linking.) Spike Lee acted like he couldn't understand what Herbert was talking about. Maher got stern and said he knew what it meant, and Lee murmured his way to the finish line.
Next up was Elvis Costello, who had something to promote, I think. And it was his birthday, which is such a less interesting fact than people seem to realize. We were supposed to care that he took time from his birthday -- like it matters when you've had 52 of them and when he was only on a video screen. For some reason, Maher went into a riff about how there's never been a whiff of scandal about Elvis Costello and his name is as pure as the driven snow or some such nonsense. Elvis opted neither to agree or disagree, and I made a mental note to Google later, because I thought there was something. Yeah. This:
In March 1979, Costello capped off this productive period in his extra-artistic life by getting himself into a scrap with Stephen Stills (of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young fame) and Bonnie Bramlett (a minor singer from the '60s) in a hotel bar in Ohio. Again motivated by an unclear principle, he did his best to offend them, finally resorting to a burst of profanity and bigotry, capped with the assertion that Ray Charles was a "blind, ignorant n*****."In any event, Costello showed all signs of being more boring than Spike Lee so I muted the sound and finished the Friday crossword.
There's no evidence that Costello was a racist -- he'd been active in Rock Against Racism before it was fashionable and was too smart in any event to let it show if he was -- but he was being as stupid, reckless and out of control as any of the broken-down '60s stars his energy, brains and invective were supposed to be an antidote for. In any event, Bramlett industriously publicized the exchange and Costello tried to explain and apologize. He took his lumps in a months-long transatlantic brouhaha; to this day some serious critics hold him in contempt.
I unmuted when the panel came out. It was Christopher Hitchens, Senator Max Cleland, and Vali Nasr (a scholar who's written this book -- "The Shia Revival"). Maher framed a question about Iraq in terms of how finally, after all these years, even the idiots have figured out that the war in Iraq has nothing to do with terrorism. He cited a poll that showed only 1% of Brits thought it did. The other guests went along with the demonstration of how everybody knows this is true, and you, the HBO subscriber, were supposed to get the point that you're going to be an object of horrible mockery if you don't get in line. It was Hitchens's turn, and he called himself one of "the elite," because he was in that 1%, and proceeded to explain why. When the audience booed, he gave them the finger and said "F**k you." Then, when Maher tried to recentralize his point that everyone knows Iraq has nothing to do with terrorism and the audience cheered, Hitchens turned on the audience and abused them again. He abused Maher too, for leading the herd along and building himself up with their cheap support, and then he praised Maher for not letting Spike Lee wriggle out of the question he damned well understood. Hitchens knows how to do TV. [ADDED: Video!]
Maher had a comic bit set up where he had various products that you can't take on a plane anymore, like a bottle of "Jihad, Your Hair Smells Terrific" and "Behead and Shoulders." There were about ten of these things, and the funniest part of it really was how much it cracked up Senator Cleland. In case you're wondering if the format has changed, Maher also did his "New Rules" routine.
And somewhere in the middle of that, they video-screened Markos Moulitsas, who lacked any edge or ennui or signs of age or anything but the positive energy of a guy doing an interview for college admission. He believes in his blog project and it's all for the good, bringing people together, la, la, la. Maher has no material to make this interesting, so he resorts to a discussion of the word "blog." He doesn't like it. That's so 2004, Bill. Ending the interview, Maher says, "Goodbye, Carlos." Carlos. Come on. If it was Carlos, it would be The DailyLos. Ah, well, I'm sure Markos found a way to take a cloudy night and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile.


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Will C. Wood High School's Sylvan Singers have set the dates for its annual Madrigal Dinner, dubbed "Feast of Felrufia 2012: Children Will Listen."
Show dates at the Vacaville Opera House are 6:30 p.m. Nov. 29 and 30, Dec. 1 and Dec. 3-5, with a 12:30 p.m. matinee show on Dec. 1.
David Barthelmess directs the entertainment, which takes place in the make-believe country of Felrufia. The dinner setting is that of a castle court. As guests eat, they will be entertained by bell ringers, singers, dancers, a string ensemble and ongoing skits.
The Madrigal Dinner, $45 and $35 for the matinee, is one of the largest fundraisers for the Sylvan Singers, known as one of the top-performing high school groups in Northern California.
