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Perceptual Codin
Let's bring things up to date in the most audiophile digital way possible……ofcourse we're talking lossless here….FLAC vs WAV……..and this is controversial…despite the fact that both are lossless formats…..WAV really does sound better than FLAC
There are loads of forums and evidence on this subject…so from my POV….I can hear a difference with my system…. shall I change the word hear to perceive??……it's an awareness…a subtle depth and resonance…but recent experiments have proved it to be true…but it all depends on how big your ears are, trying to remain focused whilst trying to remember how many times you blind tested this piece of music…..consider that it takes more than 20 seconds for the brain to react to a change in high frequency content…and that everyone is different, whilst some listeners are nitpicking 1's and zero's…another maybe moving to the music physcially and/or mentally.
Now, if you're anything like me, I love technology, but when it comes to physics, I start glazing over very quickly……there needs to be a Dummies Guide To Music Data Compression…. I'm lost as soon as the inverse laws reverse and transverse….and yes, this experiment which proves that WAV is better than FLAC is very very important, but If you do read and understand all of it…..good for you
So, whilst your FLAC files are smaller than your WAVS……your WAVS don't contain the same amount of metadata (artwork and info)…so your music player has to decompress….no thats the wrong word isn't it….unpack a smaller package with a lot more non musical data….unlke your WAV which doesn't have that much extra data, so with your FLAC file, the music player has to use more CPU to convert before it reaches your DAC. It's also recommended that you set your music player to download the whole file of the music track from your NAS as opposed to download partially and convert on the fly which takes up more CPU…. So, the more CPU usage involved, the less pure the signal. (still with me??)
Since the advent of FLAC in 2000 by Josh Coalson, audiophiles have always plugged the virtues of WAV over FLAC…mainly in the context of Apple vs Microsoft territory and it is only in recent years that most digital music sellers have started to include FLAC as part of their HiRes Lossless catalogue….infact most reputable sellers will offer the complete range of formats whether they be lossy or lossless.
The one thing that does come out of the article above is that if you are going to go HiRes/Lossless, then go WAV or AIFF…infact the second paper of this experiment is more conclusive with less bafflement and a little more humour……as I write this post, Qobuz (a HiRes download site) have sent me a questionairre to see how important I rate artwork and PDF booklets with my music….I suspect a change is coming…admittedly I do find compressed artwork and an annoying PDF a very poor substitute for a double sleeve vinyl album, with a booklet and informative inner sleeves….but I do appreciate that if you've never been bought up with access to that pleasure, then you make do with what you've got!!
And that folks....is a very important aspect to this subject, which I'll bring up again later.
How many bits do you want?….and at what frequency do you want them?……without a doubt, 24bit 96KHZ is going to get you the best….whether you get the physics or not……and we are at the stage where 24/96 HiRes is becoming more common and 16/44 (CD Quality) is becoming a standard. If you're going lossy, then 320kps MP3 is your max and that is becoming a standard too. (Listen, if you're going to do 320Kps, just make sure it's Constant Bit Rate) It's just a shame that the majority of the population on this planet are more concerned about quantity than quality. The two most popular download sites (iTunes/Amazon) are still delivering at 256kps, with iTunes still having some very worrying privacy options…they may have ditched Digital Rights Management and upped quality from 128 to 256, but they still can gain access to your iTunes library and delete things you have bought from other sites or even created yourself.
Modernlife is rubbish……..it's ok if you're single…but if you live as a couple, have a family, then to listening to music on a dedicated HiFi system in an appropriate room is impossible, you're never going to be in that room, you'll be in the kitchen turning the volume up in the other room…pointless. The need to shrink something so that we can carry it around and have more, has become a basic human need. Greed and Convenience methinks…..and all that is before little Arthur and his sticky inquisitive fingers have poked holes in your cones and there's a kitten in your woofer!!!
From the 7" vinyl single to 12"…the sound quality is overwhelming…. depth, space and resonance, that's it basically…but don't forget to consider the quality of the plastic…(oil shortages never helped did they??)…..the thickness and weight…the depth of the groove….. obviously not what Madonna was going on about…..but if that stylus can get more movement, then it's going to sound better….simple. And as for compression, put it like this..... remember those "Now That's What I Call Music" compilations which had about 15 tracks on each side of the album (I'm talking before CD), they always sounded quiet and flat..... that was due to the fact that the grooves had to be made closer together...that's basic physical compression, that means the stylus can't move around as freely as it should. that's why 12" singles always sounded better....simple eh?? Now remember this, because it's no different in other formats.
Ofcourse, there is a Hauntological aspect to Vinyl, Large artwork creates a more noticeable piece of art, something you can get lost in, something that the compressed artwork of a CD can't quiteemulate.....and really?? Looking at a PDF on your iPad whilst listening to your 256kps, really doesn't do it does it?? Oh, and vinyl can keep you fit, because you have to turn t over at the end of side one!!
Interesting Fact - Full Frequency Range Recording…orginally devised by Arthur Haddy for a Hifi Hydrophone to detect and catalogue German Submarines during WWII.
Magnetic Tape for audio recording purposes, first came about in 1930 (as a derivative of Magnetic Wire Recording) and tape has stood the test of time longer than any other format. Reel To reel truly is the god of professional analogue recording. Phillips designed Compact Cassette in 1962…it was portable and it became a popular recording medium both for the professional market and amateur DIY kids at home…. but all those Dolby Noise Reduction systems really were a pile of hiss….. JVC had a special thing called Super Automatic Noise Reduction System, which boosted the Dolby B Hi end loss, but the best was Dolby C…..by the time 89 came along and Dolby S was planted in Tape Decks, CD's had already taken over…. and anyway any pre-recorded cassettes were always recorded with Dolby B. In all fairness, that compression suits some music…. and it's all a matter taste, Eminem and Thurston Moore favour listening to tapes as many people do….
At the same time that Compact Cassette was being developed, the Lear Jet Corporation was inventing and introducing Stereo 8 Track Cartridges…… basically, the cartridge was annoyingly large, but made for increasing recording length to 80 minutes and sound quality was superior to that of Cassette tape. You'd usually find it in sporty cars (my dad had one in his Reliant Scimitar and I recall driving around the Sussex Countryside in overdrive mode listening to Waldo De Los Rios…Mozart in the Seventies.
Now the problem with tape as we all know is this…. it stretches, it gets dropouts if left near a magnet and if don't clean your pinch wheel, it gets chewed up and that's before the reels get so tight that the motor can't turn them…… so many intricate bits of mechanics…..now DAT (Digital Audio Tape) was first invented in 72 by Denon to raise the recording quality....(really?...yes!!!! doesn't that screw the timeline slightly...errr probably) and that had an even more complex mechanical set up!
So, way back in 82... Phillips and Sony got together and created Compact Disc.... it was promoted as the next best thing that you could smear jam over and throw at people without damaging the item... and whilst this had an entertainment factor for pain and messiness..... it was the first bit of commercial digital audio media that surpassed that from before it (like nothing before obviously...because it was all analogue before then).... now, we have a 44.1 Khz 16 bit disc of audio data.... and as with all digital formats..... it's only as good as the data you put on it.... put a load of shit on there (or even strawberry jam) and it will sound like very good strawberry shit. They aren't indestructable either... left in the sun.... they are useless the next day and every now and again some CD pressing plant in the world fucks up and makes a piss poor media product that won't read after it's first play.
and with the first commercially available Digital Media....came the Loudness Wars....something your average punter wouldn't notice...but what we all did notice, was a track or an album that was mastered louder that another... ooh that sounds good... yes and it probably did in the pub or the radio...and that was the idea. We are not talking about turning it up for your pleasure....we are talking about recording it (or re-recording it) so loud in the mix, that it distorts or you just can't take it any further...clipping clipping clipping....so that the quality is sacrificed for the loudness.... all because someone is too fat to get off their arse and just turn the volume up.
Ok, the loudness wars can be helped by Normalisation compression techniques on your software...... but that's just compressing something which is already clipped..... urgh...this is horrible isn't it??
But DAT was expensive...and yes....it did 48Khz for you and yes... it sounded bloody brilliant....and yes, unless you were a recording professional, it wasn't for you.
Interesting FACT - Factory Records were the first record company to commercially release an album on DAT...ofcourse, being the futuristic visionary that he was, Anthony H Wilson's idea wasn't going to work...commercially DAT wasn't going to be an affordable desire to the masses.
Not many people know this, but whilst DAT was being spooled up by professionals, Phillips and Panasonic designed a more cheaper and reliable format called Digital Compact Cassette. Whilst DCC wasn't supposed to be a replacement to DAT, it was designed to challenge the mechanical complexity....DAT had a swivelling head and DCC was stationary and if you think of all that tape you used to see lying in the streets throughout the 80's..... it's going to give your pinchwheel nightmares......get your alcohol buds and head demagnetizers out folks....oh and DCC was lossy too and it came out the same time as Sonys Mini Disc System..... a short lived Dodo!
In 1992 Sony Developed the Minidisc system. The uptake in popularity of this format was slow, as a commercial pre-recorded format, it never really took off. But as a way for the average consumer to record Digitally. Sony developed ATRAC, a form of psychoacoustically lossy data compression which had a 5:1 compression format. That doesn't matter, it sounded bloody brilliant. Sony put a lot of time and effort into developing MiniDisc and just as technology was getting to the stage that you could transfer MD data to a computer....CDr's and iPods wiped MiniDiscs out...just like that!!!
I had a huge soft spot of MiniDiscs, basically as a format to transfer my rare vinyl on, to prevent it from wearing out!! It was a sexy format too IMO!!
So this is where I get a huge bilious lump of heartburn...bear with me.....in 1991 just after the perceptual codec MUSICAM based on an integer arithmetics 32 sub-bands filterbank, driven by a psychoacoustic model. (still with me??)....MP3 was developed, it wasn't until 95 that MP3 was launched on the public via the Winplay MP3 player. Ofcourse, back then, Hard Drives had a very small capacity, so lossy compression was essential. As we all know, the evolution of Hard Drive capacity has been quick and very efficient and we are just round the corner from limitless liquid based Hard (soft and squidgy) Drive technology. In 1998 the first portable Digital Audio Player was invented...the MPman.
So without going into the intricacies of Bit Rate, Encoding and Decoding...(you can do that yourself), at the end of the 90's when possession of a computer was becoming the law, it seemed that Microsoft owners were lucky enough to have WinAmp and Apple owners were just about to have something called iTunes dumped on them. Now, you can't deny that iTunes has changed the way the world listens to music, it's just a bit of a shame that Apple's Digital Rights Management Policy was a bit shit... infact, although they may have lifted the DRM aspect of an iTunes account, they can still access the files in your iTunes Library and remove them. Ofcourse, anyone with any degree of basic common sense would keep a seperate file of their Music content which isn't linked to the App.. (you do...don't you??...after all, you would, wouldn't you?? especially after you thought you lost all your music files after that Hard Drive crash you had?? !!!!!)
When iTunes was first released in 2001 you only had the choice of downloading content from the store in 128kps...don't worry, we were all happy with this..millions and millions of us, paying full whack for music that wasn't complete... oh don't worry, the engineers were clever, very clever.....we will only remove the frequencies the average human being can't hear and then normalise it high and no one will know. Ofcourse, this form of deceit still exists, because you lot want to carry as much poor quality music around with you as possible (sorry, that's untrue, everyone streams now, so that the artist only gets about 0.003 pence per stream...hmmm), but iTunes and Amazon downloads are much better quality now...yes they're 256kps...brilliant!! Honestly, if you're going to go lossy, go 320kps, it's the best your gonna get and you won't get that off Apple or Amazon. Ofcourse, if you're an Apple user and you're going Lossless please be careful and don't get fooled, even if iTunes can play back AIFF/ALAC and WAV and 320kps lossy, it will only play them back at 256kps and if you stream through an Airport system, that will downsample to 256 too... arrrrgh.
Now, back to those clever scheming sound engineers...how would you feel if you'd taken the time to record a beautiful piece of music, where some of the frequencies that affect at least the five frequencies either side of themselves are removed (see above). Slide an equalizer frequency down and you'll see what I mean.
Check out the Tom's Diner experiment above....yes, this is all the information removed during compression....yes this is totally unacceptable and those of you that say, well it doesn't matter because you can't hear the difference..... well...I don't know what to say to you, because you probably wouldn't hear me anyway. Check out Ryan Maguires The Ghost in MP3... HERE
I'm sure you'll find it fascinating, even if you just click on a couple of the sound samples...the point is made...yes??
Anyway, the point being made...if it was recorded that way, who are you to remove the bits that make it how it should be listened to. Basic Physics folks....frequencies affect other frequencies and the things around them and us, whether you can hear them or not.
However, research is being and has been performed on fatigue caused by Digital & Compressed music, without reading too much into this, consideration need to be taken into account as to what the listener is used to.....vinyl and then listening to the same album on Compressed Digital... ofcourse that's going to have an affect. But if a listener has never experienced vinyl or HiRes...does that make a difference?? Something to think about.
Are we all at the mercy of the Mastering Engineer?…..since before the advent of digital media, Remastering was happening…now it's a trend…. and quite rightly so. The role of the Mastering Engineer is to tweak the original artifact so that it sounds best on the media format it is designed to be played on…..excellent!!! Now this is where the whole point of this blog post comes into it's own…..not everyone is going to have a top of the range HiFi system which is identical to that of the MastEng……so all that time and effort isn't always going to sound the way it was supposed…there are too many external variables. This is where the role of a good Producer will have some consideration to Mastering and Media.
In the mid-eighties, Hit Factory Production team, Stock, Aitken & Waterman had a string of chart hits, a lot of their sounds were similar, dance pop with the addition of extended dance remixes which all sounded great on dance floors. SA&W final mixdowns were done on your average HiFi speaker so that they would sound good on Transistorised Radio (where most media is compressed before it gets to the listeners ears)…. so SA&W productions always sounded good on whatever you listened to them on …. think of it like this…if they had used the top of the range speakers and amps……the majority of the 12 year old kids listening to their music would not have got it….. so, to the majority of the population, SA&W always sounded good on the radio…. and then always sounded better, the higher res HiFi it was played on…. ok, what point am I making??.. bear with me and read on…..
One of my continuing top 10 albums is Grace Jones' Nightclubbing…I like it for it's beautiful production thanks to the Compass Point Allstars and Alex Sadkin and Chris Blackwell. When this was released in 81, every gig you went to, you would hear a track from this album being blasted from the PA…it's designed to be played loud…. roots down, it's a Reggae record … the production is perfect…it's designed for those basslines to be etching an indelible groove. Ironically the original Island Records album pressing was lightweight. The twelves (as most 12's on Island) were pressed and mastered so you had maximum Full Frequency, they were deep and they sounded lush. (my copy was on a Chrome Cassette, so it sounded ok to me)….. 2014 and the album is remastered….I bought a CD copy and was happy , but not blown away……so that's 16bit/44khz remember??…….I then buy a HiRes copy (24bit/192khz)…… and I'm even less impressed and quite disappointed. Well turn the bass up you fool…I hear you shout!!!….indeed…I should…. am I making my point??....Nightclubbing wasn't made on Digital technology, therefore it's unlikely to sound as it should on Digital.
So we are lucky if a Mastering Engineer can make an improvement...ofcourse, if the original recording was done digitally, then modern techniques might benefit. Anything before digital was mastered on reel to reel...that's tape remember.
For the last five years (when vinyl was supposedly out of fashion) artists were putting crackles on their digital recordings......unfortunately, now that vinyl is back in fashion, the irony of this is that it is difficult to tell if the Digital Hi Res copy of something recent with crackles on it...is a sound effect or someone has recorded a vinyl version to HiRes!!
Question: How do you know the HiRes copy you are buying, isn't an upsampled LowRes copy??
Is it my system? No, but if I had the money, I would be upgrading my system all the time, because I would always be striving for better….and when you use seperates…you're never going to know what the item is that ….. isolated mains leads and interconnnects costing you thousands before you even start going down the hardware route. A retrospective consideration is that late 70's and early 80's Japanese HiFi seperates have better quality components than those of the late 80's and those throughout the 90's.... just a thought to throw in the equation.
Basically, after this little rant, here are some bullet point summarisations:
- If you can't hear the difference in anything and are happy listening to your music on whatever....good on yer!!
- I appreciate that most people won't have the facility to listen to music on different systems and compressions, so will get used to whatever they listen to
- Consider the past and never forget
- Obsession isn't a problem unless you make it one
- Top end goes as you get older and as long as you've got an end that works, then nothing else matters
- Digital is less forgiving as Analogue
Ring Modulator currently listens to his music on the following components:
JVC AX30 Stereo Integrated Amplifier driving B&W DM603 S3 Floor Standing Speaker
NAD C320BEE Stereo Integrated Amplifier driving Eno/Hafler Ambient positive custom made speaker.
JVC SEA E50 Graphic Equalizer
Arcam irDAC Digital Analogue Convertor
Apple MacBook running JRiver Media Centre
Technics SLD202 Record Deck with Ortofon VMS10E Mk2 Cartridge x 2
Technnics SLPG4 Compact Disc Player
When Mobile I listen to HiRes files on a Sony NWZA15 with Sony MDR-XB50AP Ear Buds
N.B. - when asked to go to presentations on Mediums, ensure it's about recording mediums and not psychic mediums (Paul Zenon, it was still interesting!!)
Hopefully I've raised quite a few conversation points....please feel free to raise them here on this Blog(try and avoid social media as it is compressed and I find it tiring!!)


