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The American Recreation Coalition (ARC) has found a way to bring to the RV sector a program pioneered by the U.S. auto industry to temper the fear of a job loss by potential buyers. This program makes monthly payments on a vehicle for several months if the buyer loses his or her job.
These programs have now become widespread throughout the auto market, including all vehicles manufactured by General Motors Corp.
Derrick Crandall, ARC president, on behalf of the RV and boating industries, announced Friday (May 15) that the the program administrator of GM's Payment Protection program, cynoSure Financial Inc., has offered to provide RV manufacturers with a similar program covering all U.S. purchasers.
The following is a brief synopsis of how this program might work.
The program offered by cynoSure is a short-term (12 or 24 month) protection instrument which provides up to a specified number of monthly payments of an agreed upon amount. There is also a 90-day exclusionary period and a 30-day waiting period built into these programs. The policies normally make three or six payments ranging from $500 to $1,500 a month. The program is designed to act as a bridge, as the buyer finds a new job, or to give the buyer time to sell his RV.
There are important exclusions, including pre-knowledge of a layoff or loss of employment. The exclusionary period begins the same day as the coverage period, which is the purchase date of the RV. The exclusionary period is used to eliminate those people who have prior knowledge of a potential job loss. If he/she loses his/her job during this period, there are no benefits eligible to be paid. Once the 90-day exclusionary period is up, the purchaser has up to 21 months of coverage remaining. If he/she loses his/her job any time during those 21 months, he/she is eligible (after waiting 30 days) to receive up to three or six loan payments for up to the maximum payment amount.
The cynoSure proposal can be modified by the RV industry as a whole, or for manufacturers of sufficient volume, on a company-by-company basis. For example, a manufacturer offering high-end RVs could increase the monthly reimbursement of payments to eligible buyers by paying a higher cost per vehicle.
If enough companies are willing to provide the information on the RV market, the pricing for various programs can be reduced below the following "ballpark" figures:
- 12 month coverage period, 90-day exclusionary period, 30-day waiting period, three payments up to $500 $115/vehicle.
- 12 month coverage period, 90-day exclusionary period, 30-day waiting period, six payments up to $500 $215/vehicle.
- 24 month coverage period, 90-day exclusionary period, 30-day waiting period, three payments up to $500 $180/vehicle.
- 24 month coverage period, 90-day exclusionary period, 30-day waiting period, six payments up to $500 $275/vehicle.
Keep in mind that there could potentially be many, many variations to this concept. The product could be offered to those purchasing:
- At specific shows or during a specific period – say June and July.
- Only new non-currents, adding value without further discounting prices.
- Wrapped into certain financing packages, including a national credit program.
- Qualifying used RVs that are financed.
cynoSure is planning a webinar at 1 p.m. on Friday to further explain the mechanics of the program and to answer questions on the proposal. To participate in the webinar, contact Derrick Crandall, either by e-mail at [email protected] or call (202) 682-9530 no later than close of business on Tuesday.


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Animals Among Us
At a small beach park last summer, I watched an enormous shaggy black dog sit anxiously on the beach. A young girl had waded out deep into the cold salt water, and she seemed to be in trouble. At a signal from a nearby adult, the dog leaped in and paddled straight for the child. The girl grabbed the dog's long fur, and it turned and swam for shore, towing the child to safety. Soon, the youngster was back in the water, helping out with what turned out to be a water-rescue training exercise.
We love our animals, and we rely on them, sometimes in unexpected ways. We lavish them with attention; we view endless videos of cute cats or clever birds, and visit wild places hoping to get a glimpse of an elk or an orca. And we eat them.
Our relationship with animals is filled with contradictions. While we treasure wildlife, we are causing a massive wave of extinctions. We are outraged by abuses of dogs and cats, yet we eat food that comes from an industry that keeps animals crowded in sickening confinement and, in the United States, slaughters 104.8 million pigs, 35.3 million cows, and 8.8 billion chickens each year.
Out of these contradictions, a relationship with animals that is both new, and very old, is emerging. We are questioning practices that treat animals as commodities, and instead, looking for respectful ways to coexist. We are moving toward relationships with animals that are more like those of indigenous peoples—seeing animals as fellow creatures living alongside us in complex, interdependent ecosystems.
Does that mean we should never eat animals? Joel Salatin, one of the country's best-known sustainable farmers, says animals are integral to responsible farming and that animals on his farm live good lives (until their abrupt ends). But Sunaura Taylor—drawing on the vulnerabilities she feels as a person living with a disability—believes eating meat is neither natural nor defensible.
What about wild animals: Can they be saved? Some animal lovers are recreating wild landscapes in our midst to connect habitats. Others are working to establish that nature, animals, and Mother Earth have rights. And many more are making their own backyards and neighborhoods more hospitable to wildlife, as Jane Goodall recommends.
As we grow spiritually, our circle of compassion expands from self to family to community and, sometimes, to all life. A deeper understanding of animals helps us extend that circle to include not only the charismatic animals, but the ugly, slow, and microscopic ones. And with that compassion comes a commitment to save them.
We, too, are animals after all, and the bright lines we draw to separate ourselves from the animal kingdom don't hold up to scrutiny. Stories in this issue tell of magpies that grieve their dead, chimps that dance at the base of a waterfall, crows that train their young to make tools, and dogs that can diagnose early stages of lung cancer.
As I write, my cat lies curled in front of the wood stove, adding warmth and comfort to my home. A short distance away, otters are teaching their young to dive for fish. A great blue heron leaps off a tall cedar, crying out as it soars toward the water's edge. Life without animals is unimaginable.
Are we capable of making the changes necessary to protect our wild cousins and to restore the natural systems that sustain life? It might be too much to ask, except that is what it will take to save us, too.
What can the first peoples teach us about restoring our relationship with animals?
Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience.
How one Baltimore-born Motown veteran is preserving two of the country's most precious resources: wild mustangs and at-risk children.


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Cisco IOS Basics for the ICND1 and ICND2 Certification Exams
The ICND1 and ICND2 certification exams will test you on the basics of the Cisco IOS (network infrastructure software) and how to configure the IOS. The following are some key points that summarize the IOS basics to remember for the CCENT certification exam:
Types of Memory: There are different types of memory on a Cisco device:
ROM: The Read Only Memory (ROM) on a Cisco device is like the ROM on a computer in the sense that it stores the POST and the boot loader program. The boot loader program is responsible for locating the IOS.
Flash: The flash memory is memory that is used to store the Cisco IOS.
RAM: RAM is used to store things like the routing table on a router, or the MAC address table on a switch. It is also used to store the running-config. RAM is also known as volatile RAM, or VRAM.
NVRAM: Non-volatile RAM (NVRAM) is used to store the startup-config which is copied to the running-config on bootup after the IOS is loaded.
The Boot Process: For the CCENT certification exam you need to know the high level steps that occur when a Cisco device startups up. The following is a quick review of the boot process of a Cisco router:
1. POST: The first thing that occurs when a Cisco device boots up is the POST routine which is responsible for performing a self diagnostic to verify everything is correctly functioning on the router or switch.
