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Contributors: Jim Brown and Gino Sigismondi You've done everything you can think of to keep the levels constant. You've added amps. You've moved speakers. Still, the amount of reverberation in your worship space makes intelligibility a real challenge. Then, of course, there's background noise and feedback. Believe it or not, there may be a simple solution to combating these sound quality issues. Three letters. DSP. Whether audience members are in a theatre, an auditorium, or a church like yours, they have high expectations about sound quality. So if you're curious about the ability of DSPs …tagsAudio Systems GroupDFR22Digital Signal ProcessingDSPGino Sigismondihouse of worshipinstalled soundJim BrownShare: Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email


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The President of the United States is almost certainly the most powerful person in the world.
Yet the president's powers are defined in only a few vague paragraphs of the US Constitution. The president can drop the bomb, overrule the wishes of a majority in Congress with the stroke of a pen, or jet to Cancun for the weekend on Air Force One, but his official job description can fit on the back of a three by five card.
Of course, we live in an age of paper overload—an age of written disclaimers, authorization forms, and endless fine print. The McDonald's employee handbook is 37 pages long; the iPhone user's guide is 130 pages. But even if we account for 200 years' worth of ever-increasing documentation of all matters great and small, the Constitution's minimalist approach to the president's job description—the whole thing fits in just over half a page of the handwritten original copy—remains almost shocking. After all, eighteenth-century Americans were quite wary of executive power. Remember: they had just fought and won a Revolutionary War against a "tyrannical king"—an executive with too much power. And in their first stab at government-building, newly independent Americans had deliberately created state governments and a national government under the Articles of Confederation that featured very weak executives, with precisely limited powers.
But by the time the Constitution was drafted in 1787, though, most Americans were somewhat less freaked out about executive power. This was partially because many of their experiments with weak executives had failed miserably during the first decade of American independence. The desire for a stronger and more effective executive was one of the driving forces that caused the Constitution to be drafted in the first place.
But the minimalism of the Constitution's framers when it came to defining the presidency was ultimately inspired less by any newfound comfort with executive power than by their inability to agree on the details of the new office, combined with their confidence in George Washington (hippo ivory teeth and all). As the framers of the Constitution debated what powers the president should possess, as they struggled to define an office that would be strong enough to serve the nation's needs but not strong enough to threaten their liberties, they did so knowing that George Washington, a man almost universally trusted, would be the first to fill the position.
Had George Washington not been around, we may have ended up with a very different Constitution and a very different executive branch. But since Washington was around, and just about everyone realized he was a shoo-in to become the first president, the framers created an executive office defined broadly enough (or, you might say, vaguely enough) to allow its occupants—and history—to flesh out its character more fully.
In stark contrast to the Constitution's vague delineation of executive powers, the members of the Constitutional Convention outlined with great precision (and almost bizarre complexity) the method for selecting the president. The two most logical options—that the president either be elected directly by the people or, alternatively, selected by the Congress—were far too simple for these political geniuses. So they came up with a much more complex hybrid institution of their own creation. A "college" comprised of "electors," selected by the states using processes left to their own discretion, would assemble once every four years to do only one thing—elect the president and vice president. States would be represented in this college proportional to their population, but also on the principle of equality. Electors would represent the will of the people but be free to vote for whomever they wanted. (Makes perfect sense, no? No?)
In other words, the Constitution's framers did a peculiar thing when they created the job that has since grown to become the most powerful position in the world. They left one aspect of the presidency—almost certainly the most important aspect of the presidency, which is what exactly the president's job is—largely to chance. Meanwhile, another aspect of the office—how the president is chosen—was elaborately (or, you might say, imaginatively) constructed.
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Wednesday night the 14th-ranked Lancers scored a thrilling five set victory over No. 1 UC Irvine in the program's first ever conference match. Thursday night the Lancers were treated to the same fate as the Anteaters, falling in five sets (19-25, 25-17, 17-25, 25-16, 15-12) to No. 13 UC San Diego.
With 12 of the 14 teams in the MPSF ranked in the AVCA/NCAA Top 15 Coaches' Poll, such is life for the Lancers this season.
CBU took the opening set in convincing fashion, but handed it right back to the Tritons in the same manner in the second game.
The Lancers would go up 2-1 with another strong win in the third, but after that the comeback was on for UCSD. After dominating the fourth set, the Tritons pulled out a nail-biter of a fifth set for the win at home.
The teams played the fifth game close until Carl Eberts ripped two straight kills to break a 10-10 tie. CBU managed just two points after that as UCSD got the 15-13 win.
The two teams were nearly equal in almost every statistical category except for UCSD posting five more kills and three more service aces.
CBU again had three players in double figures and were led by Levi Cabral with 17 kills. Aaron McCalmont had 16 kills and a team high 10 digs.
Eberts led all players with 22 kills.
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7 U.S. Code § 4402 - Definitions
As used in this chapter—
(1) The term "agreement" means the Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage, and the annexes and the appendices thereto, done at Geneva, September 1, 1970, under the auspices of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations.
(2) The term "contracting party" means any country that is eligible under article 9 of the agreement and that has complied with the terms of such article.
