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Why spend time building something up when some capricious law is just going to tear it down or otherwise gimp it? Well, under this declaration, you know nothing is coming down the pike for the next 2 years.
Will it help net neutrality, or will it be more designed to favor corporate profiteering and plundering at the public's expense?
Some from column A, some from column B. It would make it harder for the government to directly interfere in various ways, but would also make it harder for the government to enforce any kind of utility-style fair-access or net-neutrality rules (since those would be "regulations").
Do you mean net neutrality, or 'Net Neutrality'? One is TCP/IP's 'fight for your life' fair approach, while the other is a political movement that undermines the internet while appearing to serve it, in much the same way that any bill making its way through Congress can be understood by taking the negation of its name.
It's just a typo. The actual name is "Net Neuterality".
Darrell Issa strongly opposes net neutrality [theverge.com], with a Republican platform that supports some ironic thing called "internet freedom" [theverge.com]. Last year, Issa ripped into FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski [pcworld.com] at a Congressional hearing, accusing him of doing Obama's bidding regarding net neutrality (wtf?).
In short, Issa is a conservative Republican who has been on a mission to destroy net neutrality.
There's your answer. And this is what I was worried about. Locking down the rules with and without net neutrality are two very different things, and I wouldn't want to lock them down without.
It doesn't matter anyway. Such a law as proposed is nothing more than farce; mere Kabuki Theatre. Congress does not have the power to bind its own hands.
I still would rather have Congress and the FCC do nothing to change the net, then have them "do something."
The FCC is especially dangerous. Look at how much they cater to the mobile companies' desires. Do we really want the determining what 'Net Neutrality' means.
You'd prefer to have the companies themselves determining what 'Net Neutrality' means? That is the other option.
When you look at what the government is looking to require them to do in the name of "security" it may be the better option...
I still would rather have Congress and the FCC do nothing to change the net, then have them "do something."
Darryl Issa, the sponsor this year of H.R. 3782: "Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act", isn't interested in Congress doing nothing to change the net. Even if he happens right now to be making an empty, symbolic gesture in that direction.
The FCC is especially dangerous. Look at how much they cater to the mobile companies' desires.
So much that every actual mobile operator is oppos
Darrell Issa strongly opposes net neutrality [theverge.com], with a Republican platform that supports some ironic thing called "internet freedom" [theverge.com]. Last year, Issa ripped into FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski [pcworld.com] at a Congressional hearing, accusing him of doing Obama's bidding regarding net neutrality (wtf?).
Well, if Issa's bill wasn't an ineffective, substance-free gesture, and actually could magically prevent Congress from being able to pass legislation effecting the internet, it
As net neutrality, from Congress, would be a new law, this would block net neutrality. And that's 100% of its purpose.
As net neutrality, from Congress, would be a new law, this would block net neutrality. And that's 100% of its purpose.
Moderation of parent needed. +1, Insightful.
There is already legislation AGAINST Net Neutrality so this would block any legislation repealing net neutrality and a host of other laws (unconstitutional searches, wiretapping, DMCA,
It would probably be more helpful than hurtful if all bills had a 2 year waiting period before they can be passed. Sure some bad stuff would happen when we occasionally need something to be done quickly but it would give the people ample time to react to any bad bills like SOPA or The Patriot Act.
It pains me to insert a negative vibe, but I have no confidence whatsoever that this would do any good at all. I don't even think writing sunset provisions into laws would do any good. The federal government is in full runaway mode with no rescue in sight.
So long as there are accompanying moratoria on new copyright bills, perhaps the
/. crowd can get behind it.
Not me. We all need at least one new copyright bill: add an exemption to DMCA's anti-circumvention prohibition (and the associated manufacture/sale/etc part), to legalize non-copyright-infringing uses.
Users need it, hardware and software industry needs it, and even the entertainment industry needs it (to increase media sales).
Actually we need the whole anti-circumvention garbage totally repealed,
Until you realize that this will also put a moratorium on things like privacy laws, as well as put a hold on any action regarding things like bandwidth caps, net neutrality, and copyright enforcement legislation. That may be good or bad, depending on how we're represented, but I'd rather have the debate in congress, rather than have them be forced to sit idly by while the incumbents go unchecked.
The Corruptman in question is against Net Neutrality. To force net neutrality, laws are needed. This guy wants to stop that. He wants unbridled and unchecked market forces to regulate the Internet.
We know who the market it is, HINT: it ain't you and we know the market wants to destroy net neutrality. This corruptman isn't proposing a freeze, he is proposing government do nothing while business gets to do everything it wants.
If you want to see if this is a good idea, fellow republican corruptmen forced the
The Net Neutrality laws that have been proposed is just allowing three unelected FCC officals to determine what is allowed and what is not. Those three will be unanswerable to the people or Congress, it will basically put the internet under complete control of the executive branch to put in place any regulations they feel is needed.
What you think of net neutrality is great, but I have yet to see any law proposed that promotes that. They just cleverly use the same name and assume you won't actually read wh
The donations to him from tech companies such as Google, who have an interest in an open Internet, are far more than donations from the telcos.
Yeah, those are coming right up (sarc).
The idea of a moratorium is great, seemingly opposed only by people who don't like Issa (who is admittedly anti net neut).
We have seen only the opposite of that proposed by Congress. Do you really think that the progressive democrats are about to suddenly start down your path (even though they haven't yet) and Issa is trying to beat them to it?
Well, internet crusaders need to figure out what the HELL they want.
You cannot invite the government to be involved in every aspect of your life that you WANT them to, and then expect them to politely stay out of the bits you DON'T want them involved in. To expect anything else is at the very least naive.
As famously said "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. "
They cry about their precious "Net Neutrality" even as this bill unconditionally outlaws...
1) Data retention mandates.
2) New surveillance powers, claims, etc.
3) Any new intelligence community moves into further "securing the net" (think about that recent controversy over the NSA secretly claiming to "invade private networks")
4) New powers to seize domain names or any thing else Hollywood wants
Yeah, what a trade off. Give me some of that DoJDHSDoD Internet love any day so long as Verizon has to be 100% "fair and neutral..."
The trouble is, without net neutrality, we still get to live under the same spying, overbearing, over-regulating regimes, it's just that this regime happens to be a corporation instead of the government. At least we get to vote on the government.
The major ISPs have no desire to actually "spy on you." The worst they may do is run analytics on you to target advertising at you. Unlike with government, there are actually laws protecting you from some of this anyway. For example, if your ISP overrides my ads on my site or adds them, I can sue them for creating a derivative work.
At least we get to vote on the government
And when you lose the vote or the issue you want to vote on is never brought up for a vote, you don't get to opt out the way you do with
They want to keep your data and resell it.
Like most other corporation, they will use anything they can access to make money. Just like corporation will poison local water sources.
", you don't get to opt out the way you do with a relationship with a corporation"
You never get to opt out of a relationship with a corporation. You can stop buying their products, depending,. But they will continue to use anything that have about you to make money anyway they can. You may not be active in the relationship, b
1) Data Retention checks and privacy controls
2) Removing surveillance powers, claims, etc.
3) Reducing existing intelligence powers "securing the net" - (think the staggering amounts of warrant-less information requests sent today)
4) Preventing doubtful domain name from existing players.
Always look at the other side of the coin before buying it... And never take at political statement at face value.
The government has the right to secure the internet. The intelligence community has the right to monitor the internet.
There should be no secrets kept hidden from the US military on the internet because that would empower terrorists to plan their attacks on the enemy against US troops.
They cry about their precious "Net Neutrality" even as this bill unconditionally outlaws...
The bill doesn't really outlaw anything, since any bill regulating the internet would -- without even requiring a specific mention -- override this one exactly as much as necessary for the new bill to be given effect. This bill does nothing.
Republican Issa's corporate sponsors evidently believe that they've got the Internet set up for whatever harvesting they might desire. So they're leveraging the small House majority (elected by a gerrymandered minority of House voters) they bought into eliminating the power of the Democratic minority, the significant Senate majority, and the reelected Democratic president.
Darrell Issa has spent his career investigating and attacking Democrats. It's cost a fortune, halted government action, and turned up not
elected by a gerrymandered minority of House voters
Gerrymandering goes on across the board. Both parties do it as much as they can. Have you seen Jackson Lee's district? Or the Illinois 4th? Those Democrats would not be in office if not for racist carve-outs. Of course some gerrymanders aren't for partisan political reasons. Arizona's famed 2nd looks funny because the Hopis and Navajos didn't want to be represented by the same congresscritter.
Darrell Issa has spent his career investigating and attacking Dem
In the House of Representatives. I think Ebola and North Korea are more popular in the US right now.
Maybe he really really means it this time. Based off his past, I highly doubt it or he's using this to get something else that's worse.
He's a Republican In the House of Representatives. I think Ebola and North Korea are more popular in the US right now.
So why did the Republicans beat the Democrats by about 35 House seats [washingtonpost.com] a few weeks ago?
Hasn't Congress got more urgent important stuff to do? Like avoiding this fiscal cliff that everyone is talking about..
skeptical of the paper's motives and credibility.
Being skeptical of our government is among the most important patriotic duties of U.S. citizens. The Declaration of Independence is an impassioned ode to the enduring beauty of critical enquiry of the motives and actions of government. Regardless of how we feel about Rep. Issa, it is our duty to challenge his statements.
a discussion draft
One of my common complaints about the state of our government is that our elected officials, when addressing complex issues, focus more effort on directing public opinion than on fostering public debate. The goal of our leaders should be to bring the nation into the analysis, not to establish our conclusions. By presenting this as a provocative entree rather than a finalized declaration, he has given us a kernel upon which to found the discussion.
For my part in that; I think a moratorium is a double edged sword. Authoritarian versus libertarian is only one dimension, another is organizational versus individual. It is possible to believe that individual rights to speak and associate freely on the Internet should be subject to less government authority and also that that organizations (lobbies, unions, corporations, religions) should be more limited in their permits to influence or monitor the behavior of individuals on the Internet. A moratorium could prevent the government from censoring individual speech, or it could give ISPs a two year foothold on selective restriction of online activities.
Last night during dinner, a thief walked into my home and asked me whether or not he should put a moratorium on robbing me for the next 2 years.
Just go away. Just leave us alone—now and forever!
A moratorium on Internet-Americans? When will this country learn that diversity and immigration are its cornerstones? Millions of Internet-Americans are already here, they're not going anywhere, and growing their ranks is our only path to economic salvation!
he doesn't want corporation to be regulated on what they can do and say on the internet.
If Issa's behind it, it's not being done because it benefits the public. My guess is this bill's proposed for the same kind of reasons California's Proposition 33 on auto insurance rates was proposed. That proposition would've changed the law to permit insurance companies to offer lower rates to drivers who'd had insurance for more than a certain length of time. Sounds good, right? Here's the catch: California law already requires insurance companies to offer best rates based only on driving record, regardl
Thufir's a Harkonnen now.

