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Federal Way urges legislators to fix liquor tax, copper theft
Federal Way announced its annual wish list to 30th District state legislators.
The 2013 legislative agenda declares Federal Way's priorities for state funding and related legislation. Agenda items include copper wire theft, liquor taxes, tourism, sewers, a performing arts center and freeway construction.
Newly-elected State Reps. Roger Freeman (D) and Linda Kochmar (R), along with State Sen. Tracey Eide (D), participated in public discussions Tuesday with Mayor Skip Priest and Federal Way City Councilmembers Jeanne Burbidge, Jim Ferrell and Susan Honda.
Liquor money
Federal Way is calling on legislators to restore liquor excise tax revenue sharing.
In 2011, voters privatized liquor sales in an initiative that overhauled the way liquor revenues are doled out to cities and counties. The money primarily goes to fund public safety. In 2012, the state House passed a bill (ESHB 2823) that diverts liquor excise taxes to the general fund.
As a result, Federal Way loses about $450,000 a year, which equates to the cost of employing four police officers, the city reports.
On that note, the privatization of liquor has led to more liquor-related crimes, particularly with theft. Federal Way supports a proposal by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs that establish requirements for retailers to report liquor theft along with the quantity of liquor that was stolen.
The goal is to reduce the burden of liquor-related incidents on police and retailers. In the upcoming legislative session, Sen. Eide said she expects a similar proposal from retailers regarding liquor theft.
Copper wire theft
Federal Way reports a loss of $110,000 last year because of copper wire theft.
Despite metal theft legislation in 2007, 2008 and 2012, theft has increased along with prices for scrap metal. The stolen metal is difficult to track, and organized crime rings may be involved.
City officials are pushing for legislation that strengthens enforcement and prevention, whether through tougher penalties or higher license fees for metal recyclers who pay by the pound.
Metal theft victims come from both the public and private sectors. Last August, a large quantity of copper wire was stolen from lighting installations at Celebration Park. Damage was estimated between $15,000 and $30,000. The park was hit by metal thieves three times last summer, with the August theft nearly leading to the cancellation of a soccer tournament.
The problem isn't limited to Federal Way. In May, thieves stole nearly 4.2 miles of copper wire from Sound Transit's Link track in Tukwila.
State Rep. Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland) is expected to propose legislation to create a blacklist of those who sell stolen property.
(Pictured: The 2012 U.S. Olympic Diving Trials, held last summer in Federal Way, generated about $2.3 million for the local economy)
Tourism funds
The city is concerned about losing money for tourism promotion. Legislation regarding the use of hotel-motel tax revenues will sunset on June 30.
Federal Way receives about $190,000 annual in hotel-motel tax revenues, the city reports. The money enables the city to support and recruit sports tournaments, festivals and other events that generate tourism dollars. A key example was the 2012 U.S. Olympic Diving Trials, which brought hundreds of visitors and about $2.3 million to the region last summer. Sen. Eide said she is confident that legislators will maintain the provision that allows the current use of hotel-motel tax revenues.
Sewer construction
The Lakehaven Utility District is planning a $6 million project to upgrade sewer capacity in Federal Way's downtown business core. The original sewer line was built in the 1970s.
In 2012, the Legislature allocated $2.5 million toward the Lakehaven project. The Legislature must re-affirm a portion of that money this year so that construction can begin. Sen. Eide said the money would remain in the capital budget.
Performing arts center
Federal Way seeks $5 million in the ongoing effort to build a performing arts and conference center (PACC) downtown.
In October, the city picked Seattle-based developer Lorax Partners to create a design for the former Toys R Us site on 20th Avenue South near the Federal Way Transit Center.
The project will cost an estimated $25 million to $30 million. The city reports that it has identified $20 million in "available capital funds and other likely sources of funding from partners and sponsors," and needs $5 million in state money to fund the gap.
City officials say the project will "catalyze redevelopment of the city center" and provide a much-needed cultural venue, which would feature a 550- to 700-seat theater along with space for conferences, seminars and meetings.
Federal Way supports the remaining phases of the Triangle Project, which addresses the interchange between I-5, SR 18 and SR 161.
The first phase of construction was completed in 2012 with the opening of new flyover ramps at I-5 and SR 18, along with a new exit ramp at SR 161.
With an initial price tag of $114 million, the second phase of construction will further address freeway access at South 356th Street, along with congestion relief and improved safety for motorists.
Federal Way also supports transportation investments, such as the Triangle Project and inclusion of I-5/320th Street and I-5/SR 509 improvements in any transportation package, according to the city.
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With the intense criticism CEOs suffer today, especially for their compensation, it is tempting to ask if they still matter. The easiest way to understand why they do, and should be compensated appropriately, is to envision a public company with a weak leader.
Executives competing for capital to run their divisions would remain at loggerheads because no one would set priorities or make decisions. Infighting and politics would hamper hiring new executives. Selling non-performing or non-strategic units would be nearly impossible. Changing company direction in the face of new and strong competition would not happen. Rewarding winning managers while weeding out losers would sink in the quicksand of politicking. Understanding the opportunities and risks of the total company would be lost among managers focused on their own units.
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In recent years, outstanding CEOs demonstrated great leadership. A.G. Lafley turned around a stumbling Procter & Gamble. Ed Breen stabilized Tyco and regained its credibility with Wall Street, employees and customers. Jim McNerney, Jr. provided leadership and ethical credibility to Boeing after its previous CEOs were dismissed. John Mack at Morgan Stanley brought direction after internal revolt. Jeff Immelt took the baton from Jack Welch days before 9/11, and devised a strategy to transform GE.
Highly publicized failures also demonstrate the power of the role. CEO Kenneth Lay at Enron admitted that he did not understand the financial fraud occurring at the company. Bernard Ebbers at WorldCom allowed manipulation of the books, and Dennis Kozlowski of Tyco used company funds to enhance his lifestyle. More recently, financial services industry CEOs failed to foresee the sub-prime mortgage meltdown or understand the risks of collateralized debt obligations.
In other words, leadership matters, character counts and judgment has consequences, both positive and negative. With so much failure today, heightened by the credit crisis, shouldn't all CEOs be held more accountable? Yes, and the passage of Sarbanes Oxley tightened accounting standards and reporting and increased the power of boards and aggressive shareholders, not to mention the scrutiny of the media. That increased accountability makes the CEO job more difficult and blanket criticism of CEO pay less valid. In 1980, CEOs in the S&P 500 averaged eight years in office. Today they average five. That doesn't leave much time to effect change.
Regulators and activists should avoid constraining CEOs to the point that the job becomes impossible or unattractive. One area of change should be demand for quarterly guidance. It is difficult, if not impossible, for CEOs to manage revenue and earnings growth from quarter to quarter. CEOs should provide annual guidance only. It is more realistic and still provides accountability.
If all boards dealt wisely with CEO pay, criticism would diminish. Compensation committees need to determine shareholder-friendly pay based on performance, while balancing risk and reward. If CEOs don't deliver, their compensation should reflect that. It is a board's job to provide goals and incentives for CEOs and their teams and then hold them accountable. Any other approach will keep CEOs and boards in the headlines with criticism that has been earned.
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I wrote earlier that Senate President Pro-Tem Joe Scarnati takes over as Lt Gov duties.
But the caucuses (caucii) are coming up on their own leadership elections.
Does he take over immediately, or does the Senate get a chance to vote on it's leader (aka the new Lt Gov)… I'm told that the Senate leadership was likely to remain the same. The House is where all the action is.
… too early and crass, no doubt. But it's an issue.
In anycase, the Lt Gov will serve out the rest of the Rendell term.


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Professor Chun Kwok Wong
Professor Yiu-Loon Chui
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Professor Peiyong Jiang
Professor Kathy Lui
Professor Ping Yuan
Ms Elena Lo
Professor Christopher Lam
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Dr Michael H M Chan
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Professor Christopher Lam 林偉基
Adjunct Professor 客座教授
Professor Lam is at present employed by the Macau University of Science and Technology as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of Laboratory Medicine at the University Hospital. He took up these appointments upon retiring from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong in 2009.
Professor Lam obtained his PhD degree in Immunology from the Southampton General Hospital (UK, 1974), and had worked in the Singapore General Hospital (Singapore, 1975-1979) and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Sydney, Australia, 1991-1993) before and after joining CUHK (1983). His other qualifications include Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK, 1985), Fellow of the Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (US, 1989), Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Pathologists (2004), and Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK, 2006). He is also qualified as a Hong Kong Government Listed Practitioner of Chinese Medicine (License Number L07700, since 2001).
