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Hi, my dear administrator, thank you.
I will be happy to help you in something and just one thing ... I can write in Spanish or in English is required? is difficult for me in english .. anyway Thank you :D
I'm Allexiz
Sorry I had problems with te acount Allexiz but I am !!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Youhan (talk • contribs)
- Of course i do, just tell me what i have to do and i think.... you'll have to teach me to use more and better all on this wiki.
- Muchas gracias por la oportunidad, no te defraudare hare mi mejor esfuerzo :D —Preceding unsigned comment added by Youhan (talk • contribs)
- ::Hi revitalizer scuse me for speak you in spanish...
- Hola, eh notado que es esta wiki presentas una paguina con los sound tracks disculpa, la verdad no entendi muy vien tu mensaje anterior pero quieria comentarte si no tienes una forma mas facil de ver, escuchar y si es posible descargar las pistas de Baten Kaitos. Si no conoces como podria, si es que me lo permites investigarlo, Es solo como una mejora ( a mi punto de vista ) si ya lo habias pensado y no es posible hacerlo me disculpo.
- De antemano, muchas gracias por tu tiempo :D Youhan 04:40, July 6, 2012 (UTC)Youhan'Youhan 04:40, July 6, 2012 (UTC)'
- Sorry but for me is more easy write in spanish, i use google translator too
- amm ...
- respect to dwnloads was an option,
- I meant to put an extension of the exclusive site for the sund tracks since at least for me I get a little complicated to send users to other sites, not know if I explain clearly and sorry again if I use a bad English
- No se mucho de estos temas, soblre la administracion de una pagina no estoy tan familiarizado pero bueno eh dirigido y monitoreado grupos de personas GAMERS !!! de un juego Online llamado Operation7 no se si lo conoscas y ahi aprendi a tratar personas de otras nacionalidades
- me gustaria hablar con tigo, para lograr un acuerdo entre tu y yo por si deseas que os apoye mas con la version o versiones en ingles y bueno creo que un administrador como tu debe conocer a la gente en quien confia su blog, bueno, Si deseas charlar conmigo avisame hora y fecha porfavor y por que medio MSN, FB, SKP o otro programa para comunicacion
- Thanks :) By: 220.127.116.11Youhan126.96.36.199
- Ok, Only if you acept my proposal..... you can download the software RAIDCALL i don't know if you know this program is for comunicate, is for communicate to voice or writing, i have a private server in it.
- it's easy,
- 1.download
- 2.create an account
- 3. sing in the ID address
- 4. I recive you (if i am .. of course )
- link to download:
- http://raidcall.com/
- ID to my server: 3267433
- I am here every day and long time too.
- it's just if you'll like coming to speak with me and understand us.
- I hope to these talks with me are to benefit in this wiki.
- aahh just one thing more ..... give me your opinion please .....
- Thank you for your time :D ..
- Oh thanks that is more easy .....
Youhan09:12, July 7, 2012 (UTC)Youhan Youhan 09:12, July 7, 2012 (UTC)
Oh thanks that is more easy .....
i know to my language is an obstacle but.. I'll try do better.
Please give me your opinion of my picture :s This contribution is considered? ------------->
'Youhan 04:16, July 8, 2012 (UTC)Youhan'Youhan 04:16, July 8, 2012 (UTC)
Solo era sugerencia, y la imagen pues es una contribucion haz lo que gustes con ella ^^
'Youhan 03:32, July 9, 2012 (UTC)Youhan'Youhan 03:32, July 9, 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Edit
Thanks for the welcome back. Yeah, I'm the same user so that's fine with me.-Thejokethatkills0617
Images for DeletionEdit
Hey there is two pictures 56587 104567966364269 297866771 n.png and 281899 104566046364461 1269127735 n copy.png that should be deleted thank you!—Preceding unsigned comment added by Ripperman5 (talk • contribs)
Thanks man! Can I be admin or anything to delete pictures and stuff, I want to do some massive update for unknown cards and stuff and i might need to delete messed up pictures i found better ways to upload pictures from the games.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Ripperman5 (talk • contribs)
Ok, I figures this stuff out finally, sorry for the crap I did haha Just learning you can delete the any of the Esperanza cards but the "EsperanzaBattleCard.png" Also you can delete the Efreeti_Saber.png I have uploaded a better card. because I figured it out. Sorry and thank you! ^.^ I have all 99 characters with 1022 Mangus gathering and all SP Combos on BK:EWATLO, so I will try to complete the guides as best as I can for the community. (Ripperman5 (talk) 00:42, September 17, 2012 (UTC))
Identifying music Edit
Say, I was wondering if you could help me out. I'm trying to figure out what the music is used on this this and certain other videos of Eternal Sonata Special Attacks (such as Frederic's) uploaded by the same person. They all sound like they could have been composed by Sakuraba, but I have no idea where they're from. Any ideas? ProfessorTofty (talk) 12:49, September 16, 2012 (UTC)
- I was able to get in contact the person who posted the videos and he said at least some, if not all of the tunes are from something called Mana Khemia 2. ProfessorTofty (talk) 21:59, September 16, 2012 (UTC)
Return GreetingEdit
Hello! Yes, I think I was looking up something and didn't like the text that was on the particular Wiki Page (or maybe it was missing something?).
I'm sorry I haven't been around much. My uni semester floored me. But I am done, for the year at least, and now have free time to catch up on everything I missed. I am still Let's Playing Baten Kaitos, and am almost done with the game now.
How about you? How's life treating you? XD Eltaire (talk) 12:25, November 8, 2012 (UTC)
Ha Sorry havn't been on either, my gamecube controllor broke, so I cannot play anymore. (Ripperman5 (talk) 18:25, November 11, 2012 (UTC))
Hey, been thinking on adding somethings to this wiki, and since you look like the most active member around here, i thought about asking for your help. How I should put a page about the manga. Should I put all the pages(of the manga) in one page(of the wiki), or should I make one page(on the wiki) for every chapter, since every chapter is different.
Thanks for any help you can provide, a sorry for my bad english, I'm from a non english speaking country and I've been neglecting my studies of english on the past few months.ViniciusFernandes (talk) 14:30, November 30, 2012 (UTC)
The manga is one of the releases we don't have any information/images on yet (including the novels and strategy guides), so it would be fantastic if you uploaded some! As for how to format it, I think one page for the entire manga makes the most sense and different Headings for each chapter. Underneath each Heading you can use the Galley feature on your right to easily upload and arrange the images. Do you happen to know the exact title of the Manga? -Revitalizer (talk) 17:37, November 30, 2012 (UTC)
Each chapter has it's own name, one is named Kee, other is named The parnace candy adventure, among others. I found the manga on this site (http://freedomofflight.webs.com/apps/photos/), if you're interested in adding them to the wikia I apreciate since you have more experience editing here.ViniciusFernandes (talk) 18:06, November 30, 2012 (UTC)
Spotlight Request Edit
Hi. Baten Kaitos Wiki looks great (love the holiday theme!) and I've added it to the approved spotlight list! -- Wendy (talk) 01:08, December 1, 2012 (UTC)
Busy, Busy!Edit
Hey there! I see you've been extremely busy with the Wiki! We're nearing 1000 pages! That's awesome! I have been busy myself with work, so that's why I haven't been that active. :(
I also realised that the Sun Anklet is a Magnus I'll never be able to take a capture of, as I don't have it, and I missed it (the guide I was following didn't indicate that it needed to be collected at a certain point), so that sucks! :( I will try and get all of Gibari's Paddles soon as I have pretty much all of them, and should have some time to do it this weekend.
Anyway, hope you're going well, and loving the new navigation panel! :D
Take care Eltaire (talk) 07:39, December 18, 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the work!Edit
Hello Revitalizer,
I'm a fan of the series and a reader of the wiki, otherwise a nobody, so I don't know how much it'll mean to you and Eltaire - but... thank you! From the community, from myself, thank you. We really appreciate having people dedicating their time and effort to documenting so much about such a wonderful (and expansive!) series, it's really a great thing to see. I know it's not much, but should you guys ever need something - templates, that sort of thing, you have a friend of the Metro Wiki - I'd be happy to show my appreciation.