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text: New Staff and Goals at Wesley Center Better Meet Students' Needs Hamline University's Wesley Center houses a unique mixture of spiritual, service, and social justice programs and services. Its director, Hamline chaplain Nancy Victorin-Vangerud sees her job as a mix of several roles.As chaplain, Victorin-Vangerud is responsible for the spiritual health of the Hamline community. In keeping with Hamline's traditional connection to the United Methodist Church, she is an ordained Methodist clergywoman."What I really like about Hamline is its religious diversity," Victorin-Vangerud said. "We want Hamline to be welcoming for everyone. I think of Wesley Center as both Methodist and multi-faith."Victorin-Vangerud highlights her close work with the associate chaplain of Jewish life, Rabbi Esther Adler, and Megan Dimond, the coordinator of religious and spiritual life. Collectively they provide the variety of spiritual offerings at Hamline, such as the various Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and multi-faith student groups.As the Wesley Center's mission statement, "To connect the pursuit of the common good with growth of the whole person, through compassionate action and courageous reflection," suggests, service and social justice are equally important to the center. The Wesley Center's programs are positioned to directly address several of the core values in its mission statement. "We want to avoid classifying programs as only spiritual, service, or social justice," said Victorin-Vangerud. "For example, the spring break service trips to New Orleans also engage students to think about the role of diverse religious communities and need of social justice."This concept of connecting all three aspects of the Wesley Center together runs through other facets of their work, as well. Though staff have varying responsibilities and come from different backgrounds, they often work closely together on larger projects.A renewed area of interest for the Wesley Center is civic engagement. With the addition of Jane Turk, coordinator of civic engagement and service learning, the center has been able to better incorporate programs aimed at responsible citizenship into their overall mission."Jane brings a strong background in academic and civic engagement," Victorin-Vangerud said. "We hope to examine 'what does it mean to be part of democracy and how do we have these conversations across party lines?'"The Wesley Center will connect social justice and spirituality in a significant way with the annual "Mahle Lecture in Progressive Christian Thought." The 2012 speaker, Dr. George Tinker, a theologian and American-Indian scholar, will spend five days at Hamline leading dialogues."Dr. Tinker's visit coincides with the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota War," Victorin-Vangerud said.That war ended with the expulsion of the Dakota from Minnesota, who were then forced to live on reservations in Nebraska and South Dakota. "Dr. Tinker examined how non-Indian religious traditions may live justly with first nations people," Victorin-Vangerud said.Learn more about how to get involved with programs and events offered through the Wesley Center.


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Skip to comments.Indiana Legislators Want to Defund Kinsey Institute
Posted on 10/21/2010 10:20:06 AM PDT by conservativegramma
In light of voluminous evidence that pioneering sexologist Alfred Kinsey and his associates were guilty not only of scientific fraud but serious criminality culminating this week with WND's exposé of one victim of Kinsey's notorious "child sexuality" studies conducted by pedophile "researchers" Indiana legislators are calling for the defunding of the Kinsey Institute, located on the campus of state-subsidized Indiana University.
State representatives Cindy Noe and Woody Burton emphasized that any effort to cut off the Kinsey Institute hinges on electing Republican majorities in the state legislature.
"I don't think the Kinsey Institute is a proper use of taxpayer money. Given the pressure that higher education is under now I can't think of a better time to defund them," said Noe.
Burton has spearheaded efforts in the past to defund the Kinsey Institute. The veteran legislator noted that gerrymandered districts have kept Democrats in power in the state legislature, frustrating Republican attempts to bring Kinsey funding to a vote.
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All the more reason to get out there and vote these bums out of office!
About time! I had no idea it was still being funded or even in existence.
Yeah unfortunately. Read the article, sick, sick, sick, evil stuff has been funded by our tax dollars! Grrrrr
Another reason I'm glad I sent my kid to University of Indianapolis (Go Hounds!) instead of IU. After spending time around the campus in Bloomington I could see how it earned the title of #1 party college in the nation.
Thank God for the internet. In the old days, they could hide. Now, we will shine the light of truth into every corner and the roaches won't have a chance.
Yep, absolutely. Now I understand why that was the one college my Mom refused to send me to.
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De-fund, yes! Then dig the perverted b@st@ge up and put him on trial. For some crimes it is never too late.
Any idea with the logical construct of "Legislators want to Defund ..... Institute" has my complete support. Doubly so for the Kinsey pack of perverts.
This got pinged out a couple of days ago:
Victim says Alfred Kinsey paid her father to rape her
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Posted on Monday, October 18, 2010 10:07:55 AM by massmike
A victim of sexologist Alfred Kinsey's "research" during the 1940s is coming forward with the stunning claim that her father was paid by Kinsey, universally regarded as the "father of the sexual revolution," to rape her and then report to him on the attacks.
Nearly 70 years after being molested repeatedly by her own father, "Esther White" (a pseudonym) is speaking out in hope of prompting Congress to investigate the controversial research. White said she would be willing to testify in person on Capitol Hill if an investigation results in opening the Kinsey Institute files to public scrutiny.
Yep, I read it — sickening. We need an investigation big time. We also need some police intervention....if you read this article on defunding them is found the following quote:
"I was trying to get a legislative order to go in and see that stuff. A video was sent to me about this guy on the Kinsey Institute board, who said they have a system set up to destroy their files immediately if anybody tries to get in to see it with a court order. " - Rep. Woody Burton
So.....there needs to be something pronto issued to prevent this potential obstruction. They need to be hit HARD and start doing some hard prison time.
Certainly the NYT reporters who covered the priest sex scandals will follow up on this story. /s
Man, the priest sex scandals are starting to look pretty tame compared to this, not that I'm excusing them in any way. But really, a grandfather and father being PAID to sexually molest his own 7 year old daughter, and then record everything for 'research'?!?!?
Words just fail me, I just can't grasp this intensity of evil.
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Question on what happens to the extra elements that are found to be duplicates. Specifically, the last sentence in the following paragraph.
So it's dereferenceable but you get garbage for those elements?http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/unique.html
Every time a consecutive group of duplicate elements appears in the range [first, last), the algorithm unique removes all but the first element. That is, unique returns an iterator new_last such that the range [first, new_last) contains no two consecutive elements that are duplicates. [1] The iterators in the range [new_last, last) are all still dereferenceable, but the elements that they point to are unspecified.
in SGI's example, they created new iterator.
vector<int>::iterator new_end = unique(V.begin(), V.end());
what if I reused the end() iterator?
V.end() = unique(V.begin(), V.end());
is this causing memory leak from the new end() to the old end()?
Let's say there are 10 total elements and 5 are duplicates. So according to the SGI description, the size() will still be 10 after unique. What's the preferred way to get the right size? do you always have to involve an extra erase command after unique?


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The Sox are leaning toward having Justin Masterson take [Daisuke] Matsuzaka's spot in the rotation. Masterson was stretched out as a starter for most of spring training and contributed four innings in Tuesday's loss. Masterson's first turn in Matsuzaka's place will be on Patriots Day against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park Monday at 11 a.m.
The Sox also gave consideration to promoting Clay Buchholz from Pawtucket, but Buchholz is experiencing hamstring issues and may not be available.
April 15, 2009
Masterson May Start Monday
Sean McAdam, Herald:
by allan at 7:03 PM
5 comments:
- andy said...
All because of a tight muscle in his leg?
- April 15, 2009 at 10:01 PM
- 9casey said...
We have a staff littered with Cy Young canidates and Wake steps up and lets that ball float like magic , sometimes not so good magic , sometimes great magic....
He's an intersting baseball player to say the least.....
"I understand the circumstances of today," Wakefield recalled telling his manager. "No matter what, don't take me out."
- April 15, 2009 at 10:23 PM
- FenFan said...
That probably makes the most sense right now since Masterson is already on the roster. Otherwise you're running players back and forth between Boston, Pawtucket, and Portland.
Once again, you can never have enough starting pitching!
- April 15, 2009 at 10:34 PM
- tim said...
Fine by me.
- April 15, 2009 at 10:53 PM
- andy said...
He really did implode didn't he?
- April 16, 2009 at 12:23 AM
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A Miami police lieutenant suspected of participating in an alleged protection racket for a sports-betting ring in Liberty City was relieved of duty Friday.
Bernard Johnson, 44, who joined the police force in 1998, was relieved with pay while the FBI and Miami police internal affairs detectives continue their joint investigation into the gambling operation, which operated out of a Liberty City barber shop.
Another veteran officer, Rashad Jabbar, 50, retired last month after he was implicated in the same protection scandal.
Both are among 11 Miami police officers relieved of duty in recent months who face potential criminal charges or the loss of their jobs in connection with the federal corruption investigation targeting extortion and other illegal activity.
On Wednesday, a Miami police officer who wore a wire for the FBI pleaded guilty to an extortion charge. Nathaniel Dauphin, 41, admitted he received between $4,000 and $5,000 from the owner of the sports-betting business from November 2010 until March of last year.