Professor Lam is a general clinical biochemist who has published over 450 papers widely in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nephrology, Lipidology, Diabetology and Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, Toxicology, and Chinese Medicine accruing an h-index of 53 for impact and citations. During the SARS epidemic in 2003, Professor Lam developed a postulate that many acute infections and chronic illnesses are in fact
communication diseases
caused by cytokine and chemokine aberrations resulting in deranged intercellular communication and intracellular signal transduction. This new concept in laboratory medicine has enhanced understanding of the
messenger and message pathology
of acute and chronic diseases, with clinical applications in patient care via using cytokines and chemokines for monitoring and their antibodies (e.g. anti-TNF antibody) for treatment. For this contribution Professor Lam was conferred the IFCC Distinguished Award in Laboratory Medicine and Patient Care in 2008 (IFCC = International Federation of Clinical Biochemistry). His other honors include the APFCB Silver Jubilee Distinguished Medal and Award bestowed in 2006 (APFCB = Asian and Pacific Federation of Clinical Biochemistry).
Professor Lam has been active in local, regional and international services in Clinical Biochemistry. He has served as the Secretary, President, Chief Examiner and Chairman of the Board of Accreditation for the Hong Kong Society of Clinical Chemistry (1987-2001); Secretary and President of APFCB (1994-2004); Executive Board Member (1999-2005) and Vice President cum Chairman of the Awards Committee of IFCC (2009-2011). He has been Visiting Professor in China for (1) the People's Liberation Army General Hospital (301 Hospital) and Postgraduate Medical School (Beijing, since 2000); (2) Chongqing Medical University (Chongqing, since 2000), and (3) Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Wuhan, since 2010). His traveling lectureships comprise the Roman Traveling Lectureship of the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists (7 state capital cities, 2002), APFCB Traveling Lectureship (8 Asian-Pacific countries, 2006), and IFCC Traveling Lectureship to the EFCC (European Federation of Clinical Chemistry, 2008), for which he presented
The Laboratory Medicine of Infectious Diseases and Cybernetics of Cytokines and Chemokines: Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications
along a stretch of the River Danube in Croatia, Hungry and the Czech Republic - in exchange for concert tickets for him and his wife in the evenings.
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meaning Front Place or Front Square in Portuguese. In Macau there is a largo for every venue: Largo do Senado (front square of the city council), do Bazar (city market), do Cais (pier), do Alfanega (customs and immigration), do Lilau (of the well of old woman), and even do Matadouro (abattoir), just to name a few. Professor Lam believes that there must have been very substantial real-life activities occurring in these largos advancing culture and civilization. They might be folk-dancing and singing, courting and romance, soccer and other sports, or even quarrels and fights, mostly resulting in a happy ending. Being a quiet and humble person, Professor Lam loves to sit smilingly by a largo and observe the world goes by. He is also keen in enrolling into a tuition course of the Portuguese language every Tuesday and Thursday evening, but so far has not had time and energy to do so.
December 2014
Recent Publications:
Wong CK, Hu S, Leung KM, Dong J, He L, Chu YJ, Chu IM, Qiu HN, Liu KY,
Lam CW
. NOD-like receptors mediated activation of eosinophils interacting with bronchial epithelial cells; a link between innate immunity and allergic asthma. Cell Mol Immunol 2013; 10:317-29.
Qui H, Wong CK, Chu A, Hu SH,
Lam CWK
. Muramyl dipeptide mediated activation of human bronchial epithelial cells interacting with basophils: a novel mechanism of airway inflammation. Clin Exp Immunol 2013; 172:81-94.
Wong CK, Lau KM, Chan IHS, Hu SQ, Lam YYO, Choi AOK,
Lam CWK
. MicroRNA-21* regulates the pro-survival effect of GM-CSF on human eosinophils. Immunobiology 2013; 218:255-62.
Wang AY, Wang M,
Lam CW
, Chan IH, Lui SF, Sanderson. JE. Heart failure with preserved or reduced ejection fraction in patients treated with peritoneal dialysis. Am J Kidney Dis 2013; 61:975-83.
Wang AYM, Lu Y, Cheung S, Chu M, Wong S, Chan IHS,
Lam CWK
. Plasma sodium and subclincial left atrial enlargement in chronic kidney disease. Nephrol Dial Transpl 2013; 28: 2319-28.
Wong CK, Dong J,
Lam CWK
. Molecular mechanisms regulating the synergism between IL-32gamma and NOD for the activation of eosinophils. J Leukocyte Biol 2014; 95 (4):631-42.
Qiu HN, Wong CK, Dong J,
Lam CWK
, Cai Z. Effect of tumor necrosis factor member LIGHT (TNFSF14) on the activation of basophils and eosinophils interacting with bronchial epithelial cells. Mediat Inflamm 2014; 2014:136463.
Wong CK, Leung TF, Chu M, Dong J, Lam YY,
Lam CW
. Aberrant expression of regulatory cytokine IL-35 and pattern recognition receptor NOD2 in patients with allergic asthma. Inflammation. 2014 Oct 18 [Epub ahead of print].
Wang AY, Fang F, Chan J, Wen YY, Qing S, Chan IH, Lo G, Lai KN, Lo WK,
Lam CWK
, Yu CM. Effect of paricalcitol on left ventricular mass and function in CKD - The OPERA trial. J Am Soc Nehrol 2014; 25:175-86.
Wang AY, Wong CK, Yau YY, Wong S, Chan IH,
Lam CW
. Skin autofluorescence associates with vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2014; 34(8):1784-90.


text: /* This file contains the definitions and documentation for the common tree codes used in the GNU C and C++ compilers (see c-common.def for the standard codes). Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Written by Benjamin Chelf (firstname.lastname@example.com). This file is part of GCC. GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with GCC; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ #include "config.h" #include "system.h" #include "tree.h" #include "function.h" #include "splay-tree.h" #include "varray.h" #include "c-common.h" #include "except.h" #include "toplev.h" #include "flags.h" #include "ggc.h" #include "rtl.h" #include "expr.h" #include "output.h" #include "timevar.h" #include "predict.h" /* If non-NULL, the address of a language-specific function for expanding statements. */ void (*lang_expand_stmt) PARAMS ((tree)); /* If non-NULL, the address of a language-specific function for expanding a DECL_STMT. After the language-independent cases are handled, this function will be called. If this function is not defined, it is assumed that declarations other than those for variables and labels do not require any RTL generation. */ void (*lang_expand_decl_stmt) PARAMS ((tree)); /* Create an empty statement tree rooted at T. */ void begin_stmt_tree (t) tree *t; { /* We create a trivial EXPR_STMT so that last_tree is never NULL in what follows. We remove the extraneous statement in finish_stmt_tree. */ *t = build_nt (EXPR_STMT, void_zero_node); last_tree = *t; last_expr_type = NULL_TREE; last_expr_filename = input_filename; } /* T is a statement. Add it to the statement-tree. */ tree add_stmt (t) tree t; { if (input_filename != last_expr_filename) { /* If the filename has changed, also add in a FILE_STMT. Do a string compare first, though, as it might be an equivalent string. */ int add = (strcmp (input_filename, last_expr_filename) != 0); last_expr_filename = input_filename; if (add) { tree pos = build_nt (FILE_STMT, get_identifier (input_filename)); add_stmt (pos); } } /* Add T to the statement-tree. */ TREE_CHAIN (last_tree) = t; last_tree = t; /* When we expand a statement-tree, we must know whether or not the statements are full-expressions. We record that fact here. */ STMT_IS_FULL_EXPR_P (last_tree) = stmts_are_full_exprs_p (); /* Keep track of the number of statements in this function. */ if (current_function_decl) ++DECL_NUM_STMTS (current_function_decl); return t; } /* Create a declaration statement for the declaration given by the DECL. */ void add_decl_stmt (decl) tree decl; { tree decl_stmt; /* We need the type to last until instantiation time. */ decl_stmt = build_stmt (DECL_STMT, decl); add_stmt (decl_stmt); } /* Add a scope-statement to the statement-tree. BEGIN_P indicates whether this statements opens or closes a scope. PARTIAL_P is true for a partial scope, i.e, the scope that begins after a label when an object that needs a cleanup is created. If BEGIN_P is nonzero, returns a new TREE_LIST representing the top of the SCOPE_STMT