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St. Elmo High School seniors Ben Sperry and Blaine Scholes were named co-MVPs of the Egyptian-Illini Conference to lead a group of area players who made up the entire all-conference first team.
In total, area players filled all but six of the spots on the second team and honorable mention team, with players from Beecher City rounding out the selections.
2011 EIC All-Conference
ST. ELMO – The St. Elmo High School volleyball team won the Egyptian-Illini Conference Tournament last Friday, defeating Christ Our Rock Lutheran in three sets.
Junior Megan Maxey led the Lady Eagles with nine kills and junior Katie Stites added eight of her own during the 25-18, 23-25, 15-10 victory on St. Elmo's home floor.
ST. ELMO – Patoka kept the game close against Beecher City last Friday, but the Lady Warriors were unable to get the win in the seventh-place game of the Egyptian-Illini Conference Tournament.
The Lady Eagles won the game, 26-24, 25-22.
That loss came a day after Patoka also had a close battle with Cowden-Herrick in the final game of pool play, which saw Patoka lose, 25-18, 25-20.
Upper Bracket
•(8) Robinson at (1) Greenville
•(5) Pana at (4) Vandalia
•(7) North Mac at (2) Marquette
•(6) Nokomis at (3) Staunton
•(8) Sesser at (1) Breese Central
•(5) Eldorado at (4) Anna-Jonesboro
•(7) Harrisburg at (2) Mt. Carmel
•(6) Red Bud at (3) Benton
Lower Bracket
•(8) Kewanee at (1) Aurora Christian
•(5) Oregon at (4) Watseka
The Brownstown/St. Elmo co-op seventh-grade girls basketball team won the Jr. National Trail Conference Tournament on Saturday, defeating Neoga in the championship game.
The Vandalia High School football team will get a rematch against Pana when it hosts the Panthers in a first-round playoff game on Friday at 7 p.m.
The Vandals (6-3) are the No. 4 seed in their bracket, with Pana (6-3) earning the fifth seed. In the regular season, Vandalia defeated Pana, 20-14, at home in a tense battle.
The winner of that game will meet the winner of (1)Greenville/(8)Robinson. In the quarterfinals, it could be another matchup of South Central Conference schools, as Marquette Catholic is the No. 2 seed in the bracket.
ST. ELMO — St. Elmo fended off a pesky Ramsey volleyball team on Thursday to advance to Friday night's Egpytian-Illini Conference Tournament championship game, where the Lady Eagles will face Christ Our Rock Lutheran.
That game will be at 8 p.m.
St. Elmo got around Ramsey in three sets, winning 20-25, 25-20, 15-14. The Lady Eagles trailed 14-11 during the final set, which would be won by the first team to 15 points.
EFFINGHAM – By the time this season is finished, Brownstown senior Morgan Stinebring will have her name littered among the statistical leaders since coach Toby Harms took over the program in 1998.
As the team's primary setter, Stinebring, who has started since her freshman season, is already the school's all-time leader in assists, with 687 through Monday, and is in the top five in several other categories.
On the night they were honored for their years of dedication to the team, several seniors made big contributions last Friday night to a 20-14 win against Pana, which gave the Vandals an automatic berth to the football playoffs for the first time since 2008.
"We told them at halftime, 'Seniors, hopefully not, but this could be the last time you play on this field,'" said coach John Stout. "'Think about all the times you have played on this field since fifth grade.'
Two Vandalia juniors participated in the state golf tournament this past weekend, and both came away with top-30 finishes.
Blake Swofford finished in a tie for 12th place at the boys tournament, and RaeChelle Leiken finished in a tie for 29th on the girls side.
Leiken, who was making her third overall appearance at state, but her first at the Illinois state tournament, said she was disappointed in her finish at Red Tail Run Golf Course in Decatur.
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Community criticizes lack of accessibility at Harper Court
By JEFFREY BISHKU-AYKUL Staff Writer Like many other Hyde Parkers, Carolyn Rhodes wanted to try Harper Court's newest restaurant, Porkchop. But when she went, she couldn't get in. "There's no handicap door, no sign — not there. I waited," said Rhodes, who uses a wheelchair. "I waited for someone, even from the outside to come(…)

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Ok, I admit to being a hack. I know just enough to be dangerous to myself and others.... but I'm usually pretty good at following instructions/directions - or at least twisting them to fit my purposes.
Using Google Maps Javascript API V3 Articles as a jump off point, I created a small, localized map search form. It works great - outside of WP... even following the sometimes conflicting information on creating custom template pages (and custom headers to call the convoluted javascript), I can't seem to get the beast to work.
The page where I'm banging on this is Snowville Map. The main problem is the map itself is not loading (which it does outside of WP). Viewing the page source of the generated WP page shows that all the code is there...
The necessary 'support files' (phpsqlsearch.php and search_dbinfo.php) reside within the theme folder at the same level as the custom page and header templates (header-withjs.php and map-index.php and map-page.php). Oh, and one of my search results for help with this started off with mentioning creating a custom page.php file and ended with having a custom index.php - hence the two "map-xxx.php" files.
I's appreciate wiser heads than mine pointing me to where the problem may be originating from.
Oh, and I've tried some of the already created plugins... most are still using the older v2 API.