Congrats on the spotlight too, by the way. ~ Chaosian
Hey there! You might remember me from about a year or so back! Well just letting you know....I'm back! :D haha. Marx Wraith (talk) 02:15, October 26, 2013 (UTC)
No prob! Edit
Ah, you're welcome! I'm fairly new to editing wikis, so I just looked at some pages that were already filled out to figure out where to put everything. On that note, I'm very sorry for any mistakes I might make along the way ^^; I love the Baten Kaitos series and I'm playing through Eternal Wings at the moment, so I decided to fill in anything I could. I plan to stick around for a while, so I'm sure you'll see a lot more of me! -Roratude (talk) 21:31, November 21, 2013 (UTC)
- Ahhh you're welcome, I'm so glad to hear it! ^^ I was actually pretty stoked to see how thorough that infobox is; the Magnus themselves have a lot of information that's really helpful to know, and I personally feel both the aging information and where to find each Magnus are the most important ones. I'm actually trying to complete the Gathering and everything in Eternal Wings at the moment, so when I saw a lot of the Magnus pages were blank, I decided to fill in everything I could. I'm working through the list of Eternal Wings stubs as I get each item. There's a lot of information out there, but it's really hard to find one place that compiles it all (especially for this series, probably because it's rather obscure), so I'm really happy I can help work towards making this Wiki that place. I seriously appreciate all the hard work you and everyone else has put into this Wiki as well! -Roratude (talk) 19:54, November 26, 2013 (UTC)
- Haha indeed I do! It can get frustrating when you need to cross-reference so many documents for one thing, as I'm sure you're well aware of. :9 It's great to know you've got a list of Eternal Wings sidequests going! I've started keeping track of those little fetch-quest-magnus tasks I've come across because I can never seem to find a complete list, so that's awesome! I'm still working through the Eternal Wings Magnus pages that haven't been filled out yet, and I'll add some missing Monster information along the way too. I mostly figured out the Eternal Wings Enemy infobox earlier, so I'm all excited about that. I can't get many exact numbers though, I'm assuming things like HP values are in the official guide or something? Anyway, if there's ever a way for me to help out somewhere specific, I'd be happy to. c: -Roratude (talk) 03:52, November 29, 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for the tip to the side, where prayer is! Helped me a lot. I have seen that there was no prayer in German, so I've written it to do so. Oh and cool avatar.
Xelha16 (talk) 12:39, November 23, 2013 (UTC)
Eternal Wings SidequestsEdit
Hey Revitalizer, I noticed a couple things while I was looking through the list of Minor Quests in Eternal Wings, and I wasn't sure where to post about it, so I hope this is okay.
- The same sidequest is in the list twice under different names: Being a Bother and Talking in Class are both the quest that rewards you with the Magical Piggy Bank
- Loveless in Pherkad is actually a quest that takes place in Nashira, but I didn't want to rename it without permission or something
- There is a repeatable (though pointless) quest in Pherkad, where a spoiled little girl wants a Mountain Apple but her mother refuses to keep buying her more of them. You can deliver Mountain Apples to her, and in return she gives you a Pebble for each one. There isn't a page for it, and I can see why if it was intentionally skipped, but I'm just trying to cover all the bases here.
- Also pointless, when Kalas and crew first arrive in Sheliak there is an Imperial Soldier that demands they fetch him something to drink. You can give him pretty much any water Magnus (including Mountain Apple Wine and Apple Vinegar), and which one you give him will determine his reaction to it, but he never gives you a reward regardless of what you bring him. This one is missing from the list as well, but again I'm not sure if it deserves a mention or not.
- This one isn't really a quest, but it does involve the use of a Quest Magnus so I'll mention it for the sake of being thorough: you need to use a Stoked Flame in Moonguile Forest to reach a treasure chest. My guess is this one probably just belongs on the Moonguile Forest page.
- The last one I know of that's missing from the list I'm not quite far enough in the game to check, but I think you're supposed to bring a Sea Bream Fillet to Trill's mom at their restaurant in Balancoire. She'll give you a Wizard Robe in Return. Checking the Wizard Robe page, this quest is listed as "No Fish in Mira" but that page doesn't exist. Maybe it should be called No Fish in Balancoire, just like the No Salt in Balancoire quest? Just an idea.
Anyway that wraps up everything I noticed, sorry if this was the wrong place to put it! -Roratude (talk) 04:34, December 10, 2013 (UTC)
- Hahaha well you're welcome then! There are tons of little quests like this in Eternal Wings and it is really hard to keep track of them all. I actually remembered a few more as I was looking through my notes, although they don't all involve Quest Magnus. They're still sidequests though, and Pendant for Aljeemo/Goldoba Passwords don't involve Quest Magnus either, so here we go:
- You get a small scene when you talk to the girl milking a Pow in the barn at Cebalrai. She's bored of living there and dreams of running away to Pherkad. If you return to her after being to Pherkad, she'll ask you if you liked the city. If you say yes, she'll give you the Anklet of Calm Winds. I'm not sure what happens if you say no, but I can test it later if need be since this is VERY early in the game.
- When Kalas first gets the Blank Magnus from Larikush, he needs to take the Explosives to clear the path through Nunki Valley that was blocked by a landslide. This is actually part of the main storyline, so it technically isn't really a sidequest, I suppose... in which case, I'm not sure what to put in the Quest Use field for Explosives.
- Another main-storyline one is bringing a specific Quest Magnus to four of the five Interdimentional Cracks: Cloud to Diadem's, Celestial Flower Seed/Bud/Flower to Anuenue's, Mirage Weed to Mira's and Lava to Alfard's. It would probably be sufficient to list these on the Interdimentional Crack page, since again they aren't technically a sidequest.
- The dreaded Sun Anklet, bane of people trying to complete the Gathering everywhere due to its absence from the One Chance FAQ on GameFAQs and an error in another guide that will cause you to lose it if you go to the place it tells you to. After battling Malpercio in Algorab, you need to talk to someone in Gemma (on the far left side I believe) to receive the Anklet. If you leave without talking to that person, it's gone forever. I'm not quite up to that point in my current file, but I can check exactly when it becomes unavailable once I get there - I think you lose your chance to grab it when you leave Duhr. All I really know is that the window of opportunity is pretty small.
- This last one is kind of mentioned on the Loveless in Nashira page, but it's really the prerequisite for completing that quest early in the game when it's first available. You need to bring Pristine Water to Pherkad and use it to water the dead/withered flowers along a building on the right (Stagnant Water may or may not work, I don't know). This will allow you to pick up the essence of Nameless Flower. Once it ages into Pressed Flower you can give it to the lady standing by the Nameless Flowers (she wants a way to preserve them forever), and in return she will give you Popular Pickup Line. The kicker is she will only give it to you once, and if it ages into Outdated Pickup Line or you discard it before getting to Nashira, then you will have to wait until much later in the game to do the Loveless in Nashira quest. You do still get the Shako for it, but it's completely useless by then. I found this out the hard way. :P
I'll let you know if I come across anything else, and I'll probably look into adding some details to the individual minor quest pages if any of them need it since they're pretty fresh in my head. I would create some of the pages, but I don't have a clue what to call them so I'll leave that to you. Sorry. :P -Roratude (talk) 21:21, December 10, 2013 (UTC)
Edit: Stuff I forgot!
- Several members of Quzman's family will sign the Family Tree as soon as you meet them, but most of them need to be convinced. Obviously this huge sidequest has its own page in the major quest section, but I saw that a few of the "convincing them to sign" quests are in the minor quest category (Like Father Like Son and Family of Bluebirds for example). Were you planning on only including the ones that require a Quest Magnus to complete? This would make sense, as each family member's page already has instructions on how to recruit them, so anything more would probably be redundant. But if you did want a page for each little "recruitment quest" I could try to scrounge up a list of the ones that don't sign automatically (I'm probably just being way too neurotic about this I'm so sorry)
- Once you complete the Celestial Alps, you'll gain access to a special sidequest for each of your six characters. I'm pretty sure Kalas' is required by the main storyline, but the other five are optional. They're not as big as the Star Map or the Animal Collection, but they are significant and more involved than the minor quests (plus you get the second best equipment along with everyone's final class-up Magnus), so maybe they could be included in the major quests? I'm sorry if they already have their own page, because if they do I can't find them... the locations of each quest have pages, though.
- I forgot to mention the Golden Pick Axe earlier; it's also involved in the main storyline and is part of the puzzle in Detourne. I'm mostly asking about these because of the Quest Use fields on the Quest Magnus pages, like I mentioned above with the Explosives. Should I leave it as None in the case of the Magnus being used for main storyline/puzzle purposes? -Roratude (talk) 02:32, December 11, 2013 (UTC)
Hey man, I was going around some Faqs and I found the stats of the Pacman magnus from etternal Wings, and I was thinking, should I put the EW pacman in their own page or put them with their origin counterparts like the other magnus that appear in both games?
ViniciusFernandes (talk) 14:24, December 12, 2013 (UTC)
Hey man, me again, so I was adding the descriptions of the heartflask page, but there seems to be a problem and I can't edit it for some reason, in the page the heartflask goes Heartflask 1,2,3,4,5, but the page seems to be organized following the gathering order, so the page was supposed to be 1,5,2,3,4, the pics are correct and i rearanged the descriptions when I noticed, but the names are in incorrect order, and as mentioned before I can't change it, so if it's possible fixing that.
