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2007 Softball
Bluffton vs. Transylvania
Beavers drop twin-bill to Transylvania, 9-7 and 8-0
April 9, 2007
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Despite a seven-run fourth inning in the opener, the Bluffton University softball team could not hold on as Transylvania University swept the Heartland Conference twin-bill with the Beavers on a cold and snowy Monday, April 9, 2007. The Pioneers upped their record to 17-9, 5-3 in the HCAC, while Bluffton fell to 5-7, 1-3 in the conference.
Game one - Transylvania 9, Bluffton 7
In the visitors half of the third inning, Transy bolted out to a 6-0 lead thanks to five hits and a hit batter. A Brittany Leach single plated two Pioneers and Emily Safstrom followed with a three-run dinger. Two passed balls allowed Jorden Roberts to tack on Transy's sixth run in the third inning.
Bluffton exploded for seven runs of its own in the bottom half of the fourth. Brooke Babcock (Findlay/Findlay) opened the inning with a double down the right field line. Lindsey Miller (Wapakoneta/Wapakoneta) drew a free pass and the Beavers put in Amanda Bartz (Columbus Grove/Columbus Grove) and Andrea Wozniak (Port Clinton/Port Clinton) to pinch run for Babcock and Miller. A walk to Amanda Harris (Arcanum/Arcanum) loaded the bases for Jenna Mayer (Lima/Shawnee) who ripped a single up the middle, scoring Wozniak and Bartz. Kellie Kenney's (Toledo/Emmanuel Baptist) single loaded the bases for Tonya Dean (Kettering/Kettering) who promptly knocked in Harris with a single while Mayer scored following an error at the plate. In her second trip to the plate in the fourth, Babcock hit paydirt again with a single to center which picked up Katie Ammons (Findlay/Findlay) and Dean. Carrie Weisbecker's (Okeana/Ross) RBI single gave the Beavers a 7-6 lead after four innings.
The Beavers held onto their slim one-run lead until the top of the seventh when Transy put together three hits and took advantage of a Bluffton error to take a 9-7 victory in game one.
Babcock, Mayer and Ammons all picked up two hits in the opener. Babcock and Mayer both knocked in two runs for the Beavers. Kenney went the distance and took the loss, giving up nine runs on 10 hits with four strikeouts. She fell to 4-3 on the season.
Game two - Transylvania 8, Bluffton 0 (6 innings)
In the nightcap, Transylvania's Claire Lanham limited the Beavers to three hits and no runs as she improved to 8-4 on the year.
The Pioneers jumped on top with three runs in the first and second innings to take a commanding 6-0 lead and effectively put the game on ice. They tacked a score on in the fifth, a solo homer from Fitzpatrick, and added an insurance run in the sixth inning.
Bluffton scratched out only three hits, two by Lindsey Miller, for Brooke Babcock who fell to 1-4 with the loss. She gave up seven runs on six hits with six strikeouts and only one walk in five innings of work on the hill.
The Beavers return to action Wednesday, April 11, 2007, when they travel to Manchester for a doubleheader with the Spartans. The first game is slated to start at 3 p.m.


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Three weeks after a report that Facebook was interested in buying a drone company caused a stir, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is shedding light on how the flying device could fit into the social network's game plan.
It's all about Zuckerberg and Facebook's dream of expanding the reach of the Internet through its Internet.org initiative.
"In our effort to connect the whole world with Internet.org, we\'ve been working on ways to beam internet to people from the sky," he said in a Facebook post. "Today, we\'re sharing some details of the work Facebook\'s Connectivity Lab is doing to build drones, satellites and lasers to deliver the internet to everyone."
Zuckerberg used the post to unveil a new Facebook team, called the Connectivity Lab, tasked with "developing new technologies to improve and extend Internet access," the group said on the Internet.org site.
One of the ways the team is looking to make this happen is by tapping "the world's top experts on aerospace technology," including the U.K.-based company called Ascenta. Internet.org also includes experts from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's Ames Research Center and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, the group said.
The initiative is based on a technology called "free-space optical communication," which uses light "to transmit data through space using invisible, infrared laser beams."
In his post, Zuckerberg talked about his dream "to make affordable access to basic internet services available to every person in the world."
But Internet.org is also viewed as a strategic business move for Facebook as it gears up for more competition in the online market which is expected to expand faster outside the U.S., increasing pressure on companies like Facebook, Google , Yahoo and Twitter to find ways to win over new users.
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2013 Louisiana Cajun Food Fest
April 13, 2013 @ 10:00 am
- Downtown Kaplan
- Kaplan, LA United States
Additional Information
LOUISIANA CAJUN FOOD FEST is a day filled with fun for the whole family. The fun starts when the gates open at 10am and continues until late into the night. Food and craft vendors line Cushing Avenue downtown Kaplan with goodies for every taste palate and fun for all kids young and old. Family Fun Day in Turnly Park provides kids of all ages inflatables and games until 6pm with a small fee per ride or bracelets. Live Music featuring Sammy Kershaw and Louisiana Red begins at noon and goes until late into the night with enough cold beverages and toe tapping music for all. Through the proceeds of this event, the Kaplan Area Chamber of Commerce is able to accomplish many projects throughout the year.


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Friday, December 9, 2011
CARE AND COMFORT: Back row, Schwamm, left, and Nicholson. Front row, from left, Leffert, Jackson and Back
To care for Robert Leffert, MD, as he faced a terminal cancer diagnosis, Vicki Jackson, MD, MPH, chief of the MGH Palliative Care Service, had to learn about all aspects of who he was – not only an MGH physician and Harvard professor, but also a decorated veteran and kid who grew up in Brooklyn. In honor of Leffert's memory and to support the work that helped him and his family through his final days, the first Robert Leffert, MD, Palliative Care Memorial Lecture was held Nov. 29 in the O'Keeffe Auditorium.
Leffert, who died from complications of melanoma in 2008, was chief of the MGH Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and the MGH Surgical Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Unit. The lecture was created through support from the Leffert and Schwamm families – including Leffert's daughter, Lisa Leffert, MD, chief of the Obstetric Anesthesia Division and vice chair of Faculty Development for Anesthesia, and her husband, Lee Schwamm, MD, vice chair of Neurology. Both MGH physicians spoke at the event, along with Jackson and Brit Nicholson, MD, senior vice president and chief medical officer.
"The MGH really was the center of my father's universe," said Leffert. "It was very complicated for him to be sick and die in the institution where his life's work had been. I cannot imagine what it would have been like without Vicki Jackson and her colleagues."
Added Schwamm, "Palliative care is as important to the care of our patients as any of the high-tech treatments we provide. We can't think of a better way to remember and honor Bob than to help support this work."
The inaugural lecture, "Connecting with Patients: Where Art Meets Science," was presented by Anthony Back, MD, an oncologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Wash. Through anecdotes and research study results, Back explored the gap between how clinicians believe they approach difficult interactions and what patients perceive, emphasizing that effective patient-provider communication is vital to quality care.
Read more articles from the 12/09/11 Hotline issue.
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Name: Cheryl Hardy Profession: Marketing Executive, Non-Profit Board Member Location: Austin, Texas Hobby: Pottery Website: www.sibbotery.com Twitter: @sibbotery Bio By day, Cheryl Hardy is a marketing director of a software company. She also sits on the board of a non-profit organization called Project ClayPlay (connecting economically challenged kids with artisans in the local community). She […] Read more


