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Walk through the basics of Tornado, the high-performance web server known for its speed, simplicity, and scalability on projects large and small. With this hands-on guide, you'll learn how to use Tornado's acclaimed features by working with several example applications. You also get best practices for using Tornado in the real world.
Are you interested in creating a scalable social application, real-time analytics engine, or RESTful API—all with the power and simplicity of Python? This book shows you why Tornado is fantastic choice for writing powerful applications that are simple to create, extend, and deploy.
Michael Dory has spent the last decade studying the ways people communicate, and working to make their conversations better. As the co-founder and CTO of the social technology agency Socialbomb, he's worked with brands, agencies, and startups to build social applications and platforms that connect users with their friends, their devices, and the world around them.
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Allison Parrish is an artist and programmer, currently residing in Brooklyn. She has 10 years of professional programming experience, with an emphasis on programming for the Web.
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Brendan Berg has over five years of professional experience developing web and mobile applications. Previously, he developed mobile applications, cloud infrastructure, and APIs as Chief Software Architect at Socialbomb. Now he's focusing on creating software for the freelance ecosystem as the co-founder and CTO of Wurk Happy.
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I'm a bit... disappointed?
By mzk
from Lyon, France
About Me Developer
Comments about oreilly Introduction to Tornado:
It seems to be a good introduction to asynchronous programming, especially on server-side. But...The first four chapters are classic synchronous web-servers, just like you can easily setup with Flask, Bottle, etc. Surprisingly, Tornado's seems to be friendly to program... Some of the scripts are out-dated if you're like me, a Python 3 programmer, but some adjustments can be done - thanks to Google, Stackoverflow, etc.Then, here is the Chapter 5 called "Asynchronous Web Services" - and there, it's obvious none of the scripts are working on Python 3 (even on Python 2). The reason? The Twitter Search request don't work anymore as it was back in 2013. Now, it's an API, with tokens, OAuth2, etc... I'm really struggling badly to find any solution, just to test the first script: synchronous requests with benchmarks! It's a real nightmare - excuse my french!So, this book needs to be updated deeply as soon as possible (maybe re-written entirely) because at this time, I cannot figure out what's going on about asynchronous delivery through netwok and servers. Shame!
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Excellent point to start
By moscowart
from St. Petersburg, Russia
Being completely new to Tornado, found this book very useful. Its Getting Started chapter is priceless. Before I spent few frustrating hours on official documentation site and didn't figure it out how to build Tornado applications. Then after reading first chapter prototype was ready within hours. So start with this book. Then go to documentation for details. That worked for me.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Nice short book to get you started with
By Ivo Flipse
from Netherlands
The book features several nice examples, like a shopping cart for a bookstore, asynchronously keeping tabs on how many items are remaining. A simple Twitter client displaying your latest tweets, a Facebook client showing your timeline, both dealing with authentication. Most examples worked pretty well, though I had some issues getting the Twitter client working, because of errors I made in the callback url on localhost. I didn't get the Facebook example working for the same reason, but its not a big issue.Overall, I found it a pretty useful book. While I was already somewhat familiar with Web Apps through Udacity and Coursera courses, it was good to get a bit more formal explanation about topics like routing, handlers and templates. I also liked the way they explained what each part of the code did, instead of assuming you had already figured it out. So while its a short read, I think its a nice introduction to Tornado to get you going.
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A bit thin for the topic.