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On Aug. 18 I attempted to load an .mp3 media file to one of my pages, using Edit/Add Media. This is something I do every Sunday afternoon. The progress bar showed 90% then an error box appeared: "Error 20130818HowT…oForward.mp3 An error occurred in the upload. Please try again later."
Each night last week I received two more files to upload to the website, ending with 12 files. I tried multiple times to load files each day, sometimes it would load, but most times I got this same error.
I tried loading the media from the Media Library but never got one to load using that feature. The files would load up to 100%, then display CRUNCHING and hang there. This is what my screen showed:
"Upload New Media
Drop files here
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Maximum upload file size: 50MB.
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I tried the Browser Uploader as suggested, but never got anything to happen, no progress at all.
I got one file loaded at 9:00 pm one night, another at 5:00 am two days later, followed by multiple failed attempts. Sizes of the files ran from 12MB up to 17MB, some were .mp3 and some were .mp4.
I even tried to load them from my laptop instead of my desktop computer. I got one file to load, then the same errors. Nothing seemed to make a difference in the hit or miss success.
I have contacted my host company and they say nothing is wrong there.
I don't know anyone who knows WordPress so I have no place to go for help except here.
I would appreciate a solution to this problem, since I need this feature every week.


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Unfortunatly, I could not make this recipe as stated. I could not find the basil, parmasean flavored veggie dip. So, isntead I used dill flavored veggie dip. I know this changed the flavor. However, this is still a great recipe. The burgers were moist and full of flavor. Everyone enjoyed them. Thanks Mandy. Made for Bevy tag 2008.


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Expat prank-called after phone number appears in Samsung advert
Abu Dhabi: A Bangladeshi expat said he has been receiving prank calls after his mobile phone number appeared as the mock number in an ad for a new Samsung handset.
Noor-ul-Islam, a driver for a family in Abu Dhabi, said he receives one or two calls a day asking for "Omar," the name of the caller in the Galaxy S4 Zoom ad.
The ad has been running for weeks in UAE newspapers, magazines and outdoor signs.
The number, displayed on the incoming call screen featured in the ad, is in use by Noor-ul-Islam.
A Samsung official told Gulf News the number was tested and "did not exist" before the ad ran, adding they have apologised for any inconvenience.
"Almost daily teenagers call me: 'Hi, Omar!' or 'How's it going, Omar?'" said Noor-ul-Islam.
"It's ok, no problem. I'm not angry, it's just a simple mistake. And I know the kids are just playing around. I say 'hi' back and tell them it's not Omar. They hang up or I hang up after that. Each time it's a different caller, mostly teens."
The father-of-three added that he is yet to see the ad.
Noor-ul-Islam said has been using the number for three years, given to him by a member of the family he works for, he said.
Meanwhile, the creative for any future ads have been amended, said Hayssam Yassine, head of telecommunications group at Samsung Gulf Electronics.
"It has been brought to our attention that the GALAXY S4 Zoom advertisement currently running across the UAE features an active telephone number of someone based in the UAE," he said in a statement.
"When developing advertisements where a mock telephone number is featured, to the best of our knowledge, we ensure that these numbers are out of use.
"Before the advertisement was approved we tested the number and found that the number did not exist. Upon finding out that the number is now in use, we have been in contact with the individual and apologised for the inconvenience caused.
"We have also amended the creative for any advertisements that we may use in the future."


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By music alone, this song deseveres at the least an 8 because it sounds really good, but it brings out happiness in me for some reason. I was in a bad mood when I listened to the song, and this just cheered me up a lot. I listened to it about 4 times by writing this review. It's very good. I'll give it a 10!!
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Cocoa Advances as Ghana Plans to Cut Pesticide Use; Coffee Rises
Cocoa futures climbed the most in three weeks as Ghana, the world's second-biggest producer, plans to cut pesticide subsidies for farms. Coffee, and orange juice also rose, while cotton and sugar slid.
The Ghana Cocoa Board will fund three applications of pesticides in cocoa farms in the 12 months starting in October, down from six last year as revenue declines, Noah Amenyah, a spokesman for the regulator, said yesterday. Purchases by the board, which buys all cocoa produced in Ghana, reached 800,000 metric tons from Oct. 1 through Aug. 8, down from 829,000 tons a year earlier, KnowledgeCharts, a unit of Commodities Risk Analysis in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, said.
"This will only lead to more yield losses because of persistent pests that will infest the cocoa crop if spraying stops," Michael Smith, the president of T&K Futures & Options Inc., in Port St. Lucie, Florida, wrote in an e-mail. "They are already dealing with lower yield potential because of drought conditions in the growing regions."
Cocoa for December delivery climbed 1.8 percent to settle at $2,498 a ton at 12:07 p.m. on ICE Futures U.S. in New York, the biggest advance since Aug. 7. Prices are up 8.7 percent this month as dry weather threatened crops in Ghana and Ivory Coast, the top grower.
Arabica-coffee futures for December delivery increased 1.5 percent to $1.1845 a pound in New York.
Orange-juice futures for November delivery gained 0.8 percent to $1.367 a pound. Cotton futures for December delivery slid 0.5 percent to 83.75 cents a pound.
