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Los Angeles police said they are still trying to determine what prompted a man to open fire at an LAPD station in Mid-City station Monday night, wounding an officer.
The shooting suspect, 29-year-old Daniel C. Yealu, remained hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday but was booked in absentia on suspicion of attempted murder, LAPD officials said. Online jail records showed his bail was set at $2 million.
Yealu walked up to the front desk of the LAPD's Wilshire Division station about 8:30 p.m. and fired at two officers there, Chief Charlie Beck said. One officer was struck multiple times, but both managed to return fire.
Beck said the suspect used a Glock pistol and was carrying extra magazines, and had another gun -- an assault weapon -- stashed in his car. The weapon was later described as an aged, "heavily modified" AK-47.
"By the grace of God, the suspect did not come in with the assault weapons that he has had access to, one of which I believe was in his vehicle parked right out front," Beck said.
Officials said investigators are looking into whether the shooter would have tried to shoot others had he not been stopped.
"The belief was he was going to go a lot further than just the two people at the front desk," Los Angeles Police Commission President Steve Soboroff said.
Police said that after the shooting they found a cache of weapons at Yealu's home, including a 9-millimeter handgun, a semi-automatic Sig Saur handgun, an AR-15-style assault rifle, a 1960s SKS model assault rifle and a 12-gauge shotgun. Hundreds of rounds of ammunition were also found, police said.
State records showed Yealu had been licensed to work as a security guard since 2005, and had a firearm permit since 2007. Both were listed as "canceled" on the Department of Consumer Affairs website, but no additional information was immediately available.
Those who lived near Yealu at a Motor Avenue apartment complex said police were at his home Monday night. Neighbors said Yealu had lived at the building for more than a year, but kept to himself. Some said he wasn't friendly to them. A landlord described him as a "difficult tenant," but did not elaborate.
Berton Gray, 59, said he was "shocked" by the allegations.
"I had no idea," he said. "I don't know what to think."
The injured officer, a seven-year veteran of the force, was expected to survive, police said. His name was not released. The other officer involved in the shooting has been on the force for four years.
Though initial reports indicated the injured officer was wearing a ballistic vest when he was hit, LAPD Officer Bruce Borihanh said Tuesday that was not the case. Beck later said a mushroomed bullet led police to believe a vest had stopped one of the rounds.
Instead, Beck said, the bullet hit a backup pistol in the officer's left pocket.
It was "truly a miracle," the chief said. "Having that backup gun saved his life."
One witness told The Times that the shooter had walked down a hall next to a room where more than 30 people were attending a neighborhood council meeting.
Daphne Brogdon, a member of the Olympic Park Neighborhood Council, said she dived under a lectern inside the station's West Bureau community room when the gunfire broke out. One of her colleagues on the neighborhood council, a mother like herself, was next to her.
"We were just holding hands, looking at each other saying, 'Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God,'" Brogdon said.
Beck praised his officers Tuesday, saying they showed "extreme courage under fire."
"That's a trite phrase that's overused. But in this case, it is extremely accurate," Beck said. "Those officers' actions saved not only their own lives, but the lives of other employees that work in West Traffic and multiple community members who were in a room right next door."
Monday's shooting marked the LAPD's fourth on-duty injury in a month.
On March 7, a rookie cop was injured in a Beverly Hills crash that killed Officer Nicholas Lee, a 16-year veteran assigned to the department's Hollywood station. A little more than two weeks later, another Hollywood officer was injured by shrapnel when a man opened fire at a Hollywood Hills home.
On Saturday, a longtime motor officer was critically injured when he was pinned between two vehicles in Sun Valley. Beck on Tuesday described that officer's injuries as "catastrophic" and said he remained in "extremely critical condition."
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It has achieved a set of strong performances in tests across Europe: two in Germany and one in Switzerland, according to Tyres and Accessories, where it finished among the top ranked tyres.
The W.drive V905 won the highest accolade awarded in the 2015 annual ADAC winter tyre test report, with a 'Good' rating. It was one of only two tyres achieving that designation from the 19 tyres tested in total. Also in Germany, the OAMTC, another national motoring organisation, awarded the W.drive 'Highly recommended' status, while in Switzerland, the same was awarded by its national organisation, TCS.
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I've been a Gun Tests subscriber for many years, and I have not purchased a firearm without a look at your reviews. Years ago, I purchased a Charter Arms Bulldog in 44 Special following a glowing Gun Tests report, and everything was great about the gun except that it was unserviceable, including a hammer that got stuck half cocked.
At the time I had so many guns that it just went into the gun safe, and also spent a year at a local gunsmith who never found time to take a look at it. Years passed, and I decided to call the folks at Charter Arms to see if they would stand behind the gun. They couldn't have been more cooperative, and invited me to send it to them to be checked out. After a major overhaul, it was returned free of charge. I was especially impressed because the gunsmith who did the work personally called me with a report about what he found and what he did to fix an early model like mine. It's now one of my favorite handguns.
My only regret was learning that the company will not seek approval in California for its auto-pistol-caliber Pitbull revolver. Charter Arms is just one part of "making America great again!"
— Stephen
The original review was in the July 2012 issue, "A Brace of Snubby 44 Specials: Taurus takes on Charter Arms." The summary read like this: "Our Team Said: We like the Charter a lot. With our heavy handload it vastly outshines any and all 38 Special or 357 Magnum loads for self-defense use, in our opinion. We don't recommend shooting heavy loads in this gun all the time, because good practice can be obtained and the gun will surely last longer with lighter target loads. The full load can be reserved for serious carry purposes and will thus do the gun the least long-term damage. With a change of grips and more barrel polishing, this Bulldog will become the backup gun for one of our staff.
Much as we liked it, little things nagged at us. There was nothing at all serious, just cosmetic. We found some spots devoid of finish on the recoil shield, and the ejector rod began to unscrew after 20 shots. So did that of the Taurus. The slight initial operating roughness would have put a few people off, but we thought it was acceptable. The barrel was not the finest inside, but then, this is not designed as a target pistol. We would have liked a slicker barrel, but that would run the cost up." Glad to hear Charter stands behind its legacy products.
— Todd Woodard
If Your Copy Is Damaged, Email Us for a Replacement
My latest issue of Gun Tests arrived pretty much torn to pieces. It arrived on January 28, and if at all possible, could you send a replacement? My account number and my address in California is attached (yes, in the "People's Republik of Kalifornia.") I've used my past issues consistently to help me research and decide on my firearms purchases and find that Gun Tests is, without a doubt, the most valuable publication for this. It's so nice to read a publication that is untarnished by outside influences when you do a review. Please keep up the good work. Thanks, — Mike
My recent issue of Gun Tests January 2017 was delivered almost ripped in half. I was very disappointed, but on page 4, I happened to see a post on damaged issues. If I could get a replacement issue, it would be greatly appreciated. Also, I got a reloader for Xmas. If you have any issues that have tips for reloading, I would be very interested in reading them. Thank you!
— Clint
Happy to do this, Mike and Clint. The fastest way to get a replacement issue is to email customer service (email@example.com), and they will get the machinery in motion to get you a replacement copy. Email is the easiest way to do it because you can send your account information, mailing address, and the request all at once. Speeds the process. — tw
Re: "Reproduction M1 Carbines: We Test A-O and Inland Mfg. Models, February 2017
Your article on Reproduction M1 Carbines brought back many pleasant memories. In 1964, I bought one through the old DCM/CMP program for the princely sum of $20 ($18.50 plus $1.50 for shipping and handling). It was a 1944-dated Inland that had the postwar rework of adjustable sight and bayonet lug added. It came from the Red River Army Depot, and, other than some well-defined pits in the bore, was in great shape. I thought it was just about the coolest-looking thing ever and was thrilled to have it. And, adding to the fun factor, military ammo was available in sealed coffee cans of 600 rounds at 4 cents per round. In spite of an austere budget, I bought a couple of those incredibly cool "banana" magazines and happily went through two or three of those cans, until Viet Nam began to heat up in '65-'66 and the supply dried up.
