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Alan Pardew will get a first-hand look at Jason Puncheon amid speculation he could make a summer move for the midfielder if Saints fail to offer him a new contract.
The former St Mary's boss signed Puncheon for Saints just over three years ago and is a huge admirer of the 26-year-old, who is set to feature against Pardew's Newcastle at St James' Park this Sunday.
The last time Puncheon was out of favour at Saints, in 2011, Pardew admitted he was monitoring the situation.
And that is reportedly the case again now with the winger's contract fast running down.
Puncheon's current deal expires at the end of the season and, while he has stated he is happy at St Mary's, he will inevitably weigh up his options if no new contract is forthcoming and other offers arrive.
There have been three phases to Puncheon's Saints career.
The first was as a valued regular under the management of Pardew when it seemed he was set to become a fixture in the side for years to come.
The next, shortly after Nigel Adkins took over, saw Puncheon become an outcast, flung out on several loans and his St Mary's days seemingly numbered.
The third came when Saints were desperately short of players in his position and Puncheon returned to the fold, all the behind-the-scenes problems magically sorted out.
He hasn't looked back since that day.
Having helped Saints to promotion from the Championship, he has gone on to establish himself as a first team regular in the Premier League, and performed extremely well.
He has scored six goals already this season, making him Saints' second top scorer behind Rickie Lambert.
Though Saints have plenty of options for the three attacking roles off of main striker Lambert, they would surely be reluctant to lose Puncheon for nothing.
There would be no shortage of suitors with West Ham and Newcastle the latest sides linked.
As well as signing Puncheon for Saints, Pardew was tracking the midfielder in 2011 when he was out of favour, saying at the time: "Jason was somebody I scooped from MK Dons for a really good price.
"He's done extremely well and he's a player I'll keep an eye on."
The indications are that Saints may hold fire on offering Puncheon a new contract until they are certain they will be in the Premier League next season.


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Young physicists in Austin, be careful about some toxic junk in your city
Three weeks ago, in the article titled
Responsibilityphysicist Jacques Distler of UT Austin mentioned a statement by Sasha Polyakov that he was "responsible" for quantum field theory. That comment was particularly relevant when Distler taught an undergraduate particle physics course and was frustrated by the following:
The textbooks (and I mean all of them) start off by "explaining" that relativistic quantum mechanics (e.g. replacing the Schrödinger equation with Klein-Gordon) make no sense (negative probabilities and all that …). And they then proceed to use it anyway (supplemented by some Feynman rules pulled out of thin air).Did the following text defend the legitimacy of Distler's frustration? Well, partly... but I would pick the answer No if I had to.
This drives me up the fúçkïñg wall. It is precisely wrong.
There is a perfectly consistent quantum mechanical theory of free particles. The problem arises when you want to introduce interactions.
What's going on? Indeed, textbooks and instructors often – and, according to some measures, always – say that quantum mechanics of one particle ceases to behave well once you switch to relativity – to theories covariant under the Lorentz transformations.
Are these statements right? Are they wrong? And are the correct statements one can make important? It depends what exact statements you have in mind.
What Distler discusses is the existence of the Hilbert space – and Hamiltonian – for one particle, e.g. the Klein-Gordon particle. Does it exist? You bet. If you believe that a Hilbert space of particles exists in free quantum field theory, do the following: Write a basis vector of that Hilbert space as the basis of a Fock space, i.e. in terms of the basis vector that are\[
a^\dagger_{\vec k_1} \cdots a^\dagger_{\vec k_n} \ket 0
\] And simply pick those basis vectors that contain exactly one creation operator. This one-particle subspace of the Hilbert space will evolve to itself under the empty-spacetime evolution operators. In fact, if you write the basis in the momentum basis as I did, the Hamiltonian for one real quantum of the real Klein-Gordon equation will be simply\[
H = \sqrt{|\vec k|^2 + m^2}.
\] This is something you may derive from quantum field theory. The operator above is perfectly well-defined in the momentum space. The energy is non-negative, the norms of states are positive, everything works fine.
So has Distler shown that all the statements of the type "one particle isn't consistent in relativistic quantum mechanics" are wrong?
Nope, he hasn't. In particular, he was talking about the statement
...replacing the [non-relativistic, e.g. one-particle] Schrödinger equation with Klein-Gordon make[s] no sense...But this statement is right at the level of one-particle quantum mechanics because his equation for the evolution of the wave function is not the Klein-Gordon equation. You know, the Klein-Gordon equation is\[
\left(\frac{\partial^2}{\partial t^2} - \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2} - \frac{\partial^2}{\partial y^2} - \frac{\partial^2}{\partial z^2} + m^2 \right) \Phi = 0.
\] That's a nice, local – perfectly differential equation. On the other hand, the replacement for the non-relativistic Schrödinger equation\[
i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial t} \psi = -\frac{\hbar^2}{2m} \Delta \psi + V(x) \psi
\] that he derived and that describes the evolution of one-particle states was\[
i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial t} \psi = c \sqrt{m^2c^2-\hbar^2\Delta} \psi + V(x) \psi
\] Because the square root has a neverending Taylor expansion, the function of the Laplace operator is a terribly non-local "integral operator" acting on the wave function \(\psi(x,y,z,t)\) in the position representation. So this equation for one particle, even though it follows from the Klein-Gordon quantum field theory, doesn't have the nice and local Klein-Gordon form. It isn't pretty and it isn't fundamental. If you wrote this equation in isolation, you should be worried that the resulting theory isn't relativistic because relativity implies locality and this equation allows the localized wave function packet to spread superluminally!
What the statements mean is that if you want to use some nice and local equation for a wave function for one particle – i.e. if you literally want to replace Schrödinger's equation by the similar Klein-Gordon equation – you won't find a way to construct (in terms of local functions of derivatives etc.) the probability current and density etc. that would have the desired positivity properties etc. And this statement is just true and important!
If you want to return to simple, fundamental, justifiable, beautiful equations, you can indeed use the Klein-Gordon, Dirac, Maxwell, and other equations. But you must appreciate that they're equations for (field) operators, not for wave functions.
This statement is important because it's not just a mathematical one. It's highly physical, too. In particular, if you consider any relativistic quantum mechanical theory of particles – quantum field theory or something grander, like string theory – it's unavoidable that when you confine particles to the distance shorter than the Compton wavelength \(\hbar / mc\) of that particle, you will unavoidably have enough energy so that particle-antiparticle pairs will start to be produced at nonzero probabilities. And in relativity, it's normal for a particular to move by a speed comparable to the speed of light, and then its wavelength is comparable to the Compton wavelength. You can't really trust the one-particle theory at distances comparable to its normal de Broglie wavelength! So the theory is wrong in some very strong sense.
The antiparticles (which are the same with the original particle in the real Klein-Gordon case, just to be sure) inevitably follow from relativity combined with quantum mechanics, and so does the pair production of particles and antiparticles. This physical statement has lots of nearly equivalent mathematical manifestations. For example, local observables in a relativistic quantum theory have to be constructed out of quantum fields. So the 1-particle Hilbert space doesn't have any truly local observables: You can't construct the Klein-Gordon field \(\Phi(x,y,z,t)\) out of operators acting on the 1-particle Hilbert space because the latter operators never change the number of particles while \(\Phi(x,y,z,t)\) does (by one or minus one – it's a combination of creation and annihilation operators). In fact, you can't construct the bilinears in \(\Phi\) and/or its derivatives, either, because while those operators in QFT contain some terms that preserve the number of particles, they also contain equally important terms that change the number of particles by two (particle-antiparticle pair production or pair annihilation) and those are equally important for obtaining the right commutators and other things. The mixing of creation operators for particles and the annihilation operators for antiparticles is absolutely unavoidable if you want to define observables at points (or regions smaller than the Compton wavelength).
There's one more statement that Distler made and that is really wrong. Distler wrote that the problems only begin when you start to consider interactions – and from the context, it's clear that he meant interactions involving several quanta of quantum fields, several particles in the quantum field theory sense. But that's not true.
Problems of "one-particle relativistic quantum mechanics" already appear if you consider the behavior of the single particle in external classical fields. Just squeeze a Klein-Gordon particle – e.g. a Higgs boson – in between two metallic plates whose distance is sent to zero. Will it make sense? No, as I mentioned, the walls start to produce particle-antiparticle quanta in general. Time-dependent Hamiltonians lead to particle production, if you wish. Similarly, if you place these particles in any external classical field, the actual Klein-Gordon field may react in a way to create particle pairs.
So the truncation of the Hilbert space of a quantum field theory to the one-particle subspace is inconsistent not only if you consider interactions of particles in the usual Feynman diagrammatic sense – but even if you consider the behavior of the particle in external classical fields. Whatever you try to with the particle that goes beyond the stupid simple single free-particle Hamiltonian will force you to acknowledge that the truncated one-particle theory is no good.
We want to do something more with the theory than just write an unmotivated non-local Hamiltonian of the kind \(H\sim \sqrt{m^2+p^2}\) if I use \(\hbar=c=1\) units here. And as soon as we do anything else – justify this ugly and seemingly non-local (and therefore seemingly relativity-violating) Hamiltonian by an elegant theory, study particle interactions, study the behavior of one particle in external classical fields – we just need to switch to the full-blown quantum field theory, otherwise our musings will be inconsistent.
One extra comment. I mentioned that the non-local differential operator allows the wave packet to spread superluminally. How is it possible that such a thing results from a relativistic theory? Well, quantum field theory has no problem with that because when you do any doable measurement, the processes in which a particle spreads in the middle gets combined with processes involving antiparticles. When you calculate the "strength of influences spreading superluminally", some Green's functions – which are nonzero for spacelike separations – will combine to the "commutator correlation function" which vanishes at spacelike separation. So the inseparable presence of antiparticles will save the locality for you. The truncation to particles-only (without antiparticles) would indeed violate locality required by relativity as long as you could experimentally verify it (you need at least some interactions of that particle with something else for that).
While Jacques is right about the possibility to truncate the Hilbert space of quantum field theories to the one-particle subspaces, he's morally wrong about all these big statements – and some of his statements are literally wrong, too. At least morally, the lore that drives him up the wall is right and there are ways to formulate this lore so that it is both literally true and important, too.
So students in Austin are encouraged to actively ignore their grumpy instructor's tirades against the quantum field theory lore and even more encouraged to understand in what sense the lore is true.
As I explain in the comments, many quantum field theory textbooks have wonderful explanations – usually at the very beginning – of the wisdom that Jacques Distler seems to misunderstand, namely why quantum fields and the mixing of sectors with different numbers of particles is unavoidable for consistency of quantum mechanics with special relativity.
The 2008 textbook by my adviser Tom Banks starts the explanation on Page 3, in section "Why quantum field theory?" It says that the probability amplitude for a particle emission at spacetime point \(x\) and its absorption at point \(y\) is unavoidably nonzero for spacelike separations and because it would only be only nonzero for one of the two time orderings of \(x,y\), and the ordering of spacelike-separated event isn't Lorentz-invariant, the Lorentz invariance would be broken and one must actually demand that only amplitudes where both orders are summed over are allowed. In other words, as argued on page 5, the only known consistent ways to solve this clash with the Lorentz invariance is to postulate that every emission source must also be able to act as an absorption sink and vice versa. When both terms are combined, the sum is still nonzero in the spacelike region but has no brutal discontinuities when the ordering gets reversed.
Also, when the particle carries charges, the emission and absorption in the two related processes must involve particles of opposite charges and one predicts (and Dirac predicted) the existence of antiparticles that are needed for things to work.
Weinberg QFT Volume 1 explains the negative probabilities and energies of the relativistic equations naively used instead of the non-relativistic Schrödinger equation on pages 7, 12, 15... Read it for a while. It's OK but, in my opinion, much less deep than Tom's presentation.
Peskin's and Schroeder's textbook on quantum field theory discusses the non-vanishing of the amplitudes in the spacelike region on page 14 and pages 27-28 discuss that the actual influence of one measurement on another is measured by the commutator of two field operators. And that vanishes for spacelike separations – again, because two processes that are opposite to each other are subtracted.
Without the mixing of creation operators (for particles) and annihilation operators (for antiparticles), you just can't define any observables that would belong to a point or a region and that would behave relativistically (respected the independence of observables that are spacelike separated). Quantum fields are the only known way to avoid this conflict between quantum mechanics and relativity. They are unavoidably superpositions of positive- and negative-energy solutions, and therefore are expanded in sums of creation and annihilation operators. That's why all local discussions make it necessary to allow emission and absorption at the same time – and, consequently, the combination of quantum mechanics and relativity makes it necessary to consider the whole Fock space with a variable number of particles. The one-particle truncation is inconsistent with relativistic dynamics such as time-dependent interactions, emission, or absorption.
In the mathematical language, fields and their functions are necessary for any local observables in relativistic quantum mechanical theories. They always contain terms that change the number of particles – except for the trivial constant operator \(1\). In the physical language, relativity and quantum mechanics simultaneously imply that emission and absorption are linked, antiparticle exists, and scattering amplitudes for particles and antiparticles have to obey identities such as the crossing symmetry.
The teaching of a quantum field theory course could be a good opportunity for Jacques to learn this basic stuff that is often presented on pages such as 3,5,7,12,14... of introductory textbooks.

