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FORMER SENATOR ALAN SIMPSON likes to say that if you can't learn to compromise on issues without compromising yourself, you should not be in Congress, be in business or get married. It is amazing how many people violate that rule, but especially in Congress and especially among the Tea Party types, where calling someone a "deal maker" is now the ultimate put down. What makes it crazier is that in American education, innovation and commerce today, "collaboration" is being taught and rewarded as the best way to do anything big, important and complex. Indeed, in Silicon Valley, a "collaborator" means someone with whom you're building something great. In D.C., it means someone committing political treason by working with the other party. And that is why Silicon Valley is now the turbo-engine of our economy and D.C. is the dead hand.
To be sure, in politics compromise is not a virtue in and of itself. There are questions of true principle — civil rights, for instance — where compromise might kill the principled choice. But there has been an inflation of "principles" lately that is inhibiting compromise. A certain tax rate or retirement age is not a principle. It's an interest that needs to be balanced against others. Today, we would be best served in meeting our biggest challenges by adopting a hybrid of the best ideas of left and right — and the fact that we can't is sapping our strength.
For instance, on the debt/spending issue, Congress should be borrowing money at these unusually low rates to invest in a 10-year upgrade of our crumbling infrastructure (roads, bridges, telecom, ports, airports and rail lines) and in a huge funding increase for our national laboratories, research universities and institutes of health, which are the gardens for so many start-ups. Together, such an investment would stimulate sustained employment, innovation and the wealth creation to pay for it.
But this near-term investment should be paired with long-term entitlement reductions, defense cuts and tax reform that would be phased in gradually as the economy improves, so we do not add to the already heavy fiscal burden on our children, deprive them of future investment resources or leave our economy vulnerable to unforeseen shocks, future recessions or the stresses that are sure to come when all the baby boomers retire. President Obama has favored such a hybrid, but it was shot down by the Tea Party wing, before we could see if he could really sell it to his base.
We should exploit our new natural gas bounty, but only by pairing it with the highest environmental extraction rules and a national, steadily rising, renewable energy portfolio standard that would ensure that natural gas replaces coal — not solar, wind or other renewables. That way shale gas becomes a bridge to a cleaner energy future, not just an addiction to a less dirty, climate-destabilizing fossil fuel.
In some cities, teachers' unions really are holding up education reform. But we need to stop blaming teachers alone. We also have a parent problem: parents who do not take an interest in their children's schooling or set high standards. And we have a student problem: students who do not understand the connection between their skills and their life opportunities and are unwilling to work to today's global standards. Reform requires a hybrid of both teacher reform and a sustained — not just one speech — national campaign to challenge parents and create a culture of respect and excitement for learning. Obama has failed to use his unique bully pulpit to lead such a campaign.
Finally, the merger of globalization and the information-technology revolution has shrunk the basis of the old middle class — the high-wage, middle-skilled job. Increasingly, there are only high-wage, high-skilled jobs. This merger of globalization and I.T. has put capitalism — and its core engine of creative destruction — on steroids. That's why Republicans are wrong when they oppose raising minimum wages and expanding national health care. These kinds of social safety nets make the free market possible; otherwise people won't put up with creative destruction on steroids.
But it is capitalism, start-ups, risk-taking and entrepreneurship that make these safety nets affordable, which is why we need more tax incentives for start-ups, the substitutions of carbon taxes for payroll and corporate taxes, and more cuts to regulations that burden business. Unfortunately, promotion of risk-taking and risk-takers is disappearing from the Democratic Party agenda. Its energy and excitement is focused much more today on wealth redistribution than wealth creation. On immigration, Senate Democrats and Republicans forged a sensible hybrid solution, but Tea Partiers in the House are blocking it.
These hybrid solutions are not how to split the difference. They're how to make a difference. But they only get forged if Republican leaders take on the Tea Party — which transformed the G.O.P. into a far-right party, uninterested in governing — and remake the G.O.P. into a center-right party again. If that happened, I'm certain that a second-term Obama, who is much more center-left than the ridiculous G.O.P. caricatures, would meet them in the middle. Absent that, we're going to drift, unable to address effectively any of our biggest challenges or opportunities.


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MAGIC needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 75 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
Logo for a hardware store in Brighton sussex
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BirdLife's Global Species Programme continually collates up-to-date information on Globally Threatened Birds from the published literature and from a worldwide network of experts. This is used to evaluate the status of each species using the IUCN Red List categories and criteria.
New information on the population or range size and trends of a species, or the threats impacting it, may indicate that a species warrants uplisting or downlisting to higher or lower categories of threat. In such cases, BirdLife's web-based Globally Threatened Bird Forums are used to advertise the proposed change and to solicit relevant information or comment from a wide network of experts and organisations.
In these discussion forums, topics describe the current status of particular species, new information that has become available, the proposed new Red List category that this information suggest is appropriate, and a request for comments or further input.
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Jef Peeters necessitava di un nuovo design di logo e ha lanciato un contest su 99designs.
È stato scelto un vincitore tra 16 design presentati da 8 designer.
New logo should bear explicit resemblance to existing logo, and must be deliverd in the three different colour schemes: blue, red and green
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We are upgrading our mathematics books next year.
We also wants to upgrade our logo.
So here we go.
Pienter = Pi (mathematics number 3,14) + enter (which stands for the ICT component)
Pienter means sharp, clever, smart, keen, etc.
Pienter is a series of textbooks mathematics that are:
- Attractive: plenty of illustration material
- Challenging: students are challenged to go deeply into problems and to acquire extra
knowledge or skills
- Inviting & Accessible: thanks to a dynamic design and logical structure
- Application-based: plenty of real life applications to acquire knowledge or skills
- ICT minded: web-based and cd-rom with exercises, applets, demos, etc.
Baseline: A standard for clever mathematics translated in dutch: Maatstaf voor slimme wiskunde
It's not necessary to implement the baseline. Maybe just as text below the logo?
New logo should bear explicit resemblance to existing logo, and must be deliverd in the three different colour schemes: blue (PMS 541), red (PMS 222 ) and green (PMS 581).
Blue = first grade
Red = second grade
Green = thrid grade
You can download the original logos from:
You can download a sample of the new covers from:
If you want you can drop you logo on the cover so we can see the end result. Of course you can make changes to these covers.
The Pienter website will also gets a redesign but that's for later.
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OSHA closes investigation on Assemblyman Steven Brooks
State workplace safety officials have closed the investigation into whether Assemblyman Steven Brooks constitutes a danger to Legislative Counsel Bureau employees.
The investigation was requested by an unnamed LCB employee who said Brooks was "an unstable and dangerous employee who has been allowed to remain in this building despite many of our colleagues' concerns."
LCB Director Rick Combs responded to the letter from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration with a list of actions he has taken to ensure the safety of both visitors and employees in the Legislative Building.