By larryp
from Eugene, OR
About Me Developer, Sys Admin
This is a frustrating book. What there is of it is fairly good, but it skates over a number of features and overall feels like it's the first few chapters of a longer and more thorough book on the topic of event driven webservers in python and Tornado specifically.It also has a couple of specific missing features that should be addressed in the next edition; which should come soon. The lack of an index is galling, and by itself means that this book is below the usual high standards we've come to expect from O'Reilly. And in the introduction to the usage of the webserver it fails to mention logging, pretty much at all, and I may be strange in this but logging is how I understand what the server is doing in development, and what I need when failures occur in production. It's a fairly crucial part of understanding any web framework, and should be covered in even the most basic examples of how to set up the webserver to handle requests.The explanation of the template system is relatively thorough, and is the only part of the book that meets expectations.The section on databases is just bad. The only database covered in depth is MongoDB, MySQL is mentioned but just barely, and PostgreSQL, Redis, and other database systems are roundly ignored. Not only that, but the most salient fact about talking to any database from Tornado is not really examined, namely that since Tornado is a single threaded event-based server, you need to use non-blocking database calls else your application will be waiting on any slow queries. That's a crucial piece of information that someone coming from Django or PHP would not necessarily know about Tornado. The chapter on asynchronous calls focuses mostly on calls to external web services, which is important, but fails to make clear why it's important, and why most production Tornado code will be written with callbacks, explicit, or implicit as the default. The coverage of persistent browser connections (one of the main reasons you'd want to use Tornado) is reasonably broad, but moderately incomplete, although that may be due to the fact that this an area still in flux. The discussion of long polling is good, the discussion of websockets is less complete and has been superseded by developments since the release of the book ( take a look at https://github.com/mrjoes/tornadio2 for a socket.io implementation that includes multi-browser fallback implementations).Oddly enough Server Sent Events are completely absent from the discussion, although Tornado is well suited to providing them.The discussion of web security, while good is relatively generic to web development and not specific to Tornado, and should probably have been folded into the chapter on authentication and input validation. The deployment discussion again suffers in that it only discovers one deployment environment, and doesn't consider situations like running Tornado in an existing Django environment, or the use of virtualenvs to manage python dependencies in both production, development and test. It would also be nice to see a few paragraphs about the issues involved with running persistent connections through load balancers/reverse proxies.Missing chapters (in my opinion):a. Testing your tornado applicationb. long running external processes (using the multiprocessing module) or task queues like Celery, or Gearman.c. IPython notebook; as the most widely deployed Tornado application, and the source of much of the current interest in Tornado, it's a strange lacuna.d. Why and when to use Tornado in preference to another python webserver, this would be the chapter to discuss things like gunicorn, gevent, eventlets and other event based python servers.So, it really seems like this book was released at least one editorial cycle too early, and while the authors made a valiant effort and are to be congratulated on their work, I have to ask; what happened on the editorial side?
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Overcome your Fear to Try Tornado
By Eder Andrés Ávila Niño
from Paipa, Colombia
Introduction to Tornado is a rapid book for starting to get in touch with Tornado, an open source framework led by Facebook, Inc., for developing asynchronous web services in Python, covering topics like request handlers, forms, templates, MongoDB, initial authentication, OAuth, and Nginx.With Introduction to Tornado you can learn and practice the fundamentals of the capabilities given by the Tornado framework to build web services that support hundreds of asynchronous requests, user authentication via cookies and OAuth, MongoDB document storage and retrieval, and deployment in an Nginx server environment. That is, some of the top leading technologies today to provide to end consumers fast, scalable, secure web applications that follow the RESTful architecture.Without doubt, this book will help you overcome your fear to try this Python framework for starting to develop web applications, web services and web APIs that want to benefit of thousands of asynchronous accesses. And maybe, Tornado could be the technology you're looking for begin your startup business offering to your customers the same service quality provided by services like Twitter and Facebook.The reader should be warned about his/her expectations, however. As I said, this book is helpful for overcoming the fear to try the Tornado web server, but not to master it. In fact, as you can see Introduction to Tornado is a short book of 136 pages divided in 8 chapters that cover the foundation of each Tornado's feature ranging from small web services and ending with the final deployment. So, after reading this book you won't be a Tornado's master chief, but a Tornado's recruit, I mean enthusiast. Besides, you need to read more about RESTful architecture, user authentication, and Nginx developing by your own.But, I recommend Introduction to Tornado because each Tornado's feature is explained through a short, comprehensive application accompanied by a clear discussion which motivates the reader chapter by chapter and after finishing the book to continue exploring the different development possibilities by using Tornado as an asynchronous web server.Personally, I'm delighted with this book because it has explains a little more the rationale about some features like classes, callbacks and settings that other tutorials I found on-line. I hope in the future we can get more complements to the book's contents and more extras from the authors.Note: This review is in exchange for the O'Reilly Bloggers Review Program (http://oreilly.com/bloggers).
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Highly recommended book for Tornado
By yoonghm
from Singapore
About Me Designer, Developer, Educator
It is the first book on Tornado.It covers a lot of useful information on using Tornado. Examples are provided to illustrate the concepts well.Can't wait to see "Learning Tornado".