stack. The TREE_PURPOSE is the new SCOPE_STMT. If BEGIN_P is zero, returns a TREE_LIST whose TREE_VALUE is the new SCOPE_STMT, and whose TREE_PURPOSE is the matching SCOPE_STMT with SCOPE_BEGIN_P set. */ tree add_scope_stmt (begin_p, partial_p) int begin_p; int partial_p; { tree *stack_ptr = current_scope_stmt_stack (); tree ss; tree top = *stack_ptr; /* Build the statement. */ ss = build_stmt (SCOPE_STMT, NULL_TREE); SCOPE_BEGIN_P (ss) = begin_p; SCOPE_PARTIAL_P (ss) = partial_p; /* Keep the scope stack up to date. */ if (begin_p) { top = tree_cons (ss, NULL_TREE, top); *stack_ptr = top; } else { TREE_VALUE (top) = ss; *stack_ptr = TREE_CHAIN (top); } /* Add the new statement to the statement-tree. */ add_stmt (ss); return top; } /* Finish the statement tree rooted at T. */ void finish_stmt_tree (t) tree *t; { tree stmt; /* Remove the fake extra statement added in begin_stmt_tree. */ stmt = TREE_CHAIN (*t); *t = stmt; last_tree = NULL_TREE; if (cfun && stmt) { /* The line-number recorded in the outermost statement in a function is the line number of the end of the function. */ STMT_LINENO (stmt) = lineno; STMT_LINENO_FOR_FN_P (stmt) = 1; } } /* Build a generic statement based on the given type of node and arguments. Similar to `build_nt', except that we set STMT_LINENO to be the current line number. */ /* ??? This should be obsolete with the lineno_stmt productions in the grammar. */ tree build_stmt VPARAMS ((enum tree_code code, ...)) { tree t; int length; int i; VA_OPEN (p, code); VA_FIXEDARG (p, enum tree_code, code); t = make_node (code); length = TREE_CODE_LENGTH (code); STMT_LINENO (t) = lineno; for (i = 0; i < length; i++) TREE_OPERAND (t, i) = va_arg (p, tree); VA_CLOSE (p); return t; } /* Some statements, like for-statements or if-statements, require a condition. This condition can be a declaration. If T is such a declaration it is processed, and an expression appropriate to use as the condition is returned. Otherwise, T itself is returned. */ tree expand_cond (t) tree t; { if (t && TREE_CODE (t) == TREE_LIST) { expand_stmt (TREE_PURPOSE (t)); return TREE_VALUE (t); } else return t; } /* Create RTL for the local static variable DECL. */ void make_rtl_for_local_static (decl) tree decl; { const char *asmspec = NULL; /* If we inlined this variable, we could see it's declaration again. */ if (TREE_ASM_WRITTEN (decl)) return; /* If the DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME is not the same as the DECL_NAME, then either we already created RTL for this DECL (and since it was a local variable, its DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME got hacked up to prevent clashes with other local statics with the same name by a previous call to make_decl_rtl), or the user explicitly requested a particular assembly name for this variable, using the GNU extension for this purpose: int i asm ("j"); There's no way to know which case we're in, here. But, it turns out we're safe. If there's already RTL, then rest_of_decl_compilation ignores the ASMSPEC parameter, so we may as well not pass it in. If there isn't RTL, then we didn't already create RTL, which means that the modification to DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME came only via the explicit extension. */ if (DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME (decl) != DECL_NAME (decl) && !DECL_RTL_SET_P (decl)) asmspec = IDENTIFIER_POINTER (DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME (decl)); rest_of_decl_compilation (decl, asmspec, /*top_level=*/0, /*at_end=*/0); } /* Let the back-end know about DECL. */ void emit_local_var (decl) tree decl; { /* Create RTL for this variable. */ if (!DECL_RTL_SET_P (decl)) { if (DECL_C_HARD_REGISTER (decl)) /* The user specified an assembler name for this variable. Set that up now. */ rest_of_decl_compilation (decl, IDENTIFIER_POINTER (DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME (decl)), /*top_level=*/0, /*at_end=*/0); else expand_decl (decl); } /* Actually do the initialization. */ if (stmts_are_full_exprs_p ()) expand_start_target_temps (); expand_decl_init (decl); if (stmts_are_full_exprs_p ()) expand_end_target_temps (); } /* Helper for generating the RTL at the beginning of a scope. */ void genrtl_do_pushlevel () { emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); clear_last_expr (); } /* Generate the RTL for DESTINATION, which is a GOTO_STMT. */ void genrtl_goto_stmt (destination) tree destination; { if (TREE_CODE (destination) == IDENTIFIER_NODE) abort (); /* We warn about unused labels with -Wunused. That means we have to mark the used labels as used. */ if (TREE_CODE (destination) == LABEL_DECL) TREE_USED (destination) = 1; emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); if (TREE_CODE (destination) == LABEL_DECL) { label_rtx (destination); expand_goto (destination); } else expand_computed_goto (destination); } /* Generate the RTL for EXPR, which is an EXPR_STMT. Provided just for backward compatibility. genrtl_expr_stmt_value() should be used for new code. */ void genrtl_expr_stmt (expr) tree expr; { genrtl_expr_stmt_value (expr, -1, 1); } /* Generate the RTL for EXPR, which is an EXPR_STMT. WANT_VALUE tells whether to (1) save the value of the expression, (0) discard it or (-1) use expr_stmts_for_value to tell. The use of -1 is deprecated, and retained only for backward compatibility. MAYBE_LAST is nonzero if this EXPR_STMT might be the last statement in expression statement. */ void genrtl_expr_stmt_value (expr, want_value, maybe_last) tree expr; int want_value, maybe_last; { if (expr != NULL_TREE) { emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); if (stmts_are_full_exprs_p ()) expand_start_target_temps (); if (expr != error_mark_node) expand_expr_stmt_value (expr, want_value, maybe_last); if (stmts_are_full_exprs_p ()) expand_end_target_temps (); } } /* Generate the RTL for T, which is a DECL_STMT. */ void genrtl_decl_stmt (t) tree t; { tree decl; emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); decl = DECL_STMT_DECL (t); /* If this is a declaration for an automatic local variable, initialize it. Note that we might also see a declaration for a namespace-scope object (declared with `extern'). We don't have to handle the initialization of those objects here; they can only be declarations, rather than definitions. */ if (TREE_CODE (decl) == VAR_DECL && !TREE_STATIC (decl) && !DECL_EXTERNAL (decl)) { /* Let the back-end know about this variable. */ if (!anon_aggr_type_p (TREE_TYPE (decl))) emit_local_var (decl); else expand_anon_union_decl (decl, NULL_TREE, DECL_ANON_UNION_ELEMS (decl)); } else if (TREE_CODE (decl) == VAR_DECL && TREE_STATIC (decl)) make_rtl_for_local_static (decl); else if (TREE_CODE (decl) == LABEL_DECL && C_DECLARED_LABEL_FLAG (decl)) declare_nonlocal_label (decl); else if (lang_expand_decl_stmt) (*lang_expand_decl_stmt) (t); } /* Generate the RTL for T, which is an IF_STMT. */ void genrtl_if_stmt (t) tree t; { tree cond; genrtl_do_pushlevel (); cond = expand_cond (IF_COND (t)); emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); expand_start_cond (cond, 0); if (THEN_CLAUSE (t)) expand_stmt (THEN_CLAUSE (t)); if (ELSE_CLAUSE (t)) { expand_start_else (); expand_stmt (ELSE_CLAUSE (t)); } expand_end_cond (); } /* Generate the RTL for T, which is a WHILE_STMT. */ void genrtl_while_stmt (t) tree t; { tree cond; emit_nop (); emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); expand_start_loop (1); genrtl_do_pushlevel (); cond = expand_cond (WHILE_COND (t)); emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); expand_exit_loop_top_cond (0, cond); genrtl_do_pushlevel (); expand_stmt (WHILE_BODY (t)); expand_end_loop (); } /* Generate the RTL for T, which is a DO_STMT. */ void genrtl_do_stmt (t) tree t; { tree cond = DO_COND (t); /* Recognize the common special-case of do { ... } while (0) and do not emit the loop widgetry in this case. In particular this avoids cluttering the rtl with dummy loop notes, which can affect alignment of adjacent labels. COND can be NULL due to parse errors. */ if (!cond || integer_zerop (cond)) { expand_start_null_loop (); expand_stmt (DO_BODY (t)); expand_end_null_loop (); } else { emit_nop (); emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); expand_start_loop_continue_elsewhere (1); expand_stmt (DO_BODY (t)); expand_loop_continue_here (); cond = expand_cond (cond); emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); expand_exit_loop_if_false (0, cond); expand_end_loop (); } } /* Build the node for a return statement and return it. */ tree build_return_stmt (expr) tree expr; { return (build_stmt (RETURN_STMT, expr)); } /* Generate