Thanks in advanceViniciusFernandes (talk) 21:59, December 13, 2013 (UTC)
RE: Origins Quests EditEdit
Hey man, I noticed you've started created some Origins Quests pages. That's great to see! That's one more topic we're making inroads into. :) -Revitalizer (talk) 19:57, December 27, 2013 (UTC)
- No problem, after I finished with the Origins quest magnus, I decided to do something different, got tired of copying magnus description after magnus description and noticed the wiki was laking a Origins sidequests page. I also have a few more contributions, besides the sidequests, in mind. I'll put them soon. ViniciusFernandes (talk) 22:01, December 27, 2013 (UTC)
Hey again Revitalizer, I just wanted to drop you a note saying that Egg is a battle Magnus in Eternal Wings in addition to being a Quest Magnus in Origins. I added all the EW info to the page, but there is no picture of it and I couldn't find one anywhere I looked. Just wanted to let you know, you're magic at getting all those Magnus pictures. :P -Roratude (talk) 19:27, January 12, 2014 (UTC)
- Oh wow, thanks for that link! Actually, now that I have a high-quality picture of every EW Magnus, would you mind if I re-uploaded some of them to replace the pictures that are blurry or still have spirit numbers on them? And if that's okay, exactly how should I go about doing that? I'm aging Shampoo and honestly have nothing better to do. >~> Subsequently, I'm in the clear for getting 100% in Eternal Wings! Even better, because I have every EW Magnus except for two, I've finished adding all the information for Eternal Wings Magnus and there are no more EW Stubs! :D There is one page left in the category, but it's a typo. The page is Picked Plums, but the actual Magnus is Pickled Plums and already has a page of its own. I don't know what to do with it, so I just left it there. My apologies for rambling on, I really hope I'm not too annoying. >~< -Roratude (talk) 21:13, January 31, 2014 (UTC)
Origins Quest MagnusEdit
Okay, I think I got it! Thanks for that link, too. I filled out the Drinking Water page, so it would be great if you could take a look whenever you get a chance and let me know if I formatted everything correctly. -Roratude (talk) 20:23, April 20, 2014 (UTC)
- Hmm, the only thing I can think of at the moment that isn't included in the Origins Magnus Infobox is a parameter for which direction (if any) a quest magnus affects other nearby quest magnus; for example, Good Times will affect the magnus directly next to it in all four directions, but Phantasmagoria will only influence to the left and right. The effect parameter could also be used to indicate this however, so it doesn't necessarily require its own spot. Also, I've just been using Physical for the element of magnus that don't actually HAVE an element (including items in Origins/all quest magnus), but this is a small technicality that only I'm nit-picky enough to bother pointing out, probably.
- Augh, one quick addition: a second Story Use spot for Eternal Wings Quest Magnus would be nice, since a handful of them are required at more than one point in the story. -Roratude (talk) 21:14, April 22, 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks Revitalizer, you rock! I thought of one more question to bother you with, and that's concerning the quest magnus that are used in upgrades. For the Upgrade Use (upu) parameter, which equipment magnus should I list: the base equipment fused with the quest magnus, or the upgraded result? (Arondite vs. Excalibur on Celestial Tree's page for instance, in case that made no sense) -Roratude (talk) 00:17, April 27, 2014 (UTC)
Affiliation RequestEdit
Hello! I am the founder a Hyperdimension Neptunia wiki and would like to request an affiliation between our two wikia sites. I hope to hear from you soon. Thank you for your time.
Here is a link for reference: http://neptunia.wikia.com/wiki/Hyperdimension_Neptunia_Wiki
~Purple Heart~ (talk) 14:57, April 29, 2014 (UTC)
Vallye's AgeEdit
I apologize that it took me so long to see your message regarding this topic; been a very busy summer so far.
To be honest, I made Vallye's age 29 because the original article stated that she was nine in Batean Kaitos Origins. Since that game took place 20 years prior to BK, I simply added the years together. I trusted whoever made the article originally ultimately, but in terms of in-game evidence, I cannot be 100% sure.
It has been a while since I actually played the games, but I think there might have been a mention of it in BKO during one portion of the game.Thejokethatkills0617 (talk) 19:57, July 4, 2014 (UTC)
Affiliations Edit
Hello! I'm from the FCB Wiki. I would like to request to be affiliated with your wiki. Here is our wordmark. Thanks!
HD Pictures for Origins Magnus Edit
Hello, sorry to bother you, i have made a set of HD pictures of every origins magnus, and i would like to know if could change the current pictures (wich are photograph of a televisor screen) to mine (wich are extract of 3x native textures screenshots from dolphin). thanks for your time. Necriptos (talk) 15:49, October 6, 2016 (UTC)


text: Welcome, and good luck! As a fellow 30-something MWM, unless your wife is full bore, gung-ho about going primal too, pick your battles when it comes to the nutrition. Sometimes my wife doesn't want to hear about what Mark or Gary Taubes have written, so I just shut up, nibble on the dinner roll, and everybody goes to bed happy.

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Islanders who want to see money spent on new parks, schools and playgrounds need to rally around Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign to fix the city's pension system, Borough President James P. Molinaro said yesterday.
"The window is open," Molinaro said in respect of the threat posed by escalating pension costs. "Close it if you don't want the rain to come in."
The stance will be a tough sell on the Island, home to thousands of public employees and pensioners. Police and fire union officials yesterday called Bloomberg a "liar" and accused him of trying to "steal" their pensions.
In delivering highlights of his canceled State of the Borough address to the Advance Editorial Board, Molinaro acknowledged that the recession has made it tough for Borough Hall to roll out ambitious initiatives or projects.
However, Molinaro said Islanders can still look forward to new stores, schools and recreational facilities, as well as continued improvements to the borough's chronic traffic congestion, before he leaves office at the end of 2013.
But Molinaro emphasized that everything -- including money to save threatened Island touchstones like Pouch Camp and Goodhue Park -- could be put at risk unless public employee pension costs are brought under control.
With payments to retirees exponentially increasing every year, Molinaro said he fears the city soon won't have money left for anything else.
"It cannot go on this way," he said.
He pointed out that as it is, the mayor has control over just $20 billion of the city's $63 billion budget. Pension costs this year alone were $7.4 billion, he said.
"There are no more prisons to sell," he said of revenue-generating gimmicks of the past. "No more highways to sell."
State of the Borough snapshot
- Backs Mayor Michael Bloomberg's call to reform pension system.
- Touts new stores like Trader Joe's coming to the borough.
- Will look to ease traffic by widening roads and adding lanes and "smart lights" to troublesome intersections.
- Says new Woodrow public school and Ocean Breeze indoor track are on schedule.
- Says Stapleton is poised for a comeback with home port project and other developments.
Molinaro said workers who are due to get benefits should receive them, but new employees should not be rewarded with such generous packages.
Backing Bloomberg and taking aim at unions, Molinaro called on Albany to return the power to negotiate benefits to the city. Molinaro also said overtime earnings should not figured into pension payouts.
"It's labor that's killing us," he said.
Deputy Borough President Edward Burke said unions have been able to keep their deals in place because they are able to "scare politicians" into supporting them. He called on ordinary citizens to storm the Bastille.
"It has to be a fight between two marching factions," Burke said. "The challenge is to attach it to things people care about."
But all is not lost, Molinaro said, with a number of projects aimed at boosting the quality of life from one end of the Island to the other nearing completion.
Saying that jobs and economic development are his top priorities, Molinaro said that the popular Trader Joe's will open its first store here on the site of the old Ford dealership in New Springville.
A new Target will go in next to Costco in New Springville, he said, while Kohl's opens a new store at the old Frank's Nursery in New Dorp. Molinaro said City Planning should certify both projects in April, and that the agency also would certify the Woodrow Shopping Center by June.
And a new Stop and Shop is coming to Forest Avenue in Port Richmond, Molinaro said.
"I have to get people to work," he said. "I need jobs. I need tax money."
Molinaro said he would continue to attack Island traffic problems as well.
Piggybacking on improvements being done to the Staten Island Expressway, Molinaro proposes adding a new lane to the intersection of Clove Road and Howard Avenue to ease traffic flowing off the highway.
Molinaro said he is working to acquire the privately held land needed for the lane from Wagner College.
If it comes to fruition, the intersection heading toward Victory Boulevard will feature two straight-ahead lanes along with right- and left- turn lanes.
"If it's not done, you're going to have a mess there that's unbelievable," he said.
Calling his traffic-controlling "smart light" project at the College of Staten Island entrance a "success," Molinaro said that the city Department of Transportation will install smart lights at Clove and Howard; South Avenue and the West Shore Expressway, and Boscombe Avenue and the Korean War Veterans Highway.
He is also continuing with his plan to widen eight troublesome intersections around the borough, hoping to get them all done before the end of his term.
Ten new schools have opened on the Island over the last 10 years, Molinaro said, with another coming soon: PS 62, a 440-plus-seat K-through-5 school in Woodrow.
A new school is also set to open on the grounds of the old Doctors' Hospital, Concord.
Molinaro also said that Stapleton is primed for a comeback with the home port redevelopment project.
He said he had funded a $1 million renovation to the Stapleton train station and that a Borough Hall grant would allow Eden II to move into the neighborhood to continue serving those with autism, a top concern of Molinaro's.
Staten Island State of the Borough
Turning to recreation, Molinaro said the 135,000-square-foot indoor track planned for Ocean Breeze is on schedule and will be one of the premier running facilities on the East Coast.
The track also will be home to the Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame.
He also said that five new public playgrounds will open this year across the Island. Other new parks are also coming.
Even though the city and state are at a "crossroads" because of hard financial times, Molinaro said he is optimistic about the future.
"We have faced difficult times before," he said, "and together we have overcome them."
