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Flash: Large Meteor Seen in Berkeley Tonight
A large meteor streaked across the night sky tonight and was seen and heard throughout the Bay Area and in Berkeley. -more-
A large meteor streaked across the night sky tonight and was seen and heard throughout the Bay Area and in Berkeley. -more-
Many Berkeley voters have now received two mailers from the Yes on Measure T campaign that are full of false claims. The first mailer includes, in its brief list of endorsers, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). The SEIU logo appears with "Local 21" underneath. SEIU Local 21 is a local in Louisiana and it's doubtful that they have taken a position on Measure T.
The second mailer, which arrived at my home yesterday, lists SEIU Local 1021 as an endorser. Unlike Local 21, Local 1021 does actually exist in the Bay Area, representing public sector workers who work for Bay Area cities and counties. However, SEIU Local 1021 has not endorsed the measure. Quite the contrary, it has taken a position against the measure, which can be verified by visiting their Web site. The AFL-CIO's Alameda [County] Labor Council has also declined to endorse Measure T. There is, in fact, little labor support for Measure T.
The Yes on T mailers make a number of other false claims about what the measure will do: -more-
If you wonder who's paying for all the Berkeley campaign information you've been seeing around town lately, now it's easy to find out.
Here's where the council and mayoral candidate campaign finances stood as of 9/30, in an easy-to-browse format created for The Berkeley Almanac:
This link will get the same kind of information regarding Berkeley ballot measures, and more:
The information comes from the city of Berkeley campaign finance web site. -more-
On 10-12-12, UCPD received unconfirmed information of a Mountain Lion sighting near the Smyth-Fernwald construction site. Third-hand information was relayed to UCPD regarding a contract security guard that saw three cubs chasing a doe and two fawns, possibly during the evening of 10-10-12.
Deer are a major food source for Mountain Lions. Last year, several sightings of mountain lions occurred in the hills above the Berkeley campus and carcasses of animals suspected to have been attacked by mountain lions were also discovered.
UCPD is following up on this information and will release further information to the public after interviews with the security company/guards are completed. -more-
A barbecue, a tea party, a meditation circle, a kids' clown party and a huge chalk-in blanketed Berkeley on Sunday, October 7th, as several groups publicly demonstrated their opposition to the anti-sitting law (Measure S). -more-
The California Department of Education released the 2012 Accountability Progress Report today. This annual report contains two sections: 1) the state Academic Performance Index (API) measuring year-to-year growth in academic achievement that a school or local educational agency (LEA) has made, and 2) the federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) measuring how well a school meets minimum performance targets.
Academic Performance Index (API) - Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) had an overall growth of 19 points resulting in a district-wide Academic Performance Index (API) of 810. The greatest gains in academic achievement are reflected in the 25 point increase in API for English Learners, 37 points for Students with Disabilities, and 16 points for Socio-economically Disadvantaged Students. When disaggregated by ethnicity, the API increased by double digits for African American (15), Asian (12), Hispanic or Latino (15), and White (13) students (see charts 1 & 2). Several district-wide initiatives have contributed to the gains for all student groups including the implementation of Response to Intervention and Instruction (RTI2) in our K-8 schools, focus on English Language Development and academic language instruction, reduced teacher-to-student ratio in middle school math classes, and collaboration time for teachers. -more-
Colorful ten foot puppets of religious and inspirational figures swayed their way up the circular steps to the Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday along with a crowd of interfaith religious leaders, community members, and children. -more-
Anyone who thinks Berkeley needs an anti-sitting law to bring people to the commercial districts must have missed the Sunday Streets event October 14, 2012. Shattuck Avenue between Rose Street and Haste Street was awash with music, bubbles, strollers, dancers, sitters, walkers, bike riders, sunlight, and joy. -more-
As a public service to assist readers in their preparation for the upcoming elections, yr. hmbl. (crmdgn.) svt. has assembled an informal guide for negotiating the 2012 political labyrinth.
Deciphering the Code
To be properly informed today, it's important to develop translation skills to understand what candidates are really saying. As in George Orwell's 1984, phrases or pronouncements spoken by today's politicians often mean their opposite. Here are a few examples: -more-
This off-beat reporter, his heart on the South side, has been lured away on the mayoral campaign and measure S, leaving other measures to press releases, and our editor-in-chief's tightly reasoned endorsements.
We have had to base our speculations on the outcomes of the mayor's race and measure S on hearsay, or less.
But something we could sink our teeth into, something palpable...that we will only get from Telegraph Avenue. -more-
Are you confused about the upcoming election? Below you'll be able to find all the articles about the November 2012 election that have appeared to date in the Planet, in reverse chronological order, except that Planet editorials are at the top on the front page so they're easier to find.