Raw-sugar futures for October delivery dropped 0.1 percent to 16.44 cents a pound on ICE.


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I just learned how to make your slideshow look like a slideshow instead of a static picture AND how to add captions.
1. when installing on the page, choose ImageBrowser, not Slideshow. And then it will look like it does on the demo page second option
2. to add captions for the slideshow, not the thumbnails, enter them in the description field when you're managing the gallery. you may do this for thumbnails, too, i don;t know, i don;t work with them.


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What Packratt said. All of it.
"The issue is paramount."
Wow. Is the P-I editorial page ghosting your column, or is turgid writing the new "it?"
@1, thank you.
@ Josh,
I too, would be soooo happy to never have to put another entry in my blog: http://injusticeinseattle.blogspot.com about the SPD or KCCF. I too think it's a systemic problem and will never be fixed so long as the city officials are afraid to stand up against the SPOG, who has been wielding a good deal of political might lately.
The Mayor's panel was due to deliver it's final report in November... a little blurb in one of their meetings mentioned an altered delivery date of "sometime early next year."
Sadly, this will continue no matter how many of us show up to OPA/OPARB meetings. But we still have to try.
Jesus Christ, not every thing is black and white. Try getting both sides of the story for a change.
Justy, there comes a time when the sheer number of reports and stories compels even the most skeptical to honestly consider that there might be a problem.
How many more stories do you think it will take for you? Because there will be more, and they will become more frequent the longer the problem is ignored and the longer misconduct is considered permissible.
...and as I, an ex-skeptic, now know all too well; even innocent people can be harmed by police misconduct.
BTW, the press release with the final report date change is here: http://www.seattle.gov/policeaccountabilityreviewpanel/Docs/11-19-07_release_parp_meeting_final.pdf
Josh, is Nickels' panel much different than a blue ribbon panel?
Is there a city that has a workable means for ensuring police accountability? Because the mayor's panel doesn't seem to be working so well.
Isn't it clear that the only solution is to solely hire black cops?
this is both a race issue, and it isn't.
cops are acting inappropriately. they do this to people they believe are guilty, whether they are white or black or anything else.
the race issue comes into play because they tend to believe quite a few black people are guilty before having proof.
firing the chief might send a message, but it will not be what solves this problem.
here are two big changes that will help:
requiring the chief to explain to the board (which should not be the city counsel) the rationale when his decision deviates from theirs. i wouldn't even say this information has to be made public in every case. the board could then review it, and agree or disagree.
don't allow cases to expire. if the time allotted to review or disciple is going to expire, a decision should be made then. if anything, the default should be to follow the review board's decision -- which would force the chief to act.
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For these amateur drag racers, nothing but Mopar muscle will do. Car Club USA travels to Columbus, OH, for the Chrysler Power Classic.
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Updated versions of the FCA Owner apps from Mopar offer an increased array of functions to help the driver of any Chrysler, Dodge, Ram, Jeep, Fiat or Alfa Romeo.
5Mopar boss promoted at FCA, still runs Mopar
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FCA is promoting Pietro Gorlier, its global Mopar boss, to the role of chief operating officer for components. He will report directly to Sergio Marchionne.
12Jeep Renegade gets new duds courtesy of Mopar
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Jeep brought a pair of Renegade crossovers to Detroit decked out in factory-supported aftermarket modifications courtesy of Mopar. One is made for the street, the other to stay protected when the going gets tough.
31Jeep Renegade to show off new Mopar gear in Detroit
172015 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak previewed
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Dodge and Mopar have never strayed far from success in drag racing, be it on run-what-you-brung nights at the local strip or at the highest levels of the sport. Hoping to both add to that heritage and capitalize on some of the media spotlight that's shown so brightly on the brand of late, Dodge has given us our first look at the 2015 Mopar Challenger Drag Pak test car.
28Dodge Challenger Scat Pack adds power and noise, with a warranty
- Brandon Turkus
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If you want to go fast, there's certainly nothing wrong with the Dodge Challenger SRT8. With 470 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque for 2014, there's certainly not much to complain about. But what if you want something more aftermarket in flavor? There's no shortage of options, but while turning to the tuner world will make your car plenty fast, that extra power won't just shred rear tires, it'll torch your warranty, as well. That's where Dodge's Scat Pack comes in.
60Mopar-modified Chrysler 200 reappears in Chicago
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Chrysler made what was one of the biggest debuts of the 2014 North American International Auto Show last month when it debuted the heavily redesigned 200. While impressive on its own, the sleek sedan's Mopar counterpart, which was tucked away in a corner during the Detroit show, adds even more visual flair.
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New monster trucks seem to join the Monster Jam circuit every year, but it's not often that one gets the official blessing of an automaker. That's about to change, however, as Chrysler's truck division has teamed up once again with Hall Brothers Racing – which already fields the championship-winning Raminator and Rammunition trucks – to field the series' first new Original Equipment Manufacturer monster truck in over a decade.
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While other automakers have been streamlining their brand portfolio, the Chrysler Group has shown no such signs. It's got the Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep brands, plus Fiat, and it recently broke out its SRT and Ram nameplates into their own brands. And you can bet each will have its own presence at the Detroit Auto Show this year. But don't forget Mopar. The company's performance parts division is getting its own display at Cobo this year, and it'll be the largest in the brand's history.