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Delicacies For Everyone's Satisfaction In Some of the Great Restaurants in Myrtle Beach
There is need to satisfy all needs for everyone. People don't like moving around looking for items. Everyone should think about going to Myrtle beach. One needs to envisage on the need to visit this place due to its diverse presence of finger leaking restaurants that makes one come back for more. If one goes to Myrtle beach one becomes spoilt for choice due to the availability of various food varieties. Just like many places along the shoreline food gotten from the sea is the most available form of food. There is a variety of hotels in Myrtle beach.
The Calabash is a famous hotel in Myrtle beach. Murriels Inlet is another hotel very well known in Southern Carolina. The Grand Strand has all that one needs when it comes to food and other fun activities. Places one can enjoy the night off are also available with the long range of entertainment joints which are eye-catching, and at any time one is in need of a bite the ever available dinners are at one's disposal. They include;
Food from Italy is one of the most famous. You have not travelled until you visit Rossi's. It is located next to the strip mall next to a popular Restaurant row. One may reckon that the place is not a suitable location but once you step in, one never looks back. The decor inside makes one feel he/she is in an Italian house and the wonderful customer service makes one feel the need always to return . The menu at this hotel include, Lasagne, Ossobuco, and Linguini. A follow up of beef and meat is issued. One is recommended Rossi's due to its proximity to fun joints.
Another restaurant is the Library which people love and cherish. It always makes unfulfilled customers come back for more. It commenced in 1974, and it's still alive and kicking to this day. Some of its menus are such as Steak Diane and Strip Au Poivre . The Library is known to have a variety to fill all the needs of people. For freshly brought in seafood then one has to head over to Mr.Seafood Market and Grill. The restaurant required space, and thus it moved . The varieties contained in its menu is desirable.
Collector's caf? is unique in that it is also a museum. Famous delicacies are such as Yellow fish tuna, Crabmeat, and Cuts of beef. there is also an art gallery that makes it romantic to visit. Another restaurant one is entitled to visit the Sea Blue Restaurant This restaurant has a wide range menu, and if everyone wants a night on the town then the bar is accommodative.
There is also another diner called the Grains Normans Australian Grille. Some of the favorites there are such as the pan-seared prawns, the Brisbane seasoned fillet and grilled lamb with other Australian delicacies. Other Restaurants to watch out for are such as Sea Captains house, Frank's restaurant and Bistro 90.
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A telephone survey conducted by the Justice Center in spring 2002 revealed widespread satisfaction with policing in Anchorage. In particular, those survey participants who perceived a police presence in their neighborhood and those who perceived the police as involved in community policing registered very solid levels of satisfaction. Further, the general level of satisfaction expressed was somewhat higher than that registered from 12 other municipalities participating in a similar study conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. This is the third article in a series describing the data from the Justice Center survey.
The AACVS survey was administered over the telephone to one individual in each of the randomly selected households in Anchorage. In all, 781 residents participated in the AACVS, for a cooperation rate of 60 percent. (Additional information about the research methodology can be found in the Winter 2003 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum or in the full report currently available through the Justice Center.)
In the following summary, AACVS findings are compared at various points to findings from a similar victimization survey conducted in 1998 in 12 other U.S. cities. Comparisons are only presented when the questions from the two surveys are similar. Although the instrument used in each study was largely the same, several key differences in methodological approaches should be noted. First, the 12-city study findings were for all household members age 16 years and older, while the AACVS is an adult (18 and older) victimization survey. Second, the 12-city study was conducted in 1998, four years before the administration of the AACVS. Comparisons should be made with care, since firm conclusions are not possible.
Contact with Police
Respondents to the AACVS were asked whether they had any contact with the local police during the 12 months preceding the interview. Nearly half of all respondents (49.3%) indicated that they had contact with the police for one reason or another. Reasons for contact involve circumstances such as experiencing a traffic stop/traffic violation, calling to report a crime, providing information to police, working with the police to resolve a problem, and having a casual conversation with a police officer. The likelihood of contact was approximately the same regardless of the respondent's demographic characteristics. Age was the only characteristic where contact significantly varied. While approximately 52.4 percent of the 603 respondents between the ages of 18 and 54 had contact, only 37.4 percent of the 163 respondents over the age of 55 had any contact during the previous 12 months.
Police Activities
Researchers asked respondents a number of questions regarding police activities in their neighborhood. They were asked to judge whether the level of police presence in their neighborhood had changed during the previous year. Table 1 shows that most respondents (68.7%) reported no change in the level of police presence, while a smaller proportion reported either an increase (11.5%) or a decrease (4.8%) in presence. Approximately 15 percent (15.1%) indicated that they never see police in their neighborhood.
In comparison of the AACVS findings to the 12-city study, two things stand out. First, the results of the two surveys are quite similar when it comes to the percent of residents observing no change or a decrease in police presence. Second, a greater percentage of Anchorage residents reported never seeing police in their neighborhood (15% compared to 5% in the 12-city study), and a smaller percentage reported an increase in police presence (11.5% compared to 23%).
Respondents were asked to indicate the types of activities they saw the police engaging in within their neighborhood during the preceding year (except for the 114 residents who reported never seeing police in their neighborhood). The results are presented in Table 2. The responses included: talking with residents (32.1%), getting involved with kids (18.6%), opening substations (9.9%), facilitating crime watch/prevention activities (9.7%), attending community meetings (7.2%), and talking with businesses (4.8%). Nearly a quarter of respondents (23.7%) reported seeing police doing other activities— most commonly, patrol. In each case, the percentages are below the percentages from the 12-city study. However, a large share of respondents in Anchorage (37.2%) indicated that they had not seen police engaging in any activities, despite the fact that they were able to comment on the level of police presence in the neighborhood.
Interviewers asked respondents to specify whether the local police department was doing community policing. A definition of community policing was provided to the respondent: "Community policing involves police officers working with the community to address the causes of crime in an effort to reduce the problems themselves and the associated fear, through a wide range of activities." About 1 in 5 residents (20.7%) said that their local department was doing community policing and another 6.9 percent indicated that the department was doing community policing somewhat. About half (51.7%) of AACVS respondents stated that their department was not doing community policing. The remaining respondents did not know or refused to answer.Of the 216 residents who said that their department was doing community policing (yes or somewhat), most knew that the police were doing so because they saw police actually engaging in activities such as attending community meetings, working with businesses, increasing foot/vehicle/bike patrols, increasing presence in high-crime areas, increasing traffic stops, running youth programs, and conducting crime prevention activities.
Additional questions were directed at the other 565 respondents – those who indicated that the police were not doing community policing, who didn't know, or who refused to answer. Asked whether they wished the police were doing community policing, 56 percent of these respondents (n=317) answered positively. These 317 respondents were then asked about the types of activities they wished police would engage in. The most common response was for police to increase the number of officers (43.5% of those wishing department did community policing). Other responses included having the police work with the community (30.6%), work with children (17.4%), conduct home security checks (9.1%), assign same officers to the neighborhood (6.6%), and clean up the streets (5.4%). Nearly 35 percent (34.7%) of respondents wished police were doing some other activity: enforcing speed limits, being more visible, or attending community meetings.
Satisfaction with Police Serving Neighborhood
As is the case in most studies of public satisfaction with the police, residents of the municipality revealed a high level of satisfaction with the police who serve their neighborhood. Of the 781 respondents to the AACVS, 22 percent were very satisfied with the local police while another 59.5 percent were satisfied. Only about 10 percent of respondents (n=81) indicated that they were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the police. An additional 63 respondents did not know, had no opinion, or refused to provide an answer to the question.
Of the 718 respondents who expressed satisfaction or dissatisfaction, nearly 89 percent (n=637) indicated that they were satisfied or very satisfied with the police serving their neighborhood. This figure is somewhat higher than the 85 percent of residents satisfied or very satisfied in the 12-city study. In that research, the percentage of residents expressing satisfaction (including very satisfied) ranged from 78 percent in Washington, D.C. to 97 percent in Madison, Wisconsin.
Table 3 presents the results on satisfaction with police according to demographic characteristics. While modest variations exist, there were no significant differences found with regard to sex, race, Hispanic origin, age, or income.
Although survey respondents were generally quite supportive of the police, their level of satisfaction does vary depending upon factors associated with the local police department. Citizen satisfaction is related to perceived changes in the level of police presence in their neighborhood during the preceding year. As evident in Table 4, residents reporting that police presence in their neighborhood remained the same or increased during the preceding year were significantly more satisfied with the police than were residents who reported a decrease in police presence or who indicated that they never see police in their area. In fact, the satisfaction with police scores for residents noticing an increase in police presence were three-fifths of a point higher than scores for respondents who saw a decrease in police presence.
Overall, whether respondents believed that their local police department was in fact doing community policing was related to satisfaction (Table 5). Respondents indicating that their neighborhood police department was doing community policing were more satisfied with the police than those respondents who indicated that the police were not doing community policing or were only somewhat doing community policing. The satisfaction scores differed by nearly two-fifths of a point on the four-point satisfaction scale.
This article has presented findings related to public satisfaction with the police and perceptions and awareness of police activities in Anchorage. Overall, respondents were strongly satisfied with local police. Those who observed police in their neighborhood and have not noticed a decline in police presence and those who felt that the police and community worked together tended to be more satisfied than other respondents.
A future Forum article will examine the spatial (geographic) variation in some of the findings of the 2002 survey.
Matthew Giblin is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at York College of Pennsylvania. From 2000 to 2002, he was a research associate with the Justice Center.