Wassail, a hot mulled cider, will be served at 6:30 p.m. The meals are catered by Vacaville's Merchant & Main Grill & Bar and take place at the Vacaville Opera House, at Main and Davis streets. For tickets, call Christine at 318-4674.


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Stone Age farmers lived through routine violence, and women weren't spared from its toll, a new study finds.
The analysis discovered that up to 1 in 6 skulls exhumed in Scandinavia from the late Stone Age -- between about 6,000 and 3,700 years ago -- had nasty head injuries. And contrary to findings from mass grave sites of the period, women were equally likely to be victims of deadly blows, according to the study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.


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Mors Principin Est
And Death Said Live
April 2013
Released: 2012, AFM Records
Rating: 3.5/5
Reviewer: Metal-Rules.com UK Team
Despite quite a hard to pronounce name, the English translation means 'Death is The Beginning'.
The Finnish quintet formed in 1999 and since that time they have released various albums and gone through various line up changes. Their latest offering And Death Said Live, is the product of the newly refined metal outfit whose maturity to song writing shines brightly here.
Opening with a choir fueled induced intro of 'The Awakening', the tonality is set, as the metallic driven guitars burst in with 'Departure' that are met with enraged drumming.
The screaming vocals intrude in a well timed fashion and manage to keep up with the collision of melodic metal influences. The keyboard and technically proficient guitar solos are where things really start to pick up, making it a formidable opener to the record.
'I Will Return' comes loaded with energetic drums and fast paced riffage and represents a pit stirring worthy track to get venues trashed by their loyalist fans out there. The track features some surprisingly well executed finger tapping solos that showcase the guitarists skills in a much more prominent way.
The record features two tracks with guest vocals from Ryan Knight, Black Dahlia Murder and Jona Weinhofen from Bring Me The Horizon. The first of the two, 'Birth of the Starchild', barges forth at a relentless speed which is carefully dissected with some electronic beats thrown in here and there. The lead guitar keep the adrenaline pumping through the veins in a fairly satisfying experience.
'What the Future holds' is also worth noting, in regards to Weinhofen's contribution, as the song sweeps past with a dangerously sharp procession of guitars and infernal growling and screams to match.
Going out in style, 'Dead Winds of Hope' throws the techy guitars at the forefront with a slightly better range of growling throughout. The fret board craftsmanship really shows here whilst the drum work remains consistent throughout. The symphonic dynamics inserted into the mid breakdown corrode with the mesh of metallic influences and brings everything to well rounded closure.
Overall the musicianship and production of are the redeeming qualities of the record and in time the band could really become something truly special. The lead guitar on the albums title track '…And Death Said Live' was a juncture where the albums song writers really shine. It will be interesting to see what the future has in store for a band with as much promise as these guys have.
Review by Ben Spencer
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Twin suicide bombings killed at least four people and injured dozen more in Beirut, Lebanon today. The targets appear to be Hezbollah, the militant Shia group that has fighters in Syria fighting for President Assad.
Meantime in Syria, the evacuation of civilians from the besieged city of Homs continues, but so does the fighting. And two round of peace talks, the latest of which ended last week, haven't produced any results.
Mina Al-Oraibi of the London-based newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, joins Here & Now's Robin Young to discuss what comes next.
- Mina Al-Oraibi, assistant editor-in-chief for the London-based newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat. She tweets @AlOraibi.
It's HERE AND NOW.
Today in Lebanon, at least four people were killed and dozens wounded in two suicide bombings in Beirut. It appears that the attacks were targeting the Shia militant group Hezbollah, which was long been supported by Syria's President Assad and is now returning the favor, fighting in Syria in support of Assad.
Inside Syria, more people are being evacuated from the besieged city of Homs where government and rebel forces have been battling for control for months and will likely continue after the second round of peace talks between the Syrian government and the opposition ended in failure.
Mina Al-Oraibi is assistant editor-in-chief for Asharq Al-Awsat, an Arab newspaper based in London. She was in Geneva for the peace talks last week and joins us from the BBC in London. Mina, welcome.
MINA AL-ORAIBI: Hi, Robin.