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David Bossie resurfaced on MSNBC's Scarborough Country
David N. Bossie [1] -- the discredited former Republican congressional staffer and longtime Clinton-basher -- made his second appearance in eight days on MSNBC's Scarborough Country, this time as a guest of substitute host (and MSNBC analyst) Pat Buchanan [2]. During his June 2 MSNBC appearance, Bossie claimed that the reemergence of former President Bill Clinton -- and the publicity surrounding Clinton's forthcoming book, My Life [3] -- will have a negative impact on Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign: "Bill Clinton sucks all of the air out of John Kerry's parade. If I was John Kerry, I would be extremely incensed that his book is being timed in this manner."
As Media Matters for America reported [4] on May 28, though Bossie has been excoriated by fellow Republicans Newt Gingrich, Representative Dan Burton (R-IN), and former President George H. W. Bush, he has been given a forum [5] by The Washington Times [6], FOX News Channel [7], and MSNBC [5] to promote his new book Intelligence Failure: How Clinton's National Security Policy Set the Stage for 9/11 [8], published by conservative imprint WorldNetDaily Books [9] (WND Books).
On May 20, Media Matters for America noted [1] that Bossie was fired in 1998 from his job as chief investigator for the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight -- which was investigating alleged Clinton White House campaign finance abuses -- for his role in releasing selectively edited transcripts [10] of former Clinton administration official Webster Hubbell's prison conversations.


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By: Jill Wunrow (@JillWunrow)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Green Bay women's basketball head coach Kevin Borseth has announced his first recruiting class Wednesday, Nov. 14, the National Letter of Intent signing day. In his second tenure leading the Phoenix, Borseth is pleased to add Tesha Buck (Red Wing, Minn.), Lexi Weitzer (Waukesha, Wis.) and Sam Terry (Baraboo, Wis.) to the Phoenix family.
"I'm very excited; it's good to get our players in the program," said Borseth. "We're excited for the opportunity to coach our current players while adding this class to the mix to find players that can support and help fill the void of those that graduate."
Tesha Buck, G, 5-11 - Red Wing High School:
Borseth's thoughts on Buck... "She sees the floor very well, passes well, shoots well and has a very high basketball IQ."
Sam Terry, F, 6-0 - Baraboo High School:
Borseth's thoughts on Terry... "She's very driven and a kid that is a coach's dream. She's a Green Bay kid that sells the farm on every play."
Lexi Weitzer, C, 6-3 - Waukesha South High School:
Borseth's thoughts on Weitzer... "Lexi is a fantastic player with a lot of energy, skill, ability and makes her teammates better. She has size versatility, can handle the ball, defend a lot of people and shoot extremely well for a kid of that size. I'm very excited to have her."
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By Neal Thurman
How does an American born in 1970 with modest but not entirely absent athletic gifts and no experience as a professional footballer find himself playing in the final-ever match on the pitch at Highbury?
The story of my on-field appearance at the legendary home of the Gunners in 2006 is just part of how I have tried to go beyond watching Arsenal matches on TV and in local pubs to create a deeper bond between myself and the Premier League club that I have adopted from afar.
I grew up outside of Philadelphia playing every sport I could and passionately following the local sports teams. Despite the success of Philadelphia's four major teams in the late 70s and early 80s, professional soccer was just never part of the local – or national – consciousness. But soccer was the dominant participant sport in my town and our team was very good. Many of my favorite memories of my childhood revolve around our travel soccer team.
I remember a lot of good times with friends. I remember my dad as a vocal presence at every game despite not really caring about soccer outside of my participation. I remember fast food after games. Perhaps most vividly of all, I remember a lot of winning. The only thing missing was that meaningful professional team to follow and dream about being a part of.
Fast forward to the early-90s and I had graduated college and moved to Washington, DC. After giving up soccer during college to play basketball, I rediscovered the game and immersed myself in the local soccer scene playing a match schedule that would exhaust even a well-trained professional.
The difference this time was that in addition to all of the fantastic personal memories and relationships, the international soccer world was starting to beat a path to our door. Soccer at the highest level started to become available as a supplement to playing the game and hanging out with friends who had shared similar experiences growing up.
I vaguely remember watching Italia '90 during afternoons between years of college but USA '94 was really the beginning of the obsession that led me to be standing on the pitch at Highbury in 2006. In 1994 I had the privilege to see Dennis Bergkamp play for Holland with such style and skill, that I decided that I'd better find a way to follow his career and whatever team he played for. At the same time, world soccer started showing up more and more frequently on television and with the 1997 launch of Fox Sports World (now Fox Soccer Channel) the seeds of my obsession were firmly planted.
