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Damaged NW Jax bridge yet to be fixed
Resident says city hasn't taken action
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Dinsmore man says for years he's been trying to get the city to fix a small bridge that looks to be falling apart.
At the bridge on Old Kings Road in the far northwest corner of Jacksonville, the top portion of the guardrail is gone and more of it is falling apart.
"I called the city. I called councilman (Ray) Holt's office," said Kenneth Roth, who lives next to the bridge. "I came out here and talked to the workers. Nobody wants to do anything about it."
Roth has even sent in pictures to the mayor trying to get action. The problem now is worse than what the pictures show. The whole top rail of concrete and steel is gone.
Roth said it was broken in a car accident two years ago and nobody fixed it. He said that's not the first time people complained about the bridge. Roth said that five years ago when the state replaced a similar bridge down the street, his neighborhood was promised the bridge would be replaced. That never happened.
He said nothing happens when he complains, so Channel 4's Jim Piggott took his complaints to the city. The mayor's office says it is being investigated again. It does have a record of the complaints from more than a year ago and is working to find out why they've not been dealt with yet.
"I want this bridge repaired or replace," Roth said.
Late Thursday afternoon, a city spokeswoman issued a statement.
"Public Works is aware of the bridge rail condition at this location," the spokeswoman said. "Barricades will be placed at the site until the repairs are made within the next several weeks. The broken rail is not obstructing the road and there is no road safety issue at this time, according to our Public Works engineers."
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Why did Linda Alvarado resign from Qwest's board?
Shareholder rights advocate Gerald Armstrong asked a good question Wednesday at Qwest's annual shareholders meeting about Linda Alvarado's surprise resignation this year from the company's board of directors:
"What were the real reasons for stepping down?" Armstrong asked while making the first of two shareholder-proposal presentations. "Was she asked not to run again? Did the nominating committee not want to recommend her?"
The timing of the resignation – two months before Qwest announced CenturyTel's proposed takeover – raises a few questions. Alvarado had served on the Qwest/US West board since 1998.
Here's what we know:
—CenturyTel CEO Glen Post told me in an interview that the prospect of a CenturyTel/Qwest merger was initially taken to the respective board of directors in "February, mid-February."
—Qwest announced Feb. 15 that Alvarado was stepping down to spend more time with her Denver-based company, Alvarado Construction, and other organizations. She still sits on the board of the Qwest Foundation, the company's charitable organization.
—Alvarado, a Denver area resident and co-owner of the Colorado Rockies, remains on the boards of St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M and Stamford, Conn.-based Pitney Bowes. Read more…


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Update: the Deadline has now been extended to May 1st. Dates have been corrected to reflect new deadline
Aram Bartholl's Dust, Awarded Rhizome Commission in 2011
The deadline is fast approaching for Rhizome's 2012 Commissions cycle! Each year, this program supports emerging artists by providing grants for the creation of significant works of new media art. Projects can be made for the context of the gallery, the public, the web or networked devices. Rhizome Commissions awards generally range from $1,000 to $5,000. Deadline is Tuesday May, 1st. Be sure to read over the eligibility, policy and procedures before you begin the application process.
Two of the commissions will be determined by Rhizome's membership through an open vote. The majority will be decided by a jury moderated by Lauren Cornell, executive director of Rhizome.
The jury includes:
- Hans Ulrich Obrist, co-director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects at the Serpentine Gallery, London
- Jonathan Lethem, author of The Ecstasy of Influence, The Fortress of Solitude, and Motherless Brooklyn
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Application Deadline: Tuesday May 01, 2012
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hi everyone,
having completed kili (09), elbrus (10), and attempting aconcagua (dec 2011), the thought of potentially doing denali is beginning to creep into my mind. my question is how much training/prep is realistically needed to do the west butt route. rmi, img, and alpine ascents websites all seem to suggest that prior experience on rainier (or another training course in the U.S.) is a requirement to join their expeditions. a couple others are saying that it's not necessary...so i wanted to get a few unbiased opinions.
given that i have done some glacier travelling from elbrus and have experience with crampons, ice axes and self arrest...is it unreasonable to learn the rest of the stuff on denali (ie, crevasse rescue, use of ropes, etc.)?
also, with all of the end-of-season clearances, i'm looking to pickup a down parka. there seems to be mixed opinions based on the message boards and the few guide companies i've emailed - but is the Mountain Hardware Sub Zero SL parka sufficient? Or do I really need the Absolute Zero?


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What Is a Neurological Exam?
Neurological Exam Overview
The human nervous system is an intricate and complex network of fibers that impenetrates the entire body and functions in complicated and often mysterious ways. Sophisticated imaging and laboratory tests do not always provide sufficient information about how the nerves are functioning – or not functioning, as the case may be.
The neurological examination is a series of simple questions and tests that provide crucial information about the nervous system. It is an inexpensive, noninvasive way to determine what might be wrong.
The exam requires skill, patience, and intelligence on the part of the physician, and cooperation from the patient. Incomplete or inaccurate exams can lead to incorrect diagnoses.
Mental Status
The mental status examination is a series of detailed but simple questions designed to test cognitive ability, including the patient's:
- state of consciousness (awareness and responsiveness to the environment and the senses);
- appearance and general behavior;
- mood;
- content of thought; and
- intellectual resources (orientation with reference to time, place, and person; comprehension; ability to pay attention; insight; memory; judgment; abstract reasoning power; speech and language function; and intellectual capacity).
The patient may be asked to remember objects that had been listed earlier in the course of the exam; repeat sentences; solve simple mathematical problems; copy a three-dimensional drawing; and draw a clock and place the numbers and hands appropriately. When speech and language are tested, the examiner listens to the character of the speech, the fluency (smoothness of speech), and the patient's ability to understand and carry out simple or complex commands, and to read and write.
In addition to specific questions that make up the actual mental status exam, the neurologist obtains important information by observing the patient's general behavior during the examination.
Many neurological diseases, such as dementia, cause changes in intellectual status or emotional responsiveness, and specific personality features. These changes and features can be detected during the mental status portion of the neurological exam.
The mental status exam is especially important when the other parts of the neurological exam reveal no abnormalities. Sometimes, slight changes in memory or other intellectual resources may be the only indication that something is wrong. Evaluating a person's intellectual capacity can also be helpful in determining a course of treatment and making a prognosis.
Cranial Nerves
The cranial nerves are a set of 12 nerves that relay messages between the brain and the head and neck and control motor and sensory functions, including vision, smell, and movement of the tongue and vocal cords.
The cranial nerve exam involves testing the function of all 12 sets of cranial nerves. It is an essential part of the neurological exam, and helps localize central nervous system dysfunction and aids in diagnosing systemic disease. Some of the functions that are commonly tested as part of the cranial nerve exam include: eyelid strength and function; visual function; peripheral vision; pupillary light reflexes; eye muscle movements; strength of facial musculature; the gag reflex; tongue and lip movements; ability to smell and taste; hearing; and sensation in the face, head, and neck.
Motor System
The motor system includes the brain and spinal cord motor pathways, and all the motor nerves and muscles throughout the body. Abnormalities in the motor system can often be detected by assessing muscle strength and tone and by looking for a variety of characteristic signs.
The patient is usually asked to undress, so the neurologist can see the muscles and look for atrophy (shrinkage), twitching, or abnormal movements. Tests are done to evaluate strength in all the major muscle groups.
Evaluating Babinski response is an important part of testing the motor system. The neurologist strokes or scratches, heel-to-toe, the outer side of the sole of the foot and in patients over the age of 2, the toes normally curl downward in response. If the toes fan upward, a brain or spinal cord injury is indicated. A number of neurological disorders can lead to Babinski response.