Molinaro's formal State of the Borough event, scheduled to be delivered at the CSI, was canceled after a Jan. 26 snowstorm buried the Island.
This map pinpoints of the projects mentioned in the borough president's report
View Staten Island: State of the Borough 2011 in a larger map


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This is the crime report for July 11, 2013, as provided by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety. Click here to sign up for crime report e-mails from KDPS. The addresses are listed by block:
8:39 a.m., 2500 E Cork St, Motor Veh-unauth. Use (inc. Joyriding)
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9:33 a.m., 400 N Church St, Drugs-marijuana Sell
2:19 a.m., 700 N Westnedge Ave, Drugs-dangerous Other
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9:42 p.m., 1000 N Church, Assault-felony Non Family Other Weapon
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It may not be a surprise that Republicans, and some Democrats, are now calling for the resignation or termination of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, given the absolute calamity that is the HealthCare.gov launch. But is the call for her head really fair? Probably not. It is probably fair to say that no unelected bureaucrat, regardless of ...Read More »
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USCCB Responds to Inaccurate Statement of Fact on HHS Mandate Made During Vice Presidential Debate
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued the following statement, October 12. Full text follows: Last night, the following statement was made during the Vice Presidential debate regarding the decision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to force virtually all employers to include sterilization and contraception, including drugs ...Read More »
Did Obama Gut Welfare Reform?
Last Thursday, the Obama Administration issued a memo that stated that it would issue waivers to states on work requirements for participation in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families act (TANF). President Clinton signed "Welfare Reform" into law in 1996 as part of one of the most bi-partisan actions in recent government history. The reform replaced Aid to Families with ...Read More »
Standing With Catholics
Freedom of Religion: A constitutionally guaranteed right provided in the First Amendment. This is a unique time in American history. Secularism is on the rise and for too long church leaders have taken a back seat and allowed it to happen. This year may be the line in the sand. Or as Bishop Lori says: "We have gathered on the ...Read More »
Sebelius Gets Education on the Constitution but Left Might Get a Weapon
The First Amendment is bandied about more often than just about any of the others, and it got a full work-out thanks to Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) during his grilling of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. It definitely is worth viewing, even if you've seen it before: While that was undoubtedly painful for Sebelius, in theory, it may ...Read More »
Obamacare CLASS-less
The Obama administration is giving up on a controversial piece of the healthcare reform law. CLASS – Community Living Assistance Services and Supports, as an integral part of Obamacare, was supposed to provide about 40% of the savings as a result of health-care reform. Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) estimates projected $210 billion in total deficit reduction from the healthcare law, ...Read More »
HHS announces proposed changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is proposing changes to HIPAA privacy rules. This proposed rule represents an important step in our continued efforts to promote accountability across the health care system, ensuring that providers properly safeguard private health information. We need to protect peoples' rights so that they know how their ...Read More »


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BEREA, Ohio -- The Browns announced Wednesday that they have signed executive vice president Bryan Wiedmeier to a contract extension. President Alec Scheiner made the announcement through a team release.
Wiedmeier oversees the ongoing FirstEnergy Stadium renovations, a two-phase project that will be completed prior to the start of the 2014 and 2015 seasons. The Browns have said their goals with the project are to modernize the facility and increase the team's home-field advantage.
He joined the Browns on Jan. 11, 2010 and is entering his fifth season with the team. His primary responsibilities are long-term strategic planning for the organization, including stadium projects and capital endeavors. He joined the team following a successful 29-year tenure with the Miami Dolphins, where he ultimately was named president and COO.
"I've worked on multiple stadium-development projects, and Bryan has been an integral catalyst in all aspects of the renovation, making sure our team and Cleveland receives the first-rate stadium they deserve," Scheiner said in the release.
"This is a special franchise, and Bryan makes it even better," Browns owner Jimmy Haslam said in the release. "For 34 years, Bryan has built an impressive career in our league. That's evident every August at the Hall of Fame ceremonies, when he makes the short trip to Canton to reconnect with so many people, all of whom carry a great deal of respect for him."


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The Salem County Purchasing Agent invites sealed bids for Furnishing Pharmacy Services for the Salem County Correctional Facility.
Specifications may be obtained daily between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM from the Salem County Purchasing Department, Salem County Administration Building, 94 Market Street, Salem, New Jersey, 08079 or they will be mailed on telephone request (856) 935-7510, Extension 8601.
Bids shall be made on the standard bid forms and submitted in the manner designated within the Specifications. They shall be enclosed in sealed envelopes bearing the legend, "Bid for Providing Pharmacy Services for the Salem County Correctional Facility" on the outside. The bids shall be returned to the Salem County Purchasing Agent by Friday, January 10, 2013, 2:00 P.M. prevailing time, when they will be opened and read in public. Late bids will not be considered.
Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of P.L. 1975, c. 127 (N.J.A.C. 17:27) Affirmative Action and P.L. 1977, c. 33 (N.J.S.A. 52:25-24.2) Corporate Disclosure.
Any questions regarding the specifications prior to the opening may be addressed to the Salem County Purchasing Department, Salem County Administration Building, 94 Market Street, Salem, New Jersey, 08079, telephone (856) 935-7510, extension 8601.
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You have certainly heard, maybe even said it yourself; anybody can take a picture! While that has always been true even before digital, the level of high quality photography is more prevalent today and easier to achieve. Why is that?
It is a combo of many things. Digital technology has made the ability to capture and process an image very easy. Software has brought many tools for interpreting a RAW file into a unique personal vision for the photographer. The web has brought us the greatest learning tools ever known. It simply is not that hard to learn how to create wonderful photography.
Yet one thing has always been there challenging professional photographers. It has been there from the early days of film to the today's digital world. It is the biggest roadblock to success in photography.
Maintaining a current business model!
This business has changed dramatically and will continue to evolve. And if you wish to evolve with it you need to look at this business in a whole new light.
The still photo is no longer the means to an end it once was. Simply capturing an image and waiting for it to be licensed in any form is a much longer wait than it once was. While still photos are used more than ever, the income that once came with an images use is stretched thin, if existing at all.
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The future is the storyteller or as someone suggested on another site: the broadcaster. The future belongs to the photographer who uses images, motion, words, audio, and web skills to broadcast the story to the world. The future is telling stories and the best story may not be told with just one frame.
Photographers need to educate themselves on storytelling and any tools that help tell the story better. They need to offer a bigger package than simply the ability to take great photos.
As a storyteller, or broadcaster, photographers need the ability to look at the story waiting to be told and determine the best way to effectively tell it.
When you think about the web for example and all the images and videos, this can be a guiding light in how you promote your business. If you do workshops as one example, creating a storytelling video that shows a location you held a workshop and includes short testimonials by students along with some narration and text on what they learn in your workshops, can be far more convincing than words and text alone. Post it on YouTube and embed on your site shares with the world.
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The second game of the World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand, playing the white pieces, and Magnus Carlsen ended in a draw after 25 moves. The crowd was pleased with the World Champ's move 1.e4, which was awarded with applause, as was 6.h4 and some other moves. The second quick move repetition was met with less enthusiasm, and the players expressed at the press conference that they're also hoping for more spectacle. The score is 1-1, with 10 more games to go.
After the surprisingly quick draw in the first game, few people expected that the second game of the Anand-Carlsen match would last even shorter. Despite playing more moves, the players only spent an hour and ten minutes at the board this time, and again the point was split.
Vishy Anand, whose main weapon was 1.d4 in his previous two title matches, started his first white game with the king's pawn, which was applauded by the audience. According to Chief Arbiter Ashot Vardapetyan the players can actually hear this, so the glass between them and the audience is not a hundred percent sound proof.
Carlsen quickly replied with 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense, which he had only played six times before. A theoretical line was followed for quite some time, and the chess fans got excited quickly when a position came on the board with castling on opposite sides. But, like on Saturday, the players drew their game in less than 1.5 hours.
Anand, who spent most of his time on the moves 12-14, admitted that he was surprised by his opponent's opening play. "It was a mild surprise. The position after move 12 is a very sharp one and I hadn't really expected it, that was clear. I had to decide if I wanted to fly blind or... I chose a slightly solid line."
Basically it was Anand who went for the "emergency brake" today as he got maneuvered into a position where his opponent was better prepared. "Today it's my turn to tender a slight apology. I am sorry about the decision but I decided to be a bit prudent today."
Perhaps with last year's heavy criticism on the many draws against Boris Gelfand in mind, Anand was quick to add: "I am sure there will be better games than these two."
Top GM Hikaru Nakamura, known for his fighting spirit, was one chess fan to be disappointed about the match so far:
I am not feeling inspired by the start of the WC match in India. One thing @Kasparov63 always understood is that chess needs to be a show.
— Hikaru Nakamura (@GMHikaru) November 10, 2013
I am not feeling inspired by the start of the WC match in India. One thing @Kasparov63 always understood is that chess needs to be a show.
Carlsen, however, made it clear that he understood his opponent's decision. "Especially when you're caught in prepation, it's hard to go for the sharpest lines." He compared the start of the match with his previous event in the world championship cycle. "It is similar to my start at the Candidates' tournament and that one took off quite quickly."