2. Locate IOS: After the POST the bootloader program, which is stored in ROM locates the IOS in flash memory and loads it into RAM.
3. Startup-config Applied: After the IOS is loaded into memory the bootloader program then locates the startup-config and applies it to the device.
Configuration Modes: When making changes to the Cisco device there are a number of different configuration modes and each change is made in a specific configuration mode. The following summarizes the major configuration modes:
User Exec: When you connect to a Cisco device the default configuration mode is user exec mode. With user exec mode you can view the settings on the device but not make any changes. You know you are in user exec mode because the IOS prompt displays a ">".
Priv Exec: In order to make changes to the device you must navigate to priv exec mode where you may be required to input a password. Priv exec mode displays with a "#" in the prompt.
Global Config: Global configuration mode is where you go to make global changes to the router such as the hostname. To navigate to global configuration mode from priv exec mode, type config term where you will be placed at the (config)# prompt.
Sub Prompts: There are a number of different sub prompts from global configuration mode you can navigate to such as the interface prompts to modify settings on a specific interface, or the line prompts to modify the different ports on the device.


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NYU Langone Medical Center
Where ordinary doesn't exist
At NYU Langone Medical Center, we don't believe there's any such thing as an ordinary day. As one of the most respected academic research institutions in the country, we believe every day is a chance to learn something important. For nurses, this means taking an active role in innovating healthcare by questioning, challenging, and - most importantly - seeking to understand every procedure they perform. This emphasis on learning is part of our commitment to constant improvement. Since we are firm believers that healthcare decisions should be made as close to the bedside as possible, the key to our success is ensuring that our nurses continue to develop professionally while increasing their knowledge and clinical expertise.
New graduates of baccalaureate nursing programs are considered for hire on most clinical units. All new graduates join the Nurse Residency Program that provides an intensive, mentored, clinical work experience during the first year of practice. Expert nurses facilitate the new graduate's development with special emphasis on critical thinking skills, leadership abilities, communication skills, research-based practice, patient safety, and professional career development.
NYU offers outstanding continuing opportunities for nurses seeking to advance their careers. Through orientations, preceptorships, mentoring and education, we ensure that at NYU, learning is a way of life. As nurses at all levels of experience develop in their careers, advancement is rewarded based on NYU's unique RN Clinical Ladder - a system that bases promotions at the bedside on the strength of clinical expertise and critical thinking.
This extraordinary focus on learning carries over into the benefits we provide our nursing staff. After six months of full-time employment, tuition remission of 24 credits a year towards nursing degrees is available at New York University's Division of Nursing; reimbursement of $5000 per year towards nursing degrees at other institutions is also provided (Federal regulations requiring taxation of education benefits apply to both tuition remission and tuition reimbursement).
At NYU Langone Medical Center, we treat nurses with the respect they deserve as invaluable members of the healthcare continuum. In short, it's a nursing career that transcends the ordinary.
If you're interested in a career at this leading institution, please send your resume to:
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The conference is sponsored and supported by the efforts of 22 organizations across New England who come together to make it happen.
For the next four days I am going to:
- Attend talks by some of the best genealogists in the country
- Attend a society fair to see who else can help me find my ancestors
- Participate in an Ancestors Roadshow as a volunteer professional consultant
- Give a talk on New England Probate
- Spend time with other folks who love genealogy as much as I do
- Wander through the Exhibit Hall and try to restrain myself from buying everything I see
- Catch up, hopefully, with some distant cousins
- Meet loads of my Facebook friends for the first time
- Catch up with old friends
- Volunteer just a few more times before it's over
If you love genealogy and you have a day or two or three free this week, then consider heading over to Springfield. If you can't get off work, consider coming for the day on Saturday.
Don't have the money to spend on registration? Then stop by the Exhibit Hall or the Society Fair. They are both free and open to the public.
If you pass me in the hall, be sure to stop and introduce yourself! I would love to meet you.
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Biblical Viewpoints on Women
The Bible is primarily a religious book about the covenant between the creator and creation, between God and humankind. But it's important to remember that the people described in the Bible and the human authors who wrote the Bible (even though inspired, according to Christian and Jewish tradition, by the Holy Spirit) were born, grew up, lived, and died within a specific culture and society. Often, those cultures and societies weren't determined, controlled, or sometimes even influenced by the Judeo-Christian faith and religion by itself, so contrasts inevitably arise. In other words, the Bible teaches in Genesis that all men and all women are made in the image and likeness of God — but secular, political, economic, and cultural practice rarely reflected that truth, as revealed in biblical history.
Women as spiritual equals
The Bible teaches that women are equal to men at the supernatural level — the level of grace:
- Women have spiritual equality to men; they have the same kind of immortal soul and the same possible eternal destiny.
- Like men, women are made in the image and likeness of God.
- Also like men, women are called to live lives of holiness.
- Human nature is the samefor women as it is for men (body and soul, intellect and will), yet there are some real differences, physiological and psychological, between the sexes. These differences distinguish and complement each other.
Although women have suffered from inequality socially, economically, and culturally, it is unfair and erroneous to use the Bible to justify such inequalities merely because you can read in scripture of instances where inequality was practiced. God didn't inspire injustice, and the Bible doesn't condone it. Just because the book reports sins, crimes, and injustices doesn't mean that it endorses or approves of those evils. The Bible has many stories of notable women like Deborah, who was a Judge in Israel in the twelfth century BC, the first female political and military leader of her people. In addition, women were afforded equal respect in the Ten Commandments when God instructed us to "Honor your father and your mother"(Exodus 20:12). Nevertheless, keep in mind that other women in the Bible were treated shamefully or as property because of the weaknesses of humankind in general and because of the specific weaknesses of the men who lived during that time.
Good versus evil: A gender-blind concept
When Moses received the Ten Commandments (the Law) from God on Mount Sinai, he didn't come back with two versions, one for men and one for women. The Law applied to all men and women.
The significance of a single set of laws is the idea that evil has no claim on either gender. Throughout biblical salvation history, women and men alike have been individually good or individually bad. Each person had to make his or her own personal choice: Do I do good or do I do evil?
You see good women and bad women in the Bible, just as there are good men and bad men. Jezebel (bad) and Esther (good) are as much a part of the Bible as are Herod (bad) and John the Baptist (good).
Morality, free will, and Fido
Morality is gender blind because moral acts, which can be either good or bad, are possible only when free will is invoked. Only deliberate and voluntary actions can be qualified as moral acts. For that reason, your kitty, your pooch, and your laptop computer can't ever sin, because they lack free will. The first two work on instinct, the other by program. Men and women, however, can freely choose to act or not to act.
According to Hebrew history as outlined in the Bible, harmony existed among the Hebrews as long as they stayed united with God by keeping the covenant (the sacred oath between God and the Hebrew people). When the people were unfaithful to their promise, sin occurred and brought disunity and division. False prophets arose, and authentic ones were ignored, killed, or chased away. When idolatry (idol worship), the epitome of religious infidelity, raised its ugly head, the kingdom itself was divided into north and south, and both were eventually wiped off the world map. Jews and Christians believe that the current divisions among nations and even among the Christian churches are signs of this division and that much work has to be done by both genders to repair the schism.