Sensory System
Sensation depends on impulses that occur as a result of stimulation of receptors located in the skin, muscles, tendons, and so on, and are sent along nerve fibers to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). The sensory exam is used to determine areas of abnormal sensation, the quality and type of sensation impairment, and the degree and extent of tissue involvement.
A sensory exam involves evaluating different types of sensation, including pain, temperature, pressure and position. For example, pinpricks may be used to test the patient's response to pain and compare the response in different parts or opposite sides of the body. A cold or warm object may be used to test the sensation of temperature. To test position, patients may be asked to close their eyes and determine in which direction the examiner is moving a part of their body (e.g., big toe). Patients also may be asked to identify objects with their eyes closed or identify numbers or letters traced on their body.
The sensory exam should be repeated to provide accurate results. Responses may be affected by how alert, aware, and well-rested the patient is, so this part of the neurological exam is usually performed early in the course of testing.
Deep Tendon Reflexes
Reflexes are actions performed involuntarily in response to impulses sent to the central nervous system. Alterations in reflexes are often the first sign of neurological dysfunction. Observing reflexes is the most objective part of the neurological exam, since the reflexes are not under voluntary control and testing does not depend on the patient's cooperation, attitude, or awareness.
Hundreds of reflexes have been identified, but the neurological exam generally involves testing only the deep tendon reflexes. Deep tendon reflexes, also known as muscle stretch reflexes, are reflexes elicited in response to stimuli to tendons. Normally, when a specific area of the muscle tendon is tapped with a soft rubber hammer, the muscle fibers contract. Abnormal responses may indicate injury to the nervous system pathways that produce the deep tendon reflex.
Coordination and the Cerebellum
The cerebellum is the part of the brain that controls voluntary movement and motor coordination, including posture. Testing coordination provides clues about conditions that affect the cerebellum.
The neurologist may ask patients to move their finger from their nose to the neurologist's finger, going back and forth from nose to finger, touching the tip of each. Patients also may be asked to tap their fingers together quickly in a coordinated fashion or move their hands one on top of the other, back and forth, as smoothly as they can. Coordination in the lower limbs can be tested by asking patients to rub one heel up and down smoothly over the other shin.
Most of us take our ability to walk for granted. But as simple as it may seem, walking is a very intricate physiological process. How we walkour gaitis influenced by a number of bodily mechanisms and nervous system reflexes. The body must be held erect; the limbs, head, and trunk must be held in the right position; the person must be oriented to the position of all body parts; parts of motor control involved with moving must be integrated; and so on. Because walking depends on so many different parts of the nervous system, it can be affected by a variety of neurological disorders.
By observing gait, the neurologist can gather important clues about what might be wrong. The patient is usually asked to walk in different ways (e.g., heel-to-toe in a straight line, turning abruptly, walking on the toes, walking on the heels, running).
Haerer, A.F., 1992, The Neurological Exam, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia.
Common Neurological Disorders
The following are major types of neurological disorders, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS):
- Neurogenetic diseases (such as Huntington's disease and muscular dystrophy)
- Developmental disorders (such as cerebral palsy)
- Degenerative diseases (such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease)
- Metabolic diseases (such as Gaucher's disease)
- Cerebrovascular diseases (such as stroke and vascular dementia)
- Trauma (such as spinal cord injury and head injury)
- Convulsive disorders (such as epilepsy)
- Infectious diseases (such as AIDS dementia)
- Brain tumors
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You guys have helped me so much in the past with respect to the slow weight gain of my first little one, Holly, who is now 3 and still very tiny at 23lbs, but a great eater in terms of what she will eat, if not how much!
My son Ryan is where we need help. He will be two in June and is eating less & less things all of the time. His weight is fine, I'm just not happy how he's not progressing and I'm not sure his nutritional needs are being met. I have spoken with his doctor at every well-baby check up and he isn't worried because of Ryan's weight and says to just keep offering him things. We have another appointment next week, because it's just not getting better.
This is what Ryan will eat in a day: baby cereal (iron fortified) with prunes, pureed pears, toddler cereal bars, toast with butter and yogurt. That's it, we're down to 5 things for his meals. For drinks, he will have about 20oz homo milk in a day and juice if we're outside, but not before meals. For snacks, he will also eat toddler cheesies and some crackers/cookies. He loves chips, but that's something he sees only at parties. He won't eat meat nor any fruit & vegetables whole and never has.
Since Holly eats a really good variety of foods, Ryan gets offered two of the things she's getting on his plate at every meal. When he sees those items, sometimes he cries, sometimes he'll touch or pick them up, but most of the time he just ignores them. And he has never tried to put them in his mouth.
I believe the root of this problem is that during the stage where toddlers experiment with trying foods, Ryan had a very bad gag reflex. Anything he tried resulted in projectile vomit of everything in his stomach. And back then, if his cereal was too thick or thin, the same thing would result. He was probably doing that at least a couple of times a day at its peak.
I'm guessing we didn't manage the issue as well as we could have back then, because now we have an almost two year old eating what a one year old would be eating.
Because he's been following the 50th percentile for height and weight since he caught up, and is in fact bigger than his older sister, I don't think he gets the attention that he needs at the doctor.
I would truly welcome your advice! Thanks in advance.
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I have a question for one of my high school programming projects and i'm not really sure where to start. Here's the problem.
"Mexico's population is 62 million and is growing at the annual rate of 7%. The United States' current population is 280 million and is growing at the annual rate of 2%. If these two countries were to maintain their current rates of growth, in how many years will Mexico's population be more than half that of the United States? Your program should answer this question."
I decided to make it so it would run Mexico's population * 1.07^years and USA's pop * 1.02^years
but when I run my program it says that Mexico's pop. catches up to half of the USA's in 1 year which is definitely not true. (the answer is 18 years)
Any help is appreciated!
import java.util.Scanner; public class h3q3 { public static void main (String [] args){ Scanner scan = new Scanner (System.in); double mex = 62000000; double usa = 280000000; double years = 0; while(mex <= usa/2) { years++; mex = mex * Math.pow(1.07, years); usa = usa * Math.pow(1.02, years); if (mex > (usa/2));{ break; } } System.out.println ("Mexicos population is half of America's in " + years + "years "); } }


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By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brock A. Taylor, Navy Public Affairs Support Element West, Det. Japan
PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Several ships assigned to the forward deployed naval forces (FDNF) Japan completed the semiannual exercise Multi-Sail April 16 near the island of Okinawa.
Multi-Sail is a Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15-led exercise specific to the FDNF that enables ships the opportunity to train in several areas of surface, air and anti-submarine warfare. Ships participating included USS John S. McCain (DDG 56), USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), USS McCampbell (DDG 85), USS Stethem (DDG 63) and the Hawaiian-based frigate USS Reuben James (FFG 57). John S. McCain was the command ship for the exercise with DESRON 15 staff embarked.
"The whole purpose of the Multi-Sail is to provide a focused time for each ship to improve their warfighting readiness by accomplishing training and certifications in multiple warfare areas. We do that by bringing resources into the AOR (Area of Responsibility) that are not typically available to our forward deployed ships," said DESRON 15's Commodore, Capt. Charles Williams.
One of those resources included a portable acoustic range, which was set up by professionals based out of Hawaii. The acoustic range provided the ships an environment where they could test their skills in Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and obtain instant feedback on their sensor and weapon performance.