The one moment where Anand could have tried for more was move 18, where Qe4-g4 was suggested. Local R.B. Ramesh of Chennai, one of the official commentators, felt it was a good try for the World Champion, without running any risk. However, it seems that both players are playing it safe at the start of the match.
One journalist asked the players if they would be watching the Champions League match Manchester United vs Arsenal. Anand said he might, but that the computers "would not be switched off". Carlsen said: "Yeah sure, now that you mention it!"
Monday is a free day and Carlsen plays with the white pieces again in the third game on Tuesday. Ten games remain to be played in this 12-match series which has a prize fund of Rs.14 Crores.
On a final note, it should be mentioned that before the game the author of these lines was approached by one of the organizers responsible for technical issues. Having read the first report, he explained the reason behind the internet lag the other day and that it had been resolved. And indeed, the internet was much better today. Great service!
What did you expect? Action? The stakes are high, it's a World Championship Match. Nobody wants to make a mistake, so they are playing very carefuly. Besides these were first two games, the opponents are testing each other's home preparation, they are trying to find weak sides of the opponent. I think on Tuesday the game will be much longer and Magnus will try to take lead with white.
Boring. This is a disaster for chess. Where's the beef?
There sure are some geniuses posting in the comments here.
It seems like World champ is really tesing the patience of Magnus who likes to play agressively.Anand is on top and completely under controll for the two games and has some emotionl advantages.I hope some classic fireworks from the world champ soon....
Chess game show: OK! Today's pop quiz guestion of the year. One half second time limit only. His last name starts with the letter (A). Can you guess who he is? Ready...set...GO!
With Leko in your team, you'll never lose a game. You'll also never win a game ;p
how much pice money do they get ?
I believe that Anand has an advantage by having the great Peter Leko in his team, who I believe has the greatest knowledge of opening theory of all GM.
Lets remember that Leko tied 7-7 the WCC vs Kramnik, who was then at the top of his game.
Carlsen will have come to Chennai with a lot of enthusiasm and energy. Its smart strategy for Anand to draw the first 4-5 games and kill off that energy. Maybe it will frustrate Carlsen into playing too aggresively, maybe if they draw them all and it goes to the quickplay games Anand will be more at home. Either way it makes more sense for the more mature player to be patient and allow his opponent to stew in all the pressure.
Give annotated pgn in this type of news items please sir.
I think for every draw under 40 moves $100,000 should be deducted from the prize fund!
Carlsen was successful in taking the game out of Anand's books. Realizing that Carlsen is however prepared in the variation, Anand made the smart decision to draw with queen exchange. I'm sure some fireworks are in place, hopefully sooner than later.
I agree you calze6.
This match shall be named "the repetition series" I think that they should change the system so that it should be first to win "X" number of games wins, rather than best of "X" to avoid playing for draws all the time.
Ok. Lots of people think that Anand is playing like a chicken. I agree you to some extent. I think Anand isn't playing very brave. playing for a draw in a position that you have a slight advantage isn't a sign of bravery for sure. But we have expected this. He is 22 years older and has 100 less elo points. It is a wise idea for a person with these conditions to play for a draw. But I hate this Magnus. Reti as white and Caro-Kan as black? If I want to be honest, Anand's choice to play e4 was really a brave choice. Ruined by Magnus's choice.
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In August 1892, a lad of 17 from Bareneed, Conception Bay, joined his brothers following in their father's footsteps to fish cod each summer in Labrador. John Thomas (J.T.) Richards had fished cod ever since his father had taken him north when he was nine.
That morning in August, he joined a group of other fishermen at Indian Tickle. The men, while waiting for the bait boat to arrive, were listening spellbound to a man "with a slouched hat, light homespun suit, and high rubbers." The speaker was breaking "the news of the great fire at St. John's, and recounted the destruction of the various parts of the city in detail."
That man was Dr. (later, Sir) Wilfred Grenfell, the British physician, educator, social activist and evangelical lay preacher in northern Newfoundland and Labrador.
A friendship
Fast forward to August 1904, after J.T. Richards, encouraged by Dr. William Aspland of the Grenfell Mission, had become a teacher and, more recently, an ordained clergyman in the Church of England.
He had just arrived in the Anglican mission of Flower's Cove on the Great Northern Peninsula as successor to the Reverend Henry Leggo, at the same time that Grenfell was also visiting the community on the Strathcona.
The doctor did not remember the youth who had once so attentively listened to him in Indian Tickle, but he was glad to meet him and take him along on his boat across the Strait of Belle Isle to Forteau and other places in Richards' sprawling parish.
Thus began a friendship between the doctor and the parson that would last until Grenfell's death in 1940.
What brings this friendship once more to our notice is the republication of Richards' memories of Grenfell, written after Sir Wilfred's death, and the now complete, annotated epic poem, "Monologue on the Ice Pan."
Richards wrote the poem in 1908, shortly after Grenfell told him how he had nearly perished on an ice pan and was rescued by men from Lock's Cove.
Retired Anglican priest Irving Letto, born on the Labrador coast and once a student at Canon
J.T. Richards Memorial School at Flower's Cove, obtained from the Richards family the two manuscripts by Richards, which he first published in 1989 and now has augmented in a revised edition.
Heroic persona
Richards is not a professional historian, who weighs and sifts the evidence in search of a critical assessment, but a friend and admirer of Grenfell who writes a tribute to the doctor and Christian humanitarian.
The problem of such testimonies lies in the closeness of the writer to his subject matter, here an ideal figure that Richards truly admired.
Richards finds no shades of grey in Grenfell's heroic persona and the work he was single-mindedly pursuing on behalf of the needy people of his 1,000-mile parish. Yet Richards' closeness to Grenfell enables him also to offer important and vivid insights into the man's activities and the effect he had on others.
Take Richards himself, who without Grenfell's example would likely not have developed as productively the social passion he already possessed.
Richards' co-labour with Grenfell kept him ever mindful of opportunities to minister not only to the souls of his parishioners but also to their bodies. Thus he established a skin boot operation in which he employed people for the curing and production of skin boots.
The undertaking was not designed to gain profit for the clerical entrepreneur or even his church, but represented a dignified self-help initiative for those who needed it most, the people of his parish.
Opening a window
Richards' "Snapshots of Grenfell" shed not much light on the administrative and institutional projects Grenfell undertook, but they do open a window on his work among ordinary people who were greatly affected by him, as well as on the affections that these fishers and their families showed toward the doctor.
Take, for example, the unsolicited initiative of Uncle John James in Forteau to tell others in Newfoundland about Grenfell's service.
"While people are sleeping snugly in their beds," Uncle John told Richards, "he is battling the rough seas and dense fogs of the Labrador coast in all weathers to bring us medical service."
It was the wish of this invalid fisherman from southern Labrador that Parson Richards have a poem published in a Newfoundland newspaper which Uncle John had composed about the doctor, who visits "Up and down this shore, Helps to feed the hungry, Helps to clothe the poor."
To the delight of Uncle John, Richards succeeded in having the poem and a short article about Grenfell appear in the Bay Roberts Guardian.
Anyone interested in the work of Grenfell and Canon Richards, as well as the social and cultural history of northern Newfoundland and southern Labrador, can find "Snapshots of Grenfell" and Grenfell's "Monologue on the Ice Pan" in St. John's at The Rooms gift shop and the Anglican Diocesan Resource Centre.
The volume is also available for purchase online at http://snapshotsofgrenfell.com/.
Hans J. Rollmann is a professor of religious studies at MUN and can be reached by email at email@example.com.


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MAYVILLE - Latoya Coules, 20, of Erie, Pa., was charged with fourth-degree welfare fraud and misuse of food stamps Friday after she allegedly moved to Erie without notifying the Chautauqua County Department of Social Services. As a result, she received $1,478.96 in public assistance between September and November to which she wasn't entitled. She was given an appearance ticket and will be in court later.
SHERIDAN -Vanessa M. Smith, 24, 945 Central Ave., was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, failure to keep right, failure to maintain lane after a traffic stop at 8:03 p.m. Monday. She will answer the charges at a later date.
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SUGAR GROVE - Warren-based state police were called to the scene of a one-vehicle accident at 7:05 a.m. Thursday on Jamestown Street, one-half mile south of Sanders Road. According to police, a 17-year-old male was northbound on Jamestown Street in a 1997 Chevrolet Blazer and had just crested a hill and was entering a gradual left turn when the vehicle dropped off the right shoulder of the road. Police said the driver attempted to steer the vehicle back onto the road, but was unable to regain control. The SUV crossed both lanes of traffic, skidding sideways, and the rear driver's side tire went into a ditch along the shoulder of the road. The vehicle's rear tire subsequently dug into the ditch edge, causing the vehicle to roll over several times before coming to rest on its tires. Police said the driver was treated at the scene by Busti volunteer firefighters, then taken to WCA Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The Blazer sustained disabling damage and was towed from the scene by C&A Towing. Police said charges of driving too fast for road conditions and failure to maintain lane are pending.