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Dear Friends,
Words almost escape me as I write on behalf of Tyree Guyton and the Heidelberg Project family to address yet a 5th fire on Heidelberg Street that completely consumed the House of Soul. Yes, we are devastated!
As we struggle to maintain a sense of calm and rational thinking, we first want to say that we are grateful that none of our residents have been affected by these senseless acts of violence. However, we are now deeply concerned for their safety and welfare. This being the case, we are working on three concrete measures:
1. We have enlisted a car to patrol the project starting tonight
2. We are working on our own improved lighting of the area
3. We hope to strategically place security cameras throughout the project
No, we won't give up or give in. We will continue to positively impact our community through art. When I stop and reflect on what 2013 has brought with these series of fires, I am convinced that we are on to something very powerful. If this were not the case, negativity would not rear its ugly head. However, we were not stopped by bulldozers and we will not be stopped by acts of arson. Instead we WILL become smarter, stronger and even greater. Our history after 27 years demonstrates this!
We ask that you continue to stand with us and know that what is within us is greater than what is out there. We cannot do this alone and are reaching out to our supporters in Detroit and around the world to help us secure and strengthen the Heidelberg Project, a legacy in the making for sure!
Thank you for your continued support. Onwards & upwards!
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The Permanent Division of Robert Half are currently recruiting for a Group Financial Controller on behalf of a Global Services business with offices based in Bedford.
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As Group Financial Controller you will work closely with the Finance Director and Operations team to ensure that robust processes and controls exist alongside accurate and developed reporting. Day to day duties will consist of:
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You will be a Practice Trained Accountant who has extended their time within the profession in addition to gaining a strong grounding in Financial and Group Financial Accounting skills within an industry environment. You will be interpersonally effective with the ability to think outside the box and effect commercial decisions and understanding across the wider business.
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Then Organisation is a Global Player with an extensive reach across the UK. The role of Group Financial Controller is a developed position with excellent growth capability alongside the long term intentions of the business.
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Role of Group Financial Controller based in Bedford is paying £75-85K + Car + Benefits
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Spring Must Have // Light Leather Jacket/
I already own the perfect cropped black leather moto jacket, but lately, I've been craving something a little lighter, something a little happier and more summery something in the tan family. I've been seeing this trend starting to pop up here and there and I actually had a jacket in my cart and it sold out from under my nose! queue the crying emoji. So, here I am on the hunt to find the perfect, affordable light leather (or suede) jacket. Wish me luck as I shop my way around Amsterdam!
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The mission of Felida Elementary School is to create a caring, friendly and stimulating environment that encourages individuals to achieve their full potential and become responsible and compassionate citizens.
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Thomas Jefferson Middle School seeks to create a learning environment that is personal, spontaneous and responsive to the diverse needs of all students. Our goal is a transformation from the traditional one-size-fits-all model of teaching to a system that addresses the needs of the whole child and achieves success one student at a time.
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The mission of Skyview High School is to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to be college-, career- and life-ready. By providing an innovative educational environment, students are authentically engaged in powerful learning opportunities through meaningful work and real-life research projects.
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Ashley Knoll is a small, semi-secluded development with boundless natural charm nestled in a convenient corner of Felida in Vancouver, Washington. Near the intersection of NW 36th Ave & NW McCann Rd. This scenic location offers flat, 10,000 Sq Ft estate lots great for gardening and outdoor recreation. Choose from any number of our customizable floor-plans to ensure the right combination of light, function and style specificlly tailored to you and your family.
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Downsizing empty-nesters will find themselves very pleased with the semi-secluded and treelined lots that accentuate the most peaceful aspects of the location and a home thoughtfully crafted with age-in-place design. Growing Families will have strong foundation upon which they can continue to grow, whether in a large or small home all of our plans offer personal space for rest and study combined with our newest open great-room concepts to bring the whole family together. Lastly, for those of us who enjoy the finer things in life... we offer our custom Super Ranch plans, with truly expansive spaces this is one level living at its finest. They compliment not only your lifestyle but the immense grandeur of the PNW itself.
Here we're close to plentiful amenities allowing you to accomplish errands with ease. The Salmon Creek area (less than 5 mi away) boasts numerous local businesses, restaurants (both on-the-go and dine-in) shopping and one of the areas highest rated medical facilities, The Vancouver Clinic. The area has plenty of scenic charm and room to play, with the Salmon Creek Greenway Trail, Whipple Creek Regional Park and Felida Community Park all nearby. Immediate access to I-5 means trips to Downown Portland or to Portland International Airport (PDX) are a cinch with a drive-time of 25 minutes each and Downtown Vancouver is only 15 minutes away.
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Featuring Elio Fumagalli, Lou Staub, Florian Fischer, David Djite, Dario Burch, Jeron Lohner, Joel Staub, Adrian Oesch, Gregor Betschon, Max Wettstein & Florian Arnold.
A film by Mathias Wittwer with illustrations by Nico Yang.
Produced by Mindset Prdctns.
YOBETA: Kupio, Finland
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A Love Like Mine is Hard To Find chronicles a crew's journey from Swiss Germany into the depths of Finland in search of one thing – snowboard spots. Finland, you see, is full of streets, rails and snow, and Kuopio has become somewhat of a magnet city for film crews over the years. And because international travel is defintely the best way you can spend your time/money, we tapped into the brain space of Mindset Prdctns mastermind Mathias Wittwer to find out the straight dirt on how they made the most of their two-week stay in Scandinavia.
Hesburger! Event though it is a fast food chain they make some real good burgers.
Smirnoff Ice because they just got iced by someone. But I'd recommend going for the Karu Nr. 3. Again, best bang for your buck.
Go for a rather small Airbnb and buy some air matresses. Best bang for your buck for sure.
Get Laid:
Not going to mention any names, but I've heard Tinder works just fine.
There are some student parties and bars around. But most of our nights in Kuopio were spent filming follow lines or resting for the next day. The way to go when you only got two weeks to film.
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Talk to the locals in case you get kicked out. Often they will let you do what you want once you explain what's going on. And hit up Veikka or other guys from the Labyrinth Crew if you need guides for the city!


