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New compact from olympus?
To begin with, 4/3 rumors got some more info - supposedly more accurate - which foretells a release similar to the XZ-2 (same sensor size), but with an equivalent 28-300 MM lens.
But they also received info that indicates that Olympus is also working on a larger sensor-sized fixed lens camera - but that wouldn't be announced/released until 2014.
Now if the 28-300 equivalent lens camera would have improvements to both the AF and high ISO capabilities, then yes, that camera would be superb.
But now think about this. For those of us who have been posting on these forums for a decade or more, when has Olympus ever managed to release something with enough features that most of us have wanted? Countless speculation have taken place over the years about various pending cameras, supposedly having this or that feature (or capabilities) - only to have Olympus release equipment that wound being something different from our expectations. So you have to think realistically here as they will never be able to satisfy us all - that's for sure. And sometimes (at least with past releases), Olympus would have you pulling your hair out, while screaming, "what were they thinking," or..."aren't Olympus listening to our pleas and requests?"
All we can do really is to just wait and see what they'll do. It can get frustrating to say the least.
Have a great one....
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What if you only had two choices for president: Ted Cruz or Donald Trump?
That fascinating (some would say enviable) question will confront the French in their election next year. France's current president, the bumbling pooh-bear socialist François Hollande, has enervated the left, with an approval rating hovering around 4 percent. That leaves François Fillon, a free-market Thatcherite with a plan to cut half a million government jobs, and Marine Le Pen, a nationalist populist in the mold of Trump. The two will likely square off in France's runoff election after the socialists are eliminated during the first round of voting in April, and Le Pen has a very good chance at winning it all.
Welcome to the new world order. Actually that's premature: the old center-left/center-right establishment is still spluttering along, but it's being challenged as never before by populist insurgencies, spurred by fury over mass immigration and political elitism. Donald Trump is the American iteration of this; his shock election last month will alter our politics for years to come. But while Trump is often portrayed as an American original, an Andrew Jackson 2.0 who torched his way to Washington by igniting a prairie fire, the sentiments he embodies can also be found across Europe.
The international ascent of Trumpism has been remarkable. It has also been very rapid.
There was Brexit, of course, the June referendum that saw the British vote decisively to reclaim their sovereignty from the European Union. And while Brexit is often cited as a trumpet blast of what was to come, the portents began to appear long before that.
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All the way back in 2010, Hungary elected as its prime minister Viktor Orbán, a social conservative who contends that "liberal democratic states can't remain globally competitive," and who has sought to refashion Hungary as a more authoritarian-ish country in the mold of Russia and Turkey. Similar trends are at work in Poland, where voters late last year elected the Law and Justice Party. Its early reforms have included consolidating state power over the media and passing an invasive government surveillance law.
Now, additional tremors are felt in Italy, where Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is holding a referendum on Sunday in the hopes of overhauling his country's constitution and streamlining its unwieldy parliament. It's a perfectly good idea, but Renzi slipped on a banana peel by promising to resign if the measure fails, turning it into a vote of confidence on him and the political class in Rome. If Renzi's reforms lose, which polls suggest they will, it will plunge Italy into political chaos and pave the road for populist parties like the increasingly popular Five Star Movement.
Austrians, too, are heading to the ballot box this weekend, for a presidential election that will probably be won by the Freedom Party. Since its rise in 1956 under Anton Reinthaller, a former Nazi SS officer, the Freedom Party has never won the Austrian presidency; its victory on Sunday would be the first time a so-called "far-right" group has risen to power in Western Europe since World War II.
Over in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders' populist Party for Freedom is at the top of all the polls and well-positioned to win the parliamentary elections in March. Wilders is the filmmaker behind "Fitna," an incendiary documentary about Islam that's deeply skeptical of the Quran. Under Wilders' pressure, the lower house of the Dutch parliament voted this week to ban all public face coverings, including its ostensible target, the burqa.
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There are common denominators under all these movements: opposition to mass immigration, a determination to combat Islamic terrorism, hostility towards the European Union, a general friendliness towards Russia. The number-one culprit behind this new populism is the EU, which has voraciously gobbled up member sovereignty while providing clueless governance, making a nationalist reaction against its superstate inevitable. Playing a secondary role are national European leaders like Angela Merkel, who made the fateful decision to admit millions of Syrian refugees.
The biggest worry for European leaders right now is France. If Marine Le Pen wins the presidency, she's promised to hold a referendum on France's European Union membership. The French are more Euroskeptical than you think, having already rejected the European Constitution in a 2005 referendum. Brexit will challenge the EU; Frexit would destroy it, leaving only Germany surrounded by client states.
That would bring the old order crashing down, but will it actually happen? Keep an eye on Italy and Austria: we'll have a better idea after this weekend.