(3) The term "equipment" means the special transport equipment that complies with the definitions and standards set forth in annex 1 to the agreement, including, but not limited to, railway cars, trucks, trailers, semitrailers, and intermodal freight containers that are insulated only, or insulated and equipped with a refrigerating, mechanically refrigerating, or heating appliance.
(4) The term "perishable foodstuffs" means quick deep-frozen and frozen food products listed in annex 2 and food products listed in annex 3 to the agreement.
(5) The term "international carriage" means transportation of perishable foodstuffs if such foodstuffs are loaded in equipment or the equipment containing them is loaded onto a rail or road vehicle, in the territory of any country and such foodstuffs are, or the equipment containing them is, unloaded in the territory of another country that is a contracting party, where such transportation is by—
(D) any sea crossing of less than one hundred and fifty kilometers, if preceded or followed by one or more land journeys as referred to in clauses (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph, and the perishable foodstuffs are shipped in the same equipment used for such land journeys without transloading of such foodstuffs.
In the case of any transportation that involves one or more sea crossings other than as specified in clause (D) of this paragraph, each land journey shall be considered separately.
(6) The term "United States" means the fifty States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
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The Department of Homeland Security has finalized a rule requiring all foreign nationals who wish to enter the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) to obtain permission from the Department's Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) before embarking on their travel. The rule takes effect January 12, 2009.
The VWP allows citizens of certain countries to visit the United States for business or pleasure for up to 90 days without first obtaining a nonimmigrant visa. The countries currently enrolled in the VWP are: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lichtenstein, Luxemburg, Monaco, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
ESTA is an automated system used to determine the eligibility of visitors to travel to the United States under the VWP. It requires the same information as the paper I-94W form that VWP travelers currently fill out immediately prior to their entry to the United States. ESTA was created as part of the Implementing the Recommendations of the 9/11 Act of 2007.
ESTA applications can be completed at www.cbp.gov/esta
ESTA approval does not guarantee admission to the United States. In all cases, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer will still question the traveler upon entry to make a determination as to admissibility. If an individual is denied authorization under ESTA, he or she will be required to apply for a visa at a U.S. consular post abroad. Canadians may enter the United States for business or pleasure purposes without a visa but are not part of VWP. This new requirement does not apply to them.


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Metro Parks is offering an affordable family golfing package at its nine golf courses on the Fourth of July. For only $20, a family of up to four members can play nine holes at any Metro Parks course. The $20 includes greens and cart fees, and families can take advantage of the deal after 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 4.
Important: Families should call in advance to book a tee time at the golf course of their choice!
"Cookouts may be the traditional activity for Independence Day," Said Metro Parks Director Mike Heitz, "But golfing is a great way to spend time with your family and still have time for fireworks."
Metro Parks golf courses are open from daylight to dark seven days a week, and each course has a fully stocked pro shop. Private lessons are available from a PGA Professional at each clubhouse.
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About Metro Parks GolfLouisville's nine public golf courses offer a quality golfing experience at some of the most affordable prices in the nation. Each course has its own unique character, and some consistently rank among Kentucky's best and most challenging courses. The nine municipally-owned golf courses meet the needs of everyone from beginners to scratch golfers. For more information, visit http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroParks/golf.
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BATON ROUGE - Routine monitoring by the Department of Revenue''s Office of Charitable Gaming has led to the arrest of three people in four cases where $138,450 was allegedly stolen from gaming proceeds collected by different charitable organizations.
"The Office of Charitable Gaming is responsible for issuing and renewing annual state licenses required for charitable organizations conducting games of chance, such as raffles and bingo," says Charitable Gaming Director Michael Legendre. "We also monitor those licenses for compliance with gaming laws. By law, we are required to refer cases with any indication of the commission of a crime to the Office of State Police for investigation and disposition." Legendre says State Police and other law enforcement agencies have recently resolved three cases. Charitable Gaming has recovered all or portions of the monies missing from funds collected legally by the different licensed charitable organizations, but stolen by individuals closely involved with those organizations'' gaming activities.
Clyde Gums, 68, 1007 McMurtry Street, Gueydan, was arrested January 29 for allegedly taking $27,500 from charitable proceeds collected by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3244 in Lake Arthur. Thomas Byrd, 77, 231 Parish Line Road, DeRidder, was arrested February 12, for allegedly taking $14,800 from Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3619 in DeRidder. Mary Jane Shouest, 57, 9722 East Park Avenue, Houma, was arrested March 8 for allegedly taking $28,350 from Parents & Friends for Better Education, Houma. In the fourth case, the Office of Charitable Gaming identified $67,800 in missing funds, of which $50,000 was recovered through an insurance claim. Legendre says his office has recovered a total of $95,150 in the four cases, either from the individual involved or from insurance coverage. He adds that the arrested individuals will be determined "unsuitable" to participate in any charitable gaming activity in the state for a period of at least five years.
During the last fiscal year, Legendre says approximately 700 organizations were licensed to conduct charitable gaming activities. Those same organizations collected nearly $200 million in wagers, paid out more than $150 million in prizes, and made nearly $24 million in charitable contributions.