I had the privilege of working with many combat veterans from WW II, as well as Korea, during those days, and most of them held the carbine in pretty low esteem. Small and light, it was great for garrison duty, but sadly lacking in other areas. Two former Marines, both survivors of the Chosin Reservoir, especially condemned its cold-weather performance. Another veteran of the Battle of the Bulge related how he emptied a 15-round magazine into the back of a running German soldier, and upon examination of the fallen German, found only three bullets had penetrated his several layers of winter clothing. One of the Marines told me that, after Korea, the Corps turned in all its carbines and never issued them again.
In late 1969, I reported to Viet Nam to fly helicopters with the Marines. Within a week or two, one of the pilots who was leaving for home gave me a beautiful M2 Carbine. Being capable of fully automatic fire, it was, of course, not a legal thing to bring back, so he just gave it to me. It appeared to be in super condition and came with three full 30-round magazines. I was doubly thrilled to have it. Thrilled, that is, until I tried to fire it. It would only fire single rounds, and the operating rod had to be worked manually to cycle the action. Imagine my surprise when I field-stripped it and discovered it had no gas piston. It just wasn't there.
It probably wasn't that great a loss anyway since, by then, .30 cal. Carbine ammo was almost impossible to find, at least in I Corps, where I was. There certainly was none in the USMC supply system. By then, even the ARVNs had M16s. So, I reluctantly walked over to the group armory and gave it to them to dispose of. I have no idea what eventually became of it.
All that being said, I still think that an M1 carbine with a 30-round banana magazine is one of the coolest-looking rifles ever carried by anyone. And, to me, at least, the "cool factor" is definitely important. Semper Fi .
G.W., I want to thank you for the recollections about these historic firearms. — tw
Advice for Newbies
Love your magazine, especially the upgraded paper. We're relative newbies to owning and shooting guns, so your evaluations are immensely helpful. Because my wallet isn't bottomless, I'm extremely tempted to save money when buying ammunition for the range. I don't mind paying top-dollar for carry and home defense firearms, but the recurring costs of shooting are substantial. My question is, what real-life downsides are there to buying the ammo that typically runs as much as half what the "better" brands charge?
Here's a case in point from a major retailer that advertises 9mm rounds marked down to 17 cents a round from normal 24 cents a round. The ammo is "aluminum case," which the ad says is "a lower price than steel case alternatives," yet the rounds are "consistent FMJ bullet, affordable, reliable accuracy for high-volume range shooters. This ammunition is new production and non-corrosive."
I don't want to be penny-wise and pound-foolish, and certainly don't want to feed anything into my handguns that may do them gun harm. Can you provide some guidance about these ammo choices? Thanks in advance.
— Mark
Cheap practice ammo will rarely damage your firearm. I would say "never," but I hate to say never. Generally, aluminum and now polymer cases cost less because those cases can't be reloaded like brass, which keeps its ductility over many uses. We haven't had either damage or massive function problems over the years with low-cost ammo, even with steel cases, and we usually include a lower-cost ammunition choice as part of our bulk testing of all firearms. We like to save money, too, and I can't recall any problems with ammunition, per se, that just didn't run or caused problems across several guns. If you really want to save money, however, start reloading. Or do most of your training by dry firing (with snap caps), and only shoot live rounds to get the 5% of the shot development that require recoil and follow-through to learn. But for your defense firearms, make sure you test them extensively with the loads you expect to use to ensure function is 100%. Our ammunition tests can help you select well-performing loads that you can then prove function perfectly in your own firearms. Welcome to the club! — tw
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I've been a subscriber for many years and greatly appreciate your fine magazine. Please review some New York-legal rifles for those of us trapped here until retirement. All kidding aside, some of us can't simply pack up and leave. I recently purchased a Gen 2 Ares SCR and found it to an excellent lightweight rifle, but I know there must be other semiautomatic military-style rifles that are configured to be legal here. I would especially be interested in something in 7.62x39 or 308 Win., but I don't know of any.
— Lawrence
We've batted this idea around for a few years, and, of course, readers in New York and other locations are affected by the availability of state-compliant firearms. I will take a look at "restricted-feature" firearms and see what we can come up with. Ideally, we'd look for firearms that would be multiple-state compliant, which is no easy task. — tw


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The outspoken Seahawks cornerback is taking lots of heat for his post-game comments, but the real problem is the way sports fans consume their storylines.
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman set the social media world on fire with the way he conducted himself after Sunday's NFC Championship victory over the San Francisco 49ers. The reactions raise some interesting questions about how we evaluate the celebrations of our professional athletes.
Sherman has never been shy, making headlines for taunting Tom Brady and for putting ESPN blowhard Skip Bayless in his place. So, when Sherman tipped a last-minute pass to a teammate for the game-sealing interception, it wasn't surprising to see him chasing after receiver Michael Crabtree to give him an earful of 'Boast Mode'. Naturally, a meaningless penalty flag ensued after Crabtree shoved Sherman out of his face.
Sherman might have been forgiven for these indiscretions, but what really seemed to fire up our collective hackles was his post-game 'interview' with sideline reporter Erin Andrews. Sherman was asked to walk the viewers through the pivotal last play, and instead launched into a brief but intense reminder that he is The Best. And much of it seemed focused on his defeated opponent Michael Crabtree and comments that Crabtree apparently made.
To many, the interview came off as disrespectful and more fitting of a professional wrestling venue than an NFL conference championship. It was uncomfortable, because he seemed almost to be yelling at a reporter who had simply asked a question. That the reporter was a smaller, blonde, Caucasian woman may be significant in the reaction.
Naturally, the Racists came out in full force, as they are wont to do when a situation would seem on some level to justify their agenda. But this one was interesting, because the Apologists also came out—arguing that you can't judge a man by his spur-of-the-moment reaction, and – by God – this man is no idiot- he has a Stanford degree!
And it's true, Sherman is no idiot. He has written pieces about his profession that indicate true thoughtfulness and intellect. But this only loops the circuitous flowchart of the discussion back to the starting box: If he's so smart, then this bravado must be calculated. An act. But NFL fans tend to equate this mentality more with the Cortland Finnegans of the world: Players who are aware of their physical limitations, and who compensate with Jedi Mind Tricks. Why would a man who is intelligent and playing at the top of his game need to lower the discourse to gain an edge? And from a practical standpoint, a war of words with Crabtree made sense when the division rivals knew they would likely see one another in the postseason. But after Sunday's game, these two will not play again this year- there is no edge to be gained. None of it quite makes sense.
Cynics suggest Sherman is marketing himself. But he's going about it in a strange way if so. An old maxim of sports is that it's OK to talk trash as long as you can back it up on the field. But if you can't back it up, you have crossed a line that we as a society are not OK with. Furthermore, our most marketable athletes have always been those who show intensity on the field, but who are polite and respectful when the dust has settled.
Michael Jordan and Peyton Manning come to mind on the Marketable side. Whether PR was behind it all or not, their images have been so carefully cultivated that even fans who despised their teams couldn't help but kind of like them. And as a result, they were everywhere.
Then there's the case of a great champion from a different sport- Serena Williams. Arguably the greatest women's tennis player in history, she has struggled to maintain a positive image. She has come off in post-match interviews as aloof and ungracious, and that is the biggest sin we seem to ascribe to athletes. Of course, actual racism and smokescreen allegations of racism entered the discussion with her as well. It's true that there is racism, and it's also true that we simply want people to seem polite.