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As he greeted visitors Sunday, Walt Hutton wondered which one of the hundreds entering the Arden Community Health Fair would have their lives saved this holiday weekend.
ARDEN, N.C. – As he greeted visitors Sunday, Walt Hutton wondered which one of the hundreds entering the Arden Community Health Fair would have their lives saved this holiday weekend.
From his records, Hutton knew that free health screenings offered to the public over the event's 10-year history have made a difference between life and death for many. He recalled a man whose blood sugar was so dangerously high, he left in an ambulance.
"Out of this event, we're finding a lot of people are at-risk or need to follow up with a doctor," Hutton said. "And we've had people like that gentleman last year come back and say, 'You saved my life.'"
Hutton ticked off the numbers from 2012's fair: Of 1,589 people screened for glucose, blood pressure, prostate abnormalities, oral cancer, high cholesterol and other health issues, 380 were found "at risk or needed follow-up with a doctor."
"I know there were at least three prostate screening finds where the people didn't even know they had cancer," he said.
Last year's total number of participants was down compared to previous years, said Dr. DeWayne Butcher, the fair's medical director. But a change in marketing to target uninsured and underinsured individuals meant more of those in need of the fair's screenings showed up, he said.
In 2012, fair organizers sent out postcard mailers within a 2.5-mile radius of Arden Seventh-day Adventist Church, which co-sponsors the event with Park Ridge Health. This year, they targeted all households with incomes below $75,000 within a 6-mile radius.
"So I wouldn't be surprised if we had more this year," Butcher said. He said the typical fair participant either is uninsured or "they have such a high deductible that they can't afford to see their doctor."
Fletcher resident Elizabeth Mills brought her sister and her two grandchildren to the fair after receiving one of the mailers. Mills, who is currently uninsured, said the prospect of getting a professional dental, vision, Pap smear and breast exam appealed to her.
"It's been about a year since I've seen a doctor," she said, adding she is hoping to get insurance soon through the Affordable Care Act.
Henderson County resident Mary Jo McKee, 71, took advantage of the health fair's hearing, bone density, skin and foot screenings. Although she has insurance, McKee said the fair offered her an affordable way to keep on top of her health.
"I think it's a great public service," she said. "There are so many things that go undetected and you can't always get in to see a doctor."
Besides identifying health risks, the fair also offers patients the opportunity to get connected with doctors in the community, said Kirsten Cutler, communications manager for Park Ridge Health.
"If someone comes in and needs ongoing care, we want to help them find the right person for their needs," said Cutler. "I've already had some people come by and say, 'I need a doctor.' And Park Ridge has a network of more than 130 primary and specialty providers we can refer them to."
Representatives from Blue Ridge Community Health Services are on hand during the two-day event to help those without insurance. The nonprofit offers services on a sliding-scale fee.
The Arden Community Health Fair continues from 8 a.m. to noon Monday at the Arden Seventh-day Adventist Church, 35 Airport Road. No appointments are necessary. For more information, call 828-684-4525.


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HDMI tunes into 3D TV broadcasts
Standard updated
The organisation behind HDMI has updated the digital TV connector standard to ready it for the 3D era.
HDMI Licensing said the new version, 1.4a, mandates the support of 'top-and-bottom' and 'side-by-side' modes for broadcasting the picture data that will be present to each eye, thus creating the illusion of 3D.
Until now, the standard supported 3D modes for games and pre-recorded movies, but not TV programming.
Side-by-side works with broadcast field-interlaced, 1080i pictures, while top-and-bottom is used with progressive-scan video at either 720p or 1080p resolution.
For pre-recorded movies on Blu-ray Disc and games presented in 3D, HDMI 1.4 already supports the frame packing technique, which is essentially top-and-bottom, at resolutions of up to 1080p at 24f/s and 720p, respectively.
By adding all these formats, HDMI Licensing said, the standard will ensure interoperability between hardware devices. Both the display and the content source - if they use HDMI rather than, say, DVI - have to support the formats. Hardware makers have 90 days to prepare their products for HDMI 1.4a certification, the licensing body said. ®
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I know this might sound conceited, but I don't need moves... Lol.. All I do is not care for them and they seem to become more interested. Especially the guys who think they're the shit. It's hilarious. Apparently guys don't like being ignored either..
I apologize in advance for late responses and dropped conversations.
I go with the aloof don't care attitude, which works a little to well in not attracting the opposite sex.
Life, dreams, hope. Where do they come from? And where do they go?
depends on the situation but i generally act realy straight forward
Plant both feet on stable ground and then lift with my knees (not the back), that is how to pick up the opposite sex.
In war, our successes and our failures will define the course of human history.
Yeah, i dont use moves cuz im a shy person.. But the guys that im usually not interested on approches me all the time.. The guys im actually interested sometimes approch me but im become speechless and too nervous to do anything else.. Than saying hi
eating popcorn
I goes up to him and i'm like: 'hey, you're kinda cute'
'When you find something worth fighting for, you never give up'
I've found that all I really need to do to attract members of the opposite sex is stand around and refrain from scratching my ass for a few minutes. Now if only I could find some way to take advantage of this no doubt unique ability.
If I had a type it'd be you, fortunately I don't have a type so please stop.
Usually, it happens absentmindedly, and my friends have to let me know later, "You were staring at such and such a BIT much for comfort, dude." But I'm sure my staring works like a charm, eheheh...
I changed your profile info a bit cause, ya know
Acting like a cat! Meow! Oh well won't work in real but whateva. ><
Oh yeah when I was little... That is another story. I was the mascot in the house. ^^
The King Of Chinese Dragons
Never date two girls at once. Getting caught almost NEVER ends well. Unless they're sluts. I had a fling with best friends, coulda lost my jewels.
My current girlfriend s pretty freaky, so I can be myself around her. When it comes to girls, if someone tells you to be yourself, and you're an overly hyper and horny bastard, don't.
My move...Gah, I don't have one. It's like fishing. I look for girls, lay some bait, and hope I get a good bite. So just be patient. Every man has a woman, and every woman has a man. Don't get mad if you can't find love, it just means he or she wasn't for you. Think of women like fishes; they're are plenty more in the sea. Heh, I felt philosophical there for a second.
I'm too fucking lazy to change my online status. Never assume I'm always on CR.
If you want to make friends you have to be friendly
"I'm gonna go straight to the point. I want to get freaky with you."
hillbilly buck here, we out here lookin out for sumuh deez snapper flahs
Completely erase the attraction/feelings and make them feel like a middleman instead of the target.
If it doesn't get their attention the first time, rinse and repeat. It's only a matter of time.
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Yeah, i dont use moves cuz im a shy person.. But the guys that im usually not interested on approches me all the time.. The guys im actually interested sometimes approch me but im become speechless and too nervous to do anything else.. Than saying hi
thats all a big lie... -HG
So apparently HG, we're not that interesting LOL
hillbilly buck here, we out here lookin out for sumuh deez snapper flahs


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This has been on my mind this morning.
As a writer and person in the world, I do not want to fall into the ATNA Club (all talk, no action).
In life, I say what's important to me and what my priorities are. This little quote makes me accountable. Do my actions express my priorities? If they don't, I need to get them in line.
So as I go for a walk with my golden retriever this morning, this will be the quote that will hover in my mind. I am a work in progress...