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- Noah Joseph
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Think of Chrysler performance and the names Mopar and Hemi are bound to come to mind. Chrysler and its Mopar performance parts division first introduced the original Hemi (so named for its hemispherical combustion chambers) back in 1951, celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2011. But it was thirteen years later – 50 years ago – that the Pentastar automaker rolled out the most iconic Hemi of them all: the Gen II 426.
12Dodge Dart Mopar '13 special edition recalled over airbag woes
- Jeffrey N. Ross
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Dodge is only building 500 examples of the black-and-blue Mopar '13 Dart, but the majority of them are now being recalled. Part of the Mopar upgrade included replacing the stock seat skins in the Dart with black and blue Katzkin leather, but the seat-mounted side airbags were reinstalled improperly during the upfitting process, which could affect the performance of the front seat side airbags.
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To the editor: Thousands of Sierra Club activists sent comments to the EPA and DOT in January supporting strong vehicle fuel efficiency standards. Cleaner cars mean saving money at the pump and cutting our dependence on oil.
Strong standards will spur innovation, boost our auto industry, save families dollars at the pump and help cut climate-disrupting carbon pollution. The U.S. needs a strong 54.5 mpg standard. Clean air also means clean water.
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To the editor: In reviewing the latest non-farm payroll figures, I can see where the deception and smoke-and-mirror tactics of the Obama administration have already accelerated. The January job figure showed 243,000 new jobs were created, reducing unemployment to 8.3 percent. Of course, what they didnt count were the 1.1 million workers who left the workforce or stopped looking, which if added back in would result in a restatement of more like 10 percent.
Couple this blatant statistical manipulation with the Prayer Breakfast held at the White House where King Obama was paraphrasing Scripture and zeroing in on doing more for the least of these (i.e. the poor) and the fact that the Bible teaches that those who have been given much will be held accountable for giving back more (codespeak in liberal jargon for redistribution of wealth), and you have the gist of the Kings campaign strategy for 2012.
Dont fall for this chicanery again, for we will be held accountable this next time around if this socialist regime succeeds in hoodwinking the electorate again!
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To the editor: It will create jobs. I lose patience when this economic blunder is advanced in support of public works. The state opens a road or straightens a street and so gives jobs to certain workmen. This we see. What is unseen is that it deprives other workmen of jobs. The money does not descend on a moonbeam. It is taken from somewhere else where it would have provided work for other workmen.
Public spending simply substitutes for private spending. It adds nothing to the labor force as a whole; this is a sophism (faulty logic.) Lets not yield to the childish illusion that public expenditures add anything to national employment.
Wow! Some hard-nosed Republican, right? Nope. French economist Frederic Bastiat in 1850! Liberals claim they are the people of new, fresh, innovative ideas. Well, this bright idea was antiquated, and discredited, 160 years ago! Liberals, far from being progressive, cling to failed policies of the 1800s.
Republicans readily grasp Bastiats logic. Democrats cant understand it. This certainly belies the notion that the parties are both alike. Government stimulus simply cannot stimulate; its a waste.
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"My story is something I like to share with others, to show people that with enough belief in yourself and what you can accomplish, anything is possible."Justin Bieber
From Tel Aviv to Tokyo, over the past few years I've traveled around the world and back again. It's been amazing, but it's also hard to believe that not so long ago I was singing on the streets of Stratford, Ontario. I can honestly say that anything is possible, anyone can live the dream, and every day is a blessing.
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Phew... Everyone at Mint can breathe again. This was Channel 4's first online vote since the TV voting scandals earlier this year. We had to adhere to a super-strict set of new guidelines. We built a system capable of recording hundreds of thousands of votes a day. We've withstood penetration testing by a bunch of Channel 4 employed hackers. We've logged votes in two separate ways and securely transmitted them to an independent adjudicator at Olswang for analysis.
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I have just returned from the Sheffield Documentary Festival where at a glittering awards ceremony on Saturday night we scooped the Crossover Prize.
The idea entitled 'Museums of our Future' (then renamed 'Tomorrow's Today') was the output of a week working with Diarmid Scrimshaw from Warp Films and Anna Higgs from Quark Films at the UK's first ever Crossover Lab.
A few things that stand out for me about Crossover/DocFest:
Happily the idea was not spawned by some elaborate 'let's all think about the future' type of brainstorm. It emerged from a meeting of minds over dinner one evening. An intellectual debate ensued, a creative match emerged and, hey presto, an idea was born.
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On a more personal level, I found the whole experience quite emotional. I sometimes act like a 'cold as ice small town likely lad' (although, like many Welshmen, I burst into tears at the opening bar of a male voice choir or watching the rugby at Cardiff). At Crossover, I experienced a sense of hiraeth. Normally this feeling is reserved for Neath, Swansea and Port Talbot area but now I must add Skipton to that list. Very odd.