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Rats given unlimited access to high-fat foods exhibited addiction-like responses in their brains that could underlie compulsive eating and obesity, researchers say.
A new animal study from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found that the brain mechanisms involved in compulsive eating are often the same as those involved in drug addiction. Both involve dysfunction in the brain's reward system, researchers said, specifically the brain's type 2 dopamine receptors (D2DR).
The study found that as the rats became obese, the levels of D2DR in the brain decreased, much as they do in humans addicted to cocaine or heroin. Researchers noted that the mere availability of high-fat food could help trigger overeating.
The study was published online in the journal Nature Neuroscience and will appear in the May 2010 issue.


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Over at the Vault of Horror, B-Sol has a nice piece up about General Mills' Monster cereals.
When we break it down, every single one of the General Mills cereal monsters is technically a dead person. Quite jarring to analyze it that way, but also quite true. They are based on beings which do nothing if not remind us of our own mortality. This is the basic source of the horror they all inspire; whether ghost, mummy, vampire, or flesh golem.
And so we do what we always do—we protect ourselves from what we fear, in this case using one of the most tried-and-true methods. We take away its power by turning it into something which is a parody of itself, a harmless representation suitable for small children—so far removed from its origins that one really has to do some mental gymnastics to make the connection.
Making figures of horror and representations of death cute and edible is a way of transforming the fear of death and the knowledge of its inevitability. But personally, I am always more aware of my sympathy for the monsters. The monsters represented in the Monster cereals—Frankenstein, a werewolf, a vampire, a ghost and a mummy—have become more sympathetic throughout the 20th Century and into the 21st. And I think that part of it is that those monsters, while capable of great evil, just can't compete with human-created, industrially efficient horrors that marked the 20th Century in so many ways. And while a lot of people may not deal with the day to day reality of death all that often, we do have a great deal of immediate intimacy with human atrocity.
It's not that I think that monsters have lost their power. It's that maybe we—at least being horror creators and audiences—feel worse about humanity and see ourselves as more horrible than vampires, werewolves, ghosts and mummies. And I see this in the rise of the zombie as the monster of our time, and in "torture porn," which explores the suffering of the innocent at the hands of other humans, not only reflecting death and decay, but also other horrors that we see around us and fear in ourselves.
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Task Force commemorates losses in the transgender community, celebrates victories for equality
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force commemorates losses in the transgender community, celebrates victories for equality
Roberta Sklar, Director of Communications
'The Task Force grieves for and honors all transgender people whose voices are now silenced and in shadow, and whose shattered lives call out to us, the living, to recommit ourselves to creating a nation where new laws, honest morality and true decency combine to stop the violence forever.' — Marsha Botzer, Task Force board co-chair
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force commemorates global Transgender Day of Remembrance, Sunday, Nov. 20, by reflecting on the loss of members of the transgender community due to hate or prejudice.
"Recent statistics show that transgender people suffer from 11 percent of bias crimes committed against all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, a percentage of attacks far in excess of their numbers in the population, continuing to make the transgender community one of the most vulnerable in our society," said Clarence Patton, executive director of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project.
"Today we remember all those who have fallen victim to anti-transgender hate," said Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "We know that, for every crime that comes to light, there are dozens more that will remain forever unknown, ignored by law enforcement. Today let us hold in our hearts and minds all those victims — known and unknown — and rededicate ourselves to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people."
Debbie Weill, executive director of DignityUSA, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Catholic organization, said, "On this Day of Remembrance, we honor those who have died tragically and needlessly because they were transgender. We hope this day helps to call attention to the high levels of harassment and violence transgender people endure on a daily basis."
"As a transgender person of faith," Weill added, "I thank God for the wonderful diversity and richness of gender and pray for people of all faiths to embrace transgender people as part of God's family."
Although losses in the transgender community have been profound, this past year saw significant gains for the transgender rights movement.
States that passed or amended nondiscrimination laws to include transgender protections:
- Illinois — One of the few states to pass a comprehensive nondiscrimination law that included protections for both sexual orientation and gender identity.
- Maine — Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender anti-discrimination law passed by state Legislature; upheld by general election ballot initiative by a 55–45 percent margin.
- Hawaii — Added protections for transgender people to state housing anti-discrimination law.
- California — Amended its insurance code to prohibit discrimination against trans- people and clarified that discrimination by public accommodations against LGBT people is prohibited.
Based on data from the 2000 Census, the total number of people now living in a jurisdiction with a transgender-inclusive, anti-discrimination law in the United States is 78.9 million people, 28 percent of the nation's population.
States that amended hate crimes laws to include LGBT people:
- Maryland — Became the ninth state with a hate crimes law addressing bias crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
- Colorado — Expanded hate crimes law to include LGBT people after a 14-year fight to include this language and multiple defeats through the efforts of the religious right
With this year's passage of these two laws, 10 states now have hate crimes laws that explicitly cover transgender people.