But lack of graciousness or humility is the current cardinal sin in pro sports. Our athletes can do terrible things off the field, or show terrible sportsmanship throughout the entire game or match, as long as they are willing to bow at the Media Altar and show what we perceive as acceptable contrition. Did they apologize? Did they seem sincere enough? These are the questions we need answered, and we are relentless until they have been answered to our satisfaction. There is never a legitimate thought about the need to prevent such behavior. Because these are grown men and women! (Sorta kinda.) We are only going to punish them if they haven't taken Steps A, B and C as we expect to see them laid out for our consumption.
This would seem to me to get to the very heart of sports and why we like it so much as a culture. We need closure. The closure of a final score, a winner and a loser.
This would seem to me to get to the very heart of sports and why we like it so much as a culture. We need closure. The closure of a final score, a winner and a loser. This is why soccer will only make it so far in this country. Minimal scoring? Happy about a nil-nil tie?? Truly un-American, these concepts. When we don't get the closure we expect, we seek to justify it through our pre-existing belief construct. If you're a racist, you are going to blame the culture. If you're a super-tolerant treehugger, you are going to blame the media cycle and its two-dimensional court of public opinion. Any suggestion that things are more complicated than either of these ends of the spectrum simply does not compute with the sports-going public in any meaningful way. When these topics get explored, you start to hear eyeballs roll and people begin to make it clear that things like politics and social issues are NOT the reason they get interested in sports. They are looking for a diversion, and when circumstances become less-than-diversionary, it's a problem. But maybe Sherman is just not fully developed, socially. Maybe he's a narcissist. Maybe he's fully aware but just doesn't care what we think.
Back to the pro wrestling metaphor, those campy narratives simply exploited what we seek in our entertainment: a storyline that is simple enough to have a winner and a loser, a good guy and a bad guy. The original king of self-promotion, Muhammad Ali, generated this type of discussion nearly fifty years ago. Some saw him as not knowing his place, and others saw him as a groundbreaker who was challenging a ruling class that happened to be a different color. I remember in the 1980s when NY Jets linebacker Mark Gastineau was alienating everyone who wasn't a Jets fan with his "sack dance". It was so annoying that the NFL outlawed it. Gastineau was white, and racists didn't like that he seemed not to be carrying himself like they felt a white person should. But the reason everyone ultimately hated him was that he just came off like a jerk, he mocked his opponents and he only seemed interested in himself. When he left the league, allegations of steroid use became his legacy as his records faded.
There are anti-Sherman stories out there today, and there are a few defenses of Sherman out there today. But this incident will fade soon enough. If you think the media is quick to jump on Richard Sherman now, just wait until his level of play drops and he starts to get burned on the field. Love him or hate him, it's hard to deny that this man has chosen to put a media target on his back. That rarely ends well for those who have made the Icarus challenge of flaunting their refusal to indulge us in our bowtie endings.
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So here we are —for the angels woke us up with the news that the one for whom we had been waiting was born. We've been waiting -- the whole nation, the whole world immersed in wars, oppression, and hate. Now it is time to receive Him, to pay Him homage. So we've come to see you. The place has surprised us a bit. We've been expecting something else when we thought of Messiah. And yet, no – it really is a stable, it really is a manger, it really is hay. And on top of that it's dark and cold. And what's the most surprising – there are no people. We thought that we'd have to wait on line behind the backs of the other ones, the richer ones, the ones who know scriptures better. And here You are lying in the manger, barely recognizable in the light of the olive lamps.


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Just a quick post. Happy birthday Mel. We had great fun during science lessons as we played with the hamsters. The PC lessons was damn boring luckily Ms Lim asked Noel and Me to carry books for here if not we would had suffered there.
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What is the AllianceNRG Program™?
The AllianceNRG Program is the name for the Florida PACE Funding Agency's PACE program which is administered by Counterpointe Energy Solutions (FL) LLC.
CounterpointeSRE Program is the Florida PACE Funding Agency's PACE program for commercial and multifamily properties.
Who may provide Qualifying Improvements?
Qualifying Improvements may only be made by Authorized Contractors and subcontractors.
Residential Contractors and Project Developers may apply at: https://www.alliancenrg.com/retail/
Commercial Professionals may apply at: https:///www.counterpointesre.com/contractors
My county/municipality has not approved the Florida PACE Funding Agency's program yet. How do they sign up?
Letters may be found at the following link(s): LETTER FROM PROPERTY OWNER or LETTER FROM CONTRACTOR. If you don't know your city or county officials, a directory can be found HERE.
What are the benefits for residential property owners?
Lower utility bills and a more comfortable home are the big benefits of home energy efficiency. By combining proper equipment maintenance and upgrades with recommended insulation, air sealing, and thermostat settings, you can reduce your energy use for heating and cooling and reduce environmental emissions.
Wind mitigation improvements can provide a safer home and protect your loved ones and the contents of your home during a damaging wind event (e.g., hurricane). These improvements may also reduce the wind portion of your property insurance bill by up to 77%, depending on the age of your home and type of improvement.
What are the benefits for commercial property owners?
Businesses often face capital budgets constraints that force business owners to choose between capital improvements. Using the CounterpointeSRE Program™ financing enables business to take advantage of fixed rates and longer terms that allow capital costs to be annually and significantly reduced by savings associated with energy efficiency, renewables and wind resistance improvements. In addition, CounterpointeSRE Program™ financing is an off-balance sheet transaction that maintains your company's cash position while allowing capital projects to be advanced immediately.
Assessment may qualify as an operating expense thereby preserving capital and credit lines for investment. PACE enhances property value without ROI limitations.
Energy projects can deliver net positve annual cash flows to owners or tenants in first year after project completion. Projects with a savings to investment ratio greater than one are cash flow positive.
Optimized building cap stack with potential for off-balance sheet treatment. PACE improves cash flows of the property through utility savings and lower capital costs than both equity and mezzanine debt.
No acceleration clauses
- The financing is self amortizing ( no balloon payment) with terms that match the useful life of the improvement.
- Fixed interest rates up to 30 years
- Similar to a non ad-valorem tax, the regular payments are collected along with the normal real estate taxes on your tax cycle.
- 100% financing of project, including all soft costs such as permits, inspections and design fees
- Closing costs can be capitalized
- Maturities between 5-30 years up to the estimated useful life of the improvement
- Prepayment is not required upon sale or refinancing of the property
- May qualify for off balance sheet treatment
- Non-ad valorem assessment for tax purposes
What are the benefits of being an Authorized Contractor?
Authorized Contractors automatically receive a listing in the Contractor Directory. See: https://www.alliancenrg.com/retail/contractors for residential contractors.
In addition, Authorized Contractors have access to:
- $200M of immediately available funding for qualified improvements/properties in the State of Florida.
- Marketing collateral;
- On-line web resources; and
- Access to Agency staff support.
Do new construction projects qualify for CounterpointeSRE or AllianceNRG Program™ financing?
New construction may be financed with additional terms and conditions. Please contact us for details.
What is required to become an AllianceNRG Program™ Authorized Contractor?
Authorized Contractors must meet the following Minimum Requirements:
- Possess all valid licenses, certifications and registrations (federal, state, and local) legally required to make the Qualifying Improvement(s);
- License must be active and not on probationary status;
- Maintain the appropriate insurance coverage for work to be performed;
- Have a Better Business Bureau rating of "B" or higher, if applicable;
- Abide by the Code of Conduct and agree to Terms and Conditions.
Residential Contractors should visit www.AllianceNRG.com for registration materials.
Commercial Professionals can apply online at www.CounterpointeSRE.com.
Property Owners should apply online to begin the application process to finance their improvements.
How will I know that my application to become an AllianceNRG Program™ Authorized Contractor has been approved?
Upon successful verification of credentials, the Agency Team will email confirming your status as an Authorized Contractor to the contact address listed in your application. Applications are generally processed within one week of receipt.
Who is eligible to apply for AllianceNRG Program™ financing?