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So, I spent the last couple of days learning about 'the future' at the Future of Web Design conference in wonderful New York City. It was great fun. There were lots of interesting topics and inspiring people. Here is a brief run down:
The evening finished off with a Media Temple hosted party in the heart of NYC offering free booze and three floors of DJs. I chatted to, amongst others, Tyson an awesome designer at Virb and Keegan from The Big Noob.
In the afternoon, I went to Lea Alcantara's branding workshop. This touched on many things I was already aware of from the web design sphere, but it was interesting to hear it from a branding perspective. A highlight was having to interview her as an Italian chef.
All-in-all it was an inspiring couple of days. I look forward to future events arranged by Carson Systems, along with getting back to a good round of Photoshop back in the UK.
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We've just launched a new version of the mobileAct website for Orange, SonyEricsson and Channel 4.
1500 bands initially applied. This was whittled down to 50 when the show started and now twelve. Bands can upload video and pictures and write blogs - building their online fan base will be crucial as the series progresses.
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I've just returned from Cross Creative in Glasgow. It was interesting to hear Andrew Chitty discuss Illumina's approach. In some areas it is quite similar to Mint, in other areas quite different.
For Empire's Children, Illumina built a map for users to submit their histories. Illumina felt it was important to bridge the gap between professional quality of TV content and amateur quality of much web content. From what Andrew showed, they did a good job of this.
When Wall to Wall saw the site, their immediate reaction was 'it would have been great if we'd had a tool like that when we were making the TV show'. Currently they are working together on a project to make that happen. That elusive 'genuinely 360 idea' edges closer.
Recently, Illumina have taken on some projects for museums. Like TV, museums group people together by shared passion. Unlike TV, museums exist in the physical world. This is interesting. Lots of the most interesting 360 ideas in advertising (e.g. Nike's RunLondon or Innocent's Fruitstock) exist mainly in the real world (and only secondarily online). I think this trend towards the real world will extend into TV cross-platform ideas. The MobileAct project we are working on for Channel 4 has a massive real-world element.
For the new Centre of Cell experience, Illumina created a website that you need to visit before and after visiting the museum. The museum itself becomes one part of a bigger experience.
For Kew Gardens, Illumina noticed there were 4 million photos on Flickr tagged 'Tree'. This shows a tremendous level of interest. Illumina's aim building the new site is to bring this conversation within the Kew site.
This half of Illumina's work is about user-generated content and the participatory web and is similar to what Mint do. The other half involves narrative and video production and is a whole different world.


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transportation authority, finance committee, i'm cohen and to my left is cheng and david chiu and mark ferrill will be joining us shortly. the clerk is erica cheng. er ka, are there any announcements today? >> no announcements. >> that is great, let's start with item number two. >> approve the minutes of the april 9, 2013 meeting this is an action item. >> all right. and members of the public that would like to talk about this item, seeing none. okay, this item is closed. no public comment and motion to approve. >> commissioner chiu, a motion without objection >> keep it going. >> madam clerk, item three.
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>> state and federal legislative update and information/action item. >> excellent, good morning. >> a few things to brief you on, today is the day that we have been waiting for several months, the governor in the the state will be announc budget and there is quite a bit in ay for the transportation and i will get into that deeper into the presentation and i want to talk about a few bills on the matrix today. and a couple of changes and a couple of additions and otherwise, it is a fairly static point in time for legislation. and the first draw your attention to is ab 266. and i didn't note what page that is on. and i think that it is on page seven. >> yes, thank you. >> and we can recommending a move from oppose to watch and this is the measure that dealt with the access to hiv and car pool lanes, and it was moved and the first committee provided a ten-year extension
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in southern california and so he has put it over to next year which point he will have to the month of january to fix the bill and move forward. >> we are recommending opposed. measure, ab 1371, on page 12. deals with a measure that was vetoed last year and mixed improvements and pertains to safe passing zones for bicyclists mandate that they will provide a three foot space. under certain conditions and we are recommending watch for that to see how the administration deals with that and we may come back with a different position. >> is there any indication on what the administration is thinking or have they... >> it was a little tighter drawn last year's version of the bill and it raised the concern with the law enforcement that it was going to be tough to enforce and i think that the author is trying to come up with a mix that will
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allow bicyclists to have that free passage. but do it in a way that does not interfere with the law enforcement ability to understand what is going on. >> so we will watch that one. >> yes. >> the last measure that i want to draw to your attention is ab 935. and that is found on page 8. and i believe, i forget, we recommended a support. i believe that we have. the reason that i want to raise this and bring it to your attention, this is the attempt ad expanding the weda board from five members to seven and in doing so, he has added, kind of a unique appointment process. and in each case there are three appointing authorities, the governor, has three slots, and the protem would have two and the speaker would have two and in each case he is designating particular counties
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including san francisco, adding salono and contra costo to the board. for san francisco you would have the appointing power with the governor. but based on a list of three provided by this board, to the governor's office. and that is the theme for all of the appointments that would have or would be made from local government entities. the governor has two other positions that he can fill, one in labor and one in large. but the other two appointing authorities would be limited to selections from the respective county, transportation authorities that are designated to them. the sensitivity here is that there has been concern in the mayor's office about who in san francisco would provide the nomination list. so i just wanted to make sure that you were aware that this bill is moving through the process. three things that i wanted to update you on that are policy oriented outside of the