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PHOENIX (AP) — It was the knock on the door every mother fears. Three police officers stood somberly to deliver the news.
"I'm sorry to tell you but Michael has been killed," Jacque Alderman recalled one officer saying.
The 70-year-old's son and three members of his family were shot to death over the weekend by a man neighbors say was incensed over the incessant noise of barking dogs.
For months, Michael Guzzo, 56, complained to neighbors about the barking from homes all around him in the tidy Phoenix complex where a central courtyard looks like a tree-laden park, even putting up fliers on doors advising people of pet ordinances and fines.
On Saturday, police say, Guzzo went on a rampage, methodically killing his neighbors Bruce Moore, 66; his daughter, Renee Moore, 36; her husband, Michael Moore, 42, who used his wife's last name; and Renee's son, Shannon Moore, 17, along with the family's two dogs.
Guzzo then walked across the courtyard and tried to kill more neighbors who had dogs.
Libni Deleon, 26, said that just a few months ago he returned home from work to find Guzzo standing by his back gate where his two dogs were on the patio barking.
"He said, 'Your dogs are barking. I'm here to live in peace,'" Deleon recalled.
Moments after the killings Saturday, Guzzo went back to Deleon's home and began kicking on the front door.
Libni Deleon's wife, Vanessa, had just gotten out of the shower, grabbed their two children and ran upstairs to hide in the bathtub.
Libni went toward the door as Guzzo blasted two holes through it, sending about 20 shotgun pellets into the walls at the back of their home.
He ran upstairs to get his gun, opened the window and began to yell at Guzzo, who opened fire again before walking back to his own home to kill himself.
"I feel pretty darn lucky," Libni Deleon said.
While Guzzo's motive died along with him, neighbors and family members of the victims say he was becoming increasingly unhinged over dog noise.
"He hated them. But everyone here has dogs," said Joni Flood, 27, who lives a few doors down from the victims.
Family members, meanwhile, struggled to come to grips with their loss, dumbfounded by the sheer senselessness of the killings.
Standing amid pools of drying blood on the home's back patio where the two men were apparently shot first, Michael Moore's brother called the killings "angering beyond belief."
"It just angers me looking at all this because I just feel for my brother," said Patrick Riley, 41. "The helplessness."
The patio wall was chipped with pockmarks from the shotgun's blast. Police haven't given specific details of the attack, but Riley said he thinks Guzzo shot his brother over a 6-foot cinderblock fence while he worked on an engine.
"He had no idea what was coming," Riley said. Bruce Moore was killed a few feet away near the patio door to the home.
Riley said police told him Guzzo killed the two men first, then walked through the family's unlocked front door and shot Renee, her son, Shannon, and the dogs.
The killer was no stranger to the family, even though they had little contact with him, Alderman said.
Renee Moore had told her repeatedly "the man was crazy. He can't stand the dogs."
Alderman sobbed Monday as she stood outside the home while other family members gathered on the porch where the two men, including her son, were shot.
"I don't want to see the blood," she said with a heavy sigh.
Phoenix Sgt. Steve Martos said authorities can only speculate on a motive for the killings.
"If he had left a note, maybe," Martos said, "but nothing like that occurred in this case."


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Apple ring rot and Botryosphaeria canker are severe diseases affecting apple production in China, but there is confusion regarding which pathogens cause these diseases and their similarity to other diseases, such as white rot of apple, and ring rot and Botryosphaeria canker of pear. In this study, the pathogen of apple ring rot in China was compared with the pathogen of apple ring rot in Japan and Korea, the pathogen of Botryosphaeria canker of apple and pear in China, the pathogen of pear ring rot in China, and the pathogen of white rot of apple in the United States.
Plant Disease, Volume 96, Issue 4, Page 486-496, April 2012.tp://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-11-0635


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DENVER – The Colorado Rockies announced today that the club has activated right-handed pitcher Roy Oswalt (left hamstring strain) and left-handed pitcher Drew Pomeranz (left bicep tendonitis) from the 15-day disabled list. Both players with be available for tonight's Rockies at Padres game at PETCO Park (8:10 p.m. MDT).
Oswalt, 36, made one rehab appearance at Rookie-Level Grand Junction on September 3rd, tossing 5.2 scoreless innings vs. Ogden. The veteran has made four starts in the Majors for the Rockies this season, going 0-4 with a 7.64 ERA (17.2 ip, 15 er). A three-time All-Star, Oswalt is 163-100 with a 3.32 ERA (2230.2 ip, 822 er) in 360 career games/339 career starts with Houston (2001-2010), Philadelphia (2010-11), Texas (2012) and Colorado (2013).
Pomeranz, 24, has made four starts over two stints with the Rockies after beginning the year at Triple-A Colorado Springs. Pomeranz is 0-4 with an 8.10 ERA (16.2 ip, 15 er) in his four starts in the Majors this season. The left-hander went 8-1 with a 4.20 ERA (85.2 ip, 40 er) with 33 walks and 96 strikeouts over 15 starts at Triple-A this season. The Ole Miss product has made 30 career Major League starts, all with Colorado, and has gone 4-14 with a 5.40 ERA (131.2 ip, 79 er), 69 walks and 109 strikeouts.
The Rockies currently have 38 players on the 40-man roster.


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A Fun and Educational Play Mat!
Give your little one a soft and comfortable place to play and have fun with this vibrant and exciting World Map Play Mat Puzzle that is educational too! It includes 60 soft foam pieces that can be put together as fast as 1-2-3, and can be stored in the included sturdy box. With the world's map - in full color and each country's flag, this fantastic play mat will get your toddler's mind thinking!