To be eligible, the financing Property Owners must meet the minimum criteria below:
- Be the owner of record;
- Be current and have no missed or late property taxes or mortgage payments in the past three (3) years or period ownership, whichever is less;
- Have no involuntary liens on the property; and
- Have no bankruptcies for the past seven (7) years.
Is my credit score used to determine whether I may apply for AllianceNRG Program™ financing?
No. However, a credit report will be run to determine status of any mortgage payments and/or balance and verify there are no bankruptcies in the past 7 years. Please see minimum qualifications above: "Who is eligible to apply for AllianceNRG Program™ financing?"
How do I apply for financing?
For residential properties, please click to: Apply Now
For commercial properties, please visit www.CounterpointeSRE.com
What property improvements or repairs may be financed with CounterpointeSRE or AllianceNRG Program™ financing?
Energy conservation and efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements and wind resistance improvements are eligible. Please see the list of residential Qualifying Improvements HERE. If you wish to install an improvement that is not listed, please contact us at:
Residential Properties: (855) 509-9922
Commercial and Owner Associations (855) 431-4400.
What types of properties are eligible for AllianceNRG Program™ financing?
Financing is available for residential properties. Government-owned properties (cannot be assessed) and mobile homes (not permanent structures) are not eligible.
Commercial properties such as multifamily, hotels, retail, industrial and mixed use buildings should apply to CounterpointeSRE.com
Are progress payments available to AllianceNRG Program™ Authorized Contractors to offset the upfront cost of materials and equipment used in the installation of Qualifying Improvements?
The AllianceNRG Program™ program allows for progress payments on some projects.
Counterpointe Sustainable Real Estate finances most commercial projects in two to four progress payments with the first payment wired to contractor at the start of demolition and after the property assessment closes.
Contact us for more details.
How is AllianceNRG Program™ financing repaid?
AllianceNRG Program™ financing is repaid through a special non-ad valorem assessment included on the annual property tax bill. The assessment is assignable and may transfer to the next owner or be paid off as a condition of sale.
How is CounterpointeSRE or AllianceNRG Program™ financing attached to the property?
A notice of assessment is filed with the County Clerk office within five business days after all financing documents have been signed. The assessment will be included on your annual property tax bill for the term of the financing, or until paid in full.
What happens to AllianceNRG Program™ financing if the property is sold before the end of the term?
The assessment stays with the property upon title transfer (assignable) or may be paid off in full as a negotiable term of sale. If the assessment is assigned to the new owner, the energy savings on the property continue to accrue to the benefit of the new owner.
What is the interest rate offered?
Interest rates vary depending on the length of the term and size of the project. For current rates, please email firstname.lastname@example.com or click on the "Get a Quote" button on the upper right corner of the AllianceNRG Program™ home page.
For commercial rates, please contact Counterpointe Sustainable Real Estate at 855 431-4400
How much financing may I apply for through AllianceNRG Program™?
The maximum amount that may be financed is 20% of the just market property value (found on your local property appraiser website). Exceeding 20% requires an energy audit verifying energy savings exceed the cost, or Lender approval.
What if the approved AllianceNRG Program™ financing amount is less than the amount of the bid I select?
Without an energy audit demonstrating more savings than cost or Lender consent, AllianceNRG Program™ financing is limited to 20% of the just market value of the property (found on your local property appraiser website). The assessment may be used to partially fund the project.
May I make partial payments on my assessment?
No. State law prohibits partial payments of property taxes. Partial payments of property taxes will trigger delinquency fees and interest charges.
May I pay off my assessment early?
Yes, residential assessments can be prepaid in full with no penalty. Please email email@example.com , or mail your request to Counterpointe Servicing, 6401 Congress Ave Suite 200, Boca Raton, FL 33487 at least ten (10) days prior to the date you intend to prepay the assessment for the total amount due.
Contact us for information about prepayment of commercial assessments.
Do I get to keep utility rebates and tax incentives when I use Progra financing?
Yes. All utility rebates and tax incentives flow to the property owner.
Are there loan-to-value (LTV) requirements for participation in CounterpointeSRE or AllianceNRG Program™ financing?
Currently, the Agency's underwriting guideline requires that the total outstanding mortgage balance (including home equity loans) plus the total PACE assessment is less than or equal to 100% of the Just Market Value of the property per the property appraiser website. The Agency will consider an appraised value in place of the Just Market Value if an appraisal was completed within the past 12 month. The maximum PACE assessment, however, is 20% of the Just Market Value per the FL Statute 163.08.
Are there minimum or maximum AllianceNRG Program™ financing amounts?
Minimum AllianceNRG Program™ financing amounts are currently $2,500 for residential properties.
Counterponte Sustainable Real Estate requires a minimum assessment of $100,000 for commercial properties.
Are there any additional mandatory costs to maintain my status as an Authorized Contractor?
No, not at this time.
How do I get AllianceNRG Program™ or CounterpointeSRE Program™ financing for my project?
Please click to see: "How it Works".
For more information, please call:
Residential Properties: (855) 509-9922 www.AllianceNRG.com
Commercial Properties and Owners' Associations (855) 431-4400 www.CounterpointeSRE.com
What protections are in place for me as a property owner?
All Qualifying Improvements must be made by AllianceNRG Program™ Authorized Contractors. See Contractor requirements above under ELIGIBILITY: What is required to become a Florida PACE Funding Agency Authorized Contractor?
All Qualifying Improvements require building permits to ensure compliance with all applicable codes through mandatory inspection by local building officials.
Contractor payment will not be made until the Property Owner submits a signed Property Owner Approval form to verify that the work is complete. This may be completed once the building permit is signed by the local building official.
How do I pick a qualified contractor?
Once you apply, residential property owners will be able to choose from our list of Registered Professionals: https://www.alliancenrg.com/retail/contractors
Commercial property owners should visit www.CounterpointeSRE.com
What if I already have a contractor that I trust, but the contractor is not an AllianceNRG Program™ Authorized Contractor?
The Agency encourages Property Owners to ask their preferred contractor to apply to become AllianceNRG Program™ Authorized Contractors. Residential contractors can apply HERE.
Commercial professionals may visit www.CounterpointeSRE.com to apply online.
How many proposals should the Property Owner obtain?
We encourage property owners to get at least three proposals before making your contractor selection. However, the Agency does not require property owners to get multiple bids.
What happens if the AllianceNRG Program™ Florida Authorized Contractor begins work on the Qualifying Improvement and discovers additional work that must be done in order to complete the project?
Once an assessment closes, additional project work must be paid by the property owner.
For residential properties, the assessment generally closes when work is completed. Owners may request the Program to evaluate the additional work for inclusion in the assessment. Please contact us for terms and conditions.
For commercial properties, the assessment may close when materials are order or demolition begun. Once closed, the assessment may no longer be increased so Counterpointe Sustainable Real Estate permits contingency funds. Please contact us for the terms and conditions.
How are projected savings estimated?
PACE qualified projects can deliver net positve annual cash flow in year one.
For energy efficiency projects, you may:
- Contact your local utility company for a free energy evaluation which will provide information on what may be the best value improvements you may make and information on potential energy savings.
- Your selected Contractor will provide proposed costs and energy savings estimates for energy efficiency improvement(s). The Agency's Team reviews these savings and cost projections for reasonableness as a part of the underwriting process.
- Obtain an energy audit from a licensed Energy Rater. The Energy Rater will provide detailed savings calculations on planned qualifying improvements. The cost for an energy audit will vary, but the cost may be rolled into the program financing.
For renewable energy projects you may:
- Receive a free evaluation of the selected Contractor's proposed costs and utility power offset for renewable generation improvement(s) from the Agency. This evaluation will give the property owner additional assurance that the proposal costs and projected savings are reasonable.
- Obtain an energy audit from a licensed Energy Rater. The Energy Rater will provide detailed savings calculations on planned qualifying improvements. The cost for an energy audit will vary, but the cost may be rolled into the requested financing.
