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One of my favorite lines from the PADI open water diver textbook states: "If it's very pretty, very ugly, or doesn't swim away from you...don't touch it." Sound advice. The green lionfish (Dendrochirus barberi) has pretty fins, ugly poison spines, and no need to swim away.
Amazingly enough, all that color and pattern breaks up the outline of the fish, so it actually serves as camoflauge!
For a leaf scorpion, black is a rare coloration...but purple shading to red is almost unheard-of. Beautiful fish.
A large and handsome Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus)
Macro photo of a beautiful Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus). Usually, T. triacanthus is well covered in algae and other growths for camoflauge, but they do molt every now and then and regrow cover--this one is so clean I think it must have done so recently.
A rather disgruntled-looking Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus)
Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus) come in many colors, but black is a rare one.
A tiny, greenish-black juvenile Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus), approx 2 cm long.
Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus)
A very very small (less than 2 cm) and atypically black juvenile Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus)
This is unquestionably the smallest juvenile Devil scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) I've ever seen...as you can tell from the sand grains in the foreground, this little one is about 1.5 cm long. Thanks to diver Jennifer Cotton for spotting this one for me!
A beautifully patterned Lowfin scorpionfish (Scorpaenodes parvipinnis). This is the first photo I've gotten of this species, and I observed some behavior I haven't seen described in print...there were a pair of these, and when I first approached, both of them were showing the trademark white band around the midsection (still faintly visible in the photo above). As I got closer, one of the pair disappeared into the reef, while the other darkened until the white patch was almost gone, as seen here.
An unusual sighting: a very large Speckled scorpionfish (Sebastapistes coniorta), perched out in the open and in a nighttime color phase. Much thanks to John Hoover at www.hawaiisfishes.com for identification assistance.
Dwarf scorpionfish (Sebastapistes fowleri) peering out from its usual habitat inside a coral head...
A Galactic scorpionfish (Sebastapistes galactacma) peeking out from under a ledge behind some secreted mucus from a nearby sea cucumber
At first I thought I had a Devil scorpionfish here, but once I got to see the photo on my computer screen, I started ticking off ID points: Snub nose? Check. Peach-colored eye? Check. No prounounced hump? Check. This is my first ever photo of the rather rare Shortsnout scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis brevifrons)!
Shortsnout scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis brevifrons)
One more look at S. brevifrons...
In trying to ID this scorpion, this went all the way up to John Randall and John Earle of the Bishops Museum, and to this day no one is quite sure what we have here. There's a possibility it's the first recorded occurance of Sebastipistes strongia in Hawaii...however, a sample would/will need to be sent in to confirm, and I'm not sure if I can ever locate this little one again. Even if it's never confirmed, I'm thrilled to have found something new in our waters!
A tiny, tiny Galactic scorpionfish (Sebastapistes galactacma) tucked into a coral home for the day...
Another view of D. barberi...
A fantastic Green lionfish (Dendrochirus barberi), showing off incredible coloration...
Another showoff Green lionfish (Dendrochirus barberi)...


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Best Reason to Wake Up Early: B.o.B
There were more dragonflies than fans on the damp expanse of Grant Park — and more people holding coffee cups than beers cozies — when the man born Bobby Ray Simmons took the stage at 11:30. What was with giving a guy who's moving so many units a slot in the Breakfast Club? Who knows, but before Squirt Boy's water bottles were even out of his holsterer, B.o.B. had the crowd overheated. His sweet genre-mashing went down like a pastry. Heads bobbed and arms waved to "Haterz Everywhere," "Past My Shades," and "Magic." Playboy Tre guested on "Bet I." and the frontman busted out an acoustic guitar for the emo power ballad "Letters from Vietnam." He played his own song "The Kids," and finished with a cover of MGMT's "Kids." But no kids were happier than the two who ended up with Bobby Ray's sneakers — in a moment of exuberance, he flung them into the crowd. — KEVIN BRONSON

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- Abstract: The LUX (Large Underground Xenon) experiment aims at the direct detection of dark matter particles via their collisions with xenon nuclei. The 350 kg two-phase dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (Lead, South Dakota), was cooled and filled in February 2013. Results of the first WIMP search dataset, taken during the period April to August 2013, corresponding to 85.3 live-days of data with a fiducial volume of 118 kg, are presented.
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@evleaks strikes again. This time, he's got the goods on the smartwatch Google's developing with LG.
According to the serial leaker, the Google smartwatch has a 1.65-inch IPS screen with a resolution of 280 x 280. There's going to be 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage, though there's no indication which processor will power this smart ticker. Lots of similarities to Samsung's first Galaxy Gear smartwatch, right? Let's cross our fingers and hope it won't cost just as much.
It's the year of the wearables, so it's no surprise that Google has its own take on the smartwatch segment. Plus, it makes perfect sense for the Mountain View company to collaborate with LG, considering how the partnership created the successful Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 smartphones.
Don't expect the watch to be a standalone device though. It'll most likely be an accessory to compatible devices. And by that, we mean all Android devices, something that the Samsung Galaxy Gear should have done from the very beginning. Let's not rule out the possibility of iOS compatibility too.
The Google smartwatch is expected to debut at Google I/O in June, together with its new Nexus brethrens, the Nexus 6 and Nexus 8. With no news of Apple's purported iWatch (if it even exists at all), Google's rumoured smartwatch will most likely take the lead in the wearable arena.
READ MORE: Design Tuesday: 11 of the best iWatch concepts
There's still a mighty long way to go before June and Apple might just surprise us somewhere in between. Nah, we highly doubt it.
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Apple Jack Cocktail
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
1/2 Italian Vermouth. (1 1/2 oz Cinzano Sweet Vermouth)
1/2 Calvados. (1 1/2 oz Laird's 100 proof Bonded Apple Brandy*)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Seemed wrong to make the "Apple Jack Cocktail" with Calvados instead of Apple Jack. Downright unamerican, even! Oh, and forgive my feeble attempt at an apple twist garnish. That was just a bad idea. The previous simple thin horizontal slice of apple was much better.
This is a quite nice cocktail. You'd probably have to order it as an "Apple Jack Manhattan" to get it at a bar today. But, if you like Manhattans, it's a good change of pace from the usual Rye or Bourbon.
*Laird & Company is a great old American company whose family has been making Apple Spirits for longer than there has been a United States of America. They make several Apple Jack and Apple Brandy products. The one you are most likely to see is their 80 proof "Apple Jack." This product is made by blending Apple Brandy with Neutral Spirits. It's OK. It really is more of a blended Whisky (think Canadian) than a true fruit brandy. I don't believe they started making the blended product until some time after prohibition, so when you see "Apple Jack" called for in an older recipe, it is better to stick with a 100% Apple Brandy, like Laird's 100 Proof Apple Brandy, another American Apple Brandy, or Calvados.
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"She hasn't written much since last month."
"She hasn't written much during the last month."
"She hasn't written much during last month."
I guess they would all be acceptable?