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This seems to be pretty simple:
This is the type of game the Bears have to win if they're serious about that Super Bowl thing.
The Lions are the kind of team that the Bears have to beat, especially at home on "Monday Night Football,'' because the Lions are not a good team.
Detroit has some great athletes and some spectacular players. But a team? Not a chance.
The Lions are dirty and undisciplined. That starts with a lunatic coach who isn't much for coaching actual football. The Lions got lucky in beating Philadelphia while committing 16 penalties, one of which was dirty enough that the league issued a $15,750 fine.
In the last three games before this weekend's play, the Lions averaged 10.3 penalties a game, worst in the league. Their average of 11.3 penalties per game on the road this season is easily the worst in the NFL.
But you know what? The Lions' special teams might be worse than the Lions' discipline. Detroit's coverage units have four touchdown returns in five games this season.
Hel-lo, Devin Hester.
But wait. There's another reason the Lions are 2-3 that's as big as their special teams and embarrassing lack of discipline: Matthew Stafford has thrown more interceptions than touchdowns this season.
And it only figures to get worse for the Lions quarterback because Stafford plays Soldier Field as horribly as Jay Cutler plays Lambeau Field. Stafford has big problems with games in Chicago, and one of them involves keeping his injury-prone body actually in the games.
Here's the deal: The Lions will beat themselves if the Bears keep their cool. The Lions will give the ball to the Bears and give the Bears extra chances to extend drives because of penalties. This is pretty much the perfect team for Lovie Smith's approach: Bend but don't break defensively and mentally.
The Bears, of course, will have to put the Lions in position to play like their bad and stupid selves, and that starts with a good start. The Bears have stunk in the first halves of their last two games before rallying on both sides of the ball. Raise your hand if you'd like to see the Bears offense outscore the Bears defense this week.
The Lions rally well, too. They have had to because their starts haven't been much better than the Bears'. This could be the worst first half in "MNF'' history, which is all the more reason for Cutler to get going before his coach gives everyone a halftime scolding.
The schedule has been a friend to the Bears this season. It remains so this week against the sub-.500 Lions and again next week against the dogbreath Panthers. Legit teams bury a divisional rival. Legit teams don't fall to 0-2 in divisional games.
The Bears stand alone in first place in the NFC North. Act like it.