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Russell & Smith Honda hosts official Grand Prix show car
Published 3:27 pm, Thursday, March 20, 2014
Russell & Smith Honda is celebrating its partnership with the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston by hosting the 2014 Honda Show Car Tour, March 26 through April 2. The event will feature the official show car of the June race event. The 2014 Honda Show Car Tour includes a meet-and-greet with the Miss Grand Prix promotional team, photo opportunities with the race car and a chance to win tickets to the Grand Prix. No purchase is necessary. Entry forms are readily available, and each entry has an equal chance of winning.
"The Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston is an IndyCar Series race presented by the Greater Houston Honda Dealers, which will take place at Reliant Park the weekend of June 27-29," said Jack Carney, general manager of the Russell & Smith Honda dealership.
"To kick-off our incredible partnership with the Grand Prix, we'll be taking the official show car to each Honda dealership for a one-week time span. This partnership is a perfect correlation to our target market and exhibits our vehicles from track to road since half of the IndyCars driven have Honda engines."
The official show car is a vintage 1996 model, with top speeds of approximately 230 miles per hour. The 1,575-pound race car features a turbo-charged 2.2-liter V-6 engine and boasts a 700 horsepower engine, depending on turbo boost.
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The Russell & Smith Honda dealership is a proud sponsor of this IndyCar Series, which is the premier level of American open-wheel racing. Honda has been a part of the Indy Racing League since 2003 and, by 2005, was the dominant engine manufacturer for the race group.
The automobile manufacturer became the sole engine manufacturer in the IndyCar Series in 2006 and continued in that capacity through 2011.
Those visiting the dealership during the 2014 Honda Show Car Tour will not only have the opportunity to see the official show car up close, but have a chance at winning free tickets to the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston.
"The Miss Grand Prix promotional team will be at the dealership giving away tickets and other prizes Saturday, March 29, from noon to 3 p.m.," Carney said.
"Customers can learn about the upcoming race and compete in a remote-control car race for fun prizes. Kids under the age of 8 can sit in the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix show car for photos."
Russell & Smith Honda's event will be an opportunity for visitors to check out and test drive the dealership's new inventory of award-winning vehicles, including new and used Honda cars, trucks and SUVs.
"The all new 2014 Civic is available for test drives, as well as the entire Honda lineup, including the award-winning Accord, CR-V, Odyssey, Pilot, CRZ, Fit and the 50 miles-per-gallon Accord Hybrid," Carney said.
The Russell & Smith Honda team will be available to answer questions about any of the dealership's vehicles or the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston show car.
The 2014 Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston will be a three-day festival of speed featuring a variety of entertainment for fans of all ages. Planned activities include live music, a family fun zone, interactive exhibits, go-karting and the Grand Prix-mere Showcase, an indoor automotive exposition.
This year's IndyCar Series will feature a 1.7-mile, 10-turn street circuit that will incorporate Houston's landmark Reliant Stadium, Reliant Astrodome and Reliant Arena.
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• Then came a closer look and more details on the 3DS. We've now played the handheld, and will have full impressions soon, but here's what you need to know now. No glasses are necessary. It's as small as the DS Lite and possibly smaller – weighing only eight ounces. The graphics are surprisingly similar to those on the Wii. It has an inner camera like the DSi, and also two outer cameras that can snap photographs in 3D. It will display movies in 3D. It has a Slide Pad that can adjust the level of 3D, as well as a motion sensor and Gyrosensor. It can communicate with other DSs and download stuff like new stages, new quests, ghost data and rankings with no monthly fee.
• All those Wii surprises not enough for you? Here come the DS surprises. After years of anticipation and speculation, a new Kid Icarus was revealed for 3DS. It's subtitled Uprising and features plenty of air combat in which, according to Nintendo, you'll be able to sense exactly how close and far away enemies really are. "Coming soon."
• Fans of the classic GBA RPG series, Golden Sun have also got reason to celebrate as Nintendo showed the first gameplay video of Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, which has adopted3D character models. It's been a long time since Nintendo's mentioned Golden Sun, and we're glad to have it back.
• And finally, a deluge of 3DS teases and hints. Miyamoto is working on Nintendogs ("+Cats"). Outside developers are busy bringing their own famous franchises to the 3D system: Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid, Madden, Assassins Creed, Kingdom Hearts,Ridge Racer, Saints Row and Batman. The show ended with a humorous movie in which Miyamoto and Iwata were sucked into a 3DS and Reggie had to find them. Within that joke video were further visual hints that everything from Mario and Zelda to Donkey Kong and Star Fox could be headed to 3DS, too.
• Nintendo also revealed even more info on their official press sitefor upcoming games: Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem and Pokemon Ranger: Gaurdian Signs all for DS and PokePark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure for, obviously, Wii.
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I am back and I am tired! Holy smokes this was a fast paced crazy trip but well worth it. I had a blast and the Telemundo Networks people were fantastic. The Latin Billboards were amazing. I have a zillion and one pictures to edit and add captions so it will be a few days before I update the blog with my trip info. Yes, yes I know I am also a slacker a lot of the time but oh well.
In the meantime, I come back to Western North Carolina and Spring is in full bloom. It is green and lush and beautiful. As much as I love Miami, I realized that I can no longer heat and humidity as well as I used to. Also, I come back here and realize I love where I live.
Oh and the garden is in. I have to come clean and say that I did NOTHING in the garden this ear, it is all Tom. He rocks for doing it for me!
So keep an eye out in the next few days for some great stories and pictures!
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China Truck Industry Report, 2014-2017
(PRWEB) June 19, 2014
China Truck Industry Report, 2014-2017 by SinoMarket Insight forecasts that during 2014-2017 China's truck sales volume will register a CAGR of 8.7%, and reach 3.263 million vehicles by 2017. The truck, which enjoys the highest proportion in terms of output and sales volume among commercial vehicles, is highly closed to the development of macro-economy. In 2013, China's truck output rose by 3.3% year on year to 2.705 million, compared with sales volume of 2.726 million, up 2.8% from a year earlier. During January to April 2014, China produced 1.012 million trucks, edging up 1.8% year on year, and sold 994,000 vehicles, down 0.5% from the same period of last year.
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The truck market is heading for a period of relatively slow growth, as China will continue to restructure its macro-economy over the upcoming years. Seen from market segments, heavy-duty truck embraces the fastest growth rate. In the first four months of 2014, a total of 91,000 heavy-duty trucks were sold in China, increasing by 14.4% year on year; by comparison, sales volume of light truck, which has the largest output and sales volume, were 650,000 during the same period, up only 0.5% year on year.
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1.1 Decelerated Growth in Chinese Economy
1.2 A Drop in Growth Rate of Fixed Assets Investment
1.3 Remarkable Slowdown in Import and Export
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Linebacker Chris Marve and return man Warren Norman earned first-team preseason All-SEC honors, based on voting by the coaches the league office announced Tuesday.
They were the only two Commodores named to either the first or second team.
Similarly, the University of Tennessee only had two players recognized. Both – tight end Luke Stocker and defensive lineman Chris Walker – were named to the second team.
Last season's national champion, Alabama, had six first-team selections, which was the most of any school. Florida, with 10, had the most overall honorees.
"Even though we play in a league full of great players, I believe several other Vanderbilt players are very worthy of being considered for this recognition. Guys like (safety) Sean Richardson, (defensive back) Casey Hayward and (tight end) Brandon Barden are excellent players in this league," interim VU coach Robbie Caldwell said. " … "Chris and Warren are very deserving of this honor. Both of them were tremendous last year, and are primed for another outstanding season this year."
Marve was a freshman All-American in 2008 and the SEC's second-leading tackler last fall, when he made 121 stops. The Nagurski Trophy and Butkus Award each named the junior from Memphis to their respective preseason watch lists.
Norman was a freshman All-American and the SEC Freshman of the Year last fall when he set conference records for all-purpose yards (1,951) and kickoff return yards (1,050) in a single season. He also led the Commodores with 7983 rushing yards.
Caldwell handled the voting for Vanderbilt late last week in the wake of Bobby Johnson's sudden retirement. Johnson stepped aside last Wednesday, and Caldwell immediately was installed as interim coach.
The announcement of the coaches' preseason all-conference teams came a day before the start of the annual SEC media days.
Caldwell will make his first appearance at the event Thursday morning. Norman will represent the Commodores' offense at the event, which will make him the only VU sophomore other than quarterback Jay Cutler (2003) to participate.


