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A state coastal agency could decide soon whether Huntington Beach can rezone a site in the Bolsa Chica mesa, an area that opponents say is home to Native American artifacts and remains, to allow for a housing development.
The California Coastal Commission is set to vote Jan. 8 on whether the city can amend its Local Coastal Program — local governments' guide to development in the coastal zone — to allow for new homes on the northwest portion of Bolsa Chica.
In a report, commission staff recommends denying amendments because the changes would "eliminate a higher priority land use designation and does not assure that significant culture resources and sensitive habitats will be protected" under the California Coastal Act. The move would also violate a part of the Local Coastal Program that the commission has already approved.
The Bolsa Chica Land Trust has argued, along with residents and others, that the development would destroy 9,000 years of Native American cog stones and artifacts.
Amigos de Bolsa Chica President Tom Livengood declined to comment on the issue, and Bolsa Chica Conservancy Executive Director Grace Adams could not be reached by press time.
"The trust absolutely agrees with the commission staff, that as submitted, the project needs to be denied," said board member and City Councilwoman Connie Boardman.
The council in 2010 approved changing the land use designation of a 5-acre parcel known as the Ridge, at the southeast corner of Bolsa Chica Street and Los Patos Avenue, from open park space to residential use.
Property owner Signal Landmark and developer Hearthside Homes planned to build 22 "green" homes on the site.
The land trust sued the city and the developer in 2010 to stop the project and force a proper analysis of its potential effects. The lawsuit is on hold under a mutual agreement among the three parties until coastal commissioners hear the issue, Boardman said.
"Sadly, [Native Americans] didn't leave gold-laden tombs or majestic monuments," land trust Executive Director Kim Kolpin said, comparing the Ridge site to the treasures of Egypt. "What they left here, though, was the story of early civilization here in North America."
She added that the most appropriate way to study the artifacts would be to leave them where they are. Removing the items from the site would reduce its significance and value, Kolpin said.
"This predates Stonehenge. This predates the pyramids," she said. "And [developers] are going to destroy it to put a couple of houses on it?"
Boardman said J. Daniel Rogers, former North American archaeology division head for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, D.C., has said that the Ridge property is a "site of international significance."
Though the site is known for harboring a wealth of cultural knowledge, Kolpin said getting help from the government is difficult.
The Tongva and Juaneño people, who consider Bolsa Chica to be sacred, are not federally recognized. Additionally, private property rights in California do not favor preservation efforts, she said.
When the council reviewed the plans in 2010, city staff, citing Scientific Resource Surveys Inc.'s ground analyses, said it was unlikely that artifacts or remains would be found in the area.
Councilwoman Jill Hardy, then mayor pro tem, was concerned that Scientific Resource Surveys said the same thing about the Brightwater site, an adjacent development project where about 100,000 artifacts and about 200 ancient remains were reportedly found.
The company did many tests at the Ridge and still believes nothing of significance will be found, Boardman said. She added that the Coastal Commission fined the company $430,000 for doing unauthorized work on the Goodell property, a 6-acre site directly below the Ridge that also has archaeological significance.
"Just because auger holes have been dug down to a certain depth doesn't mean there's not important resources, culturally, out here," Boardman said.
She has worked to protect and preserve Bolsa Chica with the land trust since 1993, when Signal Landmark wanted to build about 5,000 homes on the wetlands.
Ideally, she would like to see the property owners of both the Ridge and Goodell sites sell the land to the land trust or another nonprofit to allow for the preservation of the area.
"That's the win-win for everyone," Boardman said. "Signal Landmark and the Goodell family could make money on their property, the Native Americans sites would be preserved … and everyone would benefit."
Ed Mountford, spokesman for the project, could not be reached for comment.
Boardman said the Coastal Commission listened to its staff when it reviewed the application for the highly debated Poseidon Water desalination plant in Huntington Beach.
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In an attempt to call attention to the city's increasing violence, a coalition of Chicago clergy announced an effort Friday to gather 100,000 signatures on a petition to support legislation that would require gun owners statewide to register their weapons.
The citywide petition drive, starting this weekend and continuing until the state legislature reconvenes in November, seeks to send a message to elected officials that the owners of assault weapons should have to register the devices, said the Rev. Ira J. Acree, who helped organize the movement.
"Our sons and daughters are dying and being gunned down," said Acree, who is pastor of Greater St. John Bible Church in Austin, a community that has been hit hard by gun violence. "Rifles, AK-47's and machine guns should not be in the hands of ordinary citizens. Nobody needs an assault weapon that was made for the military."
Chicago residents already register their firearms since the city allowed handgun ownership for the first time in decades in 2010 after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the city's handgun ban.
The petition drive was intended to draw attention to the problem of violence and shootings in Chicago, said Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
"We want to engage and empower members of our congregations to now get involved to combat this violence that is plaguing the city," he said. "A lot of times people feel like they don't know what to do. They feel almost paralyzed.
"We're not saying take guns away from people. We're saying make them responsible. Title them like a car. Treat guns the same way we treat cars."
House Bill 5831 would, among other things, prohibit anyone from carrying or possessing a handgun that is not registered.
But the legislation, introduced in February, faces a tough road in Springfield, where gun control issues often result in geographic differences of opinion. Downstate lawmakers tend to oppose stricter gun regulations, city lawmakers support them and suburban lawmakers split.
The Chicago Clergy Coalition is made up of almost 130 ministers of all faiths from throughout the city.