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Can you please explain why we can leave out the definite article in the first two sentences but in the last one?
Have you guys been thinkig about an answer to the question?
The first two are acceptable but they do not mean the same thing.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
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'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' - Steve Jobs
I would rather live my life as if there is a god and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. Albert Camus
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Chain of title – proof of who really owns a house – underpins the entire U.S. system of real estate.
Broken chain of title due to slipshod paperwork was a serious issue uncovered in the nationwide robosigning scandal and again last month in a city report that found San Francisco foreclosure paperwork riddled with errors.
Those revelations draw new attention to title companies, which insure a home's clear title for both buyers and lenders.
"If there is not a clear chain of title in the foreclosure process, how can there be a clear chain of title for the person buying foreclosed property?" said San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting, who commissioned the audit. "Given our report, it calls into question whether entities selling a foreclosure really have the right to transfer that property to somebody else."
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PHILADELPHIA — Aggressive treatment for severe traumatic brain injuries costs more than routine care, yet yields significantly better outcomes, improved quality of life, and lower long term care costs, according to a new study by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. For example, in 20 year old traumatic brain injury survivor, aggressive care leads to significantly improved outcomes and costs nearly $100,000 less compared to routine care. Across age groups, the costs of aggressive care were outweighed by the beneficial outcomes and long-term cost savings. The study appears online in the Journal of Neurosurgery.
With 1.5 million traumatic brain injuries a year, leading to 200,000 hospitalizations and over 52,000 deaths, the economic costs (direct medical care and loss of productivity) of TBI are estimated to equal $60 billion. This is the first study to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of intensive TBI care.
"This study clearly shows that aggressive care, for both young and older patients who suffer a severe traumatic brain injury, provides patients the best chance at surviving and recovering, and also reduces lifetime costs associated of TBI treatment," said Robert Whitmore, MD, Neurosurgery resident and the study's lead author.
Despite effective guidelines from the Brain Trauma Foundation, controversy remains regarding the invasive nature and expensive costs to aggressively treat severe brain injuries. As a result, expensive interventions like intracranial monitoring and decompressive craniotomies have been inconsistently performed.
"We've reached epidemic levels of traumatic brain injuries in the United States. Standardizing and optimizing care for the most severe TBI cases can improve outcomes, helping people get back to work and their families, lowering costs associated with long-term nursing care and lost productivity," said study co-author M. Sean Grady, MD, chair and professor of Neurosurgery at the Perelman School of Medicine. "Aggressively treating severe TBI patients, regardless of age, can lessen the financial impact that severe TBIs have on society as a whole."
In this study, collected from a prospective database of 1000 consecutive patients from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, aggressive care was significantly more expensive than routine care or comfort care. It was also significantly more effective. Aggressive management of TBI, including invasive ICP monitoring and decompressive hemicraniectomy, was cost-effective across all patient populations, including older patients. In younger patients, the advantage was more significant, yet aggressive care in adults over 80 years old was still beneficial.
The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (5T32NS43126-08). In addition to Drs. Whitmore and Grady, study co-authors, all from Penn's Perelman School of Medicine, include Jayesh Thawani, MD, Joshua Levine, MD, Matthew Sanborn, MD, and Sherman Stein, MD.
Penn Medicine is one of the world's leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. Penn Medicine consists of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which together form a $4 billion enterprise.
Penn's Perelman School of Medicine is currently ranked #2 in U.S. News & World Report's survey of research-oriented medical schools and among the top 10 schools for primary care. The School is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $507.6 million awarded in the 2010 fiscal year.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System's patient care facilities include: The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania — recognized as one of the nation's top 10 hospitals by U.S. News & World Report; Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; and Pennsylvania Hospital – the nation's first hospital, founded in 1751. Penn Medicine also includes additional patient care facilities and services throughout the Philadelphia region.
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Dear Abby, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012
DEAR ABBY: My son, "James," is 25 and has been dating his girlfriend for three years. He has brought her over only five times.
This is his first girlfriend, and I think he is getting way too serious and thinking about marriage. While she seems nice, I do not think she's the right girl for my son to marry. James has not talked to me about marrying her just yet, but I think he knows I'm not a fan.
My question is, do I talk to my son about how I feel, or just bite my tongue and let him make his own decision, even though I think he'd be making a big mistake? Or should I say something and risk ruining our relationship?
James isn't the easiest person to talk to, especially when you don't agree with him. I'd hate to see him marry her and wind up divorced, knowing I might have been able to stop it. -- MOTHER KNOWS BEST IN NEW YORK
DEAR M.K.B.: At 25 years old, your son is an adult. A three-year relationship is not a whirlwind courtship. James and his girlfriend may already have an inkling about how you feel about her -- which is why you have seen them only five times in three years.
If you want any relationship at all with your son in the future, do not interfere. Let him work this out for himself. He may be your son, but he's no longer a child, so don't treat him like one.
DEAR ABBY: I had a great friendship that I threw away. "Shane" and I got along really well and, frankly, we ventured beyond friendship multiple times when we lived near each other. I think the "relationship" was good for both of us. Then I lost my temper during a trivial argument, and now he won't talk to me. We live in different states now, so the phone is the only way for us to contact each other.
Abby, I know the falling-out is my fault. He said something that shouldn't have set me off the way it did. How do I fix this? I miss talking to him, and he won't answer my calls anymore. -- REGRETTING MY TEMPER
DEAR REGRETTING: It appears Shane has not only moved away but also has moved on. When you were neighbors, the friends-with-benefits arrangement might have influenced him to forgive you. However, because that "leverage" is gone, you should move on, too. If he is unwilling to talk things out, there really isn't a way to "fix" it.
And now, a life lesson: The next time you're about to say something you might be sorry for later, remember that you can't "unring a bell" and that it cost you a friendship.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
DEAR ABBY: My wife thinks it's improper for my parents to include their grandson -- our 8-year-old son -- in their Christmas card photo. He's their only grandchild.
I have seen people include pictures of their pets, cars, boats and all sorts of other things in their photo cards. So why not grandchildren? My parents have pointed out that this is the only opportunity for their friends to see their grandchild, but my wife thinks he should be included only in OUR Christmas card. What do you think? -- PULLED IN TWO DIRECTIONS
DEAR PULLED: I think your wife is selfish, judgmental, and should be ashamed of herself for wanting to deprive your parents in this way.
Now I have a question for you: What's her problem? It's obvious that she has one where your folks are concerned.


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Josh Hamilton's wife called security due to fan abuse
ARLINGTON, Texas – Katie Hamilton, the wife of Los Angeles Angels right fielder Josh Hamilton, was forced to call stadium security because of fan abuse Friday during the Texas Rangers' home opener.
Katie Hamilton and the kids remained in their seats the entire game, Josh Hamilton said, with two security guards present. There were no ejections, the Rangers said.