After reviewing that response, Chris Davis, OSHA district manager in Northern Nevada, responded with a brief letter closing the case.
"With this information, OSHA feels the case can be closed on the grounds that the hazardous conditions have been corrected or no longer exist," the letter said.
The response by Combs came just hours before Assembly Majority Leader William Horne announced that Brooks had been banned from entering the building pending resolution of the situation – a move that helped to resolve the complaint.
According to the letter, a legislative Police officer accompanies Brooks when he is in the building. His key-card has been deactivated so he can't enter the Legislative Building after hours without contacting Legislative Police.
"Assemblyman Brooks further allowed the legislative police officers to take whatever precautionary measures they requested to ensure that he is not armed when he enters the building," the response states.
For those employees most worried about Brooks, he said panic alarm buttons have been installed at their desks.


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This photo of the Sidney Ohio Cycling club was taken in about 1895. The man in the center is my great grandfather, Burt Heck who left the original to me. At the height of its activities, the club had several dozen members. These guys would cycle 40 miles on a Sunday morning. Some interesting details are the date 1877 engraved on the roof peak of the house in the background and the kid on the far left trying to get into the picture. Also there are 19 riders and 20 bikes which suggests the photographer was one of the group. The original print is a very high resolution. I have a poster size print on my wall and it looks fantastic.
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Libya's parliament ousted the country's prime minister-elect in a no-confidence vote on Sunday, the latest blow to hopes that political factions could agree on a government charged with restoring stability after last year's civil war.
Libyan prime minister-elect Mustafa Abushagur was the first prime minister to be elected after the overthrow of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi last year. He represented an offshoot of the country's oldest anti-Qaddafi opposition movement and was considered a compromise candidate acceptable to both liberals and Islamists.
However, his proposed Cabinet was struck down by a legislature representing dozens of divided tribes, towns and regions across the country, many of whom feel they are owed the spoils of victory over Qaddafi. He was forced to withdraw his first ministerial line-up under pressure and his second attempt to submit one resulted in his ouster.
In a short statement on Libya al-Wataniya TV after the vote, Abushagur said he respected the decision made by the Libyan General National Congress as part of Libya's democracy, but warned of instability if it takes too long to elect his replacement.
He had 25 days from his Sept. 12 appointment by parliament to form a Cabinet and win the legislature's approval, but that deadline expired on Sunday. The Congress voted 125 to 44 in favor of removing him, with 17 abstaining. He had just put forth 10 names for key ministerial posts when the no-confidence vote was held.
Until a replacement can be elected by the parliament, management of Libya's government is in the hands of the legislature.
The congress will have to vote on a new prime minister in the coming weeks. The incoming leader will be responsible for rebuilding Libya's army and police force and removing major pockets of support for the former regime.
On Sunday, about 1,000 people protested in the capital Tripoli outside the congressional headquarters to demand that militias operating alongside the army end a partial siege of the town of Bani Walid, considered a major stronghold of former regime loyalists. They called for a peaceful solution to the standoff.
Perhaps the single greatest challenge facing any new Libyan leader is the proliferation of former rebel militias. One radical Islamist group has been linked to the attack last month on the US consulate in Benghazi that killed the US ambassador and three others.
There has been a widespread popular backlash against militias since that attack and the Libyan government has taken advantage of it to try to put some armed groups under the authority of military officers.
Any prime minister who wants to impose his authority on the militias will need broad national support — but such support is hard to get.
Some parliamentarians said that Abushagur's Cabinet list was not diverse enough and involved too many unknown individuals for key posts. His first proposed Cabinet makeup was also criticized for including too many names from the previous interim government, seen by some Libyans as corrupt.
After 40 years of Qaddafi's divide-and-rule tactics and last year's war, Libya's towns, tribes and regions are highly polarized. Many feel entitled to high government positions because of their losses in the war.
In an indication of the charged atmosphere, Abushagur withdrew the initial line-up for government after the parliamentary chamber was stormed on Thursday by protesters from the city of Zawiya — one of several cities that took the brunt of Qaddafi's attacks during the war — demanding representation. Lawmakers left the General National Congress floor, saying they would not vote under pressure.


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The Northern Virginia Association of REALTORS ® (NVAR) engaged Ursa Major Consulting to provide Joomla! expertise in supporting the transition to a new website.
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As artificial intelligence (AI) gains momentum across enterprises and industries, we've entered an era of Intelligent Automation.
This much more than a simple transfer of tasks from man to machine. The real power of intelligent automation is to fundamentally change traditional ways of operating and transform what people can achieve by weaving systems, data and people together.
Many of the most exciting and disruptive developments are emerging from open-source ecosystems, meaning businesses urgently need a flexible, efficient and secure way to implement best-of-breed AI solutions, whenever and wherever they will deliver maximum value to the business.
The Accenture Institute for High Performance, working with Frontier Economics, examined the considerable economic upside and the obstacles we must overcome to attain full benefits.
We're seeing growing interest and investment in AI-related technology by Fortune 100 companies in almost every industry. In financial services, for example, robo-advisors, intelligent underwriting and automated agent-based banking services are already in action.
However, the multitude of options notwithstanding, adopters are being confronted with some tough decisions in their journey to enterprise AI, including:
|Cost - Vendor offerings, which are often limited in business application, can be expensive (proof-of-concept work for some applications can cost at least $1 million).
|Data residence and security - Companies may not be comfortable sharing sensitive data in public or third-party administered clouds, posing challenges for machine learning and data analytics.
|Customizability and ease of use - Because software-as-a-service end-points can be opaque and inflexible, it can be challenging to customize AI solutions/modules to business needs.
|Vendor lock-in and technology obsolescence - AI is a rapidly maturing and fast-changing field, and if you tie yourself to a single vendor, you run the risk of technological obsolescence.
|Future-proofing - The latest AI technology, such as deep learning, is growing in sophistication at a rapid pace, meaning businesses must be consistently ahead of the curve to exploit the potential; that's not possible when you're tied to a single vendor that may become legacy at any moment.
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Redwood Community Radio
Board of Directors Meeting - 6 May, 2014 - 5 pm
Healy Senior Center, Redway, CA
I. Call to order: Meeting ground rules; opening comments from the President
II. Roll call: MEMBERS' REPS - President Siena Klein, Treasurer Nella White. PROGRAMMERS' REPS - Vice President Noel Soucy, Marcy Stein, Secretary Jack Frybulous. BOARD-APPOINTED - Mark Marchese. Station Manager Jeanette Todd (ex-officio).
Absent: BOARD-APPOINTED - Christine Doyka, Kim Peterson, and MEMBERS' REP Julia Minton.
III. Jack moved we approve April Minutes. Three revisions were accepted, Noel seconded; passed. Approval of March minutes tabled.