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TATIANA TALIPOVA (UA/PL) born in 1992 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. In 2016 she made her diploma in painting at the Intermedia and Drawing Institute, under the supervision of Assistant Professor Jan Gryka at the Faculty of Arts of the MCSU in Lublin. Individual exhibitions: Galeria Kont "50 faces of Tatiana", 2015; "Tatiana's archive" Galeria Kont 2016; Communal Library in Boguchwała "21st century icon" 2016; Polish People's Republic Museum in Ruda Śląska 2016. Honourable mention at 5th Pleneriada of Artistic Faculties in Kazimierz Dolny 2015. Installation "H2O" at Land Art Festival 2015. National painting plain air in Boguchwała 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, plain air in Hołowno 2014, Land of Camomile: "Intermedia of nature", International paiting plain air in Niebylec, 2013.


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Vicki Black's Blog Posts
6 tips for letting natural light sell buyers on your listingThere are tons of benefits to bringing some natural light into a home.As real estate agents, we know that not much resonates better than
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I'm a huge fan of the sustainability movement. From my first Strawbale building classes in Minneapolis circa 1993 to staying at the Taos Earthship biotecture when I visit that area.
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Kyle & Charles - A Surrogate Pregnancy Story | Portland Maternity Photographer
This surrogate pregnancy session is near and dear to my heart. My other in law was a surrogate for twins and is one of the generous and selfless people I know.
I had always really admired this selfless act of surrogacy - surrendering your body to give a child to another family. So when Kyle contact me asking about a maternity session for a surrogate pregnancy, I was so excited! Though Kyle is originally from Oregon, Kyle and Charles currently live abroad and they were just in town for Jalyssa's 20 week ultrasound appointment. So we had to get photos in THAT DAY! We were also somewhat limited by appointment times and daycare schedules for Jalyssa's toddler, so we did what we could to work around the weather…
But it's Portland, Oregon. In April. So it's basically always going to rain. And boy did it rain! We really didn't have any other option to reschedule, so they TOTALLY embraced the rain. And it was awesome! I did what I could to cover my camera and keep it sheltered while we were walking between locations and trying to find some tree cover, but even the tree cover didn't do a whole lot to keep the rain from reaching us. I was worried at first about trying to edit rain drops out of the photos, but after I just embraced the rain as well, it was fun to run around and play and just get wet. And I think the photos have an authentically Portland vibe to them. You can see the big fat drops falling down around everyone when we were way up on the hill, and it gives the session it's character.
And hearing Jalyssa's story was so heartwarming. She had always wanted to be a surrogate since she was a little girl, but when she looked in to it as an adult, she learned that you have to have already had a child in order to be a surrogate candidate. Happily, she found a partner and discovered she did want a child of her own as well, so they had a little girl. And after a while she applied to be a surrogate! Kyle is originally from Oregon and when he and his partner, Charles, were looking in to surrogacy, they decided to use a surrogate close to his home. Charles is from France, and apparently the State of Oregon has very surrogate friendly laws, so they went with an Oregon surrogate!