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November Balance Update
November Balance Update
11/20 Update:
Yoroi: Energy Drain (Nerf)
Anko: Twin Snakes Mutual Death (Boost)
Glitches Fixed: Yoroi's Energy Drain and Kiba's Double Headed Wolf
Hello all! Finally a balance update! In addition, work is beginning on coding and testing new characters. Without further ado:
Anko: Twin Snakes Mutual Death and Dual Pin (Rework/Boost)
Shino: Bug Wall (Boost)
Ino: Change of Heart (Boost)
Kimimaro: Dance of the Camellia (Boost)
Yoroi: Energy Drain (Boost)
Oboro: Underground Ambush/Haze Clones (Boost)
Shikamaru (S): Opponent Analysis (Boost)
Sakura (S): Self Heal (Nerf)
Neji (S): Hakke Hasangekiand Hakke Kuushou (Nerf)
Kyuubi Naruto: Kyuubi Rasengan (Nerf)
Chouji (S): Mega Palm Thrust/Expansion Technique (Nerf)
Kin: Needle and Bell Trap (Nerf)
Obito: Obito Sharingan (Nerf)
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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Snorkeling in Savannah Bay off the coast of Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands, Bucknell University economics major Alison Bianco, Class of '13, noticed a school of small yellow fish containing one that looked a little different: It had a blue head and black-and-white stripes, and it appeared to be the leader.
"Is that one the mom?" Bianco asked Elizabeth Capaldi, associate professor of biology and animal behavior.
"No, that's the blue-headed wrasse," said Capaldi. "Those are the sequential hermaphrodites I was telling you about. That one's the male — if you took it away, one of the females would assume the body plan and gonads of the male."
"Wow," said Bianco, "'Finding Nemo' really messed me up."
Bianco was one of 28 students that traveled to the Caribbean with Professor Capaldi and Mitch Chernin, professor of biology, for two weeks this summer for Tropical Marine Biology, a course designed to fill a life sciences requirement for non-biology majors. The course's primary objective is to give students an appreciation of the complex interactions of the organisms in a coral reef, including the coral, fish and algae, said Capaldi.
The course begins on campus, where Chernin and Capaldi teach students how to keep field journals — descriptions of the field sites; reports on weather, water and sky conditions; data on the corals, fish and algae they see; and personal narratives about their impressions and experiences.
The group spent the first half of the course in the U.S. Virgin Islands at Cinnamon Bay, St. John, where they snorkeled among different types of reefs for about five hours a day. The students took notes on underwater slates, later transferring the data and observations into their field journals.
"I was surprised at how quickly I caught on to identifying the organisms on the reef," said Carleton Knisely, a mechanical engineering major in the Class of '13. "Being in the water so much with all the plants and animals made me learn them much more quickly than I would have from a textbook or normal lecture."
Each night, Capaldi gave "reef chats" focusing on the nature and practice of science and providing more information on the organisms the students had seen that day. "We talked about what's unique about corals, starfish, sea cucumbers — and that encourages the students the next day look for those things," said Capaldi.
Given the fragile state of the coral reefs in the Caribbean, the course also helps build awareness among students of the ecological stressors present there, said Chernin. "Because of global warming, the shallow reefs may die in a mere matter of decades," he said, noting significant deterioration in Savannah Bay, where the class spent the second week of the course.
Capaldi witnessed a different threat to the ecosystem: On a shallow dive, she saw a lionfish — an invasive species endemic to the Pacific Ocean. She said it's a voracious predator of tropical coral reef fish and has venom that's toxic to humans. It has no predators in the Caribbean ecosystem.
Alison Bianco heard from a taxi cab driver about how new resorts and an influx of residents from the United States have interfered with efforts to protect the reefs. The driver told her a reduced fish population makes it difficult for many to make a living. "In class, we'd been told that the reef situation was dire, yet hearing firsthand how this has affected the lifestyle of individuals and has taken a toll on the culture of the island made this concern very real to me," said Bianco.
For their culminating project for the course, students create a three-dimensional map of a smaller section of a reef, or a reef patch, said Chernin. "Once they get the structural component down and all the organisms, it's a really great opportunity for them to take a look at behavior," he said. "Do they see the fish there in the morning? Do they see them again in the afternoon? When it's rough? When it's calm?"
Bianco said the course completely changed her perspective on science. "It interested me in the field of biology because it was a practical application and a hands-on experience," she said. "I have to chuckle at some of my enthusiastic confessions in my journal, like 'They were the most magnificent corky sea fingers [a type of coral] I had ever seen,' and 'I am an algae girl.'"
"This is our shot at building some biological awareness among people who are going to work in finance, management, political science or government," said Capaldi, "and to whet their appetite as to how they should care about the world around them."
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Skip to comments.Clinton: Robert Byrd Wasn't a Racist, Just the State He Represented Was VIDEO
Posted on 07/02/2010 5:31:33 PM PDT by nysuperdoodle
Bill Clinton's comments today at the Robert Byrd funeral take the cake. In one swift moment, Clinton manages to defend Byrd by condemning the entire state of West Virginia -
"He once had a fleeting association with the Ku Klux Klan, what does that mean? I'll tell you what it means. He was a country boy from the hills and hollows from West Virginia. He was trying to get elected," former President Bill Clinton said of Sen. Robert Byrd.
"And maybe he did something he shouldn't have done come and he spent the rest of his life making it up. And that's what a good person does. There are no perfect people. There are certainly no perfect politicians," he added.
Of course, in addition to slurring an entire state, another little insight into the Democrat mind emerges as well - that it's OK to say anything to get elected. That deceiving the electorate as to your core beliefs is par for the course. That politicians should be led by the people, instead of the other way around.
(Excerpt) Read more at evilconservativeonline.com ...
"I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side ... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.
~Robert C. Byrd, in a letter to Sen. Theodore Bilbo (D-MS), 1944
if thats true then they're all DEMOCRATS
Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd, Ex-Klansman
by Michelle Malkin (March 8, 2001)
Ex-Klansman Robert Byrd, the senior senator from West Virginia, casually used the phrase "white nigger" twice on national TV this weekend. Enraged civil rights groups organized a protest campaign against Sen. Byrd and demanded that he undergo sensitivity training ... not.
The ex-Klansman, you see, is a Democrat. Democrats can join hate groups and utter the ugliest racial slurs and get away with it because they are Democrats. They belong to the party of racial tolerance and understanding. They're paragons of virtue, and the rest of us are bigoted rubes.
The ex-Klansman showed his true colors when asked by Fox News Sunday morning talk show host Tony Snow about the state of race relations in America. Sen. Byrd warned: "There are white niggers. I've seen a lot of white niggers in my time. I'm going to use that word. We just need to work together to make our country a better country, and I'd just as soon quit talking about it so much."
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
In 1942, 24-year-old Byrd joined the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), whose parades in Matoaka, West Virginia, he had witnessed in his childhood. He was unanimously elected Exalted Cyclops, or leader, of his local chapter.[8]
Byrd, in his autobiography, attributed the beginnings of his political career to this incident, although he lamented that they involved the Klan. According to Byrd, a KKK official told him "You have a talent for leadership, Bob... The country needs young men like you in the leadership of the nation." Byrd recalls that "suddenly lights flashed in my mind! Someone important had recognized my abilities! I was only 23 or 24 years old, and the thought of a political career had never really hit me. But strike me that night, it did."[4] He participated in the KKK during World War II, holding the titles Kleagle (recruiter) and Exalted Cyclops [the top officer in the local Klan unit]. He did not serve in the military during the war, working instead as a welder in a Baltimore, Maryland shipyard, where he helped build warships.[citation needed]
Byrd commented on the 1945 controversy about racially integrating the military. Byrd, when he was 28 years old, wrote to segregationist Senator Theodore Bilbo, of Mississippi, vowing never to serve in such a military:
"Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.[5]"
He had earlier written "I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side".[6][7]
YouTube - Senator Robert Byrd says "white niggers" on TV:
From the Washington Post:
"Byrd said in the Dec. 11, 1945, letter -- which would not become public for 42 more years with the publication of a book on blacks in the military during World War II by author Graham Smith -- that he would never fight in the armed forces "with a Negro by my side." Byrd added that, "Rather I should die a thousand times, and see old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.."..."
"during the general election campaign, Byrd's GOP opponent uncovered a letter Byrd had handwritten to Green, the KKK Imperial Wizard, recommending a friend as a Kleagle and urging promotion of the Klan throughout the country. The letter was dated 1946 -- long after the time Byrd claimed he had lost interest in the Klan. "The Klan is needed today as never before, and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia," Byrd wrote, according to newspaper accounts of that period. Byrd makes no mention of the letter in his new book."
It is ironic that his death features a "whitewash."
I do believe people can repent of racist behavior. Maybe Byrd did. I hope so. But it is stupid to pretend he was never a hard core racist.
..FLEETING?...if you call being with them in your 20's AND 30's fleeting
SEAN HANNITY: But Reverend Jeremiah Wright is not backing down and has not for years and in his strong stance on the teaching of black liberation theology is nothing new. He had the same things to say last spring when he appeared on "Hannity & Colmes:"
WRIGHT: If you're not going to talk about theology in context, if you're not going to talk about liberation theology that came out of the '60s, systematized black liberation theology that started with Jim Cone in 1968 and the writings of Cone and the writings of Dwight Hopkins and the writings of womynist theologians and Asian theologians and Hispanic theologians, then you can't talk about the black value system.
HANNITY: But I'm a reverend
WRIGHT: Do you know liberation theology, sir?
"Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal".--James (Jim) Cone,
African American Religious Thought: An Anthology (Paperback)
by Cornel West (Editor), Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (Editor)
Malik Zulu Shabazz, chairman of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (NBPP):
"We believe in a Black first philosophy and a Black Liberation Theology."
"He was trying to get elected"
The ends justifies the means...the Progressive mantra.
So my guess is that anyone ever in the KKK was just trying to get elected? LOL!!! IDIOTS!!!
By voting against the only two black men nominated to the Supreme Court, filibustering civil rights bills right through the 60's, and stealing every penny possible from the taxpayers to fill his own pork barrel.
I knew that was the insinuation the moment that perverted bastard uttered those words.
It's not the least bit surprising that the worst person to ever be President knows absolutely nothing about personal character, honor, and/or integrity.
Perhaps Clinton will be campaigning for David Duke soon?
BYRD was a member of the KKK. That makes him a RACIST!
What a silly observation, that KKK membership brands someone a racist for life.
Don't you know that any liberal Democrat gets an automatic `pass' no matter how hateful his previous views?
BTW, if I expressed on this thread what I really think of "Sheets" Byrd, I would be forever banned.
Clinton worked for the segregationist Senator Fulbright, so he knows all about racism.
Clinton has a way of saying something true but awful in such a way that it could be interpreted another way so that what he said was ok. The DBM interpreted this as "making up for it" when in reality Byrd actually did spend the rest of his life lying (making it up).
Clinton has a way of saying something true but awful in such a way that it could be interpreted another way so that what he said was ok. The DBM interpreted this as "making up for it" when in reality Byrd actually did spend the rest of his life lying (making it up).
Clinton: those evil sluts made me do it!
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The Second Annual Shootout for Soldiers will take place this Thursday, June 13, at McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Md.
Shootout for Soldiers is a 24-hour lacrosse game allowing players of all ages and skill levels to join together in support of wounded soldiers. Participants are placed on one of two teams—the Stars or the Stripes, and will play in hour-long games during the 24-hour period. All proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.
Baltimore native Tyler Steinhardt started the hugely successful Shootout for Soldiers event in 2012 when he was just a senior in high school. Tyler also works closely with Fields of Growth, an organization that strives to serve the community and grow the game of lacrosse in both Uganda and Jamaica; he was also named the General Manager of the Uganda Lacrosse Union. Tyler is currently a student at American University in Washington, D.C.
"I was thinking of a way to support our troops, the Wounded Warrior Project and our veterans as well as bring the community together to do the same," the American University freshman said. "Lacrosse seemed to be a perfect fit and we had a successful event last year. The idea was to connect the veterans with their community and bring them closer together as well as have them enjoy a full day of Lacrosse."
The game will start at 9 a.m. with a veterans' game and continue until 9 a.m. the next day. MLL players, including current points leader Paul Rabil and Denver Outlaws standout Brendan Mundorf are going to be on hand to support the event and a MLL hour is scheduled for 7 p.m.
"Paul Rabil and the other MLL players embraced the event last year, going above and beyond what I expected and I am very thankful they are returning this year to support our efforts," Tyler said.
Last year's Shootout for Soldiers event made a huge impact in the community and raised over $120,000 for our wounded service members. This year's event looks to be even bigger and better. Thousands of fans, players and MLL stars will gatherfor a full day of lacrosse accompanied by fun, food, live music, and a silent auction in support of the effort.
To find more information on Shootout for Soldiers and how to donate to the Wounded Warrior Project visit


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Paul R. Pounds Sr., 88
Paul R. Pounds Sr., 88, of Marion Center, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at St. Andrew's Village in Indiana.
He was born March 18, 1923, in Marion Center, a son of the late William and Alice (Feight) Pounds.
He married his wife, the former Betty J. Mock, Jan. 23, 1943, and their 69th wedding anniversary occurred the day of Betty's death just a few weeks ago Jan 23, 2012.
Mr. Pounds was a graduate of Marion Center High School, then attended Vale Tech for two years.
He served as a medical tech in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Mr. Pounds was employed as the body shop foreman with McGill Motors for 30 years. His working career included a job with Season-All Industries. He was also self-employed as the owner of Pounds Body Shop in Marion Center until 2005.
Surviving relatives include three children, Paula Dilts and husband Bob of Georgeville, Pamela Conner and husband Larry of Cherry Tree, and Paul "Bo" Pounds, Jr. of Indiana; three grandchildren, Robert Dilts, Jr. and wife Connie, Heather Zielmanski and husband Kevin, and Bethany Cassidy and husband Chance; three great grandchildren, Cenneca and Zane Dilts and Teegan Taylor Cassidy; a brother, Bob Pounds and wife Doris of Austintown, Ohio; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Cynthia Pounds; three brothers, Bill, Clover and Frank Pounds; and three sisters, Margie Fairman, Catherine Nagy and Edda Niel.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, at the Rairigh Funeral Home Ltd., Hillsdale.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at the funeral home with Pastor Stephen C. Bond officiating.
Private family interment will be at the Marion Center Memorial Cemetery.


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Oldham duo Dean Kelly and Jason Jarrett have been released from Boundary Park with immediate effect following short-term contracts which were due to expire later this month.
Striker Kelly will be looking to find a club in the Eircom League after expressing a desire to return to Ireland to be with his partner and two young children.
He made 15 appearances for Latics, mainly as a substitute, scoring once in the 4-2 home win against Plymouth.
Jarrett, meanwhile, was told his contract was not being renewed and last featured in the FA Cup first-round defeat at Accrington over two months ago.
Manager Paul Dickov said: "They are both great professionals and I would like to wish them well in their future careers.
"Dean expressed a wish to go back to Ireland to be with his family. He has been here on his own and found it hard. Jason started well but, for whatever reason, things have not worked out as we had hoped."
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2004 Men's Soccer
Weekly Recap 11-1
Bluffton finishes out the 2004 season
By Adam Meekhof, Sports Information Intern
November 1, 2004
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The past week for the Bluffton University men's soccer team (3-13,
1-6 HCAC) was a rough one as the Beavers dropped their final two games of the season
to Defiance and Thomas More.
Tuesday the team traveled to Defiance College and lost the game 3-0. The Beavers were led by sophomore goalie Ryan Thomas (Jamestown/Greeneview) who posted seven saves in the contest.
Saturday on the final day of the season the Beavers lost to Thomas More 2-0. The Beavers were led again by goalie Thomas who posted 10 saves.
Bluffton was led on the year by senior Caspar Agyeman-Duah (Fairfield, OH) who posted 11 points with 5 goals on the year. Sophomore Justin Rohrer (Millersburg/West Holmes) also had a solid season posting 10 points with 4 goals. Senior Chad Perry (Findlay/Dover) had a good year posting 7 points with 2 goals. Bluffton was led defensively by sophomore Ryan Thomas who posted 94 saves with 1 shut out at the keeper position.