IV. Approval of agenda - Jack moved that Closed Session follow Open Time, Noel seconded; passed unanimously.
V. Open time – no speakers.
VI. Closed Session – Staff salaries budget
VII. Management report – See written report in Public File.
Auditor is ready to go, but there have been delays in financial staff's delivery of information to her. Jeanette to attend PMBA Conference to learn more about CPB compliance, FCC licensing, Internet and online credit-card use, etc. License extension agreement with Plateau Peak Towers. Pledge drive dates unchanged. Dazey Days bar was about $4K of gross income: good intake, low overhead (about $400). Prep for KMUD Coffee booth. Cannabis Pledge Drive was very well received, with an est. $70K taken in. Emerald Tech doing upgrades at station, and donating 50% their labor. On-air trainings are going great, and will be offered about twice a month.
Siena distributed, and asked Board members to sign, Conflict of Interest statements.
VIII. Consent calendar
A. Board directs Policy Com to begin work on bylaw and policy revisions that make election (and other) timeframes more flexible. For this year, the Board makes an exception to the Bylaws to hold the Annual Membership Meeting on June 17, separately from the June board meeting.
B. Board finalizes the deletion of policy 6.19.1, "Underwriting -- Read On-Air," which received first consideration in March.
C. Board directs Policy Com. to work with the Station Manager on the vacation-accrual policy, and a cost-of-living percentage increase policy
D. Board approves fundraising for expenses for Station Manager for PMBA conference in Portland, 27-30 May – approximately $1200.
E. Board appoints Mark Marchese as Chair of Policy Com.
F. The Board revises policy 2.2.7, Parliamentarian, to read: "At each new Board's first meeting, it shall appoint a Parliamentarian who is familiar with the meeting rules in this Policy Manual. The Parliamentarian is assisted by Policy Committee members, as well as all board members, in supporting the President by keeping RCR meeting rules in mind during Board meetings." This is the first of two required approvals.
Noel moved to approve consent calendar, Jack seconded; 5 yeas.
IX. Treasurer's report -- see also Finance Com. minutes in Public File.
Julia has resigned as Treasurer; her letter is in the board packet. Nella's appointment as Treasurer will be added to next month's Consent Calendar.
Nella: Treasurer's reports should not be required so long as Finance Committee meeting Minutes are made available. Troubled about the amount of pressure on Jeanette to deal with complicated financial questions. She suggests a semi-annual meeting to look at financials. There is a monthly budget-to-actual report, and if it's not way off, then questions be saved for that semi-annual review.
Discussions around finding options for line-of-credit. A financial consultant a year ago said we should use the $50K to secure a line of credit, and wants to see a system that makes people jump through hoops before money is spent - Board approval, if a payback scheme for withdrawals is included. Jack asked that Finance Com. reports include expressions of short- and long-term concerns.
X. Unfinished business
A. CPB requirements (see esp. pp. 16-17: CPB general provisions). Reminder: HAF offers a class on multi-cultural inclusion. Siena is still working on setting up a workshop to comply with that requirement.
B. Auditor's contract – Jeanette has communicated to the auditor, but hasn't heard back and there is not yet a signed contract. JT said that Stacy has agreed to May 31 if we got required documents to her by the end of the week, which seems unlikely.
C. Tech proposal – tech reserve? Emerald Tech coming in - see Mgr's Report. Jeanette reminded that it was discussed in Finance Com.
D. Budget approval – and discussion of deficit, if there is one.
Noel moved we approve the Finance Com recommendations regarding the 3 line-items (which would result in Board approval of the 2014 Budget) and the approval of $5K from the Fitch Fund to make our website more user-friendly to smaller devices, Mark seconded. Unanimously passed.
Jama said Minutes should be explicit about $5K having been withdrawn from Fitch funds for website project. Nella: it must always be clear when expenditures are paid for with Fitch funds.
XI. New business
A. SM report on FCC and CPB matters. Jeanette: KZYX and KHSU also have not yet received their FCC licenses.
B. Consider creation of a Compliance Com. – tabled.*
C. Create new Board job description – tabled.*
D. Schedule date with Management Evaluation Com. to meet with Board. A discussion was had during closed session. Noel moved we forgo the MEC meeting with the Board. Nella seconded. Unanimous.
E. Board member absences – [This discussion took place following the Closed Session.] Mark moved that we add to the agenda discussion of Kim Peterson's absences from Board meetings. Jack seconds; passed unanimously. Nella moved we terminate Kim's appointment to the Board. Marcy seconded. Five yeas, Noel abstained.
* - Noel moved we table New Business items B and C. Jack seconded. All 4 remaining Board members (Marcy and Mark having left) in favor.
XII. Reports
A. Programmers' Reps. – there will be a meeting for Programmers and Volunteers, including a candidates' forum, after the June 17 Membership Meeting. Candidates needed by May 30 for Marcy.
B. Members' Reps.
C. Community Advisory Boards
D. Correspondence Secretaries
E. Development Com. – Jeanette said yesterday's meeting went well. Bequest mailing being prepared. Lots of outreach and fundraising events this summer.
i. Pledge Drive subcom.
F. Policy Com. – see written report in Public File.
G. Mediation Com.
H. Website Com. – see written report in Public File. Siena announces her resignation from the Website Com.
I. Emergency Preparedness Com.
J. Management Evaluation Com.
K. Transition Com.
L. Elections Com. – Jama asked if there is a ballot-counting date yet for the members' election. (There is not.)
XIII. Monthly Meetings – dates and times
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings take place at KMUD, 1144 Redway Dr., Redway, CA.
If you plan to attend a meeting, it would be wise to confirm no changes have taken place.
A. Development 1st Mon., 3 pm
B. Board of Directors 1st Tues., 5 pm
C. Executive 2nd Mon., 11:30 am
D. Policy 2nd Mon., 3 pm
E. Website 2nd Tues., 10 am
F. Pledge Drive "Wrap-up" May 13, 2 pm
G. Mediation 2nd Tues., 5:15 (867-B Redwood Dr., Garberville)
H. Finance 3rd Tues., 3 pm
I. Board/Staff Talk Show 2nd Wed. (Jul., Oct., Jan., April)
J. Board/Staff meeting 3rd Tues. (Jun., Sep., Dec., Mar.)
Minutes submitted by the Secretary July 1, 2014.
Redwood Community Radio - Board of Directors
Tues., Apr. 1, 2014
Healy Senior Center, Redway, CA
I. Call to order: Meeting ground rules; opening comments from the President
II. Roll call: MEMBERS' REPS - President Siena Klein, Treasurer Julia Minton, Nella White. PROGRAMMERS' REPS - Vice President Noel Soucy, Marcy Stein. BOARD-APPOINTED - Christine Doyka, Mark Marchese. Station Manager Jeanette Todd (ex-officio). Absent: Secretary Jack Frybulous, Kim Peterson.