On Friday, about 35 of them gathered at St. James Cathedral to announce the petition effort.
Homicides in the city have increased by 32 percent through Aug. 26, the city's most recent figures show.
At the press conference, the Rev. Kevin Bruursema of New Life Community Church in Lincoln Park criticized Mayor Rahm Emanuel for recent comments he made about gang violence.
But the group of ministers fell short of condemning the mayor and called him an ally in their battle.
"When the city is bleeding, it's the whole city, not just one part," Bruursema said. "He said it's gangs against gangs. We can do a lot better than that. When a son is gunned down in Pilsen, Little Village or Englewood, it's a loss for the entire city."


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Manuel "Manny" Díaz, who made his home in Effort, passed away July 22, 2013, after a three-year bout with cancer. Manny was born April 8, 1945, on his family's farm in the mountains of Cerro Gordo, near the town of Moca, Puerto Rico.
The youngest of his large family, Manny, at the age of 8, was brought by his parents, Benito and Felipa, to an apartment on the West Side of Manhattan, reuniting all eight children. His family was very active in St. Rose of Lima Parish, where he received the childhood sacraments and attended parochial school in the conflicted days of "West Side Story," when ethnic relations were tense for young New York Puerto Rican youths.
After his years at George Washington High School, Manny met Bethsaida "Betsy" Ortiz. They would marry at St. Jude's Catholic Church and Betsy would be the love of his life and mother of his three children. Mr. Díaz's career-defining job was in the U.S. Postal Service, where he was a mail deliverer in New York for more than two decades. Serving as "super" for a time in his apartment complex, Manny was "Mr. Fix-It" for his brothers, sisters and relatives. Whenever there was a leaking pipe, a sagging door or table to be repaired, he was called upon to fix it. But Manny did more than fix things: he also has helped many of his nephews and nieces who turned to him for advice.
Upon retirement, he bought a home in the Poconos near Effort, where he built himself a garage with a workshop for his hobby of woodcraft, making toys for his grandchildren and producing chairs and benches from original designs. The mountains reminded him of his Puerto Rican birthplace and, helped by his family, he turned over soil, creating an immense flower garden for his wife and an extensive plot for vegetables, thus coming full circle back to a farmer's life.
During his physical decline from cancer, he deflected sympathy from frequent visitors, declaring he was at peace with his approaching death. He recounted an accident that took place when he was 15 climbing a tree in a Manhattan park. He had fallen the equivalent of three stories, landing on his back. He described a near-death experience while laying on the ground, feeling that he was moving toward "a warm and peaceful light." But at that moment, he asked God to spare his life because an early death for him would cause his mother to suffer. His prayer was heard and he recovered. A few years later during the Vietnam War, he volunteered for the U.S. Army, but was turned down because he had broken his back. "That fall saved my life twice," he would say, "once when I fell and once when it kept me from dying in Vietnam. Every year of my life from then on has been a gift."
He is survived by his wife, Betsy, and three children, Manuel Díaz Jr. of New Hampshire, Anne Marie Díaz of Kunkletown, and José Díaz of Woodbridge, N.J. He leaves behind five grandchildren. He was supported in illness and is grieved in his death by his surviving brothers and sisters: Mrs. Herminia Díaz Pérez and Mr. Juan Díaz of Puerto Rico; Mrs. Alicia Díaz Salinas and Mrs. Clarita María Watson Suárez of New York; and Miss Mercedes Díaz, Mr. Miguel Angel Díaz and Dr. Ana María Díaz-Stevens of the Stroudsburgs. His eldest sister, Mrs. Dominga Díaz Ayala of Miami, preceded him in death, as did his parents, Benito Díaz and Felipa Ramírez.
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I'm working on a static analyzer for Clojure, where I'd like to have a reader which provides precise form coordinates and source representations.
Specifically this enables analyses where it's straightforward to bind an object like:
(fn* [p1__3615#] (inc (conj p1__3615#)))
to the source form which it was read from:
"#(inc (conj %))"
Would this kind of functionality be considered appropriate to tools.reader? Specifically I'd like to make a change such that
- Read data is unchanged
- When an IMeta is read, additional information is embedded in the metadata, but no existing metadata is changed
- The additional metadata would include the source character string, the ending column, and the ending line from the source stream
As an example, reading a stream that contained the following on the first line:
#(inc (conj %))
Would return a list as follows:
(fn* [p1__3615#] (inc (conj p1__3615#)))
And would change the metadata from:
{:line 1, :column 1}
to augment it with more metadata, as follows:
{:line 1, :column 1, :end-line 1, :end-column 15, :source "#(inc (conj %))"}
I'd happily contribute a patch to include this behavior if you'd be inclined to accept it. I'd like to first see if it would be considered appropriate, and also discuss any other concerns you might have (such as having this behavior be optionally enabled, etc)
I would definitely take a patch to add such a behaviour, with the condition that this should not degrade the performances too much (a 2x slowdown would be acceptable though).
I don't feel like this needs to be optional behaviour, we already provide column/line info by default, if it's not needed the user might just ignore it.
Just like to touch base as I've been quiet for a little while, but haven't forgotten about this. It's been my primary goal on Friday time.
I currently have a naive implementation that works, but blows our performance goal by a 5x factor. I think this is solvable with a little more finesse in source logging.
It appears that end-line and end-column information can be obtained for almost no additional computational cost. (less than 2% additional processor time).