In my late-20s and early-30s, my obsession grew. I had a tight-knit group of friends who were playing soccer together regularly, going to DC United matches in the newly-birthed MLS and turning out for televised matches from the best European leagues at Lucky Bar, Summer's, Capitol Lounge, or someone's house. We all had our own rooting interests from Arsenal to Manchester United to Chelsea to Newcastle but we had created our own version of a soccer culture despite being thousands of miles from the UK.
Then, as it tends to do, life started to intervene.
As often happens in a transient town like Washington, DC our tight-knit group started to gradually disperse. Some got married and found themselves with more responsibilities. Some took jobs or assignments in other cities or countries. Some just moved on to other interests once their bodies betrayed them and they couldn't play the game anymore.
As a result, I found myself in my mid-30s and at a crossroads. My connections to the local soccer culture that had given my support for Arsenal so much context was fading. Unlike fans who live near the team they support, I had very little personal connection to Arsenal and very few day-to-day interactions with friends, family, and co-workers to help replace that fading group.
Rather than letting my relationship with Arsenal wither as my support became a more and more solitary experience, I decided to find some experiences that would allow me to connect with a broader Arsenal community.
It was this search that led me to Football Aid, an organization that puts on charity matches at famous football grounds in England and Scotland. Those interested in participating bid on spots in the starting line-up for two squads – one wearing the team's home kit and the other wearing the away kit. From there, the experience is similar to what a professional player would experience on a typical match day – minus the thousands and thousands of screaming fans. Here is a brief recap of my day and how it got me closer to the Arsenal culture.
I arrived at Highbury and was directed into the main entrance to the East Stand. The first thing that struck me upon seeing the stadium is how neatly it was tucked into the neighborhood it is part of, a stark contrast to the acres of parking lots around American stadiums. You have to understand that the venues I grew up going to in Philadelphia – Veterans Stadium and The Spectrum – shared two things, they were built relatively recently (in the 1960s and 1970s) and they were built utterly without any charm.
You can imagine my surprise at the marble-floored entrance with the cannon logo and a bust of Herbert Chapman on a marble pedestal. From there I was struck by the large mural signed by Arsenal greats past and present as they paid their respects to Highbury in its final season. The entire effect spoke to a different era and one that I'm glad I had a chance to see before it passed into history.
From there it was on to the dressing rooms. Now, I won't kid you, from a purely aesthetic standpoint, the dressing rooms were nothing to write home about, apart from perhaps the inadequacy of the facilities. But that was all brushed aside the minute I stood in front of my locker – complete with a full personalized kit. There's something about seeing your name on the back of the shirt, being in that locker room, and knowing you're about to head out of the tunnel and play a competitive match on hallowed ground that makes you realize that the quality of a dressing room means very little when compared to the entire experience.
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Sitting in the same stall where the greats of the game have prepared to meet their counterparts and going through the same motions – putting on the shirt and shorts. Shin pads next. Socks over them and then the boots. Just sort of a surreal experience. It just got more surreal from there as we saw the "enemy" coming out of the other dressing room and joined each other in coming out of the tunnel, warming up, taking pre-match team photos, and gawking up at the iconic images usually reserved for television – the Clock End, the thousands and thousands of seats, and the words "Arsenal FC" spelled out in white seats among the red ones.
The actual game experience wasn't TOO different from what you'd expect here in the States from a decent amateur league match. For all of the cultural air of superiority about "their game" that is generally on display from the British media, I didn't feel out of my depth. There were one or two players that were decidedly better than me either technically, athletically or both but as the lone "Yank" in the group, I was by no means outclassed.
The pitch was a little rougher than I expected after seeing it on TV and imagining it as one gigantic golf green but it was the end of a long season, it has been very dry for about a week, and there was little reason to keep the field up because, as I said, this was about the last thing that happened there before they started to redevelop the stadium into the Highbury Square project. Still, compared to the small-ish, overused and under cared-for fields that have marked most of my playing career, it was still a treat to play on a field where the ball generally rolled and bounced true.
Ultimately, my (away) side lost the match, but the day was about so much more than that. It was my first tangible brush with the history of the club and an experience I wouldn't trade since there isn't a professional footballer alive who can say he was involved in the last competitive match at Highbury.