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Bundesliga: The battle for Europe is hotting up in Germany
Five into three is the equation that still needs to be resolved as the race for places in Europe intensifies in Germany.
Last Updated: 05/05/13 10:42am
With Champions League finalists Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund already assured of their places in that competition next season, and Bayer Leverkusen just a win away from joining them, it remains anybody's guess who will be Germany's fourth entry with three games of the Bundesliga season still to go.
Schalke have the best chance of earning a place among Europe's elite, yet that cannot be taken for granted as they head to Borussia Monchengladbach on Friday night knowing defeat would throw things wide open.
"We mustn't concern ourselves with all the potential scenarios, we must just concentrate on tomorrow's game," said Gladbach coach Lucien Favre.
The situation is not all that complicated, however. A win for the Foals would take them up to fifth, a point behind the Royal Blues. And then, on Saturday, the pack can be shuffled once again when Eintracht Frankfurt, three points behind Schalke, host struggling Fortuna Dusseldorf.
Sunday brings two more games which will shed further light on how the battle for Europe is shaping up - when eighth-placed Hamburg play Wolfsburg and sixth-placed Freiburg meet relegation-haunted Augsburg.
"We want to show against Wolfsburg this Sunday that we are going to exhaust all of our opportunities (to qualify for Europe)," said Hamburg's coach Thorsten Fink.
"And then if the other teams around us do the same, and are better in the end, then we can also lose, but at least we can say we gave it a go."
While five clubs can realistically still qualify for Europe, four could follow Greuther Furth into the second division.
That includes Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim, who meet on Saturday with the hosts needing their first win since February to ease their ever-increasing relegation fears.
Defeat could see Thomas Schaaf's men drop into the bottom three, should Augsburg and Fortuna both win, and reduce the gap over their opponents to just two points.
Finally, Stuttgart host Furth and Nurnberg entertain Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.


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PHILADELPHIA — It hasn't been perfect. The Flyers heard their share of boos Wednesday night.
It hasn't been bad. The Flyers have won more than their share of games of late, including a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Center.
What's so intriguing about the Flyers is that while parts of their game can drift or fall off the glove altogether (the power play at home would fall into that category), for the most part they are performing basic hockey tasks consistently well, which is why they are a team on a steady rise.
That elevation has taken hold at Wells Fargo Center, where the Flyers have won 10 straight times, which they hadn't done since the mid 1980s.
Against a quality team in the Habs, one of only four clubs in the Eastern Conference with a better record than the Flyers (23-17-4, 50 points), they had the basics covered: The top line played very well, the defense was altogether solid and goalie Steve Mason played was his usual steady self.
It was a couple of pleasant surprises that would put the Flyers over the top in this game.
Andrej Meszaros, a frequent healthy scratch who had four assists all season, checked in with assists on all three Flyers goals.
Zac Rinaldo, while contributing his usual fight, also scored a goal, his first of the season.
On top of that, Sean Couturier and Michael Raffl also scored and despite a shorthanded goal by Montreal's Tomas Plekanec late in the second period, the Flyers had no problem locking down the victory in the third.
It was the Flyers' seventh victory in their last eight games, and they are 10-2-1 since being blown out in Chicago Dec. 11.
The Flyers dominated from the start, and got on the board when Couturier planted a rebound past backup goalie Peter Budaj 6:27 into the first period.
Then came Rinaldo time. Or a time Rinaldo has been waiting for.
He fired a puck netward that got knocked aside, but Rinaldo recovered the puck and shoveled a backhander from the slot area that hit Habs center Lars Eller and snuck into the net at 14:39 for a 2-0 Flyers lead.
They really seemed to establish control at 8:24 of the second period, when Meszaros — who had helped set up the first two goals — made a mad dash through traffic up ice and put the puck into the crease. Raffl helped it home from there for 3-0.
About the only struggling Flyer at this point was Steve Downie, and he showed that when on a power play he turned the puck over. The Habs jumped on it in the attack zone and Plekanec instantly cut the lead back to two.
But the Flyers, on a penalty killing tear of late (19 kills in their last 19 attempts) aborted two Habs power plays in the third en route to cruising home again.


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Create a custom firmware image
Most of this information was taken from the excellent hacking how-to of geishuettners page.
This is a description how someone can create a custom firmware image.
This is also the way any special distribution (Projects/OpenLink,Projects/FreeLink,Projects/GenLink) gets developed. (and of course - this was the way how telnet was added to the images)
Note: For the LS Pro (LS-GL), image.dat is called hddrootfs.img and the tarball of the root file system is called hddrootfs.buffalo.updated . If you are making an image for the LS-GL, you will need to alter the commands below accordingly.
There is only one requirment ->You have to know the password of image.dat
1) unzip the image.dat that resides in the zip-file of the base image with the right password
unzip image.dat
provide the right password for the firmware.
the result of this is a tmpimage.tgz...this is the tared root-filesystem of the firmware image.
2) create a folder where you want to untar the image and untar it
mkdir <foldername> cd <foldername> tar -vxz --numeric-owner -p -f ../tmpimage.tgz
now you can see the root-filesystem which normaly resides on /dev/hda1 (or / )
3) modify the image as you like Advice: use relative paths if you create symlinks. absolute paths won`t work.
4) create the tmpimage.tgz again
(you should be in the folder where you extracted the image)
tar -vczf ../tmpimage-new.tgz . cd .. mv tmpimage.tgz tmpimage-old.tgz mv tmpimage-new.tgz tmpimage.tgz
Note: The LS-GL must be tared with the -C flag
tar -vczf ../hddrootfs.buffalo.updated-new -C /absolute/pathe/to/extracted_image dir1 dir2
dir1, dir2, and so forth are the directories located under the extracted image folder (i.e. bin, dev, etc, home, lib, ...)
cd .. mv hddrootfs.buffalo.updated hddrootfs.buffalo.updated-old mv hddrootfs.buffalo.updated-net hddrootfs.buffalo.updated
5) create the image.dat again
CAUTION: if you use the wrong password, the firmware updater / the linkstation will fail to unzip the image.dat.....this means you will have a wiped /dev/hda1 with no files on it.
Opening the case will be the only possible solutions.
zip -e image.dat tmpimage.tgz
you should have a custom image.dat afterwards :)