For wind mitigation improvements you may:
- Access the Florida Department of Emergency Management's Florida Wind Insurance Savings Calculator at: www.floridadisaster.org. By answering a series of questions about your home as it currently exists or based on renovations you are planning, the Wind Insurance Savings Calculator (WISC) will help determine what level of savings you may be eligible for.
In addition to accessing the WISC, we strongly recommend you work directly with your insurance carrier to determine the potential insurance savings of qualifying wind mitigation improvements. Your carrier will also advise what, if any, inspections may be required.
How do I get a job installing Qualifying Improvements funded through AllianceNRG Program™ financing?
After you become an AllianceNRG Program™ Authorized Contractor, you will be listed in the online Contractor Directory. This directory is used by property owners seeking an Authorized Contractor to perform Qualifying Improvements. In addition, educating your existing clients about AllianceNRG Program™ financing may help you initiate additional jobs.


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This the first interview I have posted on my blog, and I am so excited to share information about April Pride Allison's FABULOUS product line! The moment that I saw her ingenious creation, I knew immediately that she MUST be my first blog interviewee. And now that I have actually conversed with her, I can honestly say that she, herself, is as amazing as her products! If this puts things in perspective, she made time to chat with me to promote her new product line ON THE WAY HOME from the hospital with her 2nd child! WOW! April is absolutely a savvy businesswoman who CLEARLY believes in the merit of her invention… And I could not agree more! Here is our interview:
Kimberly: April, I am so excited about your FABULOUS product! Please describe what it is and how it works for our readers.
April: I have created a line of decorative candle sleeves, or candle covers, that slip over the sockets of chandeliers, lamps, and sconces. These sleeves, combined with a bulb, resemble a real candle. The covers allow for customization of individual light fixtures, which in turn, creates a much more personalized statement than the generic white, ivory, and beige candle covers that we usually see.
Kimberly: Why did you choose the name Kaarskoker?
April: "Kaars" is Dutch for "candle", and "koker" is Dutch for "sleeve".
Kimberly: Why did you create this product, and why did you feel there was a market for it?
April: I wanted to design a product that would sustain my interior design business during its slow months. I had made lists of possible products that would fill a need, but I did not actually decide on Kaarskoker until I was renovating my own home in August of 2006. Through that process, I realized that I was constantly searching for new ways to enhance, disguise, and/or cover those ugly little plastic candle sleeves that come with chandeliers.
Kimberly: As a fellow designer, I can completely relate to this challenge! As one of my personal pet peeves, I cannot stand for those atrocious candle covers with the fake candle wax dripping off of them. They definitely do take away from the polished and overall "customized" appearance of a space. I have painted more of those things black than I ever care to mention… BUT NEVER AGAIN!
Kimberly: How, where, and when did you begin manufacturing your product?
April: I found manufacturing for Kaarskoker from 2 different overseas sources. One company manufactures the paper, and another company manufactures the tubes and applies the paper with a special technique. I received my first shipment in 2008.
Kimberly: How do you distribute Kaarskoker?
April: Well, of course, I distribute my products via stores and designers like yourself. However, I also distribute through my online website, reps and shows, and through Shades of Light, which has an online store and website, as well.
Kimberly: Speaking of growth, how do you launch, promote, and sustain a product even in tough economic times?
April: I am now working full-time on this project, so I am not currently taking on any design clients. I have received a great deal of press from British Homes and Gardens, Better Homes and Gardens, and many different blog sites. I will also be featured in Traditional Home in May 2010. In addition, I have developed another product that uses the sleeves. It is a candlestick that is connected from the base to the top by the sleeves. It was originally developed for Nordstrom, and we are now distributing it via the same channels.
Kimberly: I love this new product as much as your first! To be able to to insert a pair of "custom designed" candlesticks into the homes of my clients is such a FABULOUS luxury. My design business is all about details, and your ingenious products allow me to conquer yet another small detail! I also love that these candle covers can be easily switched out for a new color or design without any hassle at all!
Kimberly: Knowing how savvy you are, and how clever this product is, I would be willing to bet that you have other products up your "sleeve". Do you?
April: Yes, I do! We are considering an electric candle…. and a holiday line!
Kimberly: Well, I am sure whatever you come up with will continue to delight designers and their clients alike! From a designer's perspective, you truly make us look like heroes! Kaarskoker is a small detail that looks incredible, yet it is completely affordable, which of course, endears us to our clients even more! (A pair of these sleeves is actually under $20). I can hardly wait to see your future creations!
Of course, April's products are available in the retail portion of my design shop at Knotting Hill Interiors! I am happily using them in sooooo many of the homes of my South Carolina interior design clients, so hurry in to get yours right away! For more information about the product, visit April's website at: Kaarskoker.
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Personal data may be disclosed to:
– Company staff as a senior and responsible treatment for the management of files concerning the contract put in place; the staff was properly trained on security of personal data and the right to privacy.
– State bodies appointed to verify and check the legality of accounting and tax required by law.
– Subjects that carry out specific tasks on behalf of the company.
It is in any case prohibited to communicate or disclose your personal data to subjects not required for the performance of services or products requested by you. The provision of data that are required is mandatory, any refusal to provide them implies a failed perferzionamento or maintenance of services we required. The data controller is: Barzi Service Srl P. IVA 00176560266 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com in the person of its legal representative. At any time you exercise your rights towards the data controller, under Article 7 of D.lgs.196 / 2003, which for your convenience:
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Beginners Robotics Guide : Mobile Robot Navigation
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"Mobile Robot Navigation" covers a large spectrum of different systems. requirements and solutions. The aim of this article is to study this range of requirements, identify the major areas within the scale which are most commonly used, and to discuss appropriate systems for meeting these requirements.
The key difference between robotic and human navigation is the quantum difference in perceptual capabilities. Humans can detect, classify, and identify environmental features under widely varying environmental conditions, independent of relative orientation and distance. Current robots, while being able to detect stationary obstacles before they run into them, have very limited perceptual and decisional capabilities. Although much research is being done to improve robotic navigational performance through enhanced perception, decisions to utilize these emerging technologies must be based on a critical analysis of considerations of technical risk and cost.
Physical Scales
The physical scale of a device's navigation requirements can be measured by the accuracy to which the mobile robot needs to navigate - this is the resolution of navigation. These requirements vary greatly with application, however a first order approximation of the accuracy required can by taken from the dimensions of the vehicle it self. Any autonomous device must be able to determine its position to a resolution within at least its own dimensions, in order to be able to navigate and interact with its environment correctly.
At the small end of the scale there are robots just a few centimeters in size, which will require high precision navigation over a small range (due to energy supply constraints), while operating in a relatively tame environment. At the other end of the scale there are Jumbo jet aircraft and ocean going liners, each with some sort of auto-pilot navigation, which requires accuracy to a number of meters (or tens of meters), over a huge (i.e. global) range, in somewhat more rugged conditions.
To help in categorizing this scale of requirements, we use three terms:-
* Global navigation , which is the ability to determine one's position in absolute or map-referenced terms, and to move to a desired destination point.
* Local navigation , the ability to determine one's position relative to objects (stationary or moving) in the environment, and to interact with them correctly.
* Personal navigation , which involves being aware of the positioning of the various parts that make up oneself, in relation to each other and in handling objects.
With the jet auto-pilot example Global navigation is the major requirement, for cruising between continents. Local navigation becomes necessary were the aircraft is expected to fly autonomously in crowded airways, or on approach to the runway on landing. Personal navigation is not an issue, as the vehicle is, fundamentally, one object, and should (hopefully) never come into contact with any other significant objects while under autonomous control.