the RTL for STMT, which is a RETURN_STMT. */ void genrtl_return_stmt (stmt) tree stmt; { tree expr; expr = RETURN_STMT_EXPR (stmt); emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); if (!expr) expand_null_return (); else { expand_start_target_temps (); expand_return (expr); expand_end_target_temps (); } } /* Generate the RTL for T, which is a FOR_STMT. */ void genrtl_for_stmt (t) tree t; { tree cond; const char *saved_filename; int saved_lineno; if (NEW_FOR_SCOPE_P (t)) genrtl_do_pushlevel (); expand_stmt (FOR_INIT_STMT (t)); /* Expand the initialization. */ emit_nop (); emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); expand_start_loop_continue_elsewhere (1); genrtl_do_pushlevel (); cond = expand_cond (FOR_COND (t)); /* Save the filename and line number so that we expand the FOR_EXPR we can reset them back to the saved values. */ saved_filename = input_filename; saved_lineno = lineno; /* Expand the condition. */ emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); if (cond) expand_exit_loop_top_cond (0, cond); /* Expand the body. */ genrtl_do_pushlevel (); expand_stmt (FOR_BODY (t)); /* Expand the increment expression. */ input_filename = saved_filename; lineno = saved_lineno; emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); expand_loop_continue_here (); if (FOR_EXPR (t)) genrtl_expr_stmt (FOR_EXPR (t)); expand_end_loop (); } /* Build a break statement node and return it. */ tree build_break_stmt () { return (build_stmt (BREAK_STMT)); } /* Generate the RTL for a BREAK_STMT. */ void genrtl_break_stmt () { emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); if ( ! expand_exit_something ()) error ("break statement not within loop or switch"); } /* Build a continue statement node and return it. */ tree build_continue_stmt () { return (build_stmt (CONTINUE_STMT)); } /* Generate the RTL for a CONTINUE_STMT. */ void genrtl_continue_stmt () { emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); if (! expand_continue_loop (0)) error ("continue statement not within a loop"); } /* Generate the RTL for T, which is a SCOPE_STMT. */ void genrtl_scope_stmt (t) tree t; { tree block = SCOPE_STMT_BLOCK (t); if (!SCOPE_NO_CLEANUPS_P (t)) { if (SCOPE_BEGIN_P (t)) expand_start_bindings_and_block (2 * SCOPE_NULLIFIED_P (t), block); else if (SCOPE_END_P (t)) expand_end_bindings (NULL_TREE, !SCOPE_NULLIFIED_P (t), 0); } else if (!SCOPE_NULLIFIED_P (t)) { rtx note = emit_note (NULL, (SCOPE_BEGIN_P (t) ? NOTE_INSN_BLOCK_BEG : NOTE_INSN_BLOCK_END)); NOTE_BLOCK (note) = block; } /* If we're at the end of a scope that contains inlined nested functions, we have to decide whether or not to write them out. */ if (block && SCOPE_END_P (t)) { tree fn; for (fn = BLOCK_VARS (block); fn; fn = TREE_CHAIN (fn)) { if (TREE_CODE (fn) == FUNCTION_DECL && DECL_CONTEXT (fn) == current_function_decl && DECL_SAVED_INSNS (fn) && !TREE_ASM_WRITTEN (fn) && TREE_ADDRESSABLE (fn)) { push_function_context (); output_inline_function (fn); pop_function_context (); } } } } /* Generate the RTL for T, which is a SWITCH_STMT. */ void genrtl_switch_stmt (t) tree t; { tree cond; genrtl_do_pushlevel (); cond = expand_cond (SWITCH_COND (t)); if (cond == error_mark_node) /* The code is in error, but we don't want expand_end_case to crash. */ cond = boolean_false_node; emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); expand_start_case (1, cond, TREE_TYPE (cond), "switch statement"); expand_stmt (SWITCH_BODY (t)); expand_end_case_type (cond, SWITCH_TYPE (t)); } /* Create a CASE_LABEL tree node and return it. */ tree build_case_label (low_value, high_value, label_decl) tree low_value; tree high_value; tree label_decl; { return build_stmt (CASE_LABEL, low_value, high_value, label_decl); } /* Generate the RTL for a CASE_LABEL. */ void genrtl_case_label (case_label) tree case_label; { tree duplicate; tree cleanup; cleanup = last_cleanup_this_contour (); if (cleanup) { static int explained = 0; warning ("destructor needed for `%#D'", (TREE_PURPOSE (cleanup))); warning ("where case label appears here"); if (!explained) { warning ("(enclose actions of previous case statements requiring destructors in their own scope.)"); explained = 1; } } add_case_node (CASE_LOW (case_label), CASE_HIGH (case_label), CASE_LABEL_DECL (case_label), &duplicate); } /* Generate the RTL for T, which is a COMPOUND_STMT. */ void genrtl_compound_stmt (t) tree t; { #ifdef ENABLE_CHECKING struct nesting *n = current_nesting_level (); #endif expand_stmt (COMPOUND_BODY (t)); #ifdef ENABLE_CHECKING /* Make sure that we've pushed and popped the same number of levels. */ if (!COMPOUND_STMT_NO_SCOPE (t) && n != current_nesting_level ()) abort (); #endif } /* Generate the RTL for an ASM_STMT. */ void genrtl_asm_stmt (cv_qualifier, string, output_operands, input_operands, clobbers, asm_input_p) tree cv_qualifier; tree string; tree output_operands; tree input_operands; tree clobbers; int asm_input_p; { if (cv_qualifier != NULL_TREE && cv_qualifier != ridpointers[(int) RID_VOLATILE]) { warning ("%s qualifier ignored on asm", IDENTIFIER_POINTER (cv_qualifier)); cv_qualifier = NULL_TREE; } emit_line_note (input_filename, lineno); if (asm_input_p) expand_asm (string, cv_qualifier != NULL_TREE); else c_expand_asm_operands (string, output_operands, input_operands, clobbers, cv_qualifier != NULL_TREE, input_filename, lineno); } /* Generate the RTL for a DECL_CLEANUP. */ void genrtl_decl_cleanup (t) tree t; { tree decl = CLEANUP_DECL (t); if (!decl || (DECL_SIZE (decl) && TREE_TYPE (decl) != error_mark_node)) expand_decl_cleanup_eh (decl, CLEANUP_EXPR (t), CLEANUP_EH_ONLY (t)); } /* We're about to expand T, a statement. Set up appropriate context for the substitution. */ void prep_stmt (t) tree t; { if (!STMT_LINENO_FOR_FN_P (t)) lineno = STMT_LINENO (t); current_stmt_tree ()->stmts_are_full_exprs_p = STMT_IS_FULL_EXPR_P (t); } /* Generate the RTL for the statement T, its substatements, and any other statements at its nesting level. */ void expand_stmt (t) tree t; { while (t && t != error_mark_node) { int saved_stmts_are_full_exprs_p; /* Set up context appropriately for handling this statement. */ saved_stmts_are_full_exprs_p = stmts_are_full_exprs_p (); prep_stmt (t); switch (TREE_CODE (t)) { case FILE_STMT: input_filename = FILE_STMT_FILENAME (t); break; case RETURN_STMT: genrtl_return_stmt (t); break; case EXPR_STMT: genrtl_expr_stmt_value (EXPR_STMT_EXPR (t), TREE_ADDRESSABLE (t), TREE_CHAIN (t) == NULL || (TREE_CODE (TREE_CHAIN (t)) == SCOPE_STMT && TREE_CHAIN (TREE_CHAIN (t)) == NULL)); break; case DECL_STMT: genrtl_decl_stmt (t); break; case FOR_STMT: genrtl_for_stmt (t); break; case WHILE_STMT: genrtl_while_stmt (t); break; case DO_STMT: genrtl_do_stmt (t); break; case IF_STMT: genrtl_if_stmt (t); break; case COMPOUND_STMT: genrtl_compound_stmt (t); break; case BREAK_STMT: genrtl_break_stmt (); break; case CONTINUE_STMT: genrtl_continue_stmt (); break; case SWITCH_STMT: genrtl_switch_stmt (t); break; case CASE_LABEL: genrtl_case_label (t); break; case LABEL_STMT: expand_label (LABEL_STMT_LABEL (t)); break; case GOTO_STMT: /* Emit information for branch prediction. */ if (!GOTO_FAKE_P (t) && TREE_CODE (GOTO_DESTINATION (t)) == LABEL_DECL && flag_guess_branch_prob) { rtx note = emit_note (NULL, NOTE_INSN_PREDICTION); NOTE_PREDICTION (note) = NOTE_PREDICT (PRED_GOTO, NOT_TAKEN); } genrtl_goto_stmt (GOTO_DESTINATION (t)); break; case ASM_STMT: genrtl_asm_stmt (ASM_CV_QUAL (t), ASM_STRING (t), ASM_OUTPUTS (t), ASM_INPUTS (t), ASM_CLOBBERS (t), ASM_INPUT_P (t)); break; case SCOPE_STMT: genrtl_scope_stmt (t); break; case CLEANUP_STMT: genrtl_decl_cleanup (t); break; default: if (lang_expand_stmt) (*lang_expand_stmt) (t); else abort (); break; } /* Restore saved state. */ current_stmt_tree ()->stmts_are_full_exprs_p = saved_stmts_are_full_exprs_p; /* Go on to the next statement in this scope. */ t = TREE_CHAIN (t); } }


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U.S. military forces have launched an operation against the Al Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab network in Somalia, Pentagon officials announced Monday.
Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby confirmed to CNN the operation but did not provide additional information.
"We are assessing the results of the operation and will provide additional information as and when appropriate," Kirby told CNN.
The operation comes following an assault by Al-Shabaab fighters against a high security prison in Mogadishu that killed three security guards and two civilians. The U.S. has conducted two similar operations against the Al-Shabaab group in the last year.