Multi-Sail allowed all ships to hone their skills in various warfare measures, and countermeasures. Each ship underwent training in live-fire exercises, which tested individual performance in small arms, and on a larger scale the accuracy of firing the Mk 45 5-in gun. Fixed Wing aircraft provided each ship a chance to exercise their electronic warfare suites. During ASW scenarios each ship was pitted against a simulated submarine attack where they had to respond quickly using torpedoes and counter-measures. The biggest event however, was the Missile Exercise (MISSILEX), which tested the ships as a whole.
During the MISSILEX both Fitzgerald and Stethem had to react quickly against air attacks using SM2 missiles while at the same time countering sub-surface attacks using Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rockets (VLA). Drones launched from the McCampbell gave both ships targets that flew realistic "stream raid" profiles. The MISSILEX was coordinated by Lt. Justin Santos, the surface operations officer for DESRON 15.
"This scenario brought both ships into a very tactically relevant scenario where they had to engage two sea-skimming missiles coming from over the horizon with Standard Missiles, while at the same time having to engage a submarine contact using VLA and also maneuvering at high speed to avoid potential torpedo attack," said Santos. "You just can't duplicate that type of training in the classroom."
Williams credits the Surface Warfare Development Group (SWDG) for much of the MISSILEX planning and the final evaluation of the data gained. SWDG and DESRON 15 work together on events throughout the year, and the Multi-Sail exercise and MISSILEX in particular serves as the pinnacle of their efforts to evaluate and improve fleet tactics.
For the Sailors who deploy out here in the 7th Fleet quite often, the Multi-Sail offered an in depth analysis into individual and shipwide warfare capabilities.
"I think the ships that are forward deployed at DESRON 15 and the (Commander Task Force) CTF 70 ships here are without a doubt the most ready ships in the Navy. Just looking at the geographic area where we are stationed, it's an absolute must that we do this training" said Santos. "Every time we get underway from our homeport of Yokosuka, we're in an environment where we could have to use this," he added.
Although this training is held twice a year, not every ship is able to take part due to the high operation tempo of the forward deployed naval forces. Williams said that having opportunities to do this type of in-depth training is something Sailors should take full advantage of when they have that chance.
"I think it's a big job for the Sailors to be out here forward deployed," he said. "It's a challenge, and it's also a very rewarding experience being deployed to the FDNF and living and operating in this area. I think for the Sailors, especially, Multi-Sail was a great event. It gave them the chance to exercise in their areas of expertise, and improve their own individual skills. It also allowed everybody to come together as a destroyer squadron, part of CTF 70 and 7th Fleet, and really excel as a group of ships and squadron."
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Featuring works by internationally renowned contemporary Tibetan artists alongside rare historical pieces, this exhibition highlights the ways these artists explore the infinite possibilities of visual forms to reflect their transcultural, multilingual, and translocal lives. Though living and working in different geographical areasLhasa, Dharamsala, Kathmandu, New York, and the Bay Areathe contemporary artists included in Boundless adopt and adapt elements of Tibetan Buddhist art and philosophy to construct works laden with layered meanings. By adopting and manipulating historical Himalayan forms, they express their latent feelings of displacement, fracture, and trauma, and the contradictions in their daily lives. Pulling from different visual traditionsfrom Himalayan thangka painting to American Pop artthese artists undertake innovative risks that highlight infinite visual possibilities derived from traditional forms. Contemporary paintings, multimedia works, performances on video, and collage are placed in conversation with historical works, providing viewers with a reference point to understand the visual language from which many contemporary Tibetan artists draw inspiration.
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Don't laugh: Vanilla Air, Peach and other budget airlines mean business
By Frances Cha, CNN • Updated 2nd September 2013
Everyone knows that it's a time of dramatic change in Asia's airline industry.
What many often fail to appreciate, however, is how much of that drama is being driven by an exponential rise of low-cost carriers (LCC) in the region.
Consider a small sampling of the recent upheaval in Asia's skies.
Following the dissolution of an ANA-AirAsia joint venture, AirAsia Japan is being rebranded (hilariously, to some) as
Vanilla Air
; Singapore's Tiger Airways has the new name of
; and
Jetstar Hong Kong
is expected to launch within the year;
Meanwhile, South Korea's
Jeju Air
has been busy recording a whopping 960% increase in profits compared with last year. Beating out all foreign legacy and low-cost carriers, its become the third largest carrier at Seoul's Incheon Airport after Korean Air and Asiana Airlines.
While Southeast Asia has a remarkably high LCC presence of almost 50% -- meaning more than half of total seats are sold by low-cost carriers -- North Asia still has an extremely low LCC penetration and thus represents the biggest opportunity for the industry.
North Asian travelers who have grown partial to the over-the-top service and quality of legacy carriers in the region are still finding the concept of low-cost carriers foreign, or simply irrelevant.
Read: No joke: Aeroflot plans budget airline
"They don't pop up in my searches when I look on travel sites, and it just doesn't occur to me to fly them because I have my existing frequent flyer programs that I feel bound to," says frequent business traveler Sunmi Park, 38, of South Korea.
For the unacquainted, such as Park, here's a quick guide to the fleets with the often quirky names and bright liveries.
1. LCC fleets are young and frequently built around a single mode
South Korea's Jeju Air has recorded a 960% increase in profits over last year.
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"People tend to think that low-cost carriers have these old planes, but that is a complete myth," said Edward Lau, CEO of Jetstar Hong Kong, in a low-cost carrier workshop earlier this month. "The opposite is actually true."
In order to keep the cost of buying planes as low as possible, low-cost carriers place bulk orders of the newest planes.
For the same reason, each LCC usually has just one type of plane in its fleet -- bulk orders of the same plane get better pricing.
Read: First look at new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
When Jetstar's new Hong Kong airline debuts later this year (pending government approval) it will be launching with 18 new Airbus 320-200 aircraft.
Apart from its new Hong Kong fleet, Jetstar's planes across all affiliates have an average age of four to five years.
Similarly, AirAsia, the Kuala Lumpur based low-cost carrier that flies to more than 80 destinations in Asia, has a fleet of 141 Airbus A320 aircraft, with an average age of three years per plane.
2. Competitiveness hinges on "fast turns" and "double daily" servic
In aviation lingo, a "turn" means the time it takes for a plane to take off on its next flight after landing.
For LCCs, fast turns of about 25-40 minutes are imperative to keep costs down and to maintain high levels of aircraft utilization -- the time a plane is in the air each day.
Full service carriers take about an hour and a half on turns.
Read: Breathtaking photos of Hong Kong Airport's glory days
Even in an aviation market known for delays -- China is notorious -- LCCs keep costs down by factoring delays into their schedules.
To keep LCCs viable for consumers, airlines need to have at least some "double daily" flights -- flights to the same destination at least twice a day.
This means that if passengers miss their flight, they can take a flight to the same destination later the same day.
"The target of 'double daily' is to build scale and support integrity," says Alistair Hartley, Jetstar's executive director of planning and airline partnerships.
3. LCCs' entry into a market can stimulate th
overall market
Tiger Airways re-branded as Tigerair in August
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Studies have shown that LCC penetration can result in overall travel market growth in a given region.
The launch of a low-cost carrier may eat into a dominant full-service carrier's market share, but the number of passengers in a market has been shown to increase overall, not only for the low-cost carrier, but for full-service carriers.
The latter tend to lower prices in response to what LCCs are offering, scrambling to adapt business models to a new landscape.
4. LCCs have meant the most to Japan
Japan is the most interesting example of a stagnant market stimulated by the launch of low-cost carriers.
Despite being one of the largest domestic aviation markets in the world, Japan has showed little or no growth in passenger numbers since the turn of the century.
"Japan has the unenviable distinction of being the only major market in the world to have about the same traffic today as 15 years ago," said a
Centre for Aviation (CAPA) report
published in August.