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legislation matrix. cap and trade and this is something that has been unfolding for about a year and a half and auctions have been conducted and revenues have flowed in not quite at the level that were projected a year ago, last year two major bills were signed by the governor that provide the framework for how the auction revenues will be invested to benefit california. and last year, ab 1532 established a process, and sb 535 set aside up to 25 percent for disadvantaged communities. and today, the governor in compliance will be taking the draft investment plan that had been provided and developed by the inner resources board, and using that as a framework for proposing allocations to a variety of agencies who will then, i believe will have to see the details and made a revetion today and who i believe will have line item
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appropriations proposed by the governor that those entities like the transportation commission, for example, or possibly housing and community development will have the responsibility to provide grants to recipient entities like the city and county of san francisco or the ta or to the mtc and so that process is under way right now. there are two bills in progress, this year. and that were recommending the watch on that were tempt and enhance or modify that process. the first is ab 574 which is on page 5, it is a watch position. and i think that the true value of ab 574 to date has been to help support the rationale that the air resources board adopted for several of the major expenditures categories, including, investments in transit, and investments in rail as being eligible for the cap and trade funding and mfk
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it goes broader and allows more investment in highway and maintenance that are affiliated with the infield development and providing the certain infrastructure that is needed for infield development. a second measure, ab 1051, on page 9, would also seek to delegate or direct subject to future appropriations but some of the auction proceeds to housing development, consistent with the sustain able community strategies so there is a lot in play and a lot of the big questions about how this is going to be implemented and what the governor's real intentions and where he wants to see the money go will be answered in the next hour and we will be able to dissect what flexibility there may be for the entities like the mtc or the ta to compete for some of those funds. >> i wanted to mention briefly that the governor in january called on the secretary of
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transportation to form or to address the transportation funding i guess almost crisis that we are looking at in the state both in the state and the roadways and the local roadways and the public transit and the operations and maintenance areas. he asked the secretary to convene a working group, that was done, and their first meeting of that working group met in early april and i am pleased to say that i am on it and there is probably about 40 total representatives and stake holders on it. procedurally, just to make this quick, the approach is to divide, the working group into four subgroups, active transportation, mass transit, roadways, local roads, and state highways. and those subgroups will all be taking a look at what are some of the priorities within the shortfall that we know exists for each of those four category and come up with recommendations. i was selected to be on the
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mass transit committee and so i have participated in the first meeting of that. that was more of a scene setting and the real working session will be the next meeting and the game plan will be for the secretary to pull together a final report in the fall for informing the budget process in 2014. and finally, there are two measures very similar like that, i can't find the difference between them although it will be that there is, one on each house, ab and 8, sb 11 that would extend the program for clean air, programs, as well as the ab 118 program which is dedicated to alternative fuels. and those are due to expire in 2016 and this extends it ten years for both programs and including the revenues that would be needed to sustain them. >> is there any opposition to that extension? >> not direct opposition. even though there is no direct opposition, they are still having a hard time because in both cases, they are
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increases, and when those programs first passed it proceeded prop 26 and they were considered fees and that definitional change has made it more difficult for the legislature to come to grips with. i think that both bills will manage in the next couple of weeks to get out of their original houses, but at that point, i think that we will see, the end game for both of these bills will be very difficult given that they are being tagged with the two billion dollar ten-year
increase, price tag, obviously the programs is important in this region for some of the program and projects that the ta is involved with. and so we are very actively involved trying to get this thing through. both bills will be are either on suspense and due to be released next week. that concludes my report for today. >> thank you very much. >> colleagues, do any of you have any questions? >> no. are there any members of the public that would like to
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comment on this item this informational item? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> i am sorry. we have one, woman coming up for public comment. >> good morning, commissioners, my name is jakie sacks and i am a member of the (inaudible) advisory and i have one question for this gentleman, what about prop 42, the state gas
that was passed by the voters? what is going to happen to that money and are we getting any that have money back or any of that money going to be used for transit, i was curious about that. thank you. >> that is a complicated question, but the simple answer is proposition 42 was unfunded. it had been funded by the sales
on gas, and in 2009 and
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later in 2010, the legislature eliminated gasoline or the sales
from gasoline and in place of that, increased the gas
by a like aamount. and that allowed it to do some other maneuver and in essence the same amount of what had been collected under prop 42 is continuing to be collected at the pump from motorists with no change it is a net neutral impact and it just provided the budget folks more flexibility. >> thank you. >> and one last qualification i mentioned that 935, the bill, it is a wash not a support. >> thank you. >> are there any members of the public that would like to further comment on this item? >> all right, public comment is closed. colleagues seeing that there are know other questions, is there a motion for this item? >> commissioner tang has made a
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motion, without objection. all right. please call up item number four madam clerk. >> internal accounting report and investment report for the nine months ending mar 31, 2013, this is an information item. >> good morning, deputy director for finance and administration, this starts on page 25 of your packet and this is nine-month update of the authority's financial status petition. as of march 34st, total asset, 122.5 million. liabilities 163.8 million and also includes the 150 million of outstanding commercial paper on the books. revenues to 95.8 million, sales