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London: Things have changed so dramatically for France over the past decade that a scoreless draw against Belgium last month in a friendly was praised as a good result for the former world champions.
Ahead of its World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Belarus, the French team is second in Group I, one point behind Spain after losing 1-0 at home to football's new leading country in March. With only a few hopes of gaining direct qualification for the tournament in Brazil, defeat is not an option.
While France will be hoping for its strikers to end a miserable run of four matches without a goal, England has limited attacking options in Group H matches against Moldova and Ukraine.


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If spring's arrival this week has put you in the mood to toss out unwanted stuff from your closets and garage, go for it.
Local charities say they can really use your cast-off items, and in many cases, get them to folks in need immediately. The recession's impact continues to be seen, they say, in the huge need for used items, from dinette sets to business suits.
At the Cleveland Furniture Bank, which provides free furniture to people in need, donations have been down for months, which worries Executive Director Tom Gaghan.
"We depend so much on people replacing their furniture or downsizing, and it just doesn't seem to be a lot of that going on right now," Gaghan said. "I guess I can't blame anything but the economy. People still aren't able to sell or buy homes, so they don't have a lot to give away."
What bothers Gaghan most is that demand for used items is climbing, even though furniture donations are at an all-time low. He's seen a 10-percent jump in the number of charitable organizations referring clients to receive free furniture.
The number one thing that clients want is dinette sets, Gaghan said, but couches, chairs, dressers, beds, mattresses, box springs, lamps and tables also are welcome. For more information, call 216-459-2265 or go online to the furniture bank's website. Cost is $20 to have a truck pick up your donation.
The furniture bank is just one of many of Northeast Ohio charities happy to receive what you no longer want. But some agencies want your old pots and pans, others crave your prom dress, and still others want your sports equipment. How to sort it all out?
I've been writing about this topic for years, and heartily recommend "Pass It On," a list compiled by the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District, as the best way to figure out how to recycle your stuff. You can view the list online and print it out.
The information in "Pass It On" is updated regularly. One of the newer agencies listed is Maggie's Place, a Parma residence that opened in 2009 to take in pregnant women from shelters or streets.
On its wish list: used car seats, portable cribs, infant clothes and toys and other baby items, as well as one "cubby cabinet" for residents to store personal items near the entryway.
I asked spokeswoman Tricia Kuivenen what item is most wanted, and she quickly answered full-size strollers (not the umbrella kind). They're used as "move-out gifts" to moms who are ready to graduate after putting in months doing chores, cooking, completing diplomas or searching for jobs.
"They've worked hard. We want to bless them with something that's nice, as they start their journey," said Kuivenen. To donate, call 440-886-2620 or go online to the organization's website.
What to do with unwanted computer parts? If you live in Cuyahoga County, you can dispose of them at local collection events during April, which is Recycle Your Computer Month. City service departments will collect your computer components and deliver them to nonprofit recycler RET3.
Also, Best Buy stores have made it easy to recycle most electronics. It doesn't matter where you bought them. Just carry your discarded computers, DVD and CD players and other items to any Best Buy store. For specifics on what's accepted, check the Best Buy web page.
Have I overdone it with the options? That's another thing: Don't let recycling become a burden, as you make lofty intentions to drop off items at 12 different locations, says expert Mike Nelson in his book, "Stop Clutter from Stealing Your Life."
"It's a good idea to give your excess stuff away, but don't overthink it," he advises.
Remember, you don't want your home resembling the landfill that you were trying so hard to save. Save time by consolidating your stuff and contacting Easter Seals, Goodwill, Salvation Army or Volunteers of America, which accept a variety of items and will send a truck to pick up your boxes and bags.
Are you a nonprofit that is badly in need of clothes or other items commonly recycled from households? Send me an email, or post your needs online at www.facebook.com/margaretbernstein.pd. Include information how you want donors to get in touch with you. I'll try to get the word out for you in a future column.


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Last year around the time PIE was starting, David Cohen, cofounder of TechStars, shared the TechStars Mentor Manifesto. And it served as an inspiration for me. A post by Micah Baldwin, a TechStars mentor who now heads up Graphicly, provided a similar nudge for me.
I saw David at the recent Microsoft Accelerator Demo Day and was reminded to go back and reread both of these posts. Inspired again, I thought I'd augment their mentor guidance a bit with some things that I've learned from observing PIE startups and mentors over the past year.
I shared these tips with the PIE mentors and a few of them suggested I turn it into a blog post. So I took that mentoring to heart.
If you're thinking about becoming a mentor for startups—either in a formal accelerator program or independently—here are some tips for thinking about how to work with entrepreneurs.
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1) Common sense is not common. Mentors often worry that they need to come up with some earth-shattering insights to be of value. This couldn't be further from the truth. Fact of the matter is that you spend day-in, day-out working in your area of expertise. You make intuitive leaps that are all but impossible without having had the experiences you've had.READ THE REST at SiliconFlorist.com
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Pink Floyd would consider game project
Veteran British band Pink Floyd have said they would consider being involved in a music game project, after seeing the success of The Beatles: Rock Band.
Drummer Nick Mason said he would certainly take a look at a game based around the famous band, although fellow band member Bill Wyman has more recently said he's concerned music games, and their peripherals, stop kids learning real instruments.
Still, Mason tells the BBC: "I think we'd consider it. Everyone's looking at new ways of selling the music because the business of selling records has almost disappeared."
After the Beatles, which band would you like to see a new music game built around?
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|[TowerTalk] W0IYH Feed line Choke Performance
|firstname.lastname@example.com (Tim Duffy K3LR)
|Mon Aug 18 16:19:16 2003
I posted some of my experience concerning the W2DU type choke performance a few weeks ago. There were several requests for the test data. I retrieved my lab notes taken from my HP Network Analyzer on October 15, 2001. The W0IYH choke is made from 100 type FB-5622-43 beads on RG-142 with silver plated PL-259's on each end. The list is test frequency followed by impedance 1.8 MHz 1152 ohms 3.7 MHz 3483 ohms 7.1 MHz 4115 ohms 14.2 MHz 1783 ohms 21.2 MHz 1280 ohms 28.5 MHz 1234 ohms My tests with the W2DU choke: 1.8 MHz 984 ohms 3.7 MHz 1733 ohms 7.1 MHz 1921 ohms 14.2 MHz 1432 ohms 21.2 MHz 905 ohms 28.5 MHZ 423 ohms In 100% key down CW tests into a 50 ohm dummy load for 10 minutes I found the W2DU to overheat (individual bead temperature exceeded manufactures ratings) at 500 watts on every band. The W0IYH choke passed the same test at 2000 watts and was well within the temperature specification for each bead. I believe the W0IYH choke has adequate safety factor for 1500 watt stations as long as the VSWR does not exceed 3:1. There are lots of W2DU chokes in service and as you can see they will work well. The W0IYH design is an improved version. As I indicated in my September 1998 CQ Contest magazine article, I use the W0IYH design at my station. They are on every feed point of every antenna, at the tower mounted stacked antenna RF switch box and at the end of each antenna feed line where it connects to the RF amplifier in the radio room. They keep RF from flowing on the outside shields of the feed lines very well. If you are interested in ready to go chokes, completed W0IYH chokes are available from Comtek Systems. Please contact them for price and availability. http://www.comteksystems.com 73, Tim K3LR http://www.k3lr.com
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A Portland Police Bureau motorcycle officer who was hit by an SUV early Sunday morning, was released from the hospital with a separated shoulder and abrasions.
Officer Christopher Cass, 31, was riding his police motorcycle east on Southeast Washington Street on the Interstate 205 overpass when he was struck by a Chevy Blazer driven by Andrew Lee Lamb, 22, of Vancouver. Lamb, who was also driving east parallel to the officer, made a left turn into Cass, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
Investigators with the major crash team determined Lamb was not impaired or speeding at the time of the accident. He was released without a citation, but the investigation is continuing, according to the police.


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Syracuse property owners have two more weeks to get current on their overdue water bills at a reduced amount.
Common councilors today approved an extension of the city's first-ever water and sewer bill amnesty. The program forgives late fees and penalties for those who pay off their balances in full by the deadline.
With today's unanimous vote, the deadline moves from Friday, Sept. 26 to Friday, Oct. 10.
As of Friday, 603 people had paid off their accounts, totaling $250,000, not including about $66,000 in fees and penalties that were waived. About 12,000 more people owe $3.2 million.
Many customers have said they need a little more time to pull together the funds to pay their bills, according to the Syracuse Water Department.
For details on the amnesty, call the water department at 448-8262.


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A new survey carried out for Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles has highlighted a disturbing lack of knowledge of the varying speed limits on UK roads ...
[ Vauxhall UK ]
A new survey carried out for Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles has highlighted a disturbing lack of knowledge of the varying speed limits on UK roads ...
Simple answer - Don't make vans fast.