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Everything about the new Portneuf Medical Center is colorful. The palettes for the interior finishes, furniture and artwork work together to create a welcoming, soothing environment for patients and staff alike. Oversized windows provide ample views of the many-hued twin mountains in the nearby Pocatello valley. And, while some hospital floors can look drab, Portneuf's floors features waves of colorful ribbons threading their way across the neutral field colors. While these colors are very aesthetically pleasing, they also play a key functional role. "On this project, wayfinding for patients and staff is critical. Colors are used throughout the six-story facility to help identify departments and services," according to Cathy Roach, RID, IIDA, director of design at Ascension Group Architects, LLC, the firm that designed the full service regional medical center. In addition to using color to distinguish different areas from each other, the design challenge included using colors and designs that work together to achieve a harmonious whole. "Being able to coordinate colors between sheet and tile floors was an added benefit of specifying the Armstrong family of products," Roach says.
Portneuf was built using a fast track construction schedule, which meant the Ascension Group worked with an accelerated timeline for project delivery. But, finding interior finish colors that are the "right colors" and that work well together can take a lot of time. The Armstrong CONTINUUM system assists architects and designers working on fast track projects by allowing designers to quickly mix and match flooring choices to achieve a naturally integrated look. It also simplifies the design process because the colors and designs are coordinated within product lines and cross-coordinated with other Armstrong flooring lines. Three floor products— ColorArt Medintone Sheet, LinoArt MARMORETTE Linoleum and Premium EXCELON Stonetex VCT— feature Armstrong CONTINUUM and are used throughout the Portneuf project.
Designers chose seven coordinating ColorArt MEDINTONE Sheet vinyl colors for the halls and patient rooms. "ColorArt MEDINTONE Sheet has proven itself to the hospital owners and our firm to be a great product on previous projects, both in cost and performance. Its broad color line allowed us to create unique and dynamic floor patterns throughout the facility," Roach says. ColorArt MEDINTONE Sheet has 64 sophisticated colors, all featuring CONTINUUM color and design harmony plus excellent durability and a UV-cured coating for low-maintenance options.
Portneuf's cafeteria features LinoArt MARMORETTE Linoleum in the neutral, earthy "the boardwalk" color. LinoArt MARMORETTE Linoleum is one of Armstrong's broadest linoleum product lines, featuring 67 colors and classic linoleum marbling. Eight colors of Premium EXCELON Stonetex VCT tile are used in hallways and utility areas. This true non-directional product is available in 37 organic colors and two sizes (12 x 12 in. and 18 x 18 in.).
Five other Armstrong floors were chosen for this project based on a combination of characteristics. According to Roach, "LinoArt LINORETTE and LinoArt GRANETTE Linoleum were specified for the hospital's dining facility because the product's visual provided an upgraded appearance while ensuring the floors would be durable and easily cleanable." LinoArt LINORETTE Linoleum features 12 colors in a bold blend of highlights and contrasts. LinoArt GRANETTE Linoleum is offered in 18 colors with a range of neutrals and earth-based colors. Both lines coordinate with the Armstrong portfolio of flooring solutions.
ColorArt MEDINTECH Sheet in operating/surgical areas, some hallways and patient rooms provides excellent durability. Its UV-cured coating also allows for low-maintenance cleaning. Heatweldable seams ensure aseptic performance to critical-care spaces, while adhesive seaming with Armstrong S-761 Seam Adhesive in non-aseptic spaces saves installation time, materials and costs.
The project also uses ColorArt MEDLEY Sheet at red line locations. Roach explains, "These are the small borders that designate where staff enter the sterile surgical suite. Some facilities use red tape. We always specify a sheet vinyl red line, which looks so much better, as you can imagine." ColorArt MEDLEY Sheet is a value-priced homogeneous product featuring excellent durability plus a UV-cured coating for low maintenance options.
The Portneuf hospital design features an internal circulation spine spanning multiple floors in orientation, providing access to key services and amenities from a central datum. The circulation element has a fluidity to it, which is also visually expressed in waves of color on the floor. That meant working with installers who were true craftspeople and who could also meet the project's accelerated timeframe. Wall 2 Wall Floorcoverings, headquartered in Pocatello, met both criteria.
Wall 2 Wall's Commercial Division assigned more than two dozen installers to the job, working around the clock. Bill Bohrer, Wall 2 Wall president, says, "The water jet process was particularly challenging, requiring two water jet companies to produce all the pieces and deliver on time. Our installers were put to the test by the huge amount of inlays and heat welded seams." The complex ribbons are comprised of more than 30,000 lineal feet of water jetcut tile and sheet vinyl. Some of them are more than 70 feet long and cove up the wall. Even with the challenge of a fast track project and intricate designs, with the network support of Armstrong and the distributor, they were able to meet the schedule.
Portneuf was single largest construction project in Pocatello's history, presenting a challenge for any materials supplier, and the fast track construction schedule meant a lot of different flooring products would need to deliver simultaneously on an accelerated timeframe. Roach says Ascension Group trusted Armstrong to come through for them and for the hospital. "Our client expects the finish materials we specify to be readily available at the time the job is built and afterwards when patching is required, or when a future renovation is planned. Armstrong gives us the peace of mind that when we need a product, it will be there."
Bohrer also thinks Armstrong is a trusted partner. He explains, "We were short of a color of weld rod for an area that absolutely had to be finished by the end of December, 2010. Armstrong express mailed our rod the moment it got off the container ship from Europe. Our Armstrong rep, Greg Wilson, and Armstrong senior managers helped make it happen." Bohrer's faith in Armstrong goes beyond the Portneuf project. "Armstrong products are always top quality and the customer service is top notch and reliable. All manufacturers have problems, and the best ones take care of the problems quickly and with no hassle. Armstrong falls squarely in the 'best ones' category," he says.
Ascension Group is proud to include Portneuf Medical Center in its collective works. Roach says, "It was a challenging job, but the community of Pocatello and the surrounding areas has had such a positive response to the hospital campus." Bohrer adds, "The entire town is very proud of the hospital. The public open house was very well attended and the floor is without question the interior highlight."
Capping off the excitement, Ascension and Wall 2 Wall were honored with the 2012 Starnet Design Competition "Unique Installation Challenge" award for their superior designs and installation capabilities.


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1bbqboy I kinda like midwestern pizza. It ain't supposed to be Eye-talian.
wanderingjew I agree, that pizza doesn't look very good. Honestly the only place in the Midwest I would consider eating pizza is Chicago (deep dish only) I couldn't even imagine traveling to the midwest and wasting a meal on pizza when there are so many other great things to have, however as a local you would have to settle for what you have available
trzhotel Casey's General Store is to small town Iowa what Dairy Queen is to small town Texas: the only choice. They have their own supply chain and use their monopoly on groceries in their tiny locations as well. Im not gonna name names and places, but important people in rural Iowa get really angry when the local Gas Station closes. Its the last straw for some towns when people can't buy gas, worse than school consolidations. The Canadian Bacon or Breakfast slices are the way to go.
kennyb where is Happy joe's? not a Caseys fan.