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I'm looking for a starter video conversion software. I'm looking for a simple GUI for a beginner. I need to convert flv, avi, mpg, mpeg, and wmv to different formats. I would prefer not to mess with the audio and video aspects.
Another important aspect is that there is a somewhat easily understood help file and/or forum in case I have questions.
I checked out the tools section and there are 70ish programs available. So, I'd like to narrow it down to a few. I would be greatful for any recommendations. Freeware or paid software is fine with me.
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I like WinFF, I wouldn't say it's GUI is necessarily what you want but, it is simple, if you don't specify new frame rates or aspect ratios it won't change them from your source. It comes with many common conversion presets and there are more to download in the WinFF forum. www.biggmatt.comMy Site: http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html
My Guide: https://forum.videohelp.com/topic330839.html
At another forum (for cross-references) I was told about "total video converter". Any opinions on this program? I did hear a common complaint is that it is bundled with "total video player" which is not desirable for most.
Any Video Converter Free:
You will find that the converters with the nice big shiny buttons that look all friendly and all are in fact the nastiest pieces of crap ever built. Exhibit A : WinAVI Converter. Unreliable, every second bug fix release introduces newer bugs and less stability, and the support is non-existent. In my experience, most of these are just rip-off front-ends to freeware encoding tools. They simplify the process at the expense of detailed settings, take a lowest common denominator approach, and therefore produce substandard output.
I know people like pretty things, and want one toy to do everything for them, but if you want the best possible outcome you are better off learning three or four good tools that are a little rough around the edges because the author put their time into the important functions, and not how pretty it looks.
Lol, so the people who build quality programs and have all this knowledge can't build a nice GUI for the user? Sounds like bad business to me.
FYI, I don't want you responding to my thread anymore GUNS1INGER. You didn't offer any advice on a program...you just like making snobby little remarks...so keep them to yourself.
Originally Posted by majax79
Originally Posted by majax79
You will also find that hardly anything can handle flv files, but the quality of them is usually so dire they aren't worth converting in the first place. If you want something to do the job, works and looks professional too, you could always go for Sorenson Squeeze. You won't get any better but you'll pay for it.
You want suggestions ?
These are what I use regularly
mpg or avi to Xvid/Divx : AutoGK
AVI/MKV/etc to DVD : FAVC (ConvertXtoDVD for a faster encode but FAVC gives better quality and doesn't have audio sync problems with MKV files that can throw ConvertXtoDVD)
Anything to WMV : Windows Media Encoder
Also worth knowing and having :
Virtualdubmpeg2/Virtualdubmod/Avisynth (required for FAVC anyway)
Given the wide range of material you want to deal with, and the variety of sources you will probably have acquired this material from, you will most likely not be able to get away from changing aspect ratios etc. Some much material on the net is so poorly encoded, with incorrect aspect ratios, badly cropped images etc that you need to understand how to fix it, and have tools capable of doing so.
Read the splendid text In the Beginning was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson, specially the part about the Hole Hawg, and you may start to understand a little of what we're getting at.
Now and then I too write a program to solve a problem for me. I guess this is the way most free applications start. Once it does what I want, I'm done. There's no need for me to pretty it up, add skinning capabilities and other stuff that'd just take up my valued time with something useless, while not making the app solve my problem any better; just make the application take more resources to perform what it already does.
I may think someone else is facing the same problem as I, and make my application available to others. They may use it if they want - If they don't like it - use something else.
"Freeware or paid software is fine with me."
In my ORIGINAL post, I specified that I am more than willing to pay for a program that has a GUI. Freeware doesn't really interest me. I agree with you mats.hogberg 100%. Personally, I have no interest in using a program some person just designed for themsleves.
By this you have just shown what an arrogant, ungrateful arsehole you actually are.
And in regards to Guns1inger's original post, he was belittling me by using statements like "pretty things".
I don't want the history of how freeware started or any debates. This is MY thread and if your POST ISN'T A SUGGESTION OF A VIDEO converter BASED ON MY SPECIFICATION REQUESTS THEN I DON'T WANT YOUR MESSAGES HERE, K?
Actually, you never specified an editor, you asked for a converter. An editor makes it even harder, because many formats do not edit nicely. Divx/Xvid/FLV/RMVB etc were never designed for editing. Neither was mpeg, for that matter. Many (most) editors won't load many of these formats, or if they do, struggle to work with them.
The editors with the best tools sets will usually work with the lowest number of formats because they are designed to work with editable formats such as DV, lossless codecs, or profession and uncompressed codecs.
Windows Movie Maker is the best option for editing WMV files, but can only output WMV or DV AVI.
Vegas/Premiere are top end for editing DV, lossless etc, but do not like working with Divx/Xvid. They can be forced to, but it's not the best option.
AVI Demux or the latest Virtualdub can be used to assemble edit Divx/Xvid with minimal re-encoding.
Womble or VideoRedo are dedicated to mpeg editing. Vegas/Premiere Pro can do it, but you have to re-encode everything.
Nothing edits RMVB/FLV nicely.
OK, maybe I went too far, but, you asked a question but don't seem to like some of the answers.
You asked for a "Video Converter with best user-friendly GUI" and then go on to say you don't want to mess with the "audio and video aspects". By this I, and it would appear a few others, have assumed you want something easy to use with no configeration needed. That's fine, you've stipulated what you want.
What Guns1inger and I were pointing out is that this type of software isn't going to give good results. You have a choice, pay nothing and get good results but have to work for it. Pay a little and get something that may be easier to use but uses a crippled version of the free software (or at least something that is very close but not quite close enough to be illegal) and gives inferior results. Pay a lot for something that will do the job extremely well and will look the business, although it will still need you to have an understanding of what you are doing to achieve the best results.
I don't for one minute think you were being belittled by the use of the phrase pretty things, but how else would you describe the resource hogging front ends that most software comes with these days? Microsoft are the worst with rounded buttons, fade in/fade out menus, and all the other must-have effects. Vista is being sold on just those effects and look at the minimum spec machine needed to run it properly. Have a look at the latest running poll and you'll see that most serious users turn off the 'eye candy' in return for better performance.
As I said in my last post, if you want the best converter, Sorenson Squeeze, otherwise compromise. However, you are now talking about editing software which is a completely different thing. Guns1inger has given you some suggestions and I would add only one more. Ulead MediaStudio Pro is another editor in the Vegas/Premiere league but will also work with mpeg files and does not re-encode the original video, only any transitions. But, and it is a pretty big but, as I was told when I first started working with digital video in 1998, welcome to the bottom of a very steep learning curve. It is an extremely complex subject and a clear understanding of what you are working with is needed. Once you have that understanding you will then be able to get good results no matter how good or bad the user interface is.
At the risk of offending you I'd like to put some things in perspective. You are asking an understandable question, life is a busy thing, not everyone has the time or desire to become a "video expert" just to get a task done. So when you look at a tools list of 70 some odd programs it can be overwhelming. I get that.
On the other hand this forum is by and for Video Enthusiasts, many of them daily patiently answer questions (not necessarily yours) that are inane, naive, born out of complete laziness and generally stupid. We were all there at some point in time. Sometimes people get tired of answering such questions and lack patience, sometimes because of their experience they talk over your head unintentionally and in some cases perhaps intentionally. But sometimes having crossed the threshold of being a newbie they just want to help you avoid some of the mistakes they have made. I personally have an archive of hundreds of music videos that I have redone at least a couple of times as I have learned better techniques and better Video tools. Anyway the point is if you are going to be overly sensitive about such people you are going to have difficulty getting much help especially from those who are most experienced.
Two of the people in this thread who have "wronged" you have either apologized or answered your question directly, that is generally the kind of people we have here. Members like Guns1inger or mats.hogberg are being pretty hospitable to answer a thread like this given their breadth of knowledge about advanced Video techniques.
I sincerely hope you find a software to your liking. I find it admirable that you are not stuck on it being free, (not that free won't get you what you want) however in this hobby if it is too easy it probably isn't doing the best job for you. Best of luck!My Site: http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html
My Guide: https://forum.videohelp.com/topic330839.html
My rant about why many apps lack a nice & shiny GUI was to address your belitteling comment about developers:
the people who build quality programs and have all this knowledge can't build a nice GUI for the user?
(One of the) Best "I just want it done, with the least hazzle possible" converter is convertx2dvd. If you like the GUI or not is up to you.
However, there are free apps that equal or surpasses it, like FAVC.
Thanks for the responses. I went ahead and stayed with Total Video Converter. It has yet to not convert something for me and it's GUI is simple and sleek.
...and don't forget: A nice and shiny GUI with just a few friendly buttons. Now, if they could only resurrect Clippy too...
Originally Posted by majax79
Don't be so sensitive, man. These folks are just trying to help you.
Then again, why should anyone help someone who gets cantankerous when gently nudged to help themselves?
You'll learn.
I wouldn't use anything from Xilisoft, either
Originally Posted by dessieclive
Total Video Converter just didn't do the quality job that other tools do. I've been fumbling my way through AVISynth scripts in conjunction with MainConcept Encoder most recently. I find the results are pretty good and much faster than some other tools I've used.
I loaded TVC on my A/V computer months ago and haven't opened it up to use enough times to justify leaving it on there. So, I uninstalled and deleted.
Originally Posted by dessieclive
tvc is crap if i may put it bluntly.
all gui no guts.
and so is mainconcept.
it's very fast at default settings. which are not good enough.
and it still falls short of everything else when tweaked to bits.
a bystander says your avatar is a vase...
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By Bert Woodard
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The music of the late Earl Wentz will live on in a CD collection currently being launched of Wentz performing his favorite Cole Porter selections.
Recorded just prior to his death in 2009 and produced by Sixpence, Inc., the first of the planned 4-CD collection can be ordered through http://www.sixpenceinc.com/EarlWentz-ColePorterLoveSongs.html, http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/earlwentz2, Amazon.com, and through other retail establishments in the United States.
Wentz was a star pianist, composer and musical director in his native Charlotte, N.C., before moving to New York where he flourished. He died November 15, 2009 in Charlotte, at age 71.
"What Is This Thing…?" is the first volume of four anticipated recordings by Wentz of Cole Porter's music. Recorded in New York in the years immediately preceding Wentz's untimely passing in late 2009, each collection centers on a particular theme in Cole Porter's music. Additional CDs in the four-volume work are scheduled to be released by Sixpence, Inc., in the near future. For more information, please visit www.sixpenceinc.com.
'What Is This Thing…?' brings together the perfect blendship of Cole Porter's composition and Earl Wentz's performance," said William Watkins, who produced the series for Sixpence, Inc.
"What Is This Thing …?" features 12 of Cole Porter's most well-known love songs:
- What Is This Thing Called Love?
- In the Still of the Night
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- Easy To Love
- You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
- Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
- I Love You
- Begin the Beguine
- True Love
- It's De-Lovely
- Night and Day
- You Do Something To Me
All selections on this CD are Wentz's original arrangements never heard anywhere before, all recorded on a Steinway grand piano in a Manhattan recording studio.
Wentz is most noted for his creation in 2000 of the American Composer Series, an ongoing performance series in the cabaret format.
The American Composer Series paid tribute to the greatest composers of popular American music on the American scene, particularly those composers associated with Tin Pan Alley and the American Songbook. From 2000 to 2009, under the direction of Wentz, the American Composer Series created 15 original revues, many of them returning for multiple runs over the years. Composers saluted in the series include Milton Ager, Harold Arlen, Nacio Herb Brown, Hoagy Carmichael, Sammy Fain, Ray Henderson, Victor Herbert, James V. Monaco, Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne, and Harry Warren. In 2006, the producers of the series broke the format somewhat for two performances to pay tribute to the series' founder in "An American Composer Series Special Event."
Also among his noted compositions was the score for the controversial 1997 Off-Broadway musical "The Marital Bliss of Francis and Maxine."