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Rumors for October 10, 2008
Public Knowledge
- The Daily Dirge [.doc]: Brooklyn Gang War Still Quiet; Dead Animals Found in Sewers; Pfizer Inc. Spins Study Results; Stock Market Crash Continues; Candidates Turn to Negativity
- Super Amazingly Truthful Awesome News [.jpg]: Glenn Beck's New World Order; Kittens Commit Mass Ritual Suicide in New York Sewers, Carnage Unbearably Adorable
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- Bureaucracy x1: Ooooh boy... John is surely gonna have problems. They found out that the drug's market tests are invalid attempting to claim it usable for other medical problems as well... guess this means that he'll be out of a job soon.
- Bureaucracy x2: Wow. Members of the FDA was bribed too in the Pfizer drug scandal? Whoo... that's a lot of money... a lot of heads are gonna roll for this one.
- Bureaucracy x3: It's not only ACORN that's getting dead people to vote. Her boss threatened her with her life if she did not get people registered to vote more than once. I saw a letter on his desk from the campaign saying that he'd get a cushy job in the cabinet if they win.
- Bureaucracy x5: There's going to be a little bit of reshuffling in city records, apparently a clerk whose been instrumental in helping to solve a drug case this summer is getting a promotion.
- Bureaucracy x6: Someone's been looking around for records of a "Reino Haldor."
- Church x1: Attendance is up. God bless financial troubles... and their donations for their salvation.
No news on the stolen holy water chalice yet... we've got a new chalice in place for now.
- Church x2: The recent thieving has increased. Stressful times call for stressful measures. God surely has a plan.
- Church x3: That human-eating cult? Yeah, they've still got members out on the street... Maybe that's why there are still violent murders happening in the same manner. We were told they had gotten them all.
- Finance x1: Kashkari has a plan for everything... everyone is losing money and he's taking and making more.
- Finance x2: Lehman failed. Everyone knows this. What they don't know is that it was a set up by Him... Yeah you know who. He wanted to kick out any European hold on the market... at least, that's what He told me.
- Finance x3: AIG has its hands full. The members that went on that retreat were lots of Congressmen/women. It's all been covered up so Congress can bolster it's approval ratings... Want to see the receipts?
- Finance x4: Wu Industries is about to announce its' Applied Research and Engineering department in conjunction with one of its new projects...
- Finance x5: The new Wu project, of course, is a water filtration system that the city contracted them for. The prototype will be unveiled shortly.
- Health x1: Someone was poking around in the morgue lately. They had a clipboard and were taking intense notes about the dead. They looked all official too... paperwork an' everything. I had to let them in.
- Health x2: I heard that the FDA was involved in the recent drug scandal. I was wondering why that medication never worked on patients... shoulda seen the deaths related to it as a link...
- Health x3: Yeah, there were some deaths from the Pfizer drug. There always were official burly men that came in when we were filing our reports and forced us to strike the note from the record. It's like they always knew when the patient was on the drug... and when they died. Creepy, huh?
There's been talk at several hospitals of opening discussions to involve a few more medically-related non-profits to have programs running at their locations.
- Health x4: One of the more popular non-profit organizations that is possibly getting more hospital partnership is PreLife, a woman's health program focusing on providing pre-natal care to unemployed and low income women of child-bearing years.
High Society
- High Society x1: Panic is all I can say. No one's investing anywhere. People are hoarding cash like it's a life-line. No fundraisers today, not for a while at least. Those poor children in Africa.
- High Society x2: Fundraising it taking on a new meaning, for those that are still willing to share. Many report to be doing "fundraising" with concerts, performances, etc... It's all going into their own pocket.
- High Society x3: The escorting service is taking a hit... although AIG had plenty of escorts at its retreat, the prices are falling as fast at the stock market for top-of-the-line service.
- Industry x1: The upper tier of large unions is having a free-for-all battle over striking or standing fast. No Fuld-punching yet, but that may be happening soon.
- Industry x2: Vontaug: no production decrease. In fact, it's going up and more in spite of the times. Mayhaps a private investor?
- Industry x3: The big Unions are attempting to bribe Congressmen to get forced unionization for clerical staff.
A few of the shops are really hauling in materials from all of these foreclosed houses. People are just ripping stuff out of homes - aluminum siding, copper pipes...
- Industry x4: One of these shops got a large shipment of copper these past few weeks.
There seems to be a contingency plan among the industry moguls in case the financial crisis gets worse. What it is, we're not completely sure of.
- Industry x5: Brian Wu is about to announce the new Applied Research and Engineering branch, which deals with mostly sustainable chemical engineering.
- Legal x1: Jerry Capeci is under legal council in regards to his discussing important matters of the Mafia. He has been seeking legal council for some time due to allegations of false claims.
- Legal x2: The FBI is investigating some of the executives involved in this shady finance shit...
Sharpton caused a major uproar lately... his payment due to an uproar over that recent case is raising eyebrows. Despite calmly paying his fine for interrupting court proceedings, he has filed a complaint that his First Amendment rights have been breached.
- Media x1: Blah, blah, blah. Nothing interesting in the news. We're told to cover only the campaigns and the financial crisis. No one notices other scandals in the media anymore... Like, the missing crates from the arms dealer recently...
- Media x2: That Con Ed worker that was killed in the manhole explosion? Quite dead. There were lots of little kitten corpses in the area below, however. It was so creepy, no one really wants to talk about it...
- Media x3: We were told to keep our mouths shut about the Congress members on that retreat... Under threat that the same will happen to us that did Lehman...
There's a column going around in a lot of small liberal publications detailing how violence against the poor in NYC is often under-reported, poorly investigated, or brushed over by media outlets. It refers to a lot of incidents over the past year, and is getting a lot of love from bloggers who are interested in the issues it presents.
- Occult x1: This is the time we see large numbers of chickens being slaughtered. And not just for the Orthodox Jewish tradition of kaparot, in preparation of Yom Kippur. Many independent groups a slaughtering chickens and more at this time of year...
- Occult x2: No news on the stolen holy water chalice yet. The church has replaced it with a temporary holder though.
Man-eating cult strikes again! ...maybe. Just some hobo got mauled is all.
- Occult x3: Chickens = children? That human-eating cult still has members on the prowl... I've seen other signs of their continual existence aside from the corpses. I'm betting that they're laying low while the court proceedings are taking place...
There have been some investigations towards this whole stolen holy water thing. The chalice doesn't seem to be that important, but the holy water - well, that's an ingredient for a lot of things, good and bad.
- Occult x4: That human-eating cult? Yeah, they've still got members out on the street... Maybe that's why there are still violent murders happening in the same manner. We were told they had gotten them all...
- Police x1: Brooklyn is eerily quiet. Seems like the violence has stopped for a bit, at least.
That Chief is refusing to evict responsible renters from the foreclosed building that the manager failed to make payments on. I think it's a heroic move, but also fueled by the fact that he lives in an apartment as well... not entirely altruistic as it seems, eh?
- Police x2: The police are absolutely convinced this Brooklyn thing is going to blow over. Just another tremor in the system.
Credit-crunch police firings? Don't be serious. Those junior officers' jobs are well and secure since we're funded through the government and taxpayer money. No one's loosing a job here too soon. Hohoho!
- Police x3: Our jobs are at stake!!! We're gonna loose them since those senior pushovers don't want us encroaching on their jobs... those cocksuckers! I saw the 2009 budget... the list of employees is much smaller.
The police are still confused as to what actually happened at the bank robbery a few weeks ago.
- Police x4: Someone's peeked at the budget, and it ain't pretty. Probably why the police are hoping Brooklyn is just a dud - they can't handle a full-on gang war with the money they're spending.
- Politics x1: Kashkari has his fingers in lots of pies. Too bad for Lehman that his fingers weren't in their pie as well...
- Politics x2: When he pulled out his business card, it had white powder on it. I always thought Kashkari's eyes were too skittery...
- Politics x3: Shhhh. I heard that some in Congress is benefiting from the AIG "stunt". The approval rating is so low, that they wanted to make it higher be "appearing" to help AIG out... and then taken on a spa visit.
- Politics x4: A lot of people in politics are understandably stressed these days, especially with November approaching. There's apparently a few people here and there who are understanding and willing to help... if you catch my drift. No names though.
- Street x1: Ouch! Hookers are even more desperate to service you - yes, YOU! The pimpin' lifestyle is taking its toll, but it may see a turn-around when people get depressed enough over the economy...
Brooklyn is quiet. Seems like the Orphans and the Furies have backed off temporarily.
Seems like there have been way more graffiti signs that have been popping up.
- Street x2: CAN YOU SPARE ME A FEW BUCKS?!?!1 THE OTHER GUY SAID THAT HE WOULD PAY ME TO GO REGISTER! AN' THE ONE BEFORE THAT, AN' THE ONE BEFORE THAT, AN' THE ONE BEFORE THAT...
There's been talks between the heads of the Orphans and the Furies. They're going to meet sometime later this week...
- Street x3: Sewer rats are moving out of the sewers and into the streets for better food it seems. It is unknown why the rats are surfacing, but it is affecting what you can scrounge up...
There have been a few pawn shops that are really getting good on this mortgage foreclosure thing. Seems like a lot of people are getting rich by stealing stuff from foreclosed homes.
- Street x4: There was a large shipment of bronze going to one of the junk shops actually. There was a whole lot of it to melt down - oh, and there were some precious stones that came with it.
- Street x5: There was a misunderstanding between the Furies and the Orphans. Seems like a third party got involved somewhere down the line and that's why the Orphans freaked out.
There's been a few new buskers out near the ferry at Staten and around a few public street corners who are doing oration and storytelling. They're apparently pretty good.
- Transportation x1: Argh! First, it's no tips. Then, it's "Your rates are too high!" they moan. Then, they're all walking or taking the bus... I even picked up a hooker the other day thinking she was desperate for a ride...
- Transportation x2: If I have to work another underpaid, screaming, long shift of disgruntled, angry stock brokers riding my bus, I'm taking it to my union! Surely they'll do something about the mass hordes of people complaining of the bus fee and how expensive cabbies are.
- Transportation x3: A big "shipment" is coming in soon, you won't want to miss this one!
- Underworld x1: People're buying information from former "escorts'" who have been dumped by old finance guys. Guess the financial squeeze is hitting the top as well...
- Underworld x2: Members of the various families/clans/etc are extra cautious about loyalty to them and not the police. Trust and loyalty "tests" have sprung up to route out narcs. One guy already's been killed...
- Underworld x3: Hey buddy! You... uh... need a fix? How 'bout a "Fuld-Punch"? You pay me, an' I'll make sure that those big tops never see the light of another day... You catchin' my drift, buddy?
- University x1: I heard that his annual donation will be pulled out at the last moment. And sure as hell, he's not the only one...
- University x2: He just threw that ledger at me!!!1 I can't believe it! I asked him at the recent board meeting how our financial budget was doing, and he turned as red as an apple and threw it at me! Then the whole room burst into a shouting match...
- University x3: This year, we're not giving out any scholarships or grants. Can't afford to if I want to keep my salary at this level. So, no money is to be given to students... only loans. Why not use AIG? Let's increase fines as well.
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A Little History
I first became interested in fractals in the mid 1980's. Since little software for fractals was available, I wrote my own and experimented with colors and formulas. In 1992 I started using Fractint, and was totally hooked on fractals and the artistic possibilities they provided. I was frustrated by the 256 color limitations of Fractint, and the inability to easily create smooth smooth coloring without borders at each iteration. In some cases this can add to the artistic impact, but in my opinion, not usually. In 1994-95 I wrote my own Windows fractal program which could use Fractint formula and parameter files, and it gave me the opportunity to experiment with a new coloring algorithm I developed called exponential smoothing. Exponential smoothing allows the artist to create images without iteration borders and to use a virtually unlimited number of colors. The Windows program was called Truemand and was available on my website for a number of years.
I purchased the shareware program UltraFractal in 2001. Ultrafractal provided a tremendous expansion of artistic possibilities, with flexible programming tools to create fractal formulas and fractal coloring formulas, Photoshop-like layers and even design fractal raytracing formulas. My old exponential smoothing coloring is now one of the standard coloring formulas that ship with UltrFractal. The most recent version of UltraFractal supports object oriented programming and the import of images, and currently meets most of my algorithmic artistic needs as far as tools. I have even been able to design some Photoshop-like filters such as Colored Pencil and Oil Paint.
Personal Art Manifesto
Art is what is perceived by the viewer to be art, and so it is a very personal concept. Some works appeal to a wide audience and so are touching upon something more universal, and yet still personal. For myself, art needs to provide a message. The message can be aesthetic (the general case), sublime, critical, calming, disturbing, comforting, warning, etc. Creating a mood is also sending a message. There must be enough complexity to keep drawing the viewer back to find something new or something seen differently, and enough simplicity so as not to overwhelm. Art does not have to be beautiful. "The Scream" by Munch is compelling and touches the personal, but is not what I would call beautiful. Art is not craft. Craft is interesting, art is personally touching. The gray fuzzy line between art and craft is also personal and changes with time. Most of the origins of art lie within craft, or so I believe.
The newest tool for the artist is the computer. Nature has long been a subject for art. In many respects nature is fundamentally fractal, and now with the computer and programs like UltraFractal, the artist can access these fundamental building blocks. This is a new medium for art. If Fractint is used as the real starting point, the fractal approach to art is only about 20 years old. I was fascinated with fractals before Fractint, having written programs in Turbo Pascal in the mid 80's to generate Mandelbrot and IFS fractals. This fascination has grown into a long term desire to create fractal-based art that is personally satisfying, and hopefully appreciated by a wider audience.
As fractal artists we have a significant challenge in gaining acceptance with the mainstream art establishment. One of the main reasons for this problem, I believe. is the preponderance of "pretty pictures" created by the various software packages with little human intervention. We need to provide a convincing case that "real" fractal art is created using human insight and creativity, with the computer as a tool, that fractal ART is what humans do that cannot be done by the computer. Of course, ultimately, it needs to have that personal appeal.
For myself, I see art as the ideal medium to deal with messages about what mankind is doing to this world we live on, and to ourselves. If the world has strong fractal elements, fractal art should, at least in principle, be the ideal medium to render the message.