ScreamingChicken I don't recall ever seeing customer seating in a Casey's unless you count the restrooms. And speaking of restrooms, the ones in the Casey's on the eastern side of Grundy Center, Iowa, are extremely nice.
kennyb where is Happy joe's? not a Caseys fan.
Ketteract kennyb where is Happy joe's? not a Caseys fan. If you feel like taking a trip to the KC area, there's a place in Independence called Tim's Pizza that was started by a former Happy Joe's manager. He brought some aspects of Happy Joe's to his pizza, to the point where it could be termed an excellent knock-off. Similar crust, similar sauce, same diced Canadian bacon... it's not quite HJ, but it's quality pizza in its own right and well worth a look!
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A Saturday Wall Street Journal report claims Ford is working up plans to retool its North American assembly plants to build a number of European models. Ford hasn't confirmed the report, but it is expected to announce the shift during its second-quarter earnings conference on Thursday. While the paper mentions only the Mondeo specifically, conventional wisdom has the Euro Focus and possibly a C-Max/S-Max joining it. We'll take one with a diesel and 6-speed stick, please. [WSJ via Automotive News (Sub. Req.)]
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The Road to Right-Size Cities
Cities have always gained or lost population because of economic shifts, immigration, war, and environmental blessings or disasters. Settlements can dwindle and even disappear, as American western (and eastern) ghost towns and archaeological sites the world over show. Yet the United States has typically considered long-term urban population decline unusual—an anomaly that, should it occur in one place, has less significance than growth there and elsewhere.
However, many American cities, mostly in the Midwest and Northeast, have seen serious continuing shrinkage in recent decades and are now beginning to face up to it. A few have tentatively tried to craft measures that accept the persistence, even permanence, of their smaller size. As these cities search for answers, one of the few models they can turn to comes from, of all places, the buffalo country of the Great Plains states.
There, communities that fought population decline for decades are now preparing for the realities of a smaller, but not necessarily worse, future. Through our work with these communities over many years, we believe that they have experience that can help guide shrinking cities in what we have called "smart decline."
A history of growth
Large American cities first appeared in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a time of high industrialization and rapid external and internal immigration. Chicago had 30,000 people in 1850 and grew to nearly 300,000 in 1870. It endured the 1871 Great Chicago Fire and kept ballooning anyway, rising to more than 500,000 by 1880 and doubling again by 1900 as it became a center for railroads, meat processing, timber brokering, and finance. Midsized cities, too, like Bethlehem, Scranton, and Wilkes-Barre in northeast Pennsylvania, flourished as coal and steel processors. Their overall boundaries expanded, with affluent neighborhoods for the local elites and ethnic enclaves for the working classes. Their downtowns and main streets prospered. Many cities and neighborhoods in this high industrial era grew at least as rapidly as their present-day, less industrial Sun Belt counterparts.
American city planning emerged to deal with the consequences. Sir Peter Hall's canonical history of planning shows the field forming to deal with the large new urban slums of late-nineteenth-century industrializing America (and Europe): unhealthy, congested, dangerous, ugly, vice ridden, and aggrieved, but growing fast—what he calls "The City of Dreadful Night."
As the twentieth century unfolded, American city and regional planning tried to manage the pressures of rising urban and later suburban populations, as well as the effects of industrial growth. Local zoning ordinances, state land-use regulations, federal antipollution laws, and environmental reviews appeared, whose proponents expected them to uphold property values. Population and economic growth provided both the norm and the ideal—the standard template—to guide development. Thus in the 1950s and 1960s American planning devices focused on "growth control," in the 1970s and 1980s on "growth management," and in the 1990s and 2000s on "smart growth."
No zoning ordinance, still the most frequent tool of American local land-use planning, explicitly anticipates that the locality or its neighborhoods will lose population.
Confronting declining populations
By the late twentieth century vast shifts undid the American fable of all-but-permanent urban and economic growth. Cheaper manufacturing centers arose outside the old Northeast and Midwest, first elsewhere in the United States and then abroad. White- and blue-collar workers had already used their postwar rising wages and the new federal home loans (essentially a mortgage subsidy) to flee the cities for the suburbs in huge numbers, leaving behind the poor and many minorities. Large public sewer and road-building programs further subsidized American suburbanization. Most older cities, especially in the Rust Belt, found themselves increasingly left behind: No large cohort of upwardly mobile urban newcomers moved in to replace the former residents. "The City of Dreadful Night" became "The City of the Permanent Underclass."
The Big Three American carmakers, once national symbols and the country's most visible group of corporations, began their initially shallow, then steep descent into two-thirds complete bankruptcy and federal bailout by 2009. Their suppliers in the steel, coal, tire, glass, machinery, and utility industries suffered with them. The same pattern recurred in the electronics and aircraft sectors, among many others. American manufacturing could often no longer compete with its new rivals around the world.
The urban effects were predictable, though few wanted to admit to them. Long-established cities like St. Louis, which in 1900 had been the fourth-largest American city, and Buffalo, the eighth largest, dropped out of the nation's top twenty by 1980. By the 1990s many new immigrants—for instance, Russians and South Asians in the Northeast—moved directly to the suburbs rather than undergoing the previous typical newcomer rites of passage in big cities.
Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania cities, in particular, dwindled significantly. Frequently even their suburbs shrank. In 2000–2009 "the failed state of Ohio" contributed four of the ten metro areas that lost the largest absolute numbers of people. Behind New Orleans and Pittsburgh, Cleveland was in third place, Youngstown-Warren fifth, Dayton eighth, and Toledo tenth. About half of Detroit's surrounding cities and towns lost population in the decade.
Smart decline: A new approach
Youngstown, Ohio is a classic example of a shrinking city trying hard to adapt. In 1950 the city was a vibrant steel town with 170,000 people, the fifty-seventh-largest U.S. city. Then suburbanization hit, the steel mills began to close in 1977, and by 2000 Youngstown had 82,000 inhabitants, less than half its size two generations earlier. Its decrepit neighborhoods had typical signs of shrinkage: abandoned or underused buildings, empty overgrown lots, high crime, and aging and heavily minority populations.
In 2002, after decades of trying to restart economic development like most other Rust Belt cities, Youngstown made a radical change in approach. The city began devising a transformative plan to encourage some neighborhoods to keep emptying and their vegetation to return. The plan, still early in its implementation, would raze under-occupied structures, streets, and alleys to form larger land parcels and home lots, more green space, and new parks. At the heart of the plan is Youngstown's acceptance of decline and attempt to use it to improve the remaining buildings, infrastructure, and services by strategically concentrating them.