HAMILTON:Greeted with chorus of boos, Ks
"She had to call security just because people were getting ugly,'' Josh Hamilton said before Saturday's game. "It's cool to get ragged on about normal things, but when you get a little swearing and jawing back at Katie and saying inappropriate things, it's a little different story.
"They were saying personal stuff, stuff that was inappropriate with kids around. It's a good lesson for the kids, just about people in general and not putting faith in them, but the man upstairs.''
Security won't be an issue for Saturday's game, the Rangers said, with plans to provide a suite for the Hamilton family.
Hamilton, in his first game since leaving the Rangers and signing a five-year, $125 million contract with the Angels, was vociferously booed and taunted during the game by the sellout crowd.
Hamilton conceded that he was upset with the taunts, but was grateful that it didn't appear to upset his kids.
"It was cool; they weren't upset when they got home,'' Hamilton said. "They kissed me and hugged me, and brought friends over. They played on a trampoline, and I jumped on the trampoline with them. It was just like any other game coming home, and I was treating it like that.''
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BERLIN – On a windy, cool morning, Stephen Decatur Middle School science teacher Doug Romano points proudly to an unassuming pole topped with a gently spinning wind turbine, the first school-based wind turbine in Maryland.
The wind turbine, after months of planning, is ready to take up its place as part of a school initiative to teach students about alternative energy and make them more informed citizens, Romano explained.
Plans call for the three spinning blades of the wind turbine to power a laptop computer, which will record wind and energy data.
Eventually, Romano said, he hopes to plug several computers into the marine batteries storing the wind power.
Then, if the turbine can provide enough energy, he'd like to hook up the soft drink machine in the cafeteria, which will show students a direct result of alternative energy.
"We're not solving the world energy crisis here. It's a model to show how it can work," Romano said.
Romano teamed up with technology education teacher Pat Lieb to get the project going and create an academic program using the data from the model wind turbine.
The project is not about supplying energy to the school building. Romano emphasized that the energy generated by the wind turbine will be kept separate.
"This is off grid," he said. "All the energy is going into the batteries."
The model project will teach students to be more energy conscious, as well as better future consumers who will be less dependent on fossil fuels.
Romano and Lieb will use the wind initiative as a working model for class projects, while math teachers can use data generated by the turbine to work with equations on average wind speed or energy costs saved.
"It's a good project to show how different curricula are related," Romano said.
"Everyone's doing a different aspect," Lieb said.
The wind turbine is a core part of a student service learning project, which has already looked at recycling and local waterways. Students will produce a brochure on wind energy for their project.
"It's a teaching tool so the kids can see it's viable," Lieb said.
When Romano first started looking at alternative energy, he considered solar power, but decided it was too expensive for classroom use. After moving to the Eastern Shore, he hit upon wind power.
His students did the background study on whether wind power would be viable. Students also explored the effect of different blade shapes on a turbine, using paper blades. Next, Romano wrote a grant request for $900, which the local Optimist Club granted. After getting approvals from the school system and local governments, which took several months, Choptank Electric donated the installation of the pole and turbine.
"By the end of the week, we should be generating enough electricity to power several laptops or other electrical devices," said Lieb, whose classroom will host Wind Station Alpha, containing two batteries to store the wind energy, as well as a laptop computer and a device to measure electricity usage.
"Kids are asking all kinds of questions," Romano said. "So far it has generated a great amount of interest. That's part of what I wanted to do."


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The goal of this thread is just to help organize the F@H forum information like suggested in the TR folding team thread. Hopefully this or something like it will decrease the number of sticks and help organize things for the TR team.
Stanford Links:
Setup and Clients:
Stanford F@H Downloads
Stanford F@H High Performance clients
Stanford FAQs:
Stanford General FAQ
Stanford GPU FAQ
Stanford GPU2 FAQ
Stanford SMP FAQ
Stanford PS3 FAQ
WIndows/Linux General app install + Welcome:
Welcome to team 2630!
Linux SMP:
The easy Linux SMP Install guide (including for Windows XP!)
notfred's Diskless App:
Diskless Folding Virtual Appliance
Sub teams thread:
UnitedGerbilNation Census
UnitedGerbilNation's drive to the Top
Performance, power usage, stats and help links:
Linux/OSX SMP core update increases throughput > 35%
GPU2 Client performance -> important information
Some important F@H Links - UPDATED 1/3/06
Advanced Folding@home Options (dated)
Milestones: 100K and above
Fun/Holiday/Major Troop Rallying Threads:
The CALL to ARMS. What's your contribution?
Make frankenbot scary for halloween - 2008
Make frankenbot scary for halloween -2007
Making TRFrankenbot scary for Halloween, 2004
Team improvement suggestions thread:
TR folding team
Suggestions for other possible write ups to link too:
Write up on what processor/GPU configurations should have what kind of client installed. Maybe using important info from the Front page?
TR install guide for windows SMP.
TR install guide for GPU client installs.
TR install guide for PS3 client installs.
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Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. arrives tonight, and we'll have a full recap tomorrow. Of course, far be it from us not to whet your appetite with some Agent Coulson, because, let's face it, he's a big part of the reason we're watching.
It's actually hard to think of a character who caught on more quickly than Agent Coulson. He was mostly supposed to be a one-off character in Iron Man, a running gag, but he quickly became the connective tissue of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Much the same can be said for Clark Gregg himself. Gregg spent years as a character actor, working on everything from Will & Grace to Law & Order, and has gone in five years from bit parts to anchoring the ensemble of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
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rarescale 10th Anniversary Concerto Gala, St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch
Rosie Pentreath heads to Shoreditch to celebrate rarescale's tenth anniversary
Photo: Carla Rees of rarescale. Credit: rarescale
With the sounds of shouts and sirens audible from the streets outside, contemporary chamber ensemble rarescale hosted their tenth anniversary concerto gala at St Leonard's Church in the heart of Shoreditch on Saturday.
We were about to hear two concertos for alto flute by living composers and several ambitious new chamber works. rarescale is dedicated to promoting new music and, if previous concerts were anything to go on, it was guaranteed to be a varied and interesting programme.
We were lucky enough to have Tomi Räisänen conducting the world premiere of his own Mirrie Dancers to kick things off. The concerto for alto flute and chamber ensemble explores the wonder and mystery of the Northern Lights. The composer described how: 'Standing outside in the middle of the night in freezing weather and watching nature's light show was truly a breathtaking experience.' There was a sense of the music tapping into the darker side of this mystery, which suited the rich tone of the alto flute well. Carla Rees (pictured above) plays a custom-made Kingma System instrument, which is designed especially for music with quarter tones and allows her to play every pitch in between those of the conventional 12-note chromatic scale.
Sungji Hong's Black Arrow next revealed deft control and technique from clarinettist Sarah Watts. The bass clarinet was paired with looped electronic tapes resulting in a very warm texture where it was often hard to distinguish between the two instruments.