Federal legislative movement:
- U.S. House of Representatives — For the first time a house of Congress passed a transgender-inclusive bill, with the passage of a hate crimes amendment to the Children's Safety Act by the House of Representatives. The bill is currently awaiting hearing by a Senate committee.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Transgender Civil Rights Project provides legislative and strategy assistance, including evaluation of legislative language, to activists and organizations working to pass trans-inclusive, anti-discrimination bills or to add transgender protections to existing laws. The project has collaborated with more than 100 local, state or national organizations in 34 states to help pass local or state laws.
Task Force publications dealing specifically with transgender issues include Transitioning Our Shelters: A Guide to Making Homeless Shelters Safe for Transgender People, and Transgender Equality: A Handbook for Activists and Policymakers. For the reports and more details, visit http://www.thetaskforce.org/ourprojects/pi/pubs.cfm?PIissueID=8
Additional resources and media contacts:
- Clarence Patton, executive director, Anti-Violence Project, 212.714.1184
- Mara Keisling, executive director, National Center for Transgender Equality, 202.903.0112
- Debbie Weill, executive director, DignityUSA, 202.861.0017
- Marsha Botzer, board co-chair, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 646.358.1465
- Lisa Mottet, transgender civil rights lawyer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 646.358.1465
- Richard Lindsay, communications associate, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 646.358.1474
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From award-winning director Sono Sion comes a powerful and daring film about a family facing the harsh consequences of an earthquake and nuclear power plant explosion. The Ono family lives a frugal but happy life as dairy farmers in a peaceful Japanese village. When the worst earthquake in history strikes, causing a nearby nuclear power station to explode, their neighbours, who live within range of the station, are ordered to evacuate by the government. But the Ono family has only half of their garden designated as within range. The film examines a highly relevant subject describing the mental anguish of a family forced to separate due to an extremely unfortunate event.
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- Director: Sono Sion
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A Cooperative Framework: How to End Extreme Poverty in the Next 30 Years
What is "extreme poverty"? In 2011 the World Bank defined extreme poverty as living on less than US$1.50 in the US, buying US goods. This oversimplified answer begs the question, "Who could live on $1.50 per day?" The answer to that question is not many. A broader examination of "extreme poverty" is had by comparing "quality of life" data. This data includes; life expectancy, infant mortality rates, access to quality health care and food security. So the goal of ending extreme poverty should be focused on quality of life issues as opposed to dollars and cents. Case in point, a homeless man in America most often has more than $1.50 go through his hands every day, but would you consider his quality of life beyond that of "extreme poverty?"
If "quality of life" issues are the focal point of the efforts to raise everyone out "extreme poverty," the standards for an acceptable quality of life could include;
- Decrease the variance in life expectancy across the world, regardless of race, religion, nationality or ethnicity.
- Raise infant mortality rates to the rate of the highest country.
- Make sure every world citizen has access to quality health care, regardless of where they live.
- Make sure every world citizen has food security, meaning access to an affordable and healthy food supply at all times, regardless of where they live.
- Make sure that every world citizen has access to quality affordable housing.
If we can achieve these five things, we will effectively end "extreme poverty" and permanently decouple the concept of quality of life from GDP and per capita income.
How do we begin to accomplish the aforementioned goals? What institutions, distribution and communication channels and financial facilities are needed? How should they be deployed and how will they be maintained sustainably?
In terms of operational, financial and legal structure, what types of institutions would be compatible with mutually beneficial ends and means? These corporate structures are cooperatives which are not-for-profit, mostly tax-exempt entities designed from the ground up, for the benefit of its members on a mutual and democratic basis. But to facilitate a holistic approach to achieving the outcomes previously enumerated, there must be more than one cooperative because there is more than one function, but all cooperatives and separate functions should work together as a whole, capitalizing on economies of scale and scope.
To assemble the correct group of not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporate entities, we have to analyze each discrete task and the tasks that need coordination to;
- Identify the types of non-profits needed, based on identity attributes and function.
- Model exactly how they would function as a group in a way that is first compliant with local and international corporate and tax law and efficient in terms of resource allocation (output/throughput). The goal of these entities, individually and as a group, is allow the greatest amount of resources to be used in the delivery of services to their respective and collective memberships.
A Cooperative Framework
The Cooperative identity has at least 6 points which are;
- self-help,
- self-responsibility,
- democracy,
- equality,
- equity and
- solidarity
and seven principles which are;
- Voluntary and Open Membership
- Democratic Member Control
- Member Economic Participation
- Autonomy and Independence
- Education, Training and Information
- Cooperation among Cooperatives
- Concern for Community
To maintain the aforementioned cooperative identity and carry out its principles in the purpose of increasing the quality of life for its members, I propose a collection of five(5) autonomous cooperatives;
- Credit Union
- "Production Cooperative"
- "Service Cooperative"
- "Housing Cooperative"
- Omnibus Trust Company
The five (5) separate cooperatives will be organized respectively for the following purposes, and work together under a "Collective Agreement"1:
- "Credit Union;" where individual cooperative members are organized for mutual financial benefit allowed by the scale (number of individual members) and scope (diversity of asset and risk base) to put downward pressure on the price of funds for all members of the "Collective Agreement1." The Credit Union will elect to be treated as a 501(c)(14) or (25).