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Monsoon rains in the mountains in July and Aug. and heavy Sept. rains have brought drought relief to most areas of New Mexico, but with the exception of eastern reaches of the state, more rain will be needed before spring to prepare farmers and ranchers for a new crop and calf season.
Since July 1, rainfall amounts across the state have ranged from a trace to over 14 inches near Hope, New Mexico, lifting extreme and exceptional drought conditions statewide.
According to the University of Arizona's Climate Assessment for the Southwest, the monsoon season delivered needed rainfall, but since Sept. 1 above-average precipitation fell in almost all of the state with many areas seeing rainfall totals of two to three times the average for this time of year.
The assessment says several slow moving upper level disturbances sparked heavy precipitation events in mid-September that led to flash flooding and several dam breaks in northern and central parts of the state.
While some of these rain events were damaging, they have contributed to a second consecutive month of substantial improvements in short-term drought conditions. On June 18, more than 90 percent of New Mexico was classified with extreme or exceptional drought. This number fell to 66 percent in mid-August. In the most recent update of the U.S. Drought Monitor, published on September 17, only about six percent of New Mexico was classified in exceptional or extreme drought conditions.
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Much of the southwestern quarter of the state is now classified as abnormally dry, which is not considered an actual drought classification. By comparison, these areas were tagged as severe to extreme over the past year.
Twenty five of the state's 33 counties were reporting flood damage as of Sept. 25. The area of the state that may have benefited the most include eastern New Mexico where Pecos area reservoir storage for farmers went from 11 percent to 92 percent full in a space of less than two weeks.
"I can honestly say this is the first time in 30 years that anyone has heard me say we have had a break from the drought conditions," chuckled Woods Houghton, County Extension Service agriculture agent in Carlsbad.
Houghton, like most Eddy County alfalfa and pecan producers, says the rains have come "none-too-soon.
"A lot of hay growers have cut back planted acreage significantly in recent years because of dry conditions. But with the recent rains, I am seeing grasses cropping up on rangeland that haven't been there in a number of years, and area reservoirs are mostly full again, so the prospects for next year are looking good at the moment," he said.
Houghton also sees guarded optimism among most producers.
"Some of them have given a lot of pastures a rest in recent years because of exceptionally dry conditions and a lack of irrigation water, but many of them have already plowed them up in anticipation of spring planting next year," he added.
Rain still needed in parts of the state
Southeastern New Mexico received the greatest level of relief from recent rains, but south central areas of the state still need more rain. Elephant Butte, the largest water storage reservoir on the Rio Grande River, which holds two million acre feet of water, gained more than 50,000 acre feet in recent storms. While reservoir levels rose 4.4 percent full to 5.9 percent full over a five-day period, additional recovery is needed before spring planting.
New Mexico officials say the rains over the last 45 days have benefited New Mexico in a number of ways. In addition to replenishing or raising levels in reservoirs across the state, heavy rains just ahead of hunting season could go a long way in providing better forage for wildlife.
Another benefit from extreme drought conditions is lowering the potential for wildfires across the state. The summer months were another destructive time for wildfires for much of the Southwest and the fire threat has been greatly reduced as a result of heavy rains and higher humidity across New Mexico.
Officials say other benefits include less competition at streams and ponds between livestock, wild horses and other wildlife, and could be beneficial in curbing the threat of animal diseases like those spread by feral hogs and rabid animals.
While flood water caused damage in a number of state parks and recreational areas earlier this month, state park officials report most facilities have re-opened to the public. In addition, flood water caused several breaches in dams across northern areas of the state but most work on those dams is either complete or nearing completion.
In spite of raging flood waters and other problems associated with the rains, most farmers and ranchers across the state are pleased to have received substantial relief but hope more rain falls in the weeks leading up to spring planting.
Other articles of interest on Southwest Farm Press:
Texas drought persists despite scattered rainfall
Rainfall boosts peanut prospects