to 61.5 million and this is on target to our estimate of 84.5 million for the entire year. expenditures equal to 62.5 million as of march 31st and our cash balance 74 million and
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this represents approximately 76 percent of the money we have holding in the city and county's treasury pool. and in addition these investments are in compliance with the california government code and authority's investment policy and the money in the bank provides liquidity for the expenses that we plan to incur over the next six months, this is an information item and more than happy to answer any questions that you may have. >> are there any questions colleagues? >> no. >> so based on your presentation, are we on track our expenditures have not exceeded our revenue? >> that our expenditure have not exceeded our revenue, as of march 31, 2013 and right now under budget as of march 31, 2013 as well. we have one quarter to go. >> are we looking good? >> looking good so far. >> thank you, are there any members of the public that
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would like to comment on this item? >> okay, see no public comment, public comment is closed. and this is an information item, so no motion is needed unless staff would like to provide any other direction? okay. perfect. do we have a motion? >> to file? >> thank you, commissioner tang, a motion without objection. okay, madam clerk could you call number five? >> preliminary fiscal year, 2013, 14, annual budget and work program, information item. >> thank you. >> this item starts on page 45 of your packet and we have a powerpoint presentation for you and i will be presenting the first part and our interim director will present the second part which will include the authority's work program for the year. if you could take a look at your presentation. as required by state statutes,
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authority must adopt a budget by june 30, 2013, this is the first look at the budget and this is the prelim budget and you will see this again at the june finance committee for approval. the annual budget includes 7 key items we have our sales
revenue, vehicle registration revenue and transportation for clean air, federal state and regional grant, capitol expenditures operatesing and administrative cost and financing and debt service cost. within your packet, on page 49, you have attachment a, it is the preliminary fiscal year 2013/14 annual budget and this is the high level executive view by major line items and funds. this is in addition there is a column that compares what we adopted as last year's budgeted amounts. on page 50 you have attachment d. >> i am sorry you said 49 there is a column that indicates? >> the prior year. yes, the change from last year it is adopted by this and
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actually includes the amendment that was passed last month. >> thank you. >> page 50 you have attachment 8 which is the authority to work program throughout the six divisions. this willis all functions and project and programs that we planned to work on in the fiscal year for 2013/14. you have attachment c and this is your detailed line item version of attachment a and this is where the revenues are broken out by federal, state and regional and they are listed by detailed line items and on page 62, do you have the line item descriptions for each item. this is a dripsing of a background on each of the items in addition to how we came up with the estimates. >> next, i have a pie chart for you for the total of revenues for the fiscal year. and we are expecting total revenues of 109.9 million. and the majority of the revenues that you can see in blue are for sales
and that
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is $88.3 million and this represents $84.4 percent of the entire revenues in red you have the federal grant funding of 10.5 million and represents 9.6 percent and the majority of funding here is for the ybi improvement project and entering into the construction phase and in the green color you have the vehicle registration fees are the program and it is very similar to what we received in the fiscal year 1213. and 4.7 million and this represents 4.3 percent of the revenues for the year. and in the purple you have other revenues of 2.7 million and this represents 2.3 percent. and the other revenues includes, the first loan repayment from tita of approximately 2.6 million and the loan that we have issued back in 2008 and this was for the prelim engineering stage of the project and in light blue you have regional grant and program funding and this is 1.5
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million and represents 1.4 percent of the pie chart and this includes our 736,000 of the tsta fundings that we be receiving from the air quality management district. and in orange you will have the state grant funding and here we are for 1.2 million and this represents 1.1 percent and this line item includes 629 thousand of the state funds for the island project and 491,000 of ppm projects from the state. and light purple we have interest income from the city's pool and the three operating accounts the authority holds and this is 948,000 and that 0.9 percent of the total pie chart. and on the next slide, we have a ten-year look of sales
revenue, and you can see here in the fiscal year 04/05, we have craoepd up to high of 79.6 million in 7, 8. and then we took a dip in
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fiscal year 9/10 and aamounted to 68.2 million and you can see on the chart that we are slowly catching up over the years and now we are projecting an all time high of 88.3 million for the physical year, 13, 14. >> could you take a minute and explain a little bit about why there was a dip? and the projected increase for the fiscal year 13/14. >> so back in 08/09. through fiscal year 9/10. the sales
revenue were coming in based on the spending limits incurred in the city and county of san francisco. the projections are aligned with what the projections the city and the controller's office and the city and county of san francisco have come up with. and these are based on just the out look of the revenues that we intend to incur, this covers
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like construction revenues, and covers any turnover on our property and includes retail sales. and restaurant businesses, and any projections that would fall into this category and it has been slowing by climbing up and you can see that it is recovering in the city and county of san francisco. >> and again, our city and county has a good amount of tourists coming in and we were not affected like the other counties in terms of sales
revenue because of this. >> thank you very much. >> is there any other questions i will move over to the expenditures for the year? >> we have a total of $245.1 million. and as you can see in the blue, 96.2 percent, which is 35.8 million represents our capitol projects and the top five largest projects included in this budget are the
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SALT LAKE CITY — Narine Sarkissian remembers when the earthquake "that pretty much leveled a quarter of the country" hit Armenia.
It was December 1988, and the earthquake, measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale, flattened buildings constructed of gravel, sand and water in northwestern Armenia. An estimated 25,000 people died.