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Over the years Snakes 'N' Adders have forged great working relationships with some of the industries finest manufacturers and suppliers. This allows us to offer a wide range of professional and applicable dry goods at competitive prices. You wont find gimmicks here just products that work and are of benefit to the animal or to make a keepers life easier.
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Federal prosecutors have charged a bookkeeper for a state judicial association accused of embezzling $452,000 from the organization.
Accusing Barbara Jo Ericsson of bank fraud, prosecutors claim the Thurston County woman skimmed the money from the Superior Court Judges Association. Ericsson was employed there as a bookkeeper.
Writing the court, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert Westinghouse and Lawrence Lincoln alleged Ericsson wrote checks on association accounts to herself and others, forging the signatures of officers of the association in the process.
All told, Ericsson wrote 136 unauthorized checks on the judges' association account, the prosecutors claimed. The thefts are alleged to have began prior to 2007 and continued until April 2010.
Charged with three counts of bank fraud, Ericsson has not been jailed in the case. She is expected to appear Thursday in U.S. District Court at Tacoma.
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LFW – Doctor Who ConfidentialFebruary 20th, 2011
The ravishing red headed beauty of Karen Gillan, who graciously stopped for a quick photo, outside Claridges Hotel, Mayfair, after the Mulberry show. Karen plays Amy Pond, alongside Doctor Who (Mat Smith), in the long running BBC Doctor Who series.
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This easy owl craft can be pulled together with things you already have on hand. Just gather some plates and scraps of fabric, and check out the tutorial on Happy Hooligans.
Basic sewing skills and some felt are all you need to create this felt and fabric owl ornament. You Go Girl shows you how to make it, and even includes a link to a pattern.
I Love to Create has a tutorial for making this ombre owl T-shirt. Little ones will love making a craft that they get to wear.
Take your owl crafts to a whole new level by creating an owl costume for inspired dress-up play. Learn how to make your own on Alpha Mom.
A Geek in Glasses shows you how to recycle old bottle caps into a cute hanging owl craft your kids will love.
Small Hands Big Art has a tutorial for making an owl mask out of some old box lids. These cute masks are sure to become a staple in your child's dress-up collection.
Needle felting is a great way to make sweet little 3-D felt animals. Kara with Petals to Picots shows you the basics, though you may want to lend a hand to younger children for this project.
Create an owl that's part of your decor! About Family Crafts puts together some feathers and a grapevine wreath to make an adorable owl craft that's sure to cheer up any front door.
How cute is this owl lantern? Jill Dubien from Meet the Dubiens transformed a plain paper lantern into an owl decoration for her daughter's room.
A simple wooden spoon can become so much more! Ashley with Spoonfulzine converted a plain wooden spoon into a cute spoon owl with some paint and craft foam.
Danielle's Place shows you how to revamp an old sock into a cute stuffed owl — no sewing required. Finally a project for all of those unmatched socks.
If you have a few random cupcake liners left over after cupcake baking, turn them into a work of art. The Kids Activities Blog shows you how to make your own.
Pipe cleaners are great for any kid craft because they are so easy to work with. Rachel at Lines Across made pipe cleaners into a cute little 3-D owl.
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About Me
Founder of Carbon Design Co and the former head of the Washington, DC office of gyro. The largest B2B agency in the world and Ad Age's 2016 B-to-B Agency of the Year. My career follows the pipeline. I started at the bottom closing deals as a sales rep, then became a management consultant after grad school helping clients build sales and marketing channels.
Along the way, I've had stints as the head of marketing of an Inc. 500 company, and as an interim CMO at a Fortune 500 company. Today, I work at the top of the funnel helping clients build brands and awareness through advertising. That said, this is B2B marketing and that means what we do must payoff in sales results through building and executing integrated campaigns for their sales force and partners. The goal is to turn insights into ideas, and ideas into motivated buyers who convert.
This blog was founded in 2006 and has been recognized by numerous publications over the years as a top Business-to-Business Marketing and Social Media site. Posts generated at this site are also distributed to a number of online publications, like Business2Community, and the Sales Blog. My posts have also appeared on Forbes CMO Network, Fortune, Adage, gyro, the Huffington Post, Media Post and various books including Squandering America's Future
In addition, I'm a contributing author to the following books on marketing; Advice from the Top: The Experts Guide to B2B Marketing, PR News Guidebook, and the recently released eBook from Forbes entitled Transformational Marketing: The Best of the Forbes CMO Network.
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Don't be fooled by the apparent epidemic of air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job — it's a longstanding problem that the Federal Aviation Administration has failed to address in an effective way. And Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood's decision to extend from eight to nine hours the minimum time between shifts is unlikely to keep all controllers alert when they work overnight shifts.
In January, a working group of officials from the FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association recommended authorizing controllers to take naps as long as two and a half hours on midnight shifts, while colleagues cover for them. The group also called for letting controllers nap during the 20- to 30-minute breaks they get every few hours during daytime shifts. The proposals grew out of research by NASA, the Air Force, and other sleep experts.
But in a blatantly political pronouncement, LaHood said Sunday, "On my watch, controllers will not be paid to take naps.'' Never mind that trauma doctors, firefighters, and other emergency workers regularly nap during their shifts. Japan, Germany, and other countries authorize naps for flight controllers and even provide cots and quiet rooms.
LaHood should wake up, smell the coffee, and reconvene the FAA's controller fatigue working group with an eye toward solving this problem — not grandstanding about it.