I found Daniel Kessner's Tableaux for bass flute and guitar harder to follow – the instrumentation was often sparse and the melodies rather fragmented – but after the interval I felt immersed in his language as Genera coaxed bell-like sounds out of the flute and clarinet duo. The performers (Rees on flute and Watts on clarinet), demonstrated perfect control when they began tones from total silence and gradually warmed them to full volume. The piece ended with a barely-audible sigh – a breathtaking listen.
Penumbra by Paul Goodey (and performed by the composer himself) was a three-minute study of trills. Unquestionably an interesting work, I am not sure how much of a place a study – especially one of such a focused nature – has in a concert of larger works. Paul is an utter master of his instrument though, and I would rather have experienced playing like that than have missed it.
Next Bruce MacCrombie's Nightshade Rounds, performed exquisitely by David Black on guitar, was utterly spellbinding. 'A visual interpretation of Nightshade Rounds might be the gradual opening of a flower, perhaps the beautiful but poisonous one like the mysterious nightshade', states the composer in the programme note. The entire audience sat in rapt silence, mesmerised by the meditative circles of music. For me, this was the highlight of the evening so far.
And then I heard Michael Oliva's piece inspired by Kent's coastline – Dungeness for alto flute and chamber ensemble. The piece, and how it was performed, was utterly compelling. Opening with electronic chords matched perfectly with notes from the alto flute, it soon revealed gorgeous melodies shared between the strings and winds. Oliva achieved something close to a Romantic orchestral texture with just eight instruments. Earthy textures and sounds of the sea definitely evoked a remote coastal area. A stunning end to a brilliant concert.
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Charles Aschbrenner of the Hope College music faculty was an invited speaker during the annual conference of the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA) held in Novi Sad, Serbia, on Friday-Monday, Nov. 2-5.
He presented the address "Intractable Tension and Rhythmic Incoordination: Chicken or the Egg?" Following the conference he gave a master class to piano students at the Music Academy of the University of Novi Sad.
Aschbrenner is a certified Dalcroze Eurhythmics instructor, and is intensely interested in the issues of movement, rhythm and physical freedom in performance. He has presented lecture-demonstrations across the United States as well as at the College Music Society international conference held in Vienna, Austria. His articles on rhythm and movement have appeared in the "Journal of the Dalcroze Society of America," and his Web site "Pulse Patterning for Pianists" has attracted international responses.
He has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1963, and is a professor of music as well as chair of the piano area at the college. His piano students have entered graduate programs across the country and ultimately careers in teaching, performance and opera direction worldwide.
Aschbrenner has lectured and performed as both a soloist and a collaborative pianist throughout Michigan and the Midwest. In 1986 he gave lecture-recitals in San Miguel, Mexico, and in 1987 he was sponsored in a two-week tour of Portugal by the U.S. Department of Information.
For many years, he appeared with former Hope colleague Joan Conway in the duo-piano team of Conway and Aschbrenner. They sponsored a popular two-piano camp for high school students at Hope for several summers, and they commissioned a work for two pianos by David Pinkham, "Holland Waltzes," for the 1982 Holland March Festival.
Aschbrenner is the Hope College liaison for the Holland Piano Teachers' Forum, the local chapter of the Michigan Music Teachers Association (MMTA). He has served on the state board of the MMTA as membership chair, and has served the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) as collegiate competitions chair and, most recently, scholarship foundation chair.
He is a member of professional organizations including the MMTA and MTNA, the EPTA UK, the College Music Society and the Dalcroze Society of America.
In September 2004 he was named the "Teacher of the Year" by the Holland Piano Teachers' Forum. In October of this year the Hope's students chose him to be grand marshal of the college's Homecoming parade.
Aschbrenner completed his Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Illinois in 1959, and his Master of Music at YaleUniversity in 1963. He further studied with renowned teachers Nadia Boulanger in France and Adele Marcus in New York City.
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Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge gets new lights
The Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge is getting new lights this holiday season.
KETV Newswatch 7 had the only camera there as electrical crews climbed hundreds of feet above the river.
Thursday was the opening day crews began fixing the pedestrian bridge's light, and it was a moment they haved been waiting for.
"We've had high winds the last seven to 10 days. This is the first day they've been able to get up there," said Brook Bench, city of Omaha parks and recreation director.
Bench said the job is all about safety.
"They're putting a new apparatus at the top that will make it easier and safer for them to go up and work on it in the future," Bench said.
Afterward, the crew began replacing the old lights, which the city said have never worked properly.
"They'll be shining up instead of down," said Bench. "They will look more powerful from a distance. We will be able to do many different color combinations."
Project supervisor Tim Carmicheal he said the challenges the crews face go beyond the wind and swaying.
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"When you get up there, you have to rest and get your legs back underneath you," Carmicheal said.
Bench hopes to have the project done by Thanksgiving week with plans to illuminate the west side lights in Husker red and east side in Hawkeye gold.
"That's what we're shooting for, to do something for Iowa people on their side and Nebraska people on our side," Bench said.
Crew will work on the project for the next two weeks. The bridge will be closed during the day and will re-open at night.
It will cost $309,000, which will be paid by a joint Omaha-Council Bluffs maintenance fund.


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N/NE Quadrant Project Update
I-5 Broadway/Weidler Interchange Project
Over the past two months, the project team has been working with the Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) and other stakeholders to refine and narrow elements of the freeway improvement project under consideration. At their February meeting, the SAC defined the base project to achieve safety objectives on the mainline freeway as follows:
- Extend auxiliary lanes and widen shoulders in both directions (within existing right-of-way).
- Rebuild the overcrossing structures at Broadway, Weidler and Williams with a lid that could be used for open space and/or improved multi-modal transportation facilities, and potentially, redevelopment opportunities.
- Move the I-5 southbound on-ramp fromWheeler/Winning Way to Weidler.
- Reverse traffic flow with a center bike/pedestrian lane on Williams between Broadway and Weidler.
At their March meeting, the SAC voted to eliminate the southbound braided ramps from the project; eliminate the eastside multi-use path from the project, but directed staff to look at other on-street bicycle routes to serve the same purpose; and go forward with the Clackamas pedestrian and bicycle overcrossing. At the April 12 meeting (packet), the SAC will discuss several options being considered for the area North of Broadway involving alternative alignments for Flint and Vancouver and a possible new east-west overcrossing at Hancock/Dixon. A decision on the North of Broadway recommendation is expected at the May 10 SAC meeting.
N/NE Quadrant Plan
The project team has begun assembling elements of the draft Quadrant Plan based on direction set by the SAC in the Project Goals and the Proposed Quadrant Concept. In March, a draft plan outline was presented at the SAC meeting and a Land Use Subcommittee was held to obtain feedback on potential changes to height regulations. At the April 12 meeting (packet) the project team will report on the preliminary directions for building height regulations and will introduce draft policies.
Meeting packets for all prior SAC and Subcommittee meetings are available on the Stakeholder Advisory Committee page.


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The Pumpkin Capital of the World - Morton, Illinois.
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- El Capitan Jason said...