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Antibiotic Use During Childhood
Dr. New Doctor's Name Blogs from 2012
Antibiotic Use During Childhood May Increase Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
It appears increasingly important to keep infants and children antibioticfree if possible. A study from Seattle Children's Hospital demonstrates that children, particularly infants, exposed to most commonly prescribed antibiotics had a significantly increased risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory bowel disease is a disorder of the immune system causing diarrhea and other symptoms. It occurs in association with other autoimmune disorders and has been increasing in frequency. There are 2 types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Both can vary in severity over a life time. They are potentially very serious. Although remissions are possible, there is no cure at this time. Treatments have improved in recent years but progress has been relatively slow. It is an active area of research particularly in the underlying genetic abnormalities and the triggers for its onset.
The take-home message is to be vigilant with antibiotics, breast feed whenever possible and for as long as possible (2 years). The developing intestinal tract is very important to the development of healthy immune function in childhood and later in life. Pursuing an organic and pesticide/antibiotic-free diet can only help.


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Capitol Alert
Groping allegation against Cristina Garcia not substantiated by Assembly
An Assembly investigation did not corroborate allegations that Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia drunkenly groped a former legislative staff member.
The Bell Gardens Democrat took an unpaid leave from the Assembly in February after Daniel Fierro, who now operates a political communications firm in Cerritos, said she cornered him at a legislative softball game in 2014, squeezed his butt and attempted to grab his crotch.
"I look forward to returning to work and getting back to the business of representing my constituents," Garcia said in a statement Thursday declaring that she had been "exonerated." Her spokeswoman said she has not yet decided on a return date to the Capitol.
Though cleared of the most serious charge against her, Garcia will be removed from her committee memberships and required to attend sensitivity training after the investigation found that she violated the Assembly's sexual harassment policy by using vulgar language, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced.
"This independent review by trained investigators was conducted in exactly the same way as investigations into other members of the Assembly have been," Rendon said in a statement. "While this investigation was conducted strictly by the book, I have consistently agreed that the policy needs to be updated."
Rendon said he would "withhold further comment" pending the official conclusion of the investigation. Both sides still have 10 business days to appeal the findings.
Fierro said he is working with his attorney on filing an appeal. He criticized Garcia for not giving him time to do so before commenting publicly.
"I find it incredibly inappropriate that a sitting member of the Assembly would jump ahead of an established appeal process and release information before it was appropriate," he said.
Fierro also cast doubt on the results of the investigation. He said he provided witnesses to the Assembly who were never interviewed, including one whom he said the investigator never even contacted.
"This is disappointing and it still leaves serious questions," he said. "This process is incredibly opaque."
The Assembly investigation did substantiate at least three complaints about inappropriate behavior by Garcia, including that she "disparaged other elected officials," according to a letter sent Thursday to the lawyer for several former employees who submitted a claim against her.
In February, former staffer J. David Kernick filed a complaint with the state, seeking to sue Garcia for allegedly firing him in 2014 after he refused to play spin the bottle with her. Garcia denied the accusation.
Kernick's lawyer, Dan Gilleon of San Diego, had days earlier submitted a claim with the Assembly on behalf of four anonymous former employees describing a "toxic environment" of heavy drinking and graphic sexual discussions in Garcia's office.
"I want to inform you that three of the complaints you presented on behalf of your clients were substantiated," Debra Gravert, the Assembly's chief administrative officer, wrote in a letter to Gilleon on Thursday. "Based upon those findings, the Assembly has taken appropriate remedial measures with respect to Assemblymember Garcia designed to prevent this or similar behavior in the future."
Gravert said the Assembly found that Garcia had "commonly and pervasively used vulgar language with, to and around staff" and had asked her staff to perform personal errands, in addition to the disparaging remarks about her colleagues.
Garcia previously admitted in a March interview with KQED that she used homophobic slurs against former Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez.
"I would like to sincerely apologize to my colleagues in the Legislature, my staff and most importantly to the residents of the 58th Assembly District for instances where my use of language was less than professional," Garcia said in her statement. "I want to assure everyone that I have learned from this experience and will do everything in my power to make amends for my past."
"Nothing is more important to me than protecting the health and safety of the people I represent," she added. "I know that I can only effectively serve my constituents if staff and my colleagues feel comfortable and respected on the job. That is the climate I pledge to build and sustain."
Gilleon said the investigation vindicated his clients' complaints, even though they did not participate in the process. He did not allow his clients to be interviewed because he felt that the investigator hired by the Assembly was not truly independent.
He said the Assembly could not investigate the spin the bottle incident, which was not mentioned in Gravert's letter, without Kernick's cooperation.
"What's discouraging is they were not willing to do this in a way that was transparent," Gilleon said.
Garcia is up for re-election this year and faces a tough race in light of the allegations against her. Several Democrats in the liberal district have announced challenges, and the State Building & Construction Trades Council of California already has put hundreds of thousands of dollars into an independent committee to defeat her.


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{on motherhood} my experience with postpartum anxiety
Everyone and everything told me that depression and anxiety would pop up in the first three months after E's birth. I felt prepared to look out for these red flags, which seemed so dramatic and serious, stuff like not wanting to be near your baby, thoughts of harming your baby or yourself, crying all day, being unable to get out of bed or function, feeling like a terrible mother, etc. Textbook stuff.
But after E was born, I felt okay. Exhausted beyond belief, yes. Confused if we were doing anything right, yes. Stressed about healing properly, yes. Overwhelmed by the massive change of being responsible for a tiny human, yes.
All of that seemed kinda normal, though, and while I cried several late nights and early mornings, I survived maternity leave and those first weeks unlike any other. Eventually, I could take walks and get back to yoga, which helped me feel more like myself, and I had the support of friends and family as well as an incredible partner to navigate all these transitions.
Then I went back to work, which I loved. I realize that the shift from being home all day with your new babe to putting him or her in some sort of care facility to go back to work is traumatic for lots of women. I am lucky, too, because A) I could stay home for 12 weeks with job security and a very supportive team, B) a third of my maternity leave was technically unpaid, but my husband and I were able to manage the gap with a combination of my vacation hours and savings, C) I really, really like my job as a content manager for a healthcare company and D) I really, really like the kind woman who watches E in her home every day at an affordable price five minutes from work.
Like I said, super lucky.
I still expected to cry or stress out or miss my son terribly every time I dropped him off and headed to the office, but I didn't. I didn't mind dropping him off, ever. I felt relieved at work, having time to get things done and use my brain. I loved picking him up and hanging out after a long day, seeing his smiling bitty face. I only cried once, when I lost my keys in the walk from the parking lot to the fourth floor.
I share that because it felt a little abnormal to be so okay. That doesn't mean that motherhood felt easy: hell no. I worked full-time, pumped at work in a tiny closet with a refrigerator twice a day while on conference calls and nursed at home up until E was 9 months old. We dealt with the usual difficulties related to teething, sleep strikes and regressions, bonked heads during sitting up and crawling, navigating new foods, traveling with a baby, etc.
So again: everything felt hard, but it also felt okay. And then, all of a sudden, I was not okay.
It started with insomnia: I would put E down, or try to go to bed early while my husband tackled nighttime duty, and just lay there with my mind racing. I couldn't sleep. If I did sleep, even on the blessed nights where I got 8-9 hours at a stretch, I woke up feeling drained. I felt extremely scatterbrained and forgetful, like my head was in the clouds 24/7. I didn't want to talk to anyone or go anywhere. I had no appetite, which was concerning because I had already experienced some weight loss with breastfeeding, and I had been trying to remedy that through extra snacks and fewer workouts. For the first time ever, I did not want to have sex at all.
I felt extremely sensitive and defensive, like I was missing a layer of myself for protection, and anxious, anxious, anxious. Some days, lots of days, I felt resentful: of what, I don't know. I didn't feel like a bad mother; I mean, I was doing all the right things and my best and feeling pretty decent about our choices as parents. It mostly felt like distance and detachment. I would sit and play with my son and feel like I was a million miles away, or like I was watching myself go through the motions from up above.
During this whole time, we were slowly starting to wean, and I thought maybe the hormonal adjustments related to that could be the cause. I also knew that I felt very sad to stop breastfeeding, to lose that quiet piece of physical connection that also serves as an emotional touchpoint with my baby who was slowly becoming less of a baby and more of a little boy.
I mostly wanted to wear sweatpants and watch television and get in the car and disappear. Not in a dramatic way, but in a nice, fuzzy, dream-like easy way. Before parenthood, if I heard about a mother leaving her child, I thought: "How could she?" Now, I got it, as terrible as that is. I understood the urge to be free at any cost.
Despite all of this, not once did it occur to me that I might have postpartum depression. I didn't feel super dark. I remember thinking on my way to my sister's one day, "I can't have postpartum, I only feel down, like, 80% of the time." (Lol. Um, hello.) Never did I feel the urge to harm myself or my son or anyone. Most of my negative thoughts were fleeting, followed by feelings of joy or happiness or just basic normality. I thought it was just a phase, and that I was being a little crazy, and that I was having trouble adjusting to motherhood.
Then I would guilt-trip the hell out of myself. I would think stuff like, "Your life is so great, who are you to complain?" and "Stop being a baby" and "Other moms can do this" and "What is your problem?" and "Ezra is healthy, you have a good marriage, get your shit together." Every time the anxiety rose to the surface with family members, I wanted to shove it down, because I felt like I didn't deserve to be sad or scared or stressed or anxious. I didn't know why I couldn't handle my life, as good as it was. I felt embarrassed to tell anyone that I felt like a washcloth from a hot bath that had been forgotten in the tub, twisted and wrung out and hard as a brick.
These sensations and emotions lasted about three months, and then slowly, I started to ask for help and name my anxiety and swallow the unnecessary shame around being overwhelmed. I'm mostly out of the woods these days, and heading in the right direction, but there was no magic revelation or quick-and-easy fix to get there. I told the truth whenever I could, and can. I stayed home and canceled plans and ate a lot of pasta and took long, hot showers and went to restorative yoga and read books in bed. I played with my son and put my phone down and cuddled with my husband on the couch. I stopped pumping and breastfeeding and that helped immensely; as much as I loved the experience of nourishing my son, it had started to hurt more than help.
It is still hard some days, but it is better. It is not perfect, but the crushing veil of anxiety has lifted. For that, I am grateful.
I share my story openly, with detail, because I want other women, and mothers, to know how sneaky anxiety and depression can be. It often doesn't look how it "should." It can float in and out with no real description. It may not involve therapy or medicine, or maybe it requires both. Overall, I wish I had felt like I could speak up sooner. I wish I had known that I didn't need a serious "reason" to be so anxious and that I didn't have to justify asking for help.
Motherhood can be so frightening, and so overwhelming, and so jarring to one's body, mind and spirit. We have to talk about it, knowing there is a wide range of experiences to share that could help others feel less alone. There is value in naming emotions for what they are, without context or a narrative. My anxiety still doesn't make "sense," but it happened, and it faded, and now here I am: a parent who loves her family, a mother doing her best, a woman who writes, a person who is practicing less giving and more receiving.