YOUNG: Your thoughts on those attacks on Lebanon today. Not the first on Hezbollah neighborhoods and not the first thought to be at the hand of some of the Syrian refugees who have been pouring into Lebanon.
AL-ORAIBI: Well, to be frank, what's happening in Lebanon is you've had bombings targeting both sides, so to speak, over the last few weeks. The attack today was also seen as attack not only in Hezbollah but on Iran. And let's not forget that Iranian consulate was attacked previously in Beirut. So it is, again, the reflection of how this conflict in Syria is really becoming a regional conflict if it hasn't already become a regional conflict.
YOUNG: Well, we said that Syria supported Hezbollah. Of course, Iran does as well.
AL-ORAIBI: Absolutely. Iran has been very instrumental not only in, of course, propping up Hezbollah but, of course, propping up the Syrian regime and supporting Assad. It's seen as almost one and the same in terms of you can attack Hezbollah or you attack Iran or you attack the Syrian government. Very close links between them means that an attack on one is almost an attack on all.
YOUNG: Well, as we said, you were in Geneva last week. The second round of talks ending in failure or at least impasse. Isn't it in part because Iran is not at the table?
AL-ORAIBI: I think Iran doesn't need to be at the table because, really, at the table is only meant to be the two Syrian sides. Of course, you have the Russians and the Iranian mission in Geneva consulting with the Syrian government delegation. And then you have the opposition delegation, which is consulting with, you know, diplomats from the U.S., Britain, and other supporting countries, other Arab countries. So while they do consult with them, they're actually not at the table.
The Montreux meeting, which happened at the end of January, had all the countries except Iran there. And that was seen as really a way of saying to Iran, if you don't believe in a political solution to this process, you can't be part of the process. And the Russians, when they came to the table, even though they support the Syrian government and the position of the Syrian government, made clear that they do believe a transition in the political regime in Syria is crucial to end this conflict. And the Iranians haven't signed up to that now. So to be frank, to have them directly involved in the process is almost a way of saying we accept that you refuse a political solution even though you're saying you want to be part of this political discussion. So it didn't really work.
I think the failure of round two was really an indication of how far the two Syrian sides are and also the fact that there aren't just two Syrian sides in this conflict. There are various Syrian sides and various regional and almost international. The tensions between the U.S. and Russia at the moment, whether it's on Ukraine or other issues, is really imposing itself on what's happening in Syria. The closeness between Secretary Kerry and Foreign Minister Lavrov really helped to launch the whole Geneva process. But that, at the moment, is really in danger as we hear the two sides speaking very strongly against each other's positions.
YOUNG: And you mentioned Lavrov. He, of course, from Russia.
AL-ORAIBI: Yes. The foreign minister of Russia is very adamant now that there should be a discussion of terrorism in Syria before the talk of a political transition. That's not where he was last month.
YOUNG: And this is one of the huge sticking points that the Syrian government has long claimed that these were foreign elements that caused this uprising. The majority of observers would say it was a nationalist uprising that was hijacked by foreign fighters who came in from the outside. But that's a huge sticking point. And so just - I guess the question is, did you see any sign in Geneva that there might be any end to the fighting anytime soon?
AL-ORAIBI: It's hard from Geneva to see an end to the fighting. Partly in Geneva, you actually feel how distant everybody is from the reality on the ground in Syria. The serenity of Geneva overlooking Lake Geneva and the madness and chaos that are going on in Syria seems such a real contrast. Also, the opposition - the Syrian coalition that's actually leading the opposition delegation doesn't control many of the fighters on the ground, and they admit to that. They don't claim otherwise. They also distance themselves from the terrorists who are on the ground. They also don't try to deny the fact that there are terrorists there. What's happening is that the Syrian government clearly said - I mean, the deputy foreign minister for Syria, Faisal Maqdad, in Geneva said they consider anyone who holds arms against the government a terrorist.
Now, on that ground, there's no way there's going to be a discussion to try to come to some sort of truce. Again, this is posturing, grandstanding. Behind the scenes, they realize that they're going to have to speak to the guys who are actually carrying the guns to come to a solution where the fighting stops.
And so I think while the talks themselves are not coming to a clear resolution anytime soon, the fact that you actually had Syrian government representatives sitting at the table with other Syrians to discuss the possibility - even though they didn't get to the discussion, but the possibility of talking about a transition in Syria - is important to cross that mental gap, so to speak.