- The "Production Cooperative;" will be the producers of agriculture, industrial products and services members of the "Collective Agreement". The major initial deliverable of the Production Cooperative is a "Comprehensive Production Plan" (i.e Business Plan), which facilitates financing. The Production Cooperative will elect to be treated as an IRC Sub-chapter T under section 521 Exempt Farmer's cooperative. The Production cooperative model will be applied separately for the agricultural (Grower, Processor) members and service-provider members, based on profile identity. 1The Collective Agreement is a superseding Agreement between the Cooperatives for complete mutual benefit of members of each separate cooperative.
- A "Service Cooperative" works to increase the efficiency of marketing the products and services of each member the "Collective Agreement". The "Service Cooperative" will be a supporting organization electing to be treated as a 501(c)(3) under section 509(a)(3). Through the "Service Cooperative" members of the "Collective Agreement" will have access to the following facilities;
- Communications and computing organized, operated and treated as a 501(c)(12); utility-based pricing at cost debited from individual credit accounts based on the level of participation with the "Service Cooperative" pursuant to the "Collective Agreement." (individual user accounts for the CIP database)
- Business Development Services 501(c)(6) under section 509 (a)(3); business plan development, loans and entrepreneurial credit education.
- Accounting 509 (a)(3); Individual and collective ledger access and control.
- Marketing 509 (a)(3); creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings and requests between members of the "Collective Agreement" and society at large.
- Legal Services 501(c)(9) under section 509(a)(3); development of "Collective Agreement," individual co-op bylaws and "Service-Level Agreements."
- Consumer Cooperative 509(a)(3); Financial literacy and consumer advocacy activities.
- Insurance Cooperative (501(c) (9) cooperative), a.k.a. MET (Multiple Employer Trust) or a MEWA (Multiple-Employer Welfare Association). This will be a Member-owned Insurance Trust, re-insured by a financial entity TBD.
4. An "Omnibus Trust Company;" holds legal title of all tangible and intangible assets (equitable title held be respective cooperatives beneficiaries/grantors). The "Omnibus Trust Company" will elect to be treated as an 501 (c )(2) or (25) Title-Holding Trust Company for the "Collective Agreement" members with the "Service Cooperative" 509 (a)(3) acting as Trustee.
5. Housing Cooperative (a 501(c)(3) Sub-chapter T cooperative); The Housing Cooperative will employ both group equity, oriented toward entity growth and limited equity paradigms oriented toward member wealth accumulation. Excess capital allocations always accrue to members, either present or future (distinguished by entity-specific model). This cooperative will set no limit on their number members. The Housing Cooperative will pool money to purchase and develop land for its members on an individual or entity basis.
All the not-for-profit models are discussed on the IRS website:
Distribution and Communication Channels
Based on the rhizomic growth model, distribution channels will be global and ultra local. We can accomplish this by transplanting the DNA of successful cooperatives and the supporting "Collective Agreement" to regions secure enough allow for implementation. Distribution in the case of individual autonomous cooperatives and the "Collective Agreement" include; funds accounting, logistics, labor and materials. In the case of funds, the distribution will be based on successful implementation of a "Production Plan" which allows the procurement of funds on account. In the case of logistics, local demand information is gathered (via Internet-enabled applications fed to the CIP Database) and analyzed in lieu the "Production Plan" template (Leontief matrix), thus modified to fit the conditions of the environment to which the new production plan will be implemented. The labor and capital equipment needed to implement the new production plan will be procured locally (if possible) and the material will be procured in the most ecological and economical way possible.
Communication will be global, connected though a network created ad-hoc via the Internet. The costs of which are determined by the "Communication Cooperative" embedded within the "Service Cooperative" on a utility-based pricing model for communication and computing. Each cooperative will have its own secured intranet network with extranet interfaces based on the "Collective Agreement" to facilitate a global ledger of separate cooperative accounts. To adhere to the autonomous identity of cooperatives, each cooperative must first "opt-in," but maintains the right to opt-out if its membership wishes to decouple from the "Collective Agreement." Communication among and by the autonomous cooperatives consists of legal (interface-based "Service-level Agreements") messages, accounting (funds transfers and clearing; SWIFT) messages, Internet access to educational curricula and searchable "knowledge bases," as well as audio and video teleconferencing. The "Communication Cooperative" will establish leasing and/or outright ownership of backbone and node infrastructures that ensure secure low-cost, high-throughput communication between member cooperatives and from member cooperatives to external endpoints.
Financial Facilities
Through the Credit Union, individual cooperative and "Collective Agreement" activities are funded. The process of funding is not dissimilar to conventional funding in that it is based on a business plan (Production Plan) and collateral. The "Production Plan" is derived from accessing the demand of the (potential and actual) membership by primary data collected by the "Service Cooperative." The data collected qualifies and quantifies the demand of the prescribed quality of life-enhancing services to be delivered by the cooperatives individually and collectively. To collect this primary data, a comprehensive survey must be commissioned and implemented through the aforementioned communication channels, via Internet applications.