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Could someone please come up with a simple Pledge of Allegiance to Israel for all politicians to memorize and recite on such occasions as a meeting of Democrats (or Republicans) which makes clear their unqualified, unwavering, unshakable unbounded, unlimited loyalty?
Billions in tribute do not seem to suffice for those who crack the whip over their heads.
A properly supine declaration would take less energy to recite and no politician would risk the consequences of not appearing to be loyal enough if he/she should adlib.
Enjoy the moment! The Donald is coming to town with Friedman and the Schumer (Shomer) is already there. Further, AIPAC and its minions in government cried out their fealty to Netanyahu even before Samantha Powers had finished speaking.
And once again, Bibi has shown that he has the power to ignore a sitting American government and appeal directly to those politicians who owe him liege. He has shown once again that he – not our president – is the arbiter in American government with respect to our Middle East policy.
One may express joy, but not optimism.
This is probably the last act of conscience we will see before the Embassy opens in Jerusalem and plans are laid for the Final Annexation.
You have, indeed, start with despair and work backwards. It would appear that only in this manner can you clearly define the state of things and use it as a departure point for new approaches. Denial has not worked over the past few decades
Having followed this issue for more than 30 years, I have only seen an acceleration: in the growth of the settlements; growth of Zionist support on Capitol Hill; growth of Zionist leverage in the all-dominant donor class.
American support has been and is being swept along toward the ultimate acceptance of apartheid. And the Americans may find themselves shocked at the price they ultimately pay.
To somehow suggest that there is a hope – sometime, somewhere – that the American stance will change is an increasingly futile exercise and a gross misinterpretation of how the levers of power are pulled and pushed in America.
Isn't Jaded Kushner going to be Trumps principle advisor? He is going to be Trumps Cromwell, albeit a jewish one . Jewish influence is going to fade?
The only potential problem I see is that Trump will Hug Bibi so hard he may break a rib.
I believe that we can now assume that the cleansing of Palestine will move to it's conclusion…aided and abetted, if not accelerated by American money and AIPAC power. In fact, the same would have true of Hillary, with Schumer leading a democratic senate, beholden to AIPAC and donors.
As Americans, our war on the Palestinians may require a steep price as we go forward, and I hope we are prepared to pay it. Unlike the powerless Native Americans who were driven into exile in their own land, the Arab world is not powerless to exact that price.
Additionally, as I searched Google on Schumer, I found myself rather limited in articles addressing his connections…in ways I have not felt before. Is this just paranoia or are the folks at Google beginning to tweak their search engine. They would appear to have unlimited power of censorship should they chose to exert it.
What a nice idea! And it is fun to dream! But obviously, Obama does not have the independence to back a resolution for a two state solution, nor probably the will to leave office with angry Zionists at the door when he walks out.
And it is illusory believe that a settlement could be conceived of let alone hammered out involving the shards of Palestinian land remaining and some mythical state of mind in which Israel could politically give up any of the land it has grabbed.
The Lobby is solid; the candidates are subservient; Schumer will be at Hillary's right hand to be sure she does the right thing for the right-wing Israeli government.
The Cleansing marches inexorably forward.
I was wondering what Hillary's phrase, "take it to the next level" meant. The cartoon is a good illustration.
yes, there are Gentile voices on this issue in the NYT…in the comments sections.
"Letters" have a more elevated status. Hence the paper tends to stick more to it's core.
But I hope that no one is shocked by this selection process. If you are, read Haaretz to understand what is going on in the vast Israel-US relationship. You will get a more unbiased read.
Help me out here! I really don't want to accept what my mind is telling me about the likes of Saban, Adelson,Singer and AIPAC. Tell me it isn't true that these guys make Mideast policy and when my grandchildren will go to war and where…like miniature pawns on their chessboard!
What is the difference between the Trumpists saying there is no occupation and the Hilarites describing Israel with no occupation???


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An established regional main contractor who have been trading for more than 10 years, with a secure order schedule for the next five years, require an engineering manager with strong structural steel experience to join their expanding engineering division for a flagship project in South West London.
The client is seeking an ambitious and driven Engineering manager with a proven track leading engineers on multi million pound schemes, being able to understand drawings and program from a technical perspective. The division in which you would join has displayed steady growth and delivers a variety of building schemes in London. As a company, they are turning over in excess of £100 million and are set to grow again.
The client is offering the opportunity to work on a flagship scheme as a lead engineer, the benefit of this is recognition and your hard work will lead to promotions.
Ideally the Managing Engineer will be well experienced with a top tier contractor or an established regional contractor, with a proven track record delivering structural steel refurb projects.
The client is one of the capitols leading contractors and continues to go from strength to strength.
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text: A few months ago, I did a location portrait shoot for Sergio, an Italian friend of mine who used to be the Yahoo manager in Milan. The photos are going to be used for a book Sergio is writing on the NBA team, The Golden State Warriors. The basketball location is one place where a famous movie with Will Smith was shot. Sorry, I cannot disclose the location. The property owner ask me to do it for privacy reasons.


text: A relatively recent phenomena, rickshaws were first introduced to Łódź in 1993 and today you'll find over a hundred pedalling breathlessly up and down ulica Piotrkowska. Most will operate on a fixed fee basis – any journey, whether it be from one end of the 4km street to the other, or just a short one minute trip, will cost 4zł (6zł for two people), though that will not stop enterprising drivers from trying to take advantage of foreign accents. To save on embarrassing situations it's recommended to agree on a price before hopping on board. Rickshaws are permitted to stray off the main street, Piotrkowska, and can be driven anywhere where a normal bicycle is permitted. Do be warned though that drivers will often use straying off centre as an excuse to jack the fare right up – we've heard of horror stories of people being charged 50zł to reach the Ibis Hotel, while we were fleeced of 30zł to be taken to the Manufaktura complex. A couple of firms dominate the trade, with Riksza being the largest with its fleet of 31 carriers (including 25 covered cabs specially equipped for winter duties). If you're looking to make a quick buck then there's nothing stopping you from having a crack at the rickshaw industry yourself – no special license is necessary, though you should note that city officials do occasionally inspect the bikes. Although we're promised you can find rickshaws that have been adapted to hold wheelchairs we can categorically state we have never seen such a thing. Ranging from rusty-looking contraptions to streamlined efforts with roofs, rickshaws present the fastest and most economic way of tearing down Piotrkowska and are as much favoured by locals as they are by gleeful looking tourists. Driven by everyone from super-fit young brutes to knackered old barflies, you'll find rickshaws operating throughout the year no matter how fierce the weather may be. Pedestrians should note that many of these drivers have a kamikaze attitude towards their job; if you hear a bicycle bell tinkling close by jump onto the nearest curb or else find your limbs tangled in the spokes of a rickshaw.