Read: AirAsia X launches child-free seating
However, with the launch of three low-cost carriers in 2012 -- Peach, Jetstar Japan and AirAsia Japan -- the "abysmal" domestic aviation market grew for the first time in six years.
With the introduction of low fares, Japanese who couldn't afford to fly began traveling, with remarkable results.
Domestic passenger numbers increased by 8.7% in 2012, the largest percentage growth in 20 years.
Collectively, the three low-cost carriers added 2.6 million passengers to the domestic market and Jetstar Japan is now the largest domestic carrier from Tokyo Narita Airport.
"The contribution is not just in greater volumes of passengers whose traveling has a trickle-down effect across the economy, it is also in giving Japan's legacy carriers an incentive to become more efficient," said the CAPA report.
5. North Asia represents the greates
The figures speak for themselves.
Air traffic in Asia will increase dramatically in the next few decades.
While U.S. airport passenger traffic was 1.467 billion arrivals (the largest in the world) and Asia's was 1.402 billion in 2009, Asia is expected to become the largest aviation market in the next few years.
Hello Kitty: World's cutest planes head to the U.S.
By 2030, Asia's passenger traffic is expected to exceed 4.88 billion, in contrast to 2.367 billion projected for the U.S., according to
IATA's Airport Development Supplement
published in 2012.
Southeast Asia already has a high LCC penetration rate -- the LCC capacity share of total seats is approximately 56-57% -- but the percentage for North Asia is stunningly low at 9%.
"That's a 91% potential upside for us," says Jetstar's Alistair Hartley.
No wonder LCCs are excited.
And growing.
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We just completed a contest for a new logo, which is attached. We like a dark green as or primary color, with black, grey, bright & off white as accompanying colors. We are not opposed to other color choices......what do you suggest.
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Because there are some mornings that call for donut holes.
Like a morning when friends come over to learn more about coffee knowing that we, or more accurately, my husband, knows a thing or two about it and that we have eight, or so, brewing methods.
Or when the sun appears for the first time since the calendar declared, "it's SPRING!" And although it feels more like Winter than Spring, deep down you sense it's coming and begin to arrange the rhubarb baking schedule and direct your thoughts towards asparagus and away from earthy root vegetables.
A morning when the kids play contentedly around you and the google calendar reminds you that you have an entire day with nothing to do but simply be present.
Or one that finds you urging your slow moving 5 year old to hurry up as the clock ticks on seemingly mocking your tardiness and you glance to the counter spying a few leftover donut holes from the day before.
Then there is a morning when you sit alone with your feet perched on a tattered grizzly bear foot rest and the silence is interrupted from the crackling of a fireplace and the soft crashing of rolling waves. When you write at a leisurely pace and linger over cookbooks, dreaming of recipe ideas and menus, realizing that you are doing exactly what you were created for and taking that in as the incredible gift that it is.
These are the mornings for donut holes.
Brown Butter Donut Holes
5 Tablespoons butter
1 cup (8 1/2 oz) milk (I use whole)
1 egg
1 1/2 cups (10 oz) all-purpose flour
1/2 cup (3 oz) whole wheat flour
2 Tablespoons (1 oz) brown sugar
1 1/2 Tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
oil for frying
For dipping:
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
In a small saucepan add the butter. Bring to a boil and cook until the milk solids present in the butter turn a nutty brown color. Carefully swirl the pan so you can periodically check the color of the butter. Immediately take it off the heat when you smell a fragrant nuttiness and the butter is golden.
Whisk the dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. Combine the milk and the egg in a small bowl and whisk to break up the egg. Stir the milk, egg and browned butter into the dry ingredients being careful not to overmix.
Heat 2-3″ of oil in a deep sauce pan. Once the oil has reached 360* carefully drop a tablespoon size mounds of dough into the oil. Fry a few at a time watching the oil temperature making sure it stays around 360*. Fry until deep golden, about 2-3 minutes. Carefully move the donuts around in the oil for even frying.
Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Add the warm donuts to the cinnamon and sugar and roll around until well coated. Serve immediately.


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Power Cleaning the Fridge: Attempting the 20 minute super clean
Is it possible to deep clean the fridge in under an hour? That alone sounds crazy, but then I get really nuts and attempt to deep clean the fridge in 20 minutes.
If you ask me about the last time I cleaned my fridge out entirely, I would have to ask when we moved in. I spot clean now and then when I see something dripping. I am ashamed to admit I'm such a slouch at fridge cleaning, but these casual touch ups are becoming less and less effectual in the face of mounting gunk and grime. I love the stunning brilliance of a perfectly cleaned and organized fridge. Like a 1950s stereotype, I actually feel more refreshed and calm when my fridge is in order. But I have zero desire to be the one who puts it in order. So when I saw Real Simple had a plan for a 20 minute speed clean of the fridge, I took a deep breath, and I plunged in.
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I set the timer for twenty minutes. One of those old timey timers with a really satisfying buzz at the end of it. Just thinking about the buzz evokes the adrenaline inducing nervousness of grade-school.
Real Simple suggests that you spend minutes 1-2 unplugging the fridge and dusting off the coil with some special brush that I do not possess. I spend some period of time staring at our fridge wondering if I can reasonably get it out of the tight recess into which it fits without dumping all the miscellaneous stuff on top of it. I decide against unplugging the fridge and believe the coils will survive. I reach inside to the thermostat and turn it off so I don't waste too much energy.
Next I get about the business of removing the food from all the shelves and drawers. Real Simple suggests that I spend three minutes doing this. I briefly consider whether they are cleaning out a pint sized beer fridge, or are the sort of people who only keep creamer and stale bread in their fridge.
My fridge is always packed to the seams with foodstuffs for the week and a menagerie of condiments and exotic ingredients. Kneeling in front of the fridge working as fast as I can with both hands I move the menagerie out of the fridge and it increasingly occupies a circle around me on the floor and stools. I uncover a couple of duplicates: two open jars of spaghetti sauce, two open containers of yellow mustard. Mental note to combine.
Another thing that slows me down is that I'm checking expirations along the way and making choices about what needs to be tossed. How long has that hoison sauce been in there? How long do capers keep after opened? I'm thinning the herd, and it is work that needs to be done, but precious seconds are ticking by.
The folks at Real Simple recommend that you remove drawers for washing in the sink. I've got two big produce drawers and one smaller one (ostensibly for lunch meat but ours is crammed full of exotic cheeses). Turns out I need to move the wine rack to get the door open far enough to get the second big drawer out of the fridge, so more time gets wasted there.
I enlist the husband to soap up the drawers while I turn back to the fridge. At this point I'm cheating a bit because it isn't a solo job, now there are two of us working on it. It occurs to me that RS does not promise this is done by one person and for all I know they have a fleet working with them. I glance at the timer and realize that more than half our time has gone by already and I choke a bit.
Real Simple suggests spraying the shelves with a multi-purpose spray and then just wiping them down. I stare forlorn at the gunk on the shelves and realize I will be scrubbing till Kingdom Come if I don't get them out and under the influence of some hot water. So all the shelves come out too and get passed to the husband.
At this point, our toddler with the double ear infection wakes up and starts crying. Because unlike magazine pages, life happens even while you are cleaning. The husband goes "off the clock" to comfort the kiddo, and I assume his post at the sink, working my way through the pile of shelves at top speed.
I have a shelf in my hand, with the fridge door unloaded and none of the walls or bottom wiped when the timer goes off. Oof. I start the stopwatch on my watch to track how far over the 20 minutes we go and then I finish the removed shelves, set them in the drain to dry and head back to the fridge.