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Carolyn Hax:
While I'm away, readers give the advice.
On ways to respond to a friend's serious illness: On two occasions I have had friends with extended treatments for illnesses. Neither of them could be around people because of immunity issues, and the treatments were exhausting.
In addition to occasional calls to find out how they were doing, I sent cards. But the cards were never "get well" or "thinking of you." I sent graduation cards, new baby cards, retirement cards, bar mitzvah cards, bon voyage cards, whatever odd card I could find.
The result was the friends knew I was thinking of them and had a little laugh at the content. They both expressed how good it was to have good thoughts sent without a reminder of their illness.
When I was in my last semester in college I became terribly ill and was eventually diagnosed with a severe form of rheumatoid arthritis. I lost a lot of "friends" who didn't know how to deal, and I didn't know how to tell them to help me. One friend, "Susie," helped me brush my teeth and eat, and held my hand while we walked when I feared I would fall.
Seven years later, she was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer and I was living eight hours away. I wrote her a card every week about the stupid things going on in my life, which is what she asked for, so the cards arrived every week on the day of her chemo treatment. When she switched to daily radiation, I switched to daily cards. I called once a week and checked in with her mom, who would tell me if Susie felt well enough to talk.
Today Susie is cancer-free. And in 2011 I had a little girl and named her Susie, after the greatest woman I know.
On teaching manners to kids: We taught our daughter good manners by having Bad Manners Night.
I served spaghetti for maximum slurping, elbows were all over the table, we talked with food in our mouths, etc. It was completely hilarious and it went on for hours – my husband and I kept thinking up more and more bad manners and demonstrating them with aplomb.
It totally worked. She would catch us, too, which was part of the fun.
We had Bad Manners Night a couple of times but decided to shut it down after we included my parents and Dad came to the table without a shirt.
No way to top that.
On weddings: When my first
husband and I announced to my parents that we were getting
married, the following conversation ensued:
Mom: "You'll have to have the rehearsal dinner somewhere with dancing."
Dad: "I'll pay you a thousand dollars to elope."
Mom: "Oh Bruce. You'll have to have a breakfast too. For the people coming from out of town."
Dad: "Two thousand."
Mom: "What colors do you want for the reception?"
Dad: "Five thousand."
Me: "Sold."
We eloped to Greece.
– Anonymous


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) A defense attorney says evidence will vindicate New Mexico cornerback SaQwan Edwards in a rape case.
Police say the 21-year-old redshirt junior from Houston remained jailed after surrendering Tuesday on a warrant accusing him of criminal sexual penetration and kidnapping.
Defense attorney Paul Kennedy says the defense has surprising forensic evidence concerning the allegations but he would not provide further details.
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Edwards was arrested after a female student said she was raped by three men on April 13.
Edwards' teammate Crusoe Gonbay and a former university student also have been arrested in the case. The two players have been suspended from the team.
Gongbay's lawyer has said his client is presumed innocent.