I drive my van like a car, it handles better than my bloody astra. I see no reason for a van to adhere to a 50mph limit in a 60mph zone, not in this day & age where vans arn't what they used to be (i.e cumbersome, heavy, unstable)
What he said, Merc Sprinter we have at work has awsome brakes, traction control and ABS, why should I have to go 10mph slower. At 70mph the van would pull up in about 2/3rds the distance my Astra would.
yep my transit twin rear wheel handles a lot better than my astra and happiliy crusies at 85mph (aparently!)
I've got a couple of weeks work on where i'll be driving a top of the range Transit which is absolutely rapid, 130mph no problems
Vans are required to do 60 on a motorway, unless they're car derived i thought?
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1993 Saab powered Calibra turbo.
No....That's why I've got three points for 55 in a 60....
Clicky link for the longest (11 years and counting) rebuild thread..
Chip says..Bunch of jokers the lot of them, wouldnt know a good map if you stuffed an AA road atlas of great britain up their arse and set fire to it..
So an astra van (Astraz estate with no windows can only do 50 in a 60? I always broke the limit unless in a 30 but would like to know if an astra easte without windows becomes a van?
Rolling in a green Mk3 Astra... AUTO!
ok so i didnt read that.. trouble is.. you could say ' why make any car that goes faster then 70?'
Rolling in a green Mk3 Astra... AUTO!


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dutch hercules:
He shoots , he scores!
eric o:
And this is the guy who's crunching the numbers:
Eddie Deezen has appeared in over 30 motion pictures, including Grease, WarGames, 1941, and The Polar Express. He's also been featured in several TV shows, including Magnum PI, The Facts of Life, and The Gong Show. And he's done thousands of voice-overs for radio and cartoons, such as Dexter's Laboratory and Family Guy.
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dutch hercules:
Deezen is still ALIVE!
No little Wilts popping up? Hasn't Deezen ever heard of withdrawel method? It's 95 percent effective. Condoms are for sailors.
Jesse Garon:
Eddie "DingDong" Deezen! he crunched the numbers! HERO!!!!
Just because he didn't take polaroids of all of them, doesn't mean it isn't true.
eric o:
Roll call!
bazooka joe:
how many trannys "slipped through the cracks?"
or "slipped IN the cracks", amirite?
I saw this sex documentary that quoted all of these Romans and other freakydeaky historical figures claiming a mans inner thighs feel better than a wet vajayjay. Then while sitting on the toilet (sorry if that's TMI) I thought about it, and my inner thighs probbably are the softest place on my body.
dutch hercules:
Sloane Wendell:
Several College/Pro players AND coaches must be going for a record.
Highway Star:
I still remember being 12 or so and getting a sports illustrated where the inside cover pages had a two page real life size picture of Wilt's hand. And my hand fit completely just inside the palm of his hand


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Big tobacco is no stranger to litigation. The threat of lawsuits hangs constantly over the heads of major tobacco players. But now, determined to fight back, Philip Morris (NYSE: PM ) and British American Tobacco Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI ) , have decided to sit on the other side of the courtroom and are suing the Australian government over an aggressive plan to remove all logos from cigarette packs.
If the logo doesn't fit
The Australian plan, passed on November 10th, is the world's first plain-packaging law. Under the plan, logos, trademarks, colors, and graphics would be removed from all cigarette packages. They would instead be covered with health warnings and dramatic images illustrating the long-term effects of smoking. Packages would also be a drab olive green color, specifically chosen since research has shown it to be the least appealing to consumers. The law also comes with a 25% tobacco tax increase.
Restrictive packaging is nothing new for cigarette companies, though. The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act mandated that cigarettes sold in the U.S. must carry a warning label comprising 50% of the front and back of packages. This directly affects U.S.-centric cigarette companies like Altria (NYSE: MO ) , Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI ) , Lorillard (NYSE: LO ) , and Vector Group (NYSE: VGR ) . Yet these restrictions, as well as others by major nations like Columbia, have not gone as far as this recent Australian ban, which would entirely wipe company's logos from cartons.
Legal track record
Cigarette companies are claiming that the packaging restrictions violate international trademark and intellectual property laws, and are seeking billions in compensation. While typically on the losing side of legal battles, this may be a turning point. Major cigarette companies in the U.S. recently received a favorable ruling from U.S. District Judge Richard Leon. The case, which was their first legal challenge after 45 years of accepting packaging restrictions, was filed on free speech grounds. In Judge Leon's 29-page opinion, he expressed that he felt the images' graphic nature went beyond the simple conveyance of facts.
While it is still unclear which way the Australian case will fall, the two cases carry a striking resemblance. If the Australian court chooses to side with Philip Morris and British American, it could signal the point where big tobacco has reached their maximum regulation. Given that approximately 30% of Australians smoke, it would seem that tobacco companies are more likely to find sympathy there than anywhere else. But with the average smoking rate steadily declining on the continent since the 1950s, that expectation probably isn't reasonable.
A Fool's perspective
While a victory in Australia would be big news for these companies, I personally don't see any end in sight for the long-term creep of regulation, litigation, or taxes. If governments reach the point where they can no longer restrict the packaging cigarettes come in, they will still have tax increases or smoking bans in their arsenal.
I still recommend Philip Morris as the best way to play tobacco stocks and the industry's generally high dividends. They have the most opportunity ahead of them -- specifically in Latin America and Asia. But if all this litigation risk makes you queasy, you can also check out Star Scientific (Nasdaq: CIGX ) , whose smokeless products are generally immune from the tobacco industry's threats. Star Scientific does not pay a dividend, though.
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Bound and labeled
I love this quilt! I was worried about how all the greens would play together but I'm glad I didn't limit them to just olive shades as I started to originally.
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This will be donated here in Minneapolis for a Returning Warrior weekend this summer.
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That turned out great!
I love this quilt. I have made one in black and batiks. It is a great pattern. Good Job, I love all the greens!!!
It is always nice to see that things don't all have to be in the same family (olives), this quilt proves the point beautifully, it wouldn't have nearly the appeal if the greens were all similar. Nice job.
I am not normally a big fan of green, but this is just beautiful! Then I saw Mary W's comment about black and batiks and I want to do one of those too! I will have to live forever to do all the quilts I want to do.
I am so excited to see that this one will be coming to be for the Returning Warrior Weekend. It is going to be a great addition. Thanks!
Mary, all the variety makes it 'sparkle' so adding the different greens really worked well. Love it!
I love it!!! The quilting is just perfect too! Great job.
Thanks for including the pattern for this great quilt. Yours is wonderful. I see how useful this pattern is.
This is a wonderful quilt and I do love all the greens. Someone will be very pleased to have it. JudyCnNC
Fabulous colors–so right not to limit your greens! A lovely finish–congrats!
I love the quilt! and I think more greens totally adds a fun variety to it! Nice job finishing!


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Today I woke up in the form of a Ukranian Chess Grandmaster. I emerged from bed groggy, hungover and unable to locate the alarm clock that had been ringing an eerie electronic version of "eye of the tiger" for the last ten minutes. With difficulty I establish an upright posture, don my bathrobe, and emerge into the muted lighting of an unfamiliar hotel hallway.
"Grandmaster Ivanchuk! Your game began fifteen minutes ago!", a nearby voice bellows. A few seconds later, I am given a box of clothes entitled "FIDE Sartorial Emergency Pack". While putting them on I try to come to grips with my situation. First off, I don't actually know how to play chess - I'm a NASA Scientist by trade, and the last thing I remember before this morning was someone saying, "Fred, you switched off the relativistic parallel universe modulator, right?". Anyhow, though the situation is weird I have to say there's been stranger ones at the lab I work at, like when Fred was turned into a Iceberg and we had to accelerate global warming to get him back. Anyhow, I try to follow company procedure on this one, which is to act as natural as possible until help arrives, so I put on my clothes and proceed to the lobby.
There's a lot of people around me, and they look concerned. I enter the main playing hall, and I spy the only empty chair - there's a name on it. Ivanchuk. Wasn't that the name someone said a few minutes ago? I think so. Anyhow, it's the only open chair. I sit in it.
A chessboard, to the uninitiated, is a fearsomely confusing object. The pieces are numerous and fraught with symbolic gravitas. Especially the horse. The ones closest to me are white. I look at my opponent. He's, to the best I can tell, well, I can't tell much. He's got short hair, a thin moustache and a sort of beard. He's also pretty tall and the name placard on his side reads "Topalov". I wait a moment to try and figure out whose move it is and then notice the clock to my left. After a moment's consideration I deduce that I've an hour and twenty-two minutes left to make my move in.
Wow, chess players move slowly.