Neal Thurman is a management consultant in the Washington, DC area. In his spare time, his obsession with soccer has led to writing assignments for Yanks Abroad, Goal.com, Yahoo UK, and World Soccer Magazine. His very understanding wife deserves a lot of the credit for allowing this obsession to continue despite life's mounting responsibilities. He and his writing partner (who isn't a Gooner, but is OK anyway) can be found writing about the Premier League and Premier League Fantasy Football at http://fantasyepl.blogspot.com. Join him there on most Premier League Saturdays for a live chat while the games are going on.


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Elizabeth Warren's Big Insurance loving past
posted at 3:44 pm on January 30, 2012 by Jazz Shaw
Elizabeth Warren is the next big thing in Massachusetts politics. Fresh from her stunning failure to be appointed as head of the consumer protection agency she helped to develop, she deftly pivoted to setting the wheels in motion for a run at the Senate seat currently held by Scott Brown. Her methodology was clear: nobody is looking out for the little guy. It's not fair. Somebody has to protect you from the big, bad, capitalism loving Republicans and their big business masters.
It's a great message, isn't it? And it fits in quite well with Team Obama's 2012 strategy. There's just one little problem, and it's found lurking in Warren's past in the private sector. The title of this piece by Holly Robichaud in the Boston Herald pretty much sums it up. Insurance past should sink Lizzy.
While Marsha Coakley and Lizzy Warren share the same personal flaws of being out of touch with the Massachusetts middle class, the Harvard professor also has a potential deadly political sin in her background. Maybe it is the reason President Obama didn't nominate her to head up the consumer agency. It is not a secret that his administration believed Lizzy couldn't survive the Senate confirmation process.
One of the Harvard professor's many well-com-pensated part-time gigs included consulting for Travelers Insurance. I know that it is hard to believe that on one hand, Democrats would be bashing an industry, and on the other hand they are making money from it. To be a Democrat is to be a hypocrite.
What did Lizzy do to earn $44,000 in compensation from the insurance company? She made it harder for claimants to collect.
Now, I'm no expert here, but that doesn't really sound very consumer protectiony to me. According to the article, Warren lent her expertise to Travelers to help them develop a strategy to structure a bankruptcy deal where they could avoid making millions of dollars in payments to patients exposed to asbestos. The total lawsuits amounted to something in the range of $500M.
Say… would those be some of the same "factory owners" and their insurers who never got rich on their own and owed it to society to give something back because of the social contract? If you're basing your entire candidacy on being the Defender of the Little People, this doesn't exactly do anything for your credentials, does it?


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Gold Got You Down? Bitcoin Lets You Pick a Different Poison
Gold is taking another beating today, and things are even rougher for related assets, like gold-mining stocks. Investors who bought a metal fund aiming for a hedge against reckless central banks are disappointed lately.
SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) is down another 1.5% on Wednesday, while Market Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) and Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners (GDXJ) — each down 26% on the year — are falling 4.6% and 7.2% apiece.
The question inevitably floating around the blogosphere: Is it time to try Bitcoin?
The same distrust of official currencies is part of what's driving the remarkable gains in this decentralized, computerized alternative currency. Bitcoin has soared 1,060% versus the U.S. dollar since the start of 2013, and 409% since the start of March, according to Macro Risk Advisors. There's even a theory floating around that Bitcoin has taken a bite out of gold.
If you're new to Bitcoin, read up about the decentralized currency that is backed by no government and used by those who seek anonymity. Bitcoins are "mined" by computer servers — this is how they're created. More on all that in a moment. Here's the chart.
If that parabolic chart scares you, well, here's something else: If FDR ordered gold coins to be seized during the Great Depression, to corral an alternative currency, what will governments do with Bitcoin?
Regulation is certainly one of the biggest risks to bitcoin, particularly for US based investors. The decentralized nature of the system makes it tough for the government to "turn it off". (Think about how impossible it was to control p2p music piracy). But it can probably be regulated back into the shadows, which could cause the price to plummet. More regulation is likely coming[.]
The lure for gold investors is obvious. But the risk of government foiling your plans may be much, much greater in Bitcoin than it ever was in gold. MRA, for the firm's part, is skeptical: "Bitcoin could potentially be world changing. Or it could be the new tulip mania. As with most young, emerging technologies, the odds strongly favor the latter outcome."