Also on the front page are links to a couple of excellent videos on YouTube which will make it possible for you to see the candidates both in a full debate and in sound bites. -more-
In an effort to stem the rampant dishonesty of the campaign to rezone West Berkeley to profit a few big developers, as reported in the Berkeley Daily Planet and on berkeleyside.com, on October 17 I filed two complaints with the City of Berkeley Fair Campaign Practices Commission (FCPC). -more-
A small, quiet crowd gathered near Center Street and Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley on Sunday, October 7th, watching a group of artists sketch and fill in a large chalk representation of "The Last Supper", a painting by Leonardo da Vinci of Jesus eating at a table with his disciples. Across the top was the statement, "Let Us Sit Together and Break Bread." -more-
Berkeley's streets are in poor shape and its 80-year old storm drain system cannot adequately handle the water-flow of major storms. The EPA is requiring Berkeley to reduce the amount of heavy metals runoff draining into San Francisco Bay during storms. To mitigate this, the City is increasing street sweeping frequency, but this is not enough to reduce heavy metal run-off to acceptable levels. To fix the street quality and stormwater management problems will require major investments over several decades and the benefits are inter-generational, thus bonding is the appropriate funding mechanism. Delaying this investment will allow these vital infrastructures to deteriorate further, leading to an increase in the final costs of the repair and effect on our environment. Comprehensive solutions require an effective proven approach tailored to the interconnected nature of the problems. -more-
Tired of breathing your neighbor's secondhand smoke? Come to the Ad Hoc Committee on Smokefree Housing on Friday, October 19, 1:00 pm (2001 Center Street, Law Library, 2nd Floor) and tell the Rent Board. -more-
November 6th is only 30 days away from us voters. We must think ahead to cast our vote for someone who will bring the country back to its past glory of better health, better education, better economy and safely of movement from place to place. People of different colors, different financial status and different creeds all live here. We all need peaceful and secure environments to flourish in. Powerful people at the top ranks in the public sector forget that they are elected to serve ordinary people. They forget that their chief job is help citizens secure the education and health care which makes them capable workers. The poorest people in society have lacked a boost for the last ten years. Can we elect a President who will help us all? -more-
Since the Park District is revising its Master Plan, now is the perfect time to ask them to get mountain biking out of the parks! Mountain bikes, with their "aggressive" knobby tires and high speed, grind the trails into powder, which washes away in the first rain, leaving V-shaped ruts and degraded creeks and other habitat. Even the mountain bikers themselves, with rare candor, use the term "shredding the trails" to refer to mountain biking. -more-
Richard Schwartz's report on the October 17, 1868 Hayward Fault Quake should be a must-read for everyone living in Berkeley during what seems to be earthquake season. If/when there is another huge quake here, it will be worthwhile to be prepared by joining in the Great Shakeout earthquake drill scheduled for October 18. Last year's drill on October 20 was followed by the two largest quakes of 2011(longer?) to shake Berkeley, as if to suggest that the Hayward fault is under such stress that even our thinking about an earthquake can set it off. Thank God that the 2011 quakes were small enough to be harmless while still releasing at least a little stress off the Hayward fault. -more-
KPFA Radio, the first listener-sponsored radio station and progressive media outlet, is having board elections in November. Many of you will say "again?" - having recently received postcards and ballots for a recall election just a few months ago. This time, however, your vote will count, and there are some important decisions to be made. This article is intended to help you decide how to vote if you are a KPFA member – and encourage you to do so. It's not as hard as it may feel to decipher all the rhetoric! -more-
If you want to get a good idea of how Berkeley is being governed, the list of who's contributed to the shucking-and-jiving measures on the November ballot is a good place to start.
Why do I call Measures S and T shucking-and-jiving measures? Because the Bates-controlled majority on the Berkeley city council voted to place these two issues on the ballot as a way of ducking the responsibility vested in them to make things work in this city.
As far as Measure S is concerned, there are plenty enough laws on the books to control anti-social street behavior anywhere in the city at any time, but the current administration doesn't enforce them, preferring instead to sucker the citizenry into thinking that prohibiting sitting down is going to bring nirvana to our mean streets.
And Measure T is an end run around perfectly workable provisions in the existing West Berkeley plan, notably the development agreements explained by Toni Mester in the last issue, by enacting spot zoning for a small handful of favored developers.
How do we know this? Well, who's paying for these campaigns?
You can use the extremely useful Berkeley Ballot Measure Browser to quickly get the contribution information buried on the City of Berkeley's web site. -more-
"Former Santa Cruz Mayor Rotkin said that in the eighteen years since the city passed its sit/lie law, business has generally seen an uptick. The businesses that flank Santa Cruz's main thoroughfare on Pacific Avenue are a robust mix of chains and smaller boutiques.'
So, who are you going to believe? What Express Music Editor Rachel Swan quotes a Santa Cruz lifer politician as claiming, instead of your own eyes? Has the ban on sitting on the street really worked in that city?
Last Monday night (a school holiday) we took five or six girls (they moved too fast to count), including our granddaughters, downtown in Santa Cruz for ice cream. Along the way we snapped a few pictures of just some of the sidewalk sitters who are still there in abundance, contrary to the ex-Mayor's claims.
(Santa Cruz is awash in ex-Mayors, who serve only a one year term—the father of our granddaughters is one of them. Now there's a Santa Cruz law that Berkeley should adopt!)
Another contradiction to Rotkin's report—as we walked along we noticed to the kids' distress that their favorite Mexican restaurant, Acapulco, where they'd been going all their lives, had shut down, abruptly and with no explanation, adding yet another empty storefront to the less-than-robust Pacific street mix.
Will Measure S fix downtown Berkeley? Not a prayer... -more-
The real surprise was that President Obama explained why so-called "women's issues" are everyone's issues - college students, health care, medicare, social security and equal pay for women and men. He reminded people that women are more than the sum of their reproductive organs; they are workers and family members -more-
Jobs and the economy remain Americans' number one concern. While Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have promised to create millions of jobs if they are elected President, there are stark differences between their plans. -more-
In round two of the presidential debates, Biden might have done a better job than Obama of exposing the salesmanship of the Romney-Ryan campaign, but he did little to regain lost ground with respect to women voters. -more-
Computers for persons with mental illness can be very helpful in making a meaningful recovery. However, they can be a source for paranoia; a person with paranoid tendencies to begin with may imagine being spied on by his or her computer. Computers can also be a source of problems when being used by people who have addictive or otherwise problematic personalities. -more-
Like millions of other television viewers, you no doubt watched last Wednesday's Presidential Debates. You'll have to agree they were pretty boring. But brace yourself -- there's to be another debate on Oct. l6. Thank the good Lord, in our democratic society voters have the privilege of watching the two opposing candidates, deciding which one is better qualified to cope with weighty issues, such as Health Care Reform. -more-
What: Press Conference & Speak Out
When: Monday October 15, 2012 12 noon-2pm
Where: Alameda County Social Services, 2000 San Pablo Ave, Oakland (btn 20th & 21st Street)
Who: Nell Myhand (510) 302-7459
Moms and other caregivers say to Prez candidates, "Yes, every mother is a working mother. What will you do to recognize the real value of our work and end the poverty of children and their hard-working mothers?"