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WEST CALN — One man was taken into custody without incident following a standoff with police Friday afternoon at a home in the 300 block of South Sandy Hill Road.
Police officers surrounded the home with guns drawn as a man, who reportedly had a gun, refused to come outside. Some officers were armed with rifles and ballistic shields.
The man, who has not been identified, eventually walked out of the house with his hands raised around 1:15 pm. Police then cautiously approached the man and placed him in handcuffs.
The West Caln Police Department was assisted by members of the Valley Police Department and the Westwood Ambulance Company.
Further details will be provided as they become available.
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Building construction permits over $10,000 in value that were approved in Boulder between Feb. 11 and Feb. 17, 2013. Listed below are: the case number; address; total project valuation; owner name; contractor (if applicable); and description.
PMT2012-02969; 900 28th St.; $13,223,762; 28th; Casson Duncan Construction Inc.; New four-story, 58-unit apartment building with two levels of below grade parking and associated leasing office. Associated site work, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing. See LUR2008-00040 for site review approval, TEC2008-00043 for approved tech docs, and ADR2012-00132 for minor modification.
PMT2012-03980; 1600 Pearl St.; $2,012,251; 1600 Pearl; Taylor Kohrs; Addition of 18,309-square-foot third floor to existing two-story building. Core and shell only -- tenant finish to be submitted as separate permit. Continuation of existing elevator shaft to third level. Associated electrical, mechanical and plumbing. See LUR2011-00039 for site review and TEC2012-00034 for tech doc. COM Check to be submitted separately.
PMT2012-05277; 1898 S. Flatiron Court; $81,631; Flatiron Investment; Faurot Construction Inc.; Interior tenant remodel of existing office area to create new taproom for Upslope Brewery. See ADR2012-00237 and ADR2012-00238 for conditional review and parking reduction. Includes associated electrical, mechanical, and plumbing for new drinking fountain.
PMT2013-00003; 90 Clematis Drive; $189,000; City of Boulder; Scott Woodworking; Chautauqua Dining Hall -- aka 900 Baseline -- tenant improvement/interior remodel to relocate cook-line, relocate/add sinks and floor drains, remove existing mechanical HVAC and cook-line equipment and install new replacement HVAC system and new replacement type I hood(s), relocate bar, remove existing fireplace, install two new gas fireplaces (one built -in and the other to be free-standing) includes associated electrical work. Work not requiring a permit includes new floor finishes, paint, cabinetry and such. See HIS2012-000296 for supplemental information.
PMT2013-00006; 5395 Pearl St.; $624,965; 5395 Pearl; Sand Construction, LLC; Remodel of more than 12,000 square feet to include demolition of and reconfiguration to interior walls, add three rooftop units and 4 VAV boxes and associated ducting -- add floor sink for a proposed manufacturing use.
PMT2012-06055; 818 Maxwell Ave.; $330,000; Matthew Dubofsky; Coburn Development Inc.; Addition of 1,470 square feet and remodel of 225 square feet for existing single-family residence. Level 1 to have new family room, storage, mud room and half bath. Second level to have master suite, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Remodel to existing kitchen and bath. See ADR2012-00160 for administrative setback variance and HIS2012-00130 for LAC. Includes associated MEP.
PMT2013-00192; 5290 Arapahoe Ave.; $35,221; 5290 Arapahoe; Weins Construction Inc.; Construction of a demising wall on the lower level to create two tenant spaces, provide compliant egress to include revised exterior stairway with a stair lift, site work improvements to include eight trees. See ADR2012-00245 for supplemental information.
PMT2013-00224; 2324 Dennison Lane; $149,544; Karin Lindgren; Blue Spruce Design and Construction; 255 square feet addition to create a new master bedroom on the second floor and a 289-square-foot remodel on the second floor to reconfigure old master bath and to add an additional full bathroom. Deck addition of 70 square feet off new master bedroom.
PMT2013-00252; 6880 Winchester Court; $70,000; Northrim Properties; Sand Construction LLC; Unit E -- interior tenant remodel of 1,500 square feet (out of a leasehold area of 4,220 square feet) to create production facilities for Seth Ellis Chocolatier -- includes associated mechanical, electrical and plumbing (to include a trough drain, three compartment sink, hand sink and kitchen sink).
PMT2013-00433; 1320 Pearl St.; $90,831; Ponderosa Ranch; Interior remodel of Suite 100 for ReMax of Boulder including non-bearing interior office walls, new break room with sink and dishwasher, associated electrical, mechanical and plumbing
PMT2013-00471; 3355 Fourth St.; $85,000; Carlos and Hilary Abrams; Hawthorn Construction LLC; Interior remodel of single-family residence.
PMT2013-00495; 350 Ponca Place; $13,887; Frasier Meadows; Frasier Meadows Manor; Remodel of unit 162. To include reconfiguration of kitchen and addition of 100-amp electrical panel. Plumbing fixture relocation only.
PMT2013-00497; 350 Ponca Place; $16,664; Frasier Meadows; Frasier Meadows Manor; Remodel of units 362 and 364, combining the units as one unit 362. To include removal of portion dividing wall, reconfiguration of one kitchen and removal of the second kitchen and addition of 100-amp electrical panel. Plumbing fixture relocation only.
PMT2013-00499; 315 16th St.; $100,000; Scott and Julianne Pearce; Remodel of 447 square feet on main floor to reconfigure walls at kitchen, mudroom and living room area, enlarge kitchen and dining room windows and cut back second floor deck. No (additional) plumbing fixtures proposed.
PMT2013-00513; 57 Benthaven Place; $19,597; Janet Wahr; Melton Construction Inc.; Addition and remodel in existing townhouse. Scope of work includes creation of loft area (144 square feet), window additions and bathroom remodel (total of 72 square feet of remodel). Associated mechanical, plumbing and electrical also included. Please refer to ADR2013-00012 for minor modification approval.
PMT2013-00582; 3100 Galena Way; $18,453; Anne and Rolando Smith; Grant Place Builders; Master bathroom remodel on second floor of residence including replacement/relocation of fixtures, replace skylights and glass block window, associated finishes and electrical, mechanical and plumbing.
PMT2013-00597; 1071 Yale Circle; $15,200; Doster and Mary Esh; Parker Commercial Construction; Interior remodel of 287 square feet of existing single family residence. Remodel to include new kitchen and new master bath. New structural beam on main level. Includes associated MEP.
PMT2013-00701; 1469 Patton Drive; $22,000; Theodore Warm and Emily Warm; K.C. Nick Construction Inc.; Interior remodel of kitchen and portions of great room including removing walls to open floor plan, installation of beams and structural posts per plan, replace/relocate cabinetry/countertops/appliances/sink, new windows and gas fireplace.
PMT2013-00709; 3745 Cedarlodge St.; $24,627; Juliet Rosenthal; Constructive Solutions; Basement finish in existing townhouse unit including full bath, living room, bedroom (with exiting egress window), mechanical room, and unfinished storage area. Scope of work includes all associated plumbing, mechanical and electrical work.
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Personally I love the Aussie one but that's a bit controversial. Jamaican must be the best around, can't see anyone dealing with the formidable Marley-Holding new ball partnership.
Contenders for the worst include Liverpool, Glasgow and of course my own atrocious Northern Irish dialect. Myself, Corrin and Furball tend to get on well because we all sound like lawnmowers being pushed across a pile of broken blackboards.


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Looking for, or possibly to run, a Necropolis 2350 campaign. If I do run one it would involve as much RP as we could squeese in to spite it being a "military based" campaign. I could also run "Realms of Cthulhu" or incorperate it into a Weird Wars based game as well (I am looking at you Necropolis 2350). I am also up for the same with any Weird War settings to include "Day After Ragnarok".
Below is a timeline and I will also post some other info pertaining to the setting.
The year is 2350.
Knights of the militant Sacri Ordines of the Third Reformation Church are locked in a bitter crusade against the Rephaim (the dead ones), a race of evil beings who wield necromantic powers and possess a desire to exterminate all life.
The place is Salusmore popularly called Necropolisthe only habitable world left to mankind since the destruction of Earth in 2319.
Divided between the Third Reformation Church, the Union of Corporations, and the Rephaim, the inhabitants of Necropolis are locked in a struggle for supremacy. Lives are not the only thing at stakehumanitys very existence hangs in the balance.
If the Rephaim win, humanitys light will forever disappear from the universe. Should humanity succeed in overcoming the tide of darkness, it can begin to rebuild its former might, perhaps again reaching out into the void to find new worlds on which to prosper and multiply.
The war against the supernatural in Necropolis is overtthe common people know about the Rephaim, at least the more common varieties. Church media frequently portrays battles between holy Knights and Rephaim, and images of walking corpses are considered terrifying, but not unusual. A popular poster shows a Knight with sword raised standing atop a pile of Rephaim corpses.
Few citizens have ever encountered a Rephaim, but the forces of darkness are encroaching further into human territory each day.