For the short term, though, the firm is making an interesting prediction. The market for Bitcoin — currently around $1 billion — could grow as large as the $9.6 billion iShares Silver Trust (SLV), the firm writes:
The current bitcoin market cap is a bit above $1B. It doesn't seem inconceivable that it could garner a market cap similar to SLV Equity. SLV is a product that's thought to be predominantly retail, has no real industrial use for its holders (no one is exchanging SLV for physical), where investment has been in large part motivated by fiat currency fears. SLV's market cap is currently $9.4B, but it has gotten as high as $17.2B as SLV made a run at $50.


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Re: Anyone used Colgate''s Offshore Sailing School in Captiva?
I would highly recommend Offshore Sailing School. I took Basic Keelboat 5-day class in Ft. Myers. Our instructor (Jim Marvin) was very professional and very knowledgeable. Around 3 hours each day were spent on lecture, and about 4 hours were spent sailing. The class format is well-organized and it is clear the instructors receive instruction themselves on how to teach the subject matter well. Our class size in lecture and on the boat was small (me and 2 others). While the instructors are approachable and friendly, the course is serious. There's little chit-chat and almost all talk is sailing-related. Towards the end of the course, the instructor wants to see that students are learning to do things without his assistance, and sees to it that they become more independent aboard the Colgate-26. On the 5th day, the students take the boat out themselves without the instructor on board. The teaching is top-notch. The NEA should hire these guys as consultants. You'll understand how to control the boat, even so much as to rescue a man overboard if he is unconscious.
The school offers more advanced courses, which I have not yet explored. I'd be willing to bet they do an excellent job, as they appear to have a great deal of experience and passion for sailing, and wish to spread it around.
One thing students might want to consider is when to take the course. We took the course in August, and most of our days were calm. This can be very frustrating because the boat can become a little more than a floating raft. However, it does make for safer and easy-to-control sailing. However in March, and even in February and April, the weather is far more windy. So the boat may be more difficult to control, but the student will learn a lot more and it might make things more exciting. Apparently the wind can get so bad that the class gets cancelled. I suppose anytime the weather is unpredictable.
Anyone used Colgate''''s Offshore Sailing School in Captiva?
Good luck with your new boat. Now you can be your own teacher!
Anyone used Colgate''''s Offshore Sailing School in Captiva?
I''m sorry to say I''ve yet to write a complaint. Just got caught up in the daily grind and kept putting it off untill I forgot about it . I passed the class with the highest test score. I agree with you about the instructor in the begining should be thier best. But what got me to take the course was thier introduction to sailing the previouse year. They offered a 2 hr. sail in one of thier boats and the instructor / host was great. I was hooked....wel thats water under the bridge now.
As for what I''m doing...I''m about to make my first boat purchase. I have researched mags, the net, and marinas. I looked at new and used boats. I''vee decided on a used 31 ft. Pearson which if the survey checks out ,I will be sailing this MAy in it.
Anyone used Colgate''''s Offshore Sailing School in Captiva?
That is quite a horror story. How long ago was that? I sure hope you contacted the school and let them know what your experience was. If you did not, you did yourself and others a disservice.
I can''t imagine Steve Colgate tolerating that type of instructor. From the way the instructors talked down in Captiva, he runs a pretty tight ship. I do believe that a company''s behavior reflects those at the top. I hope that what you described was limited to that particular location with that particular instructor, and he was soon gone.
It''s especially sad that such a thing occurred during your primamry training. To me, they should put the best instructors in the Basic course, because that sets the foundation for everything you do later.
So, did you pass the Basic Keelboat test? What are you doing now?