That would be awesome! I wish we had something like that down here.
- October 14, 2008 at 7:21 PM
- Dane said...
Our nearby pumpkin festival is this weekend, but as great as it is, their PR people could learn a thing or two from the people who put this poster together.
- October 14, 2008 at 10:12 PM
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Wealthier Households Carry the Spending Load
Taxes are up. Incomes are down. Gas prices are rising. Tax refunds have been delayed. Yet consumers, so far, appear unfazed.
Behind that seeming paradox lies a consumer sector that is increasingly split in two: Wealthier households, buoyed by improving home values and a rising stock market, are spending more. Poorer ones, hammered by higher taxes and rising gas prices, are holding back.


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The Resource Development Committee raised funds to support AAA members and anthropologists in sharing their research faster and more efficiently. With donations for the Gray Literature Portal, AAA has partnered with the Social Science Resource Network (SSRN) to create a new tool – the Anthropology and Archaeology Resource Network (AARN).
What will the Anthropology and Archaeology Resource Network do?
The AARN will give anthropology scholars access to distribute their technical reports, gray literature, preprints, and other scholarly contributions that might not have other outlets to become widely accessible and distributed across disciplines. The goals of the network are to help anthropological ideas and data be widely distributed.
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LONDON (Reuters) - John Malone's Liberty Global will avoid a battle with Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB over expensive content like English Premier League soccer, the U.S. company said after agreeing to buy BSkyB's biggest rival.
Liberty is buying Virgin Media for about $15.75 billion in stock and cash, pitting Malone against his old rival Murdoch in British pay-television and broadband.
Both Virgin Media and Liberty Global said the deal, worth more than $23 billion including debt, was more about expanding the U.S. group's presence in Europe than shaking up British pay-TV.
Virgin Media had a strong commitment to share content with Sky, Liberty Global Chief Executive Mike Fries said on Wednesday, and he wanted to make sure Virgin Media had access to premium programming.
"We do not see any reason why that would change or any reason why Virgin Media needs to compete with Sky for that premium content," he told reporters.
Liberty will serve 25 million customers in 14 countries after the deal, overtaking ComCast as the world's number-one cable TV operator by subscriptions, Fries said.
Virgin Media, which has 4.9 million customers compared to BSkyB's 10.7 million, was formed when cable groups Telewest and NTL and mobile telecom operator Virgin Mobile merged in 2006.
That deal was led by Virgin Group's Richard Branson, who still owns around 3 percent, and who will make about $316 million from the Liberty takeover.
Virgin Media's first few years were marked by lengthy and costly legal fights with BSkyB over access to channels and content.
More recently, however, Virgin Media boss Neil Berkett has stabilized the group, taking it into the black two years ago after years of losses racked up in a costly network expansion.
In a peace deal in 2010, it sold BSkyB a package of channels and offered some Sky high-definition channels to its own customers.
Since then, Virgin Media has focused increasingly on selling high-speed broadband and technological innovations such as digital TV service Tivo.
Fries, who turned 50 on Wednesday, said he would not risk the stability of the market by engaging in new bidding wars.
"Neil's done a great job with building a strong relationship with Sky that is not based on personalities or drama," he said.
Last year, BSkyB and telecoms operator BT signed a three-year deal worth 3 billion pounds to show English Premier League matches, cementing the league's position as the most valuable domestic soccer competition in the world.
Virgin Media said it added 42,700 new cable households and 62,700 cable broadband connections in the fourth quarter, its best customer additions in four years according to analysts.
Citi said the results proved that the "rude health" of Britain's broadband market was still in evidence.
Fries said the critical players in Britain - BT, BSkyB and others - had reached stability in pricing and products.
"We get the sense it is a rational, competitive market, where there is reasonable pricing stability and reasonable customer growth, at least for Virgin (Media)," he said.
Fries said Liberty had admired Virgin Media for some time and decided to strike now because of availability of financing and the groups' relative stock prices. Shares in Liberty Global have soared more than 80 percent in the last 12 months.
Virgin Media's New York-traded shares jumped 18 percent to $45.61 after the deal was confirmed on Tuesday. Liberty will pay about $47.02 for each Virgin Media share based on Tuesday's closing prices, using cash and shares of its class A and C stock.
Liberty Global would not launch a major expansion of Virgin Media's cable network, which covers around half of Britain's households, choosing instead to invest in product innovation and increasing broadband speed, Fries said.
Analysts said there was little chance of a rival bidder and that was reflected in Liberty's offer.
"It is difficult to see where a counter-bid could come from at this time," said brokers at Espirito Santos.
Berkett said he would step down once the deal was complete. "My preference is to step down at closure," he said. "I'm not a very good number two."
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Wet room Kit Showerlay Wiper 800 x 1500 mm Point Sirocco is a walk in shower tray with steel square drainage. Square shaped drain is already integrated with the tray, under the layer of cement based glue. Outlet can be centred, offset or in the corner, giving a lot of flexibility. Wet room former is available in 3 thicknesses, is suitable for timber or concrete based floors.
Drain integrated with this walk in former is square shaped, 120 mm x 120 mm. Sirocco grating with a pattern of regular squares as well as McAlpine 65 mm high, 26 l/min capacity and 20 mm water seal waste trap are included. Every part is assembled with the other one tightly making installation easy and usage of the tray safe and long lasting.
Walk in 800 x 1500 shower tray is rectangle mid-sized trendy corner wet room kit. Modern and becoming more popular in Britain it encases all functions of showers in one accessible space. Create a trendy, stunnig and luxury bathroom while retaining full shower functionality and increase value of your home.
4-way sloped wet room tray always comes with integrated stainless steel channel. It is waterproofed during the manufacturing process. Board can be 20, 28 or 35 mm thick. Thicker tray is steeper but requires more space, while even 20 mm thick tray provides sufficient slope. In addition to that, thicker tray provides better accoustic and heating insulation.
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Compression fitting McAlpine waste trap with 26 l/min throughput, 20 mm water seal and 1.5 inch pipe diameter. Requires only 65 mm of space underneath the tray. Fully rotatable and adjustable.
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Easy to use set of ready-mixed sealing materials suitable for waterproofing floor and walls. Contains 4kg of PCI Lastogum tanking paint, 1l of primer, 10m sealing tape, 2 corners and 2 pipe collars per 3 m². Should be used to seal the joints between the floor and walls and to waterproof the drainage. Can be used for entire bathroom insulation. Not required if you have your own waterproofing materials, otherwise very useful and recommended.
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Complete Magnum Underfloor heating set, including mat, advanced thermostat, floor sensor and fitting instructions. Fully suitable with our other products. Appropriate thermostat allows to set desired temperature of the floor.