I've committed my WIP to: https://github.com/aredington/tools.reader/tree/metadata-logging
Also worth discussing at some point in time: some tests around syntax quoting and metadata reading start failing. For syntax quote, the forms returned are significantly more verbose, including metadata assertions with the source attribution. For metadata, the metadata values read now have an additional :source key included that specifies the source string the forms were read from. In both cases, the expectations of the tests are violated, but I'm not inclined to say that the end result is incorrect without discussion.
Awesome, I haven't had a chance to read through the implementation but I'll do so as soon as possible.
If I'm reading the last commit message correctly, it looks like since your comment here you were able to reduce performance loss to 2x, that's cool.
Can you please make the end-line/end-column modifications into another ticket? I can merge that as soon as you upload the patch.
Regarding the failing tests – looks like those are inevitable, it's definitely not a bug and those tests should be fixed to match the new behaviour (fixing those should be just a matter of manually attatching the :source metadata to the forms to be read by the clojure reader)
After some more thoughts, I think it should be better to have a "InfoPushBackReader" (not sure if it's the best name) wrapping an IndexingPushBackReader that provides source data, this way we only get the performance hit when we effectively need the :source info instead of making every Reader collect source data even when we don't want/need it.
Would this approach work for your use case?
Absolutely. I'll make two patches and we will have two paths for metadata:
- Default case; if line numbering information is available, end-line and end-column will be captured. The performance hit from this is marginal (2-3% slower), but it does provide sufficient information for, e.g. editors, IDEs to precisely indicate what portions of a source file originate what forms. This patch will be submitted in a new ticket.
- Enhanced case; using a new InfoPushbackReader (SourceInfoPushbackReader? SourceLoggingPushbackReader?) we'll log precise source information on each form read. The performance hit from this will be substantial (100% slower), but it isolates the performance impacts to those users who deliberately want more information and are willing to pay the performance cost. This patch will be attached to this issue (
- Default case; if line numbering information is available, end-line and end-column will be captured. The performance hit from this is marginal (2-3% slower), but it does provide sufficient information for, e.g. editors, IDEs to precisely indicate what portions of a source file originate what forms. This patch will be submitted in a new ticket.
- Enhanced case; using a new InfoPushbackReader (SourceInfoPushbackReader? SourceLoggingPushbackReader?) we'll log precise source information on each form read. The performance hit from this will be substantial (100% slower), but it isolates the performance impacts to those users who deliberately want more information and are willing to pay the performance cost. This patch will be attached to this issue (
TRDR-10 for end-line and end-column info.
Looks like CLJS will also beenfit from this, see http://dev.clojure.org/jira/browse/CLJS-658
+1 for SourceLoggingPushbackReader
On https://github.com/aredington/tools.reader I have it nearly working save that nested collections (e.g. [1 2 [3 4 5]]) fail to read correctly.
The top collection will read correctly with the following as the source string: "[1 2 [3 4 5]]", the nested vector reads as "3 4 5]".
I tried taking the macro dispatching char and prepending it to the source log at the appropriate source logging frame, and that resolves nested collections, but causes metadata to read erroneously, e.g. {:foo :baz} 'zot will read with source string "^{:foo :baz} 'zot".
Gonna keep digging to try and resolve this because source logging is very close, but just wanted to update on current status as I'd been quiet for a while.
I'll take a look at your current implementation and see if I can help you spot what's going wrong, thanks again for the effort you're putting into this.
I opened a pull request https://github.cam/aredington/tools.reader/pull/1 that should fix all the issues you were having, as well as fixing another minor bug.
If you find my edits reasonable please merge it and then squash the commits and I'll merge the patch upstream
Squashed commit with working source logging
As I see current tools.reader still not able to return position info (line, column numbers) for strings, numbers, booleans and other primitives that don't implement IMeta interface. Is there plans to fix it somehow? I was thinking how it can be fixed and only idea I came up with was to read input data into intermediate datastructure like:
{:type :vector
:children [{:type :string
:value "hello"
:line 1
:column 2}]
:line 1
:column 4}
And then convert it to clojure datastructures: ["hello"] so changes are invisible from outside. Additionally you can pass additional option like :raw-format true and it will return those internal datastructure.
Would it be the change that will be accepted or is it too drastic? I can start working it. I think this functionality is really needed for libraries linter-like libraris that checks whether code is formatted correctly and need to know position of each lexem.
I thought about this issue a while ago and I'd be definitely more than happy to take a patch for this.
What I'd like to see is a tools.reader.parser namespace with a parse function that returns a parse tree, and then tools.reader be just a compiler from that parse tree back to clojure, however I'm worried about the performance implications of that; I've deliberately avoided writting tools.reader with multimethods in favour of direct dispatch via `case` for performance reasons, this would probably involve an unacceptable performance hit.
So probably keeping the parser and the reader separated, even at the cost of having to copy&paste most of the current implementation is the way to go; obviously if you want to try to unify the two feel free to do so.
Can you open a new enhancement ticket for this?


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GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — The quiet of Rasheed Wallace's retirement in North Carolina was interrupted last spring by a call from an old coach.
"Out of the blue, coach Woody called me like, `Young fella, what are you doing?"' Wallace said of Mike Woodson.
"I'm like, `Uh, you know, just down here enjoying life, enjoying the summer, down here with my mom, taking it easy,"' Wallace recalled. "That's all I was doing pretty much."
Woodson had something else in mind.