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The 3 sink basin dishwashing system is a well-known clean, rinse, sanitize, and dry method in many restaurants and bars. It's a way to ensure that dishes are properly cleaned, sanitized, and ready to re-use. With this handy step-by-step guide for 3 sink basin dishwashing, it's even easier to remember the importance of each step. It can also help remind staff of the do's and don'ts for the process.
Click the image to download the 3 Sink Basin Dishwashing infographic.
Step 1: Pre-Wash
Before starting the wash cycle in a 3 basin sink, you should try to scrape off as much food as possible in a waste bin or scrap container. This will help keep the dish water cleaner, helping you save on detergents.
Step 2: Wash
Ensure that each basin is clean and sanitized prior to filling them.
The 1st basin is for washing with hot, soapy water at a range of 95⁰ to 120⁰ F. You should have a good scrub brush and scouring pad on hand. If you're only cleaning glasses, a submersible glass washer will make things easier. Remember to replace with clean, hot, soapy water when it begins to drop temperature or becomes dirty.
Step 3: Rinse
The 2nd basin should be filled with hot water at around 120⁰ F. The cleaned dish should be rinsed off in the water until no more detergent is present on the dish. If it becomes hard to get the detergent off, you should refill the basin with new, hot water.
Step 4: Sanitize
To be thoroughly cleaned, health code requires this last step, which is the sanitize stage. The 3rd basin should be filled with sanitizer to ensure bacteria are removed from all surfaces. The dish should soak in a mixture of sanitizer mix for at least one minute. pH test kits are a great way to ensure the sanitizer is mixed to manufacturers standards. If you're using chlorine as your sanitizer, you should check the pH levels often, as chlorine will evaporate over time.
Step 5: Air Dry
The only recommended way for dry the dish is by air drying – no wiping the dish down with a towel, just let it air dry.
- Never use your 3 sink basin as a mop or hand washing station.
- The 3 sink basin should be refilled every 4-hours and cleaned between each refill. You can create a schedule for testing and changing water to make it easier for staff to remember. Simply use a dry erase pen on laminated paper with a simple to read checklist that includes the pH test, when to refill/change water, etc.
- Before choosing a scrubbing pad, check with the business to see what is preferred. Some companies/restaurants do not allow steel or copper pads to be used as they tend to breakdown over extreme use and can create small shavings that are left behind on the "clean" pan.


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SAN DIEGO --- University of San Diego President Mary E. Lyons said Friday that she and the school's trustees have "unwavering support" for men's basketball coach Bill Grier and athletic director Ky Snyder as the FBI investigates a bribery case involving two former players and a former assistant coach.
Lyons, Grier and Snyder spoke for the first time since federal authorities announced Monday that Brandon Johnson, the school's all-time leading scorer, former coach T.J. Brown and former player Brandon Dowdy were among 10 people charged with running a sports betting business to fix games.
Grier and Snyder "continue to have our trust and our confidence," Lyons said. "It's very important for me to say that publicly."
Lyons and Snyder said it was shocking for those at the small Catholic college, which plays in the West Coast Conference, to learn of the case.
"No institution is ever immune from difficulties, and this is a lesson that we've learned this week, for sure," Lyons said.
Snyder agreed.
"Other than a tragedy happening to a student-athlete, there is nothing worse that can happen in collegiate athletics than point shaving," he said. "In sports, there is nothing worse than losing the integrity of the game. It calls into question all who are involved: Was it real or was it not? ... One of our student-athletes asked this week, 'How much of my career was real?' This is the damage that point shaving inflicts. This is not a victimless crime."
Johnson finished his college career in 2010. Brown was an assistant coach at the school in the 2006-07 season, and Dowdy played at USD in the 2006-07 season before transferring to UC Riverside.
Authorities did not say how the alleged scheme worked and said they were trying to determine its scope, including the number of games allegedly involved.
The indictment alleges that Johnson, 24, took a bribe to influence a USD game in February 2010 and solicited someone else this January to affect the outcome of USD basketball games while playing for the Dakota Wizards, a development team for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies.
Federal authorities didn't name the USD opponent in the February 2010 game, saying only that Johnson was the school's starting point guard at the time.
Johnson "was intricately involved in both the illegal gambling business and in the sports bribery schemes," U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy said at a news conference Monday.


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HONG KONG, Jan. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ Korea IT Times-- Rising Media, Inc. and 3DR Holdings
announced the launch of Inside Fintech Hong Kong, taking place on March 21-22, 2017 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The two-day conference program, will encompass the latest innovative technologies that enhance and develop the global financial ecosystem. Topics include innovation, blockchain technology, big data, InsurTech, RegTech, cybersecurity, investment opportunities, payment systems, regulation, digital and decentralized currencies, such as Bitcoin, and more. It will also look at how Hong Kong competes on a global level as a fintech hub.
The program features 25-30 expert speakers participating in keynote sessions and panel discussions.
"Inside Fintech Hong Kong is going to be the must attend fintech event in Asia Pacific for everyone involved in this space. It will be an ideal opportunity for attendees to hear insights from the brightest minds in the fintech ecosystem and make valuable connections ," said Christoph Rowen , Managing Director -- APAC, Rising Media.
In addition to the two-day conference program, the event features an exhibit hall where visitors can meet and connect with an array of fintech service providers and financial institutions.
Prices for Inside Fintech Hong Kong increase on-site, so register in advance to save. For more information and to register, visit: insidefintechconference.com/hong-kong