WARREN - Marie Campbell, 28, of Warren was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with retail theft and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said they were called to the Warren Shurfine around 10:08 a.m. for a reported shoplifter that had left the store. Campbell was found by an officer at the intersection of Madison and Canton streets and taken into custody. Once Campbell was at the police department, a property inventory revealed she was in possession of drug paraphernalia, which was allegedly found in her purse.
BROKENSTRAW - Warren-based state police reported that between Nov. 1, 2009, and Thursday, someone entered an unlocked shed belonging to a National Forge Road residence in Irvine and stole 84 raccoon and muskrat traps. Anyone with information is asked to call the Pennsylvania State Police at 814-728-3600 or Warren County Crime Stoppers at 800-83-CRIME.


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Wigan have completed the signing of Republic of Ireland international winger James McClean from Sunderland for an undisclosed fee.
McClean becomes the Latics' 10th signing of the summer, as manager Owen Coyle bids for the FA Cup holders to return to the top flight at the first attempt.
Wigan, who will face Manchester United in the Community Shield on Sunday, confirmed McClean passed his medical yesterday and inked terms on a three-year deal this morning.
"I'm delighted to be signing, it's happened very quickly but as soon as I found out the gaffer was interested I wanted to come," he said.
"You can see this is a club moving in the right direction again and I can't wait to be a part of that."
The winger has earned 12 international caps and joins fellow Republic of Ireland midfielder James McCarthy at the DW Stadium.
"I know James McCarthy very well and he's said only good things about the place so I'm really looking forward to getting started and meeting everyone."
McClean burst on to the scene under then-Black Cats boss Martin O'Neill in the 2011/12 season and scored his first goal for the club against Wigan.
However, he found himself marginalised under current manager Paolo Di Canio, paving the way for his transfer.


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GRAND HAVEN, MI – More than 20 sand sculpture creations will dot the shoreline of Grand Haven City Beach on Saturday, June 22 for the city's 32nd Annual Sand Sculpture Contest.
Participants will receive a two-hour time block to sculpt designs without any artificial supports and with only the use of sand and water. Last year, participants built food, ships, castles, dragons, mermaids and campsites at the site located on South Harbor Drive.
A panel of local celebrity judges will consider theme, originality and difficulty and will award first through third place medals in six categories shortly after the scores have been tallied.
Contest director Courtney Geurink said spectators can walk the beach and cast their vote for the People's Choice Award.
"The award is a pretty high honor for the team that takes the crown and is an opportunity for the hundreds of people who come to look at the sculptures to share their favorite," Geurink said.
A ballot box will be located at the registration tent and will close at 12:30 p.m. Winners in all categories will be announced shortly before 1 p.m.
The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., with the two-hour time block starting at 10 a.m.
While 20 sculpting artists have registered as of Thursday, Geurink said on-site registration is welcome and could boost competition. Same-day registration will begin at 9 a.m.
Event coordinators will accept cash or check for the minimal participation fee of $10 to $25 under the tent directly west of the beach parking lot.
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It led to several goals and a 5-3 victory Friday in the regular-season opener at Joe Louis Arena.
But the way his team finished wore on Red Wings coach Mike Babcock. He liked a lot of things he saw, but wasn't happy to see his team allow three goals in the third period.
"It's two points, it's the home opener," Babcock said. "I understand that, but you leave with the taste in your month that you shouldn't. ... We gave up three goals at home. We didn't need to give them up. We have to play the whole 60 minutes."
Rookie Cory Emmerton had a goal and an assist in his third NHL game. Todd Bertuzzi, Nicklas Lidstrom, Jiri Hudler and Ian White also scored for the Red Wings, and Drew Miller provided two assists.
Babcock said the bottom half of his lineup, which includes third-pair defensemen Jakub Kindl and Jonathan Ericsson, was better than the top half.
"They came out and worked and forechecked and scored the goals," Babcock said.
"I thought Emmerton was really strong down the middle on our fourth line and Miller played well on that group. And I thought the (Darren) Helm line (with Bertuzzi and Justin Abdelkader) was very dominant. We know the rest is going to come together, but if those two groups can play like that, we're off to the races."
Jimmy Howard (29 saves) was cruising along with a 5-0 lead before Milan Michalek scored a pair of goals and Filip Kuba added another in the third.
"That's the new NHL. There's no quit, you can't let up," Howard said. "Maybe there's a little rust for us tonight. No lead is safe anymore. You got to play until the final buzzer."
Backup Ty Conklin will start Saturday night's game in Colorado because it's a back-to-back situation.
The loss spoiled the NHL head-coaching debut of Paul MacLean, who served as an assistant coach in Detroit the past six seasons.
"It looked a lot like it did when I was on the other bench," MacLean said.
Three of Detroit's goals came from turnovers caused by hits and/or pressure in the Senators' zone.
The Red Wings broke it open with three goals in the second period to take a 4-0 lead.
Lidstrom, in his 20th season opener, made it 2-0 at 1:39. Bertuzzi's hit on Chris Phillips behind the net forced the defenseman to rush a pass and cough up the puck to Lidstrom, who skated right to the net and flipped a shot past Craig Anderson.
"We're trying to be aggressive at the right moments, the (defense) not backing off, trying to stand up at the blue line," Lidstrom said. "That's how we scored a couple of the goals, being aggressive and the forwards coming back and getting the puck for us."
Miller hit Erik Karlsson behind the net, stole the puck and passed out front to Emmerton, who scored at 9:40.
"It's been incredible, but it's just one game in a long season," Emmerton said. "It's going to take a little time to adjust to the speed of the NHL."
Hudler capped the rally at 10:38, rushing the puck to the net and firing in a backhand shot. Pavel Datsyuk set him up, after stealing the puck.
White, in his Red Wings' debut, scored on a point shot through traffic at 3:12 of the third period to make it 5-0.
Bertuzzi opened the scoring on a breakaway at 16:01 of the first period after being set up by Helm.
It was not a satisfying finish, however, despite the result.
"To me, we weren't good enough and didn't skate good enough as a group, but we'll get better," Babcock said. "I didn't like the way we played the third. It's something that we have to get past, being lackadaisical and suddenly the other team is back in the game.
"I'm not trying to take anything away from Ottawa, but there's no way you should do that to your goalie when he's done a good job for you."


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Jury deliberations are set to continue Friday in the capital murder trial of Montez Spradley for a 2004 homicide in which the victim was robbed and killed after returning home from a shopping trip.
The Jefferson County jury worked for about 1 hour this afternoon before retiring for the night without reaching a verdict in the trial.
Spradley, 25, is charged in the Jan. 9, 2004, death of Marlene Jason, who was shot in the face. The body of the 58-year-old lunchroom cashier at Mountain Brook Middle School was found on the street outside her Center Point home.
In addition to the charge of capital murder, an intentional killing during a robbery, jurors also were allowed to consider felony murder, an unintentional killing during a robbery.
Spradley has adamantly maintained his innocence and turned down plea offers that would have limited his prison term to 22 to 25 years.
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In each column, The Support Authority discusses resources, tools, and other elements of IBM® Technical Support that are available for WebSphere® products, plus techniques and new ideas that can further enhance your IBM support experience.
This just in...
As always, we begin with some new items of interest for the WebSphere community at large:
- Are you ready for IMPACT 2010? Register early and save on registration fees and hotel accommodations. IMPACT 2010 is the premier conference for business and IT leaders. Join us in Las Vegas, May 2 through 7, and learn to work smarter from the most experienced business and technology leaders in the world.
- Check out these new and updated tools for the IBM Support
- New! IBM Web Services Plug-in Analyzer for WebSphere Application Server
- Update! IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java – Memory Analyzer V0.5.2
- Update! IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Health Center V1.1 (the featured topic in this installment of The Support Authority.)
- Update! IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java – Dump Analyzer V2.2.2
- Update! IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java – Garbage Collection and Memory Visualizer (GCMV) V2.3
- Have you tried the IBM Support Portal yet? If not, this is a good time to start using it, because the current IBM software support pages will be replaced by IBM Support Portal in January 2010. All IBM software products are now included in the IBM Support Portal. See the Support Authority's Introduction to the new IBM Support Portal for details. Be sure to let us know what you think by sending your comments and suggestions to firstname.lastname@example.com.
- New! Now you can use My Notifications to stay informed of available
fixes. Follow these steps to update your subscriptions:
- Click My Notifications to manage your subscriptions.
- Select a product family (for example, WebSphere).
- Check one or more products and click Continue.
- Check Fixes under Document Types and click Submit.
- The Global User Community at websphereusergroup.org continues to grow! Check out these two new virtual user groups where you can collaborate with other "WebSpherians" from around the world:
- Do you use business process management (BPM) products? If so, check out the announcement for BPM V7.0.
- There are several exciting webcasts planned in November at the WebSphere Technical Exchange. Check the site for details and become a fan on Facebook!
Continue to monitor the various support-related Web sites, as well as this column, for news about other tools as we encounter them.
And now, on to our main topic...
IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Health Center is a new addition to IBM's portfolio of Java diagnostic tools. This tool provides an integrated solution for detecting and diagnosing performance, capacity, and stability issues in Java applications.