The Knicks coach wanted depth in his frontcourt and remembered the success he and Wallace had in Detroit on Larry Brown's 2004 NBA championship team. So they were back together Wednesday -- an older, mellowed Wallace ending a two-year retirement to sign with the Knicks.
"We have a good history coming from Detroit," Wallace said. "We won one together, so he asked me if I still want to play. I said, `I'll come up there and see what I can do for you."'
Woodson isn't sure what that might be, using the term "only time will tell" at least three times when asked about Wallace's potential. But the Knicks were young and thin in the frontcourt last season, so he figures it's wise to give the four-time All-Star a shot.
"The fact that he's asked to come out of retirement and play, for me it's great to give him a shot because I remember the good times," Woodson said. "I don't know if he still has it yet until he gets out here and he starts working and playing, but only time will tell."
Wallace said he decided in late August after a few conversations with Woodson to attempt the comeback. He cited his respect for the laid-back Woodson, an assistant under Brown whom Wallace credited with calming down the player who once racked up 40 technical fouls in a season.
The 38-year-old Wallace last played for the Boston Celtics in the 2009-10 season. Terms of his contract were not announced, but the Knicks could offer only the veteran's minimum of about $1.7 million.
Wallace averaged 14.6 points and 6.7 rebounds in 15 seasons. The temperamental 6-foot-11 forward was whistled for 308 technical fouls, according to STATS, LLC, easily the most in the league during that span. He led the league seven times, including his final season.
But with plenty of gray sprinkled in his hair, Wallace says his clashes with referees and the media are a thing of the past.
"I'm too old for that," Wallace said. "My kids are older now, so I'm too old for that."
The former North Carolina Tar Heel had returned to Chapel Hill, working out with college players and competing in pro-am leagues. He now takes his place with a group of reserves some 20 years older than the guys he's been around. Kurt Thomas turns 40 on Thursday, Jason Kidd is 39 and Marcus Camby also 38.
Woodson isn't expecting Wallace to play a big role, and Wallace understands he's not coming to New York to have one. If he makes the team, he'll back up center Tyson Chandler and forward Amare Stoudemire, bringing his tough, interior defense and good perimeter shooting that made him such a versatile player.
"This is not something that's definite," Woodson said. "It's an opportunity to look at him and see what he has left, and if he has something left I think it can be a positive for our ballclub."
Wallace said he retired in 2010 for personal reasons and assumed it was for good. But he said those concerns were resolved, and he's eager to play again after not seriously considering it before Woodson's call.
"He's told me his ideas. He's told me his plans, and I just want to see if I can fit in there somewhere," Wallace said. "Like they say: Get in where you fit in."


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Federal Judge Katherine Forrest on Friday left in place the 11-count indictment brought against Mustafa Kamel Mustafa as she ruled on pretrial motions.
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Mortgage borrowers ask lenders a lot of questions, and the first usually is: What's your rate?
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Whether they plan to purchase a home or refinance an existing mortgage, borrowers' chief concern is how they can get the lowest rate and save the most money.
By raising the rate question early, borrowers are also asking, though perhaps indirectly, whether a new loan is a good option for them, suggests Peter Thompson, a senior loan officer at Prospect Mortgage in Naperville, Ill.
"People want to make sure they're getting as good a deal as possible," Thompson says. "Even if they don't shop the rate, (they want to know) they're not getting taken advantage of, that they're getting the best deal. But they're also saying, 'What can you do? Is this something that's going to be possible?'"
Below are five of the most frequently asked questions about mortgages and mortgage rates that borrowers have for lenders.
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The question, "What's your rate?" is only natural, yet there is no one rate for all borrowers.
Rather, Thompson explains, lenders offer a range of rates, depending on myriad factors that include the property type, loan term, borrower's credit score, rate-lock duration, and whether the borrower will pay points or receive a rebate credited against the closing costs. (A point is an upfront fee equal to 1% of the loan amount.)
That variability means the lender needs more information from the borrower to quote a rate accurately, adds Greg Cook, a loan consultant at Golden Empire Mortgage Inc. in Temecula, Calif.
"Is this a purchase or refinance? A 30-year loan or 15-year loan? How much of a down payment are you going to make? Those are questions that we, as lenders, are trained to ask, but sometimes we don't get that chance," he says.
Can You Give a Lower Rate Than the Other Guy?
Many borrowers pose the rate question repeatedly, calling multiple lenders because they think that's a good way to shop for a mortgage. It isn't.
"They want to hear someone tell them a number that was lower than the last person. That's what they're looking for," Cook says.
Unfortunately, this quest for the one true lowest rate is mythical. All rates fluctuate from week to week, day to day or sometimes hour to hour.
Personalization and market risk make rate shopping difficult for borrowers, though many experts advise borrowers to shop for a loan, and the federal government requires lenders to use disclosure forms that encourage comparisons.
Jim Pomposelli, a mortgage banker at The Federal Savings Bank in Chicago, suggests that consumers should shop around -- up to a point.
"Don't run a Dutch auction where you are going back to everybody three times because at some point, you'll get what you pay for," he says.
Can I Get the Lowest Rate Among my Friends?
Another reason why some borrowers push so hard for the ultimate lowest rate is bragging rights. Cocktail-party talk and water-cooler chitchat are so important to them that reason flies out the window or at least takes a back seat to emotion.
"There is money to be saved, but when people really, really, really want to get that last bit off the table, I don't think it's fundamental economics," Pomposelli says. "It makes you feel good. It makes you feel smart. People want to feel they are smarter than the market."