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Eben Upton Answers Your Questions 37
by ronocdh
Your decision to sell the Raspberry Pi to any interested parties, not just educational institutions, seems to indicate a broad-minded approach to education, favoring transparency and open standards. What percentage of your costs do you expect to cover by selling directly to individual, hacker-type enthusiasts, versus wholesale distribution to educational institutions for inclusion in curricula?
Eben: Initially, we expect to sell almost all of our output to the hobbyist community. Our revenue models assume a roughly 50-50 mix of in-house and wholesale distribution (education and resellers) after the first year. We have a very low fixed-cost base, and will break even when we reach sales of 20-30k units per year.
One reason we're also selling to individuals is that we believe very strongly in self-directed learning. I didn't learn to program in a classroom; I did it by hacking on the school computers in my own time and subsequently buying a second-hand machine of my own (after saving for what seemed at the time like an eon). While there are many teachers out there who have the necessary skills to teach computer science, we realize that a large number of pupils will never encounter one of these teachers, and that the subject is generally absent from standardized curricula.
It is likely that more children will learn programming by using Raspberry Pi at home than in school. We're investigating the possibility of establishing a prize fund to reward children who develop exceptional software under their own steam.
Power Supply
by Anonymous Coward
The requirement for an external power supply seems unfortunate given the small form factor of the computer. When so many devices can draw power from a USB port (and yes, I do acknowledge that these are USB peripherals whereas the Raspberry Pi is a USB host), the need for another cable on such a small device is probably going to be an inconvenience. I'm sure that this is a topic that generated some interesting engineering discussions during product development. Can you share with us what other alternatives may have been considered and the pros and cons of them, and how you ultimately concluded that an external power supply is necessary? 1W at 5V is 200mA, which is certainly a plausible amount of current to draw from a USB cable. It could even make sense for the Raspberry Pi to be a USB device and host a telnet server. Was this use case considered?
Eben: As it happens, the tiny USB-key form factor that David shows in the original BBC video is powered by a hacked USB hub which emits power on its host port. We focused on the USB host use case, because we see Raspberry Pi primarily as computer rather than as a peripheral, and because doing so keeps the cost and complexity of the board itself to a minimum.
We want to find a way to eliminate the power supply for some users, and hope to support a power over Ethernet module as an option at some point if there's sufficient demand; right now our low-cost RJ-45 jack is not PoE-capable, but this will probably change.
by ajo_arctus
I think it's an incredible project, and I'll certainly buy one for my son when they come out. I'm just wondering though if not having VGA is a bit of an oversight and I'd be interested to know why you made that tradeoff. I agree composite is great for places where old TVs are common, and HDMI is great for those of us who just want it as a novelty, it's just I can't help but feel that the people who could benefit most from this would most likely get one of these along with a free or very low cost second-hand monitor, which would almost certainly be VGA only.
Eben: The tradeoff is driven by the feature set of the BCM2835. Previous products in this line used an analog RGB TV output peripheral which could be hacked to drive VGA quite easily; irritatingly, for cost reasons, BCM2835 only supports single-channel (composite) video out, which prevents us from doing this.
I agree that the lack of VGA output is a very significant problem with the device, particularly in school environments, where (at least in the UK) there are often labs full of old analog monitors. Although we can't afford to add chips to the baseline device to support it, we're investigating three routes to add VGA compatibility in the future:
Supporting monochrome output directly using our single-channel analog TV interface.
Bridging from the HDMI/DVI output to VGA using an add-on board or "smart cable".
Bridging from the onboard MIPI DSI interface in the same way.
This is right at the top of our follow-on project list, once the main boards are out of the door.
More enbedded features?
by Anonymous Coward
Love the concept, and will probably buy at least a couple of the model B.
I was wondering if you plan to have future models with more embedded features (like Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS)? I know this would raise the cost, but with smartphones including all those things, I wouldn't think that it would be too expensive.
Great work, can't wait to pick mine up.
Eben: Glad to hear you like the concept. We're investigating the possibility of adding exactly the three interfaces you mention to a future version. These are available in quite cost-effective "combo chips" from a number of manufacturers, and it may be that savings from removing the Ethernet bridge chip, transformers and RJ-45 jack will go some way towards paying for the extra silicon.
FCC (and equivalent) certification of a wireless-capable version would be challenging for us with our current level of staffing, but hopefully this will change as we start to sell the Model A and B devices.
Open Sourced Schematics and Layout?
by Anonymous Coward
Are you going to open source the schematics and layout for the hardware design?If so, will they be provided in formats that are easy to use with low cost and / or free software tools such as Eagle, KiCad, or gEDA?
Eben: A qualified yes. We intend to release our schematics and board designs provided we are satisfied that the chips needed to build the device are available through distribution in reasonably small quantities. Our relationships with our component vendors are critical to the success of Raspberry Pi; we wouldn't want to put them in a position where they were being criticized for being unwilling to provide chips directly to hobbyists.
If we do open the hardware, we'll use a format compatible with a cheap package (Eagle would be my preference, although we'd need to check the limitations in the free version). We very much hope to be able to do this. We've said elsewhere that our dream scenario is that someone in China decides to copy our design and start knocking out millions of clones. Remember we're a not-for-profit organization under English law, and all our trustees have other jobs, so we don't have the same set of incentives as a regular company.
A cautionary note for people hoping to build these devices themselves – I don't believe it's feasible to assemble it manually, and the PoP memory configuration we use is beyond the reach even of some professional assembly houses.
parallel computing
by jtollefson
Since the price point on these are so low, what's the feasibility of doing mass grid computing on these machines?
Eben: I think it's very feasible, though I have my doubts as to whether Raspberry Pi is a particularly good source of cheap MIPS. Consider that only a small fraction of our die area is occupied by the ARM core, so if you're intending to just do CPU work you're carrying a lot of baggage (GPU, video accelerator, camera pipeline, JPEG codec, a couple of DSPs) which isn't being used. We'd need to run the numbers, but I expect that a $200 x86 box will give you more compute than 8 Raspberry Pis, and in a more friendly package (a two or four concurrent threads, rather than eight).
Where we may come into our own is in providing low-energy MIPS. Idle-time distributed computing applications like Folding@Home should work, and you wouldn't need to worry about justifying the power consumption of a PC.
Java development?
by eparker05
Since the primary OS will be Debian based we can assume support for C, C++, Python, Perl, and Bash scripting. But I have heard that you would need to get Oracle involved if you wanted a Java SE JDK since the RPi is Arm based. Can you comment on whether or not this is true and, if so, have you or are you in the process of obtaining the ability to develop Java on this platform?
Eben: We've not looked into Java support in detail, and certainly haven't been in touch with Oracle. Various people have suggested OpenJDK to us as a good alternative; it's known to work well on ARM-based systems, and doesn't require us to obtain a license.
Can You Extrapolate on Your Teaching Strategy?
by eldavojohn
I see that you plan on using C and Python for teaching languages. I recognize that I am of an older generation but grasping C in its entirety or even little endian versus big endian was something that didn't fully come around until college for me. What are your strategies for teaching even younger targets with something like C (Python, however is probably easier)? Are you developing a rigid teaching course line or just happy to have the community put anything out? Furthermore, what is the point of putting all these other languages on your wiki like Processing or Lua? Could you or someone on your staff give a brief explanation for each of these links or are they here just to inspire someone to write a tutorial for -- I don't know -- harvesting data with the Raspberry Pi and displaying it in Processing on another computer? Or do you intend the processing application to compile to ARMv6 on the device and run on the device for a UI output? I know ARMv6 is supposed to be a leaner architecture but I'm not at all familiar with the Broadcom BCM2835 that you've shown on your alpha boards. All my searches for it just link back to your site.
Eben: We're very happy for the community to put anything out there; originally we'd planned to provide an integrated teaching curriculum built around the device, but it\s become clear that there are a lot of third parties out there with much more experience than us. The wiki is a good example – it was set up by someone else, and we have very little to do with it. I'm personally a fan of putting Lua on the device, because it leads in nicely to things like Garry's mod programming on the PC; we've supplied an alpha board to a Cambridge-area developer who is working on a Lua port.
BCM2835 is a new application processor, derived from the BCM2763 graphics processor, which does get a mention on the Broadcom web site. Most applications are likely to run on the device with local UI output, though there have been people on our forums talking about using them for remote data logging.
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The raspberry pi is meant to introduce programming concepts to school-level children.
My question is: How are you planning on doing this from a UI perspective? The BBC micro (as far as I can tell, a little before my time) simply dropped the user into a BASIC prompt and left the rest to their imagination. This seems like a pretty fundamental design question for the raspberry pi, but I haven't been able to find a clear answer yet.
Eben: If it were up to us, we'd probably just drop people into a bash (or even better, IPython) shell and let them get on with it. On the other hand, there are many people who just want to use the Raspberry Pi as a general-purpose productivity machine; for these people, we'll need to provide a desktop environment as an option in the standard root filesystem.
I think the compromise is likely to be that we boot to a bash shell, and require the user to type 'startx' to get a desktop, or 'python' (or whatever) to start programming. Don't expect to see a standard install boot to gdm. Because we're nostalgic old farts, we're also looking at making sure there's a way for you to boot the board straight into BASIC.
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Seeing as the aim of the project is to create a tinkering platform for nascent, teenage programmers I was wondering why the idea to write a full, tutorial programming manual was dropped. The whole of the early '80s micro boom and bedroom coders was based upon not on the "cheap" hardware such as the BBC Micro and the Sinclair ZX81/Spectrum but mainly the comprehensive and very educational manuals which came with them. So, why was the idea of the accompanying educational material dropped?
Eben: This is partly a resourcing issue (we're only just able to develop the hardware and get it out of the door), and partly a realization that other people can do this much better than we can. Almost any generic Linux programming tutorial should apply to Raspberry Pi. In time perhaps we can bundle some of the best ones on the device to give people a leg up when they start; we're already planning to do this with the excellent NeHe OpenGL ES tutorials.
We need to bear in mind how much easier it is to get access to educational material now than it was in the 1980s. I remember spending months trying to dig up information about Bresenham's algorithm (ironically to write an Elite clone on the BBC Micro – I hope David isn't reading this), when now you can just Google it. Access to online tutorials is one of the reasons we decided to do a Model B with a bundled Ethernet adapter.