The bottom takes a lot of scrubbing, because the "trickle down economics" of fridge life means that everything that goes wrong winds up as gunk stuck somewhere in the bottom. I discover something suspiciously like honey (but can't possibly be honey because we don't keep it in the fridge) that is remarkably durable and resistant to cleaning. I briefly consider whether I, like the early pioneer of penicillin, have accidentally created the next super glue.
I am using a multi-purpose cleaner that is non-toxic and homemade at an earth-friendly cleaning products class I took that day (from Megan of ProUtilitas Blog and ProUtilitas Etsy). So I am feeling very virtuous, and relieved not to have to worry about having my head in a cloud of toxins, because I'm spending a LOT of time in this fridge. It also smells delightfully of lavender and lemongrass.
The mostly dry shelves get sprayed down with the homemade disinfectant and put back in. Now we remove everything from the doors and hubs washes the door containers while I wipe the door down.
Now all that is left is to put the food back in, but we are already at an hour of cleaning time, and much of it with two people working.
I realize it isn't the end of the world though. The promise of a 20 minute clean lured me in and helped me overcome the inertia of a dreaded task. And at the end of the hour plus cleaning time, I realize the whole project wasn't so bad, because my husband is fun and working with him always makes things easier to handle. I think I was also motivated by the vague sports-like overtones, us working together to race the clock.
At the end we sit down congratulating ourselves on tackling a big and dreaded task. We bask in the glory of that shiny clean fridge. And we tell ourselves that the 20 minute clean is probably something you can do if you don't keep a lot of food in your fridge and you clean it out weekly. Or if you have a staff of five working in finely coordinated precision, like German engineers. We agree to try again in a week to test our theory. Even so, I'm not holding out much hope.
But if you manage to clean your fridge in 20 minutes let me know.


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The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) welcomes the European Commission's initiative to produce a White Paper outlining its ongoing reflection on the future of Europe. However, it regrets the lack of a bold and enthusiastic vision for European reform in the paper's five scenarios, as well as the failure to make any reference to the regional contribution to the debate.
The CPMR will be setting out a strong case for a sixth scenario for reform in its own reflections on the future of Europe over the next 18 months, giving prominence to regional cooperation and to territorial cohesion.
The CPMR is ideally placed to address the future of Europe since many of the challenges we currently face are being shouldered by Europe's peripheral maritime regions and islands.
Regions play a central role in promoting and engaging in partnerships and in supporting European co-operation in all its different forms: economic, social, cultural and political.
Regions are the bridges that bring Europe closer together, and it is essential that the EU gives high priority in the future to supporting and reinforcing regional co-operation activities, particularly given the instability facing Europe.
Cohesion Policy is one of the few EU policies that empowers action on the ground. The CPMR takes issue with the claim of the White Paper – in Scenario 4 – that regional development policy at EU level has only "limited value".
CPMR President, Vasco Cordeiro, said: "We are disappointed that the White Paper questions the value of Cohesion Policy. Not only has Cohesion Policy demonstrated that it delivers, it is the only EU policy that connects citizens with the regions, the Member States and the wider EU."
Alongside territorial cohesion, improving accessibility and investing in blue growth will be key priorities in the CPMR's reflection, as well as listening to the aspirations of citizens.
CPMR Secretary General, Eleni Marianou, said: "We will be holding a constructive and inclusive debate with all regions and regional associations. We need a robust refocusing of European Policies on reducing disparities and inequalities, while boosting investments across Europe's regions"


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The Met will pay all employees through May, as coronavirus closures continue, the New York Times reports. "Our highest priority remains to support our staff as best we can in helping to keep everyone safe and as financially secure as possible," says president and CEO Daniel Weiss. "We realize that this announcement of a four-week extension of full salary support does not provide enduring comfort, but at the moment it is the best we can do in a rapidly evolving situation." Read More »
Hans Ulrich Obrist has called for a massive public arts program to help jumpstart the arts economy again after the impact of coronavirus, likening the idea to the Great Depression's WPA. "With the WPA, they went out into the community: artists got salaries and were able to research and create work during the New Deal era. It gave many people their first real jobs and commissions," he says. Read More »
David Zwirner is welcoming a group of 12 small galleries to exhibit in his gallery's digital viewing rooms, NYT reports. "We are grateful for any and all acts of solidarity in these incredibly difficulty times," says Oliver Newton of 47 Canal, one of the galleries invited. Read More »
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As Netflix Pops Its Poison Pill, Wall Street Struggles to Find Icahn a Buyer
Last week Carl Icahn took a big stake in Netflix, and announced that he wanted someone to buy the company. Here's the next step: Netflix has adopted a "poison pill" provision, designed to keep Icahn from acquiring any more of the company.
This is straight out of the Icahn-versus-target-company playbook, and not a surprise.
Note, for instance, that the plan, which would double the number of Netflix shares on the market and make it more expensive for Icahn to buy a bigger stake, is triggered if an outsider buys 10 percent of the company. Icahn just bought 9.98 percent of Netflix. (Netflix officials say the plan would also go into effect if Icahn worked in concert with another major shareholder.)
[Also part of the protocol: A note from Icahn says he doesn't like the move. Here it is, via an SEC filing today: "This morning the Issuer announced its adoption of a poison pill. The Reporting Persons believe any poison pill without a shareholder vote is an example of poor corporate governance, and find the pill Netflix just adopted is particularly troubling due to its remarkably low and discriminatory 10% threshold. We also note that Netflix is one of the few companies that continues to ignore the fact that the shareholders have strongly expressed their wishes through a majority vote to de-stagger its board. As one of the company's largest shareholders we are concerned about the poor corporate governance at Netflix that these and other actions reflect."]
While the market waits for Icahn's next move, analysts are scratching their heads as they try to figure out his longer play here. Regardless of the number of shares he ends up owning, he's already bought himself a seat at the table. So, what does he want?
Traditionally, Icahn buys into a company when he thinks he can shake up management, force the company into a sale, or both.
In this case, Icahn hasn't been grousing about Reed Hastings and his team, at least so far. Right now, he just wants someone to buy Netflix.
That's where it gets tough. Ichan has thrown out a bunch of names he thinks could be buyers, like Amazon, Microsoft or Google. But as BTIG's Rich Greenfield noted last week (registration required), it's hard to imagine the rationale for any tech company buying Netflix.
If a big tech player wanted their own streaming video service, they could build one, as Amazon is doing. The studios and networks that stock Netflix's digital shelves are happy to have as many buyers as possible.
And if they did want to buy instead of building, the tech guys would have to decide if they want to make it proprietary. If they did, they would cut out a core part of the Netflix strategy, because the service is currently available to just about every box and device on the market. If they didn't, they'd be spending money to help boost their competitors' platforms.
Bernstein Research's Carlos Kirjner throws Apple into the mix, as well. Because, why not? But he can't think of a reason, either: "We cannot rule any of them out, but, we also have a hard time articulating a compelling value-creating thesis for an acquisition."
Greenfield tries to help Icahn out by suggesting a different class of buyers: Cable networks and cable providers. His logic is that Netflix is already a digital version of HBO (or TBS, depending on who's describing it), and that viewing it that way brings out a bunch of possible contenders.
But most of those would-be buyers would have problems with a deal, too. Comcast/NBCU, for instance, would face all sorts of regulatory scrutiny. Time Warner has gone all-in, at least for now, on the pay-cable model, and Netflix would seemingly weaken that stance. And while Disney and Netflix might be a good fit, Disney has just spent $4 billion on the "Star Wars" brand.
Some investors seem to like the idea of something happening, somehow, anyway. Netflix is trading at $78, up more than 10 percent since Icahn's move.


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I wasn't going to, but inspriation struck me. Hard.