YOUNG: So what happens now? Is there going to be a third round of talks?
AL-ORAIBI: There will be a third round. I mean, Brahimi, even at the end of the first round, didn't announce a date. But we all kind of knew we were going to come back a week or so later. This time, there's no timeframe, but everyone's talking about early March. Diplomats from different side say there's no other alternative.
I mean, you know, what's clear is both sides came to the table not really thinking this is going to bring about a solution, but they're there because the Russians are pushing the regime and the Americans are pushing the coalition and think the more you'll have to sit at the table because it's the best solution they can think of at the time being not to feel embarrassed by how grave a situation is without actually a solution.
YOUNG: Well, you said such an interesting thing, that maybe, though, the table should be moved somewhere else, that if these people charged with doing the negotiating were in Homs or Aleppo digging their children out of rubble, maybe there'd be more movement.
AL-ORAIBI: There was one Syrian, actually, who said to me - a friend, a Syrian friend - who was asking me how the talks were going. And I said to him the problem is they're only meeting for two hours every day. Can you imagine? When there's this urgency on the ground in Syria, they're only meeting for two hours a day in Geneva because the government delegation said they could only meet two hours a day because they have to confer and, you know, share notes on whatever it is.
And so the Syrian friend said to me: Well, maybe if you cut off all food and water from them until they came to an agreement, like what is happening in some besieged areas of Syria, they'd actually get serious about this.
YOUNG: Mina Al-Oraibi, assistant editor-in-chief for Asharq Al-Awsat, the Arab newspaper based in London, speaking to us from London after being at the Geneva talks last week. Mina, thanks so much.
AL-ORAIBI: Thank you, Robin. It was a pleasure. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Jason Stipp: I am Jason Stipp for Morningstar. The Federal Open Market Committee's statement on Wednesday showed more of the same when it comes to the stimulus efforts and a bit of a change on their economic outlook. Here to offer his take on the Fed statements and compare it to his own view of the economy is Morningstar's Bob Johnson, our director of economic analysis. Thanks for joining me, Bob.
Bob Johnson: Great to be here.
Stipp: So, when we looked over that Fed statement, on the policy front, on the interest rate front it was essentially more of the same. So what does that mean? What is more of the same? What activities will they be continuing?
Johnson: Well, the first is the short-term interest rate, which they've always controlled, the so-called federal-funds rate, and they've vowed to keep that rate in the 0%-0.25% range, and that determines the amount of money at what people borrow at and what the certificate of deposit rates are. So unfortunately those numbers for CD buyers are still going to be pretty dismal.
Then the second big part of it is that they've vowed to continue their mortgage and Treasury security buying program. People were a little bit fearful that might be withdrawn or tempered a little bit, but they offered to continue to buy the $40 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities and the $45 billion of Treasury securities per month as long as the economy remained weak.
Stipp: And how long are they going to continue to do that? What are their target points?
Johnson: Well, the target point is 6.5% unemployment and 2.5% inflation. And you get either one of those and they'll probably have to think about tempering their buyback programs.
Stipp: What happens if inflation hits that target before unemployment?
Johnson: Chances are they'll have to evaluate what caused it, whether it's short-term or long-term. If we had a quick spike in oil prices because of some dislocation in the Middle East, I doubt that they would change much. If on the other hand it was because of stronger-than-expected U.S. wage growth or prices for consumer goods, then they'd be all over it.
Stipp: The Fed also talked about economic forecasts, so where they are seeing the economy moving on three different measures: gross domestic product, inflation and unemployment. Let's talk about GDP first. What is the Fed now expecting for GDP and how does that match up with what your expectations are?
Johnson: They're now using 2.3% to 2.7% for 2013, which would be an uptick from what we had in 2012, and that's just a little bit lower than their previous forecast, but that's still kind of above what consensus is of most economists and above what I'm thinking. I'm thinking kind of 2.0% to 2.5%; they are thinking 2.3% to 2.7%, which is a pretty good number.
I think that it may be a stretch to get there. It is actually a little bit higher than what's it's in some of the budget numbers, so that would actually help to improve the fiscal deficit more than people expect if we really do grow that fast. But I think that number will probably sneak down a little bit over time. I think 2.0% to 2.5% is a more reasonable range to use.