Health Center can monitor any application running on an IBM Java Virtual Machine (JVM), including IBM WebSphere Application Server ) and related WebSphere products. It supports a full range of platforms including z/OS®, AIX®, Linux®, and Windows®.
Health Center collects comprehensive method profiles with an extremely low overhead, highlights contended locks, analyzes garbage collection and heap usage, and visualizes class loading activity. It also checks for command line options that could cause stability or performance problems. Health Center provides visualizations, analysis, and recommendations, which you can see in the Status view (Figure 1), displaying an overall view of the Health Center's findings.
Figure 1. Status view
If you use WebSphere Application Server's Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) for performance tuning, you will find that some of the same information (like heap usage) is available through both PMI and Health Center. However, there are important differences to be aware of that will help you determine when to use each tool.
The Health Center is different from PMI in that it is Java-focused and so it does not include higher level or Web application-specific metrics, such as HTTP response times and servlet request counts. Instead, it provides very detailed Java information, much of which is unavailable elsewhere. It also includes method profiles, which are extremely helpful in identifying poorly performing code or code that is being unnecessarily called. Health Center also features lock analysis for identifying synchronization bottlenecks, and a garbage collection perspective, which can spot when garbage collection is causing application slowdowns.
Installing Health Center
The Health Center agent requires a minimum Java level of 1.5 SR8 or 1.6 SR2. IBM WebSphere Application Server V7.0 ships with a version of Java that supports Health Center by default; WebSphere Application Server V6.1 must be updated with an SDK fix pack to at least Java 1.5 SR8.
Before you can use the Health Center you must set up your system for monitoring:
- Install the Health Center agent and client.
- Configure WebSphere Application Server to enable monitoring.
- Connect the Health Center client to a Java application.
The Health Center tool has two parts:
- An agent that sends information from the monitored JVM to the client.
- A client that connects to the agent and shows information about the health of the Java application.
Before an application can be monitored, the Health Center agent must be installed into the JVM it uses, and the application must be started with special command line options. JVM versions 1.5 SR9, 1.6 SR3, and newer ship with an agent by default. Prior JVMs can be upgraded using an agent available from within the client.
The Health Center client is a tool add-on for the IBM Support Assistant. Follow the instructions for how to install and run tools for the IBM Support Assistant to install the client. Select IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java – Health Center when asked to install or launch a tool.
After the client is installed, you can download the agent from within the client and install it into the JVM you wish to monitor. Even if you're using the JVM that is shipped with the Health Center agent, be sure to pick up the latest agent because it will contain the latest updates and defect fixes. To do this, click the Enabling an application for monitoring link on the first page of the connection wizard (Figure 2). The IBM Support Assistant help system opens to a page that contains links to the downloadable Health Center agents (Figure 3).
Figure 2. Health Center connection wizard
Figure 3. Health Center agents
Download the appropriate agent for your platform and unzip the agent into the root directory of the target JVM. For example, in a typical Linux environment, unzip the agent into /opt/ibm/WebSphere/AppServer/java.
Configure WebSphere Application Server to enable monitoring
To enable WebSphere Application Server and your applications for Health Center monitoring, use the administrative console to adjust the JVM configuration:
- Start the administrative console.
- Select Servers => Application Servers.
- Choose the server you want to monitor.
- Scroll down to Sever Infrastructure (Figure 4).
Figure 4. Administrative console: Server Infrastructure
- Expand Java and Process Management.
- Click Process Definition.
- On the new page that opens, go to Additional Properties and click
Java Virtual Machine (Figure 5).
Figure 5. Administrative console: Additional Properties
- Scroll down to the Generic JVM arguments field, and add these
arguments (Figure 6):
-agentlib:healthcenter -Xtrace:output=perfmon.%p.out
Figure 6. Add arguments to the JVM Arguments field
- Save your settings and restart the application server.
The Health Center agent will try to listen on port 1972 and auto-increment if that port is in use. If there is a firewall between the Health Center client and agent, make sure that the agent's listening port is open.
Configure your development environment to enable monitoring
After you have installed a Health Center agent and updated your WebSphere Application Server configuration, you're ready to start monitoring. To monitor an application:
- Start the IBM Support Assistant workbench.
- On the Home page, click the Analyze Problem tab.
- Select IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Health Center
from the Tools catalog and click the Launch button (Figure 7).
Figure 7. Launch Health Center
- The Connection Wizard opens (Figure 8). Click Next.
Figure 8. Connection wizard
- On theJVM Connection Details panel (Figure 9), specify the host name
you wish to connect to and accept the default port number. Click Next
to start searching for Health Center agent listening ports. By
default, the search begins with port 1972 and scans the next 100 ports
to find all listening agents. If you already know the listening port
for the agent you want to connect to, you can enter that number and
uncheck the Scan next 100 ports for available connections check box.
If there is a firewall between the client and the agents, then be sure
to open the necessary ports.
Figure 9. JVM Connection Details
- When the search completes, the final panel of the wizard shows the
available agent connections (Figure 10). Select a port from the list
and click Finish to connect.
Figure 10. Final Connection wizard panel
What's your WebSphere application really doing?
You can now look to see what your application is doing and how you can optimize it to do it faster.
For the purpose of demonstrating how you would use the Health Center to accomplish these tasks, let's look at the Plants By WebSphere sample Web application. Follow along to see how a small change to the application can have a significant impact on performance.
The change that was made to the Plants By WebSphere application was to add a small bit of dynamic content to the Web page; specifically, the current year was added to the name of each plant that displays on the page. No changes were made to the backing database, just to the code which returns the name: Inventory.getName(). The current year was then worked out by constructing a Date object, formatted as a string, and then a regular expression was used to parse out the year. Figure 11 shows the result of these changes.
Figure 11. The updated Plants By WebSphere application
Now, let's use Health Center to see the impact of these changes:
- How does the change impact garbage collection?
What is the performance impact of these changes? To understand this, the first thing you need to check is garbage collection. In the Garbage Collection perspective, Health Center shows graphs of garbage collection activity, GC statistics, and recommendations (Figure 12).
Figure 12. Garbage Collection perspective
As you can see from the graphs in Figure 12, the GC pauses are not excessively long, but there does seem to be quite a bit of GC activity. You can confirm this by looking at the summary, which shows 6.2% of the application's time is spent in garbage collection. Although 6.2% GC overhead isn't excessive, it's significantly higher than the 2.6% overhead of the original application (Figure 13).The rate of garbage generation is also six times higher, so the new application is generating far more garbage.
Figure 13. Summary garbage collection table for original application
- How does the change affect execution efficiency?
Next, check the percentage of the CPU consumed by using the Date object. Is it running efficiently? The Health Center's Profiling perspective can help answer this question. Sometimes the profile can be dominated by WebSphere Application Server code and it can be hard to find your application code. To see just your code, you can use the filtering capability (Figure 14). Use regular expressions for more complex filtering (an asterisk (*) is always added to the beginning and end of the filter string, so there's no need to add wildcards for simple strings). This example uses "plant" as a filter so that only Plants By WebSphere methods are profiled.
Figure 14. Use the filtering capability in the Profiling perspective
The Health Center's Profiling perspective gives a method profile collected by regularly sampling the executing code. In this case (Figure 15), the Self (%) column shows that 3.2% of CPU time is spent in Date.toString(). The Tree (%) column shows the cumulative amount of CPU time (40.6%) is spent by Date.toString() and all of the methods that it calls. Date.toString() is responsible for more than 40% of the application's CPU usage.
Figure 15. Method profile
The invocation path view (Figure 16) shows which code is calling Date.toString(). In this case, 100% of the calls come from the changed method, Inventory.getName().
Figure 16. Invocation paths of Date.toString()
Clearly, formatting dates as strings is costly. If you were to improve performance here, you could cache the string instead of re-creating it for every item in the inventory. The profile (Figure 15) also shows that quite a lot of time is being spent in regular expression processing, so you should also cache the parsing results. Better yet, use a method of working out the date which avoids creating extra strings and regular expression matching, such as Calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR).
- How is your synchronization doing?
The code change in this example did not involve any synchronization and so there are no issues with the locking behavior of the application. Therefore, it is unlikely that synchronization will have a significant performance impact in this example (Figure 17).
Figure 17. Locking perspective
- What configuration is your application running with?
The Health Center Environment perspective (Figure 18) shows the Java configuration, system properties, and environment variables of the monitored process. This can be useful for confirming whether the intended JVM is being monitored and whether WebSphere applications are running with the intended configurations.
Figure 18. Environment perspective
IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java - Health Center enables you to monitor the performance and behavior of a WebSphere Application Server application in a lightweight, always-on way. It can easily and clearly help you identify and diagnose performance, configuration, and synchronization problems.
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"What happened to you? Your shoes are soaking wet."
It's been one year, eight months and five days since viewers heard Edie Falco utter the last line of "The Sopranos" season 5.
To get you prepared for next Sunday's sixth season premiere, we'll spend all week studying the past and future of "The Sopranos," including the inner workings of whacking, the dreams that plague Tony (and some fans), the show's music, the cast and crew's feelings about getting close to the finish line, an episode guide to the first five seasons and, of course, a review of season 6's first four episodes.