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If you're into Izakaya restaurants and you live in Vancouver then you know the goodness that is Guu. I met Benny there the other night, and as we dined on octopus balls and fried cheese with mango I caught up with him about what is going on these days at EA, and I learned that he was the dude behind the skate videos Bigger and Better Things and Sophomore Jinx. Another close friend of mine from my days working at EA, Tom Johnson, actually did the titles for Sophomore Jinx by drawing on napkins, letting the ink bleed, and then scanning in all the letters, transposing them onto a snowy television screen.
Today Benny hit me with a link to this video he made of Antisocial's "3 is the Magic Number" Ramp Contest. This video is AWESOME, love the energy – these guys session the transition to pieces (how can you front on mini ramp?). Also, have a look at Sophomore Jinx, Bigger and Better Things after the jump!
3 is a Magic Number
Bigger and Better Things
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1. The of your new movie The Last Stand is "Retirement is for sissies." You've made four movies in two years. Can we assume this is your too?
You would never see me retire because I have a great time doing what I'm doing. Why would I all of a sudden stop? It doesn't sound normal.
2. The movie makes fun of your character for getting old. How is age treating you?
You're not as good with the stunts anymore. You make the effort, but you know things are different. Your body hurts. You have to have a sense of humor about it. It doesn't help to complain.
3. Is it true your children like to measure you to see if you're shrinking?
All of a sudden you see your kids getting better in tennis than you, and they're faster on the ski — they challenge you, including in height. They see themselves going up from 5 ft. 10 in. to 5 ft. 11 in. to 6 ft., and then you are from 6 ft. 2 in. down to 6 ft. 1 in. and then 6 ft. ½ in., and they find great joy in that.
4. Having worked so hard to earn people's respect, why return to action movies?
Not everything you do has to be serious. It was really a wonderful, challenging experience to be a public servant, to give up the salary you would have made and to get paid nothing to work for the people of California. It cost me just out of my pocket $43 million that I contributed to campaign funds and various issues. At that time, I got $20 million to $30 million per movie, so after seven years ...
5. Wait, do we have to worry about you? Do you need a loan?
No, I still have a little bit left. And it was worth it. I don't regret a minute of it.
6. The cap-and-trade legislation you passed in California took effect this year. Aren't you worried it will just push all the polluting off to Utah?
I think that we will have a great success rate. If the rest of the United States would only do one thing, and that is to be as energy-efficient as California, we could close 75% of our coal-fired plants. That is what states are meant to do, to be the laboratory of the federal government. We have shown the way, so now copy it.
7. Do you have any mentors at the moment?
Mentors are people I'm inspired by. When it comes to being daring and breaking through walls, Gorbachev became a big idol of mine. Every time I go to Moscow, we have lunch together, talk about policy, about communism vs. the free-market society and all those things.
8. Your character in The Last Stand has a speech about experience and fear. What has experience made you more afraid of?
That's not my style, to be afraid. The key thing is to get rid of the fear of failure because there's nothing wrong with failure. It's not going to kill you. Movies went in the toilet. Acting was s---ty sometimes. But eventually I improved, and I got the Golden Globe, and I became a big box-office success.
9. Among your many achievements, you are now Professor Arnold Schwarzenegger of the Arnold Schwarzenegger Institute at USC. Will you give classes?
I will be doing lectures at USC, and there will be a lot of research by people who are much smarter than I am that will deal with environmental issues, economic issues and political-reform issues.
10. With political and marital scandals, the cover-up is usually more damaging than the act. Would you have liked to have handled your situation with Maria Shriver differently?
No. As soon as it came out, I acknowledged it. There was no cover-up. I was not trying to escape the issue. I faced up to it. It was a mistake of mine, and I had said that. That was the end of the story.


text: Kit Clark was a lifelong resident of Savin Hill and a longtime Dorchester civic leader, whose concern bridged youth and older generations, local government and higher education, and unified them with an uncompromising belief in community. Clark was a member of the UMass Boston Board of Trustees from 1974 until her death in 1977, and is fondly remembered by those who served with her for her candor, warmth and humor. Most particularly, she is remembered for her deep commitment to services of high quality for students and led the effort to assure the construction of an athletic facility on the UMass Boston campus. As a tribute to her leadership in developing an enduring partnership between university and community, the Trustees voted to name the campus athletic facility in her honor. She served as president of the Columbia-Savin Hill Neighborhood Housing Service and the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association, as well. Clark also held the office of vice president of the Dorchester United Housing Association, was the director of Senior House of Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses and served as vice president of the Republican City Committee and was a Republican State Committee member.


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Curiosity's Mars Landing Video Disappears From YouTube Due To Bogus Copyright Claim
from the happens-once-a-month deptWe hear from copyright system supporters that bogus copyright takedowns are rare and we only highlight the "exceptions." Of course, it seems like there are an awful lot of these exceptions. The latest is that with the massive success of last night's Mars landing of the Curiosity Rover, NASA posted the video to YouTube for those who didn't watching the thrilling, suspenseful landing live... except, if you checked out NASA's own YouTube page a few hours later, you got this:
screenshot courtesy of Motherboard
"We spend too much time going through the administrative process to clear videos slapped with needless copyright claims," says NASA's Bob Jacobs. "YouTube seems to be missing a 'common sense' button to its processes, especially when it involves public domain material paid for by the American taxpayer."Jacobs is quite reasonably annoyed at the lack of consequences for these bogus takedowns:
"There seems to be few consequences for companies that engage in such activities, which often include legitimate news organizations. We do agree that people who make false copyright claims against our material should be held accountable, regardless of their automated systems."What's amazing here is that Scripps is a repeat offender with NASA. Back in April, people noticed that it had forced the removal of NASA's (again, public domain) footage of the Boeing 747 that carried the space shuttle Discovery to the Smithsonian (its "final journey"). But, of course, there aren't many (or even any) serious consequences for these kinds of mistakes. While it's not clear what happened, it seems likely that Scripps replayed the footage itself somewhere, and via some semi-automated process uploaded it to YouTube's ContentID, in which it claimed copyright on all its works. But, of course, it was actually broadcasting public domain video from NASA. Unfortunately, YouTube can't recognize that Scripps is the latecomer here, rebroadcasting others' public domain material, and thus took down the material, only to have it corrected later.
Given that Scripps is now a repeat offender, it seems that perhaps YouTube should cut it off from automatically censoring others' videos.
Oh, and if you want to know one of the reasons we're so concerned about a possible broadcast treaty (which the US government is now supporting), it's because it actually would make these kinds of claims quasi-legal, in that broadcasters who broadcast public domain material could then claim a separate "broadcast right" over that footage. Even without that, we see operations like Scripps abusing the law. Do we really want to expand that power?
Now, since the video is back up, here's the actual (public domain) footage, in case you missed it (and if you did miss it, you should watch it, as it really is incredible):
Filed Under: bogus takedown, contentid, copyright, curiosity, dmca, landing, mars, nasa, public domain, takedowns
Companies: scripps


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Exclusive Hawaii Five-0 First Look: Why Is Chin Ho in Prison?
Jan 18, 2013 2:23 PM EST
On Sunday's special post-AFC Championship airing of Hawaii Five-0, Chin Ho Kelly will live out every cop's nightmare: being stuck in prison with the people you've put behind bars. Hawaii Five-0 boss on turning over the crime-solving to the fans "Cops… Read more


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Here's a little video I put together from our recent visit to Julian...
It's early January in the former mining town of Julian, CA. A light rain is beginning to fall as my Mavic Pro drone flies over this peaceful mountain village. Later that night there's a lull in the weather, as we drift above deserted streets. By morning the town is hit with high winds and heavy rain.
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Look Out, Germany
I don't mean to brag, but I'm pretty much an expert on the German language. Yep. Two point five years of public high school German right heeere, playah! In fact, I would be saying all this "auf Deutsch," but I don't want to dazzle y'all with my linguistic...um...awesomeness.
Anyway, I mention this because today's Wreck is so hilariously horrendous that I may have to lapse into German to adequately describe it.
Here goes:
Wo IST die Toiletin? Fahrvergnügen?
Ich bin ein Berliner! Schnell! Schnell!
Ahem. Well, I think that gets the point across.
It should be noted that the cake was supposed to read, "Germany, HERE we come!" (Ah, those pesky, hilarity-inducing homonyms.)
Whether the cake was supposed to look like a baked poo souffle with a side of #2 nuggets, however, is anyone's guess. (Although I'm guessing "no.")
Hey, Sarah R., keep it down, will ya?
- Related Wreckage: Oh, It Sends a Message, Alright
Note from john: Since I don't sprecht Deutsch, I don't know what half of you are saying. Please, no clever Germanic cussing. There's probably at least one German kid that reads this blog. Dunker Shane.