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In case of concrete floor, every thickness is suitable, if you're going to screed the floor you need to shutter the future shower area off and leave proper space for tray to be inserted in the future. If screed has already been done, you will need to use jackhammer or similar tool to groove exact tray thickness and shape when the shower is going to be created. Wet room kit concrete floor fitting instructions
In case of both floor types, every shower tray thickness is enough to bear human weight, as it needs to be underboarded beneath entire surface either with ply or solid concrete. The biggest difference between thicknesses is the slope's angle achieved after installation is completed and shower tray tiled.
The tanking kit is a ready-mixed, under-tile tanking system to protect water sensitive substrates from exposure to water. Suitable for wet areas such as bathrooms, showers in residential buildings, hotels, old people's homes and hospitals. Should not be used in places exposed to pressurised water, for an instance swimming pools. Ready to use, no mixing required and easy to apply with a roller. The kit includes a high performance joint reinforcing tape to protect against movement in floor joins and corners etc. The contents are all INSIDE the bucket and the contents are protected in the bucket with polystyrene infill's to stop transit damage.The instructions are printed on the rear of the tanking kit.
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The tanking liquid is a ready to use, single component, solvent-free sealant mass, consisting of polymer dispersion, fillers and additives. When applied to a substrate and cured, it forms a flexible waterproofing coating. The product is intended for use inside places intended for human residence, especially in humid areas (such as bathrooms, kitchens, laundries), to perform insulation against moisture under linings and coverings, such as ceramic tiles, glazed tiles, terracotta, wooden floors and panels, and synthetic carpets.
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NASA deep-space ship gets 2014 unmanned test flight
'We're still going to the Moon, not listening to Obama'
NASA has announced that it will test-fly its pork-tastic Orion spaceship, conceived under the Bush administration for the purpose of carrying astronauts to the Moon once more and now rebranded as a "deep space" vessel for trips to asteroids and perhaps one day Mars.
Apparently this is still on, according to NASA.
The agency said it would add an unmanned flight test of the craft in early 2014 to its contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems.
"This test supports the new Space Launch System (SLS) that will take astronauts farther into space than ever before, create US jobs, and provide the cornerstone for America's future human spaceflight efforts," NASA said. However the SLS will not be ready in 2014 - indeed there are grave doubts as to whether the space agency can afford it at all - and the test will have to make use of an existing heavy lift rocket.
At present there is no rocket capable of carrying Orion and rated safe to lift astronauts (as opposed to unmanned kit) in the US armoury. However there may be by 2014: famous techbiz visionary Elon Musk says his upstart firm SpaceX will launch its Falcon Heavy, which is billed as man-rated, in "late 2013 or 2014."
As Lockheed is part of United Launch Alliance, the monopoly which has provided almost all US space lift other than the shuttle in recent times, one can be fairly sure the Falcon Heavy won't be lifting the 2014 Orion. A ULA rocket such as the Delta IV Heavy would be more likely.
The 2014 flight test, dubbed EFT-1, will fly around the planet twice, before a high-energy re-entry through the atmosphere and a water landing. The agency said the ship would "be recovered using operations planned for future human exploration missions".
"The entry part of the test will produce data needed to develop a spacecraft capable of surviving speeds greater than 20,000 mph and safely return astronauts from beyond Earth orbit," associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier said in a canned statement.
"This test is very important to the detailed design process in terms of the data we expect to receive."
Another goal of the test is to help reduce the cost and schedule risks of exploration missions, the agency said.
Oddly, since US President Obama has said there will be no manned return to the moon, NASA stated today that the Orion spacecraft would eventually launch astronauts to the moon as well as to asteroids, Mars and other destinations. ®
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Introducing the Ringbrothers latest '70 Mustang with mythological magnitude
Life is fond of throwing wrenches in the works of even the best laid plans. Sometimes the derailment is disastrous, but every once in a while it proves out to be a blessing in disguise. Luckily for Alex Stoner, his circuitous quest to build the Mustang of his dreams ended up following the latter path.
It all started with a '66 fastback that he and his significant other, Jayne Roorda, had sent to a shop, which shall remain nameless, to receive the necessary bodywork and modifications. In a brief retelling of a story we've heard too many times in our careers, too much money was spent, and far too little good work was done. Sometimes you have to take a bad situation and just make the best of it. Other times, all that can be done is to cut your losses and walk away. Sadly, it was the latter case for this fastback.
At the time Alex shipped it to the Ringbrothers for final body and paintwork, however, he had no idea; he had been a fan of the Ringbrothers' style for years and just wanted some of their influence on his project. When it arrived at the Ringbrothers' shop in a trailer, Jim and Mike Ring rolled it out, looked it over for a few minutes, then rolled it right back in. They hated to do it, but the fastback was just far too hodgepodged to be suitably fixable to their standards and they had to turn down the opportunity.
Needless to say, Alex and Jayne were completely crestfallen. Not just because money had been burned, but so had their dream car. Jim had an alternate idea to salvage the vision though; he offered up a '70 SportsRoof he and his brother Mike had bought and just set aside. "I told him, 'Well, I've got a '70 here we could build you instead.' "
Call it a serendipitous SportsRoof; Jim and Mike had originally bought the California car simply because it looked like a good deal on a solid project. There were no initial plans of what to do with it, so the Mustang sat untouched in the back corner of the Ringbrothers' shop. Coincidentally, Alex and Jayne had both always wanted a Mustang of that generation, so a deal was struck to begin their project rebound; Jim and Mike sold it to them for what they paid, and the '66 was sold.
Usually those who've been burned become a bit wary, but that wasn't the case here. Alex knew the pride of workmanship the Ringbrothers put into every car they turned out, and felt entirely at ease entrusting them. Plus, Jim and Mike had never had the chance to try their hand on a '70 Mustang, and already had quite a few new ideas floating around. They immediately began sketching these out with artist Sean Smith. Alex and Jayne had a few specifics they wanted, but they loved the concepts Jim and Mike were concocting and essentially gave them free rein.
"There are few things I can look at on the car that I know are my influence," Alex says. Most outstanding would be the rich BASF hues selected for the paint. The Castle Gray accents were actually originally going to be the body color, but Jim and Mike convinced him that the car was going to warrant something more impactful. A custom crafted color christened Dragon's Blood easily won Alex over. After all, the car is called Dragon.
So where did that name come from anyway? Alex had wanted a name to match the car's strong and slightly sinister presence, and during the time he spent in Europe he developed a fondness for the mythology surrounding medieval Europe and its mythical malevolent dragons. From what he saw in the renderings, this Mustang would fit the name nicely.
Regular readers may have found this car strangely familiar; that's because it was prominently featured in the Sept. '10 issue of PHR as a project in the feature "What's Next." Yeah, this car came a very long way in a very short time, but there were certainly no corners cut. In mythology, dragon's blood possesses magical properties and that seemed to be the case in its debut at the 2010 SEMA show in BASF's own booth; Dragon slaughtered the competition and was awarded the prestigious 10th annual Mothers Shine Award for uncompromising excellence in vehicle design and execution. That's really saying something considering the level of cars shown at SEMA.