A perverse measure of the nation's (and the environmental professions') neglect of shrinkage possibilities showed up in the media reception of Youngstown's 2005 plan. Accepting shrinkage seemed so unusual that within two years the city's approach appeared on the front pages of USA Today and the Wall Street Journal, on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, on the Voice of America, and on the New York Times Magazine list of 2006's most interesting ideas.
The shrinkage policies of Braddock, Pennsylvania, a small town near Pittsburgh, won its mayor, John Fetterman, the cover of the November 2009 Atlantic's "100 Brave Thinkers" issue. The town's population losses—90 percent, according to the Atlantic—call for extreme approaches, and Fetterman has emphasized art, turning eyesores into murals and bidding for artists to relocate there.
Buffalo's decline has left it with the threadbare assets of a much larger place, a size-40 city in a size-60 suit. It retains the architectural treasures, theaters, hospitals, schools, and government buildings (including an always-outsized City Hall) to anchor a major region, but now, at less than half its population at its height, it has too few people to fully occupy them. The city's "5 in 5" plan calls for razing five thousand buildings in five years by evaluating vacant buildings and putting them up for bids. Razing occurs if there are no takers. The city promotes historical preservation, trying to weed out the excess but keeping the design gems. As elsewhere, vacant land is used for community gardens. Flint, too, draws on these strategies and emphasizes greening vacant land in its master plan.
Detroit, with more than a third of its residential lots already vacant or derelict, has seen smart-decline efforts by nonprofits like the Detroit Vacant Property Campaign, which advocates land banking and improving foreclosure procedures and works with neighborhoods to devise approaches to vacancies.
People Without Homes,
Homes Without People
In New York, low-income people fighting for affordable housing are taking on the developers of vacant condo projects.
The Detroit City Council approved the Detroit Land Bank in July 2008. Urban agriculture is growing. In March 2010, in his first State of the City address, Mayor Dave Bing announced his plan to demolish 3,000 buildings in 2010 and 10,000 overall by 2014. The program draws on considerable federal support and is described as a way to strengthen neighborhoods and improve land use. The poster child of urban shrinkage, Detroit has become the site of some of the nation's liveliest discussions about where to go next in smart decline.
All of these places—still a minority among shrinking cities—are struggling to grasp their next steps: how to respond to lost revenue and political power, and how to salvage their obsolete land uses and unexpectedly open spaces. They seem to lack useful models to help them adapt to their new size. But models of decline do exist—in rural America.
A Great Plains approach
While the Detroits and Youngstowns grew in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, rural regions and communities shrank. By the late twentieth century, rural growth had become unusual unless based on exurbia, amenities, or (typically short-term) resource strikes. In fact, generations-long population declines in the Corn Belt, upper Midwest, and lower Mississippi Delta fit a clearly standard pattern of the early phases of the Industrial Revolution globally. American rural regions, like shrinking cities later, at first sought new sources of growth or thought (quite understandably) that their old sources would return. Mostly fruitless decades passed before some came to creative solutions to their problems of shrinking populations.
Our own experience points to the rural Great Plains as a useful source of smart-decline strategies. The region has seen three cycles of short booms and long busts since the arrival of white settlers. The first boom began with homesteading after the Civil War and ended with many of the settlers headed back east in the late 1880s and early 1890s—driven out by blizzard, drought, and economic crises. The two later cycles ended first with the 1930s Dust Bowl and then the modern decades-long, slow-leak shrinkage.
The third long bust was well under way by the mid-1980s, when we began writing about the region. We suggested that Manifest Destiny-style growth visions for the region had proved self-defeating, largely because of excessive resource exploitation. We argued that the rural Plains, especially its most depopulating parts, should pursue paths of ecological restoration, with large land preserves: federal, tribal, state, nonprofit, and private holdings that would emphasize ecological restoration and research and mesh well with ecotourism. Traditional farming, ranching, and energy extraction could also profit by adopting lighter approaches to land that minimized inputs and disruptive landscape changes. We had no wish to displace existing secure owners or communities, or their land uses, but rather to shift the region's way of thinking about its future. We called our approach the Buffalo Commons, an open-ended metaphor that evokes native species and shared land and futures.
Most plainspeople at first dismissed the Buffalo Commons as near lunatic: a foolish and unnecessary acceptance of shrinkage. Or perhaps it was predatory—we, big eastern or West Coast interests, or the federal government, had designs on their land. But over the next two decades, the old approaches continued to fail. By 2005 two more censuses had documented the continuing outmigration and the economic stress it brought. Gradually plainspeople undertook more and more Buffalo Commons approaches.
Farmers and ranchers started shifting from cattle to buffalo. Plains banks began lending for buffalo. Plains states' agricultural extension offices offered advice on how to raise buffalo. Encouraged by the newly formed InterTribal Bison Cooperative, Sioux and other Plains tribes took steps to recover buffalo herds and restore their buffalo culture. The Nature Conservancy, the country's largest land-conservation group, began to buy and preserve Plains land, along with the Montana-based American Prairie Foundation, the Nebraska-based Grassland Foundation, and the Texas-based Great Plains Restoration Council.
In late 2009 Kansas's two largest newspapers ran editorials endorsing the Buffalo Commons, suggesting that it become a national park in the western part of the state and proposing two counties as its core. The two papers quoted the state's former governor and sitting secretary of wildlife and parks—a Republican and in the 1980s a critic of the Buffalo Commons—who said that it "makes more sense every year."
The term "Buffalo Commons" itself generated a wealth of possibilities. It stimulated creative assessments of the Plains' long-term assets, ecologically sensible land uses, and community-building strengths. The region's still-unfolding adaptation suggests that large stretches of it are successfully moving toward the Buffalo Commons, which situates it better for the realities of the climate-changing, post-fossil-fuel era.
Embracing smallness
The Great Plains and the Buffalo Commons offer useful lessons for shrinking cities in the Rust Belt and elsewhere. As in the Plains, many shrinking cities' politicians and people recoil from measures that accept the ongoing decline. The initiatives feel un-American, suggest that past approaches (or one's ancestors) were inadequate, force admission that much of local destiny lies beyond local control, present political risks, and provoke other discomforts. So the cities' first responses to shrinkage continue previous "Hail Mary" approaches, hoping that only a new employer, industry, or tax policy is needed to return to growth. For most cities, this approach is misguided and ultimately useless. It misses the window these cities have to redefine themselves, basing their future on tapping the creativity of their citizens and ecosystems.
City Lots,
Lots of Food
Residents of Richmond, California are taking a plant- now-apologize- later approach to urban agriculture.
In such tasks, shrinking cities have some advantages over the Plains and other shrinking rural regions. Old cities first built for compactness, high population density, and neighborhood walkability have suddenly useful post-carbon assets such as centralized amenities and short-distance transportation. Their unintended open space offers sites for food production. They can experiment with renewable energy options that do not rely on long-distance transmission.
New groups such as the National Vacant Properties Campaign ("Creating Opportunity from Abandonment") are emerging to deal with the issues urban shrinkage raises. The Obama administration may yet redeem its urban promises, especially since big states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, whose urban counties often have larger populations than entire Plains states, remain crucial in national elections. The cities' governments, however ragged or corrupt, have precise boundaries and duties that many rural regions lack. For all their problems, Buffalo and Cleveland run their own governments in a way western Kansas, much less the Plains as a whole, does not.