Once the "Production Plan" is arrived at, the individual entrepreneurs associated into cooperatives are brought into existence to serve the stated demand. Collateral is had by the pledge and delivery (by contract) of all assets (tangible real estate and machinery or intangibles, such as"table funding" notes and accounts receivable/factoring). The "Service Cooperative" (the "Omnibus Borrower") will procure financing via collateralized (non-recourse) loans, allocating funding pro-rata to the individual cooperatives based on the necessary funding stated in the individual and collective "Production Plans." This type of funding is congruent with conventional purchase financing of real estate, machinery and services. The Credit Union will fund the "Service Cooperative" (or individual members) via "Letters of Credit" or other mechanisms appropriate to purposes of the beneficial entity.
Deployment Models
To deploy the previously-described "Cooperative Framework" and to describe the function of each separate autonomous cooperative entity, it is proposed to set up a visual model using UML with XMI connecting to the underlying entity-specific XML schema (Legal, Tax, MISMO, XBRL and StatML database (maintained in the CIP2) that define each entity's attributes, functions and interfaces with other entities. From this programmatic model, a "Collective Agreement" (document) can be derived ad-hoc. This framework will make future growth more efficient as new entities are added to the model, creating new interfaces (transactions) and thus revisions to the "Collective Agreement" can be had on-demand (redistributed to all members for opt-in/opt-out). This is called "Agile Modelling" which is consistent with the principles of the cooperative movement. The model will incorporate the primary data (StratML) collected by the "Service Cooperative" for the initial development of the "Production Plan" (transactional database), which can be used by report-based analytical tools and GIS to enable a geo-spatial representation of the 'proposed' impact of the cooperative's initiatives on a local demographic. The actual outcomes arrived at serve as a feedback mechanism to inform iterations of the "Production Plan" to improve outcomes automatically over time (absent politics).
2 The CIP Database is a repository of XML schemas for relational and transactional queries and analytics
The previously described modelling is a work in progress, but the "Cooperative Framework" model is depicted statically in Fig 1 as follows;
Fig 1
From the depiction we can begin to see how the "Cooperative Framework" works together to produce and distribute the necessary products and services to effectuate the stated "quality of life" benefit to members. The model is robust in its ability to facilitate cooperative and individual quality of life solutions. Individual members can apply for funding via the Credit Union on the same playing field as corporations (Co-ops) through the "Service Cooperative" based on the individual member's plan integration with the overall "Production Plan."
In summary, the particular "quality of life" improvement outcomes achieved through the respective cooperatives (and/or) individual members;
- The three(3) health-related outcomes are accomplished via the MET/MEWA, member-controlled and funded health insurance 501 (c)(12) cooperatives
- The food security outcomes are accomplished via the Agricultural Production and Processing 521 Exempt Farmer's cooperative units
- The quality housing outcomes are accomplished via the Housing 501 (c)(3) Sub-chapter T cooperatives
- Finance, marketing and operational logistics are developed, documented and communicated via the "Service Cooperative" 501(c)(3) section 509(a)(3) through its respective divisions
- Transactional banking, financial advising and funding is accomplished via the Credit Union 501(c)(14)
The "Cooperative Framework" is designed to be operationally sustainable by its ad-hoc development and provision of services and financially sustainable by that same demand-side utility. The framework is designed to meet the needs of the membership based on real-time membership demand data which is applied recursively to regulate supply ("Production Plan") to maintain equilibrium. This process creates a "Steady-State Economy" proposed by ecological economists such as John Stewart Mill3, and later Herman Daly4. The "Cooperative Framework" works to provide for its membership, a Maslov-like "quality of life" baseline, upon which new local economies could be built. The framework's coverage will expand over time to include a global (but autonomous) membership community.
3 John Stewart Mill In his magnum opus, Principles of Political Economy, he wrote:
…the increase of wealth is not boundless. The end of growth leads to a stationary state. The stationary state of capital and wealth… would be a very considerable improvement on our present condition.
4 Herman Daly and his associates Robert Costanza, AnnMari Jansson, Joan Martinez-Alier, and others to create the field of ecological economics.


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2. the code opens the selectionobjects as entity and presumes this entity to have a colour property which can be changed. even if it has, i reckon that in order to gain access to that color property the selectionobject needs to be opened as an object that has that colour property. in other words, 'entity' is too general and could be something that has no colour property, identify what the object is accuratly enough, e.g. a line, open it as a line if that's the case and then access line.colourindex. (a filter for selection might be considered in the first place, however, only to narrow the results set, selectedobjects would still need to be opened as, e.g. line.) entity actually has a colourindex property, but then again e.g. circle has an explode method where a circle cannot be exploded.
i agree with felix and add if you are calling this method from a modeless dialog or a paletteset you must lock the document.
Instead of IsDBNull you should use ObjectID.IsNull.
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Oilers #16 Prospect December 2007: Mathieu Roy
Current Rank: 16
Summer 2007 Rank: 18
In 2003, long after the TV cameras and most fans had pulled an Elvis, the Edmonton Oilers selected Kyle Brodziak 214th overall.
At 215, they selected Mathieu Roy.