While it certainly wasn't the first time he had seen the finished car, the first time Alex actually slid behind the wheel of Dragon was several months down the road at the 2011 Goodguys show in Columbus. Dragon was in the running for the coveted Street Machine of the Year title and all competitors are required to run the autocross. Alex decided he was the man for the job. That's gutsy. We like this guy.
New car, new driver, big competition—needless to say, Jim and Mike were more than a little nervous, but thankfully without warrant. Alex piloted Dragon around the course with nary an incident. "The power from that engine really comes on quickly," Alex said afterward. Speaking of engines, ironically, one of the cars Dragon was competing against in the SMOY was a fastback Mustang containing the engine originally intended for Alex's previous '66 Mustang. Funny how things can come together like that.
Dragon still has a few more show dates to make with the Ringbrothers, as well as a return to the 2011 SEMA show to pass on the Mothers Shine crown to the next winner, but after that it'll be headed home to an eager Alex and Jayne. "What I really love about this car is the balance," Alex says. "Front to rear, engine to interior, everything works together. It's understated. Unfortunately, the Ringbrothers can only build just so many cars, so this car will be part of their legacy for people to always enjoy."
Want a piece of Dragon? Full body kits are available, as are nearly all of the smaller parts. "Almost every single part you see on this car we sell," Jim says. "Somebody could build almost exactly the same car just by buying the parts." Both the entire front and rear end of the car are built from carbon fiber, and a full bellypan runs the length of the chassis.
By The Numbers
1970 Mustang SportsRoof
Alex Stoner • Chandler, AZ
Type: 427ci Roush 427IR Windsor
Block: iron 9.5-inch deck Dart
Rotating assembly: Roush 4340 forged crank and H-beam rods
Cylinder heads: 205cc CNC-ported Roush aluminum, 2.08/1.60 valves
Valvetrain: 1.6:1 ratio aluminum roller rockers
Camshaft: Roush spec hydraulic roller
Induction: Roush eight-stack EFI
Oiling: Roush dry sump system, Royal Purple synthetic oil
Exhaust: Flowmaster Super 44 mufflers, custom pipes
Fuel system: Fuel Safe tank and pump
Ignition: Crane
Cooling: custom aluminum radiator
Output: 585 hp, 545 lb-ft of torque
Built by: Roush Racing
Transmission: Tremec TKO five-speed
Rearend: John's Rearends housing with Detroit TrueTrac diff and 3.89 gears
Front suspension: JME Enterprises aluminum SLA subframe with AVCO coilovers
Rear suspension: DSE Quadralink for '69 Camaro with AVCO coilovers
Brakes: Baer 6P six-piston calipers on 14- and 15-inch rotors
Wheels & Tires
Wheels: custom 18×10 and 19×12 Forgeline
Tires: 275/30R18 and 325/30R19 Goodyear Eagle F1


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Summary Meeting Notes: May 9, 2013 Residential Development and Compatibility PEG Meeting
Summary Meeting Notes
Residential Development and Compatibility Policy Expert Group
Date: May 9, 2013
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
PEG Attendees: Matt Davis, John Gibbon, Michael Hayes, Gabe Headrick, Rod Merrick, Erika Palmer, Emily Sandy, Justin Wood
Other Attendees: Sam Goush, Linda Nettekoven; BPS staff: Debbie Bischoff, John Cole, Julia Gisler, Michelle Kunec-North,Barry Manning (PEG lead), Chris Scarzello
Facilitator: Deb Meihoff, Communitas
View the original agenda, including materials, for this meeting.
Key Points and Outcomes
- PEG provided additions and edits to the draft memo summarizing the key policy issues with residential development and compatibility.
- PEG members previewed the 'outreach maps' for Phase 2 of the Comprehensive Plan update. They recommended including overlays of the pattern areas ('Five Portlands') and to highlight areas where the zoning is misaligned with current land uses, so the context for potential map changes is better understood.
Welcome, overview, introductions
Process Updates
Presenter: Barry Manning, BPS
Summary: Update on process and workshops; PEG feedback/Q&A
- A summary of the community feedback to date will be prepared and available later this spring / summer.
- RDC PEG will complete its work at the June meeting. BPS may be setting up special meetings this summer and fall to discuss mapping issues or to test policy direction and ideas for implementation. If and when these ad hoc meetings take place, Barry will extend an invitation to RDC PEG members.
- The neighborhood coalitions are hosting a series of mapping conversations in May and June. There is limited space, so please contact Barry or other district liaison staff to sign up for the meetings.
Part 2 Mapping Review
Presenters: Michelle Kunec-North and Debbie Bischoff, BPS
Summary: Michelle provided an update on the process to date and how the update will come together. The entire process will result in updates to the plan policies (Part 1 document the PEG has been focused on), Comprehensive Plan maps with the urban design framework and future land use, Capital and Public Facilities Plans, and the Transportation System Plan - the compilation of these elements make up the Comprehensive Plan.
Debbie oriented PEG members to the 'outreach maps' that are being used for neighborhood-level conversations in May and June. The City is not anticipating a need for widespread and significant changes to the current Comprehensive Plan map as part of the initial comp Plan adoption. There are known issues being addressed through revised policies and some that will need to be addressed through implementation / zoning. Changes to the Comp Plan land use map are expected to be refinements rather than major changes. The intent of the early conversations is to hear how each approach is working and to identify concepts to be included in the working maps that will be prepared for broader outreach and community review this fall. In addition to the map layers Debbie presented, PEG members recommended including overlays of the pattern areas ('Five Portlands') and to highlight areas where the zoning is misaligned with current land uses, so the context for potential map changes is better understood.
- Michelle's PPT
Summary Memo Review and Comment
Facilitators: Deb Meihoff, Communitas; Barry Manning, BPS
Summary: Deb and Barry oriented PEG members to the content of the summary memo. PEG members were asked to provide their feedback on the overall content and specifically on whether or not the 'key themes' identified are the right set of issues and if the PEG's feedback is captured accurately. PEG members provided comments, potential edits, and additions to the list of the themes:
- The PEG's conversations are summarized and reflect the general nature of the dialogue. PEG members stressed that the specific written comments they provided on policies will be most helpful as staff begins to edit the policy document.
- PEG members are keenly interested to hear about implementation measures and to be involved in the zoning conversations going forward - this is where many of the residential development and compatibility issues need to be addressed.
- The City needs to more clearly articulate how the Five Portland / pattern areas concept would be used in practice. They feel that the pattern areas should not create even more complexity in development code. There is a concern that the pattern areas could result in yet another overlay to the base zone. Simplification of the code is preferred. The PEG also recommends this conversation get underway soon. If pattern areas are a key element to the urban design framework and policy direction, the City needs to figure out sooner rather than later how and if it will work through development.
- PEG members recommend expanding the description of the 'compatibility' theme to address not just physical compatibility (density), but also compatibility of uses (intensity).
- It is not apparent in the policy document how the City will get to the desired outcome of 'complete communities'.