The experiences of Youngstown, Flint, Braddock, Detroit, and Buffalo amount to early attempts to act on the new reality. These cities stand about where the Plains states stood in the mid-1990s and show that the search for adaptive urban shrinkage has only begun. The Buffalo Commons experience suggests specific tasks for cities that embrace rather than deny shrinkage: Reorganize space; remove unneeded infrastructure; rethink transportation, energy, and food options; encourage industrial and other heritage tourism; and, above all, rightsize themselves in authentic, resilient ways that shun past magical thinking and face the realities of the post-carbon world.
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WASHINGTON — The best hope for overhauling the nation's health-care system later this year may depend on a procedural change slipped into the House of Representatives' budget bill.
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Usually, 60 votes are needed to limit debate under Senate rules. Since Democrats control only 58 Senate seats, Republican opposition could block a health-care overhaul. The House bill's terms, however, would permit Senate passage with a 51-vote threshold.
The House version of the budget, which passed Thursday evening on a vote of 233 to 196, would allow the Senate procedural change by authorizing what's known as "the reconciliation process." It would permit that process for legislation on health care, education and tax policy.
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I doubt even Capcom expected such an elated response from nostalgic gamers when they announced the revival of one of the greatest Disney platform games of all time, DuckTales. Despite everyone born from 1990 onwards being oblivious to the cartoon series and likely scratching their heads at us old farts for cheering Capcom on, the simple yet exhilarating gameplay from the DuckTales video game makes it more than worth remaking. And although the level design and controls remains true to the classic title, the visuals and sound have been given an incredible makeover. While listening to the theme song and watching people belt it out in a karaoke booth on the E3 show floor, I was able to test out a couple of playable levels, and I can honestly say I did not want to give up the controller to the next person in line.
I surprised myself when the cast entered the scene and I remembered all their names. Scrooge McDuck, Mrs. Beakley, Launchpad McQuack, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and even sweet little Webby are all present and accounted for, although the remastered version now comes with fully voiced dialogue, even including some of the original voice actors from the cartoon series. And the humorous script is not confined to a story bridge between levels. As objectives are met and checkpoints reached, Scrooge will stop to scold Launchpad for his incompetence, and get a scolding himself from Mrs. Beakley for not taking better care of himself.
Getting into the action, Scrooge's trusty cane once again helps him tackle obstacles and take down enemies. After jumping, Scrooge can bounce on his cane like a pogo stick, which dispatches most enemies after bouncing on their noggins. Doing so also gives you an upwards boost, which at certain points let's you access secret areas and reach lofty treasure chests. When beside a boulder, chest, or other whack-able objects, the multifunctional cane acts as a mallet, launching boulders skywards and cracking open chests. Diamonds are collected and converted into a currency score, and cakes will replenish your health. Three difficulty modes (Easy, Medium, and Hard) determine how many hearts you have. And between the clever level design and aggressive enemies, you'll dare not play DuckTales and call it a kid's game.
Unlike most traditional side-scrollers, DuckTales doesn't merely take you from the left side of the board to the finish line on the right side. Instead, you climb chains and descend vines, backtracking and moving all around the compass to complete your objective. A handy map shows you which areas you've already visited and the general location of the objects you are seeking. This makes each board a campaign within itself, and completing a level without losing a life is immensely satisfying.
Though the timeless gameplay has gone untouched, the most praise must be given to the completely rebuilt visuals. DuckTales: Remastered looks absolutely gorgeous. The characters distinctly standout from the backdrops, possessing whimsical animations with an old-school style. The 3D backdrops are full of life and depth. Though a cartoonish design, the colors pop, even in the grim Draculesti Manor. Windows will sway with a storm raging outside, and distant statues from the Incan level increase the scope of your surroundings. Small touches like a dim aura in spooky rooms and the bobbing of the brake handle on the mine cart all stand out as you journey on. The remixed audio also sounds great. They're all the memorable tracks from the original game but with modernized effects that sound clean and sharp.
DuckTales: Remastered will likely remain a single-player affair, though it is definitely one you can enjoy by yourself or with a few good friends who can watch and share in the nostalgia. No official release date has been confirmed, but the game is expected to be digitally available to download within the next few months. I wouldn't mind seeing an upgrade to the mere five levels from the original, but even with the same selection, I will happily play it over and over again. I will be happier still with the return of multiple endings that change according to your accumulated wealth. Revitalized classics are alive and well in today's cornucopia of genres, and DuckTales will be the icing on the cake.
Sean Engemann
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Date: June 13, 2013
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Egypt's first Islamist and civilian president-elect, Mohammed Morsi, vowed before a crowd of thousands in Cairo's Tahrir Square today to work for the release of Omar Abdel-Rahman, the blind Jersey City sheik jailed for plotting the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
Morsi's statement came as he vowed to fight for his authority and symbolically read an oath of office on the eve of his official inauguration.
His strongly worded speech was a show of defiance as he gears up to power struggle with the country's ruling generals who passed a constitutional declaration taking over major presidential powers in the days before election results were announced after a bitter campaign.
"Everybody is hearing me now. The government, the military and the police ... No power above this power," he said as the crowd roared. "I reaffirm to you I will not give up any of the president's authorities. I can't afford to do this. I don't have that right to that."
"You are the source of legitimacy and whoever is protected by anyone else will lose," he told his supporters.
He also addressed popular demands, vowing to work for the release of Abdel-Rahman as well as detained Egyptian protesters facing military tribunals.
"I will do my best to free all detainees, including Dr. Omar Abdel-Rahman," he said, pointing to a group of protesters holding a poster of the spiritual leader of men convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Supporters have called for the sheik to be repatriated to Egypt on humanitarian grounds.
The statement was quickly denounced by U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ.
"The President-elect's talk of freeing a convicted terrorist is not a good start to addressing Egypt's challenges,'' Lautenberg said in a written statement. "Omar Abdel-Rahman is a terrorist with American blood on his hands and he will serve the rest of his life in detention."
Six people died in the 1993 bombing.
Morsi, a 60-year-old U.S.-trained engineer, narrowly defeated Ahmed Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister and a former air force general, in a runoff race that deeply polarized the nation. Initially put forward as a back-up candidate for the Muslim Brotherhood, he addressed the crowd with a booming voice, flanked by several security guards.
His victory has given Islamists a new boost after they overcame decades of suppression and arrests under Mubarak's secular regime to become Egypt's most influential post-revolutionary political force. However, the military has fought to check the Brotherhood's rise and maintain its hold on the reins of power.
At one point he opened his jacket to show the crowd he wasn't wearing a bulletproof vest, saying he "fears no one but God."
The speech ironically brought Republican Guard forces back to the square — a rare occurrence as government security forces have avoided the area to avoid provoking protesters angry over continued military influence.