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I grew up in a rental area, and have dealt with this many times. If it is someone whose unit/apartment number you know, go to their door while the alarm is going off, and ask them to turn it off. It's a pain in the derrière, but it works. If that isn't an option, I have had success with notes along these lines:Dear owner of this vehicle,You may be unaware, but your car alarm goes off X times per week between the hours of 00h00 and 05h00 (or whatever). This of course disturbs your neighbours greatly. Please see to this, as it is disruptive for all in the area.Where I used to live, car alarms did constitute noise violations after 23h00, and unfortunately the police did have to get involved with a few repeat offenders. TaurusGirl
Car alarms can be set for varying levels of sensitivity. It sounds like the car in question needs to be turned down one notch.We had a similar, slightly worse, situation some years back when a new renter of a house across the street had his car alarm set to the lowest possible sensitiity. An airplane going overhead could set it off and we live near an airport. That alarm went off at least 3 times a night every single night and it would take a couple of minutes for the owner to turn it off. After about 3 weeks, during which various neighbors talked nicely to him about the probalm, I left a note on the car which said, "If you don't turn down the sensitivity on your car's alarm I am going to give it a good reason to go off." We never heard the alarm again.I'm not necesarily recommending that approach unless the situation gets desperate. I believe the wording provided by others such as Camlan and TaurusGirl are a better way to start out.
People still have car alarms? Wow. I thought those went out in 1987.
Quote from: Pregnesia on February 04, 2013, 01:56:19 PMPeople still have car alarms? Wow. I thought those went out in 1987.Car alarms are still common. In fact, when I recently got auto insurance I had to prove that I had a car alarm.
Quote from: Pregnesia on February 04, 2013, 01:56:19 PMPeople still have car alarms? Wow. I thought those went out in 1987.Ha! Yeah, I don't think they've ever even alerted anyone to a theft, because they go off pointlessly so often that in the event of a real theft, I think people would just go right on ignoring them!
Or you could try contacting the management of the building--just because you don't live there doesn't mean you can't try to resolve this through their management.
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You make some good points, and I'm sure you do work hard to present a nice wine program. As for me, I almost always bring my own bottle, for two reasons really. The first is that I refuse to pay a 300% markup on any wine. I'm not saying your establishment does this, but it's a common trend in my area. For example, in Palm Desert this past weekend, I saw an '07 Harlan on a list for $2700. Before someone says, "Well, people that drink Harlan don't care about the price..." Whatever. BS. That's a blatant attempt to screw over a customer, plain & simple. And that Mollydooker at $25 you were talking about would command a $100 bill in a lot of places. As others have said, I have no problem with a restaurant making a profit. But, when price gouging is so obvious, I'm looking at other options (or drinking beer).
Second, many people that choose to bring their own already know what they like & want. I don't feel the need to fumble with a list, knowing that I have a collection of perfectly good stuff back home. With that, I will usually browse a list anyways, and often purchase a glass or split while my wine decants. Doing that, my corkage has been waived a number of times. As a customer, that is highly appreciated, and keeps me coming back.
I usually only BYOB when I have a specific wine I want to drink/share that won't be on the list. 9 times out of 10 I will already know what I'm going to eat at the restaurant and have tailored the wine to that.
Often quite frankly I would rather a restaurant by BYOB only (as in no house wine sales). Charge more for the food and have no corkage. You don't get that in many places but they have been some of the best restaurant meals. Bring a bunch of wine, maybe pay $25 a head more for the food but save $25-50 a head on corkage.
it's tricky... I BYOB 9 out of 10. If I'm going to a restaurant with a truly unique and special list, I rarely take my own wine. If I'm going somewhere new, I review the list prior to having them open the bottle I brought.
The other night I called a small restaurant in advance to make a res, and I asked about corkage. The owner / chef answered the phone and told me "corkage is $20, but pleeeeeease don't bring your own wine. i promise you'll love my list! I work so hard on it, it's all very small production, mom and pop wine that's very unique". Needless to say, I didn't bring my own wine, and really enjoyed her list. I won't ever BYOB to that restaurant, unless there's something really cool that I want the chef to try.
Most restaurants, though, have wine lists that scream "i'm an asshole". Run-of-the-mill wines, at 300% of SRP. I want one person to explain to me why anyone with even a modicum of wine knowledge, should buy from those lists.
Totally agree and this is what they do in Montreal, which is one of my favourite things about the scene there IMO.
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Here, to allow BYOB a restaurant must have a liquor license. As the case is, from what I understand, most of the profit comes from beer and mixed drinks. The Wine List is typically looked upon as a convienence for the customer or to add to the overall experience. Ron seems to imply that restaurants should keep glassware for customers that might walk in with their own wines, but not for anything they might sell!
A most of the restaurants here, the markup appears to be 2-3x for wines under $20 retail, but normally only 1.25-1.5x for wines over $50 retail. Both of which is less than the mark-up for coffee, sodas, or ice tea.
Wine lists appear to be hard and some drop them, along with the stemware. If the clientel at the great local Italian eatery will not pay over $15 for a bottle of wine, there soon is no wine sold and no corkage allowed. If one doubles the price they often get the same answer. They are not going to keep a Barolo or a BdM setting around for the occasional buyer to take one once a year. If an establishment only sells 8-10 bottles of wine per night with 1.5 mark-up yielding $50 gross profit/night on the program is it worth the effort?
I understand your points, but I don't necessarily agree with your assessment of the situation. Yes, as a standard mark-up, most places will start around 300% and that's the mark-up over wholesale, not SRP, as I've seen mentioned by others. Now, the lower priced bottles may have a margin that goes over 300%, but generally, the higher priced items often have a lesser mark-up, say around 250% or even lower, the reasoning usually being that, though the margin of profit is lower, the generation of revenue coming into the biz is greater. The only exception I've seen is if we're talking about wines on which the current market value may vary...e.g., very sought after older vintage wines or rare/cult wines....and that's just the principles of a market economy at work on those. Now again, I understand what you're saying about mark-ups, but I just don't think we should overstate the case--I have never seen a situation where a run-of-the-mill, $25 RETAIL wine is marked-up 400% over RETAIL on a list. I spend a lot of time looking at wine lists from other places to assess their pricing structure.
But again, you got good stuff at home that you want to enjoy...you should have the ability to do that and that should be supported.
I'm gonna go ahead and have to disagree with you on this one.
I'll add my , from Toronto:
- Our restaurants have ample direct purchase and "private import" options from our state monopoly, the LCBO. They can also buy direct from the many Agencies that import into Ontario. So they have sufficient choice to build a wine list. No excuses there.
- Despite this choice, many restaurants make poor selections in terms of QPR. Assuming a 2 to 3x markup, many are selecting wines that of significantly subpar quality at too high cost and end price. So so many times, I wonder whether the restaurant even tastes the wines they sell. So so many times, I wonder, why in heck did you ever put this wine (and in fact many of your wines) on your wine list. So many times,I struggle to find a wine that is decent (or even fit to drink), but not wildly over priced. It's as if these restaurants either don't know, don't care or don't make the effort.
- Yet I may like their cusuine, atmosphere and/or service, and so BYOB (if possible) or just put up with yet another subpar wine.
- If restaurants would actually make an effort to assemble a wine list offering good QPR at a variety of price points, and also offered good QPR in cuisine/service/decor, then I would beat a path to their door, and support them.
- If reality is that restaurant wine sales do not make money, then they should atleast use their wine list as a selling point, to bring in patrons and create demand for their main business lines.
- And offering both a decent wine list (at sufficient but not unduly inflated prices) and BYOB can create a compelling value proposition for patrons to dine at your establishment and perhaps even pay a premium for the cuisine. If and only if the restaurant actually makes an effort to market that value proposition.
- If a restaurant truly offers good wine QPR and choice at varying price points, they could charge a higher corkage fee (say $30 or $35, rather than $25 or $30). The message could/would be: we have a fantastic wine list with lots of QPR wines at all price points. We want you to try them. Don't expect or plan to save money by bringing your own. Do bring your own, if you have something special that we don't have, but be prepared to pay a suffucient BYOB charge to offset our costs of maintaining a great wine list and stemware / decanter service.
- where oh where are our local wine consultants, to help our restaurants design and build their wine lists / cellars? Or perhaps they just can't afford them.
Enough ranting.
You restauranteurs out there. Don't be defensive. Rather, think, how can we use our wine list, to optimize client satisfaction and thereby revenues,
Just my
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BYO is not allowed in Michigan, so I rarely get to enjoy the benefits of that practice. Unfortunately, I am forced to choose from one of the following options:
A) Order off the provided wine list
B) not have any wine with my meal
C) not even go out to eat in the first place.
More often than not, I simply chose to eat at home. If I am eating out, I will often not order any wine, because either the choices are lousy, or the prices are just undigestible, or (most often) both. Restauranteurs, where is your profit in that???
There is maybe one restaurant in Saginaw that I will actually look forward to ordering wine from the list because they have a decent list of interesting choices AND the prices are somewhat reasonable (generally less than 2x street retail), and the food is usually quite good.
I really don't understand why a restaurant needs to mark up wines so much. I've never been in the business, so maybe I'm completely out in left field, but it seems like you would sell so much more wine if it wasn't marked up so steeply. I can understand pricing a wine that costs $10 wholesale at $25 or $30. You've got to pay for the costs of acquisition, storage, service, stemware, etc. I totally get that. If you marked a bottle that cost $50 wholesale at $75, I would very likely buy it, and you just made $5 more than you did with the $10 bottle (which I was unlikely to buy anyway). But if you use your stupid "300% of wholesale" formula, and list the $50 wine at $150, it's a total pass for me, and you've completely missed a chance to make a sale.
No thanks, I'll just have water with that.
Kind of both. If I have an older bottle, I usually didn't buy it in the current market. I don't want to pay the full retail mark up in any case, much less for something with some age. I have a bottle that I paid $15 for and I have to pay someone $90?
I think the restaurants offer a combination of food+beverage prices that enables them to stay in business, with little margin. It doesnt't matter wether the bill says: food 70$ + beverage 90$ or food 120$ + beverage 40$, the result is the same, but then no one would enter into a reastaurant that has such high prices for the food. You can't expect the restaurants to lower their prices below costs, if they lowered the price on their wines, they'd have to raise the price on their food.
The better solution is: keep the food prices low, so that many potential customers could afford it an then let anyone choose a beverage according to his/her pocket. Make your margin on the beverages instead on the food. That's the way it is.
There is nothing in our intelligence that has not passed by the senses. (Aristoteles)
i think you are saying
"Let me worry about carrying massive amounts of inventory to keep up witht he lower profit margins and higher turnover rates"
or "Let me lower my profit margins so that I can try and turnover more people"
or quite simply
"Let me work harder for less profit"
most restuarnats in ny nowadays should know exactly what's selling and what's not at certain price points and have various metrics that pinpoint how they should price.
the simpler solution to me would be to drop the wine that's not selling and caryr something else where you can maintain margins.
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As I understand it, BYOW in Ontario is an endorsement or addition to the license to sell liquor as provided in the Liquor License Act.
The endorsement permits patrons to bring unopened bottles of commercially made wine to the restaurant for their own consumption. The wine must have its original manufacturer´s seal intact when presented to the employee of the licensed establishment for opening.
Thus your "workaround" home-made seal is a violation and the restaurant would be legally correct to reject that bottle. In practice, unless it's patently obvious, restaurants will probably let it go, especially if you're a regular patron.
Fine! I'll buy a cork press. If ever challenged (about .001% likely) the restaurant can then say that it looked liked a commecial seal to them.
I will simply not cater to this yet another piece of Province of Ontario goverment wine regulation idiocy!This message has been edited. Last edited by: jhcwine,
I have enjoyed great health at a great age because everyday since I can remember I have consumed a bottle of wine except when I have not felt well. Then I have consumed two bottles. - Bishop of Seville
Where did I say "you should work harder for less profit"? If that's your attitude, then why on earth should anyone bother to patronize your establishment? If your restaurant is busy and profitable, then by all means, do what you are doing. Why on earth would you want another customer like me? All I do is spend money on food, tip generously, and try to be pleasant to to wait staff.
If this is truly the case--that every restaurant has done a thorough market analysis and determined that 300% over wholesale is the only profitable way to sell wine, then so be it. As I said, I'll just stay home. But something tells me that the vast majority choose that price point because "that's just how it has always been done". If I'm wrong, then please explain why certain restaurants can offer 1/2-off promos for wine during slow times such as Tuesdays or before 5:30, and why anyone would even bother to offer corkage.
I think also that there is probably a different perspective between a busy Manhattan restaurant and the rest of the world.
Redhawk, just move to Illinois. Our winters are even a little nicer.
I don't know Manhattan but a number of places in SoCal had success by lowering wine prices to retail, they sell more wine than ever and fill their chairs.
I dont' think this has as much to do with market analysis as it has to do with how the restaurant determines it's internal pricing structure to be sufficiently profitable.
There was a thread a long time ago (I think not on this board but in the eRP forum when it was public) where a few restaurant owners were debating on food and wine pricing models. Some restaurant owners argued that while they agree that margins on wine are exorbitantly high, it served to subsidize food costs which brings in more customers. Others argued that this wine-subsidizing-food pricing model was risky and not sustainable in the long run. There was no consensus and no right answer.
Your winters are definitely not nicer. Last week when the cold front rolled in and the wind was blowing--- that was friggin' COLD!!!
My thoughts exactly.
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Placing third for Tecumseh were Drake Vandenberg in the 800 meters (2:06.84) and the 4x200 relay (1:34.3). Taking fourths were Mitch Meger in the 200 dash (24.13), Vandenberg in the 400 (54.67), the 4x400 relay (3:36.33), RJ Walch in the shot put (43-101⁄2) and Nick Schnur in the pole vault (13-6).
Adrian's girls team picked up a gold-medal performance from Hannah Bible in the 400 meter dash as she crossed the finish line in 59.66. A second place for the Maples was recorded by Alicia Medrano in the 800 meters (2:26.85) while Medrano also took a third in the 1,600 (5:33.03) and Sam Merritt tied for third in the high jump (4-8). Fourths went to Bible in the 200 (27.61), Emma Dempsey in the 3,200 (12:22.21) and the 4x200 relay (1:51.67).
Tecumseh crowned an SEC White Division champion when Diamond Tirado won the shot put with a put of 30-1. Placing third for the Indians were Nicole Lipnichan in the 300 hurdles (49.78), Tirado in the discus (88-9) and the 4x400 relay (4:35.56). Tecumseh fourths came from Katie Kasper in the 800 meters (2:28.26), Nicole Cote in the 100 hurdles (18.05) and the 4x800 relay (11:47.4).
Adrian boys track team 3rd in SEC White meet
Adrian and Tecumseh High Schools sent their boys and girls track teams to Ypsilanti Lincoln on Friday hoping for a good showing at the Southeastern Conference White Division championships.