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Gambling in the USA
William Hill strengthens activity in Nevada
William Hill has expanded operation in Nevada, as it is now now operating all Golden Entertainment, Inc. race and sportsbook operations in the state.
The expanded partnership allows bettors use William Hill's innovative wagering technology, including its award-winning mobile sports betting app and live InPlay wagering menu.
"We are excited to continue expanding our relationship with William Hill, which has a proven sports wagering platform not only in Nevada but around the world. We look forward to growing our business in Nevada and other jurisdictions through this partnership," said Steve Arcana, COO of Golden Entertainment, Inc.
"The addition of the four new casino resorts marks an exciting new chapter in our relationship with Golden Entertainment. We look forward to working together to offer sports fans an amazing experience for many years to come in Nevada and elsewhere as opportunities arise," said Joe Asher, CEO of William Hill U.S.
The new development expands Golden Entertainment's existing partnership with William Hill, which includes operating the race and sports books at Pahrump Nugget Hotel & Gambling Hall and full-service kiosks at Gold Town Casino – Pahrump, and Lakeside Casino & RV Park in Pahrump, as well as depositing kiosks at approximately 80 Golden Entertainment wholly-owned taverns and third-party-distributed gaming locations throughout Nevada. William Hill will also continue to operate the race and sports books at Edgewater and Colorado Belle casino resorts in Laughlin, following Golden Entertainment's recent acquisition of the properties.
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Sycuan Awarded Best Casino Buffet from 2019 Best of Mission Times Courier
Sycuan Casino Resort announced today that the organization has been awarded Best Casino Buffet from the San Diego Community News Network's 2019 Best of Mission Times Courier.
Each year, Mission Times Courier releases the Best of Mission Times Courier issue, which puts a spotlight on those who are doing the very best in a variety of categories. Hundreds of nominations from local residents are submitted and tallied and the winners are announced.
"We are honored to be voted Best Casino Buffet by the readers of the Mission Times Courier," said Dan Morales, vice president of marketing at Sycuan Casino Resort. "The Buffet is one of our most popular dining venues amongst our guests and features everything from seafood to prime rib to many international dishes."
The Buffet at Sycuan is open seven days a week and serves up a variety of different cuisines. The lunch buffet features a full spread as well as a made-to-order burger bar and malt shop with nine different handcrafted milkshakes and malts. The dinner buffet features hundreds of items including slow-roasted prime rib, crab legs, shrimp cocktail, specialty international foods and a delectable dessert bar.
About Sycuan Casino Resort:
Sycuan Casino Resort began as a humble Bingo Palace in 1983. Now more than 35 years later, it has become a community landmark and one of San Diego's premier casino and resort destinations. Sycuan recently completed a $260M expansion, which includes a 12-story luxury hotel tower with over 300 guest rooms and 57 suites. Guests can enjoy a wide range of onsite amenities including a variety of new restaurants from fast-casual to fine dining, meeting and event space, a full-service spa, fitness center and a state-of-the-art pool and gardens area with a lazy river and swim-up bar. Sycuan also boasts a newly expanded casino floor for a total of 2,800 slot machines and 54 table games in a variety of gaming options. Sycuan is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information visit www.sycuan.com or call 619-445-6002.
SOURCE Sycuan Casino Resort
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Sports Betting Bill of Michigan Moves Forward
A sports betting bill would allow organised sports betting in Michigan casinos and online was passed out of a state house committee. State Representative Brandt Iden of Kalamazoo is sponsoring the legislation.
"Because this is already going on in the market place so we can protect those people who want to play and want to play legally, and we can, you know, make the state a little bit of money, which I think is also a positive," Iden said.
Iden hopes the bill continues to make its way through the legislature and onto Governor Gretchen Whitmer's desk before Superbowl season.
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Gaming Innovation Group extends Hard Rock's sportsbook in Iowa
We found in a new press release that
Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GiG) has reached an agreement with its partner, Hard Rock International (Hard Rock), to support its market entry with sports betting in the US state of Iowa. The sportsbook will initially launch with an over-the-counter solution on the casino floor at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City in Iowa. This will be followed by the launch of online and mobile sports betting in Iowa, expected in Q4 2019.
In Iowa, Hard Rock will offer a similar seamless and engaging betting experience for its consumers as it has already delivered in New Jersey, with an omni-channel sportsbook solution based on GiG's modern and flexible technology.
For GiG, this means the Company will be able to leverage its platform in the US adding more scale to its network and revenues to the business. GiG already has the groundwork done in New Jersey after a successful proof of concept suitable and relevant to the American audience.
Iowa is one of the 12 states in the US legalising sports wagering since the US Supreme Court overturned the federal sports wagering ban in 2018. In August this year, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC) authorised the 19 casinos in the state to offer statewide retail, online and mobile sports betting to consumers aged 21 or over. Iowa has approximately 3.2 million inhabitants and should also benefit with visitors from neighboring states such as Nebraska and Minnesota. It has an estimated mature sports betting market valued at revenues of around $160 million based on the total amount of money wagered by consumers. The tax rate on the sports betting revenue is 7.5%.
GiG expects this agreement to have limited impact on its revenues in 2019, with an increasing contribution from the launch of online and mobile betting in 2020 onwards.
Kresimir Spajic, Senior Vice President of Online Gaming at Hard Rock International says, "We're excited to extend our partnership with GiG to support sports betting in Iowa, and further grow our sportsbook portfolio."
"Offering sports betting through GiG provides our players and guests a new level of engagement – we couldn't be more thrilled to be launching in Iowa," Jim Franke, General Manager of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City.
Richard Brown, acting Chief Executive Officer of GiG says, "After a successful launch in New Jersey, I am delighted to further deepen the relationship with Hard Rock, delivering on our strategy to grow with our partner by entering a new state in the US with our sportsbook. The agreement is both a testament to our know-how and prowess to lead a land-based casino into the digital world of betting, and a strong validation of GiG's commercial and product delivery capabilities. We are looking forward to growing with our partner long term. We have mutual ambitions to entertain consumers with a safe and exciting first-class sports betting experience."
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text: Thanks to all the children who entered Times Beacon Record News Media's annual Halloween contest and for helping to make it so successful! This year we had 27 entries, one more spooky than the next, making it tough for our three judges, editors Alex Petroski and Sara-Megan Walsh and our star reporter Kevin Redding, to choose the top four. Congratulations to Sadie L. of Port Jefferson, Paige E. of Huntington, Bradley S. of Mount Sinai and Sara K. of Stony Brook for being this year's winners and receiving a family-four pack of theater tickets to "A Kooky Spooky Halloween," courtesy of Theatre Three in Port Jefferson. Happy Halloween!


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- Push-out Score suggests push-out forces
- After around seven years in the position
- Accolades, praise and thanks for Billerbeck
- Glen Hawk taking over in the interim
- Search for a successor
- Billerbeck spoke at length and said 104 words
(exechange) — Portland, Oregon, March 12, 2018 — Darin Billerbeck, chief executive of Lattice, leaves the position. It is a change at short notice. As announced by Lattice Semiconductor Corporation in a news release and in a regulatory filing published on Monday, March 12, 2018, Darin G. Billerbeck leaves his post as Chief Executive Officer at the maker of connectivity products after around seven years in the position, effective March 16, 2018.
Among the 3,000 largest publicly held companies incorporated in the U.S. based on market capitalization, the average tenure of the CEOs who departed over the past 12 months was 9.2 years, according to data compiled by exechange.
Billerbeck leaves the company effective May 31, 2018.
Lattice will undertake a search for a successor.
Billerbeck's duties will be taken over in the interim by Glen Hawk, currently Chief Operating Officer of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation.
No reason given
In the announcement, Lattice did not explicitly explain the reason for Billerbeck's imminent move, leaving room for speculation.
Precise information about Billerbeck's future plans was not immediately available.
Wake-up call
Generally speaking, it is often an alarm signal for stockholders when a CEO leaves the post at short notice and without a reasonable explanation.
Lattice said: "Lattice Semiconductor Corporation … today announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer, Darin G. Billerbeck, has decided to retire and will also step down from the Company's Board of Directors on March 16, 2018."
Share price decline
The change follows a decline in the share price of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation since April 2014.
Chaired by John Bourgoin
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is chaired by John Bourgoin.
John Bourgoin joined the Company's Board of Directors in September 2011.
In the position of CEO since 2010
Billerbeck has been the Chief Executive Officer and President at Lattice Semiconductor Corporation since November 11, 2010.
Prior to joining the Company, Billerbeck served as the Chief Executive Officer of Zilog, a microcontroller manufacturer, which was acquired by IXYS Corporation in February 2010.
Prior to joining Zilog in January 2007, Billerbeck served 18 years in various executive and management positions at Intel Corporation, a global technology company, including as Vice President and General Manager of Intel's Flash Products Group from 1999 to 2007.
Billerbeck will remain with the Company until May 31, 2018 to help ensure a smooth transition.
As a general rule, when a top manager announces to step aside with no permanent successor available, it is a signal that the move was unplanned and too early.
Push-out Score suggests push-out forces
It is not completely certain what forces eventually triggered Darin Billerbeck's imminent move.
The Push-out Score™ determined by exechange suggests that push-out forces may have contributed to the change.
Read the full story in the exechange report 12.2018 ($).