Others Present: Jama Chaplin, Bob Stern
III. Approval of March minutes postponed
IV. Approval of Agenda- Julia moved to approve the Agenda. Christine seconded. Approved unanimously.
V. Open time - Speakers will be assigned an amount of time not to exceed five minutes.
Jama - If there is time at the Evaluation Retreat, the Board Member's job should be discussed. The Handbook doesn't include the gist of what it means to be a Board Member. It would help potential Board Members to understand what the job is about.
Marcy - There was a recent workshop that addressed this issue, and hopefully we can start this discussion at our retreat.
VI. Management report- See report in Board Packet.
VII. Discussion / questions for Management
• Christine - Question about allocating funds to maintain the transmitters.
• Nella - Beth, Nella and Jay are having a meeting on April 16 regarding Donor Snap.
• Siena - Would it be good if we allocated $3,500 towards the transmitters?
• Jeanette - Would like the Board to read Simon's report before allocating money towards the transmitter? She would like to see it keep moving forward.
• Julia - Depreciation is real assets losing value. We need to save as much money every year as is lost to depreciation.
• Jeanette - Does the Board have any thoughts on what we could do about the camping at the station problem?
• Noel - I would like to see a live-in at the station that would have the responsibility of dealing with this issue.
• Jeanette - The station is very inviting, with all the fruit trees, free coffee, bathroom and microwave. Staff is pretty burned out about dealing with this issue; the homeless have nowhere to go.
• Marcy - Programmers need a late night sign-in sheet for guests at the station, and a gate. We need to have more policing.
• Noel - I don't think that programmers are the root of this problem. It is really part of the bigger issue of homelessness in our community. I don't see where having a sign-in sheet for programmers is going to help. I think we need to talk about this issue in committee.
• Julia - Would like to see KMUD continue to be open to the community. Maybe designating volunteer hours as a policy would help. Mateel has a live-in.
• Siena - Suggests that Policy Committee address this issue.
VIII. Consent calendar
A. Rohn Jennings is appointed to Policy Com.
B. Jim Lamport is appointed Elections referee.
C. Board approves policy revisions re: appointment (rather than election) of the representative of the programmers and volunteers to the Management Evaluation Com. each year. See draft in Mar. 4 packet.
D. Jim Lamport is appointed to the Mediation Com, in a Community member seat.
• Julia moved that we accept Items B, C and D of the consent calendar. Noel seconded. Approved unanimously.
• Item A moved to New Business Item C.
IX. Treasurer's report
• Julia - Finance Committee didn't meet this month; scheduled to meet April 15. The budget – except for three lines – has been approved.
• The Website Committee also did not meet. Simon had requested funds to improve the website by hiring a consultant. A financial statement is included in the Board Packet.
• Jama recommends that before Julia leaves we table the Unfinished Business Action Item D. Budget.
• Nella said that the Treasurer's report doesn't need to be so eloquent; Julia recommends that the Treasurer's report be quarterly.
X. Unfinished business
A. CPB requirements (see esp. pp. 16-17: CPB General Provisions)
i. reminder: HAF offers an upcoming class in multi-cultural inclusion
B. Auditor's contract- Jeanette submitted all the changes to the Auditor.
C. Tech proposal – Jeanette thinks we need a $30,000 Tech Reserve.
• Nella would like to see us formally do something to protect our reserve.
• Noel - Can we use our line of credit for a tech reserve?
• Jeanette - We haven't formally secured a line of credit.
• Marcy moved that we direct the Finance Committee to acquire the information we need that would allow us to acquire a line of credit. Noel seconded. Approved unanimously.
D. Budget - Nella moved we table this item. Noel and Christine second. Approved unanimously.
E. Re-define Treasurer's responsibilities - Noel moved we discuss this at the retreat. Christine seconded. Approved unanimously.
F. Appoint Elections Com. and its chair - Noel moved that we appoint Mark, Jack, and Marcy to the Elections Committee with Mark as chair. Christine seconded. Siena offers assistance to Mark in the Members' Rep election. Approved unanimously.
XI. New business
A. Schedule annual membership meeting
• Siena suggests the 17 June. ACTION: Noel will check availability of the Healy.
• Noel moved that the Annual Membership Meeting take place 17 June at 4 pm. Mark seconded. Approved unanimously.
B. Board recruitment- Nella suggests Ben Schill. Noel suggests for Programmers' Rep. Dan Murphy or B'Anna Frederico.
C. Rohn Jennings appointment to Policy Committee
• Jama - Rohn volunteered for this appointment. Policy Committee needs new members who are willing to do stuff.
• Mark moved we appoint Rohn Jennings to Policy Committee. Noel seconded. Approved unanimously.
XII. Reports
A. Programmers' Reps. – Jack proposed a meeting before the Pledge Drive: 19 Apr? Another proposed date is 10 May. ACTION: Programmers' Reps are encouraged to discuss this by email.
B. Members' Reps. - No report.
C. Community Advisory Boards - No reports.
D. Correspondence Secretaries - Christine sent out a thank-you to Kelly Lincoln which was returned. Suggested to use her KMUD box. ACTION: Jeanette will email Christine a list of thank-you's. Jama suggested there were some stand-out people from the Silent Drive: Mish Bartlett, Dennis Lewis, and Scott Kender.
E. Development Com. - No report.
i. Pledge Drive subcom. Next drive: April 22 to May 1, with the theme: Cannabis. Goal: $95K.
F. Policy Com. - No report.
G. Mediation Com. - No report. (New member Jim Lamport was confirmed.)
H. Management Evaluation Com. – Siena distributed a report.
I. Transition Com. - Met on 17 Mar. with Jeanette, Marcy, Nella, and Noel at Café Bella.
XIII. Schedule - monthly meeting times of Committees
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings take place at KMUD, 1144 Redway Dr., Redway, CA.
If you plan on attending a meeting, it would be wise to confirm no changes have taken place.
A. Board of Directors May 6, 5 pm; Healy Senior Center
B. Development Apr 7, 3 pm
C. Executive Apr 14, 11:30 am
D. Policy Apr 14, 3 pm
E. Finance Apr 15, 3 pm
F. Website Apr 8 or 15, 10 am
G. Board Talk Show Apr 9 - Jack, Siena, and Christine
Minutes submitted by the Secretary on 24 May, 2014.
Long Valley Teachers Association organized a debate between the candidates for Mendocino County 3rd district supervisor on April 24, 2014. From left to right: Moderator Alison Pernell, Holly Madrigal, Clay Romero, Hal Wagenet, Tom Woodhouse. The event took place at the Laytonville Elementary School and was broadcast live on Redwood Community Radio's KMUD Garberville, KLAI Laytonville and KMUE Eureka, as well as Round Valley Community Radio's KYBU Covelo.