May I Float Down the Rate?
Some lenders offer borrowers an option to "float down" a rate as an inducement to lock it -- in other words, to have a second chance to lock the rate if rates fall. Pomposelli says such programs are "quite expensive" for lenders, who have to make up the difference in another way.
"Banks aren't stupid," he says. "If you lock in at one rate and then you want to go lower, there is a charge in there somewhere."
Alternatively, borrowers can allow the rate to float to try to capture a downward tick, though that can be risky since rates can rise as well as drop, Pomposelli warns.
"You're thinking you might be able to save $20 (a month), but what if all of a sudden, you're paying $40 more?" he asks.
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Once the rate question has been raised and addressed, borrowers typically want more details about loan terms. Thompson says some frequently asked questions include: When can we close? Can you do this loan as a no-cost refinance? Is this a 30-year fixed-rate loan? Is there a prepayment penalty?
"A lot of the conversation is about making sure they know that it's the deal that it really is," he says.
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It is, unfortunately, society's nature to discard the unwanted or forgotten. This tendency is on display across the globe, from slums of mega-cities to undernourished children in rural villages to the ugly endangered creatures that never receive attention. Nowhere, however, is this tendency more apparent than in our trash. We accumulate so much unwanted stuff that each city-dweller throws away an average of 1.2 kilograms of municipal solid waste per day. An individual's trash puts all those unwanted items on display, whether it is an old love letter, a broken glass, or a half-eaten ham and cheese sandwich.
Pay Dirt, a new report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), outlines the benefits of that half-eaten sandwich. The report outlines the environmental and economic benefits of developing composting programs in Maryland. Composting is simply the decomposition of organic matter. It occurs naturally, but it can also be controlled and accelerated with human assistance. The end product – compost – has a variety of uses and is particularly valuable as a soil conditioner.
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Environmentally, composting can contribute at a variety of different scales. Backyard gardeners have long composted their own waste and then reintroduced the compost into their gardens, increasing soil productivity. At a larger scale, composting can help protect the Chesapeake Bay watershed – it reduces stormwater runoff by holding up to 20 times its weight in water; binds heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides, reducing their leachability and absorption by plants; when added to soil compost can reduce contamination by urban pollutants by 60-95 percent.
Composting also means less waste is sent to landfills and incinerators, which translates to reduced methane emissions from landfills and lower potentially dangerous fumes from incineration. In addition, because of its high water retention, compost helps prevent soil erosion, and is being used on steep roadway embankments and as part of the growing trend of green infrastructure, which includes green roofs, bioswales, rain gardens, and vegetated retaining walls. ILSR argues that composting offers Maryland the opportunity to become a leader in green infrastructure and provide a model for other states to follow.
Maryland's recycling has stagnated at around 40 percent for the past decade, and law mandates only between 20 and 35 percent recycling at the county level. While a 40 percent recycling rate is in line with the national average, Maryland lags behind several other states, such as California, which in 2012 enacted a bill mandating a 75 percent recycling rate by 2020. Composting is a natural partner for recycling – products such as yard waste and food scraps that cannot be recycled can be composted, and states that promote both would see drastic decreases in landfill and incinerator waste. However, in order to design and implement composting programs, the state and local governments must be involved, working alongside communities and individuals.
A statewide workgroup in 2012 recommended that the General Assembly authorize the Maryland Department of the Environment to issue regulations for the design and operation of composting facilities, and exempt these sites from the same regulations as refuse disposal sites. The General Assembly authorized this in 2013, and has thus paved the way for an increase in composting infrastructure. However, there is much work left to be done, and the report offers some policy guidelines that are necessary to facilitate new composting facilities. The primary focus should be on a decentralized system that prioritizes home-based, farm-based, and community-based composting over larger-scale centralized facilities. Local composting minimizes transportation costs, and helps create a community culture of composting. As composting programs expand, regional facilities can be built in communities that have already embraced the benefits reaped from composting. The report also advocates targeting a variety of yard debris for year-round collection, as well as banning yard trimmings from landfills and incinerators.
ILSR argues that Maryland has the opportunity to model its composting systems on already established ones, such as San Francisco's highly successful waste program. San Francisco mandates curbside pickup of three bins – one for recyclables, one for compost, and one for everything left over, which, due to the city's extensive recycling and composting infrastructure, isn't much. The city has achieved an 80 percent landfill diversion rate, and aims for zero waste by 2020. In addition to all the environmental benefits of waste diversion, California's recycling laws have created 125,000 jobs. Austin, Texas is also being proactive about composting, trying out a pilot program for curbside compost collection, as well as requiring all restaurants to compost by the year 2017. If Maryland's state and local governments provide the support for composting, the state could become a national compost leader, drawing ideas from cities around the country to develop a statewide infrastructure for proper waste disposal and reuse.


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NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday that India had been shamed by rapes and attacks against women, and called on parents in this deeply misogynistic country to treat their sons and daughters equally in his first speech marking the country's independence from colonial rule.
"The law will do its job and do it strictly but as a society every parent also has a responsibility to teach their sons the difference between right and wrong," Modi said as he addressed the nation from the Red Fort, the sprawling 17th century fortress that was once home to India's medieval Mughal rulers.
"Today when we hear news reports of rapes, our heads hang in shame," Modi said, addressing a growing anger against persistent violence against women.