On the eve of the second presidential debate, mothers and other caregivers are holding coordinated actions in 12 US cities to launch a campaign for recognition of caregiving work and an end to the immoral and shocking poverty of mothers and children. The campaigners are calling for the enactment of the Women's Option to Raise Kids Act (WORK Act HR4379) introduced by Rep Pete Stark (D-California) and the Rise Out of Poverty Act (RISE Act HR3573) introduced by Rep Gwen Moore (D-Wisconsin, herself a former welfare mother). The bills recognize the work of mothers and call for resources for no and low-income mothers. -more-
More than 50 high school students from the environmental studies class at Skyline High School in Oakland will join the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and Pick Up America on October 19 from 11:30a.m.to 2p.m. for a "Youth Day of Service" cleanup and restoration event to benefit the Oakland shoreline of Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline Park. SCA is a nationwide conservation workforce of college and high school volunteers who protect and restore America's parks, forests, refuges, seashores and communities. Pick Up America is the nation's first coast-to-coast roadside litter pick-up and was started by SCA alumnus Jeff Chen. -more-
Something is going on at Berkeley Rep once a month on Monday Nights. -more-
Mayoral & District 3 Candidates' Night, Sponsored by LeConte & Williard Neighborhood Associations
Thursday, October 18th at 7:00 pm
LeConte School Auditorium, 2241 Russell Street, between Ellsworth and Fulton Streets
Following the Money Behind Berkeley Ballot Measures 10-12-2012
Myth-Busting 101: Street-Sitting Ban Does NOT Work for Santa Cruz Either 10-12-2012
Odd Bodkins: Eisenhower (Cartoon) By Dan O'Neill 10-12-2012
New: Complaint Filed with Berkeley's Fair Campaign Practices Commission Regarding Yes on T's Illegal/Fraudulent Endorsements By Zelda Bronstein 10-17-2012
Officer #145 and Your Tax Dollars at Work By Carol Denney 10-12-2012
Measure M: Investing in Streets and Green infrastructure - Providing Multiple Benefits Now and Saving Money in the Future By Larry Henry, Past Chairperson and current Vice-Chairperson of the Berkeley Public Works Commission 10-12-2012
New: Tell Your Rent Board This Friday You Need to Breathe Clean Air By Carol Denney 10-17-2012
Can We Elect A President Who Will Help Us All? By Romila Knanna 10-12-2012
Mountain Bikes Should be Out of the East Bay Parks By J. Muir 10-12-2012
Should Berkeley be Thinking About an Earthquake? By Lee Sand Walker 10-12-2012
KPFA and the Blame Game By Tracy Rosenberg 10-14-2012
Flash: Large Meteor Seen in Berkeley Tonight By Scott Morris (BCN) and Planet 10-17-2012
Measure T's Deceptive Mailers Falsely Claim Union Endorsement, Funds for Community Benefits (News Analysis) By Rob Wrenn 10-17-2012
Who's Financing Berkeley Campaigns? By Thomas Lord (from The Berkeley Almanac) 10-15-2012
Press Release: UCPOLICE Safety Alert - Possible Mountain Lion Sighting 10-12-2012
Creative Protests Blanket Berkeley By Carol Denney 10-12-2012
Press Release: Berkeley Unified School District Shows Gains on the API and AYP From Mark Coplan 10-12-2012
New: Puppets Come to Council Meeting By Carol Denney 10-17-2012
New: Sunday Streets Proves Sitting and Business Go Together By Carol Denney 10-16-2012
A Curmudgeonly Potpourri by The Occasional Curmudgeon 10-12-2012
Return to Telegraph Avenue By Ted Friedman 10-12-2012
Full Election Coverage 10-14-2012
AGAINST FORGETTING: President Obama: "It's not true." By Ruth Rosen 10-17-2012
THE PUBLIC EYE: Obama vs. Romney: Jobs By Bob Burnett 10-12-2012
AGAINST FORGETTING: Women Are the Key to the Presidential Debate and Election By Ruth Rosen 10-12-2012
ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Computer Literacy By Jack Bragen 10-12-2012
DON'T MISS THIS: Your Voice, Your Vote By Dorothy Snodgrass 10-12-2012
Press Release: Every Mother is a A Working Mother: Press Conference & Speak Out From Neil Myhand 10-12-2012
Oakland's Shoreline Benefits from The Student Conservation Association's Youth Programs By Matthew Greenfield 10-16-2012
New: PlayGround: Incubator for New Plays Monthly Mondays at Rep By John A. McMullen II 10-16-2012
Mayoral & District 3 Candidates' Night Sponsored by LeConte & Willard Neighborhood Associations 10-12-2012


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11th Annual Wing Fest Celebrates Buffalo's Most Famous Food [VIDEO]
This weekend (Saturday, September 1-Sunday, September 2), Buffalo showcased what we're all about: chicken wings and charity. The 11th annual National Buffalo Wing Festival at Coca-Cola Field was a major success, once again.
On average, the two-day festival, featuring both local and national restaurants, draws around half a million people into the city, generating over $200,000 for local charities. This year's Wing Fest included entertainment from Lee Ron Zydeco, S.B. Reeves Outfit, Eric Houghton Band and 90 West, plus an Elvis tribute from Terry Buchwald and a Jimmy Buffet tribute by Private Dreams.

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RICHMOND, Va. – There are a number of holdovers from VCU's 2011 NCAA Tournament victory over Florida State on this year's team, including Coach Shaka Smart, Associate Head Coach Mike Rhoades, and players Rob Brandenberg and Juvonte Reddic. But none of them will be able to offer the perspective of Terrance Shannon.
When VCU and Florida State meet Thursday at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in San Juan, Shannon will be the only participant to have stood on both sidelines in this "series". Following a four-year stint in Tallahassee, Shannon transferred to VCU this summer. Shannon played five minutes for the Seminoles in that 72-71 VCU overtime win in San Antonio in 2011.
Ten of Shannon's teammates return from last season's 18-16 Florida State squad; ten guys he still calls his "brothers." The experience, Shannon imagines, will be strange.
"It's going to be bittersweet," said Shannon, who averaged 5.2 points and 3.3 rebounds in 72 games for FSU. "I get to see my former team again. I talk to the guys a lot, so the bond is still there. I still look at them as like brothers to me. It's going to be weird playing against each other, but it's going to be nice to see them again."
Shannon says he talks the most with senior forward Okaro White, but that he keeps up with his former teammates as much as he can manage. He says they haven't really talked about Thursday's game.