Stipp: And they're expecting even higher in 2014?
Johnson: Yeah. I think they're expecting just around 3% for both 2014 and 2015, and some are a little bit higher than that forecast even on an individual basis. So that's certainly some more good growth, and again that's probably a little bit higher than what I am thinking, probably not a lot. My big theme is we're kind of maybe stuck in this 2% to 2.5% range, maybe a little bit better, but not much for some time, and that's going to make for a lengthy, lengthy recovery. And the reason it's not going to be as dramatic as the Fed thinks it might be, in my opinion, is we can't get all the cylinders hitting at one time, which is a good and a bad thing.
Right now housing is coming on strong, but we're losing a little bit out of exports. Manufacturing growth, which had been so strong early in the recovery, is beginning to slow a little bit. Government has been like an anchor for the last couple years, and I'll tell you what, it looks like to me, at least on the federal side, we've probably got another year or two of that anchor around our neck in terms of government spending. So, the issue why the number is slower than we'd all like to see is we're not getting all things going at once, but the good part of that is that this could be one of those big 10-year recovery periods and not one of these 12-month wonders.
Stipp: All right. So, your GDP expectation is coming in a little bit lower than the Fed's, but you do think that we'll be able to sustain that GDP for a while into the future.
Let's talk about inflation, the Fed's expectations and your expectations?
Johnson: They're saying inflation looks like under 2% to them, and I'd have to agree with them, which would be good. The long-term average is pretty close to 3.8%-3.9%. The median number is 3.1% over the last 70 or so years. So 2% is clearly way below the longer-term norm.
Stipp: What's driving that? Why is it lower than the norm?
Johnson: Well, part and parcel it's probably the slow economic growth that we're seeing isn't kind of pushing up and making all the dislocations that make prices go up so much. And I think the bubble has burst a little bit on the commodities front. I think China is trying to be a little bit more internally focused a little less, externally focused and a little less "let's import tons of copper and make lots of excess steel and whatever." I think a lot of that commodity boom is probably over, and that's part of what's behind us. I think that drove a lot of the number when it got so close to that danger point of 4%. There was a lot of the foreign demand and even stockpiling, and I think some of that's behind us.
Stipp: And the Fed is aiming with its stimulus measures to get to a 6.5% unemployment rate, but what are they expecting in the shorter term? What's their forecast there?
Johnson: I think they think we'll probably be between 7.3% and 7.5%, which is down from their previous forecast in terms of an unemployment rate...
Stipp: For 2013?
Johnson: By the end of 2013, which is getting closer to my range, but I am still a little bit off consensus. I still think we'll be under 7% by the end of the year.
Stipp: And what will drive that?
Johnson: I think that that's going to be driven by job growth of about 2%, which averages out to about 180,000 jobs a month. And I think the number of (participants) in the economy will go up, but maybe by a couple million at the most.
Stipp: And let's talk a little bit about the stimulus measures that are happening. This is, you said, the 51st month of zero interest rates. So, the Fed has had its hand in the stimulus measures for quite a long time. Has it done any good in your opinion?
Johnson: As you know, Jason, and our long-term readers will know, I've been relatively negative on the programs, but probably about a year or two ago when the housing market finally started, I said that maybe they had the right idea after all. Kind of couple of things happened, maybe a couple more out of their control, that helped.
I was certainly very fearful about speculation in commodity prices. I was fearful with all this money being stuffed into the economy, so to speak, with all this bond-buying, that we'd have some real speculation because you couldn't really invest in the housing because the houses wouldn't appraise, and you couldn't borrow money from the bank if you had bad employment history. So it really kind of limited that money, it just kind of left it open to lot of speculative vehicles. And I was afraid commodity prices would go way up, and that would hurt the U.S. consumers. And for a while that did happen. But frankly as China's growth and Europe's growth slowed, some of the bloom came off the commodity rose and that brought commodity prices down, so we didn't get the negative effect that I expected from quantitative easing.