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Clever Homeowner Constructs Wasp-Sucking Death Machine [Video]
How would you deal with a giant wasp infestation? If you're like us, your strategy would consist mostly of running away at top speed shouting, "NOPE NOPE NOPE!"
But not this guy. He created a sweet wasp-capturing machine. Wasps check in, but they don't check out.
With little more than a wooden box, a three-stage blower, a hose and a bit of Canadian ingenuity, this ingenuous homeowner constructed his own wasp-sucking machine.
"There's no reason a Shop-Vac couldn't be used for this purpose," our hero writes. "But having something with a window for observation is much more fun." Now that's just cruel. Wasps have feelings too.
Your fascination will turn to horror as the trap fills up with wasps. Check it out below.
[via Woodgears.ca]


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YES! Film Picks :: Abe Osheroff, Living Downstream, and The Age of Stupid
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
Directed by Scott Garen 2009, Seven Arrows, 80 min.
Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still Dancing
Directed by Nadeem Uddin, 2009, MEF, 46 min.
Abe Osheroff said that being an activist was "the richest way to live," and the story of his life, as captured by two complementary documentaries, proves it. Osheroff's ideas and words are featured, too: on the costs and satisfactions of activism, the inherent worth of action that may not achieve a desired aim, and the value of a life in which thought is consistent with action.
Osheroff was born in 1915 in an impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood where early awareness of injustice formed his character. Alarmed by the threat of fascism in Europe, he joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade at 22 to fight Franco's fascists in the Spanish Civil War. Over the next 70 years, Osheroff, who described himself as a radical humanist, was involved in some of the most critical struggles for justice of the past century: union organizing, fighting for civil rights during Freedom Summer, resisting U.S. intervention in Nicaragua, and opposing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Osheroff's gift as a narrator is used to good effect in American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist, and illustrated by dynamic use of documentary footage. Osheroff was a carpenter by trade whose vigorous activism often involved building something both to serve a need and highlight an injustice: a community center in Mississippi, a playground wrested from developers in Venice Beach, and housing in Nicaragua. His charismatic energy is evident in a film focused on the activist as adventurer and larger-than-life hero.
By contrast, One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still Dancing is concerned with Osheroff the teacher and critical thinker, who, though frail and confined to a wheelchair, inspired young people, turning some to activism. The core of the film is Osheroff's speech to college students in 2007, at "a period of American history when an empire is falling apart." His prognosis for their future is one of increasing austerity, demanding more citizen engagement. While "a better world is necessary," he leaves them with the message that not only are authentic, aware lives the most rewarding, but they empower the action that makes a better world possible.
—Valerie Schloredt is associate editor at YES!
Watch the trailer for Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still Dancing
The Age of Stupid
Essentially a documentary creatively framed by a fictional "what if" scenario, The Age of Stupid features the British actor Pete Postlethwaite as a doleful everyman living in the ravaged world of 2055, reviewing documentary evidence on the global causes and phenomena of climate change. A compelling argument for action before The Age of Stupid becomes, irrevocably, our own. Directed by Fanny Armstrong, founder of 10:10.
Living Downstream
The People's Picture Company, 2010, 85 min.
Ecologist Sandra Steingraber presents her research into the connections between environmental toxins and cancer in a lyrical cross-country journey, articulating a concern experienced by increasing numbers of Americans.


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Colum McCann
Photo: © Elizabeth Brown Eagle
About the Author
Colum McCann is the internationally bestselling author of the novels TransAtlantic, Let the Great World Spin, Zoli, Dancer, This Side of Brightness, and Songdogs, as well as three critically acclaimed story collections. His fiction has been published in thirty-five languages. He has received many honors, including the National Book Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres award from the French government, and the Ireland Fund of Monaco Literary Award in Memory of Princess Grace. He has been named one of Esquire's "Best and Brightest," and his short film Everything in This Country Must was nominated for an Oscar in 2005. A contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and The Paris Review, he teaches in the Hunter College MFA Creative Writing program. He lives in New York City with his wife and their three children, and he is the cofounder of the global nonprofit story exchange organization Narrative 4.


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Changes in Foundation Management and Governance
Photo by Barbara Lombardi
From left, Colonial Williamsburg Vice Chairman Richard G. Tilghman, Mayor of Williamsburg and Jamestown 2007 Executive Director Jeanne Zeidler, Governor Mark R. Warner, and state Senator Thomas K. Norment listened in Richmond as President Campbell commented on Colonial Williamsburg's Founding Colony Sponsor commitment to Jamestown 2007.
Linda Dalch Jones joined Colonial Williamsburg as vice president for development. She works closely with board members and staff to raise funds in support of the foundation's educational mission, and is focused in the near term on the conclusion of the Campaign for Colonial Williamsburg. Previously, Dalch was vice president of Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Engineering Foundation.
Beatrix T. Rumford retired as Colonial Williamsburg's vice president of special projects in 2004, more than thirty-five years after she joined the foundation as assistant curator of collections. Her distinguished legacy in management includes construction of the Bruton Heights School Education Center, renovation of the Williamsburg Inn, expansion of the original Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, and development of the Peyton Randolph House site into an urban plantation and an anchor of the guest experience in the Historic Area.
Also in 2004, Colonial Williamsburg president and chairman Colin Campbell was named vice chair of the Commonwealth of Virginia's Jamestown 2007 Steering Committee, a group overseeing the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown as the first permanent English settlement in North America. Several Colonial Williamsburg staff members are serving in leadership capacities in the planning of the commemoration. In January 2005, Virginia Governor Mark R. Warner announced that Colonial Williamsburg had become a Founding Colony Sponsor of Jamestown 2007.