Florida State is 3-0 this season after wins over Jacksonville, Central Florida and Tennessee-Martin. Although the Seminoles were picked ninth in the new 15-team ACC, Shannon believes FSU is going to be a "scary team" this season.


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Too soon for Colletti to focus on sure-to-be-busy winter
GM has plenty to address in offseason, though Dodgers not expected to spend as much
ST. LOUIS -- The Dodgers have a manager, his coaching staff, 12 free agents and a couple of high-priced contract extensions to resolve in the coming months, not to mention the occasional front-office reassignments that sometimes fly under the radar.
General manager Ned Colletti wasn't ready to deal with any of that late Friday night, when the season ended and the clubhouse emptied. It's hard to look at the glass half-full when they're spraying champagne across the field, but he tried.
"I think we made great strides, but unless you finish with a parade, you're not satisfied," said Colletti. "I'm always sorry to see a baseball season end, and this one I really hate to see end because of the guys in the room."
Colletti reeled off the highs and lows -- the injuries, sinking to last place, winning 42 of 50 to take over first, running away with the National League West, beating the Braves in the NL Division Series.
"[There are] a lot of good things to take from this," Colletti said. "Where the organization was a year ago, 16 to 17 months ago, a lot has transpired in a good way."
The billionaire owners from Guggenheim Baseball Management spent lavishly to get within two wins of the World Series, but don't expect the free spending to continue at the same pace. Don't expect a Robinson Cano signing.
The Dodgers know they must lock up Clayton Kershaw long term and will consider the same for injury-prone Hanley Ramirez, but management has no intention of being the annual big spender for free agents. The business plan calls for a shift to homegrown talent, sooner rather than later.
Reports, including one that surfaced on Saturday, indicated that negotiations between the Dodgers and Kershaw have ranged between $200 million and $300 million, but no ballpark figure has been confirmed.
The Dodgers will have some immediate holes to fill, with starting second baseman Mark Ellis, starting third baseman Juan Uribe, starting pitcher Ricky Nolasco and setup man Brian Wilson among the potential free agents. They hope to fill one of the infield spots by signing Cuban free agent Alexander Guerrero.
The Dodgers also will spend time and thought on their current Cuban star, Yasiel Puig, who can be undisciplined, as he showed throughout the NL Championship Series. Gifted but wild, Puig is the kind of player you can't take your eyes off of, because you never know what he will do, good or bad. But when he shows up an umpire, as he did in Game 5, you never know how that might affect Game 6. Puig has much to learn about Major League protocol. If you're the employer, you take the pros and try to work on the cons, many of the latter occurring out of view and generally unknown to the public.
On the pro side, however, Puig is entertaining in an entertainment business. Puig brought energy to a roster already loaded with big names, the Dodgers re-emerging as a national story and attendance spiking.
"It's tough to capsule a season a half hour after it ends, but it was exciting," said Colletti. "Sports are supposed to be entertaining. I think this group was very entertaining in a lot of ways. We won a lot of games, we stuck together in tough times. I'll miss this group. Even if everybody returns, it's never the same group. The dynamics change. That's why I hate to see this season end. It's a special collection of people."
Mattingly is expected to return for 2014, but the status of his coaching staff is unknown. Third-base coach Tim Wallach already is rumored as a candidate for a managerial vacancy, and his departure could trigger other dominoes to fall.
The complete list of free agents: Chris Capuano (mutual option, $8 million or $1 million buyout), Ellis (club option, $5.75 million or $1 million buyout), Jerry Hairston, J.P. Howell, Carlos Marmol, Nolasco, Nick Punto, Skip Schumaker, Uribe, Edinson Volquez, Wilson and Michael Young.


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Thrush is a yeast infection that causes white patches in the mouth and on the tongue. The patches look like cottage cheese. In a baby, thrush may also cause diaper rash.
Your doctor can prescribe medicine that will clear it up.
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I occupied my time working as a photographer/videographer/GD for Carvin - a small local company which apparently makes some really quality sound gear from guitars and basses to amps and mixer - check them out http://carvin.com - chances are you'll be looking at my pictures on any page you see. I started working there in Jan 2010 and it was the most sane and clean environment that I have worked in for a prolonged time up to this point. I has a huge studio with all the lights I could need.
Also, in the beginning of he year I acquired a space that was built into a nice 6-station darkroom with a spacious light work room as well. I spent about a month cleaning and getting it into shape and then re-opened it to the public as Roolv Film Center - a rental darkroom and film educational space. I had about a dozen students come through whom I taught how to develop and print black and white images the old-school way. I also offered custom black and white printing and film development. That experience reinforced my passion for teaching and with the coming to fruition of my long-time dream of a mobile darkroom I now must sadly put RFC on hold for a while and address a bigger audience who are yearning for traditional photographic knowledge.
For The Photo palace this was a definitive year. The year which saw the material manifestation of a beautiful dream. After over a decade in hibernation the irreversible step was taken in August with the purchase of the beautiful 1978 Gillis Bus. The Rubicon was crossed and for the remainder of the year careful planning and preliminary research has taken place.
Now that the year is drawing to a close the final bridges are being burned and dawn of the new era can be spotted above the horizon of the upcoming 2012. I look forward toward the light and though I know not of what it will bring, I welcome it with open arms.
Let there be Joy!


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If you are looking for an industry to bank on for an investment, a good place to start is, well, the banking industry. Certainly, the industry is not as robust as it was prior to 2008's financial meltdown, but in some ways it is stronger. Regulations such as more stringent capital requirements have forced banks to be financially stronger. At the same time, experience has taught them the value of being financially more conservative.
An analyst at Wells Fargo writes, "We are moderately optimistic on the banking industry in 2013, mostly because of the emerging housing market recovery and bank stock valuations."
Certainly, banks face threats, including low interest rates, the so-called fiscal cliff facing the federal government with its spending cuts and tax increases, and the prospect for a prolonged European recession that affects our economy. But the strengthening of the U.S. economy and the strengthening of the banks themselves suggest that investors with the nerves to assume risk could be well served by investing in banks today.
For years, I have relied on a number of strategies to choose stocks to recommend. The foundations for these strategies are the writings of well-known Wall Street gurus, such as Benjamin Graham, James P. O'Shaughnessy and David Dreman.