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I see all of those who have responded have had a good experiance with The Colgate school. I on the other hand did not. I attended the school in New Jersey and did my basic keel in the Hudson.The course cost just shy of $900.00 ,which after researching I have found other Basic keel courses for 1/3 the amount. (Ok I''m a bit bitter that I did not research schools better....I was just pumped to get started.) I would not be so bitter if I was taught better....our instructer was a 22 yr old who was intimidated by his class being twice his age. He usually came in a bit hung over and just had us sail around in circles....when he was on time. We never practiced docking,tieing the boat up to a dock, rigging the sails,Etc. Reading it in the book is one thing, actualy doing it is another. The worst thing was when we were finishing up our solo sail and were going to motor in, the motor would not start.....(oh yea we did not go over the engine either.) We were making a bunch of short tacks threw a narrow channel into the marina...when my buddy who was at the helm tacked too fast and we did not have enough speed to complete the next tack.Our colgate 27 was now on a colision course with a 60 + ft. yacht. The owner who was waving his arms franticaly and screaming some colorful metafores was hanging over his stern. Our other classmate panicked and froze...I was telling her to back the main...BACK THE MAIN !...I then ran to the bow of the boat and was able to push off the mega yacht and avoid any contact. The problem was that the clip for the engine kill button was missing....they had use a thin piece of rope wraped around the shank of the kill switch to keep it pulled out. ( The funny part was I asked what that piece of rope was ...instructer said ahh nothing.)Well that is my story...but perhapes the best thing I learned was never depend too much on anybody ...even your teacher...if you have a quetion ask it ....and if you don''t get the right answer ..ask it again. But experiance will always be your best teacher.
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Ahoy, Duane, may I say, "I told you so." Colgate''s is a class act. Glad you had fun.
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Ahoy, all.
Just got back from a week at Colgate''s Offshore Sailing School on Captiva, Florida. In case it helps any of you, I''ll give you a quick summary report.
I enrolled a few months ago for the "Bareboat Prep" course, and my wife (future cruising partner) enrolled under their last minute plan and paid half price. There were only 3 students in the course that week, so we got a terrific bargain. They accommodate up to eight students (four per session - morning and afternoon), but with just 3 of us, we were on the water longer each day.
Words don''t describe how much more confident I feel handling a larger boat (38'') after this course. We had winds 10-25 kts all week while under instruction, but they diminished to 5-15 on Fri and Sat when we 3 students sailed on our own.
Our instructor was very professional, with great knowledge and skills, and was very personable, too. My wife was afraid some young hotshot instructor was going to intimidate/humiliate her for her lack of knowledge and experience. The opposite was true; she now feels much more comfortable in all the aspects of boat handling we covered.
I would offer a little advice if you decide to go: study the textbooks very well in advance. The pace of the classroom instruction is fast, just barely enough time to confirm what you should already know. You are unlikely to be able to absorb all the material if it is all new to you. The written tests are not hard to pass if you know your stuff.
Finally, just so all you "school of hard knocks" guys out there don''t get the wrong idea, I know full well that a weeklong course doesn''t make me a great seaman. It''s like when I got my pilot''s (as in airplane) license in the 80''s; it just give you a starting point from which to learn during the rest of your flying (or sailing) life.
BVIs here we come!
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The Offshore school was the first I ever attended. I enrolled in the "Advanced sailing" course which was very good. The instuctor was great, the island is very beautiful, and it''s an ideal area to sail. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Ahoy, DuaneIsing. Correction to my previous. I sailed out of St. Pete. on that course. I''ve been thinking about a trip to Fort Lauderdale and have been doing some research. Guess I had it on the brain. Regards. dhd
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Ahoy, Duane Ising. You will enjoy Sanibell Island. We came back from Libya on vacation one summer and spent a week on Sanibell. The mosquitos were a bother but otherwise we really enjoyed it. This was in the seventies so it is probably even better now. Have fun at Captiva. dhd
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|So funny, all this talk about skateboarding got me stoked... then it snowed 10" and instead of being excited for riding I'm sad I can't go skate! haha... I guess I will have to "re-focus" my priorities yet again and ride tomorrow and sunday.
Originally Posted by CheeseForSteeze View Post
It's funny because I'll go to the ends of the earth cleaning and maintaining my bearings before I'll buy new ones (like $25 for new ones) but for snowboarding, as soon as something is the least bit sketchy, I'll just buy an entire backup. Even a second snowboard.
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So is mongo with your back foot on the board while u push with the front? I always thought that looked cool but its hard as fuck. I'm goofy and I've always pushed with my back foot.
When I get out of work, I'm going to see if I can even still do it.
It's funny because I'll go to the ends of the earth cleaning and maintaining my bearings before I'll buy new ones (like $25 for new ones) but for snowboarding, as soon as something is the least bit sketchy, I'll just buy an entire backup. Even a second snowboard.
I learned to skateboard at 14. I've got bad knees because of it. Now I stick with the longboard.
I keep my trucks ultra loose and I mainly just hit slight inclines and do big exaggerated carves.
The injury to fun ratio of skateboarding keeps me from going back.
One too many swellbows.