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Orange County fights to keep FM 299 funds
County Judge Carl Thibodeaux expressed concern and dismay during the Orange County Commissioners Court meeting Monday, Feb. 25, at correspondence he received from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) regarding the proposed FM 299 loop in Vidor. Thibodeaux said the letter, drafted by TxDOT representative Tucker Ferguson, P.E., basically gave Orange County commissioners an ultimatum, stating if the county did not take action soon, they could lose the promised $28 million-plus contribution to the project from TxDOT.
The proposed Vidor Loop, or FM 299, would involve building a loop that would stretch from the north of Vidor at either FM 1132 or Conner Road, across the access road at Interstate 10 at the Church Street Overpass, and extend down past Lindberg Street just south of Walden Street in Vidor. The road would span 6.4 miles, and TxDOT projects 18,000 cars per day would travel the route.
During Monday's meeting, Thibodeaux said the county would be responsible for putting $30 million up front for the proposed project and would be reimbursed by pass-through tolls for a large portion of the initial investment. Thibodeaux said the county would not pay the gargantuan sum necessary to start construction on the project in advance.
"We can't afford this 299," Thibodeaux said of the loop project. "We're not going to have $30 million up front. … As far as I'm concerned, it's dead in the water."
At that point, Orange County Pct. 4 Commissioner Jody Crump interjected to remind Thibodeaux of a possible solution to the county's dilemma regarding funding for this and potential future projects. He suggested that rather than abandoning the project and ultimately losing the funds promised by TxDOT, the county could go through a Regional Mobility Authority (RMA) currently being considered by Orange, Jefferson and Hardin counties.
According to the TxDOT website, an RMA is "a political subdivision formed by one or more counties to finance, acquire, design, construct, operate, maintain, expand or extend transportation projects. These projects may be tolled or non-tolled."
Crump revisited the Jan. 14 public hearing when Orange County Commissioners heard a presentation regarding forming the RMA and later decided to move forward. Crump advised Thibodeaux and fellow commissioners that earlier in the day Monday, he and others attended a meeting in Jefferson County to continue discussions regarding the formation of the RMA, potentially including Jefferson and Hardin counties.
According to Crump, the RMA could loan the county the money necessary to begin the project. Crump said the loan would be interest free and be paid back by pass-through tolls and other revenue generated by the project. He said based on projections he has seen, the project could cost a total of anywhere from $36 million to $40 million.
Crump, whose precinct encompasses the land to be utilized for the construction of the loop, said he believes the new road would alleviate some stress from emergency workers and traffic in the area and would be generally good for the city bringing in "hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue to the area."
"I have a vested interest in this," Crump said in an interview with The Examiner. "We are set up for growth. … It's a straight business decision."
Ferguson, who serves as district engineer for the Beaumont District of TxDOT and oversees all engineering operations in Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange and Tyler counties, was present at the meeting to defend TxDOT's position and explain what the entity expected from Orange County.
"We are looking for some decision points on this," Ferguson said regarding the FM 299 project. "This has been going on since 2011 … close to one and a half years with not a lot of progress. …We don't want to let it languish."
"I'm not against the road," Thibodeaux told Ferguson. "I'm against the county paying for it all up front."
Ferguson said if the county intends to pursue formation of an RMA, TxDOT would be happy to work with the group. He said what TxDOT wants is a "plan of action" and a timeframe of some kind for the project.
"We need to form a plan of attack," Thibodeaux agreed. "We don't want to lose the funding."
"No, we do not want to sacrifice that," Crump said.


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Gundemonium Recollection is a really fun shoot'em up that I'd recommend anyone to play. It has an engaging yet simple gameplay. Download is available for all.
About Gundemonium Recollection:
The first game in the Gundemonium trilogy, and tells a story of alchemy gone wrong in an alternate 18th century. Its galvanized and finely tuned side-scrolling bullet-hell shoot-'em-up gameplay sets it well above most other games in the genre. The game is deceptively simple from the outset, but has very well-thought-out gameplay mechanics. There are multiple playable characters, expertly crafted enemies and bullet patterns, a variable-difficulty "Phase Level" system, a risk-and-reward bullet "Friction" system, a "Demonic Shift" ability that's not for the faint of heart, and much more.Download Link: Gundemonium Recollection


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13.Jan.2013, 12:36 PM
Post #1
Joined: 13.Jan.2013
Hey everybody
I am a young Italian gaduated in advertising. I worked in UK and now I would like to move in Sweden. The crisis in Italy is tragic. There is not job for young people and there is not possibility to work there.
I would like to find a job an advertising agency in Sweden but noboby want a new employer at his company.
I tried to find a job like waiter or cook but it needs experience.
I ask to you, how a young foreigner could find a job in this way if nobody permit it?
If you anybody knows any job, write here or if anybody had similar experience, please write it...
13.Jan.2013, 12:57 PM
Post #2
Joined: 12.Jan.2013
Hello. It's very difficult to find a job here in Sweden without Swedish language or person number. I had that problem to ( but I only need job for holidays and I've got person number here). The only job you can get is in cleaning company as a cleaner. It's very hard to start a new life in Sweden without family here or connections. It's sad but true. although if you find a job ( somehow) you have a chance for good life. I fall in love in sweden , and when I finish my school here in Polnad I wanna to move there but I'm very afraid of not find a job or something like that.
13.Jan.2013, 01:14 PM
Post #3
Joined: 19.Dec.2008
You don't legally need a personnummer to get a job in Sweden, as that goes against pretty much every EU directive. But many Swedish employers shit themselves at the thought of employing somebody who does not yet have a personnummer. Even though it is a formaility to be granted one once you get a job.
It works like this:
- You need a job to get a personnummer
- Nobody will give a job to somebody without a personnummer
13.Jan.2013, 01:18 PM
Post #4
Joined: 26.Jul.2011
The best way to get a job in Sweden is through contacts. If you don`t have a social network in Sweden they it will be hard. You can build social ties with people by visiting or study. That`s my advice.
13.Jan.2013, 04:47 PM
Post #5
Joined: 19.Dec.2008
Another tip is to legally change your name to something more Swedish sounding.
13.Jan.2013, 05:26 PM
Post #6
Joined: 10.Dec.2012
13.Jan.2013, 05:38 PM
Post #7
Joined: 12.Jan.2013
Raimonda- with pleasure . this is my e-mail adress : firstname.lastname@example.com if You want to ask me something , just do it. Have you been in Sweden once?
13.Jan.2013, 05:47 PM
Post #8
Joined: 10.Dec.2012
Thanks for the email will get in touch soon;
Yes I have and many times and will move to Sweden permanently in Summer because I hate living apart from my bf I just need to finish my education and pass my driving test
13.Jan.2013, 06:16 PM
Post #9
Joined: 12.Jan.2013
so your boyfriend live in sweden? how old are U ?
13.Jan.2013, 07:31 PM
Post #10
Joined: 10.Dec.2012
I have just emailed you
13.Jan.2013, 09:30 PM
Post #11
Joined: 22.Nov.2011
You don't legally need a personnummer to get a job in Sweden, as that goes against pretty much every EU directive.
No it would not.
There is nothing that prevents Sweden from actually having a requirement that to work in Sweden You must have a personnummer. It just means if they did, they would have to issue them more readily, and probably change the process with regards population registering.
But many Swedish employers shit themselves at the thought of employing somebody who does not yet have a personnummer.
16500 work permits for non-EU workers issued during 2012 says that this is not so.
Youth unemployment is high in Sweden 25+%, even higher for immigrants (whether EU or not) ...Sweden is not a Utopia of employment. And general unemployment amongst migrants is also very high. Many of those already have personnummer, so why as an employer would I bother to take someone that has just arrived in Sweden, never worked here ...when I have such a large pool to choose from ? (think about it, you are competing against many others for positions)
Other companies have company policies that just say they cannot employ people without personnummer. Simple as that.
To say they are sh*t scared is just rubbish, since there is no law that says one has to have a personnummer, there is nothing to be scared of??? Unfortunately it is a convenient excuse to job seekers from within the EU to just say, sorry you need the personnummer, rather than anything else.
Added into the competion for jobs is the fast growing number of EU migrants that are homeless in Sweden, and if You are intending to Study and looking for part-time jobs whilst studying, remember ...again... you start a few steps behind those that already live in Sweden, and speak Swedish, as local students are also looking for those jobs whilst studying.
Think twice before moving anywhere when You have no means to support Yourself!
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Other companies have company policies that just say they cannot employ people without personnummer. Simple as that.
And to get a personnummer in Sweden as a foreigner you need to have employment or other means to support yourself.
It's catch-22. No personnummer without a job. No job without a personnummer.
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Yes yes come to Sweden, it is so awesome here, Swedish employers love hiring foreigners who don't speak Swedish, being young and inexperienced is a plus. You will also get a flat to rent very easily in Stockholm, you will make tons of Swedish friends and Swedish blonde women are really horny for hot Italian men! It's a paradise!
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Joined: 13.Jan.2013
When you work more than three months you need a personal number?
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Bullshit. You can get a job without a personnummer