On the other hand, it seemed to have some effect on both the stock market and the housing market. Now both were kind of undervalued on their own and were due for what I'll call a reversion to mean, that is to do better to just even get to the long-term averages. But it was maybe the psychology and the shot at putting little extra money behind the bets that made it effective. And lo and behold, they've got to be saying that did work. The stock market is now up 133% off the bottom. Most markets are now at all-time highs. The housing prices are still long ways from the top but are up 10% from a year ago.
So from that way, it's worked. Whether that was the whole reason it worked, no. Kind of like Cash for Clunkers, you know. It got the automobile thing moving, but if you look back at it, you'll say well, that wasn't the real reason. It was because the cars were getting old and everybody needed new cars.
Stipp: How much of the current stock market right now at the level that it's at do you think is underpinned by these stimulus measures? If the Fed started to remove some of those, do you think the stock market is going to crumble because it just needed that to reach the level that it is at now?
Johnson: I don't think so. I mean I'd be lying if I didn't say it helped. I know at Morningstar we use discounted cash flows to value companies and we really haven't changed the long-term interest rates that we're using to do that discounting in there. So, if rates go up, we're not changing our discount rate here at Morningstar. That doesn't appear to be the most likely case.
Also, I would add that operating earnings, or earnings in general at S&P 500 companies, even though the S&P is just about where it was last time around, earnings are considerably a step above that and inflation is lower, and everybody's balance sheets are better, we're a little bit less leveraged than we all were. So, it's hard to make the case that we're drastically overvalued in the market right now because last time we were at this level, valuations were heck of a lot higher.
Stipp: So, then the last question for you, if we say that some of the stimulus measures did do some good or at least had the intended effects that the Fed wanted them to have, do we need more? So the Fed is doing more of the same, as you said. Is it necessary at this point now?
Johnson: You know what, I've always said that maybe we need to stand on our own two feet, and I've always been probably a little bit premature on that. I still think that we need to be thinking about slowly withdrawing some of that support. On the other hand I think that we're all beginning to come around to the case that the Fed may do some of this bond buying, but they're never going to sell what there are buying. They're just going to let those bonds mature and just not buy them again. Now, keep in mind for right now in [Wednesday's] statement they are very explicit. We are going to keep rolling over bonds and buy more bonds when the old ones expire. But the first way to kind of ease out of this will be stopping some of the bonds that are rolling over.
Stipp: So we've got more of the same from the Fed, but there's certainly still a lot to talk about the Fed's activities and those activities into the future. Thanks for joining me and helping to clarify your perspective on the economy versus the Fed's.
Johnson: Thank you.
Stipp: For Morningstar, I am Jason Stipp. Thanks for watching.


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What: Enter a quilt in the 26th annual East Morgan County Library Quilt Show
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 16 to 21.
Where: East Morgan County Library in Brush
Cost: Free
More info: 970-842-4596; show is June 25 to July 4 in connection with the Brush Fourth of July Rodeo
The Quilt Show during the Brush Fourth of July Rodeo is a long-standing tradition, and anyone is welcome to participate.
Quilts are being accepted all next week at host East Morgan County Library in Brush.
The quilts can be new ones that were just created, previous creations, gifts received or even family heirlooms, according to show organizer Karen Chabot, who is the Friends of the East Morgan County Library treasurer and a library worker.
"We'd just love to have any of them that people would want to display," she said.
Quilts can be dropped off at the library starting Monday and through Saturday for inclusion in the show, she said.
This will be the 26th year for the Quilt Show, which will open June 25 and run through July 4.
It will be open to the public for viewing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 25 to 28, closed June 29, open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 30 to July 3.
On the Independence Day, it will be open from 7 to 10 a.m., at which point it will close for the parade, and then open again from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
There is not a contest associated with the show, Chabot said. It's just for fun and for people to "look and admire" all the work that went into making the quilts.
Last year, there were at least 93 quilts on display in the show, and Chabot expects around that many again this year.
"But you never really know until people start bringing them in," she said. "It's so much fun to see all the quilts that come in, and all the hard work that goes into them. It's always exciting."
She said she especially enjoys seeing the older quilts.
"It's always fun to hear the history behind them," she said.