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State has potential for 1,000 new port jobs, panel finds
Two words – container port – don't appear in the six major findings and recommendations of a Joint Legislative Commission that has spent nearly three years on the study of Rhode Island ports.
But while a container port – the failed economic development proposal of former Gov. Donald Carcieri – is not mentioned, the commission concluded there are opportunities to expand the maritime industry that presently employs more than 3,600 people and generates more than $320 million annually in economic activity. And to do that, the commission co-chaired by Senator William Walaska and Representative Deborah Ruggiero identified a "recurring theme" for the need "for enhanced coordination and greater cooperation among all governmental and non-governmental port facility stake holders."
The commission found that with proper development, opportunities offered by the state's ports could result in 1,000 new jobs, $70 million in personal income, $127 million in business revenue and $8.1 million in state and local tax revenues in the near future.
That had the attention of General Assembly leaders.
Referencing the additional jobs that were the subject of a report last year, Senate President M. Theresa Paiva Weed said, "This is very exciting in itself, yet it's just a piece of what we hope to achieve. Maritime economic development is about maintaining the infrastructure and assets that are in place, which are considerable."
House Speaker Gordon Fox called maritime industries extremely important, adding "every move we make is about jobs."
All it takes is a look at a map to see what has some commission members excited.
Walaska noted that produce going to Wal-Mart distribution centers in Utica and Syracuse, N.Y., comes into ports other than Rhode Island even though Ocean State ports are closer.
In an interview prior to the commission's unanimous approval of the report Tuesday evening, Walaska stressed the importance of retaining the commercial designation of existing waterways so as not to restrict future development, an ombudsman for ports and the marketing of the state's maritime asserts. He said that during its study, the commission found cooperation lacking between the Ports of Providence and Davisville, even at the risk of losing federal grants and potential customers. He noted that to the commission's amazement, they found Rhode Island had been overlooked in a map of ports capable of accommodating barges or "short sea shipping."
The report concludes "it is extremely important" that the U.S. Maritime Administration, in developing its marine highway initiative, put the ports of Rhode Island on the map and recommends legislative support of a petition to the U.S. Department of Transportation to accomplish that.
That finding has some industry representatives perplexed as the Port of Davisville is defined on maps and, in fact, was the recipient of a $22 million federal grant about two years ago.
Those funds are being used to acquire a crane to be delivered later this year from Europe, according to David Preston, spokesperson for the Quonset Development Corporation. The crane will enable the port to offload containers from short sea barges. It offers the potential for the port to handle 22,000 containers annually, said Preston.
The commission also looked into dredging, discovering that Davisville has never received federal funds for dredging, thereby exempting it from payment of Harbor Maintenance Taxes and giving it a "substantial competitive advantage" over all other East Coast ports. The commission found the absence of the tax was a major factor in VW of North America's decision to relocate from Boston to Davisville about nine years ago. The absence of the tax saves $31.25 on every $25,000 vehicle brought in through the port. Davisville is the eighth largest port in the country for the import of motor vehicles. It is recommended that dredging be done at Davisville, but that the work is undertaken by the state so that the port can maintain its tax-exempt status.
Walaska underscored the need for the state to be proactive about dredging and prepared to dispose of dredge spoils. Presently, spoils not suitable for beach replenishment and other land uses, or for offshore disposal, are deposited in the Providence River in cells. The cells are created by removing the upper layers of contaminated riverbed, and then scooping away the "clean" earth to create a submarine hole called a CAD [confined aquatic disposal] cell. The cell is then filled with spoils that can't be disposed of by other methods. The existing cells are close to being filled and Walaska said it's time to get prepared for the future.
Major recommendations of the report are:
-- That the commission's efforts become an integral part of the governor's and Economic Development Corporation's agenda through the creation of a Governor's Port Economic Policy Ombudsperson charged with port economic policy implementation so that the state can move forward toward creating more than 1,000 new maritime related jobs.
-- It is critical to address the lack of coordination between various governmental and non-governmental stakeholders with respect to marketing and infrastructure development of the state's ports, related facilities and maritime trade.
-- Development of a "Marine Highway System" hub(s) in Rhode Island in partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation.
-- Explore public/private partnership opportunities to further infrastructure investment and business development of Davisville.
-- Formulation and execution of a non-federal funding dredging project for Davisville, as well as funding for the permitting of new CAD cell sites in the Providence River.
-- Revision of Rhode Island's Statewide Master Guide Plan in order to specifically identify and maintain vital water dependent commercial operations and ensure the viability of Rhode Island's marine economy.
The commission said that during the past six decades, the state's port and marine activity had fallen well behind others along the Atlantic coast. The commission projects that full development in several identified areas – auto import/export, offshore wind farms, container feeder and break bulk – could result in significant growth in new jobs and business and state/local tax revenue.