The "micro" robot on the other hand, is almost exclusively interested in Personal and Local navigation. Such devices are rarely concerned with their position globally, on any traditional geographic scale. Instead their requirements are far more task based - the are concerned with their immediate environment, in particular relative to any objects relevant in the successful completion of their task. This involves Personal navigation, when it is in contact with other objects, and Local navigation for actual movement.
Navigation Reference
Following on, and going in hand with, the scale of navigation requirements, is the frame in which position fixing is performed relative to. The two terms used here are, understandably, Absolute and Relative. What isn't so obvious, however, is what Relative is relative to, and where Absolute is absolute from; this is because these terms are somewhat context sensitive.
In terms of position fixing, absolute implies finding ones position relative to an absolute origin; a fixed stationary point common to all position fixes across the range of navigation. Hence in Global navigation, there should be one such point on the planet which all fixes are relative to. In Local navigation the absolute origin is some fixed point in the robot's environment, and in Personal navigation the origin can be viewed as the centre of the robot itself.
A Relative position fix when navigating Globally, taken relative to some other reference point (environment-relative), is analogous to the absolute position fix in Local navigation. Likewise, a position fix taken relative to the same robot's own position at some other point in time (self-relative), is like the personal absolute position fix. Through knowledge of the absolute reference frame (typically using a map), absolute position fixes in one navigation domain can be transformed into position fixes in another. Indeed, almost all global absolute position fixing is carried out by finding either an environment- or a self- relative position fix, and then converting this into a global position (see Beacon Navigation and Dead-Reckoning respectively).
Two Contemporary Systems
The technology employed in mobile robot navigation is rapidally developing. Here two relatively modern systems are studied, satellite based Global Positioning Systems and image based Vision Positioning Systems, which have the common feature of being under continual development. Between the two, a large scale of naivgational requirements can be met.
* Global Positioning System : GPS provides an accuracy of 100 m (95 % of the time) to Standard Positioning Service (SPS) users, due to the Selective Availability (S/A) errors introduced intentionally by the US military, for defence reasons. This can be improved to about 15 m (95 %) for authorised Precision Positioning Service (PPS) users [Kaplan, 1996]. The SPS accuracy is not good enough to be individually useful for mobile robot navigation. However, when augmented by the benefits of Differential techniques, GPS does become a viable method for global reference navigation.
* Vision Based techniques : Vision based positioning or localisation uses the same basic principles of landmark-based and map-based positioning but relies on optical sensors rather than ultrasound, dead-reckoning and inertial sensors.
Fixed position and mobile robots
A fixed industrial robot essentially consists of a mechanical structure. One end is firmly fixed to the floor while the other end (the end-effector) is free to move under programme control. Sensors are attached to the moving parts of the Robot so that the position of the end-effector can be calculated mathematically (since the lengths of the links are known), relative to a fixed frame of reference originated at the base. A mobile robot however, is in a moving frame of reference, thus its position must be determined relative to a fixed frame of reference somewhere in the surroundings.
Robots guided by off-board fixed paths
Wire-guided robots
This is one of the most popular guidance techniques for industrial robot's. It uses buried cables arranged in complex closed loops, each closed loop carries a different frequency a.c. signal. Small magnetic plates are fixed to the ground at junctions and before and after sharp bends to allow detection of these potential danger points and for appropriate speed reduction. The system also has communication points along the paths where the robot can report its status to the main computer which co-ordinates all the robot's and plans and blocks routes to avoid collisions.
These systems are popular in industries because they are fairly reliable and simple. However, they suffer from the following drawbacks:
* The paths are not easily alterable because the cables are buried in channels about 1 cm deep
* The cost of laying cables into the ground is quite high.
Painted-line guided robot's
These are popular in light engineering or office environments. The system used is very similar to wire-guided robot's, except that their guidance technique is different. They follow lines on the floor, which have been painted using visible or invisible fluorescent dye (which are usually caused to fluoresce by shining UV light on them). The advantage of this guidance technique over wire-guidance is that, paths can be fixed quickly and are easy to alter.
The disadvantages are:
* Networks must be kept fairly simple, since junctions are not as easy to manage as in the wire-guided case.
* Through wear and tear the dye gets erased and so the lines must be repainted from time to time.
* Lines can be obscured by objects thus disabling the robot guidance.
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Studies show that a striking 92% of adults in the United States own a smart phone. Also, as consumers' lives get busier and busier, more of them are resorting to using time during lunch or waiting in line at the bank to do things like research for their next automobile purchase. Smart phones have made researching on-the-go possible for consumers by giving them the ability to carry an infinite amount of information wherever they go.
So how can dealerships use this fact to their advantage?
Because an increasing number of consumers are using their mobile phones for surfing the web and collecting information, the best way a dealer can take advantage of this is by spending more time and resources in enhancing their mobile websites.
Mobile websites typically produce a higher percentage of leads compared to visitors than any other form of advertising. Think about it. When a consumer is searching through your website and stumbles across your phone number, it is almost effortless to just tap the number and call right then and there as opposed to watching an ad on TV and scrambling to pick up a pen to write down the number, only to put off calling to a more "convenient" time. Speaking of, does anyone still watch ads on TV?
What can dealers do to enhance their mobile websites?
On the surface, dealers should start with some basics such as having an app style website that is fast and easy to use or adding phone number and email links to every page to increase leads.
But more importantly, dealers should focus on engaging consumers with their mobile websites and what better way than with pictures and videos?
Having stunning graphics and interactive videos increases the likelihood of converting a visitor into a lead, especially in an industry where looks matter.
With that being said, go ahead and saturate your mobile website with more and more pictures. Your customers will thank you for it. But in this day and age, pictures can get boring fairly quickly and the consumer will most likely want to see the car in action before making the decision to actually stop by the dealership, and this is where videos come into play.
Having videos on your mobile website is a huge value-add, especially since many mobile web providers still do not have the capability to add video. By making the decision to add videos to your mobile website, your dealership could be at a first-mover advantage versus the competition. Videos have the ability to strongly engage customers because it makes it a whole lot easier to gain knowledge about a vehicle by watching a 30 second video on-the-go as opposed to navigating through the mobile website only to read the same information.
So what do you do when simply having a video on your mobile website isn't enough?
Here's a checklist of things you should make sure your video has in order to gain even more exposure to your dealership:
□ Does your video have stay-in-page technology? Many of the mobile web providers who have the ability to place a video on your mobile website do not have the capability to make it play in-page. This is important because without stay-in-page technology, your consumers will be directed to another window or video player in order to watch the video and will be directed away from your website. Studies show that most consumers will not know how or will forget to go back to the page they were viewing on your website after being directed away to watch a video.
□ Does your video improve your SEO ranking? Many videos found online do absolutely nothing to improve SEO. Knowing that SEO plays a huge role in the amount of organic traffic your website gets, why wouldn't you want all aspects of your website to help your SEO ranking? Making sure that your videos are sent to Google and syndicated on third party websites that link back to your site will ensure that your video will have greater SEO value.
□ Does your video syndicate with YouTube, Facebook, or Cars.com? Welcome to the new age of social media. If your dealership is not currently utilizing social media websites such as Facebook or YouTube, then it will surely fall behind the competition. Making sure that your videos automatically syndicate with YouTube or Facebook, allowing them to play on those sites, will help keep your social media websites up-to-date with zero effort from you. By keeping these websites up-to-date, you will also reach a much larger community of car buyers who could potentially become your future customers.
Having an enhanced mobile website, with videos that include the above properties, is essential to making sure your dealership remains relevant and gains even more exposure. ClickMotive's mobile inventory videos offer everything you need to get started with your newly enhanced mobile website, positioned for even more customer engagement and greater potential for leads. Contact our sales team at 888-518-5513 for more information.