A fatal gang rape on a moving bus in the Indian capital in December 2012 enraged a country long inured to sexual violence against women. Amid scores of public protests new and tougher legislation was enacted doubling prison terms for rapists to 20 years and criminalizing voyeurism, stalking and the trafficking of women.
Modi called on all lawmakers to ensure that separate toilets were built for girls and women. A lack of private toilets in schools has been cited as a reason for girls dropping out of schools. Women in rural India often must use faraway fields as toilets where they are often harassed and sometimes face sexual violence.
"Can't we just make arrangements for toilets for the dignity of our mothers and sisters?"
Modi made the hour-long speech without a prepared text. He did not speak from behind a bullet-proof screen, the first prime minister to do so in almost 30 years.
India gained independence from British rule in 1947.
Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party swept into power in May, in the biggest electoral upset here in three decades. His main electoral plank had been to boost an economy that had slowed to 5 percent growth in the last two years. He promised to wipe out endemic corruption, create more jobs and control soaring inflation.
While he announced no specific policies on Friday, he again vowed to work to pull millions of Indians out of poverty, calling himself India's "prime servant" and not prime minister.
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He urged global investors to bring their manufacturing units to India.
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In case you weren't convinced by the previous findings, a new survey indicates more American workers are expecting to delay retirement in the wake of financial challenges.
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A report released this month by The Conference Board repeats what numerous studies have shown before: Many of those nearing retirement age are planning to stay in the workforce longer as they grapple with declining savings rates and economic uncertainty. According to the study's authors, this situation has potential upsides and downsides for U.S businesses.
Savings rates and assets on the decline
Within its report, The Conference Board notes lost savings is a major factor in employees deciding to work longer. In 2012, 62% of 45-60 year olds saw the value of their financial assets drop 20% or more and said they plan to delay retirement. That's up from the 42% of workers who had that type of savings decline in 2010 and were planning to work longer.
The following factors helped contribute to the increased percentage of workers seeing a decline in their assets:
- Job losses
- Salary reductions
- Savings withdrawals
- Depressed housing prices
"Even as economic conditions improve, many are still relying on assets to get by," said Ben Cheng, co-author of the report, in a written statement. "And even those who've made it through the worst find themselves needing to work past retirement age to rebuild savings."
The Conference Board found the number of workers planning to delay retirement seems to run across all regions, genders, ethnicities and incomes.
Older workers a mixed bag for businesses
An experienced workforce may be a mixed blessing for businesses, says The Conference Board.
Some industries may be faced with a skill gap or a worker shortage. Firms in these fields may benefit from having an older and more experienced workforce available.
"This may benefit some businesses and industries by reducing labor shortages and skill gaps as experienced workers stick around," said Gad Levanon, Director of Macroeconomic Research at The Conference Board and a co-author of the report, in a press release. "At the same time, their delaying retirement can be a significant obstacle to the many companies seeking to cut costs."
Older workers can often mean greater expenses for an employer. In addition to commanding higher salaries, these workers may have higher health care costs or more extensive benefits packages than their younger and less experienced counterparts.
This report from The Conference Board doesn't necessarily reveal anything new about the state of retiree expectations. But it does provide one more indication that if you expect to work longer, you may have plenty of older colleagues to keep you company.
The original article can be found at Money-Rates.com:The upsides and downsides of an aging workforce


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Algorithm Improvement through Performance Measurement: Part 1
Algorithm Improvement through Performance Measurement: Part 2
Algorithm Improvement through Performance Measurement: Part 3
Algorithm Improvement through Performance Measurement: Part 4
Algorithm Improvement through Performance Measurement: Part 5
Counting Sort is a simple and very fast linear time O(n) sorting algorithm, with practical limitations which bound its applicability. When it is applicable, such as sorting arrays of 8-bit or 16-bit integers, it has been shown to significantly outperform other sorting algorithms, such as STL sort() by 22-30X for arrays of 8-bit numbers, and 22-25X for large arrays of 16-bit numbers, as described in Part 3 of this series. (STL sort() is a generic hybrid algorithm of quicksort, Heap Sort, and Insertion Sort.) Counting Sort also outperforms Binary-Radix Sort, N-bit-Radix Sort, Insertion Sort, and Selection Sort for 8-bit and 16-bit numbers. It was used in previous installments of this series to create a high-performance hybrid sorting algorithm combinations that adapted to the data type being sorted, performing better than sorting methods based on a single algorithm.
In this article, I examine Counting Sort in detail, extended to support signed 8-bit and 16-bit numbers, followed by performance optimizations, resulting in superior sorting performance for unsigned and signed 8-bit and 16-bit arrays.
When sorting an array of numbers the Counting Sort algorithm consist of two steps: counting and writing. To sort an array of 8-bit numbers, where each array element can have a value between 0 and 255, for example, Counting Sort uses 256 counters. Each counter stores the number of times that a particular value has been encountered within the array, as the array is scanned from the first element to the last. Thus, counter[0] contains the count of how many zeros are in the array, count[1] holds the count of how many ones are in the array, count[2] has the count of how many twos are in the array, and so on, until count[255] which holds the count of how many 255's are in the array. Once the counts have been collected, by scanning through the array in a single pass, the second stage of the algorithm can proceed. This writing stage starts with the count[0], takes its count value, and stores that many zeros back into the array, starting at the first element of the array. Then it looks at the count[1] value, and stores that many ones into the array, and so on. The result is a sorted array of 8-bit numbers.