Many protesters had called for Morsi to hold his swearing-in ceremony in the square, the epicenter of mass protests that ousted Mubarak, but the military generals said it must be held in front of a high court, in the absence of a parliament. The ceremony was scheduled to be held Saturday.
However, he read an informal oath during his speech to the delight of the crowd. Many chanted "We love you Morsi" and "Oh marshal tell the truth, Morsi is your president, or not," referring to the head of the ruling military panel Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi.
The ruling generals have promised to transfer power to an elected president by Sunday. But they also have given themselves sweeping powers that undercut the authority of the president. The constitutional declaration — issued days before the winner of a runoff vote was announced — also designated the generals the country's legislature in place of the disbanded parliament.
The disbanding of parliament forced Morsi to take his oath in front of the Constitutional Court, which ruled against the parliament and whose judges were appointed by Mubarak.
He also reached out to the liberal and secular activists who spearheaded last year's uprising.
"The revolution continues ... with an elected president who leads the ship of the nation and leads the revolution," he said.


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"When we have a solid understanding of the place of birth and chronology of our ancestors, we have a context for their life histories. For many in New Mexico it is a village." Each village has its own genealogy – ancestors, siblings, cousins, and descendants. Many materials are available for researchers on Hispanic NM Villages, but some are less well known. Ms Alexander will cover these materials as well as other aspects of research including:
• General and unique characteristics of villages
• New Mexico villages and their environment
• Selected bibliography of types of material available to the researcher
Francelle is a native New Mexican having grown up in both the North & South Valley. After having applied her talents with APS for many years she lived overseas and began researching several villages in Europe & Asia. Upon returning from abroad, she began extensive research on the villages of Bosque, Peralta, and Los Lunas. This research resulted in several publications culminating in her major work in the area "Among the Cottonwoods – The Enduring Villages of Peralta and Los Pinos" to be published later this year. Whether your village is Madrid, Madison, Monterey, or Montenegro, you won't want to miss this workshop.
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The US Bureau of Land Management's Moab field office has approved an application for a permit to drill for helium near Harley Dome just off Interstate 70 about five miles west of the Utah-Colorado border.
A spokesman from the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Lisa Bryant, said in a news release that the agency has signed the Decision Record (DR) and Finding of No Significant Impact for the project. On Tuesday the 2nd of April the Grand County Council voted unanimously to approve a required conditional use permit for the project.
Flatirons Resources LLC applied to the BLM field office for a permit to drill a 1,100-foot exploratory well in the Harley Dome gas field and for an associated right-of-way to transport the produced gas via a surface pipeline to a new gas processing plant that would be brought in, according to the BLM news release.
IACX Energy of Dallas, Texas, would operate the plant. The Grand County Planning and Zoning Commission voted February 27th to recommend approval of the project.
If the exploratory well finds enough high-quality helium, Flatirons will construct a four inch, 7,183-foot pipeline to a small plant where the helium will be removed from the gas stream and compressed for truck transport, the BLM said.
The well would be on federal land in northern Grand County and the helium extraction plant would be on 1.4 acres of private property, according to the news release.
"The project environmental assessment considered a wide range of potential impacts to natural and cultural resources, and the DR includes best management practices and reclamation plans to mitigate identified impacts," the news release said.
Bryant said during an interview that helium has been extracted across Utah, but usually in small amounts collected while capturing larger quantities of oil and natural gas.
However, it appears that Harley Dome contains a significantly higher percentage of helium and lower percentage of hydrocarbons and methane than usual, she said.
"That would make it economical just to extract helium," Bryant said. "It would be potentially the first helium-only well in Utah and several other states."
Helium is a colorless, odorless gas with the lowest boiling and melting points of all the natural elements, according to the BLM news release.
Lee Shenton, Grand County technical inspector, said there is a shortage of helium, which has boosted prices. He said helium, which has been liquefied, is primarily used as a coolant for MRI machines.
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959 P.2d 918 (Kan.App. 1998) 25 Kan.App.2d 169 Alicia CABRERA, Claimant/Appellant, v. CASCO, INC., and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent and Insurance Carrier/Appellees. No. 79068. Court of Appeals of Kansas May 22, 1998
Syllabus by the Court
Where an employer offers an accommodated position to a workers compensation claimant, which was refused by claimant, the employer under K.S.A. 44-510e(a) is obligated only to pay claimant the stipulated impairment rating because claimant could have been earning comparable wages in addition to ongoing weekly benefits.
Joseph Seiwert, of Sniders&sSeiwert, L.L.C., Wichita, for appellant.
Douglas D. Johnson, of Johnson, Kennedy, Dahls&sWillis, Wichita, for appellees.
Before ROYSE, P.J., RULON, J., and JOHN J. BUKATY, Jr., District Judge, Assigned.
RULON, Judge:
Claimant Alicia Cabrera appeals the Workers Compensation Board's (Board) decision reducing her work disability award. We affirm.
Essentially, we must decide if respondent Casco, Inc.'s belated offer of accommodated employment was effective.
The facts are not complicated and are as follows:
Claimant was injured on the job and her last day of work was May 18, 1995. She was released to return to work in August 1995, but respondent dismissed her because it could not accommodate her restrictions. In April 1996, respondent offered claimant an accommodated position but claimant did not respond to the offer. On September 20, 1996, the administrative law judge (ALJ) awarded claimant a 30% permanent partial general disability. Claimant requested review of the award by the Workers Compensation Board. On April 22, 1997, the Board awarded claimant a 65% work disability for the period from August 25, 1995, through April 7, 1996. The Board awarded claimant only an 11% whole body functional impairment rating for the period commencing April 8, 1996, finding that claimant was not entitled to a work disability award for that period because claimant had refused an accommodated position.
Appellate review of agency actions is limited to questions of law. The determination of whether the Board's findings of fact are supported by substantial competent evidence is a question of law. Gleason v. Samaritan Home, 260 Kan. 970, Syl. p 1, 926 P.2d 1349 (1996). "In workers compensation cases, substantial evidence is evidence possessing something of substance and relevant consequence, and carrying with it fitness to induce conviction that the award is proper, or furnishing substantial basis of fact from which the issue tendered can be reasonably resolved." Gleason, 260 Kan. 970, Syl. p 2, 926 P.2d 1349. This court does not reweigh the evidence or determine the credibility of a witness' testimony. Guerrero v. Dold Foods, Inc., 22 Kan.App.2d 53, 56, 913 P.2d 612 (1995) (citing City of Wichita v. Employment Security Bd., 13 Kan.App.2d 729, 733, 779 P.2d 41 [1989] ).
In August 1995 respondent terminated claimant, telling her that it could not accommodate her work restrictions. But in April 1996, respondent offered claimant an accommodated position. The accommodated position consisted of claimant's previous position with accommodations. The ALJ found that respondent's offer of an accommodated position was not made in good faith, but the Board found the offer was made in good faith. As we understand, claimant argues the respondent's delay in returning claimant to an accommodated work position should nullify the expressed provisions found in K.S.A. 44-510e(a). According to claimant, the respondent's delay of offering an accommodated position should deny respondent the benefit of ultimately inviting the claimant to return to work in an accommodated position and comparably paying employment.