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Have been in Germany for the past couple of weeks drinking lots of wine with the family, much of it interesting in its own curious way but not particularly memorable. However these two bottles from the past two days have stood out.
The 2008 Juliusspital Würzburger Stein Riesling Spätlese Trocken GG was a glorious bottle of firm ripe rippling verdant riesling stalk with such clear definition and cut. It was brilliant with a chanterelle quiche and kept me happy all night. Please buy more for my next visit!
2009 Bergdolt Buntsandstein Ruppertsberg Riesling Kabinett Trocken was another winner that was surprisingly open for 2009 (at least given my expectations). Such nice fruit and such nice tingly structure. I had tasted Bergoldt weissbugunders and spatburgunders before, but this gave me so much pleasure I rushed out and bought some older-vintage (2002) Bergdolt riesling to see how it ages.


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In January of 2013, Luke Pomersbach finally looked like he'd put it all together. His cricketing El Dorado turned out to be in Darren Lehmann's Queensland and he was duly whirring his bat like a lightsaber.
After a career that shunted along in between varying off-field indiscretions, most of them fuelled by alcohol, the production on the scoreboard was finally reflecting the latent talent. At the tender age of 28, Pomersbach had surfaced for good.
That very month, he had walloped the Melbourne Renegades for 112 off 70 balls, sending them careening out of the BBL finals and helping the Heat motor towards the decider. Just days earlier, he'd whacked Hobart for 82 off 42 balls in another display of raw power and finesse.
Perhaps a second chance in the Australian side beckoned, after he was famously pulled from the WACA crowd to take the place of an injured Brad Hodge in a T20 international against New Zealand. He was held in such regard that in 2008 Pomersbach was the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year.
Looks can be deceiving. Pomersbach knows that better than anybody. The bountiful summer of 2013 was a world away on Thursday as the gifted left-hander made the painful call to walk away from the game and focus on his long-running battle with depression.
Word began to spread early in the morning before Queensland Cricket made it official, saying Pomersbach, the 2012-13 Big Bash Player of the Year, had decided to stand down from all forms of cricket in an effort to beat mental illness.
The news was jarring for his coach and teammates at Albion, but it wasn't a complete shock. Pomersbach had been working with Queensland Cricket and the Australian Cricketer's Association for some time before deciding it was time to make a clean break from the sport.
"It's a tough one," said Bulls coach Stuart Law. "The welfare of the player is first and foremost. With what Luke is battling at the moment, hopefully he has made the right decision to make sure he gets the right treatment and go on and live a very full life.
"Cricket has been a massive part of his life but his health comes first. We're all hoping he makes a full recovery."
Cricket has only been part of the Pomersbach story, with his drama off the field commanding the weight of headlines. The WACA suspended him four times and he narrowly missed a jail sentence in 2009, when he was charged with assaulting a police officer after being arrested for drink driving.
Two years later, after earning a contract in the lucrative Indian Premier League, there was more drama, this time an assault charge that didn't make it to court after the alleged victim withdrew the complaint following a settlement.
None of that seemed to matter as Pomersbach settled into life in Brisbane after coming to Queensland in 2011 to play club cricket. Lehmann had found the key to a cricketing sports car and T20 provided the perfect forum for his explosive stylings.
In the background, ongoing personal issues shadowed his every move, eventually forcing his hand.
Law, the former Bulls great, lauded Pomersbach for having the courage to make such a definitive decision, saying depression and mental illness deserved to be spoken about and dealt with candidly and honestly.
"I think it's an exceptional step forward for Luke. When someone does have a problem like this, the first step is owning up and making sure that you understand you do have a problem. The next step towards recovery for him is hopefully not too far away," Law said.
"It's not just cricket, it happens in all walks of life. As a society, we have to look at it and talk about it because it is creeping in more and more. Now that we know more about it and are more educated, hopefully we can stop people getting to the stage where they do feel this pressure."
Pomersbach, now 29, has been close to Law and thanked him for his help as he arrived at the decision to retire from the game.
"I really appreciate all the help and support that I have received from Queensland Cricket over the past three years and especially over the past couple of months leading up to this difficult decision to leave professional cricket so that I can put all my efforts into getting better and making a full recovery," he said in a statement.
"In particular, I would sincerely like to thank Stuart Law and the coaching staff as well as my Bulls and Heat teammates for all the things they have done for me during this difficult time."
The ACA has also been working with Pomersbach to ensure he remains supported now he has left the game.
"We applaud Luke's decision to prioritise his health over his cricket and will continue to assist and support him as he deals with these difficult personal issues," said CEO Paul Marsh.


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Single tickets to the Ferguson Center for the Arts' 2013-2014 season go on sale to the general public Thursday, July 18.
Last month, the center announced a lineup of more than 40 shows plus a new distinguished speaker series. The artists coming to town range from rockers like ZZ Top and Joan Jett to big names in country, blues, jazz, R&B and world music. The eclectic list includes comedians Lewis Black and Whoopi Goldberg, Buddy Valastro "The Cake Boss," and a number of outstanding holiday performances. Lovers of the classical arts can enjoy concerts by international orchestras and dance companies as well as several Broadway shows.