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Shedden wins second race at Snetterton
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7 August 2011 – Honda Racing's Gordon Shedden backed up his Race 1 podium by storming to victory at Snetterton this afternoon, bagging his first winner's trophy of the weekend after a close-fought opening lap. The Scot jumped into the lead with a bold move at the second corner, ultimately leading home James Nash and reigning Champion Jason Plato.
Shedden bolted away from his third place grid slot at the start, promptly launching an attack on the Silverline Chevrolet Cruze's as the field approached Turn 1. The 32-year-old disposed of Alex MacDowall at the high-speed Riches corner, before a domino effect saw him nudge Plato out of the way for the top spot at Montreal.
All of the contact allowed Nash to take hold of second position after the first handful of corners, while Frank Wrathall's impressive weekend continued as the Dynojet driver found himself in line for a podium spot. Shedden managed to pull away as the race progressed, with Nash and Wrathall behind embroiled in a close battle for position.
Neal's early progress from 18th to tenth was quickly blighted when he picked up a slow puncture, forcing him to make a stop for fresh rubber. The Honda man went on to finish down in 17th place, setting him up for another lonely third race. Meanwhile, the battle for third had died down, as Wrathall began to struggle with a gremlin of his own.
The BTCC newcomer eventually pulled off the circuit with smoke exiting his Toyota Avensis, ending a race which promised so much for the Ginetta G50 Cup title holder. Plato - who received a fine for his Race 1 clash with Neal - and team-mate MacDowall had already found a way through before Wrathall's car expired, but the retirement also allowed a battling Paul O'Neill and Mat Jackson to move further up the order.
Dave Newsham and Tom Onslow-Cole were next up in seventh and eight respectively, while Andrew Jordan and Rob Collard completed the top ten. The result promotes Shedden into the championship lead on 146 points, five ahead of nearest rival Jackson.
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Ross Barnes
Biographical Information
From 1868 to 1870, Ross starred for the Rockford Forest Citys, along with Albert Spalding, attaining professional status in the second year. When the National Association was formed in 1871, Harry Wright signed both men to his new team in Boston. Barnes' major league career thus started when he was only 21. He split time between second base and shortstop for the Boston Red Stockings of the new National Association. Barnes led the league with 66 runs scored and 91 total bases, finishing second in batting average at .401.
In 1872 he led the Association with a .432 batting average, a .585 slugging percentage, 99 base hits, 134 total bases, and 28 doubles. The Red Stockings began a four-year dominance of the Association, with Barnes a key player each year.
Barnes again led the Association in 1873, hitting .425, as well as leading in on base percentage (.456),slugging percentage (.584), base hits (137), runs scored (125), total bases (188), doubles (29), bases on balls (28), and stolen bases (13).
His .340 BA in 1874 was only good enough for eighth in the league, while his .364 was good for second in 1875, while leading again in runs scored (115), base hits (143) and on base percentage (.375).
Before the 1875 season ended, Barnes and four other Boston players signed contracts with the Chicago White Stockings. When word leaked out in Boston before the end of the season, Barnes and his teammates were reviled by Boston fans, being called "seceders", a strong epithet just a decade after the Civil War. It was likely that the National Association would void the signing, but Chicago owner William Hulbert preempted the move by forming the National League, and causing the NA to disband.
Barnes' new team finished first in the NL's first season with a 55-12 record, while Boston fell to fourth. Ross led the National League batting (.429), on base percentage (.462), slugging (.562), runs (126), hits (138), bases (190), doubles (21), triples (14), and walks (20). For those first six years of major league play, he had hit .397. However, it was to be his last dominant season.
In 1877, Ross fell ill with what was then only described as an "ague" (fever), played only 22 games, and did not play well when he was in the lineup. The illness robbed him of much of his strength and agility, and shortened his career. While many baseball histories originally blamed the change in rules that outlawed the "fair-foul" hit, of which Barnes was an acknowledged master, his illness has become a more widely accepted explanation for his loss of productivity.
The remainder of his career was an effort to return to glory ending in mediocrity. He played for the Tecumseh team in the International Association (arguably baseball's first minor league) in 1878, returned to the National League with the Cincinnati club in 1879, sat out all of 1880, and finished his professional career in 1881, playing his last season in Boston, site of his former glory. After 1876, he never hit better than .272, and his other totals were barely half of those from his glory days. He retired at age 31. He finished his career with 859 hits, 698 runs, and a .359 average, in only 499 games played and 2392 at bats. His 1.4 runs per game played remains the best of all time.
Barnes has been rated as the best player of the National Association, and during his peak, from 1871 to 1876, he was a dominant offensive force. His skill at the fair-foul bunt caused rule changes, and his defensive abilities were highly regarded. A teammate of multiple members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, he was the most valuable batter. He also has the distinction of having hit the first home run in National League history, on May 2, 1876.
A lifelong bachelor, Barnes held a variety of white-collar jobs in the Chicago area after his baseball career ended until his death from heart disease in 1915.
Birthday: May 8, 1850
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KNOXVILLE (WVLT) - Johnny Majors once called Tony Dorsett one of the greatest athletes he's ever coached. On a visit to Knoxville Wednesday, Dorsett returned the favor to the man who coached him through one of the greatest playing careers in college football history.
"We always used to try to imitate him and that old country southern drawl that he had, but the thing that I liked about him was that he was a fair coach." Dorsett said. "Every time we made a suggestion to Coach Majors, every one of them he accepted. He always said that if we act like young men, he'll treat us like young men. "
Dorsett has accomplished everything there is to accomplish on the football field.
At the college level, he won a national championship and a Heisman Trophy, was a four-time All-American and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
In the NFL, he took home a Super Bowl ring in his rookie season, was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and played in four Pro Bowls.
Not bad for a son of the Western Pennsylvania steel mills.
"The epiphany I had as a kid that drove me to not want to live that steel mill lifestyle was when I went to get keys from my dad," Dorsett said. "This man was walking up to me from the steel mill covered in filth, and I didn't even know it was my dad.
Right then and there I realized that was not the life I wanted to live, so I went to the University of Pittsburgh, got a good college education, got lucky enough to get into professional football, and it's just been a great ride."
Dorsett was in town Wednesday to endorse the Chuck Ward Flipping House Book/DVD on behalf of Hall of Fame Mortgage, who is opening an office in Knoxville. He credited Majors with some of the character traits he's taken with him into the business world.
"I use a lot of the sayings and slogans that he would throw on us, like 'little things make big things happen.' I'm a real stickler for that, not only just in sports but business and relationships -- the little things you do one way or the other can make or break a situation," Dorsett said.
Dorsett also sounded off on Majors' forced resignation in 1992, which followed a controversial series of events and is still a sore point with the former coach.
"From my vantage point I thought it was a raw deal; it's unfortunate that it happened. He was very proud of his alma mater, and it seems like he got undermined a little bit when he got ill, but for a guy to win an average of over nine games a year and to lose his job, that's a tough call. He's back and I'm hoping bygones are bygones and he'll just go over there and enjoy what's going on at his alma mater," Dorsett said.
Majors and his wife recently moved back to Knoxville, a place Dorsett said the coach always urged him to come see on a fall Saturday. He believes the explosive enthusiasm of places like Neyland Stadium is one of the main ways in which the college game has grown since his days at Pitt.
"I think the fanfare -- ESPN going out to stadiums -- and fans of college football are like no other fans of sports. They're very adamant, they really get behind their teams. That's the thing that maybe has grown a little bit. You look at your own stadium here -- you have to expand, you go to Michigan, they're expanding. Everybody's getting new stadiums so they can get more people," Dorsett said.
But Dorsett maintains that some aspects of the game will always remain the same, like the primary factor he believes it takes to succeed in college football.
"Work ethic. Truth of 30 years is still truth of today. You're going to get out of it what you put into it," Dorsett said.
"That will never change."


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Why seek his approval..?

your OWN approval of the things you do is far more important than that of someone who does nothing to encourage and support you.. I was married to one of those for 22 yrs- not anymore!

Who died and made him Mr PERFECT...? Dont give him power over your self-esteem!!
you and me both!
You live on hope my friend.
because you HAVE TO get a life of YOUR OWN under way!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its not critisizm it is advice:):):):)
Because you want validation. I've been through this several times in my life. It's not easy. One way I've dealt with it is to distance myself from the person while I work on building my self esteem and confidence. When you feel strong enough, it'll be easier for you to realize that you don't need anyone's approval. Validate yourself. You'll be much happier, and may begin to attract a more supportive, loving type of person. Good luck!
Because you can't break the people pleaser cycle.