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|2009-01-06, 12:30
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The GAP Man
|2009-01-06, 17:05
|Link #1882
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 60
|2009-01-06, 17:26
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The GAP Man
What about this question here:
I have a question for translators or other people who speak the language fluently to ask this question: How do you pronounce English, Spanish, French, German and other names from other countries and nationalities in Japanese? I had only seen a few shows (forgive me if I only based this off the anime I watch) but how would lets say a voice seiyuu pronounce them?
Edit: Forgive me, I didn't realize you guys were already doing that already but I have another question on how to discern certain Japanese dialects.
|2009-01-06, 19:30
|Link #1884
Honyaku no Hime
Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
Needless to say it really did help with my reading speed, my accents, pronounciation (and perhaps the best of all) reading and recognising new kanji every week that i was learning in class.
It's not the best way but one of the good ways to practice (most fun for me); also depends if you're in it for the singing or learning the language.
For me personally, it's both.
For a canadian woman, it was her dream to be a singer, so she performed and competed in animecons for near ten years, went to japan and won a talent show (alike pop idol) - she's now an anime OP/ED singer and obviously her accent is near perfect for singing in japanese.
(Speaking, i'm not sure but she's not absolutely fluent)
For others, they have a talent to listen and copy what they hear but aren't studying the language or know the meaning, so it depends. But at the end of the day, it's still practice with speaking in a different tongue, so it can't hurt.
As for sound with numbers, well, google search around for 'japanese 1-10 with sound' or something like that. I don't know of any websites, but there should be plenty of kids related ones or even learning japanese with sound ones around.
Some spanish names fit pretty well I've noticed, but not just any seiyuu, most natives would pronounce gaijin names in the same way.
Mark = ma-ku マーク
you can use this website to translate foriegn names into katakana.
How to discern certain accents.
The best way if you're not in the country is to simply study it in theory
There are plenty of material in regards to grammar structure and vocab between different regions of japan, get the theory down and a good understanding of the language.
Then obviously, the next thing is to be immersed in listening to different media (or the natives) speak it and use the knowledge that you've studied to identify the differenences.
There have been some posts here on people writing about osaka-ben and tokyo-ben, the history and some examples of different sentences, but like any language, it's simply exposure to the various kinds that'll allow you to be able to tell the differeneces.
|2009-01-08, 00:01
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Japanese grammar is not too complicated. It doesnt really get much harder than the basics. The hard part is enriching your vocab and memorizing Kanji. For vocab and Kanji two very useful tool is Furigana-injector and Rikaichan (both Firefox addons). Especially if you want to learn from song lyrics. Song lyrics are not much good for grammar but for Kanji and vocab it is alright. A sempai from my study abroad program learned from imitating Japanese comedy (he is Indian and speaks in Kansai-ben ). So you never know.
Also watching older, slice-of-life anime can be good for your listening comprehension as well as they generally speak normally.
|2009-01-08, 00:20
|Link #1886
Honyaku no Hime
Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
Japanese grammar summary
I got to the national JP government terms of 'pre-intermediate' at my old JP uni, saw the grammar structures there and was looking for a rope and chair
Intransitive verbs don't exist in the English lang as it's own genre, so having that extra to learn how to manipulate a verb in japanese is a royal pain in the ass, not to mention they're usually attached with 'ga' not 'wo'
(with the odd exception of 'ni')
And ooh, for conditional, let's stick in eba, ra, (I know there's more, but i cba to recall them, lol)
Because 'if' isn't truly an 'if' which in our sense, means something yet to happen.
And then of course, they couldn't stop at passive, or causative but figured 'hey, let's just mesh them together and get 'causative-passive' verbs too!
- And hey, just because it's too longwinded to say the verbs in that form, let's just chop out the odd sound and shorten it so it sounds almost the bloody same as a different verb conjunction.
No.. no...
Verb conjunction out of the grammar group were made to mentally kamikaze gaijin braincells
(Maybe westerners more so than asian languages)
Kanji is memorisation.
Vocab is memorisation, and those two intertwine anyways.
Utilising verbs in their correct conjunction and tense and neg/positive and depending on who we're talking to (masu/desu, plain form or keigo) vocally is hell.
|2009-01-08, 01:13
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
No need to scare people lol. I cant say how much Japanese I know. I took a look at the wiki page I know most of the stuff on it after taking 1.5 years of Japanese in college and some time studying abroad (good excuse to watch anime and say I am studying ). That said I never found any part particularly difficult. Keigo is probably the most annoying. Once you know hiragana, basic sentence structure (particles etc) and the basic conjugations (stem, plain, polite etc), rest is just building on that and more or less the same.
|2009-01-08, 01:41
|Link #1888
Honyaku no Hime
Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
It's weird, while we're in the midst of learning, you don't quite realise how much you've acheived...
Until you look at that wiki list and think:
'well... I'm too far gone to turn back now' xD
Maybe you're of the latter, but grammar esp verb conjunction really has given me a run for my money.
My simple issue now is simply memorisation of the int/adv level stuff, memorisation of the kanji i've lost before I tackle new ones and to simply keep my brain active as much as i can.
I hope and doubt I've hit the glass ceiling point to be honest, I think I can attempt to grasp a lot more, but time will tell.
In the meantime since I'm so nice, here's a true advisory guide for those of you who are considering learning Japanese and a laugh of recognition for those currently studying.
|2009-01-08, 02:28
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: USA
Age: 29
You know stuff can be a bit easier to deal with if you know how to use it but don't give it any names like "pre-indeterminate." I mean my teacher uses english terms like that and I usually am lost until she starts examples and then I'm like "pfft, I already knew that!" Yeah don't let that wiki seem the least bit complicated; Japanese is by no means easy, but it sure doesn't have to be that hard. My best advice is get a teacher, take some classes at your local university. Try to get a Japanese teacher, cause they say all their english L's like R's (no really, they're just super authentic to hear). My native language is actually quite similar to Japanese so that could possibly help more than if you have a pure english mindset.
|2009-01-09, 10:29
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On one hand, formal education of lyrics making in Japan has collapsed into formalism so much that today it brings only pedantic 歌人, song-people literally, though they make only highly sophisticated poems without melody for literature lovers. On the other hand, people who actually compose lyrics for songs often lack appropriate techniques to translate their emotions and feelings into modest sentences. They just rely on powerful words and exclamations. Bipolarisation of aestheticism and commercialism, as in any other cases.
|2009-01-09, 14:37
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|2009-01-09, 15:08
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: 28° 37', North ; 77° 13', East
Age: 27
|2009-01-09, 20:36
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Lol @ the Katakana part. During my study abroad there was this ramen place called "ラーメン". The sign looked like "5 - メン" so a friend of mine kept exclaiming how good the "5 men" was (a she too). Katakana often gets annoying since you try to puzzle out the sound of it but lots of times you dont remember some characters cuz they are rarely used...
Anyway as long as you have the drive you should be fine. My goal was and still is to watch anime without subtitles. Lame yes. But hey it keeps me going
|2009-01-10, 05:59
|Link #1895
Honyaku no Hime
Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
Same goes for you oompa. The reason I posted the guide was first for laughs (but the guy's canadian iirc meaning his brand of irony is very close to British humour which is usually too harsh for most, lol)
Secondly I'm not one to sugarcoat, so if i scared/offended some people with the wiki or advice post (which i have from the neg rep point I got, lol) then good. It wasn't my initial intention, but if it's enough to confirm your resolve then good.
If after reading them, digesting it and you still have the drive to study it, no matter what the reason then all the more power to you.
Ledgem mentioned a fact to me about attitudes of anime fans and those wanting to learn Japanese recently which I wasn't aware of and he said in short, sometimes there's this superficiality in America as to why people take to learning Japanese. So much so that if people apply for the JET program, any mention to popular culture, especially anime/manga is frowned on, you're likely to be rejected.
At the end of the day it's a language, and like many other languages, it requires a lot of hard work and constant persistence, and unlike English to a degree, Japanese ties in very very closely to it's culture, so you'd be taking on more than just semantics.
Short of having a gift for languages, a lot of days, you'll bang your head on the wall, if not with the language then sometimes with the culture and mentality/attitude of Japanese natives.
In my case, it's a mix of blood, sweat and tears sadly, helps to be a masochist.
Thirdly, because beyond the exaggeration of his posts, he did base the fundamental facts on absolute truth. His stereotypes, I have come across them, they exist but of course with all stereotypes, they're not the be all and end all.
Japanese is rewarding and a fun language to learn, naturally for those native to western languages especially English, because the thought process is completely and utterly different, if you're not bilingual (like me), you enter this completely unknown way of having to construct sentences and create logic in a way you've never have had to do for your entire existence... I've lost a few good brain cells that way, lol.
As for your reason lixuelai, it's not lame at all. It's an amazing rush to go to the cinema and watch bleach, naruto, FMA or any other movie adaptation and understand most of it without subtitles. Definitely is a confidence booster and just as good as many other reasons for learning.
As long as you persevere and focus, you'll be okay.
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|2009-01-10, 08:07
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pizza lover
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Singapore
Age: 29
watch more animes to increase exposure
try dl mkv subs.. and off the sub see hw much do u understand it
listen to op and ed esp wif karaoke
from there u can catch kanji revise kata/hira
plus u enjoy the show yasashii desho ka lol
|2009-01-11, 05:12
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The Owl of Minerva
Join Date: Apr 2006
Well I would say Japanese is one of the easier languages to learn as a second language even if it may not be the easiest to some. But don't get scared by the Wiki entry on Japanese grammar.
Japanese grammar is highly structured with only a very limited number of exceptions when compared to the European Languages. (Damn I have been spending over 20 years on English as a second languae and still fall into its grammatical traps every single day...) The only hurdle is maybe the vocabulary. But I still remember the amazing sense of achievement of understanding 70%+ of the words in a PS2 driving simulator game (mostly technical parts and brands in katakana) by just spending two hours to swallow the katakana list.
After that, I took a weekend-3-hour-course for two years and got my lv 1. By now I can already work in a normal Japanese office where no one can speak English at all.
No, you don't need to get to the Shakespearean-level of English to survive in UK/US or enjoy their TV shows (although your English teacher may suggest otherwise ). The same applies for Japanese. Don't get too stressed with the language as most likely you will only use it for travel and anime. Think of it as an opportunity to take a break from your dull, meaningless daily school/work and give you some kind of realistic goal. You can also make friends with people who are as interested in the Japanese culture as you by taking language classes (and many of them maybe anime fans too!).
IMO the key is to learn at your own pace for your own leisure (instead of for the JLPT, for bragging or for some sort of future income stream), find good study buddies, and enjoy the ride as well as the sense of achievement on the way. You will realize how much and how quick you have learnt when you look back after two years.
For the wiki entry on Japanese grammar, although I basically know everything it tries to convey, it still makes me go all dizzy. It only serves to scare away those who knows little about Japanese, and for those who do know (you may grab a native Japanese for a test), they will still get utterly confused by the mumbo jumbo of meta terms like indeterminate non-volitional whatever. Leave it to the linguists and grammarians. A good teacher and textbook is all you need.
My advice to those who are interested is go straight to find a native as your tutor or take a community college course. You will know whether the language is suitable for you in one month. Even if it turns out that you hate it with a passion, you will still have your katakana list in your head, that can be extremely useful for gaming or other purposes.
Last edited by Doraneko; 2009-01-11 at 05:50. Reason: Added some advice for inspired learners as well as attempting to fill some of the English grammar pits :P
|2009-01-12, 16:07
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text: Wildwood Park is an urban wetlands park and nature center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania managed by Dauphin County Parks and Recreation. Wildwood Park and the Olewine Nature Center offer a place to relax, explore, exercise and learn. The 200 acre park is known for the 90 acre shallow lake, 6 miles of trails, 1.5 miles of boardwalks and a convenient stop for exercise enthusiasts and nature goers. The park is open year round and offers outdoor recreation and education opportunities including hiking/walking/running trails, biking, excellent birding, picnicking, photography opportunities, fishing, and more. The Olewine Nature Center houses an Exhibit Hall free and open to the public with great opportunities for children. Visitors may be interested in park rentals or visiting the nature-themed gift shop.