As some of you may be aware, Britian was an outpost of the Roman Empire. When they abandoned their outposts, it was "left" to the missionaries to "tame" it. So, depending on your historical bias, either of these could be the hero or the villian. As to which, I'll leave that up to you.
First, we have the generally-accepted heros, the residents of the Monestary. Or, in this case, convent. She's a bit freaked out, as you can see. Though, why they built their church RIGHT ON the water I've yet to figure out.
I now give you the "villians", the northmen who aren't quiiiite ready to listen to the priests. So sayeth Saint Augustine, "I am not to blame because they do not understand."
At least they're kind enough to knock on the door. Ding Dong!
I also considered a comment about riding the surf, but I wasn't sure it fit in context.
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New Sandy Hook School to occupy old site
NEWTOWN -- The Sandy Hook Task Force voted unanimously Friday night to build a new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the site of the old one, which has been closed since the massacre of 20 first-grade students and six educators there on Dec. 14.
After an often-wrenching debate, the 28 members of the panel agreed that the existing school site would be the best place to build a new school -- both logistically and spiritually. At the end of the deliberations, the standing-room-only crowd at the Municipal Center broke into applause, as if to thank the task force for its work.
First Selectman Pat Llodra said after the vote that if all goes as planned, the town could break ground on the new school -- expected to cost between $42 million and $47 million -- in spring 2014. Its projected opening would be in 2016.
Until then, students from Sandy Hook are expected to continue to go to the former Chalk Hill Middle School in Monroe.
Parent Steven Uhde spoke for many at the meeting when he said building a new school on the site would take on the bitter legacy left by the Sandy Hook shooter, Adam Lanza, and transform it.
"He didn't hate those people -- he didn't even know them,'' Uhde said. "It was an attack on the school.''
Building a new school there, Uhde said, would exemplify the town's message: "We choose love.''
Mergim Bajraliu, a Newtown High School student and brother of a Sandy Hook Elementary School fourth-grader, told the task force that his preference would be to keep and renovate the old school.
"But I do see hope in going back to the Sandy Hook site,'' Bajraliu said of the new school plan.
Friday's debate centered on two sites -- the existing school location on Riverside Road and nearby athletic fields, also on Riverside.
Task force members said the problem with the athletic field site was that it is owned by a corporation that no longer exists. The town would have to claim the land through eminent domain -- a legal process that could take months.
For that reason, the task force grew increasingly apprehensive about using the site, fearing lengthy litigation.
"Nothing is easy, legally,'' town resident Mike Scarpa told the committee.
However, the committee acknowledged that returning to the site of the Sandy Hook shootings, even in a new school with a new access road, could be hard on some teachers, parents and students.
"No matter what we do, it will hurt people,'' said task force member Laura Roche, who spoke emotionally after her recent visit to the Sandy Hook Firehouse, the first time she had been there since Dec. 14.
The idea of building on the existing site is easier for the town because it already owns the land. But the project will require the razing of the existing school -- something that would not be necessary to build at another site.
Llodra said the task force recommendation will go to the Board of Education and the state Legislature, so work can begin to get funding for the new school. The town hopes state and federal funds will pay for the new building entirely.
Parent Dan Krauss said speed is of the essence. His daughter likes the Chalk Hill school and appreciates Monroe officials' generosity -- "But it's not her school,'' he said. "She misses her school.''


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One of the most inspiring and breathtaking views I've ever experienced in person was in Guatemala, at the top of Tikal's Temple IV. While in Belize, I decided to spend my last day by going over the border, and it was so worth it.
It was so still at the top of the temple, and the green horizon so limitless, I felt like I was in the presence of God. Like I could solve any of my worries up there or scream out all my joys. It was an intense, infinite peace and I just didn't want to leave. In fact, if I lived in Guatemala, I'd find a way to spend time on the top of that temple every week. I need to find my Tikal, right here at home.


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Montreal-based noise rockers Tonstartssbandht (pronounced"tŏn-stārts-bānd-it") are pleased to announce their latest EP "Midnite Cobras" available on 7″ vinyl and digitally at all major online outlets beginning today on Psychic Handshake Recordings. The kick off the release, they are making the title track available for free download via RCRD LBL. You can grab it here.
"Stick around for a while, this one gets heavy/weird" – Gorilla Vs. Bear
While many bands present themselves as "a band from [insert well known metropolitan area with all kinds of unspoken connotations, associations, and implications]" Tonstartssbandht want none of that. Eschewing any kind of geographical loyalty, they describe themselves simply as "a brother band" and would hope you would be so kind as to leave it at that. Though both musicians from a young age, Andy and Edwin White were in different bands as teenagers in Central Florida. They watched one another play, and occasionally teamed up in what they describe as "formless noise bands." It was not until they were separated by distance that they realized that the only people they should be playing with were each other. "It was a match made in heaven" says Edwin of their partnership, and it has led the brothers to settle, for now at least, in Montreal.
It is there in their cold, northern, adopted city that the brother's are preparing to release their newest 7″, Midnite Cobras. The three-track EP features new material, but in true brother-band fashion, it is material steeped in history. When he was a teenager, Andy, the younger brother of the two, made what he estimates to be "a lot" of pop records in his bedroom. Lucky for us, these recordings did not go the way of many a bedroom opus, lost in a basement or thrown out in an effort to force growing up, and Andy decided to dig one up recently. "He made a backwards loop of one of the guitar parts and sent it to me," remembers Edwin, who in turn took the track and worked on it. The two went back and forth with it, eventually coming up with their upcoming single and the title to the 7″.
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Straight from Siberia to Berlin. The electronic music scene was longing for this moment since 2011 and on the 8th of march 2014 it will finally happen: Unbroken Dub [Rawax/Delsin] is starting his tour and we are very excited about it!
After he could not leave his country for some years, he will play the 8th of march his debut in Berlin – two gigs in one night. One of these two gigs will be at our PARALLEL 008 party at Humboldthain, together with Stojche, Daniela La Luz und René Audiard. Today we spoke with him and asked if he would like to do a short interview with us and here it is – exclusive for Parallel.
PARALLEL: Hi Denis, you are living in the city of Tjumen (western Siberia/Russia). Are you originally from there?
DENIS: Yes, now I'm living in Tyumen, but I'm originally not from this city. I'm from a northern small city called – "Raduzhny", which means rainbow in english.
PARALLEL: Talking about Siberia we imagine cities right in the middle of wide landscapes of the beautiful, wild taiga and tundra. Is nature inspiring you?
DENIS: The summers here are beautiful and the forests are amazing; but when the winter is coming, all cities look gray and gloomy. I don´t think i get inspired by that.
PARALLEL: Where else do you get your inspiration from?
DENIS: I love to get inspiration from new music gear and from travelling.
PARALLEL: How would you describe yourself?
DENIS: I don´t know, I´m just a man.
PARALLEL: Is there a house and techno scene in Siberia and have you ever organized parties yourself in Russia?
DENIS: Yes, we have a small scene here. We organize parties every one or two months. Our group is called "Hot Wax".
PARALLEL: We heard the story that RAWAX was actually only founded for releasing your music. How did that happen? Did you had some releases before as well?
DENIS: The story about this is, that I had produced four tracks and I wanted to release them. I started sending demos to labels which had an adequate music style. I had sent demos to more then 300 labels. DBH music was at the end of my list. They answered me "Yes, we want to release vinyl with you!".
PARALLEL: It´s funny that Resident Advisor suspected in their first review about you, that you were for sure one of the dub techno legends working on a new project – that´s a great compliment. How do you feel about that?