One strategy, based on the investment approach of Peter Lynch, the great mutual fund manager, gives high marks to several banks. If you are willing to take a chance on bank stocks, these Lynch-strategy recommendations deserve your attention.
First, a word about the Lynch strategy. Its most important component and the one for which it is justly famed is the P/E/G ratio, which is the price-to-earnings ratio relative to growth. This ratio indicates how much the investor pays for growth. A P/E/G of 1.0 or less is acceptable, which is where the investor pays $1 or less for every percentage point of growth. Even better is a P/E/G of 0.50 or less, and all the recommendations I am making today fit into this latter category. Another variable used by this strategy, especially when analyzing the health of financial companies, is the equity-to-assets ratio, which has a 5% minimum. A third important variable is return on assets, which is a measurement of profitability. This must be at least 1%.
Here are three bank stocks favored by the Lynch strategy:
Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK): Founded in 1903 and based in Little Rock, Ark., Bank of the Ozarks operates more than 100 branches in Arkansas, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Florida. Bank of the Ozarks has a P/E/G of 0.45, an equity-to-assets ratio of 12% and return on assets of 1.91%.
Park National (PRK): Headquartered in Newark, Ohio, Park National operates 11 community bank divisions and two specialty finance companies. Its primary area of operation is Ohio, though it does have operations as far afield as Florida and Alabama. Park National has a P/E/G of 0.43, an equity-to-assets ratio of 10.0% and return on assets of 1.05%.
New York Community Bancorp (NYCB): With $44 billion in assets, this is not a small bank. In fact, it calls itself "among the largest thrifts in the nation." Its primary market is the New York City metropolitan area, though it does also operate in Ohio, Florida and Arizona. It has a P/E/G of 0.44, an equity-to-assets ratio of 13% and return on asset of 1.15%.


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Professional dentists wanted in Jamaica
Projects Abroad is offering a special two week option for professional dentists in Jamaica this summer.
Starting from August 10th, professional dentists seeking to make a meaningful impact with their skills, will be working in conjunction with non-profit organisation, A Child's Smile.
This organisation seeks to provide oral hygiene to the children of rural communities in Jamaica. Many of these children have never visited a dentist for a check-up and in previous years when medical outreaches have been held, there has been an overwhelming turn-out of children.
Professionals signing up for this programme will be setting-up travelling clinics in school halls and community centres where procedures such as carrying out dental examinations and diagnosing patient's dental conditions, extracting teeth and providing fillings and cleaning, scaling and polishing teeth, will be performed.
This is an ideal opportunity to travel to the sunny shores of Jamaica and revel in a new adventure while also giving back to the local community.
To find out more about how you can get involved in this worthwhile programme, click here.


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With the definition of self-esteem being an overall feeling of self-worth, Harrison told CNN, kids were asked reverse-coded questions such as, "Are there a lot of things about yourself you would like to change?"Are you sure you didn't reverse-code some other character quality?
For white boys, "regardless of what show you're watching ... things in life are pretty good for you," [Nicole] Martins, an assistant professor of telecommunications at Indiana University Bloomington, said in a statement. "(White males) tend to be in positions of power; you have prestigious occupations, high education, glamorous houses, a beautiful wife, with very little portrayals of how hard you worked to get there."And this unrealistic complacency benefits the white males, because... ? Because everything benefits white males?


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I am about to start working on this again. Has anyone made any strides in coming up with an XAMPP like package for Solaris 10 Sparc/x86?
The last released version of XAMPP for Sparc/x86 (now removed) worked fine, but is way out of date now.
The blastwave stuff is interesting but not quite the same install and go like packaging.
The ability to untar and go is/was a great feature that Apache Friends came up with, but they apparently have no interest in supporting Solaris.


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Joined: 10 Jun 2005
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Location: Australia
Posted: Fri 16 Sep 2005, 09:31
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How to boot Puppy on USB flash from NTFS partition
At http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=1058 drj explained how to boot Puppy Type 1 HD install from an NTFS partition using Grub4DOS/Grub4NTLDR.
This technique can be used to boot Puppy from USB flash drive, too.
For those of us with an existing Window$ installation on a single NTFS partition, and a BIOS which cannot boot directly from a USB device, this is ideal because -
1. no need to boot via floppy
2. no need to create a linux partition on the hard drive
3. no need to mess with the hard drive's Master Boot Record.
4. no need to make the USB flash drive bootable.
There are just 4 files to add to the C drive, less than 8MB in total.
Here is a quick HowTo.
(See http://marc.herbert.free.fr/linux/win2linstall.html for thorough explanation of Grub4DOS.)
Boot your Window$ NT/2k/XP installation.
Get Grub4DOS here http://sarovar.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=320&release_id=507
Extract the files using WinZip. We only need the Grub4NTLDR component - grldr. Copy grldr to C:\
From the Puppy CD (or ISO) copy vmlinuz and image.gz to C:\boot\
From the Puppy CD (or ISO) copy usr_cram.fs to the flash drive (a pupfile will be created on the flash drive the first time it is booted).
Create a text file with notepad called menu.lst in C:\boot\grub\ This is what it should contain -
default 0
timeout 0
title Puppy USB
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PSLEEP=25 PFILE=pup100-none-262144 PHOME=sda
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/image.gz
Now open C:\boot.ini in notepad (boot.ini may be hidden, and you can back up this file first if nervous), add this text -
C:\grldr="GRUB Puppy USB"
Next time you boot Window$ you will see this extra option.
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Posted: Wed 22 Feb 2006, 10:36
Post subject: Error message
I tried the steps above to have puppy booting from my USB drive, but unfortunately, it doesn't work.
I always got the following message:
Any idea of how to fix that ?
(My config is a dell latitude with XP on NTFS partition.)
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Posted: Fri 24 Feb 2006, 01:29
Post subject: Does that really work?
I have a doubt on that. Does this really work if the Mother board has not an option to boot from the USB port? I mean the BIOS. Because I have tried different thumb drives (about 15 makes), and failed to do so. So please post that if you can boot without a compatibe BIOS.
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Posted: Wed 05 Apr 2006, 20:24
Post subject: Does it work or not?