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With the 241st anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence quickly approaching, we want to take a moment to reflect and recognize some of the most iconic brands throughout America's history. The 4th of July is all about America, fireworks, and food, so why not dive into some of the brands that have helped make this country great?
Henry Ford was onto something in the early 1900's when he began creating his first version of the classic automobile. Little did he know; his last name would become a Brand that would live on for over a century. His assembly-line manufacturing process led to the automobile becoming an invention that was owned by nearly everyone in the country. One of the key factors that led to Ford's success was the consistency behind his Brand. Henry Ford and his family were always the faces behind the Brand, and this led to consistency in both product and message. It comes as no surprise that Ford has become synonymous with America's greatest brands.
McDonald's is another example of an assembly-line manufacturing process leading to the "next great product". McDonald's is one of the most successful restaurants in American history, but it is also one of the most recognizable and well-known Brands in the entire world. Just like with any new product or logo, McDonald's filed for a trademark of their iconic "Golden Arches" in 1961, and to this day, these arches can be found on any of the 14,000+ restaurants within the United States. McDonald's created their Brand with a clear organizational strategy that has remained consistent and compelling throughout the Company's entire history. Ray Kroc had a vision for his Brand to grow and be known all around the world. His perseverance and ability to franchise his stores through successful Brand architecture accomplished exactly that.
General Electric
After Thomas Edison created the light bulb and the electric grid, the General Electric founder established a Brand that would help the world work better. In the ever-changing digital world, General Electric is known for its social media smarts. With a goal to humanize the GE Brand, it recently used #springbreakit and #GEinstawalk, which asked GE influencers to share their GE experiences on Instagram. This offered a rare behind-the-scenes look to show their products in a fun and engaging way. GE also shares their Brand online by posting relevant content about Company news, ideas, and general work on their website. Aside from the main website, they publish relevant content through a sponsored online magazine called GE Reports and support a third-party technology website called "The Txchnologist." GE lists The Txchnologist as "powered by GE," which attaches their Brand name to a useful source of information for one of their target audiences, as well as positioning themselves as thought leaders within their industry.
These three Brands have been and will continue to be instrumental in shaping the America that so many will be celebrating this week.


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Most of the Swedish bloggers have for weeks left their readers behind, going on holiday, enjoying fun in the sun without their laptops. It would be easy to think I was doing the same, as I seem to be blogging less frequently. No such luck for me, unfortunately. Just the same old work, work, work. The most frustrating thing is I have so much to write about and never the time. For now I just have to share this story.
A Serbian tour company is offering a tour of Radovan Karadzic's regular joints and hang-outs. The tour is deliciously named 'Pop Art Radovan'!
To me it just seems so American to make money out of anything, commercialise every event. There's Sex & the City tours in New York, remember the 'I shot J.R.' t-shirts during Dallas' hey day and of course the Gorbachev masks that were sold all over the place.
And how exquisite that a country of the former Eastern Block has adopted this far Western sense of capitalism.
I think we can safely say the Iron Curtain has definitely come down.
The tales of a Ghanaian Swede in Accra. Entertainment, thoughts, outbursts, English, Swedish, it's all just basa-basa!
Thursday, 31 July 2008
2 comments:
- Nana Yaw Asiedu said...
Seen from a different point of view, it confirms that many people knew where Karadzic was all the time. Painful for me that he is a poet. But poets are not above fault, so...
I have never waited so long for a man to be captured. Now to get Mladic and burp in the face of impunity.
- 31 July 2008 at 20:47
- Maya said...
So true, but I'm not surprised at all. Even with masses of people looking for a brutal murdering human being, you'll still find a large number helping him hide away. Helping, even only by not letting the world know where he is.
- 31 July 2008 at 21:52
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Obit: Meier, Kenneth L. #2 (1944 - 2005)
Contact: Crystal Wendt
Surnames: Meier, Nelson, Green, Moen, Krause, Prahl, Jenni
----Sources: Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wis.) 17 July 2005
Meier, Kenneth L. (10 Nov. 1944 – 15 July 2005)
Kenneth L. Meier, 60, of Eau Claire died July 15, 2005, as the result of a heart attack.
He was born November 10, 1944, in Neillsville to Inez (Jenni) and Louis Meier. He grew up in Neillsville and graduated from Neillsville High School.
He continued his education at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, earning a degree in accounting.
Ken was a self-employed accountant for most of his career. He was a member of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Eau Claire.
Survivors include his mother, Inez Meier of Neillsville; daughter, Michelle (Brian) Nelson of Eau Claire; son, Alan Meier of Alfred, N.Y.; fiancée, Deanna "Dea" Green of Eau Claire; her family, Nathan (Charlene) Moen of Colorado and Tasha Moen of Eau Claire; five grandchildren, Amanda, Hannah and Madison Meier, and Allison and Lucas Nelson; a sister, Marilyn (Ken) Krause of Neillsville; two brothers, David (Donna) Meier of Eau Claire and Jim (Rose) Meier of Gresham; nieces and nephews.
His father preceded him in death.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Eau Claire, with the Rev. Herbert Prahl officiating.
Burial will follow in Rest Haven Cemetery, town of Washington.
Visitation hours will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, at Fuller-Speckien Funeral Home, Eau Claire, and one hour prior to the service Wednesday at the church.
Ken's love for flowers and gardening shows from his home to his office. Family vacations have left many special memories. He loved spending the winters with Dea at Siesta Key, one of his favorite places. Most of all he enjoyed his "coffee breaks" at the Olympic Flame. The hearts of everyone who knew Ken have been touched forever. He will be dearly missed by all.
Fuller-Speckien Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Family and friends may sign the guest book online at www.fullerspeckien.com.
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China, the economic superpower of the twenty-first century. For most economists, it is a question of when, not if, China will surpass the United States as the world's largest economy. Despite some serious concerns about its housing and commodity sectors, China's rise continues unrelentingly. What can we expect from a strong and confident China? And is a Sinocentric world really something new, or rather a natural rehabilitation?
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Skiing area in Svaneti, Tetnuldi and Hatsvali is officially opened. The cableways will work every day at 10: 00-16: 00. Rescue service and mining patrols will ensure safety of the roads. There are five ropeways on Tetnuldi, of which 4 are the type of armchair, one is lift. The 30-km …Read More »
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text: A three hour ride up the mountain hillside. Buses passing transport trucks, cars, and motorcycles and then buses passing buses. In Ecuador it feels like if you hand over money before the task is done, it's a race to finish it. On Christmas day a cramped bus flipped off the hillside killing forty one passengers and severely injuring everyone else alive as they rolled like dice. We wondered how nobody every died and tried to shrug it off as we figured it was sudden death below.


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Rolf introduces The Bhagavad Gita as a small but important part of The Mahabharata, an enormous epic in which rivalry unfolds between two sets of cousins—heirs to the royal throne. This rivalry leads to the great battlefield in which The Bhagavad Gita, a dialogue between Krishna and the warrior-prince Arjuna, takes place.
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Consumer interest in cash for clunkers is dying, and Congress wants to make the program even more consumer-friendly.
With auto dealer inventories tight, Congress wants to allow buyers to receive vouchers to lock in their trade ins. If you go to the dealer, and they don't have the bright red Prius you want, you'll get a $4,500 voucher to hold on to while the dealer orders one from Toyota.
As we've written, dealers are short on cars. And automakers aren't rushing to fill the gap, because they know this is a short term jolt:
So far, most major U.S. auto makers have proposed relatively modest production increases following the jump in demand. Auto makers are wary of ordering significant additional production because after the latest $2 billion in federal clunkers money is gone, the market could cool down.
According to Edmunds.com, the cash for clunkers craze is dying off.
Edmunds says we hit peak clunkers on July 29, and it's been downhill since. By August 20th, we could be right back to where we were pre-cash for clunkers. With the new spigot of cash opened, "the sense of urgency" is gone from consumers, and says Edmunds, "Quite possibly, some of the extra $2 billion will go untapped."