On the other hand, the respondent argues claimant overlooks the "so called" sanction already visited upon respondent by the delay in returning claimant to an accommodated position. In other words, according to respondent, because of respondent's delay in affirmatively offering claimant an accommodated position, respondent must pay weekly work disability benefits to claimant instead of weekly benefits based upon the stipulated impairment of function rating.
Under the facts presented, we conclude that respondent, although belatedly, sought to return claimant to work in an accommodated and comparably paying position, and by doing so respondent followed the legislatively encouraged procedure. By offering an accommodated position, which was refused by claimant, respondent under K.S.A. 44-510e(a) is obligated only to pay claimant the stipulated impairment rating because claimant could have been earning comparable wages in addition to ongoing weekly benefits. Arguably, both claimant and respondent would have been better served if a more timely offer of accommodated work had been forthcoming.


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Canadian homes slightly more affordable in Q3: RBC
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The Canadian Press
Published Thursday, November 22, 2012 5:45AM EST
Last Updated Thursday, November 22, 2012 6:46PM EST
TORONTO -- The cost of home ownership became more affordable in the most recent quarter due to a modest decline in home prices and gains in Canadian household incomes, according to a Royal Bank study.
RBC's affordability index for a detached bungalow stood at 42 per cent of income nationally in the third quarter.
That means an owner would need to spend 42 per cent of pre-tax annual income to pay for mortgage payments, utilities and property taxes -- one percentage point lower than in the second quarter of 2012.
That assumes an average home price of $362,100 and an average qualifying income of $78,100, but those measures varied widely from market to market.
The index fell even more for two-storey homes, by 1.2 percentage points to 47.8 per cent and eased 0.6 percentage points to 28 per cent for condos.
"The costs of owning a home at current market prices took a smaller bite of household budget in all major markets in Canada in the third quarter of 2012," the report said.
The bank, which publishes the index on a quarterly basis, says ultra-low interest rates have been the key factor in keeping affordability levels from reaching dangerous levels in recent years.
Still, top government officials have warned that low interest rates are encouraging some buyers to spend beyond what they'll be able to afford when rates inevitably rise. Household debt stands at a record 163 per cent of income. That means for every dollar Canadians earn, they owe $1.63 in debt.
Despite the recent improvement in affordability, RBC said the amount of income to service home ownership costs continues to be higher than long-term averages.
RBC notes that Canada's housing market cooled further in the third quarter, partially because of the effects of a fourth round of rule changes to government-backed mortgage insurance. The new rules were brought it to deter those most vulnerable buyers, including those exposed to a sudden rise in interest rates.
The bank expects the negative effect of the changes on home sales will ease by the end of the year and that resale activity will stabilize next year.
The July-September quarter fully reversed the mild erosion in affordability that occurred during the first half of 2012, said RBC chief economist Craig Wright.
"The broad affordability picture has been somewhat stationary over the last two years, alternating between periods of improvement and deterioration, resulting in an affordability trend that is, on net, essentially flat," Wright said.
Wright expects the Bank of Canada to begin raising its overnight lending rate for banks -- which affects bank's prime lending rates -- from the current one per cent in the second half of next year, assuming the euro crisis remains in check and U.S fiscal issues are addressed.
"This, along with the expected continued growth in household income, will lessen the risk of marked erosion in affordability," he said.
As is often the case, Vancouver's extremely expensive real-estate skewed the national figures.
"The cost of owning a home took a smaller bite out of household pocketbooks in the third quarter as home prices fell -- most notably in the Vancouver area, though it remains the least affordable market in Canada by a wide margin," explained Wright.
The index in Vancouver stood at 83.2 per cent of income, followed by Toronto at 52.4 per cent, Montreal 40.2 per cent, Ottawa at 38.7 per cent, Calgary at 38.3 per cent and Edmonton at 31.1 per cent.


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joecrowaz on Flickr wrote:Flynn you little wussy with a purple robed fairy for an icon,
Azaghal wrote:As for the 2009 Indy line . . . the Shanghai Chase, Cairo Market, and Venice sets are the ones that really grab me shouting "BUY ME RIGHT NOW!" The KotCS graveyard is kinda neat, but doesn't quite have enough oomph for this cash-starved hobbyist, and the rest just don't interest me much.
Dr Scott wrote:Oh man! The Ambush in Cairo set is utterly fantastic. I had figured that the Indy line wasn't doing so well, but I'm sold on all of the new sets, particularly those from the original films. I'm really happy this line is continuing.
Good start for LEGO Indiana Jones
Net turnover for the first half of 2008 was DKK 3,555m compared with DKK 2,959m during the first half of 2007.
Classic product lines such as LEGO City and LEGO Star Wars continue to do better than expected. In addition, the new licensed line LEGO Indiana Jones has sold extremely well – especially on the North American market.
Classic play themes such as LEGO City are still among the largest product lines. LEGO Star Wars also achieved extensive growth in 2008, and moreover the launch of the licensed product LEGO Indiana Jones was very successful.
Jedd the Jedi wrote:the Cairo Ambush and Venice Boat chase sets are at the top of my list. Beautiful stuff!
noobswatter wrote:Jedd the Jedi wrote:the Cairo Ambush and Venice Boat chase sets are at the top of my list. Beautiful stuff!
Huh? I haven't heard about THOSE two sets. May I have some pictures or somthing , because this is ALL news to me.
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In this paper we describe how explicit models of software or knowledge engineering processes can be used to guide and control the distributed development of complex systems. The paper focuses on techniques which automatically infer dependencies between decisions from a process model and methods which allow to integrate planning and execution steps. Managing dependencies between decisions is a basis for improving the traceability of develop- ment processes. Switching between planning and execution of subprocesses is an inherent need in the development of complex systems. The paper concludes with a description of the CoMo-Kit system which implements the technolo- gies mentioned above and which uses WWW technology to coordinate development processes. An on-line demonstration of the system can be found via the CoMo-Kit homepage:
Representations of activities dealing with the development or maintenance of software are called software process models. Process models allow for communication, reasoning, guidance, improvement, and automation. Two approaches for building, instantiating, and managing processes, namely CoMo-Kit and MVP-E, are combined to build a more powerful one. CoMo-Kit is based on AI/KE technology; it was developed for supporting complex design processes and is not specialized to software development processes. MVP-E is a process-sensitive software engineering environment for modeling and analyzing software development processes, and guides software developers. Additionally, it provides services to establish and run measurement programmes in software organizations. Because both approaches were developed completely independently major integration efforts are to be made to combine their both advantages. This paper concentrates on the resulting language concepts and their operationalization necessary for building automated process support.


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Congrats to my friend Catherine Giudici on finding love on The Bachelor. It became official last night, so I thought I would share a fun outtake from our recent shoot together. Very excited for Catherine and Sean Lowe. Hopefully I can share more of the images in the near future. There are so many great shots!
Gotta run.