I was wondering if anybody has had success with this method. My Bios does not allow booting from usb, but I really don't want to carry a fragile (not to mention cumbersome) cd around with for when I want to use linux. All other options are unacceptible to me as well for various reasons. So, if there are any success stories out there, please don't hesitate to brag about it.
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Posted: Thu 06 Apr 2006, 06:30
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Sorry, slight error in my original instructions - "PHOME=sda" is wrong, it should be "PHOME=sda1"
Also, the forum's text formatting may be showing a line break when there shouldn't - the line starting with "kernel" is followed by the line starting with "initrd".
I just tried this now with Puppy 1.0.7 and it works fine on a Pentium2 motherboard circa 1999. The onboard USB1.0 port works, and so does the PCI-card-USB2.0 port.
Max Raign wrote:
Does this really work if the Mother board has not an option to boot from the USB port?
Yes, because the process I have described boots the kernel and initial ramdisk from hard disk. Then the filesystem (usr_cram.fs) and persistent storage (pup100) are accessed from the USB drive.
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Posted: Thu 06 Apr 2006, 10:05
Post subject: A question...
For the sake of an easily confused newbie could you clarify one point? Are the lines in your instructions starting with "kernel" and "initrd" supposed to be one continuos line or two with no extra spaces between them?
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Posted: Thu 06 Apr 2006, 10:16
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title ...
rootnoverify ...
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Posted: Thu 06 Apr 2006, 10:30
Post subject: Thanks...
Thank You Tempestuous! I may give this one a shot when things quiet down a bit. It's been a zoo the last couple of weeks. I'll let y'all know how it comes out if I do.
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Posted: Sun 16 Apr 2006, 00:18
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Hurray!! It works for me on my IBM T22 laptop. If it doesn't work at first just keep going over it and you'll probably find you just made a little mistake somewhere setting it up.
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Posted: Mon 29 May 2006, 12:05
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I had actually come up with this independently, and it works fine.
By the way some of you who are having problems may be having them because your USB drive is not sda or Puppy is not on the first partition of the drive (sda1 - unlikely but possible).
The easiest way to test this may be to use this line instead of tempestuous' suggested line:
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PSLEEP=25 PFILE=ask
Puppy will then boot and ask you which partition you want to use, including both your hard dirves and your flash drive (or it should, if all works properly). Then choose your USB drive as per the instructions and type "pup100" at the prompt for the file name.
This has worked fine for me on multiple computers. I use it all the time.
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Posted: Sun 04 Jun 2006, 17:25
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Can anyone say how to adapt this to work with Puppy 2?
a) should the USB key be formatted in some way before putting the programs up?
b) what size USB is sufficient?
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Posted: Sun 04 Jun 2006, 22:00
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From the Puppy CD (or ISO) copy vmlinuz and initrd.gz to C:\boot\
From the Puppy CD (or ISO) copy pup_200.sfs to the flash drive.
In menu.lst, the "kernel" and "initrd" lines need to be changed:
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PMEDIA=usbflash #(PMEDIA might not be necessary)
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.gz
I have not tried this.
gianni76 wrote:
a) should the USB key be formatted in some way before putting the programs up?
Default FAT32 formatting is fine.
gianni76 wrote:
b) what size USB is sufficient?
You need 68MB for pup_200.sfs, plus your saved data file pup_save.3fs, which has a default size of 512MB, but Puppy will create a smaller file if it sees you don't have enough space.
So who knows ... 128MB might be enough? Certainly 256MB should be fine.
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Posted: Wed 21 Jun 2006, 11:47
Post subject: Puppy 109CE USB boot on a Compaq Ipaq
Puppy does it again!
I can confirm that Puppy 109CE will boot and run very easily from a 256 Meg flash drive. Even better, this computer has no CD or a floppy drive, nor a USB boot option in the BIOS..
The story goes like this. I discovered a UK-based PC dealer selling secondhand Compaq Ipaq 500 MHz machines for �14.50 GBP. The specifications were reasonable, with a 500 Mhz Intel processor, 8.4 Gig hard drive and 128 megs of RAM. So I bought one just for the fun of playing around. I then added another 128 megs of RAM. On booting the computer up, I also discovered Windows 2000 Pro NTFS was pre-installed. This did make life a bit easier.
The 256 meg flash drive I was going to use is generic (purchased from my local Co-operative store about a year ago). The semi-transparent housing shows the chip, which reads, 'BUFFALO. RUF-C256ML/U2E'. If that's of any help. I adhered to Tempestuous original boot script with one exception, changing the boot reference to the suggested, 'kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 PSLEEP=25 PFILE=ask'. Everything else remained the same.
Taking the simple option, I copied Puppy 109CE's vmlinuz, image.gz and usr_cram.fs from another computer with a CD, onto the flash drive I was going to use as the host. Once the Ipaq was booted into Windows, I moved vmlinuz and image.gz from the flash drive to C:\boot\.
Then, the moment of truth.
My first boot was unsuccessful - simply because of my impatience - and failing to state that I wanted Puppy to boot from sda1. The second try started smoothly and continued to do so. I'm currently running Puppy on the USB flash drive. It was worth it. Aside from the computer's fan humming quietly away in the background, there is no other sound. Puppy 109CE, complete with Firefox, is running very sweetly.
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Posted: Thu 20 Jul 2006, 00:10
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OK, now explain to me what the point of all this is?
I mean, compared to an ordinary "poor man's install", where all this stuff is on the hard drive.
The only thing I can think of, is that you can haul your USB flash around pretty easily, and run it off someone else's computer. But if you do that, you still have to mess around with their autoexec.bat and get grub set up on their machine. Hard to imagine someone going along with that...
Perhaps I am missing something here. Wouldn't be the first time.
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Posted: Sat 22 Jul 2006, 00:07
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Everyone has their own particular circumstances. This technique evolved in response to a private message I received from a forum member who wanted to run Puppy on their employer-owned laptop. The laptop had no floppy drive, so Bootpup could not be used.
The IT department strictly disallowed any "foreign" software on their machines, but made an exception for the 8MB of Puppy bootup files, after the forum member demonstrated how it worked on a separate laptop.