You can listen to or download the audio from the forum, see the link below.
Accused Nashville murderer Terrance D. Brown is now in custody in Eureka (Humboldt County), California.
Brown, 25, was arrested Monday night at a casino hotel after security there found a substance thought to be meth in bedding that had come from his room and notified the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office. Brown claimed to be someone else; however, a fingerprint check revealed his true identity and that he is a fugitive from Nashville.
Brown is under indictment for the September 8, 2012 shooting death of Dennis Prutianov on Moss Road in South Nashville. Prutianov, 26, was fatally wounded when shots were fired into his house. A second suspect, Terrence Clark, 24, was arrested in July of last year on a murder indictment and remains in the Metro Jail awaiting trial.
The murder case is not Brown's only issue. He is also named in arrest warrants issued in October 2012 charging two counts of aggravated robbery and one count of aggravated assault. In that matter, he is accused of entering a residence in the 2500 block of Elm Hill Pike, robbing the two persons inside at gunpoint, and firing a shot at one of the victims as he fled.
Brown's return to Nashville is pending.
Update: April 10, 2014 - According to an article in the Eureka Times Standard, 15-year-old Thomas William Carlson, who was reported missing on April 8, 2014 and last seen at Eureka High School on Mon., April 7, was located unharmed Tuesday April 8 around 3:30 p.m. in Willow Creek. The original post on the missing teenager appears below.
The Eureka Police Department is requesting the public's assistance in locating 15-year-old Thomas William Carlson who was reported missing on 04/08/14. Thomas was last seen at Eureka High School on 04/07/14. He left class upset and threw his books in the trash. He has not been seen since. A friend reported that he contacted her on Facebook and said that he was walking to Redding, CA.
Thomas is an American Indian male, 5'11", 160 lbs., with brown eyes and neat brown medium length hair. He was last seen wearing a black jacket and grey sweatpants. Anyone with any information regarding Thomas Carlson is urged to contact the Eureka Police Department at (707) 441-4300 or (707) 441-4044.


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Q: We love sitting by our pond, but the mosquitoes are active this year. How can we control them
Scott – Tampa, FL
A: There's nothing as irritating as a mosquito. They buzz, they bite, they feed on blood, they leave behind itchy welts and, in some cases, transmit dangerous diseases like malaria, dengue, yellow fever, West Nile virus, dog heartworm and equine encephalitis. No, they're certainly not a welcome pondside guest!
Controlling these tiny bloodsuckers requires a four-pronged approach. Here's what we recommend:
1. Move the Water: A female mosquito prefers to lay her eggs in stagnant water that's full of algae, plankton, fungi and bacteria, so your first priority should be moving your water with an Airmax® Aeration System near the area where you sit. The agitated water will make her think twice about calling that part of your pond home.
2. Destroy Their Habitat: When the mosquito larvae—or wigglers—hatch, they nibble on all those tiny plants and microorganisms that are floating by as they develop into pupae—or tumblers—and, eventually, adults. So the second item on your to-do list is to cut down on all the debris around the edge of your pond, or at least in the area where you hang out the most, with a pond rake and weed cutter.
3. Put Mosquito Fish to Work: If you don't already have a fish population living in your lake, consider adding some mosquito fish, which are small fish that gobble the wigglers and tumblers. The American Mosquito Control Association recommends adding predacious minnows or native fish to lakes and ponds for biological control of the insects.
4. Use Mosquito Dunks: If you find you're still having problems with the vampire bugs, try some Summit® Mosquito Bits® & Dunks®. These handy-dandy little disks and crumbles contain Bt-israelensis (Bt-i), a specially formulated biological pesticide designed to destroy mosquitoes. You simply toss them in your pond or lake and they'll provide relief for up to 30 days. Plus, they're safe for use around fish and plants.
Unfortunately, mosquitoes are part of life with a lake or pond. But with a little aeration, physical control, biological control and, if necessary, chemical control, you can keep these irritating bloodsuckers managed so you can enjoy relaxing evenings by your pond.
Pond Talk: How do you manage mosquitoes by your lake or pond?
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I appreciate the effort. That she didn't want to be boring. But this dress...
It's really, really, REALLY bad. Maybe, like, MAYBE, and this is the weakest maybe ever, if the dots were smaller? Probably not. But sh-t, it's SH-T, right??? And the hair, the fringe, that doesn't help either. I don't understand how this happens.
Here's Noomi at the UK premiere of Sherlock Holmes 2 tonight in London with director Guy Ritchie, Robert Downey Jr, and Jude Law. How much do you love the picture of the 3 of them, Guy, RDJ, and Jude, with their arms linked together? Their bromance is pretty cute. Especially RDJ and Jude. I believe they genuinely like each other. I believe their chemistry in the movie(s) is exactly what it is in real life. Also I'm kinda diggin' Jude's pants. Lately I've been having these weird Jude Law dreams. He looks in them the way he looked in Alfie without the cheese. So, um, really, really hot. Nothing pervy happens or anything. It's just a lot of talking and English scenery but somehow it's resulted in a few visits to google and Youtube for a few crushy clicks of pretty photos and kissing scenes. Is that the subconscious controlling the conscious or the conscious controlling the subconscious to please the conscious? It just came out of nowhere.
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MONCTON, N.B. - A nerve-wracking manhunt came to an end early Friday morning after police apprehended the suspect wanted in one of the worst mass shootings in the RCMP's history that left three Mounties dead and two others wounded in Moncton, N.B.
Justin Bourque was arrested at around 12:10 a.m., RCMP spokesman Paul Greene said, bringing to a close a harrowing search that lasted nearly 30 hours.
Michelle Thibodeau said she saw members of a tactical unit arrest the Moncton man in the frontyard of her home.
"They started yelling, 'Come out with your hands up!' and they had their guns loaded," said Thibodeau, 21.
"About five minutes later, Justin surrendered himself and he said, 'I'm done,' and then they arrested him and brought him to my frontyard where they had him sprawled on the ground."
She said the experience was scary.
"I'm still shaking," she said. "My heart dropped to my stomach and I felt quite sick actually. It was a moment I'll never forget."
Linda Peacock, who lives a few doors down from where the arrest was made, said she was relieved the suspect had been apprehended.
"It's very upsetting to know that he was so close to my home," Peacock said. "I'm very glad they got him."
Bourque, 24, was the subject of an exhaustive manhunt after the shootings Wednesday evening in the northwest area of the city.
Moncton, a city of about 69,000, had been at a virtual standstill up until the arrest, with buses pulled off the roads, government buildings shut down and schools closed as the RCMP scoured the streets for a heavily armed man.
Residents in a cordoned off area were told to stay inside their homes, lock their doors and turn on their exterior lights in an effort to aid the search.