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Given a gun purchase can be denied for a felony conviction and there are a LOT of felonies out there that don't involve actually violating someone else's rights (e.g., drug "crimes"), I am not sure I approve of background checks, period. I know people who got caught with too much marijuana and now cannot own firearms.
IMO drug laws are like gun laws, they are all illegal, seems freedom in America is what the politicians say it is, not based on common sense.
But on the other hand, since they've shown a disregard for the law once already, they will probably get their gun anyway.
Contrary to popular belief, Canadians own a lot of guns - both long and side arms. I feel the difference in behavior is that Canadians view gun ownership not as a right but as a responsibility. No one here would talk about shooting an intruder in their home without being completely ostracized as a nutcase by all their neighbours. Anyone who drives around with a gun in their glove box is considered a total whackjob. We sure as hell don't bring guns to our kids' soccer games.
I am always amazed when I see Youtube vids of Americans pulling out pistols to settle disputes. There is just something built into the culture and this idea of gun ownership being not just a 'right' but a right that one is obliged to practice that commits many Americans to an entirely uncivilized view of firearms.
In some States carrying mace, pepper spray or a stun gun is illegal.
When I collected money at a race track during an NHRA event I carried mace and a stunner, all tools have their place. A Bowie knife, handgun or an RPG would have been the wrong tool choice for that situation
It's too late for America - there is no way they are going to get rid of their guns - or even control any sort of gun ownership, background checks, whatever, ain't goin' to happen. The NRA is strong, vocal and has the money to scare people.
One has to look at American history - American citizens had to fight the government, in that case the English - then there is the Civil War, Americans fighting Americans, it is in their being. They love their guns.
So, Americans will go on killing Americans. Combine disgruntled people, and there are a lot of those,and guns, Voila, another school massacre. Very sad.
But, I am Australian, so what would I know.
Exactly. It's not really your problem. Don't get worked up over it. As you outlined it, freedom (from England, for slaves) came from the barrel of a gun. It left a greazt impression.
As for the NRA, they are almost to a person responsible gun owners. 99% of the gun criminals who murder and rob are not going to belong to the NRA.
@Suzanne Olson-Hyde;
I have an Australian question, how many unarmed Aboriginal people have been slaughtered by armed Australians since the English first colonized the place? Would the Aboriginal people had a better chance if they had been armed? It's interesting to me that the Aboriginal people are still second-class citizens in their own country...but, I am just an American and we did a similar thing to the Native Americans when this country was founded...I blame the English for everything.
The Australians collected all the citizen's guns a while back. Here's another question for you; Why did collecting all the citizens guns (the government still has guns) not stop crimes against the elderly and the weak? Once you have solved the violent crimes against the elderly and the weak in your country, get back to us on the gun rights issue.
Here's another question;
How many law abiding citizens have committed mass killings?
I read it as "militias necessary for the protection of the free state, citizens own guns to protect free state". It's the only one of the amendments with a preamble...
You guys keep harping about everyone, during the time of our forefathers, owning guns. You have to do more reading. Guns, in the colony's, were expensive; since they came via boat from Europe. Not only were they expensive but they were stored in magazines until needed. Most farmers did not own a gun. Those flintlocks were a pain to load and not very accurate. Bows and Arrows could do more harm to a combatant than guns. You could load and fire an arrow much faster than fiddling around with powder and lead balls. Also they were much more accurate than flintlocks. Most guns, stored in magazines, were never maintained. Most citizens did not know how to handle a gun. Like I said more reading. Try Guns, Germs, and Steel; yeah I know the gun lobby has poo pooed it but some really interesting stuff on being at the right place at the right time.
I just don't get the mentality of modern gun owners who think that they can defend themselves from our standing army. I served in the military. I've loaded nukes. I've serviced M161A1 guns. I've watched missiles launched from Carriers. If the interpretation is to defend against your government then you guys will have to start thinking about whole squadrons of F/A 18 Hornets. Maybe a carrier or two. Guided missile destroyer will also help. If you can get your hands on one of those new fangled Stealth Bombers you'll be right as rain. Tanks! Yep, you'll need more than two of those. Not to mention who will lead the charge against such overwhelming odds. Have you thought this out or are you just as happy about owning an AR15 or Bushmaster as I am about owning a new set of speakers for my surround system?
Depends on the speakers.
Noel, after my hitch in the US Navy during the Korean War, America's zillion-dollar military has not done well against guerillas and non-state actors.
Why are there non-state actors?
Because during the Cold War America gave foreign aid to any tyrant who opposed the Soviet Union, and those tyrants treated their own people so badly.
Since WW2, America's foreign policy has been on a collision course with Americans' civil rights.
Our CIA overthrew an elected government in Iran. We installed and supported a tyrant (the Shah) and trained his secret police (Savak). In short, America created the conditions that resulted in the religious government Iran now has.
You might not like the idea, but America can and has done wrong.
Oh, I forgot. A Democratic administration lied us into a war in Viet Nam and a Republican administration lied us into a war in Iraq. Do you care?


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The shrimp cocktail was overflowing with thousand island... I was afraid the sauce will fall off the edge when I angeled the bowl to take pictures ;p
The shrimp had a really strong shrimp smell to it. Reminded me of the dried mini shrimps (Har Mai/Heh Bee)I can find back in Pangkor.
The mixed grill of lamb and chicken was interesting. Different cuts of the lamb were used. Different row of meat is marinated differently. I did find the meats a little too dry for my liking. Folks in Yemeni like their meat well done?
Fattoosh! HAHAHA! Sounds really cool! Fattoosh is the salad mix in the middle. (anti clock wise) Pea and carrot salad, Baba Ghanouj (Egg plant dip), hummos (Chick pea dip), coleslaw, Tehenah (TOTALLY LOVE THIS...but I have no idea what this is. Fermented goat's milk yogurt?) and the last I don't know the name.
*waves the wand* Fattoosh! HAHAHAHAHA! ok.. sorry, I sedang SYOK sendiri ;p (I'm amusing myself)
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In a posting to BUGTRAQ, Fyodor wrote:
"SCO Corporation of Lindon, Utah (formerly Caldera) has lately taken to an extortion campaign of demanding license fees from Linux users for code that they themselves knowingly distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. They have also refused to accept the GPL, claiming that some preposterous theory of theirs makes it invalid (and even unconstitutional)! Meanwhile they have distributed GPL-licensed Nmap in (at least) their "Supplemental Open Source CD". In response to these blatant violations, and in accordance with section 4 of the GPL, we terminated SCO's rights to redistribute any versions of Nmap in any of their products, including (without limitation) OpenLinux, Skunkware, OpenServer, and UNIXWare. We have also stopped supporting the OpenServer and UNIXWare platforms."
While this decision will certainly ignite a standing ovation from Linux users everywhere, it raises the question: What is the position of the Open Source(tm) Initiative? The Open Source Definition clearly prohibits discriminating against groups of persons, and SCO is most certainly a "group of persons". So, can Fyodor continue to claim that his Nmap software is "open source(tm)"?
Fyodor (what is his last name, anyway?) seems to explain this away in his paragraph by claiming that SCO's violations against the GPL automatically revoke their rights under the license, but there are two problems with this:
1. Although SCO has admitted that it does not consider the GPL valid, it has not yet been proven in a court of law that SCO violated the GPL.
2. Paragraph 5 of the Open Source Definition does not provide any definition on the limitation of discrimination against groups - it simply says that you cannot do it.
As a result of the plain language of these licenses, it appears that Nmap is now in violation of the Open Source Definition and can no longer claim to be "Open Source(tm) Software".
I asked Eric Raymond, President of the Open Source Initiative, for clarification on this issue, but he has not yet responded (c'mon Eric - I gave you an hour!)
Either Nmap must discontinue calling itself "Open Source", or the OSI needs to refine the Open Source Definition to include additional language to allow this sort of discrimination. A statement of OSI's position would seem to be in order.
Update 2004-04-27 15:44:08 CST: Eric Raymond wrote to me with the following information:
"The answer is no. OSD Clause 5 is intended to prevent discriminatory clauses from being written into licenses, not to prevent the enforcement of non-discriminatory licenses.
Fyodor is a member of our community in good standing who is responding proportionately (and appropriately under governing law) to a direct violation of his rights by SCO. I think he deserves the full and unreserved support of OSI and our entire community. "
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