And this system can be made slightly more portable by having the necessary bootup files already on the USB drive, in the correct directories, ready to copy to a Windows machine for the first time just prior to rebooting this machine to the USB drive. This simplifies the initial setup.
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CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Football is back, and the rookies on the field aren't the only ones making their debut. The newest announcer for the Orange and Black is Mike Watts.
On game day at Paul Brown Stadium, Watts sat alone in the press box preparing. He pulled a Ziplock baggie full of colored highlighters out of his backpack. He chose the bright orange one.
Watts says, "I'm excitable. I'm happy to be here. I'm excited about this job. I'm excited about the Bengals this year."
He's 25 years old. This will be Watts' first time calling an NFL game. He replaces Brad Johansen and will join Anthony Munoz in the booth as the play-by-play announcer for the team's preseason football games.
"For every rookie that you don't know a lot about, this is the biggest moment of their career to this point. To be able to document that while also experiencing the biggest moment of my career is pretty cool," Watts said.
Watts' resume has a long list of credits calling professional and college soccer, basketball, lacrosse, baseball and softball games. He's from Ohio, but closer to "that team" up north.
Watts says, "When I grew up in Cleveland, mass was at 11:15, and the family would watch the game, it was on at 1 p.m. So if that happens to be the Browns game, that's the way it goes. But twice a year, you were guaranteed a Bengals game, so I know that."
When Watts sits down tonight at Paul Brown Stadium, he'll just have completed an impressive stretch calling 26 games in 23 days, including one for FC Cincinnati.
The Bengals found him. Watts said he got a call from the Bengals in the spring. TV executive producer David Ashbrock was in on the decision and said Watts came highly recommended and is known as a hard worker.
"In this marketplace, they don't know who he is. So when they see a 25-year-old on TV today, they're going to think this is his first game. Well, that's not truelike a pilot who has how many flying hours. Mike's got a lot of hours in the cockpit flying that seat," Ashbrock said.
Watts gets the seat and the call for the first time Thursday night in the first game of the 2018 Cincinnati Bengals' season.


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George Zimmerman's defense team on Monday posted this photo online, which was taken by a police officer on the night of Feb. 26, 2012.
The defense team for George Zimmerman on Monday posted a high-resolution color photo of the Florida neighborhood watch leader taken by police the night 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was fatally shot.
The Feb. 26 photo, which was previously released as a black-and-white photocopy, was provided as a high-resolution digital file to the defense on Oct. 29.
The shooting took place when Zimmerman encountered Martin, who was unarmed and walking through the Sanford, Fla., neighborhood where his father lives.
Earlier this year, Zimmerman, now 29, pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Martin. In the highly publicized case, which has drawn national attention, Zimmerman maintains that Martin attacked and beat him. In July, he was released from Seminole County Jail after posting $1 million bond. Zimmerman remains out on bail and is in seclusion.
Martin's family has called for a change in Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which allows the use of force in self-defense, when there is a reasonable belief of an unlawful threat.
Zimmerman's lawyers posted the following statement about the photo:
"This is a photo of George Zimmerman taken by a police officer on the night of February 26, 2012. A black and white photocopy of this image was provided by the State in the first Discovery. This high-resolution digital file was finally provided to the defense on October 29, 2012. This image was disclosed in the State's 9th Supplemental Discovery. In accordance with the updates to our media policy that we published on November 13, we will be making all public documents related to the case available on our website, including the rest of the State's 9th Supplemental Discovery as soon as we are sure it has been properly redacted according the the Court's stipulations on protecting information regarding specific witnesses."
A spokesperson for the office of Special Prosecutor Angela Corey did not immediately respond to an email request for comment Monday.
Benjamin Crump, an attorney for the Martin family, told NBC News the photo is not new evidence –- just a color version of a photograph that has already been seen.
"George Zimmerman profiled and pursued Trayvon," Crump said. "Trayvon had every right to stand his ground."
In a video clip from Feb. 27, 2012, released by his attorney, George Zimmerman takes investigators back to the scene of his shooting of Trayvon Martin. (George Zimmerman featured at 2:15)
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People inside Children's Hospital describe what happened
Thousands of people were inside Children's Hospital when a shooting occurred Thursday afternoon, and many of them had a story to share.
Wally Scott was inside the hospital for his sick grandson and heard gunfire.
VIDEO: Man hears gunfire at Children's Hospital
"Me and my daughter were about to come outside for a cigarette, but then I know I heard a shot. We were on the elevator. I made sure she got out, I was going to go back in to see if my grandson was OK, but then the police just came everywhere and forced me back out," Scott said.
"I saw people getting up and taking cover, and I saw hospital security reacting very quickly to get people to hide, so at that point I knew it was real, it was an actual shooter in the building," witness Margaret King said.
King was in the hospital when the call went out.
"This announcement came over the hospital system saying an active shooter is located on the seventh floor. And since I'd been separated from my husband and son, I didn't know what to do. A cop tried to make me hide, and I actually ran outside the building and ran over here and ended up hiding in this building behind me," King said.
Others were left scrambling as well. Some said they were terrified, locked down in the hospital buildings and uncertain what would come next.
"At first I said, 'I'm not scared,' but then when I realized that it was real, and I heard all the sirens pulling up, because we were on the floor here, and we could see security running by, and we heard all the sirens coming, and I thought, 'Oh my God, this is real, and I thought, 'this only happens on TV. It's not gonna happen to me,'" witness Michelle Garcia said.
"What were you thinking?" WISN 12 News reporter Nick Bohr asked a witness.
"I hoped he didn't come where we were at. That's what I was thinking," Demetrice Linton said.
"(I am) still shooken up. That was a scary situation, called my family and friends, and I told them to pray we make it out safe. So we did, and (we can) go home and relax now," Linton said.
VIDEO: Witnesses share stories from inside Children's Hospital
"In school, you do so many drills like this that when it happens, it doesn't really hit you that it's actually happening, so you're not really phased by it, so you're like, 'This isn't real. It's gonna end really soon,' and then you're just sitting there for like an hour, scared," patient KIsabelle Garcia said.
During extended live coverage, WISN 12 News spoke with a woman whose daughter was told to hide.