But shortly after Bourque's arrest, people were allowed outside their houses and roads that had been blockaded for more than a day were reopened, Greene said.
Colin Slaunwhite, 24, said his mother was frantic because he had not been able to return home until Friday morning after playing hockey Wednesday.
"Relief. A whole bag full of emotions," Slaunwhite said after he learned he could return home.
"It is going to take a while for the adrenalin to completely run out and everybody tries to comprehend what happened."
Police including tactical officers began their manhunt Wednesday at around 7:30 p.m. when they responded to a call about a man walking along a road with what was believed to be a gun.
After the call, shots were fired and officers called for backup.
The RCMP said police officers from across the country were brought in to help arrest the suspect.
At one point, Bourque was seen Thursday morning but officers were unable to arrest him after he went into a wooded area, the RCMP said.
Assistant Commissioner Roger Brown, the commanding officer of the Mounties in New Brunswick, said Thursday likened the search to "working through your worst nightmare."
The RCMP said Thursday that of the two wounded officers, one was released from hospital and the other had injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
The identities of the officers who were shot have not been released by police.
But late Thursday, the National Post identified one of the officers fatally shot as Const. Dave Ross, a police services dog handler with the RCMP. The newspaper quoted the sister-in-law of the man's wife as saying he had a young son, with another child expected in September.
People laid flowers in a makeshift memorial on the doorsteps of the local Codiac RCMP detachment. One of the bouquets was wrapped in a ribbon reading, "Fallen heroes."
The RCMP have scheduled a news conference for Friday at 8 a.m.
Cpl. Danny Falls said while RCMP members were pleased to bring a measure of relief to residents, the force was contending with mixed emotions.
"There obviously have been long days and we suffered significant loss," Falls said Friday morning. "It will take some time to heal from that."
Bourque was not known to police and investigators were trying to piece together his background.
He was wearing military camouflage and carrying two rifles in a picture of him released by police on Twitter on Wednesday night.
The deadly shootings struck a nerve not only in Moncton, but throughout the country, where flags were flown at half-mast, including the flag at the Peace Tower in Ottawa. MPs also observed a moment of silence in the House of Commons.
The shootings also evoked memories of an RCMP tragedy in Mayerthorpe, Alta., nine years ago when Constables Anthony Fitzgerald Orion Gordon, Lionide (Leo) Nicholas Johnston, Brock Warren Myrol and Peter Christopher Schiemann were shot and killed.


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Several members of "The Vampire Diaries" TV series landed behind bars after a photo shoot on a bridge in Georgia prompted motorists to call police.
The drivers last month reported women dangling off the side of the bridge and flashing them in Forsyth, about 60 miles south of Atlanta.
Nina Dobrev, Sara Canning, Kayla Ewell and Candice Accola were charged with disorderly conduct on Aug. 22 and were released on bond.
Authorities say a man named Tyler Shields told them he was a photographer shooting pictures for the show, which premiered Thursday on the CW Network. He was also charged.
A deputy checked the cameras and found numerous photographs of the women hanging from, sitting on and straddling the bridge.
The show's publicist, Pam Morrison, declined to comment.
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This question is partly inspired by a problem in Stewart's Calculus: "Find the area of the region enclosed by $y=x^2$ and $x=y^2$."
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We've got 1 week to come up with a design for a conservative southern politician who is getting ready to make major announcement. Feedback on every entry Guaranteed! There is more where this came from!
John Smith for President
Strong Leadership for a Strong State
Desired Color Scheme:
blue, red, white
Desired Style:
"Clean and Professional" ... see description for more complete notes
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layered PSD file.
We are consulting with a conservative NC politician who will be running for a high-level executive office. We need to get him a new web site, and we need your help!
Colors: blue, red, white
Turnaround time: 1 week
(Note: if someone "hits it out of the park" then we reserve the right to close the contest early.)
Sites we like:
http://www.johnmccain.com (maybe a combination of what's on the splash page and what's on the main index page, but not all in black)
http://www.explorehuckabee.com/ (we like the little campaign button icon)
http://www.rickperry.com/ (tabbed issues navigation)
http://www.billgraham2008.com/ (like the photo and "clean" look, although the site should't resemble this one too closely)
Note: if you provide comments with links to other campaign web sites we will provide feedback on what we like or don't like on each and every one!
General look and feel:
Clean, professional. Feel free to get inspiration from other candidate's sites and also various template providers, but the site needs some original elements so that is does not have a "template" look.
A few gradients might add some nice depth.
Would like for a few elements to "break the grid" ... so some items overlapping other items or going "outside the lines"
Rounded corners are nice, too.
We aren't running a logo contest, but if you want to submit one that you feel would make the design better, then we will pay separately for that design. For a placeholder you could use the name "John Smith for President" (but no, he isn't running for President ... yet)
Home page should Incorporate:
- Main candidate image (which we'll probably end up rotating out)
- The State Seal of North Carolina
- It may be nice to incorporate some North Carolina images from across the state ... lighthouses, mountains, Raleigh, the outline of the state etc. ... but the main focus should be on the candidate.
Main navigation (should appear listed left to right rather than top to bottom):
About John (not his real name)
On the home page we would like a tabbed content area with tabs for each of the main issues (appearing width-wise):
Creating Jobs
Border Security
Defending Marriage
On the home page we also want to incorporate an area for
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Email Newsletter Signup
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RSS Feed
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By Linda Weiford, WSU News
Video by Matt Haugen, WSU News
PULLMAN, Wash. – Doctors who treat patients with Crohn's disease have long regarded the illness as a biological version of friendly fire, where people's own immune systems mistakenly attack the digestive tract. But Washington State University researcher William Davis said its cause may originate outside the human body – from a germ that sickens cattle.
Working with scientists internationally, Davis is developing a vaccine that could head off the problem.
MAP's thick, waxy, protective cell wall makes it
difficult to destroy.
Why a rod-shaped bacterium that infects cattle is turning up in the intestines of humans warrants far more investigation than it is getting, said Davis, a professor in WSU's Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology. A new vaccine could save cattle, the livelihood of dairy farmers and ranchers, and lend a measure of protection to humans against the potentially harmful germ, he said.
That germ, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, or MAP, is related to the microbe that causes tuberculosis.
It causes Johne's (pronounced yo-nees) disease in the intestines of cattle and other ruminants. This produces symptoms similar to those experienced by people with Crohn's disease, including drastic weight loss, chronic diarrhea and malnutrition, according to numerous studies on the two disorders.
Big implications
MAP has infected a staggering number of cattle during the past 100 years. It is secreted in their feces and milk, said Davis, who has been researching the bacterium for two decades. In 2003, he co-authored a report for the National Academy of Sciences on its diagnosis and control.