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INTEREST rate cuts are losing their power to stimulate the property market, with concerns about the economy, affordability and the refusal of banks to pass on the full savings blunting their effectiveness, industry experts say.
Despite the Reserve Bank slashing the cash rate six times in little more than a year, demand from home buyers remains weak and house prices have ended the year in the red.
Australian home values fell for the second year in a row in 2012, marking the worst performance for the national market in 16 years.
The 0.4 per cent decline has come on the back of a 3.8 per cent fall the previous year, according to analysts RP Data-Rismark.
"Normally this far into an easing cycle things should be running quite a lot stronger than they are," said Shane Oliver, chief economist for AMP Capital Investors.
"Every time interest rates have been cut over the last 20 to 30 years there has been a response in the housing sector. We haven't seen the same response this time."
Housing finance commitments have increased only 4 per cent since the RBA began cutting the interest rate last year and demand remains below the level seen during the high-interest-rate period before the global financial crisis, according to the Bureau of Statistics.
Transaction volumes and auction clearance rates are also running below historic norms, although they have shown a moderate rebound in Melbourne and Sydney over the spring.
Meanwhile, the Housing Industry Association reports the new homes market has fallen back into recessionary conditions.
"I think you have to face the fact that evidence of a recovery lurking around the corner is somewhat short of compelling at the moment," HIA economist Harley Dale said.
Industry experts point out that while the RBA has cut the cash rate to a GFC-era low of just 3 per cent, mortgage lending rates remain significantly higher.
In April 2009 a standard variable-rate home loan was available at 5.75 per cent. Today, the rate is set at about 6.45 per cent.
Pleading higher funding costs, lenders have increased the margin between the cash rate and lending rate from about 1.8 percentage points before the GFC to 3.45 percentage points now.
"We've only just got to a point where bank lending rates may stimulate growth," Mr Oliver said. "I think we need at least to see the standard variable rate to fall to 6 per cent, which means the discounted rates available need to fall towards 5 per cent."
Other analysts warn more rate cuts by the RBA would run the risk of further damaging confidence in the economy.
"I think people are aware that lower interest rates may make servicing your mortgage cheaper but they aren't necessarily reflective of good economic conditions," said Cameron Kusher, an analyst with RP Data.
"There's just a general feeling of risk aversion out there at the moment. People don't know where to put their money so they think the safety of the bank is the best place.
"Interest rates certainly aren't effective as they have been in the past."
But estate agents insist the rate cuts are already luring home buyers back into the market.
"Inquiry for us has been up 30 to 40 per cent and we expect that to increase," said Paul Castran, of Melbourne-based agency Castran Gilbert. "The market today is very similar to how it was in 2008-09. It's almost a parallel."
Cheap credit and generous first home owner grants saw house prices soar more than 30 per cent in some capital cities in 2009-10.
With prices down only 5 per cent to 10 per cent from their peak, affordability remains a concern.
Andrew Wilson, chief economist with Australian Property Monitors, said these big price rises and the lack of similar stimulus measures meant it was unlikely the same experience would be repeated.
"Buyers are always encouraged and confidence lifts if finance is cheaper but that's not the driving force," he said. "What we need is a prolonged period of economic growth that's flowing through to the whole economy. Instead, we have a patchy outlook in terms of our economic future."
A recent report by RP Data found it was cheaper to buy than rent in only about 9 per cent of the nation's suburbs and towns.
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Yeah, we all kinda new there'd be an anime original ending but it's was better than most of us were expecting. I'm hoping that the anime grabbed the attention of a lot of people (if it weren't for the anime, i'd never have looked into the manga) and help boost its popularity.
I'm wondering what Imai Kami thought of the anime in general. Guess maybe in one of these Ultra Jumps (or his website) he'll talk about it some. And there could always be a movie adaptation later on depending on how much popularity it gains.
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hmm the anime doesnt apeal to me that much anymore sure its fun to see animated characters from manga. didnt you guys think it looked to much like ...pokemon at the end...
I mean Cruz said what all the *pokemon* needed to do and defeat team Simeon .... for real it wasnt all that great.
Only thing i liked was how Aruka found out the hard way she was following the wrong God. Thats about it.
About the manga didnt the translaters say the translator went for thanksgiving. Id expect a next release somewhere around 10 january. Were realy much dependable on a few people that work on it. And about the popularity of Needless.... 6 years of manga says more then enough.
There are literaly 100s of mangakas out there jumping up and down for spots in magazines and he got one for 6 years already so dont worry bout popularity :P
But i recon its not popular for pre-teens since its adult orientated. So it doesnt have the merch suport other series like FMA, Hitman Reborn, Naruto etc etc.
Fans will have to do with Dvd extras for merch thats about it ^^
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that, and it's a monthly series... it's a lot harder for a monthly series to bite the bullet than it is for all the series that come out weekly because they don't have to worry about a ratings poll
and my final comment on the anime is, it could've ended better, but it also could've ended a lot worse... at least we get the next chapter in a few days (and if only more were scanlated...)
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I don't think the anime ending was bad. Well, Yamada getting a Fragment and the very last scene were bad, but, in general, I'd say it didn't feel out of place. In fact, I think anyone who's not familiar with the manga would probably be okay with it.
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They did keep with it for the most part fairly well and the alterations seem like an alright possible alternate storyline.
I wondered how they originally were going to end it when they had first planned to only do 13 episodes...
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if you mean in the manga its: whats been guessed at and debated for more than half this forum (status unknown)
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In the manga he dont have a fragment we know off
Its possible his inteligence as mentioned in the anime is part of his fragment. Also some of the anime ending prolly is discussed with Imai. So its not impossible some of it will be seen in a different form lateron in the manga.
Yet the setting will be different.
Like i said earlier Aruka in the anime asked Arclight if he is God or something now. And he seems to answer hes better or something, clearly he said something blasfemous. So he betrayed her faith, im sure something like that will happen in the manga as well since shes a religious fanatic serving the 2nd/God.
Her fanatical beliefs simply have to fall some day, now they did it in the anime already and added her to the good side after that but i doubt she would join the good side that easily in the manga.
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hmm well you do know that 1 chapter where she explains Cruz about the 2nd and shes praying, so as far as her character assets they remained the same for both anime and manga.
For some character assets with Arclight, Cruz & the killer girls they are debatable since some things simply dont show in their character. Like how easily they all drop arclight whilst for Aruka it seems to be a faith decision.
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Traditional hours for youngsters to go door-to-door for Trick or Treating on Halloween will be 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31.
The date and times have been in place for a number of years in and are ongoing policy of Toledo and Tama city councils.
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Halloween is one of the most exciting holidays for children because they can dress up in elaborate costumes and act out of character. However, as the sun goes down and trick-or-treaters start roaming the streets of your neighborhood, there are several things to worry about as a parent or guardian. Potentially hazardous costumes or accessories, tainted candy and crossing the street at night without supervision are only a few concerns that should be addressed prior to a child leaving the house.
Children ages 5-14 are four times more likely to be killed while walking on Halloween evening compared with other evenings of the year. Falls are the leading cause of injuries among children on Halloween. Halloween is a fun time for children, but it also is an important time to be extra vigilant for possible safety hazards-so that your children have a fun and safe Halloween.
Avoid costumes with excessive flowing fabric, such as capes or sleeves. Loose clothing can easily brush up against a jack-o-lantern or other open flame, causing your child's costume to catch on fire.
Make sure your child's costume fits properly. Oversized costumes and footwear, such as clown or adult shoes, can cause your child to trip and fall, bringing them home with more scrapes and bruises than candy. Avoid wearing hats that will slide over their eyes.
Accessorize with flexible props, such as rubber swords or knives. Inflexible props can cause serious injury in case of a fall.
Apply face paint or cosmetics directly to the face, and make sure it is non-toxic and hypoallergenic. A loose-fitting mask can obstruct a child's vision. If a mask is worn, be certain it fits securely. Cut the eyeholes large enough for full vision.
If possible, choose a brightly colored costume that drivers can spot easily. If not, decorate his costume with reflective tape and stickers.
Always supervise children under the age of 13. Older children should trick-or-treat in a group, and a curfew should be established for them. Attach the name, address and phone number (including area code) of children under age 13 to their clothes in case they get separated from adults. Have each child carry a cell phone or some loose change in case they need to call home or get lost.
Children should only go to well-lit houses and remain on the porch within street view. Teach your child to cross the street only at crosswalks or intersections. Make sure he understands never to cross between parked cars and to always look both ways before crossing. Remind your child to stay on the sidewalk, if possible, and to walk facing traffic. Children should walk, not run, and avoid using shortcuts across backyards or alleys. Use flashlights when trick-or-treating in the dark.