DENIS: Yeah, its funny. I think it´s a usual situation in this "unknown artist" hype period of the scene.
PARALLEL: You released 2012 an EP and in 2013 a track on a V. A. compilation on Delsin, any further plans with them?
DENIS: Right now I cannot talk about it, but I don´t plan to stop working with Delsin.
PARALLEL: Where does the name "Unbroken Dub" actually comes from? Whats the story behind?
DENIS: It´s a small story. When I discovered dubstep music (I mean dubstep of 2005-2007) I just tried to produce something similar. I called this track "Unbroken Dub".
PARALLEL: Have you been before to western Europe or will this be your first time and how do you feel about it? We heard the story that you denied the military draft, with the consequence that the authorities took your passport away and made it in this way impossible for you to travel outside of Russia.
DENIS: This is my first time and I'm counting the days for that. I am really looking forward to. The story about the military draft is just a simple russian situation with young guys, not so special.
PARALLEL: You will be playing two sets in Berlin in one night, one warm up set on the RAWAX night at Wilde Renate and one peak time set at our PARALLEL 008 showcase at Humboldthain. What can we expect?
DENIS: I can´t tell, I never know what comes into my head.
PARALLEL: You´re right now preparing your tour. What were you working on lately? What´s coming up in the near future?
DENIS: Recently I was working on a remix for Unbalance. Soon you will hear about it on RAWAX.
PARALLEL: What are you expecting from Berlin and what are you looking forward to?
DENIS: I want to see all sides of the city, not only the night life – but of course I want to go to Berghain. I am looking forward to meet all this people, with who I was in contact with only trough the internet.
PARALLEL: A message you would like to tell to the world?
DENIS: Evolve.
PARALLEL: We are really looking forward having you in Berlin, it will be a great honor for us to host you Denis!
DENIS: Thanks, see you soon!


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2010-11 (Sophomore): Averaged 3.4 points, 2.3 assists, and 1.9 rebounds per game…Played in 30 games, starting 22…Had a 1.8 assist-to-turnover ratio (68-to-38)…Scored in double-figures twice scoring 12 points against North Florida (Jan. 10) and ETSU (Feb. 19)…After Christmas, Lipscomb was 0-6 when Arnett had no assists…Was 20-of-23 from the free throw line (87.0 percent)…Atlantic Sun Games…Averaged 4.3 points, 2.3 assists, and 2.3 rebounds in conference action…Was 15-of-16 from the free throw line…Hit jumper as time expired against ETSU (Feb. 19) to force overtime…Had a 2.5 assist-to-turnover in the final ten games of the season (35-to-14)…Had a season-high seven assists against Florida Gulf Coast (Jan. 30)
2009-10 Season (RS Freshman): Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team … Saw action in 29 games, making seven starts … Averaged 2.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game … Averaged 18.6 minutes per game … Connected on 25-of-80 (31.3%) field goals … Went a perfect 4-for-4 from the field to finish with eight points and three rebounds in win over Oakland City on Dec. 12 … Scored first points of collegiate career against Tennessee Tech on Nov. 19 … Atlantic Sun Games … Averaged 3.1 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game in 20 conference games … Started six conference games … Recorded 7 points, 4 assists and three rebounds against ETSU on Jan. 21 … Set season-highs in points (13), field goals made (6) and field goals attempted (10) in 33 minutes of action vs. Jacksonville … Averaged 5.3 points, 4.8 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game in final six regular season games … Minutes increased towards the end of the season.
2008-09 Season: Red shirt
High School: Averaged 24 points per game as a senior at Tipton-Rosemark Academy in Millington, Tenn. … Selected to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association All-State Team …. Led Tipton-Rosemark to a 22-11 record and the Division II Class A state championship game held in Lipscomb's Allen Arena …. Scored 29 points in the semifinal game and 30 points in the championship …. Named to the "Best of the Preps" Private School team by the Memphis Commercial Appeal … Played his freshmen and sophomore years at Bolton High School in Arlington, Tenn. … To comply with transfer regulations, he did not play on the varsity squad his junior year after transferring to Tipton-Rosemark … Started all three years of varsity eligibility … Named to the All-Region team his sophomore and senior years … Coached by Dan Martin at Tipton-Rosemark … member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes…. Played on the M33MBallerz AAU team coached by Mike Miller of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Personal: Son of Carey and Dana Arnett … Has one older brother, Jordan, and one younger sister, Joanna …. Born October 4, 1989 … Major is undeclared ... Also played baseball in high school.


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Farmer will admit to government corruption charges
A former University of Kentucky basketball star turned politician will pay the largest ethics fine in state history as part of a plea agreement that would resolve an array of criminal and administrative charges, an official said Monday.
John Steffen, executive director of the Executive Branch Ethics Commission, declined to reveal the amount of the fine because he said the terms of the settlement agreement with his agency are contingent on Farmer's guilty plea later this week on state and federal government corruption charges.
Farmer, whose jersey hangs as a monument in the rafters of Rupp Area, reached a plea deal with prosecutors last week that would put him in prison for about two years.
Steffen said the settlement agreement, approved by members of the ethics commission Monday, includes the most counts ever against a government official. That's appropriate, Steffen said, "because it is by far the worst misconduct by a public servant that we've seen."
Prosecutors alleged that during his tenure as director of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Farmer used government employees to work on his Frankfort home and to build a basketball court in his backyard. They said he also hired friends, including his girlfriend, as special assistants who did little or no work. They accused Farmer of directing agency employees to drive him on personal errands, babysit his children, mow his lawn and transport his dog. Farmer also was accused of misappropriating agency property for his own use.
"What he did was wrong," Steffen said. "We can't have state officials or anyone in government misuse their positions like he did, so he's being held accountable."
Farmer, the sweet-shooting guard for a UK team dubbed "The Unforgettables" for their gutsy play, launched a political career that came crashing down during a bid for lieutenant governor two years ago when complaints began to surface about his management of the agriculture department. He headed the department from 2004 through 2011.
Farmer's attorney, Guthrie True of Frankfort, filed a motion for a change of plea last Thursday, signaling that he has reached agreements to resolve all pending and potential criminal and ethics charges.
Terms of the plea agreement require Farmer to plead guilty in U.S. district court to two counts of misappropriating state resources, as well as one count of violating state campaign-finance law in Franklin County circuit court.
Farmer was indicted in federal court in Lexington in April on four counts of misappropriating government property and money and one count of soliciting property in exchange for a government grant. He has remained free pending trial, though his travel was restricted to within Kentucky.
Farmer was set to stand trial Oct. 22. Instead, U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove scheduled Farmer to appear in court on Friday to enter the guilty plea.
He could have faced up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each of the five federal counts. Prosecutors had said they would also seek $450,000 – the amount that was allegedly misappropriated – from Farmer, a Republican who was elected twice as agriculture commissioner in a state that is predominantly Democrat by voter registration.
Under the agreement, Farmer would face a sentence of up to two years and three months in prison, and pay total fines and restitution of $120,500.


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Miscellaneous notes on tp grammar in various styles, all tentative but working so far.
Basic sentence:
S => Subject li Predicate
Subject => o/Phrase
Phrase => Word/ Phrase{Phrase}/ Phrase en/anu Phrase / [ni: Display]
Word is ultimately any member of tp vocabulary except la, li, e, o, en, anu, kin, pi. Unofficial words
can also occur, subject to some special rules which need spelling out more precisely.
{} indicates that the enclosed is preceded by 'pi' if it contains more than one word
[] means I don't like this because it screws other things up, but I don't yet know how to deal with it.