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PORTLAND, Ore. - The Jupiter Hotel will host a NOH8 Campaign open photoshoot from 5:00PM to 8:00PM Friday, May 4th, 2012. Partnering with The Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the campaign team is scheduled to set up a mobile studio in the Jupiter courtyard, where NOH8 co-founder and celebrity photographer Adam Bouska will take personal portraits of attendees.
The NOH8 Campaign developed as a silent photographic protest to the passing of California's Proposition 8, a ban on equal marriage. The campaign, which uses interactive media to raise awareness for marriage equality and discrimination, is scheduled to make its first Portland, Oregon appearance. As an active partner of the LGBTQ community, the Jupiter Hotel was eager to support the underlying cause behind the photoshoot.
In further support of the NOH8 Pacific Northwest debut, the Jupiter Hotel is offering a 15% discounted room rate starting May 1st and continuing through May 8th, encouraging out-of-town travelers to make the trip. While reservations are necessary for a special room rate, guests will not be required to make reservations in order to participate in the photoshoot, to which guests should arrive at the Jupiter prepared to the photographed- makeup ready in the customary white shirt.
They will then be numbered by order of arrival, and provided with a model release, a NOH8 temporary tattoo and the signature duct tape. Funds raised by the portraits, priced at $40.00 for individual photos and $25.00 per person in couple or group shots, will be used to continue the NOH8 Campaign mission to promote marriage, gender and human equality through education, advocacy, social media, and visual protest.
The NOH8 Campaign is a charitable organization whose mission is to promote marriage, gender and human equality through education, advocacy, social media, and visual protest. The NOH8 Campaign is a photographic silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and partner Jeff Parshley in direct response to the passage of Proposition 8.
Photos feature subjects with duct tape over their mouths, symbolizing their voices being silenced by Prop 8 and similar legislation around the world, with NOH8 painted on one cheek in protest.
The Jupiter Hotel's participation in this event stems from a long-standing tradition of community involvement, especially in support of its LGBTQ partners. In conjunction with frequent events, like the annual Red Dress party and BearTown, the property maintains an LGBT blog for the local community happenings and recently launched a gay-friendly travel option with a Keep Portland Queer room package, inviting travelers to come as they are.
The Jupiter serves as a home-on-the-road for modern travelers, cultural creatives and business nomads alike looking to indulge in urban life. The 81 modern guestrooms, including the DreamSUITE, connect guests to the vibrancy of Portland at affordable rates- with any number of ways to get around town.
Travelers looking for a unique experience in urban hospitality find their destination at the Jupiter, with Gallery @ the Jupiter, an on-site art gallery located in the center of the lobby! The adjacent Doug Fir Restaurant and Lounge is open daily from 7AM to 2AM and offers cutting edge musical acts most nights in its underground music venue. The Jupiter Hotel is located at 800 E. Burnside, Portland, OR.
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/ SECTION 1. A. Section 12-43-220(c)(2)(iv) of the 1976 Code is amended by adding a new paragraph before the last undesignated paragraph to read:
"If the owner or the owner's agent has made a proper certificate as required pursuant to this subitem and the owner is otherwise eligible, the owner is deemed to have met the burden of proof and is allowed the four percent assessment ratio allowed by this item, if the residence that is the subject of the application is not rented for more than ninety-four days in a calendar year. For purposes of determining eligibility, rental income, and residency, the assessor annually may require a copy of applicable portions of the owner's federal and state tax returns, as well as the Schedule E from the applicant's federal return for the applicable tax year."
B. Section 12-43-220(c) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 145 of 2005, is amended by deleting subitem (7) which reads:
"(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner-occupant of a legal residence is not disqualified from receiving the four percent assessment ratio allowed by this item, if the taxpayer's residence meets the requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 280A(g) as defined in Section 12-6-40(A) and the taxpayer otherwise is eligible to receive the four percent assessment ratio."
C. This SECTION takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to property tax years beginning after property tax year 2013.
SECTION 2. Section 12-54-240(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 110 of 2007, is further amended by adding an appropriately numbered item at the end to read:
"( ) verification that the federal Schedule E filed with the department is the same as the Schedule E required by the assessor pursuant to Section 12-43-220(c)."
SECTION 3. Except where otherwise provided, this act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Houston Rockets guard James Harden was feeling ill before the game, with a fever and upper-respiratory infection.