Perhaps I should take a moment here to explain what's going on, at least as far as I understand it. My lab's main line of research is alternate reality fields, a field of science our government has made a concerted effort to conceal since first discovering it in 1977 when a pair of lobsters stumbled into a inverse retro-ionic field and recorded a Fleetwood Mac album. Anyhow, though there are safeguards in place to prevent such disasters from happening regularly, our agents sometimes push the limits of safety and science to explore the consequences of interdimensional parallax identity transfer, or as more commonly known, accidentally becoming someone else for a short period of time. How short a period of time, you ask? Well, it depends. The longest recorded interpersonal spacefabric interdiction was Frank's Iceberg incident, which took a month and a TON of aerosol deodorant usage. Usually it's more like an hour, so I figure I'll just wait this one out. Hell, whomever this "Ivanchuk" guy is will still have over twenty minutes to make his first move once he returns to this/his body.
Time passes. There's a definite buzz in the hall. Apparently it's bad form to take so long on your first move? I don't know, but the situation is definitely getting awkward and Topalov keeps getting up, shaking his head, pacing, and so forth. Things are tense. Perhaps I should just make a move, any move, just to calm things down a little. Unfortunately, I can't remember a single rule of chess. I think there's one about pawns becoming queens, but the details are fuzzy. I rack my memory for anything at all about the game of chess but to no avail. Then it suddenly hits me - I can look at the other games going on for clues! I get up and examine the board behind me where a mild mannered middle-aged Indian man is playing some orange juice drinking kid. The position is as such:
*** To Be Continued ***
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Seriously, though - I'm looking back on my blog from this year and years past and it's a LOT of writing for this site with absolutely no compensation of any sort. I mean, I probably will keep doing it because, well, I like to, but it is hard to not sometimes recognize the truth of the good Doctor Johnson's "no man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money".
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I'm always suspicious of pat theories—especially when they involve economics. The larger the consensus that something is "inevitable," the less likely it is to actually happen.
One such "sure thing" making the rounds now in the popular press concerns the US dollar. Basically, it's taken as an article of faith by many that the greenback is destined to become worthless over the next few years.
The corollary is the US economy is headed for hyperinflation and a ruined stock market. And the prescribed course of action is often to sell anything priced in US dollars, socking the proceeds in gold bullion preferably in a vault outside the jurisdiction of Uncle Sam.
The first pillar of this theory is current US government deficits are untenable and uncontrollable. The second is the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing has dangerously inflated the money supply. If anything, the sentiment of inevitability is stronger than ever, now that President Obama has been re-elected for another four years and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's job is safe.
To be sure, Uncle Sam is running up red ink at an unsustainable pace. The cost of the social safety net is rising along with the aging of the population. Interest costs are surging as the debt grows, despite record low Treasury bond yields. In fact, "real" or inflation-adjusted interest rates are either at zero or negative, depending on how you measure prices.
Moreover, the current pace of economic growth is hardly encouraging for growing out of deficits. And Republicans and Democrats are still as much at loggerheads as ever, with an evident shortage of real dealmakers.
Unlike in years past, Congressmen spend less time in Washington and more of it at home raising campaign money from constituents. That leaves less time to get to know the opposition as fellow human beings, which in turn makes it more difficult to do the deals that are necessary for democracy to function.
Brave New World
As for monetary policy, we are truly in uncharted territory. The Bernanke Fed has done pretty much the opposite of what the central bank did during in the 1930s, the last sizeable period of US deflationary pressures.
Following the 1929 crash, the Federal Reserve did not loosen up the money supply. Rather, it followed past practice of allowing the market and economy to find a bottom on their own. The result was banks failed, credit dried up and the economy contracted radically as unemployment soared.
If took several years for conditions to truly stabilize and start to improve. Commodity prices—the real canary in the coal mine when it comes to economic growth—didn't start rising until mid-decade.
This time around, the Fed acted immediately to prop up failing banks and restore confidence. That prevented a repeat of the bank runs that wiped out depositors at the start of the Depression.
Despite the Fed's open window, credit markets did freeze up and many companies failed. The US economy went into sharp reverse shrinking nearly 9 percent in back-to-back quarters and the stock market kept falling until March 2009.
But in sharp contrast to the 1930s, commodity prices responded almost immediately, with oil actually bottoming in late 2008, just weeks after the crash. By the end of 2009, the stock market was well on its way back, the economy was inching along again and unemployment had peaked.
All of those are sharp differences with what happened after the Crash of 1929. The primary reason is an extremely expansionary fiscal policy constructed by a student of the Depression (Bernanke) that's 180 degrees opposite from what the 1930s Fed did.
A Switch In Time
We're now in a place we've never been in before. But the Fed is clear that it intends to maintain quantitative easing until the economy is fired up again, and that its gauge of that will be a drop in the unemployment rate.
Maintaining expansionary monetary policy when growth is firing up has historically been a sure fire formula for faster inflation. President Jimmy Carter discovered that painful reality when his first Fed Chairman C. Arthur Burns spurred money growth in the late 1970s to advance the goal of full employment, spurring sharply higher inflation.
Consequently, the trick at some point will be a timely switch by the Fed from expansion to a neutral monetary policy, and later to a tighter one. If the history of past Fed actions is any guide, there will almost certainly be bumps.
However, despite all the gnashing of teeth about inevitable dollar disaster, market action has been saying something completely different. For one thing, the US dollar is actually at a higher level against the Euro than it was when the Fed bailed out the banks and launched its easy money push in late 2008.
The buck is roughly where it was against the Japanese yen as well, and has posted sizeable gains since mid-November. And it's even flat against the resource-weighted Canadian dollar from the day Lehman Brothers vanished in September 2008.
As far as I'm concerned, Chuck Butler of Everbank gets credit for the best quote on currency markets I've heard—mainly that they're in an "ugly contest" as governments all over the world print money to fight unemployment. That's likely to be the case for some time, although stronger fiscal positions and commodity exports should boost the Canadian and Australian dollars over time.
However, for a US dollar crash to occur, the greenback must have something to crash against. To date at least, that hasn't happened in the currency markets. In fact, as reported in your Wall Street Journal this week, the dollar has actually rallied since the beginning of the year.
That's the first time in a very long while the US dollar has done anything positive when the market has become more hopeful about the global economy. The likely catalyst—Washington's January deal on taxes—could prove fleeting, particularly if politicians go down to the wire before reaching a deal on government spending and raising the federal debt ceiling.
But for now, the US dollar has rallied for some other reason than bad news. And that's very promising for its ability to hold value when the global economy does finally start to pick up steam.
Glittering Less
Gold is one market that has rallied strongly against the US dollar since the 2008 crash. The yellow metal struck a low of $660 an ounce in late October 2008 and by September 6, 2011 had nearly tripled to a high of around $1,860. Since then, however, the action has been flat to down trending, with the precious metal hovering around $1,620 this week.
I remain an advocate of holding some gold. And despite their generally disappointing performance in 2012, we continue to recommend mining stocks and funds in the Personal Finance model portfolios. The metal itself would have to reach at least $3,000 an ounce to hit a new inflation-adjusted high.
That's a lot of potential upside for gold if inflation really did cut loose as it did in the 1970s. And because none of us have a crystal ball, that's a possibility worth protecting against.
But we're nowhere close to that kind of rapid inflation now. Until we really do see some upward movement in wages, the most we're going to get is what's triggered by commodity price increases, which if anything is contractionary because it takes money out of Americans' pockets.
The Oil Factor
One final point dollar bears may want to consider. Based on current development rates from shale discoveries in the Bakken (upper Midwest) and Eagle Ford (west Texas), by 2020 the US will overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest oil producer.
It may take a bit longer than that to produce as much oil as we consume. But by then we are likely to be exporting vast amounts of natural gas, as liquefied natural gas terminals come on stream off the Atlantic, Gulf and Canadian Pacific coasts.
Back in the late 1970s, the United Kingdom got a huge lift from a vast oil discovery in the North Sea. Certainly, Margaret Thatcher proved far more favorable to investment than the previous ineffective Labour government. But producing record amounts of oil made the pound a petro currency for a time, strengthening on the world stage as oil edged higher.
Again, I'm skeptical of all pat theories, including this one. But if the US were to become a major exporter of energy in coming years, it would be a major pillar of strength for the US dollar—and a big nail in the coffin for dollar doomsday theorists.
My point is simply this. No economic theory is infallible and nothing regarding the US dollar—or any other investment market—is inevitable.
Being a successful investor doesn't depend on subscribing to the right economic theory. The more you tie your investments to one, the more likely you are to go broke.
Rather, the key is building a diversified and balanced portfolio with good investments that can weather the bad times and will gain value over time. Hold some gold and by all means stocks priced in foreign currency. But have some first-rate US companies in your pocket, too. America does, after all, still boast some of the worlds' finest.
If you're an income investor, you should choose stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other positions that pay dividends. If you're not, I still recommend watching dividends as an outward sign of inner grace, but focusing more on dividend growth than absolute yield.
Whatever your fancy, you'll do best by sticking to what's happening on the ground. The air from 30,000 feet is just too easy to cloud up with hyperbole and economic theories that rarely if ever stand the test of simple human interaction.
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For those who want an alternative to gold, a thought.