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Curry chicken, Kingston stew fish, creamed spinach and Red Stripe at Evelyn & Olive
On our way to Evelyn & Olive, the new Jamaican restaurant on Madison Avenue, we cranked up the reggae to get us in the mood. It was fun, but hardly necessary. From our first taste of salt and pepper shrimp, we were smitten with our food, our charming server Amanda and the restaurant's infectious sociability.
If you aren't familiar with Jamaican food, it's not killer spicy like cranked up Thai. The
restaurant's shrimp is a good example. Lightly breaded but still crispy (the shrimp's pink color shows through), the basket is served with garlic pepper Boom Boom sauce, so you control the dip and the kick. We paired the shrimp with an excellent side of Kingston cabbage, a mix of shredded cabbage, corn and sweet peppers sautéed in Caribbean spices.
Owner Tony Hall is Kingston born, while his wife Vicki Newsum is a native of Memphis. The couple met in Brooklyn and Evelyn & Olive, named after their mothers, is a bit of a hybrid pulled together by the restaurant's chef Xena Lovelady. That's the chef and Tony pictured above.
Vegans and vegetarians will be happy to know that Chef Xena adapts dishes, but the standard menu already includes vegetarian choices like black bean tacos ($7.95) made with tofu and kiwi salsa and served with rice and peas.
The restaurant's rice and peas have a vinegar twang and were also the foundation for my Kingston Stew Fish ($10.95). The dish isn't a stew at all but a pan-seared tilapia with Jamaican spices, pimento, pepper, tomato and scallions. I didn't leave a morsel on my plate. Neither did Tony, who ordered the curry chicken dinner special. It included a thigh and a leg on the bone, plus chunks of white meat, a dumpling and a pretty splay of sliced cucumbers.
We tried to resist dessert, but gave in to the chocolate molten lava cake, rolled out for Valentine's Day and still on the menu.
Enough to share, the cake sits elegantly in a pool of kiwi sauce and is topped with strawberry compote.
Open Monday through Friday for lunch and dinner and for dinner only on Saturdays, the restaurant serves beer (yes to Red Stripe!) but is still waiting on it's wine license. For now, you can bring your own bottle.
Evelyn & Olive, 630 Madison Ave. (901-748-5422)


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Sure: DiCaprio With His Pretty Eyes Can Play Early Travis McGee
By SBrown | Books | May 27, 2010 |
By SBrown | Books | May 27, 2010 |
Fine. Fine. Fine.
I suppose if Leonardo DiCaprio wants to be Travis McGee in The Deep Blue Good-By, I guess I'm ok with it. Not because DiCaprio fits my image of McGee -- at all -- but because Good-By feels like such a different book than the later McGees. It's not as dark or broody. In fact, even with the death and horrifying crimes, the book is nearly bouncy. McGee doesn't have any scars yet, there is no mention of his time in Korea, he hasn't yet been involved in the death or injury of any friends. He's scrappy...but a fun kind of scrappy. Not yet burdened by years of defending friends and lovers against the worst humanity has to offer.
So...whatever. I guess DiCaprio with his pretty eyes, smooth skin, charitable donations, and environmental activism can play Early Travis McGee.
Good-By features Cathy, a single mom dancer who was swindled by a mean ole dude called Junior Allen. Allen spent a few years in a jail with Cathy's father who hid away scandalously-obtained riches that were unknown to his family. After Cathy's father died in jail, Allen was released, sought out Cathy's family and stole those riches. Being a classy guy, he used his new money to kidnap and torture a rich chick named Lois.
So, Trav's job is to find creepy Allen, restore some money to single mom Cathy and help heal broken rich chick Lois.
And it does it with a playfulness that I had forgotten from my original reading of the book years ago. He teases sick, stick-thin Lois into eating more, rather than manipulating her. He describes himself as "bright eyes and white teeth shining ... the proper folk-hero crinkle at the corners of the eyes and the bashful appealing smile," rather than as in The Green Ripper 15 years later -- "an artifact, genus boat bum, a pale-eyed, shambling, gangling, knuckly man, without enough unscarred hide left to make a decent lampshade." Even his cynicism and distrust of structure and establishment seems mild:
Maybe it isn't too late yet! Find the little woman, and go for the whole bit. Kiwanis, PTA, fund drives, cookouts, a clean desk, and vote the straight ticket, yessiree bob.
Yessiree bob? It's a different McGee than I've become accustomed to in the later books ... but it's a lot of fun. It's a tidy little tale and a pretty good read.
This review is part of the Cannonball Read series. For more of SBrown's reviews, check out her blog, Clever Blog Title with a Literary Reference.


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Producer/director Menahem Golan, whose prolific output of schlock action movies and occasional prestige projects made him a force to be dealt with in 1980s Hollywood, died Friday in Tel Aviv, according to Israeli and other news sources.
He was 85. Details concerning his death were not available.
He built a short-lived U.S. film empire with his cousin Yoram Globus, with whom he had a relationship that varied from close-knit to non-speaking. In Hollywood, before their film production company imploded in the late 1980s, the enterprising pair was known as "the Go-Go Boys."
In their heyday, they turned out more than 30 films a year, including action flicks such as "Bloodsport," "The Delta Force," "Missing in Action" and sequels to "Death Wish."
Although Golan referred to his low-budget fare as his "action boutique" movies, he didn't shy away from the term "schlock." "Schlock is entertainment for the masses," he told the Associated Press in 1985. "It's fantasy. Storytelling without challenging the mind too much."
He cast action stars — such as Chuck Norris, Charles Bronson and Jean-Claude Van Damme — who helped pre-sell films to foreign distributors. "Menahem's faith in me as an actor was the real reason for the breakthrough of my movie career," Norris told the Israeli Ynet news site.
Golan also leaped on 1980s trends such as breakdancing, the centerpiece of his films "Breakin' " and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo," both released in 1984.
Critics often despaired at the films, but many found favor with audiences.
Golan was born in 1929 in Tiberias as Menachem Globus, according to the Jerusalem Post. He changed his name during his time in the Army, which included service during Israel's 1948 War of Independence.
He studied theater in London and returned to Israel, where he directed his first film, "El Dorado" (1963), starring Topol, who went on to appear in several films in the U.S., including "Fiddler on the Roof" in 1974.
In 1964, Golan and Yoram Globus founded a film production company and made several movies that were hits in Israel.
They moved to Hollywood in the late 1970s and bought the fledgling Cannon Films. In addition to their action flicks, they backed prestige projects such as "That Championship Season" (1982), based on a play by Jason Miller; an adaptation of "King Lear" (1987) directed by Jean-Luc Godard; and "Barfly" (1987), based on the life of poet Charles Bukowski.
But in the late 1980s, financial troubles mounted as they suffered some commercial flops on films that were relatively high budget, including "Superman IV" (1987) and "Over the Top" (1987), starring Sylvester Stallone as a competitive arm wrestler.
Golan left a severely cut-back Cannon in 1989, according to Variety. He continued to make movies and produced a live staging of "The Sound of Music" in Israel, but legal challenges dogged him, and many of his biggest announced films never came to be.
Still, he accumulated a bountiful number of credits. According to the Internet Movie Database, Golan was listed as a producer on 209 films.
Survivor information was not available.
Twitter: @davidcolker


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The California Affordable Housing Initiatives, Inc., a nonprofit affiliate of the Oakland Housing Authority, is inviting proposals from architectural and engineering design teams for a multi-family modular project located at 1236 E. 17th Street in Oakland, California.
Bid deadline: 4/11/16 at 10:00 AM
Pre-Proposal Conference: 10:00 AM on 3/16/16 @ The Oakland Housing Authority Board of Commissioners Room, 1619 Harrison Street, Oakland, CA.
Bid Documents are available to download on the OHA website: www.oakha.org. Select "Business Opportunities," "Procurement," "Current Bid Openings" and then "Active Bids."
Please contact Kimberly Low @ 510-587-2128 or firstname.lastname@example.com for additional information.