Jon M. Huntsman Sr. was among those who stepped in to help the struggling country, and his assistance continued over the years. Sarkissian, a native Armenian, credits Huntsman and his company for saving the country.
"If it wasn't for that help, I doubt it if Armenia would have survived," she said.
December marks 25 years since the earthquake hit. Soon after, Huntsman's charitable work began in the country.
Huntsman is the founder of Huntsman Container Corporation that made its mark with the invention of Stryofoam egg and the McDonald's clamshell containers. He is also the father of Jon Huntsman, former governor of Utah, former U.S. ambassador to China and 2012 Republican Party presidential hopeful.
At age 75, the billionaire has left his mark on the business world with the global company Huntsman Corporation, now headed by his son Peter. He also donated a reported $1.3 billion in his lifetime and $76.8 million in 2012, moving him into the No. 22 spot on Forbes magazine's December list of 50 Philanthropists Who Have Given Away the Most Money.
"When you talk about Jon Huntsman and generosity, where does it end?" said Elder M. Russell Ballard, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Because Huntsman already had a company in Moscow, it was easy for him to help the Armenians when the quake hit in 1988.
He and his family visited the country after the earthquake and were shocked by the amount of destruction. Amid the rubble, Huntsman said he found resilient people who were doing what they could to move forward.
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He originally planned to be involved in the country for only two years but soon realized he would be involved more extensively.
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Over the years, Huntsman and his company built apartment complexes, a tile roofing plant and a school for the Armenian people.
The Huntsmans have given more than $53 million to the country through their humanitarian service.
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"Mad Men" and Its Love Affair With 60s Pop Culture "Nothing ended up in the show that wasn't related to story."
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"Barely a week goes by without some old white man castigating the yoof of today on the shallowness/stupidity/etc. of their taste in music, art and culture in general. It's a narrative as old as culture itself — adults throwing up their hands in despair because Kids These Days just don't get it." But, contrarily, "there's a subset of music criticism these days that seems to view the taste and aesthetic of teens (and teenage girls, in particular) as weirdly sacred. It's a sort of creepy offshoot of poptimism, one that starts from an unrealistically monolithic view of teen culture — not all teens like Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus, after all — and is, in its own way, as deeply patronizing as claiming from on high that teens have no taste." -- Flavorwire's Tom Hawking on Critical Assumptions about Teen Culture.
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There is a fundamental disconnect between large-scale, for-profit media and the crushing power of enthusiasm, which is that when they try to control it, it instantly isn't real. It's patently unreal. It's excitement given life by force, Pet Sematary-style. But when they don't control it, it isn't profitable. And that means that when they run into people excited about their stuff, they vacillate between an Ebenezerian lack of generosity and a Professor-Harold-Hillian smarm. To own enthusiasm and to exploit it are competing instincts, much as they often seem to be twins. You can, in fact, sometimes best exploit it — or only exploit it — by leaving it alone. -- In what could be considered a Metafilter Manifesto, Mefi's own Linda Holmes takes on the multivariate economics of fandom and the internet.
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The Ibis Wien Messe is conveniently located near the famous Prater amusement park (Riesenrad), the Reed Exhibitions Messe Wien and the Austria Center Vienna (congress centre).From the nearby Praterstern Wien Nord station (300 metres), subway lines 1 and 2 take you to the old town within 5 minutes and the S7 train gets you to the Vienna International Airport within 20 minutes.Sport and sun lovers can head to the nearby Donauinsel recreation area or you can take nice walks on the lush green Prater Hauptallee.Whether staying for business or pleasure, you will definitely enjoy the nicely furnished rooms and the fine Viennese and international cuisine at the Ibis Wien Messe hotel.The 24-hours bar serves drinks and snacks and the La Table restaurant is open from 12:00 to 14:00 and from 18:00 to 22:00. Against surcharge, public parking is possible on site. ...read more
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I would strongly recommend this hotel to anyone travelling to Vienna. It's not in the central location but it's about 3 minutes away from the VorgartenstraÃe metro station, which is a few stops away from the city centre. The main reason why we booked this hotel was because we had to catch an early bus to Czech from the Praterstern station, which is 1 stop away with metro, or a few minutes of walking distance. The price of the hotel is definitely reasonable for the big and clean spacious twin room that we got. The only complaint is the weak wifi signal, where we have to stand near the door/in the toilet to get connected to the internet with our phone/tablet. However, I do not have such problem with my laptop. We usually went back to the hotel at about 8 or 9 p.m. so we did not particularly feel unsafe as there were still other people around the area. Overall, I would recommend this hotel to anyone who is looking for reasonable hotel, which is not in the city centre, but close to the metro station. ...
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- Fischamend Markt (14.4 mi)
- Haidhof-Siedlung (15.4 mi)
- Tulln (15.6 mi)
- Maria Raisenmarkt (16.7 mi)
- Bad Voslau (16.9 mi)
- Sierndorf (18.7 mi)
- Leobersdorf (18.8 mi)
- Stixneusiedl (18.8 mi)
- Altlengbach (19.6 mi)
- Blumau (19.6 mi)
- Neulengbach (19.7 mi)
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