Listing 1 shows an implementation of the Counting Sort for arrays of unsigned 8-bit numbers from the In-place Hybrid N-bit-Radix Sort in Part 3 of this series.
// Copyright(c), Victor J. Duvanenko, 2010 // Listing 1 inline void CountSortInPlace( unsigned char* a, unsigned long a_size ) { if ( a_size < 2 ) return; const unsigned long numberOfCounts = 256; unsigned long count[ numberOfCounts ]; for( unsigned long i = 0; i < numberOfCounts; i++ ) // initialized all counts to zero, since the array may not contain all values count[ i ] = 0; // !!! It should be possible to use array initialization and remove this overhead!!! // Scan the array and count the number of times each value appears for( unsigned long i = 0; i < a_size; i++ ) count[ a[ i ] ]++; // Fill the array with the number of 0's that were counted, followed by the number of 1's, and then 2's and so on unsigned long n = 0; for( unsigned long i = 0; i < numberOfCounts; i++ ) for( unsigned long j = 0; j < count[ i ]; j++ ) a[ n++ ] = (unsigned char)i; } inline void CountSortInPlace_2( unsigned char* a, unsigned long a_size ) { if ( a_size < 2 ) return; const unsigned long numberOfCounts = 256; // one count for each possible value of an 8-bit element (0-255) unsigned long count[ numberOfCounts ] = { 0 }; // count array is initialized to zero by the compiler // Scan the array and count the number of times each value appears for( unsigned long i = 0; i < a_size; i++ ) count[ a[ i ] ]++; // Fill the array with the number of 0's that were counted, followed by the number of 1's, and then 2's and so on unsigned long n = 0; for( unsigned long i = 0; i < numberOfCounts; i++ ) for( unsigned long j = 0; j < count[ i ]; j++ ) a[ n++ ] = (unsigned char)i; }
The first portion of the algorithm creates an array of 256 counters and initializes them to zero, using the first for loop. The second for loop scans the array from the first element to the last, taking each array element and using its value as an index into the count[] array, incrementing that particular count. For example, an element of value 3 will increment count[3]. Once the counts have been gathered, the writing step begins. In this step, the outer loop walks through every element of the count array, starting with count[0] . It uses the value of count[0], and writes that many zeros to the array. Then it looks at the value of count[1], and writes that many ones to the array, and so on.
As a concrete example, the following array of unsigned 8-bit values is to be sorted by using the Counting Sort:
0, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 3, 1, 0, 3, 1
The algorithm scans the array from the first element on the left to the last element on the right. In this example, counters 0 through 3 are used, and all counters are initialized to zeroes. The first element is a 0, and thus count[0] is incremented. The second element is a 2, and thus count[2] is incremented. This method is continued until all 17 array elements have been processed. At the end of this counting step (the second for loop in Listing 1) the counts would be:
count[0] = 5 count[1] = 6 count[2] = 0 count[3] = 6 ... count[255] = 0
The third for loop (the writing step) starts at count[0] and writes the value of zero five times -- into a[0], a[1], a[2], a[3], and a[4]. Then writes the value of one six times (into a[5] through a[10]), followed by no values of 2, followed by writing the value of three six times (into a[11] through a[16]). The resultant array is:
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
which is exactly what was counted: 5 zeros, 6 ones, no twos, and 6 threes. The result is a sorted numerical array. The input array was scanned two times from beginning to end: reading the array during the counting step, and writing the array during the writing step. Thus, the algorithm is O(n), with the amount of processing equal to 2n.
Table 1 and Figure 1 show performance measurements for the Counting Sort along with several other sorting algorithms, such as STL sort(), Insertion Sort, Binary-Radix Sort, and 256-Radix Stable Sort from Part 3. The Counting Sort #2 is the second implementation in Listing 1, which initializes the array to zero (where the compiler inserts code to initialize the local count array).
The above measurements show that the Count Sort is very efficient algorithm for 8-bit unsigned numbers and outperforms other algorithms by a wide margin. It outperforms STL sort() for all but the smallest array size, by over 20X in performance for 100K array size and above. At 10K array sizes and above it outperforms Intel's IPP Radix Sort by 20-30%, when count array initialization is used, but lags in performance when the for loop is used for clearing the count array. Insertion Sort is about 4X faster for 10 element arrays, but substantially lags in performance for larger array sizes (by up to 139K times), since it is O(n2) algorithm and the Counting Sort is O(n).
The setup for performance comparison setup was as follows: single-threaded 32-bit command prompt application, compiled using Visual Studio 2008, optimization project setting is set to optimize for speed and inline any suitable function. The application ran on Intel Core i7 860 at 2.8 GHz Quad-Core CPU with hyper-threading (1 Mbyte L2 cache, and 8 MBytes of shared L3 cache) -- 8 GBytes of system memory (dual-channel 1333 MHz DDR3 attached directly to the CPU), running 64-bit Windows 7 operating system.


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As Whale Programme Director, Patrick leads IFAW's efforts to protect our planet's great whales from commercial whaling and the many other threats they face worldwide.
In addition to ongoing campaign activities in Japan, Iceland and Norway, Patrick's whale programme team supports IFAW projects as diverse as humpback whale research in Zanzibar, a "Floating Classroom" educational project in Dominica, West Indies, and world-class whale research conducted by IFAW's state-of-the-art sailing vessel Song of the Whale. In cooperation with the IFAW's Russia office Patrick's team is working to prevent the construction of an oil platform in the critical feeding and nursery grounds of the endangered Western Gray whale population. Patrick's whale team is also working to improve understanding and protection of whales within the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off Cape Cod, USA, an important feeding ground for many marine mammals including the critically endangered Right whale.