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Program Overview
The PhD in Urban Design and Planning at the University of Washington is one of 39 PhD programs in urban and regional planning in North America, and one of the oldest, founded in 1967. This program brings together faculty from disciplines ranging from architecture to sociology to focus on the interdisciplinary study of urban problems and interventions. Covering scales from neighborhoods to metropolitan areas, the program addresses interrelationships between the physical environment, the built environment, and the social, economic, and political institutions and processes that shape urban areas. The breadth of this program permits students to pursue doctoral studies in the various aspects of urban design and planning as well as in a number of related social science, natural resource, and engineering areas.
The program seeks to prepare scholars who can advance the state of research, practice, and education related to the built environment and its relationship to society and nature in metropolitan regions throughout the world. It provides a strong interdisciplinary educational experience that draws on the resources of the entire University, and on the laboratory provided by the Seattle metropolitan region and the Pacific Northwest. The program emphasizes the educational values of interdisciplinarity, intellectual leadership and integrity, and the social values of equity, democracy, and sustainability. It seeks to promote deeper understanding of the ways in which public decisions shape and are shaped by the urban physical, social, economic, and natural environment. The program envisions its graduates becoming leaders in the international community of researchers, practitioners, and educators who focus on improving the quality of life and environment in metropolitan regions.
Graduate Program
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Admission Requirements
Admission to the PhD program is based on evidence of promise of high scholarly achievement and research orientation. The applicant's statement of purpose, Graduate Record Examination (GRE) test results, letters of recommendation, and examples of past work constitute the basis for the admission evaluation.
Applicants typically have a master's degree in fields ranging from planning and public affairs to natural and social sciences. Students interested in a professional degree in urban design and planning should apply to the master's program in urban design and planning.
Application Deadline: All application materials are due by February 1. International applicants are encouraged to submit the Graduate School on-line application form by November 1.
For more information, see the program's website.
Degree Requirements
90 credits, divided into three phases.
Phase I: The Core Curriculum
The core curriculum defines the intellectual foundation of the program. While the program retains considerable flexibility in defining a research agenda within urban and environmental planning and policy, it provides a common foundation for all students to build upon. Students enter the program with a master's degree, in fields ranging from planning and public affairs to natural and social sciences. Depending on the academic preparation of the student, the core requirements can be met within one to two years.
Required Courses: Five courses, normally completed during the first year unless schedule conflicts make this infeasible. Courses from Phase II requirements may also be taken in the first year.
Phase II: Area of Study
Students develop with their Supervisory Committee a description of their proposed areas of study. These areas of scholarship must demonstrate an interdisciplinary research approach to an application within urban and environmental planning and policy. The description should develop a curriculum proposal approved by the Supervisory Committee that addresses the following advanced study requirements:
Curriculum Requirements: Seven courses and a teaching seminar, in addition to advanced courses directly related to the area of study selected by the student. Some courses may be taken in the first year.
General Examination: A critical review of the literature in the area of study, developed by the student, which integrates interdisciplinary research on that area of study and identifies areas of potential research opportunity that may subsequently form the basis for a dissertation proposal. The review should demonstrate broad familiarity with relevant research in the chosen area, and with the range of theory and methods applied within the reviewed literature.
Phase III: Dissertation
Once the student passes the general examination, he or she is advanced to the level of doctoral candidate, and is expected to build on the critical review of the literature to develop a dissertation proposal. The dissertation proposal should demonstrate the characteristics of interdisciplinarity, relevance to urban and environmental planning and policy, and potential for contribution to scholarship.
Financial Aid
The interdisciplinary PhD program in Urban Design and Planning attempts to provide funding for doctoral program applicants in a way that makes the program attractive to the strongest potential applicants, ensures their effective mentoring while in the program, and actively engages and energizes faculty to improve the program and to bring research funding to support students.
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Discovering that you are going to have a baby is usually one of the most exciting things that can happen to you. The euphoria of the news is, however, quickly overtaken for many women by the stark reality of the many medical problems that they may encounter during the nine-month journey. From the time you discover that you are pregnant to the time you deliver, you may encounter several forms of discomfort and/or pain. Taking medicine during pregnancy is generally complicated and should generally be avoided. But don't despair; there are natural remedies and procedures to make you feel more comfortable.
At the beginning of your pregnancy, you may have nausea, often referred to as morning sickness. This is caused by your body adjusting to the massive changes that are occurring. Normally this nausea does not last very long, and many women simply tolerate it. But if your situation is more severe, there are some things that we can do to help. Things like acupressure can certainly help, but you need an experienced practitioner to prescribe the procedure.
Diet can also be a huge help in the fight against morning sickness. Again, as with other topics here, your dietary requirements will differ from individual to individual. So rather than follow a diet in a book, it is far better for you to work with us to develop a specific diet for you, based upon your individual set of circumstances.
The next phase, which will become progressively worse, will likely be back pain. As the weight of the baby increases, your back is trying to compensate for the strain of naturally leaning forward. This can cause pain. This can be helped by professional manipulation and massage. Then, as delivery looms on the immediate horizon, the real fun begins. Labor pains are probably the most extreme form of pain that you will ever encounter. The pain cannot be 100% reduced, but it can be easily reduced by a mixture of patterned breathing, relaxation techniques and even possible hypnosis. We can offer you a detailed program to help you deal with each phase of your pregnancy and, hopefully, make the experience more pleasurable.
Disclaimer: Results may vary from person to person due to lifestyle, healthy eating, body type and dedication to the program. No individual result should be seen as typical. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.


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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Trailer
Right off the bat I saw Ben stiller in the thumbnail and i honestly was expecting a comedy. Meet the Parents, Tropic thunder, Zoolander, DodgeBall and the list goes on for some pretty funny sit down in a theatre or at home laugh fest. Seeing this trailer has shown me that he's still got something to prove in film. This reminds me of the film Stranger than fiction with Will Ferrell or Seeking A Friend for the End of the World with Steve Carell where these usually comedy actors are able to really flex those acting muscles and break out of the roles people assume they will always be.
The trailer shows a seemingly normal office worker at Life magazine that is about to break free from his uneventful life and go on an adventure. The parts that tug on your emotional strings is how Walter Mitty (played by Ben stiller) goes off into his imagination while trying to deal with his real life. He is a shy office worker that has had done nothing or gone anywhere interesting in his life. All the change in his life is sparked by the need to find the last picture for him to complete the next issue of Life. This leads Walter to move away from just imagining the grand possibilities of life, but actually go off and doing them. Definitely, I would say this movie deserves a watch in theaters or at least on DVD. The trailer shows some funny dialogue and great visuals to bring that imagination of Walter to life. I have never looked at Rotten Tomatoes for good movies and you shouldn't either. Their critics have already given poor ratings to a film that hasn't even been release yet. I say wait and see as I think this movie has potential even if the original story is a bit dated, but it looks like it has been adapted to be more relevant to a modern moviegoer. I'm excited for what parts of Walter's "zoning out" are close to his real life adventures.
The film is based off a 1939 short story by James Thurber and has been in development for a long time. Supposedly it was going to star Jim Carrey as the lead star, but I'm glad that he isn't. But I'm glad he isn't because I see Ben Stiller being a better fit as he can bring that emotional level when he needs to. As well he is the one directing the film and knows exactly what he wants out of the lead role and how he wants this film to be seen. Don't let this movie slip by without giving it a chance, as it is no fan instant watch like The Hobbit, Anchorman 2, or Ender's Game. One way this movie could ruin itself for me would be if the whole movie turns out to be just one big imagination fest as he returns to his boring job and boring life.
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Building Identity, Building Readers
When: 21-23 June 2019
Where: Aston Conference Centre, Aston University, Birmingham
The 26th Beijing International Book Fair
When: 21st-25th August 2019
Where: China International Exhibition Centre
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