- PEG would like to stress the need to find a better balance between development flexibility and certainty. The current system is not balanced to get to the desired outcomes - adequate residential availability and choices for our growing and diverse population along with maintenance of the development quality and context for our stable and thriving residential areas. The need to balance flexibility and certainty is a key theme that came out of the PEG conversations.
- PEG members generally support the notion of "Five Portland's," but the characterization of the pattern areas in the policies is inaccurate and not necessarily appropriate in the development context (example: evergreen trees do not reflect built / development characteristics, they only reflect the environment in which development is occurring.)
- Issues of equity around residential development should be included in the themes. The issues area affordability and expanded housing choice, especially the need for flexible housing types.
- Generally, the PEG agrees that the City as a whole needs to communicate better and more clearly what the development expectations within residential areas. Communications need to be consistent and constant, not just when a change is being proposed.
- Draft RDC PEG Summary Memo (May 7, 2013 draft)
Public Comment
[There were no public comments]
Next steps and follow up
- Deb and Barry will revise 'key themes' in the draft memo and send out to PEG members for another round of reviews. PEG members are asked to submit suggested changes prior to the next PEG meeting.
- Final meeting of the RDC PEG in June will include discussion of a few critical mapping issues and finalization of the PEG summary memo.
- PEG members may be invited, on an ad hoc basis, to future working sessions with staff as they proceed with public process for Part 2, Comprehensive Plan Map.
- Neighborhood Centers PEG will continue to meet through the summer - RDC PEG members are welcome and encouraged to listen into their conversations. Anyone can address the Centers PEG during the public comment period.
For more information, please contact either Barry ManningBureau of Planning and Sustainability at 503-823-7965 or email@example.com or Deb Meihoff, Facilitator at 503-358-3404 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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|Cliff and Martha Purdy - St Paul, Minnesota, c.1940
This Sepia Saturday photo is of J. Clifford and his wife Martha (Block) Purdy. On the back of the photo is written, "The Pride of St. Paul" and it is stamped, "Ellsworth Purdy Photography". Without my knowledge of Cliff's ties to Minnesota (he was born there), the inscription would have been confusing since Cliff and Martha lived in Seattle, Washington. Many of Cliff's Purdy relatives were still back in Minnesota, so this may have been taken during a road trip out to visit them. I am not sure about the year it was taken. I would guess it is between 1935-1945. Does anyone recognize the car?
I love the unusual design of the photo and Cliff's "style"!
Cliff was the brother of my great grandmother Blanche Purdy Moore. Unfortunately, this much-loved couple didn't have any children, so I have inherited many photos of them. The uniqueness of this one makes it my favorite.
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GOP blame game: Who lost?
The government shutdown saga has drawn to an end. The debate within the GOP about who blew it is just beginning.
Since before the federal government closed its doors on Oct. 1, leaders within the Republican coalition have been privately – and sometimes not-so-privately – squabbling over who should take the blame for the unfolding political smashup. Some in the party questioned whether a shutdown and debt-ceiling standoff would do noticeable damage to the GOP, but many more always believed this would turn into a prime-time fiasco.
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The question racing around Washington now is: Have Republicans learned their lesson? Will the GOP finally understand that when you touch the stove, it burns?
( PHOTOS: Debt ceiling fight: 20 great quotes)
Within Republican circles, however, there's widespread disagreement about exactly what lesson the party might stand to learn. If there's general consensus that the party got burned, there are already competing narratives on the right about whose hand it was that touched the burner.
Here are the three most prominent arguments already running through the GOP about who lost the shutdown – and who deserves to be written out of the movement going forward:
Ted Cruz preened his way into a massacre
The Texas senator became the face of the "Defund Obamacare" movement with a 21-hour Senate speech denouncing the Affordable Care Act. And as the country has soured on the government shutdown, Cruz's name has become an epithet for both Democrats, who have jeered at House leadership with references to "Speaker Cruz," and frustrated Republicans.
( WATCH: Timeline of Ted Cruz's Obamacare crusade)
Cruz didn't create the anti-ACA fever on the right or even bring it to its current pitch. But he did, more prominently than any other member of his party, make common cause with an array of groups on the right such as the Senate Conservatives Fund and Heritage Action, which have threatened incumbent GOP lawmakers who do not share Cruz's hard line.
When his Senate colleagues demanded that he renounce the tactics of those groups, POLITICO reported that Cruz declined. While much of his party hopes to tame and channel the energy of the activist right, Cruz has acted to unleash it.
As a senator in conservative Texas – and as a possible presidential candidate in the conservative-dominated Iowa caucuses – Cruz's hardball tactics have little political down side for him in the short term. A Pew poll published Wednesday afternoon found that his positive favorability among tea party Republicans has soared from 47 percent in July to 74 percent now.
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But Cruz has earned the enduring ire of many other Republicans for goading his fellow conservatives, especially in the House, into a fight that was doomed from the start. Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer voiced exasperation in a radio interview last week, asking: "How exactly was he going to achieve abolition of Obamacare? Explain that to me. Has he ever explained it?"
The conservative editorial page of New Hampshire's Union Leader newspaper criticized Cruz for what it described as a disingenuous "defund" strategy: "Virtually everyone, including Ted Cruz, knew this would not work. They did it anyway."
Cruz staked his young political career on his unbending opposition to the ACA; now, he's the most obvious fall guy in a party that needs one.
Leadership wimped out and made everything worse
Few conservatives – including Ted Cruz fans – dispute that the shutdown was a political loser for Republicans. But where most of the GOP's national leaders pin responsibility on the wild-eyed Republican grass roots, conservative activists blame a very different culprit: the leaders themselves.


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Mutation is a process by which the genes of a lifeform are changed in some way by either internal or external stimuli. The lifeforms affected by this process are known as mutants. Mutation is a primary factor in evolution, as those mutations that increase an organism's overall likelihood of survival are usually incorporated into the genome of the lifeform's offspring. Other mutations may be trivial, or detract from an organism's viability for reproduction or continued existence.
After Phlox explained to Jonathan Archer that a dead Suliban which he had autopsied was atypical of his species, Archer asked if he was a mutant. Phlox concurred, but clarified that his modifications were not the result of accident but of genetic engineering. (ENT: "Broken Bow")
While observing Klingons in the 23rd century that lacked ridges on their foreheads, Dr. Julian Bashir asked Worf if they suffered from a genetic mutation. (DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations")
Jack and other genetically-engineered Humans sometimes referred to themselves as "mutants". (DS9: "Statistical Probabilities", "Chrysalis")
In 2372, Julian Bashir suggested to Goran'Agar that his DNA structure underwent a random mutation which made him unable to be addicted to ketracel-white. (DS9: "Hippocratic Oath")
It was a mutation in Odo's body that led to him developing Section 31's morphogenic virus. (DS9: "The Dogs of War")
In 2374, the Srivani triggered mutations in the crew of the USS Voyager using genetic tags. (VOY: "Scientific Method")


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