So when it was identified in the intestines of humans, he and scientists from Canada to Europe paid attention. The theory that it might be making people sick is controversial. If proven, it means modern medicine's understanding of Crohn's disease is incorrect and a harmful bacterium is being transmitted via the human food chain.
"We know the incidence of Johne's is on the rise, as is the incidence of Crohn's," said Davis, whose research has included collaboration with physicians and immunologists. "The problem is too important and the theory is sufficiently plausible that we need to be taking a closer look. More research is necessary to resolve exactly what the link is."
Good science
The idea that MAP may be making people sick is not new. In their 2003 report to the National Academy of Sciences, Davis and seven other scientists proposed a possible link to Crohn's disease.
"This has been a controversial subject attracting strong adherents to both positions, but its resolution is essential for the development of rational approaches to disease management and prevention," they wrote.
In 2006, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a fact sheet acknowledging researchers' concerns that MAP is being transmitted to humans in undercooked meat, unpasteurized milk and water.
"Because of continued potential public-health concerns related to Johne's disease, animal-production industries must give it more attention," the document says.
In 2008, a report by the American Academy of Microbiology said that people with Crohn's disease are "seven-fold more likely" to have MAP in their gut tissues. While the cause of Crohn's is unknown, the authors wrote, "the possible role of this bacterium, which could conceivably be passed up the food chain to people, has received too little attention from the research community."
And just last year, Davis and another WSU researcher published a analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health citing more cases of MAP found in the human population, making further research on cattle essential. More precise testing tools reveal MAP is present in healthy humans as well, said Davis – a finding that "tells us that all humans are susceptible to MAP infection but that its presence doesn't always lead to disease. While not destroying MAP, the human immune system is keeping it in check."
Similarly, not all cattle come down with Johne's, said Davis. Those that do apparently keep MAP under control for two years or so, staying symptom free until something triggers a breakdown in immunity and allows the disease to progress.
"There's no cure so, from then on, they get sicker and sicker," he said. "For dairy farmers, it can be a devastating loss."
Culprit or innocent bystander?
It's not unusual to find foreign microbes living inside the human gut where thousands of others reside naturally. But how to determine if MAP is harmful or simply hanging out? That's what further research can establish, said Davis, who wants to investigate the immune response in animal models. It takes extensive study to determine whether a bacterium is primary or secondary, he said.
As for all the people walking around with MAP anchored in their intestines who aren't ill, the reason is the presence of protective immunity – similar to what's seen with MAP in cattle, said Davis.
Tuberculosis connection
MAP is a mycobacterium known to cause serious illnesses in mammals – just like its cousin, M. tuberculosis, which causes pulmonary tuberculosis.
"Just because an infectious agent is present doesn't mean everyone will get sick from it," Davis said, pointing to M. tuberculosis. "Ninety percent of the world's population infected with M. tuberculosis exhibit no symptoms because their immune systems control infection.
"But we also know that if their immune systems get weakened, such as in the elderly or people with HIV, the disease can become active," he said. "The situation is most likely the same for infection with MAP."
'A huge deal'
Skeptics insist that MAP be consistently found in all Crohn's patients before they will consider it as a potential cause of the disease, according to medical literature critical of the MAP-link theory. But physician and researcher William Chamberlin – who sees Crohn's patients almost daily – doesn't need that kind of evidence, he said.
"This is a classic case of the 800 pound gorilla in the living room that's easier to ignore than to do something about," said Chamberlin, a gastroenterologist who, in 2011, co-authored a review in the journal Clinical Immunology concluding that Crohn's is caused by infections, not an autoimmune disorder.
Backing the 2008 report by the American Academy of Microbiology suggesting that Crohn's isn't a single disease but a syndrome with different causes, "MAP is but one of them," said Chamberlin in an interview.
"The idea that MAP triggers a syndrome in humans that we call Crohn's is a huge deal," he said. "From a medical treatment perspective, we need to be strengthening the body's defense, not suppressing it with steroids and other drugs."
Parallels to ulcer discovery
Bacterial in origin? Crohn's disease is a serious
inflammatory bowel condition that affects
500 million Americans.
Chamberlin was an associate professor of gastroenterology at Texas Tech University before moving to Billings, Mont., to treat patients at St. Vincent Hospital.
He likens the MAP controversy to the one that ensued over the link between H. pylori and stomach ulcers 30 years ago. Doctors entrenched in the belief that stress and spicy foods caused ulcers resisted an Australian physician's evidence that the real culprit was a bacterial infection.
Desperate to prove his point, the physician drank a test tube of the bacteria and swiftly developed an ulcer. Then, instead of using the customary antacids to treat it, he took antibiotics – today considered the standard treatment for most stomach ulcers.
Gulping down a vial of MAP might not lead to disease. But if it did, Crohn's symptoms are more serious and chronic than stomach ulcers, said Chamberlin.
"Believe me, no one wants to get Crohn's disease," said Chamberlin, whose center-stage treatment for the ailment is a cocktail of antibiotics. Properly selected antibiotics are reducing symptoms in many of his patients, he said.
"Philosophers like to say that we never know anything for certain and that truth is based on probabilities," he said. "That said, with the amount of evidence that has accrued, the probability of MAP being one of the agents that causes Crohn's symptoms meets my threshold."
New vaccine to protect
And so, as science moves in fits and starts and skepticism continues to percolate, Davis will soon enter his third decade of MAP research on cattle. In the meantime, seemingly healthy cows continue to transmit the germ into the human food chain.
If scientists can't reach a consensus on whether this is safe or harmful, Davis hopes to plow ahead by studying the effectiveness of the vaccine that he and a group of international scientists developed by altering MAP's DNA. Preliminary tests, published in 2011, show that it keeps MAP from launching the biological chaos of infection inside the intestines of cattle and goats, he said.
If scientific scrutiny shows that the vaccine works and it is then administered to cattle, will fewer people get struck by that painful, incurable disease we call Crohn's?
"I'm not an alarmist; I'm a realist," said Davis. "That would be the moment of truth."
William Davis, WSU Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, 509-335-6051, email@example.com
William Chamberlin, St. Vincent Healthcare, email@example.com
Linda Weiford, WSU News, 509-335-7209, firstname.lastname@example.com


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One might think that when you build a new winter retreat along the slopes of a Park City, Utah, ski mountain that the only thing on your mind would be the powder and the lift lines. The California technology enthusiast who owns this award-winner also wanted to make sure his new home was as cutting-edge as his skis.
When consumer electronics (CE) pro Taylor Syphus of Lifestyle Electronics in Park City was introduced to the homeowner, he knew he was facing someone with big expectations. The owner had a technology background and a pretty good idea of what integrated electronic systems were capable of doing, so Syphus gave him the works.