"She had just had a baby, and the photographer was actually in her room ready to take the picture before they were ready to leave to go home for today when all of this came down. The nurses just came in the room and said, 'Everybody -- moms and the babies get in the bathroom. Hold your babies,'" Cindy Tezlaff said.


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Do butterflies sleep? If you walk around the forest at night with a flashlight, you'll quickly find the answer:
Yes, kind of.
Here's a collection of images of some 'sleeping butterflies' I've come across in Tambopata.
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'Sleeping' butterflies
In general, there are a few common traits for this nighttime behavior.
They almost always 'sleep' hanging upside-down and underneath a leaf. This hanging requires minimal energy, as their tarsi (aka 'claws') can grasp on to the leaf with little effort, opposed to standing right side up.
Why under a leaf?
Two main reasons. For one, they gain protection from rain that often falls at night. Secondly, they are more hidden from early-rising birds looking for a meal that may be active before the butterflies are warm enough to take off.
I have often noted that butterflies with warning coloration (black and bright yellow, orange wings) sleep more exposed, for example under a thin twig rather than under a covering leaf. This coloration is there as a signal to warn birds that they may be poisonous to eat. So, it may work to the butterflies' advantage to show their entire color signal (aka wings) to birds, rather than keep their wings partially hidden under a leaf, explaining why they may tend to sleep more in the open.
So, are they actually asleep?
Depends on your definition of sleep. If you want to define sleep as an inactive, low metabolic state: yes. This low metabolic state is often driven by the temperature in the air itself; ectothermic butterflies require outside heat-energy to become active.
There's really no use in being active at night for most butterflies- they can't see each other to mate, and empty flowers are restocking themselves with nectar for the following day. So, it makes sense that they would go into this 'sleep' state which likely helps them digest the day's feed, produce eggs/sperm, and basically take advantage of a time in which there is nothing better to do.
During this nocturnal state they are still capable of flying off if disturbed. Also, there are some butterflies that specialize in roosting together at night in groups, and others I've seen regularly in pairs. Some butterflies in temperate climates are capable of overwintering as an adult, which is basically a physiologically extreme version of this normal sleep, kind of similar to hibernation.
Now the obvious follow-up question:
Do butterflies dream?
I think not.
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Despite the general incompetence of Soviet long-range nuclear bombers, the US couldn't allow a single such plane to reach American airspace. Its response—a new breed of fighter jet with an unprecedented wing design and handling.
The Convair F-102 "interceptor" was the first fighter to incorporate a tailless delta wing design anywhere in the world. It was designed exclusively to intercept Soviet bombers and as such was built with nothing but unbridled speed and agility in mind. Based on the work of renowned German engineer Alexander Lippisch, this single-seat supersonic fighter measured 68 feet in length with a 38-foot wingspan. A single Pratt & Whitney J57-P-25 afterburning turbojet propelled the F-102 Delta Dagger to Mach 1.25 with an operational ceiling of 53,400 feet. Its delta wing design allowed the F-102 harder cornering at higher speeds than anything a conventionally winged aircraft can accomplish. It entered active service in 1956 and over the course of its 20 year service, more than a 1,000 were built.
The Delta Dagger was outfitted with two dozen 70mm unguided rockets, 6 AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missiles, and a single AIM-26 Falcon that could be loaded with a nuclear warhead—enough to lay low a fleet of Soviet bombers over the Pacific. But engaging aircraft at supersonic speeds is far easier said than done, so the Delta Dagger incorporated a cutting-edge (by 1950's standards at least) computerized fire control systems (FCS) that would automatically track, target, and fire upon enemy aircraft—without pilot intervention.
The F-102 served as the backbone of American air defense for more than 20 years, seeing action in Vietnam. By 1976, however, the F-102 was retired from active service and replaced by the even faster F-106 Delta Dart, which could reach Mach 2.


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Happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone!
Time for our Weekend Ravelry Roundup...Today we have two shawls (Cold Mountain from Knitty and Lavalette from Kirsten Kapur) in Silky Alpaca Lace, a child's Owl Sweater from a classic knitting book in our season-appropriate Portland Tweed, the Middlefield Pullover from New England Knits in Kumara, an aran-designated yarn whose light feel belies its weighty gauge, and a Feather and Fan Cardigan from Make it Modern in Wool Bam Boo that was originally designed in Soft Linen.
Laughingstar's Lavalette knit in Silky Alpaca Lace.
Froosh's Owl Sweater, knit in Portland Tweed.
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Future Journalism Project Launches in Latin America
By: Nu Yang
With media futurists predicting the demise of the newspaper industry, the Future Journalism Project (tumblr.thefjp.org) is reporting just the opposite. Created by Michael Cervieri, co-founder of the media production and strategy collective ScribeLabs, FJP describes itself as a "multiplatform documentary exploring the present state, current disruption, and future possibilities of American journalism."
This summer, FJP launched its Latin American counterpart at la.thefjp.org with editors José L. Leyva and Roberto Juárez-Garza. Leyva is a Fulbright Scholar with two master's degrees from Columbia University in journalism and digital media, and in international affairs. He is based in Mexico City. Juárez-Garza holds a master's degree in international studies from the University of Washington with a dual concentration on Latin America and international communications. He spent seven years in Seattle working as a communications strategist and now resides in Monterrey, Mexico.
Juárez-Garza said FJP Latin America covers media issues specific to the region as well as Spanish language press in North America. "For example," he said some topics may include, "the dangers Mexican journalists face covering the narco wars, government interference with news organizations in Venezuela, innovative literacy campaigns in Colombia, and open source and startup technology initiatives specific to the needs here."
According to Juárez-Garza, the primary focus of the website is to spot any kind of disruption in Latin American journalism in any form — from long text pieces to videos and pictures. "The Tumblr platform allows us to post items in different kinds of media, which translates in a rich visual user interface," he said.
Juárez-Garza said FJP Latin America's reporting and curation is based on education, practice, business models, and democracy. "These four pillars are the core components of journalism as a professional career, as a job, as a business, and as an indispensable vehicle for the success of every democracy," he said.
"An overall goal is for FJP Latin America to serve as a prototype for other region-specific sites the Future Journalism Project is planning to launch," Juárez-Garza said. "We want to be a reference for all things Latin American journalism."


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