That's a point in the draft when most teams are selecting obscure Europeans or overage players. Both Brodziak and Roy were eligible for previous Entry Drafts so in a sense they were overagers although not in the normal "Kari Haakana at 28″ draft we used to see often each year (NHL has closed that loophole as I understand it).
Most fans like a guy like Mathieu Roy because he's a classic underdog. He's a strong player who can deliver punishing hits, he came from a long way back to get here, and he displays a certain desire that makes itself known in unusual ways (Mathieu Roy is one of the few Oiler prospects in recent history who has been pissed at getting sent out in the past few falls. I like that about him).
Roy has issues with skating and therefore coverage and he's never going to be a puck moving defender. He also has some injury issues (concussion, others) but he certainly appears capable of filling a 6-7D role on an NHL team.
Roy has an NHL deal for this season and next, so will either be on the roster or will be paid full money in the AHL. The Oilers recently placed him on waivers and he passed through which I found somewhat surprising based on his age and relative ability. The Oilers lost Alex Henry just this way several years ago and I think Roy is a similar player in terms of ability and assumed roster slot.
Part of the reason he was passed over might be his recent injury record:
- Nov 26, 2007: Missed 9 games (separated shoulder).
- Nov 5, 2007: Separated shoulder, day-to-day.
- Oct 23, 2007: Missed 8 games (aches and pains).
- Oct 2, 2007: Aches and pains, day-to-day.
If he were a baseball player, his nickname would be "Aches and Pains." He has played in 21 NHL games and unlike many players on this list Roy's expected NHL career GP is probably predictable. His outer marker is likely Pierre Bouchard (he played 595 games in an end-of-the-roster role on a team that sported 3 HOFers among their top 5D) for an NHL career and the other end of the scale would be that his NHL career is over at 21 games.
The fact is that Mathieu Roy has already covered the bet and should he stay healthy I'd expect that he'll get at least one more chance with the Oilers with another down the line with one of the other NHL teams. Solid role players who can dish out hits have value.


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One earnings short-squeeze candidate in the regional banking complex is Independent Bank (INDB), which is set to release numbers on Thursday after the market close. Wall Street analysts, on average, expect Independent Bank to report revenue of $55.63 million on earnings of 50 cents per share.
If you're looking for a banking stock that's trending very strong heading into its quarter, then make sure to check out shares of Independent Bank. This stock is currently trading just a few points off its 52-week high of $29.99 as we approach its earnings report.The current short interest as a percentage of the float for Independent Bank is rather high at 13.2%. That means that out of the 20.49 million shares in the tradable float, 2.69 million are sold short by the bears. This stock has a low float and a pretty decent short interest. Any bullish earnings news could easily spark a sizeable short-squeeze. >>5 Bank Stocks Worth a Second Look From a technical perspective, INDB is currently trading above its 200-day moving average and just below its 50-day moving average, which is neutral trendwise. This stock has been trading range bound for the last few months between $26.18 and $29.57 a share. A move outside of that range post-earnings will most likely setup the next big trend for INDB. If you're bullish on INDB, I would look for long-biased trades after they report if this stock manages to move back above its 50-day moving average of $28.03, and break out above some near-term overhead resistance at $29.57 a share with strong volume. Look for volume on that move that's near or above its three-month average action of 57,377 shares. If we get that action, then look for INDB to make a run into the mid-30s. I would simply avoid INDB or look for short biased trades if the stock fails to trigger that breakout, and then drops back below some near-term support at $27.19 with high-volume. Target a drop back towards its 200-day moving average of $25.66 a share or possibly lower if the bears hammer this stock down post-earnings.
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Last year without realizing it, I started using CM methods of instruction. For this year I wanted to learn more about Charlotte Mason's style. I'm really liking it so far.
I read a few GREAT posts (can't remember exactly which ones =[ ) & it helped me understand to make the changes to her style slowly. That helped tremendously because I feel like I have more of a plan now. It sure would have helped last year, but live & learn –right? I can't say often enough how thankful to God I am for technology!
They say to add one thing at a time to ensure you're not changing things too fast. This is especially important for me considering I have an autistic son. Not knowing this, I've gone a little faster than I should have. Last year, our changes to more of a CM style were to using Living books, daily (almost) Bible reading, copy work, & Habit training. This year we've added doing Short lessons, scripture memorization, CM Oral Exams, Narrations, Dictation, & Devotions.
I started the oral exams late this year (it was well after the first quarter) but I felt it was important for LB to have this whole year as prep before requiring more intense oral exams next year. I gave him his 1st oral exam the first week of our 2nd quarter. I felt so guilty; I had NO idea how he was going to handle this change. He did so well, I was SO proud of him! I just explained that it was called an exam, but that it was really just us talking about what we've learned. Sorry the pictures didn't come out very good, but here's a peek at what his 1st oral exam entailed.
Believe it or not it has already been time for another oral exam. This year is flying by. So this exam I tried to add a little more than his first one. Also, I split it up between 3 days (which turned out to be between 3 weeks). It's mostly an oral exam, but I added handwriting one of our poems & a sentence to analyze (just looking for subject & predicate).