The 10,000-square-foot home, mere feet from a Deer Valley ski run, allows the owners to enjoy both the beauty of the outdoors, plus the comforts of indoor convenience and luxury. The operating system of the home is Crestron DigitalMedia, which delivers video to 20 TVs and audio to 32 separate zones. Each TV can be controlled by its own Crestron MTX handheld remote. Larger touchscreens, including a 12-inch unit centrally mounted on a kitchen wall, are spaced throughout the residence. The owners can also tap into any aspect of the system through their iPads or a computer.
Large Samsung LCD TVs positioned throughout the house provide access to DirecTV DVRs, two Apple TVs, a 400-disc Sony Blu-ray player, while SpeakerCraft architectural speakers in the ceilings and walls deliver music. One of the bedroom TVs rises from and disappears into a cabinet thanks to a Lift-Tech motorized TV lift. Another one rises out of the middle of the kitchen island. The master bath even includes speakers in the shower.
Managing music in such a large home is made easy by a program designed by Lifestyle Electronics. They call the feature Send To. With Send To, a user can access their music from any control interface, such as a touchpanel or iPad, then select the rooms or areas to "Send To." The feature will also show what music is playing in other rooms and at what volume. A moderate volume is programmed in as the default in case the kids were the last ones to use the room and had been cranking it up.
With music naturally goes wine, and of course this home has an ample wine room. The owners can keep tabs on the inventory through their Crestron system via an application called CellarTracker. It shows them what bottles they currently have, and it can even be accessed remotely. Interestingly, the stairway landing that leads to the level where the wine room is located has a glass floor directly above the wine room so you can stand on the landing and point through the floor to the bottle you want while someone below picks it out for you.
When not racing down the slopes, the family can relax with a round of virtual golf. A specially designed screen and projector combo displays a virtual golf course; the player hits the balls directly into the screen. But golf is just the beginning.
Lifestyle Electronics also integrated a Wii gaming console and the rest of the Crestron distributed video sources, to make it an all-around family entertaining room.
Being located in a famously beautiful part of the country means you'd want to get outside to enjoy the view. And there's no shortage of entertainment, there, either. Two outdoor SunBrite TVs and weather-hardy speakers make sure of that. One of the TVs is situated in front of an outdoor spa with a Jacuzzi, and supplied with a Crestron waterproof remote, so the owners can soak in heat, listen to music, or watch a movie after a day on the slopes.
Because this is a second home and remains empty for months at a time, having remote access was important to the owners, both for security reasons and to manage the electronic and environmental systems. When they leave for their primary home, the owners can press a button to put the property into unoccupied mode, which sets back the thermostats, turns off the hot water recirculation pump and modulates some other systems.
A thoroughly integrated home isn't all fun and games—there are practical considerations as well. The Crestron system also operates the thermostat, regulates humidity, monitors outside temperatures, accesses the security system and keeps the outside snowmelt systems running. When the owners return to Park City, the driveway is clear and their smart, connected ski retreat is ready.
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Two Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers and one Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker yesterday visited Itu Aba Island (Taiping Island, 太平島) to observe a live-fire drill held by the Coast Guard Administration.
The island, the largest of the Spratly Islands (Nansha Islands, 南沙群島), is manned by about 120 coast guard personnel, who have received training similar to that of marines. Taiwan withdrew its marines in 2000 to reduce tensions in the region.
KMT legislators Lin Yu-fang (林郁方) and Chen Cheng-hsiang (陳鎮湘) held a press conference at 6pm to report what they have observed of its beefed-up defenses.
The lawmakers' inspection was arranged to review the implementation of the resolution adopted by the legislature's Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee on May 3, which demanded that the government deploy 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 120mm mortars on the island to help reinforce its defenses, Lin said.
DPP Legislator Chen Ting-fei (陳亭妃) also joined the trip, which was led by Lin.
The annual live-fire drill was originally scheduled for last month, but was postponed to this week so the lawmakers could watch the drill, which simulated a counter-amphibious landing campaign on the island and made use of 81mm mortars, 40mm machine guns, 20mm cannons and T-75 guns.
Although the new weapons, shipped to the island on Aug. 10, were not incorporated in the drill, the installation of the 40mm anti-aircraft guns has been completed and land preparation for installation of 120mm mortars was progressing, Lin said.
Lin said some of the coast guard personnel returned to Taiwan to receive training on how to operate the new weapons, while the Ministry of National Defense also dispatched military officers to offer training on the island, Lin said.
"That said, if needed, the new weapons can be used for defense any time soon," Lin said.
Lin said the new weapons would extend defense of restricted waters in the South China Sea to 6,000m.
At a time when US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Asia pushing for Asian countries to agree on a code of conduct for the South China Sea, Lin said the US has to recognize that "a code of conduct without the participation of the Republic of China [ROC] will not be a workable solution" because the largest of the Spratlys is controlled by the ROC.
Lin brought back six coconuts from Itu Aba to give to President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and five other government officials to "thank them for efforts to enhance the defense."
According to Wang Kuo-jan (王國然), director-general on home assignment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, the ministry said that Vietnam, via a statement of Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi published by the state-owned Vietnam News Agency, has protested against the live-fire drill and the ministry "expected" more protest "any time" from Hanoi.
Vietnam, like Taiwan and China, claims sovereignty over all of the islands in the region, which are also partially claimed by the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.
"We have been paying close attention to reactions from [other claimants.] Vietnam has always raised a protest, but since 1946, Taiping Island has been our territory," Wang said.
Wang said the government would not stand for nonsense from any country over the actions taken by officials, garrisons and lawmakers to assert the nation's sovereignty over the island.


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Sunday, July 18, 2010
Mets NOT doing well in Land of the Giants!
8 comments:
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2010 at 11:06 AM
keep it up, Joe, the team needs you! let's go mets!!!ReplyDelete
I don't know how you muster the initiate to draw an entry after a series like this. Let's hope we can get the finale at least!ReplyDelete
It ain't easy! Let's get this last one and sweep the D-backs!
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2010 at 3:28 PM
Joe, I know it would be easy to get frustrated and bag the book, but you have to stick with it just in case they turn it around. Remember 1973! Besides, I think if you finish the season you could get a book deal with this.ReplyDelete
Joe great work !!!! The second half hasn't been friendly to the amazing fans but we gotta stick with us u are our leader and need to lead the way we will turn it around love the Ollie box makes me crack up every time I see it keep it up Joe LETS GO METS!!!!!!ReplyDelete
I am NOT giving up! I have no intentions of stopping I will finish this book right through the playoffs!LET'S GO METS!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Good to hear Joe we can't wait to see it done and complete just don't make any plans till early November as we still have lots of wins in front of us let's go metsReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2010 at 9:09 PM
It is going to be a dark day when Ollie is freed from that box! It is almost upon us :(ReplyDelete


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