The Utah Jazz really made him feel even worse when they went on a 13-0 run to open the second quarter, ultimately the difference in a 102-91 victory on Monday night over the road-weary Rockets.
``That's flat-out defense,' said Jazz forward Marvin Williams, who started the run with one of his three 3-pointers. ``We played with a ton of energy and got them to miss shots and converted on the other end. That opened it up for us.'
Reserve Gordon Hayward scored 15 points and Al Jefferson had 14 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Jazz, who evened their record at 6-6.
Hayward, who has come off the bench the last two games along with Marvin Williams, scored on a fast-break layup to keep the run going.
Then big man Enes Kanter took over.
He was a force inside with back-to-back blocks of Terrence Jones and Toney Douglas and a high-flying dunk off an alley-oop pass from DeMarre Carroll. Derrick Favors also was tough in the paint, dunking off another Carroll pass and finishing with two of Utah's 11 blocked shots.
The Jazz held Houston scoreless for the first 4:57 of the second quarter.
``The second group came in and gave us a huge boost, moving the ball against the transition baskets,' Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin said. ``The pace picked up when Marvin came in and made some baskets and we got running from there.'
Utah's starters poured it on late in the second, with Jefferson muscling between two defenders and converting a three-point play. Randy Foye's first 3-pointer put Utah up 20 with 3:12 left in the second.
Foye finished with four 3-pointers and scored 14 points for the Jazz, who led by as many as 23 in the first half. Utah led by 17 at halftime, shooting 50 percent from 3-point range (5 of 10).
The Rockets (4-7) pulled within nine late in the third, but Houston wouldn't get any closer with leading scorer Harden on the bench with a fever. Harden was a game-time decision but coach Kelvin Sampson said he wanted to give it a try. He started 0 of 6 and finished with six points in 17 minutes before exiting just before halftime.
``We shut him down, gave him some medicine and tried to get him ready for Wednesday,' Sampson said of Harden, who came in averaging 26 points.
Patrick Patterson tried to pick up the slack, scoring a season-high 19 points, and Jeremy Lin added 13 for Houston, which lost its third straight.
Patterson was disappointed at the effort in transition.
``There are no excuses for tonight, even though we did play in L.A. last night,' Patterson said of the 11-point loss to the Lakers. ``We're an NBA team. We're all professionals out here. We're all in NBA shape. We're all fine. Usually we're the ones known for pushing the ball, but tonight it seemed the shoe was on the other foot. They were doing that to us.'
Lin's layup with 6:44 left in the third pulled Houston to 70-60, but Foye's fourth 3-pointer bumped Utah's lead back to 13 points, and Jefferson sank a pair of free throws to make it a 15-point lead.
A 6-0 Houston run, capped by Greg Smith's jam, got Houston within 75-66. Utah closed the third on a 10-4 run, capped by Hayward's three-point play after a driving layup at the buzzer.
``It's hard, especially on the road, when you get down that big,' said Houston forward Chandler Parsons, who finished with 11 points and 10 boards but shot just 3 of 11.
``Granted we're tired. It's the last game on a road trip. But there are no excuses. It's a game we should have come in here and stole.'
The Jazz opened with their big lineup again: Favors at power forward in place of Williams and Foye in at shooting guard in place of Hayward.
That changed one minute in as Favors had two fouls and went to the bench. Both would be key reserves, with Williams adding 12 points, including 3-of-3 shooting from beyond the arc.
Utah led 61-44 at halftime, shooting 50 percent to 38 for the Rockets. The Jazz also held a 26-18 edge on points in the paint and 17-6 advantage on the fast break in the first half, while their bench outscored the Rockets reserves 26-9 before the break.
``We got down and pretty much the whole rest of the game was a dog fight trying to get back into the game,' said Patterson, who shot 8 of 14 and had two of Houston's nine blocked shots.
Notes: Former Jazz coach and Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan watched the game from about 20 rows above Utah's bench. ... Jefferson had nine rebounds in the first half. ... Utah shot just 40.2 percent but made 9 of 21 from 3-point range. The Jazz also held a 30-19 advantage on the fast break. ... The Rockets were 7 of 21 from 3-point range and shot just 34.9 percent overall. ... The Rockets will play five of the next six at home, including a rematch with the Jazz on Dec. 1.