I pray that the exams keep going well – I might even try video taping it.
After some digging, I found the links for the posts that helped me the most. They are listed below (in no certain order):
Introduction to Ambleside Online on the Ambleside Online site
- Getting Started with Ambleside Online by Hepburn Family Homepages.
Learning Styles, Course of Study, Milestones by Homeschooling on a Shoestring.com
Where Do I Start? by Piney Woods Homeschool
Making Ambleside Work: The Gory Details by Afterthoughts


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SavannahHelpWanted.com hosted a local career fair Tuesday and had more than 1,700 jobs posted.
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Hello to all Jacksonville Jaguars fans, football fans or anyone else who is taking the time to read this blog. Let me begin by saying thanks for your interest. Jacksonville Jaguars Maurice Jones-Drew looks to the sideline as he runs the ball in for a touchdown during the second half of...
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The New York Times' Andy Benoit went to the video tape on Wednesday to review Jacksonville Jaguars' 2010-2011 season. His conclusion? The team, especially the defense, performed a lot better than many people might have expected. Philadelphia Eagles' DeSean Jackson (L) is tackled by Jacksonville Jaguars' Kirk Morrison (C) during the...


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San Francisco Municipal Railway (1940s)
Built 1914 • Operational
This car was one of Muni's workhouses for 44 years, but is lucky to be here today. Built in 1914, part of an order of 125 cars to expand Muni service for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in the Marina District, No. 130 operated on almost every Muni streetcar line during its initial career.
Twin 1914 streetcars 162 & 130. David Dugan photo.
Car No. 130 was the last 'Iron Monster' to leave passenger service, in 1958. Muni shop foreman Charlie Smallwood saved it from the scrap heap by hiding it in the back of Geneva carhouse while its mates met their fates. He then talked his bosses into making it a 'wrecker'. Stripped bare and painted yellow, it spent the next 25 years towing its replacements—PCC streetcars—back to the barn when they broke down. It was fully restored by Muni craft workers in 1983 for the Historic Trolley Festival, including original seats, which Charlie had kept all those years in his basement…just in case!
Built for Muni in Ohio by Jewett Car Company.
Used in regular service on virtually every Muni streetcar line. Painted in all three Muni liveries used during its service life, including the green and cream 'Wings' in the 1950s.
Retired from daily service. Seats removed, equipment installed to allow car to serve as Geneva Division wrecker. Only two of the 125 cars of this type survive. Market Street Railway acquired car No. 162 from Orange Empire Railway Museum in Southern California in 2002 and gifted it to Muni.
Restored by Muni craftsworkers to 1939 appearance, with blue and gold "Treasure Island" livery, to participate in San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival.
Operated summers in subsequent Trolley Festivals.
Begins serving F-Market line, built as result of successful Trolley Festivals.
Begins serving F-line extension on Embarcadero to Fisherman's Wharf.
No. 130 dedicated to famed San Francisco newspaper columnist Herb Caen.
Still in regular operation, perhaps the most durable streetcar in San Francisco history.


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Jefferson wanted life and happiness protected
When reading Shelia Dillon's letter to the editor in the Sept. 7 edition, I noticed she quoted Thomas Jefferson. Recently I found another good quote of Thomas Jefferson's: "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government."
Susan McLeod, New Smyrna Beach
Need to help a fox
Wanted: a volunteer and a veterinarian to trap and treat a fox that has been living in a wooded area between holes four and six on the New Smyrna Beach golf course. The fox is emaciated and has a left back leg injury that needs medical attention. Perhaps a little pro-bono on their part could rectify the situation. I realize this action could stir up controversy from your readers like spending time and effort on an injured fox. But I'm certain that both golfers and the community would appreciate the humane effort.
Frederick Koenig, New Smyrna Beach
The solution to gridlock
We need to limit the terms of our political representatives in Washington, D.C. They're not going to vote to do it, so we must demand that it be put on the General Election Ballot in 2016.
Today, a representative no longer thinks of his or her constituency, but rather their own family. The objective is to make their election victory a full-time job for as long as possible. They want that high six-figure salary, the expense account, the car allowance, the medical insurance coverage for the entire family, and that totally unjustified pension.
So, is it any wonder these politicians refuse to compromise on issues that are presented by their opposition even if they make good sense for us? If you limit their time in office, reduce their benefit packages and eliminate those pensions, I guarantee you'll finally get some unselfish people, who will take these jobs for all the right reasons.
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A 57-year-old woman was shot while riding a CTA bus Thursday night in the Hamilton Park neighborhood, authorities said.
The woman was shot at 8:38 p.m. while riding an eastbound CTA #67 bus in the 300 block of West 69th Street, according to police and CTA spokesman Catherine Hosinski.
The woman was shot in the wrist and chest and taken in good condition to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, the police and fire departments said. A witness told FOX 32 News that he heard two gun shots.
The bus driver took the bus out of the area and stopped at the 69th Red Line station, Hosinski said. No one else was injured.
Police are looking for three men who apparently opened fire on the bus. Area South detectives are investigating.
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