Patrick has worked on international environmental issues for more than two decades and has led IFAW delegations to more than a dozen International Whaling Commission meetings. He has also served as an accredited representative to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, the U.N. Conference on Population and Development, the World Trade Organization and the Arctic Council.
Patrick is a frequently quoted conservation advocate, speaks regularly before media, government, corporate and university audiences, and has testified before the United States House Foreign Affairs and Natural Resources Committees.
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Montse Carty Alumni Interview
Name: Montse Carty
Major at Berklee: Professional music
Graduation Date: 2004
Professional Title: Artist and label relations curator
Employer: Pandora
What are some of the accomplishments you're most proud of in your career thusfar?
The accomplishment I am most excited about is having the opportunity to work in my current job at Pandora! I'm incredibly happy that my Berklee education and prior work experiences have led me to my ultimate dream job.
In one of my first jobs in the music industry, I worked in Global Marketing at Sony Music Entertainment, which served as a service department between the different labels and international markets. I loved being part of a team that discovered best practices to help each country build success for Sony Music artists in their respective markets. Another initiative I was able to help grow was the global websites for artists, which was just getting started when I began. Many of my coworkers from Sony Music (from New York and internationally) have remained dear friends and my boss is still one of my greatest mentors...I'm very grateful for the relationships I made during my time with the company.
Working at the San Francisco Symphony, a nonprofit arts organization, was a completely different experience in the music world but also rewarding. It was great to organize and oversee a number of events and work with our media partners. I also enjoyed getting younger people involved with the symphony though a college program. The student representatives I managed had great energy; it was rewarding for me to work with them and bring some of their ideas into practice.
Because I was fortunate to have had supervisors who really fostered my growth, it was very important to do the same for my staff as a manager at the Boston Ballet School. I tried to be a true mentor and I hope that I was able to have a part in their professional growth as well.
My current job, as artist and label relations curator at Pandora, is the perfect fit for my background and interests. As part of the music operations/curation team, my focus is on two areas: music curation (collecting music for our catalog, reviewing independent submissions, working on genre stations) and artist and label relations (serving as a point of contact and working with artists on on-site meetings and performances). I am thrilled to be working for a company whose principles and philosophy I am so proud to be a part of. The skills I've learned along the way prepared me for a role and place I want to be long-term, and that's what it's all about!
What are the most challenging aspects of your current job?
Can't say that I have any! I only wish there were more hours in the day so I could delve even deeper into what I'm already doing. I feel incredibly lucky to have a job that doesn't feel like work. When you're doing what you love, it doesn't feel challenging—it just comes naturally, I think. My advice for those starting out in their career and feeling things out is if you meet a real challenge, don't let it crush you. Instead, figure out how you can learn from it. If something doesn't feel right, pay attention to that voice. Same goes for the positive feelings you get—if something makes you light up, really pay attention to that as well! Get as many experiences as you can so you have opportunities to learn what excites you, what doesn't, and what will ultimately be the best fit for you.
What would you say are the top requirements for someone entering this line of work?
You've got to be passionate, work hard, and never stop learning! Ask lots of questions and in turn also help others as much as you can.
What would be a reasonable salary range to expect if I entered this field? What is the long-term potential?
I don't feel qualified to answer this sort of question; it varies so much depending on which sector of the industry you're in and whether it's for-profit or nonprofit, etc.
This industry has changed dramatically in the past five years. What have you seen from inside your company? Where do you think the changes will happen in the next five years?
You have to be able to adapt to a changing market. All the new business models keep all of us working in the music industry on our toes! The channels will change but most of the principles you learn will remain relevant. I think you need to remain well read in the industry and, more importantly, make it a point to talk to those who can teach you—get a mentor. If you are just starting out, whether you're an intern or assistant, don't lose sight of the big picture. If you're making photocopies for a meeting, one, make those the best copies you've ever made, and two, try to figure out how those copies fit into the bigger picture in your company (e.g., can you ask your supervisor what the meeting is about and how it impacts the department/company?). When I was starting out in the industry, I was lucky to have bosses who allowed me to sit in on important meetings and really encouraged me to share my opinions. I know that's not always the case but wherever possible, participate and be a sponge—soak it all up! Go above and beyond so that your boss never has to ask you twice to do something.
How has your Berklee experience prepared you for what you are doing today?
Jeff Dorenfeld's music business class really sparked my interest in being a part of this world. I am very grateful for the well-rounded music education I received. Having been through Berklee as a vocalist, I have a broader understanding of the musician's perspective when I work with artists. Many of the teachers I studied with had a great impact on me, in particular my voice teacher Catherine Russell, who has remained a friend and mentor.
Part of my job at Pandora is to host artists when they come in for meetings and in-office acoustic performances and I've already had a number of instances where the musicians have been Berklee alumni (and a few graduated the same year as me!). It's been too fun connecting, and re-connecting with fellow alumni on the job.
If you could offer just one piece of career advice to students, what would it be?
Have the courage to follow your passion. Today, you might want to be touring the world as a guitarist and in two years you might find that your true joy is in teaching music or marketing artists—go toward whatever speaks the loudest to you. You'll find that amazing things happen when you do what you love.