And from today until Friday, don't forget about our Ultimate Sopranos Quiz, where you could win all five seasons on DVD and a script autographed by the cast. (Starting tomorrow, the quiz will appear on the cover of the Today section.)
First up, "Sopranos" creator David Chase and producer Terence Winter look back on some leftover questions from season 5.
Why did Tony B. have to die?
At first, Chase didn't think he did. Steve Buscemi signed a two-year contract to play Tony's recently paroled cousin Tony Blundetto. The original plan for the end of the season had Tony being faced with two loved ones who had betrayed him: Tony B., who went off the reservation and murdered the brother of New York captain Phil Leotardo; and Adriana, who had been cooperating with the FBI for a year and a half.
In the end, Tony B. would live and Adriana would die, but as Chase and company were trying to justify the decision from Tony's point of view, they discovered they had written themselves into a corner.
"We realized that what Tony B. had done, killing Phil's brother, there was no way he could survive," Chase says. "We really tried. There was a huge debate in (the writer's room) about what would happen."
There was even brief thought about having Tony B. go on the lam. "But if we did that," says Winter, "someone else close to Tony was going to have to pay for what Tony B. did."
And, speaking of Adriana . . .
Is Adriana really dead?
The way Winter wrote and Tim Van Patten directed Adriana's death scene, she crawls off-screen and Silvio shoots in her direction.
That decision to whack such a popular character off-camera has led to all kinds of conspiracy theories from optimistic fans who'd like to believe that, because we saw no body, there's still a chance Ade could come back. (Silvio bundled her away and gave her a plane ticket to Bimini! Adriana was wearing a Kevlar vest underneath her skintight top! Silvio has such bad eyesight that he thought he killed her and walked away without making sure!)
"She's dead," says Chase. "Dead. D-E-A-D, dead."
(For more on the science of whacking, read Tuesday's paper.)
Why did Tony go back to Carmela?
"The reality is for a guy like Tony, all of his stuff is there, it's comfortable and she makes ziti the way he likes it," says Winter. "If they can come to a comfortable place in their relationship where he's careful about the way he behaves, they have a life together and they have kids, and it's just easier."
Okay, so why did she take him back?
"It was too hard to change," says Chase. "I don't mean to change husbands. I just think it was too hard to change, to contemplate a different kind of life."
Vito is gay? Where did that come from?
Believe it or not, the idea came from actor Joseph Gannascoli, who plays closeted capo Vito Spatafore.
"Joey called up a couple of years ago," says Winter, "and said, "I read a book about a gay mobster. If you guys are interested in this, this is something I'd be willing to do.'"
While planning season 5, the writers dusted off Gannascoli's suggestion and, after making sure he was still okay with it, wrote a script where Vito was spotted performing a certain sexual act on a construction site security guard.
"And when he got the script," says Winter, "he called up and said, "I said I'd be gay, I didn't think I'd be the guy giving (it).' I said, "It doesn't work that way, Joe.'"
What was Annette Bening doing in Tony's dream?
"Because Tony watches mob movies," says Chase, "and he would've watched "Bugsy.'"(For more on the dreams, see tomorrow's Today section.)
How much for the Emmy?
In the episode "In Camelot," drug and gambling addict screenwriter J.T. tried to pawn an Emmy award to help pay a debt to Christopher, only to be offered a measly 15 bucks for the statuette.
At the time, it looked like a shot at TV Academy voters who for four seasons straight had denied the show the Emmy for best drama. Since Chase and company finally took home the big prize for season 5, does he wish the pawnbroker had offered J.T. more money?
"I can't tell a guy how to run his business," Chase cracks.
Winter, who wrote that episode, insists he wasn't attacking the Academy with that gag.
"I had this incredibly elaborate, horrible-looking chess set that I got in Mexico, and I was trying to unload it quickly, and the guy offered me two dollars for it," he says. "That really was the basis for that scene."
Are Little Carmine and Rusty supposed to be Bush and Cheney?
Two of season 5's key supporting characters were malapropism-spouting, big buckle-wearing, son of a former boss Little Carmine Lupertazzi and his chief advisor, Rusty Millio, a gung-ho friend of Little Carmine's father who once had a quadruple bypass.
In one scene, Rusty suggested an attack against hated rival Johnny Sack, saying, "We go all out, we'll steamroll right over John. And I predict the guys in the street in Brooklyn and Queens, they'll welcome us as (bleeping) heroes."
In another, Little Carmine gave this pep talk to his troops: "The fundamental question is, will I be as effective as a boss like my dad was? And I will be, even more so, but until I am, it's going to be hard to verify that I think I'll be more effective."
More than a few viewers and critics noted the resemblance between the two of them and our current president and vice president.
"Well, they have their similarities," says Chase, grinning. "I wouldn't say they're Bush and Cheney. I think they're an effective mob family, which separates them from Bush and Cheney. They're doing well, their receipts are up, there are a lot of sports bettors. But I wouldn't say they're Bush and Cheney."
But if they were, who would Johnny Sack be?
"He would be. . . Chirac. I don't know."
Okay, David, these aren't from season 5, but since people always ask, are we ever going to see Furio again?
The Russian?
The rapist?


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Leave Indians alone
-- It sounds to me Escambia County and their lawyers don't have anything to do but harass the Indians. Where were they when the white man took their land? Just give them their land back, and let them stay. The Indians are doing good for the community, good for the county. Leave the tribe alone.
Please include the disabled
-- I hope the recreational facility Foley is planning works out. But most of all, I hope that Foley will include recreational activities and events for our disabled children at the facility.
Ban smoking everywhere
-- I want to say ban smoking all over Mobile. Smoking is a terrible habit. If you smoke, you are going to get cancer. I wish they would ban it all over the United States. Stop smoking people, you are going to kill yourself.
Private clubs have rights
-- Private owners of clubs should have the right to make the decision on whether they want to allow smoking or not. Folks who don't want to go around it, don't go around it. Pork is bad for you, but restaurants have it. The City Council needs to go back to sleep.
There they go again
-- True to form, all our elected leaders are overseas at the air show, spending our money before we even made it.
Dependent on foreigners
-- I'm thankful we have the new steel mill from Germany and Austal from Australia and Airbus from France. That'll really help the economy in the Mobile area. But what I find depressing is that they are all foreign companies. Foreign companies have to come in to furnish our livelihoods. That is depressing.
We're missing the train
-- When in the world are Shelby and Sessions getting our Amtrak starting back up? If they are going to build a $68 billion rail system in California, at least let us get a little choo-choo train to run between Mobile and New Orleans.
Forget ants, what about spiders?
-- I see all the Sound Off calls regarding ants, but does anybody know how to get rid of spiders? The exterminator came and sprayed, and said he can only get rid of them if they walk into the poison. Does anybody know how to keep them out of the house?
Felons had guns
-- Concerning the Summer Moody event, what I haven't been able to understand, two of the men over there were convicted felons, and they aren't supposed to be around firearms, but they had them in their possession. That was swept under the rug. What is up with that?
Up to no good
-- I'm calling about the Moody case, that girl had no business being out late at night with three boys. She was up to no good, and tragedy happened.
It was too severe
-- Plain and very simple, the punishment for Summer Moody, didn't fit the crime. It was too severe.
Headed in the right direction
-- The first month that Obama was in office as president, this country lost 800,000 jobs. You know that wasn't Obama's fault, it couldn't have been. Now they say the 80,000 we gained last month wasn't enough. Well, that is a lot better than where we were.
How can he relate?
-- Why does Mitt Romney have offshore bank accounts? If he has so much money he has to hide it, that doesn't sound good. He has $100 million IRA? How can anybody with that much money relate to us regular human beings?


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NEW YORK (MainStreet) — What will drive the U.S. workplace as the calendar flips over to 2013 in a few weeks?
These workplace trends are the fastest moving and have the best chance of sustainability:
Online entrepreneurs will change the corporate culture. The Web-based staffing service Elance is already calling 2013 "the year of the freelancer." And why not? The Mountain View, Calif.-based firm says online freelancing should double next year. "The staffing industry is ripe for disruption and the fundamental drivers of online work's growth — instant access to high-quality talent, speed of hiring and cost savings — align with business needs of all sizes," explains Fabio Rosati, chief executive at Elance. "When you pair the category's fundamentals with recent trends were seeing, it's clear that online work is primed for explosive growth." Look for the most robust growth in online, sole-proprietor staffing in the legal and accounting sectors, Elance says.
More college graduates will bypass the traditional corporate job market. That is, if there is a corporate job market for recent graduates. Elance says 25% of graduating college students will forgo the full-time employment market and go to work for themselves. The firm says these lone wolves will set up shop online and aim for a "stable living" as they examine their career options out of school. The amount of millennial freelancers jumped to 47% from 26% this year, the firm says.Obamacare will move workers out of the corporate sector. Another potential blow to the corporate sector is health care reform. If health care becomes more affordable for independent contractors, that's one less reason to work for corporations – many of which are cutting back on health insurance and pushing staffers to join government-run health care exchanges. As independent contractors pay for their own health care, that makes them more attractive to corporations, which get the talent without the added expense of paying their health insurance.