That does not bode well for you in the future.
u don't have seek anyone approval but ur owe. you need to tell ur self i didn't fail and keep that in ur mind


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An airport that serves the whole Central Minnesota area is looking for financial support from that region.
St. Cloud Regional Airport was the first recipient of revenues from the half-cent local option sales tax when it was established in 2003. Residents will vote in November on whether to continue that source of revenue.
The airport is one of the three regional projects, including trail connections and the community and aquatics center, that would benefit from the tax extension.
"It's our greatest example of a true regional project," St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis said.
Residents will vote on a 20-year extension of the sales tax that would start in 2019 and bring $291 million to the region. St. Cloud, Sartell, Sauk Rapids, St. Joseph, St. Augusta and Waite Park participate. If approved, $4 million will be set aside for the airport.
Regional efforts
St. Cloud operates and owns the airport, but it draws users from a wide area that extends beyond the city, Kleis said.
The airport has added air service, which brings in more people every day to use the facility and spend money in the region.
"As it becomes busier, it becomes more expensive to operate," Kleis said.
Most airport building projects receive significant state and federal funding, which comes from ticket sales and fuel taxes. But that funding requires a local match. That's where sales tax dollars come in.
"If not for the sales tax, that local match would have to come from St. Cloud property taxpayers," Kleis said.
St. Cloud leaders have had discussions with their counterparts in area cities and counties about creating a regional body to oversee the airport operations.
Kleis said those conversations continue, and he hopes to have an agreement in place next year.
The Greater St. Cloud Development Corp. has been in support of the airport's efforts to regionalize the airport authority. While the group hasn't taken an official position on the sales tax, GSDC President Patti Gartland said regional funding is in line with a more regional authority.
"It just makes an awful lot of sense," she said.
A regional authority is more reflective of the area that the airport serves and that benefits from it, she said.
"It's critically important to our business community because it connects us to the rest of country and world," Gartland said.
Future projects
The first local-option sales tax was in place from 2003-05 and the airport was the regional project it funded. The tax raised $2.7 million for the airport, which was used to pay off bonds that were issued for the local share of a runway expansion project.
The sales tax was extended for 2006-18, with the St. Cloud Public Library and the airport as the regional projects. That extension set aside $5 million for the airport.
None of those funds have been spent yet, and they can be used only on airport projects. Land purchases to expand the airport zone have been discussed as potential uses for those tax dollars.
The city's Capital Improvements Program lists $45 million of projects for the airport that could use $5.3 million of sales tax.
That program lists projects through 2020, while the sales tax extension would start in 2019 and last 20 years.
The city is planning $31.1 million in projects that will require $3.56 million in sales tax dollars.
A $5 million terminal expansion is planned that would need $500,000 in sales tax. The airport was expanded in 2008, and Airport Director Bill Towle said a majority of that work was to bring the building up to new security standards.
The new project would add space to the main lobby area. Towle said the area is overcrowded with the restaurant and lines from the check-in area. Now that hundreds of travelers go through the terminal with daily air service, more space is needed.
There also needs to be more room for baggage claim and the space where bags are stored before being put on the plane, he said.
Three runway expansions are planned. The main runway will be expanded in each direction, for a total project of $12.5 million. That total project will need $1.25 million in sales tax.
Expanding the runway will allow for bigger planes, such as MD-80s, which is what most of Allegiant planes are. It also increases safety when landing and taking off in the winter.
The third runway project is to expand the crosswind runway, which is estimated to cost $10.35 million with $1.035 million coming from sales tax.
That project would provide an alternative to the main runway in case maintenance or snow removal has to be done on it, Towle said.
"We obviously don't want to have to stop operations (for maintenance)," he said.
Another project would install inset pavement lighting for $1.5 million, with $150,000 of that coming from sales tax. That will work as an additional navigational aid when landing, Towle said.
Improving parking is also important as traffic increases at the airport. The city has a $1.75 million project it would like to do, with $625,000 coming from sales tax.
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I wrote for today's newspaper about the shift toward single-family homes as the population ages. As shown by the above chart from the National Association of Home Builders, houses are getting smaller, too.
The two trends go hand-in-hand and are seen as resulting from an economic downturn that laid bare the problems with buying homes that are too costly.
The photo below is from the Lake Ridge subdivision in Latham, where only three buyers among 29 have chosen multi-story home models. You can kind of tell from the height of the homes, though, that many of today's new one-stories have soaring interior ceilings that make them different from the ranches of the 1950s and 1960s.


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Police deaths give leverage to toughen gun laws
On the East Bay
Published 4:00 am, Tuesday, March 24, 2009
If history repeats itself, the fatal shootings of four Oakland police officers on Saturday afternoon will become the next benchmark in the national debate on a federal law to ban assault weapons.
If there is a grain of hope to be gathered from a loss so tragic, it's that last weekend's horrific events will help end the debate on an unresolved policy issue that has resulted in thousands of deaths and helped sustain veritable demilitarized zones in some of our nation's largest cities.
In Oakland, a city already struggling with high crime and gun violence, the deaths of two officers gunned down with an AK-47 qualify city officials to lend their voices to any national debate on the issue.
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While the tragedy in Oakland lacks the scale of the shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Columbine High School nearly a decade ago, the deaths of four officers in a single incident is a significant event that sends shock waves across the nation.
The use of the deadly weapons - which can fire hundreds of rounds per minute - has become an all-too-familiar feature in the gun violence being played out.
Frank Rose, a community activist who chairs two citizens advisory committees in his East Oakland neighborhood, witnessed the results of such an attack no more than two weeks ago.
Rose watched in utter disbelief as a car drove to the front door of the Oakland Police Department substation at the Eastmont Mall as he sat outside waiting to attend a community meeting.
"The driver jumped out of the car, and the passenger just kinda fell out and crawled around the side of the car," he said.
The driver pounded on the front door until a police officer answered. He immediately came out to help the wounded man.
When Rose stepped from his car to take a closer look, he saw a body motionless in the backseat - and matching bullet holes on both sides of the vehicle.
"How in the world did this happen?" Rose, 70, later asked an officer.
"The guns they got on the street now, Frank, you wouldn't believe it," the officer replied.
Oakland City Council President Jane Brunner said she will seek support from colleagues to pass a resolution calling for federal assistance in finding ways to remove the deadly weapons that leave officers outgunned.
"We don't want officers facing guns they cannot protect themselves from," Brunner said.
Former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, who wrote a state law in 1999 that banned sale of the weapons, said President Obama's case to seek a federal ban on a wide array of automatic weapons is only strengthened when they are misused in such horrific ways.
"Maybe this will be enough to rally the California delegation to ask the federal government for help," Perata said. He cautioned that gun control laws remain a hot-button issue in suburban enclaves and rural communities in California and across the nation.
"With a Democratic administration and Congress, there is little political threat, and who knows when we're going to have an opportunity like this again?" he said.
For Perata, it's a question that was asked and answered in his mind more than 20 years ago when he proposed similar legislation as an Alameda supervisor.
"There is a big difference between taking someone's handgun away and taking away an AK-47," Perata said. "They didn't want to ban .50-caliber guns either, but these are weapons of war with no application in civilian life."
In anticipation of the new White House administration's tough stance on assault weapons, gun dealers, advocates and manufacturers reported significant sales increases in handguns, rifles and ammunition soon after Obama's election.
In the Washington office of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a spokesman said the California Democrat had received many calls about the shooting in Oakland. Feinstein helped craft legislation that banned the sale of assault weapons, but that ban ended in 2004.
Callers have encouraged Feinstein to sponsor tough new anti-gun laws, said Gil Duran, a press spokesman. But, he said, Feinstein believes it's appropriate to honor the families' mourning period before she proposes new gun legislation.
"Right now she is mourning with them," Duran said of the officers' family members.
As we wait to see what Feinstein does, Brunner has taken a good first step in asking her colleagues to help pass a resolution to call for stricter gun laws.
Oakland, its residents and leaders would be remiss if they did not use their voice and experience to pressure federal legislators for more gun regulation.