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US investment management group Lord Abbett is rolling out its flagship fixed income strategies to UK investors.
Lord Abbett will launching the Dublin-domiciled Ucits range based on some of the firm's more popular fixed income strategies.
The Passport Portfolios range will include the Lord Abbett Short Duration Income fund, the Lord Abbett High Yield fund and the Lord Abbett Strategic Income fund.
'The launch of these products presents an opportunity for a wide range of investors outside the US, especially in Europe and the Middle East, to access US fixed income markets at a time when we are seeing attractive income opportunities there,' said the firm's fixed income product strategist, Stephen Hillebrecht,.
'We continue to see demand for yield-based strategies that also limit interest rate exposure, and we feel that our investment-led, investor-focused approach will be well-received.
'The U.S. corporate and asset-backed fixed income market remains one of the deepest, broadest and most liquid fixed income securities markets in the world and continues to provide income-producing opportunities.'
The short-duration income fund focuses on investment grade and high yield mortgage, corporate, government and asset-backed securities, seeking to provide higher yield than traditional short duration strategy, but with lower duration than traditional core bonds.
Over 12 months, its US mirror fund has returned 1.63% compared to the BofA Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Corporate index, which delivered 1.69%. Over three years, however, the fund is up 5.64% against the benchmark's 4.74%.
Lord Abbett's strategic income fund focuses primarily on Baa corporate bonds, and is a mirror of the US-registered Lord Abbett Income fund. The latter delivered 2.47% returns over 12 months, compared to its benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Credit Bond Index, which was up 0.41% over the period. Over three years, it is up 6.64% versus the index's 5.63% rise.
Both funds are managed by Robert Lee.
The third fund, which will be managed by Steven Rocco, will be a mirror of the Lord Abbett High Yield fund, which delivered 7.2% over 12 months, compared to the BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Master II Constrained Index's 6.29% rise.
Over three years, the fund also outperformed the benchmark, returning 8.87% versus 8.39%.
At end of April the investment house had approximately $139 billion in assets under management, of which $92 billion were in its fixed income strategies.


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Submission + - Mobile Operator Grabs 4G Lead in UK But Will Anything Work on It? (wsj.com)
pbahra writes: "Finally, the U.K. is going to get a 4G mobile-Internet service. For a country that was once at the cutting edge of mobile telephony, its lack of a high-speed mobile broadband was becoming a severe embarrassment. Everything Everywhere, Britain's largest mobile network operator, has been granted permission by U.K. regulator Ofcom to provide next-generation LTE services as early as Sept. 11. Although Ofcom's ruling is a significant step for the U.K.'s telecoms future, the choice of frequency — 1,800 MHz — means that devices that can take advantage of the much faster data speeds that LTE offers—theoretically up to 100 megabits a second—are limited. Currently the only significant market using the frequency is South Korea. While 1,800 MHz is in use in a small number of European countries, and in Australia, numbers of users are small in comparison to the U.S.. This means devices may be harder to get and cost more. So anyone who thinks their new iPad is going to zip along at 4G speeds is going to be disappointed; the new iPad only supports U.S. LTE frequencies. For the same reason, those hanging on for the new iPhone, expected to be announced on Sept. 12, in the hope that it will be LTE-compliant are unlikely to have good news. Even if there is a new iPhone, and even if it is LTE enabled, will it operate on Everything Everywhere's frequency?"


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Hopes Japan's win to host Olympics could kickstart the economyBill Birtles for Asia Pacific
Japan seems to have gotten a much needed shot in the arm after it won the bid to host the 2020 Olympics in its capital, Tokyo.
The stock market hit a one-month high, while latest figures showed that Japan's second quarter growth was revised upwards to 3.8 per cent.
A senior economist at JP Morgan, Masamichi Adachi, told Radio Australia's Asia Pacific program that the world's second largest economy is showing constructive signs of recovery.
"The underlying trend in this growth is that it is very solid, so therefore we can say Japan's economy is doing quite well at the moment," he said.
Mr Adachi added that the games is likely to give Japan a sustained boost, economically and psychologically.
"Probably the biggest point is the sentiment or mood that Japan can host big international games in seven years time, so we need to invest more, and we now feel we can do it again," he said.
As Japan begins its largest project in 42 years in preparation for the Olympics, there is still plenty left to do.
Just last week, Abe's government pledged $US500 million to fix Fukushima.
In addition, Japan faces the problem of massive debt and an ageing population.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will also need to take a call on raising the country's sales tax.
The Chief Economist at RBS Securities, Junko Nishioka, says for now though, keeping spending under control will be a priority for the country of about 130 million.


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Korea's Solar Future is Bright: Over 30,000 Expected at Event in Seoul
Seoul, Korea – January 26, 2010 – The Korean government is driving the growth and development of Korea's renewable energy industry. Korea wants to significantly increase the adoption of solar energy nationwide and become a world leader and supplier of PV technology. Through public and private investment, Korea is targeting 10 percent of the world's PV manufacturing market by using the existing infrastructure and the resources of semiconductor and display industries where Korea has developed leadership. Korea plans to install 1.3GW by 2012, with exports reaching US$ 3 billion and supporting the employment of 50,000 people.
The power of the government's commitment to solar and the existing infrastructure combine to create global interest in Korea's PV opportunities. Next week, over 30,000 people are expected to attend SEMICON Korea and SOLARCON Korea 2010 in Seoul. SOLARCON Korea is Korea's largest international PV event with support from the industry's key leaders. It is the only PV event in Korea based in Seoul. The event's keynote on February 4 features Bernhard Dimmler, CEO with Wurth Solar in Germany speaking on "Thin Film PV, a Mainstream Technology."
Event highlights on February 3 include:
- Market Outlook: Europe and Japan: With information critical for both investment and business planning, market outlooks include policy issues. Daniela Schreiber from EuPD Research will discuss "Europe PV Market and Public Policy" and Makoto Shimizu from the Development Bank of Japan will cover "Recent Trend in Japanese PV Industries and the Government Policy."
- Silicon Solar Cells vs. Thin-Film Solar Cellspanel discussion which features leading experts discussing diverse perspectives on international PV markets and technology, including EHS issues. Panelists include: Steffen Studeny from Q-cells Japan, Bernhard Dimmler, Kuo-En Chang from Motech, Thomas Hengst from Roth&Rau, Ji-Weon Jeong, Donghwan Kim of Korea University, eeand Ross Young from IMS Research.
- Workshop on Environmental Health and Safety Workshop for PV Manufacturersis aimed at personnel at PV manufacturing sites with responsibilities in: environmental protection, worker safety and health, process tool installation, process tool maintenance, specialty gas and chemical delivery systems, fire protection, building engineering, facilities, risk management, and insurance. Speakers represent Edwards, Intertek, Linde, SEMI, and REC Silicon.
Highlights on February 4 include Dimmler's keynote speech, plus:
- Photovoltaic Technology Session: Next Generation Solar Cell Technology: Organic solar cells, CIGS, and dye-sensitized solar cells will be discussed with experts from Fraunhofer Institute and SungKyunKwan University.
- PV Certification Workshop: The certification process is crucial in terms of its sustainability and productivity. This workshop reviews PV module certification and issues to consider when you enter the international PV market. Experts from TUV Rheinland and Intertek will present.
Market Outlook 2: USA and China: The second market outlook session with Chris Constantine from Oerlikon Solar presenting on "Enormous Potential, Complex Landscape" and Rongqiang CUI from the Shanghai Jiao Tong Universit presenting on "Progress of the China PV Industry."
For more information on SOLARCON Korea, please visit: http://www.solarconkorea.org/SOLARKOREA-EN/index.htm(English) or http://www.solarconkorea.org/SOLARKOREA-KR/index.htm(Korean)
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Topics: "Operation Exile/Heroin Busts" & "Remembering Jim Oberstar" & "Zenith Social Media Conference"
Description: One of Duluth's biggest drug dealers has been arrested, the latest bust in the state-wide "Operation Exile" illegal narcotics investigation.
Congressman Jim Oberstar passed away last weekend at the age of 79. Tonight, we remember Northeastern Minnesota's long-time congressman in his own words.
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Barnsley's Marcus Tudgay won't celebrate if he scores against Sheffield Wednesday
Barnsley's Marcus Tudgay says he will not celebrate if he scores against old side Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.
Last Updated: 11/12/12 5:34pm
Tudgay, who is currently on loan from Nottingham Forest, became a firm fans' favourite during his five-year stay at Hillsborough.
And the striker, 29, insists his stance is out of respect for the people who were 'brilliant' with him, although he is fully aware of the importance of getting three points.
"It's in some people's make-up to celebrate when they play their old club, but that's not me," he told The Star.
"The Sheffield Wednesday supporters are fantastic. They're passionate, caring and honest. They were brilliant with me in my time with the club.
"I can go back to Hillsborough with my family and I get a great reception from a lot of the fans. That means a lot to me. My family will be definitely coming to watch the game. I'm really looking forward to it."
Players normally require no added motivation ahead of a derby clash but this meeting holds extra significance with both sides currently scrapping it out in the relegation zone.
And the former Derby forward, who is bidding to earn a new deal with Forest, feels Saturday's meeting is the perfect platform for Barnsley to kick-start their campaign.
"Hopefully we'll be calm, but also play with a high tempo and get a victory. Derby matches always have a great atmosphere and this Saturday will be no different," he added.
"It has been tough with the run we've been on, but the match is on Sky, so there's no better game in which to perform and get a good result.
"I've come to Barnsley to get some games because my contract's up in the summer and I want to earn myself a new deal."