By spring 2011, US and Canadian stock markets regained equally from the 2008-09 crash. However, Canada's fell back some while the US market continued gains.
Their five years annualized returns: .5% US, minus 1.8% Canada. Yet, a 15-year perspective identifies: 4.8% US, 9.7% Canada. Why? And how does the answer better potentially position investors profitably?
Wainwright Economics' December 2012 report: US and Canada stocks, a triangular correlation with gold, explains economic reasons for the relative performance of the two equity markets to vary so much over time. To be sure, economic policies differ, but part of the answer, finds Wainwright, lies in Canada's industry mix – much more tilted to natural resources, and thus tending to be pro-inflationary and more cyclical than the US.
Wainwright's analysis led by David Ranson, president and head of research, precisely constructs the economic circumstances between the two markets and their asset natures. Additionally, the work attests to the use of "polar opposite" asset choices as are US stocks and gold, and how market conditions can favor Canadian stocks over US, i.e. Canadian stocks showing up as a "gold like" asset form a US investor's point of view.
For investors seeing low-growth / high inflation conditions ahead who can't bring themselves or are not permitted to take a significant gold position, the Canadian stock market because it resembles gold under such conditions, provides according to Wainwright, a most advantageous place to shine free of the accursed "gold investor" attribution.
Luis de Agustin
Since the fed is buying most of the treasury debt, perhaps at some point the fed and the treasury will agree that the fed will simply tear up it's holdings of debt and thereby reduce the total debt outstanding. Of course, the reserves held by the major banks at the fed, from the fed buying the treasuries from the banks, would have to be reclassified/confiscated/eliminated; since the banks are virtually minions of government policy, surely a way can be found.


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The final day of the 2014 New Orleans Jazz Fest is Sunday, May 4. The festival will close with a flourish when local favorite Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews & Orleans Avenue shut down the main Acura Stage.
At the same time, Creedence Clearwater Revival singer, songwriter and guitarist John Fogerty and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly will showcase their respective catalogs of much-loved anthems.Sunday, May 4, 2014
Here are eight more recommended shows on the final Sunday.
Creole String Beans, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Samsung Galaxy Stage
The Creole String Beans sound like a south Louisiana jukebox circa 1962 come to life. They pump out danceable, sax-powered rhythm & blues and swamp pop, some of it vintage, the rest of it sounding like it is.
Alison Fensterstock and Keith SperaStaff writers
Kim Che're, 12:55-1:40 p.m., Gospel Tent
Last year, the broke out in a handkerchief-waving second-line during a show-stopping "Watch Me Praise Him." She rarely sings outside of church, except for her annual Jazz Fest gig. - K.S.
The Deslondes, 12:55-2
p.m., Lagniappe Stage
Guitarist Sam Doores and bass man Dan Cutler, longtime
members of the rising New Orleans folk-pop act Hurray for the Riff Raff,
recently split off from the group to focus on their own project. The Deslondes deliver honky-tonk rock and blues with notes of gospel, Cajun and Flying Burrito
Brothers-style cosmic American music - and one of the best fiddle players in
Zion Harmonizers, 1:50-2:35 p.m., Gospel Tent
The local gospel vocal group recently marked its 75th anniversary with "Bringing in the Sheaves," the Harmonizers' first album in 15 years. The program of traditional music, as well as Pete Seeger and Curtis Mayfield covers, demonstrates the power of their close harmonies and heavenly intentions. - K.S.
Luke Winslow King, 3:45-4:50
p.m., Lagniappe Stage
Prewar blues, folk and balladry all inform guitarist Luke Winslow King's soft-voiced style. He and his wife, washboard player and singer Esther Rose, released "The Coming Tide," their first album for the respected alt-country indie label Bloodshot Records in 2013.
Dumpstaphunk with Art Neville, 1:55-3:05 p.m., Acura Stage
They call him Poppa Funk, but to Dumpstaphunk bandleader Ivan Neville, he's Uncle Art. The founding Meter and Neville brother joins his accomplished nephew's band (which also includes guitarist Ian Neville, and former Beyonce bandmember Nikki Glaspie on drums) for their Jazz Fest set, likely to include many tunes off their well-reviewed 2013 nasty-funk album "Dirty Word."
Arcade Fire, 3:45-5:15 p.m.,
Acura Stage
The Grammy-winning world's biggest indie-rock band had a ball at its Jazz Fest debut in 2011, welcoming Cyndi Lauper to share their stage and wandering into the crowd to soak in the scene. On the heels of their sweeping, ambitious fourth album "Reflektor," Regine Chassagne, Win Butler and company return to New Orleans.


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We describe a polarization rotator based on an off-axis double-core structure consisting of a silicon wire waveguide and a silicon-oxinitride waveguide. The rotator can be made by planar fabrication technology and do not require complex processes, such as three-dimensional structure formation. A rotator with 35-µm long provides the polarization rotation angle of 72 degrees and the polarization extinction ratio of 11 dB with the excess loss of about 1 dB. Our polarization rotator represents a significant step towards accomplishing an optical circuit with polarization diversity based on silicon wire waveguides.
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An Illinois-based distributor of propane that powers forklifts may buck the trend of businesses lured from New Jersey by Pennsylvania's tax incentives.
Gregg Falberg, principal for Anthem Propane Exchange, told Phillipsburg Town Council tonight that the business has been going "gangbusters." It's outgrown a filling location in Allentown and needs to have a new location on line by spring to branch out into the industrial gas sector.
Falberg said he's interested in about 2 acres of the roughly 200 acres of town-owned property once home to Ingersoll Rand. He flew in from the Chicago area to give council a presentation.
"We want to be able to expand our business in the area," he said. "The advantage for the town would be, we'll bring in quite a few jobs. Most of the jobs will come right away."
He estimated the company would need about 20 to 25 employees in the first year and a few more in the second. Eric Falberg said employees at the Allentown location will have the opportunity to continue working at the new location.
The Falbergs' primary business is filling propane tanks that go on the back of forklifts. Anthem Propane Exchange sells to a few thousand businesses in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast with a strong customer base around Newark, Gregg Falberg said.
"We're completely growing out of our site in Allentown. The logistics of using that site are becoming more challenging because of the size," he said.
They plan to expand into the industrial gas sector, distributing oxygen, nitrogen and argon gases soon. That element of the business could be at the potential Phillipsburg location, too, he said.
Council President Todd Tersigni said officials will do whatever it takes to accommodate the businessmen. Councilman James Stettner said the property is perfect for the operation and encouraged him to consider a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes program.
"It's a benefit to us, and it's a benefit to you," Stettner said.
The business follows all the safety requirements, and the transfer of gas is completely controlled. Gregg Falberg said they look for sites away from houses -- not because it's dangerous but because people don't like it.
Mark Reda, a Realtor representing Anthem Propane Exchange, said they had been looking at property in Pennsylvania without giving New Jersey a thought. When a site there didn't work, they turned their attention across the river.
The business needs about 2 acres for a propane filling system. There would be three slots for trucks to pull in and fill up, in addition to a storage area for loaded trucks.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A New Brighton felon accused of abusing two dogs, resulting in one's death, will experience a different kind of pain himself after pleading guilty to an animal cruelty charge, prosecutors said.
James E. Jones, 31, faces a year in jail when he's sentenced on Sept. 13 in Stapleton Criminal Court.
Jones was arrested in April, three months after ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) agents rescued two emaciated and dehydrated pit bulls, said officials.
According to court papers, Jones owned the dogs -- two brindle-and-white females -- 1 and 3 years old, respectively, between Sept. 1 and Jan. 6.
He didn't name the animals and kept them in a garage outside his home, said Joseph Pentangelo, an ASPCA spokesman.
Jones gave the dogs little food and water, he said.
Desperate for sustenance, the pit bulls resorted to eating anything they could chew to stay alive, said Pentangelo.
The ASPCA received an anonymous tip about the pit bulls' condition and rescued them in January, he said.
The dogs were found to be "dehydrated, weak and emaciated," according to court papers.
An examination revealed that both were eating "non-nutritive substances," such as pieces of plastic, insulated wire and particulate matter, court documents state.
Laverne, the younger animal named by rescuers, didn't survive, despite efforts to save her.
The older dog, christened Shirley, recovered.
Jones was charged with two misdemeanor counts of torturing and injuring animals, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan. He pleaded guilty on Monday to one count.
Jones also pleaded guilty to obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest, stemming from an unrelated July 25 arrest, said Chief Assistant District Attorney Daniel L. Master Jr.
Under his pleas, he'll be sentenced to concurrent one-year jail terms, said Master. Jones also signed a $2,000 confession of judgment and will be forbidden from owning animals, he said.
Defense lawyer Michael Gompers declined comment Tuesday on the pleas.
Jones was previously convicted in the Bronx of attempted criminal weapon possession, a felony, and sentenced to 18 months in prison, according to online records of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. He was released on parole in March 2004.