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Re: Timeless Classics of Software Engineering
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:10:59 -0600
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eric.nospam.hamilton_at_hp.com (Eric Hamilton) writes:
> Harlan Mills proposed "surgical team" approach. [Not applicable everywhere.]
> Conceptual integrity:
> - Analogy to architectural unity of Reims cathedral vs. others that were
> "improved" inconsistently.
> - "I will contend that conceptual integrity is the most important
> consideration in system design. It is better to have a system omit
> certain anomalous features and improvements, but to reflect one set of
> design ideas, than to have one that contains many good but independent
> and uncoordinated ideas."
> - The purpose of a programming system is to make a computer easy to
> use. [We may modify purpose to be to make it easy to do the things that
> our customers need done.]
> - Ratio of function to conceptual complexity is the ultimate test of
> system design.
> - For a given level of function, that system is best in which one can
> specify things with the most simplicity and straightforwardness.
i was at a talk that harlan gave at the 1970 se symposium ... that year it was held in DC (which was easy for harlan since he was local in fsd) ... close to the river on the virginia side (marriott? near a bridge ... I have recollections of playing hooky one day and walking across the bridge to the smithsonian).
is was all about super programmer and librarian .... i think the super programmer was re-action to the large low-skilled hordes ... and the librarian was to take some of administrative load of the super programmer.
i remember years later somebody explaining that managers tended to spend 90% of their time with the 10% least productive people ... and that 90% of the work was frequently done by the 10% most productive people; it was unlikely that anything that a manager did was going to significantly improve the 10% least productive members .... however if they spent 90% of their time helping remove obstacles from the 10% most productive ... and even if that only improved things by 10% ... that would be the most benefical thing that they could do. This was sort of the librarian analogy from harlan ... that managers weren't there to tell the high skilled people what to do ... managers were to facilitate and remove obstacles from their most productive people.
this is somewhat more consistant with one of boyd's talks on the organic design for command and control.
-- Anne & Lynn Wheeler | http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/Received on Fri Aug 27 2004 - 23:10:59 CEST


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Puppy Proofing Tips
One of the most important things you should do before your Australian Labradoodle puppy comes home is to make your home and property safe for your puppy. Below are a few Puppy Proofing Tips for your home. Click here for a complete list.
- Get on your puppy's level. Lay on the floor and get a "puppy's view" of your home. You will see first hand what they might discover.
- Protect your puppy from any toxic plants (I send home a list).
- Move trash cans out of reach of your puppy. Items like sanitary supplies and razors can be hazardous.
- Look for any drowning hazards. Full buckets, bathtubs. keep toilet seats down.
- Move all cleaning supplies and medications up and away.
- Secure and elevate electrical cords. Puppies love to chew on electric cords. Electrical cords can cause burns in the mouth. You can buy cord concealers, use PVC pipe or cable wrap to eliminate the hazard.
- Be aware of poisonous human foods (I send home a list).
- Falling risks. Be careful not to leave your puppy unattended on a bed, couch, etc. They can easily injure themselves falling. Secure stairs with a baby gate.
- Elevate and secure cords for draperies and blinds. They are a strangulation risk!
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Thanks to the NFL lockout, the 49ers didn't have an offseason program, making it seemingly impossible for a new coaching staff to quickly resurrect a sad-sack franchise.
Overwhelmed? Please. Harbaugh was overjoyed when he met with the media on July 29, 2011, following the first training-camp practice with his underdog team. He happily discussed the myriad obstacles that had to be overcome.
"I like being in the chaos of this," Harbaugh said.
Seventeen regular-season wins and one NFC Championship Game appearance later, the NFL's reigning Coach of the Year was more subdued Wednesday.
His 4-1 team has steamrolled its past two opponents 79-3 and is entering Sunday's showdown with the defending Super Bowl champions as a six-point favorite.
Chaos? Obstacles? The underdog days are over.
"Nothing's wrong," Harbaugh said, a bit glumly, "except nothing's wrong."
Indeed, the 49ers have few problems to fix as they prepare to host the Giants at Candlestick Park, which Harbaugh said was "unsettling."
Such wild success can breed comfort, which is like nails on a chalkboard for Harbaugh. He is a coach, after all, who doesn't abandon his trademark black fleece sweatshirt in 90-degree weather so he can, well, make himself miserable. As safety Donte Whitner noted last year, "He always tells us he wants things to suck more than they possibly can."
But how to make things suck when your team is busy making history? The 49ers had a franchise-record 621 yards last week, posted their biggest blowout win on the road since 2002 two weeks ago and have won two consecutive games by at least 30 points for the first time since 1961.
"It's scary good," Harbaugh said. "But, scary good. The law of averages say that you're not going to keep getting the breaks. You're not going to stay at that spot. But, I think if you understand the concept of scary good, then you have a chance. Stay on your toes. Keep your guard up. Stay paranoid. And come out here every day and do what you believe in, which is the preparation."
Yes, stay paranoid. Asked about maintaining that character trait, Harbaugh referenced the book "Only the Paranoid Survive," penned by former Intel CEO Andy Grove. As Harbaugh noted, Intel dominated the computer-chip market under Grove's leadership. There's power in paranoia, he said.
"That was a team that was on top for 40 years," Harbaugh said. "Won 40 straight Super Bowls, and that's what they had to say about it. I think there's something that can be learned there."
Speaking of Super Bowls, Giants coach Tom Coughlin, like Harbaugh, knows the value of playing the underdog. Coughlin is in us-against-the-world mode this week despite winning the NFL title eight months ago.
"Nobody gives us a chance," Coughlin said.
Not surprisingly, Harbaugh isn't going to surrender the psychological battle without a fight. There might be nothing wrong with his dominating team, but Coughlin's statement, he said, was incorrect.
"I think that's probably an exaggeration," Harbaugh said. "A big one."
Eric Branch is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @Eric_Branch


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I was asked to download and review a few of the education apps made by Kids Academy over at Sverve. I was honored and excited to have the opportunity again.
The first app I reviewed was 123 Tracing.
This app is probably one of my favorites. Your child gets to trace letters to learn them, as well as collect fireflies along the path and then the fireflies are deposited into their jar. The jar then fills up as they progress through the alphabet, which is a perfect way to keep kids motivated not to give up and to keep trying if they have trouble with a letter. It also has the option of creating multiple profiles if you have more than one child using the app. You can even track your child's progress along the way to see just how well they are doing. I like this option because you can let them play independently and then check how they did later.
The next free app I downloaded was Preschool and Kindergarten Learning Kids Games.


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Details: James Heberley discusses Robson in the MSS account of his life. ' We sailed from Sydney in 1826 and were 9 months out when we touched on Tanner's Island, Bay of Plenty. There was a man living among the natives, he was a prisoner of the Crown and had been sent to Moreton Bay on board the 'Mercury' brig. There was a mutiny on board and they took the brig to the Bay of Islands. Several of the prisoners went on shore and Captain Duke of the 'Sea Eagle' re-captured the brig and took her to Sydney. This prisoner made his escape and went by the name of Robson, he got tattooed like the natives'.
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Cats have a natural attraction to the Big Gulp. Poor Darryl is fighting a battle he'll never win. With that cleared up…
Johnny'sCake is the character I most associate with my own experience. That's not to say Unicorn Soup is autobiographical, it's not, though dashes of reality creep in. So here's a dash, perhaps a Mrs. Dash—I always play the female characters in Left 4 Dead games. In L4D, it was all Zoey all the time. In L4D2, as this comic depicts, Rochelle was my girl.
I love Valve's female leads.
*Editor's note* The following anecdote contains hyperbole, myth and a complete disregard for the Oxford Comma.
Nearly a year ago, when my wife and I found out we were expecting our first child, she suggested that if we had a girl we might consider naming her "Zoey."
Every nerd molecule of my being exploded in a symphony of joy… it was all I could do to restrain myself from pushing my glasses back up the bridge of my nose, thrusting my index finger into the air and shouting, "Mmmmm! Capital idea!"
As an experienced husband I knew that my wife wouldn't love the idea of naming our first child after a videogame heroine—even Zoey.
It wound up being a moot point as we wound up having a beautiful boy–Indiana Gandalf Janney Jr.