Display => Text - / Quote
Text => Sm (i.e. one or more sentences)
Quote => 'Text'
Word => noun / verb / modifier / preposition ...
the tp vocabulary (with the noted exceptions) can represent almost any of these types (see individual entries)
Predicate => Verbal (e Phrase) (,Prepositional)n
Verbal => Phrase / Prepositional / modal ({Phrase})Predicate
Prepositional => preposition ({Phrase}) Phrase
items in parentheses need not occur. Items in parentheses with a following n may occur any number of times.
This grammar is overinclusive, but every simple tp sentence fits in it, with one lowest level obligatory transformation:
[o/mi/sina]Subject li Predicate => o/mi/sina Predicate
That is, 'li' is dropped after these three words standing alone
[]Subject means the enclosed item is the whole of the component Subject
In particular, this grammar does not account for the more or less fixed order of modifiers in Phrase and does not account for the various nature of the added Phrase. These are covered in later transformations (I hope).
Some definitions:
A sentence with [o]Subject is an imperative sentence.
A sentence containing 'seme' is a free choice interrogative sentence and ends with a ? instead of a period. The answer (to be discussed in detail later) is a Phrase replacing 'seme' or the original sentence with such a replacement.
If S is a declarative sentence, S? Is a true/false interrogative sentence, with the answers 'lon', '(lon)ala' or S or the denial of S.
Other simple sentences are declarative sentences and end with a period.
If S is a declarative sentence, 'o S' is an optative sentence, expressing a wish (etc.) that S be true. It ends with a period or !. [Note: this does not claim that the speaker actually has this wish, so an optative is neither true nor false, though it may be honest or not.]
Compound sentences
If S1 is a declarative sentence and S2 a sentence, 'S1 la S2' is a conditional sentence, of the type of S2 and with its punctuation.
If S1 and S2 are sentences, 'S1 anu S2' is a disjunctive sentence, whose type and punctuation is calculated somehow (I think follows S2, but there seem to be other cases)
There are cases where sentences clearly go together, but cannot be compounded because they are either conjunctions and we can't use 'en' between sentences or because they represent English restrictive relative clauses: 'jan ni li kama tawa moku; ona li awen lon tenpo mun' or 'jan li kama tawa moku; jan ni li awen lon tenpo mun' (and other possible formats). Here they are separated by a semicolon rather than a period. This is significant for collapse:
'A li x B; A li y B' => 'A li x li y B'
'A e x B; A e y B' => 'A e x e y B'
otherwise, 'A x B; A y B' => 'A x en y B'
'A x B anu A y B' => A x anu y B'
Hence, 'A x ala anu x B?' => 'A x ala x B?' a yes/no interrogative sentence, answer '(A)(x)ala B' or '(A)x(B)'
'S anu seme?' is an open choice interrogative sentence, answer: any salient sentence, including especially S and its denial.
'Phrase o,' is a vocative and may be added at the very front of any sentence to give a new sentence, of the type of the one to which it was added.
'Phrase o, o Predicate' => 'Phrase o Predicate' i.e., the vocative 'o' and the imperative 'o' fuse. The vocative 'o' and the 'optative 'o' do not.
Some things about 'la'
'A preposition ({Phrase}) Phrase B'=> '(preposition ({Phrase})) Phrase la A B'
It is not perfectly clear what prepositions can be dropped: 'lon' apparently pretty much always and
always before 'tenpo', 'kepeken' pretty much always, others not so clearly.
'ni: S li x' => 'x la S' (very temporary, until 'ni: Text' gets sorted out)
'x pilin e ni:S' => 'x la S'
'A ni: Display B' => 'A ni B: Display' (ditto)
Building Phrase
Incorporation (not too useful in itself, but handy later on)
'A li Verbal ({Phrase1})n e Phrase2 B' => 'A li Verb ({Phrase1}){Phrase2} B'
'A li Verb ({Phrase1})n preposition ({Phrase3})Phrase2 B' => 'A li Verb ({Phrase1})n {(preposition ({Phrase3})) {Phrase2} B' (exactly when prep, etc. can be dropped needs to be worked out).
A completely incorporated predicate (no free standing objects or prepositional phrases) is indicated by <Predicate>.
Now the basic Phrase building rule is
'A x B; 'x li y' => 'A x {<y>} B'
In this case, the {} indicate not only 'pi' but, if x ends in a pi string, the insertion of a comma before {y}.
The other rule is the relic of the original 'pi' rule, that still sticks in many descriptions of 'pi'. The original 'pi' was a particle meaning "belonging/pertaining to" and could be used with any noun phrase, both as a modifier and as a predicate, so 'ni li pi mi' was legitimate, meaning "this is mine". Handy though this might be, I doesn't work well in the current language, so we have the replacement rules
'x li jo e y'/'y li ijo {x}; A y B' => A y{x} B'
Incorporation plays another role in Phrase building:
'A ni: Subject li Predicate B' => 'A <Predicate>{Subject} B' if the origins sentence wee S, this new expression is the complete incorporation of S, <S>.
Quotation marks.
By convention (more or less adhered to – mainly less), double quotes are used to surround names not yet fully tokiponized: 'mi jan "John Clifford"'
Otherwise, single quotes are used (they type faster)
Old rant (hopeless, but I have to keep trying): When talking about a word, such as (notably) when saying it is someone's name, we have to use a name of that word (to avoid at least paradoxes and also to keep from talking nonsense). The standard name of a word is formed by enclosing that word in quotes, so for this word: nimi, we use this one: 'nimi' and so on. This quotation name is an unoffical word in tp and so needs a supporting noun, typically 'nimi' and occasionally 'toki'. Just how direct this support has to be is open to some interpretation, however. My totally correct answer to 'nimi sina li seme?' is '(nimi mi li) nimi 'Kipo''. However, pu allows 'nimi mi li 'Kipo'' (ignoring the regular quotation mark screw up), suggesting that noun in the subject carries over to the predicate in this case. By parity of reasoning, the other good answer 'mi li jan Kipo' would allow the variant 'mi Kipo', with the subject noun doing the support role. This is not confirmed – nor denied.
In texts with a lot of dialog, or even soliloquy, the constant repetition of 'x li toki e ni: Quote' is unsightly. So, here are some legitimate variants.
1. A quotation is the name of a bit of text, used to say that someone said it (or heard it or thought it or wrote it or knows it or saw it). Hence, the whole 'e ni: Quote' can be brought into a more standard sentence form as 'e nimi Quote', getting rid of the suspect 'ni: Display' for a messy, but clearly legitimate, Phrase.
2. We can turn this pattern inside out to 'nimi Quote li toki pi x', moving the quotation in front of the speaker, as is often done in natural languages.
3. Building on that, we can split 'x li toki e ni: ' Text1 Text2', to 'nimi 'Text 1' li toki {x}. kin la 'Text2'' This needs a little work, but helps quite a bit with the appearance of texts.
4. With rapid dialog with few intervening descriptive passages, the perennial 'x li toki e ni 'Quote'' can be reduced to 'x la Quote' (cf, 'pilin' in 'la' rules).
5. In really rapid give-and-take with two parties, it is probably enough to just start each new speaker on a new line, without keeping official score of who says what.
Speaking of tidying things ups a bit, there are some dangerous (because introducing many ambiguities) devices to break up the "monotony" of tp sentence forms. Incorporation can get those floating Prepositional, especially things like 'tawa mi' with 'toki' out of the way of the direct object, Topicalization moves a Phrase from and object ('e') position or a Prepositional to the very front:
'A Phrase B' => 'Phrase la A ona B' .
Another sort of connective
S1; <S1> li tan <S2>; S2 => S1 tan ni: S2
S1; <S2> li tan <S1>; S2 => S1. Tan ni la S2.