Good luck, Donutz. It's a fun hobby, but be wary of the pain associated with it.
The first moderate fall will surprise you.
|A good way to try kick flips and heel flips is on hardpacked grass, then it's not scary. And go to the bowls at 9 am I bet they are empty... Young skater punks get up at noon
skateboarding is the hardest sport I have ever tried. I started 2 summers ago. I am still awful. Mostly I think this is because there is literally nobody my age that I can ride with, nobody to help me out like when you go riding with someone you can push each other, etc. There is a bowl park near my house, but it's always hella crowded so I have never gone there yet. I can ollie a little bit like up on to curbs and stuff or over small obstacles and can sometimes do really sketchy frontside 180s or fakie bs 180s but that is about it. I have not fallen hard yet, or ripped my nutsack open but mostly that is because I don't have the balls (no pun intended) or the requisite skill to try flip tricks. Even shuvits scare me.
It definitely helps with conditioning, it's a really good workout on the legs & core and for balance and stuff, I notice an improvement in my snowboarding.
But if your wife is going to beat you to death with it... you might want to find another hobby
Ya I can push mongo or reg, ride switch or reg on my skate and longboard but mongo is way less balanced, I push mongo whenever I'm tired lol.
I tried surfing... I got pummeled by 6' waves for 4 days lol... I never thought I would bounce around the ocean floor that much! When I got up I was fine but that only happened a couple of times.
I'm getting excited for skating though, sick of driving to the hill and dealing with boots and helmets and all the sb equip. Skating you just throw on some kicks and head out the door. I live downtown so there's tons to skate, and 5 skate parks within 15 min drive. My favorite is skating stairs...' to me it's the equivalent of riding jumps on a sb.
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I used to push mongo when I first started as a kid because I also didn't know better. Pushing regular is just a matter of practice. Mongo can be a bit dangerous as pushing regular you can plant your foot right in the middle and have good balance but I've seen some really good skaters push mongo. Also, I can now push switch which is a result from mongo pushing.
It's probably worth learning to push regular, but like I said, I've met some skaters who were lightyears better than I'll ever be and they pushed mongo and never bothered to learn regular.
Donutz I thought you were older than me...I skated until I was about 25 and the last couple falls I hung my shit up. FYI freestyle true sk8ing is hard as fuck, requires tons of skill, practice and small muscle dexterity.
I break it down like this for the tri-sports:
-surfing is the hardest to learn because of the committment of learning to paddle and catch waves. Surfing waves isn't very hard.
-skateboarding is easy and harmless to learn but absolutely painful and difficult to become even intermediate good at.
-snowboarding has the quickest, sharpest, steepest learning curve, which can involve 3 hours of scorpions followed by linked turns. Progression can be fairly forgiving, although equal in pain to skateboarding when you introduce hard features such as rails and boxes.
They all require the 100000 hour rule or whatever it is if you wanna be pro, theres like an equalizer there.
I'd still be happy to cruise, but I don't have a board/miss it. Mountain climbing is a good distraction tho
I had to laugh my ass off when I went back and read the beginnings of this thread, especially the part about how your wife reacted when you told her you wanted to try skating. It's funny because, well, when I told my wife last week that I wanted to try longboarding or freeboarding she gave me a very similar response. I was like, damn, you know I go bombing down double blacks and doing crazy shit in the park on my snowboard, so what the hell is the difference? Here response you ask? Pavement.
Damn women and their logic
It all ended well though because I told her it was either skating or skydiving. She knows she married an adrenaline junkie, so i don't know why she is surprised at the shit I do anymore. She came around to the idea, but the initial knee-jerk was funny because it was so damn similar to what you originally experienced.
Well, Seymour closes mid-April, so two things happen:
1) "XXX days until snowboarding season" goes back up on my whiteboard,
2) The skateboard comes out.
Cheese, I'm def going to just replace the bearings. I think I left the damthing outside for a while
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This guide is constantly updated as solutions come so check back often.
This piece of HW is really ideal for a htpc with very low power consumption having hw accelerated decoding of HD material. The problem was that the drivers were not in a state to really enjoy these boards with XBMC.
Now in Win7, with current svn, current drivers it is already working perfectly with DXVA2 acceleration, multichannel lpcm, and all things what nvidia cards can do.
On Linux, it is not so perfect, but we are already getting somewhere here. This is what i want to share. To have more people test this platform, because with a little help XBMC devs and Intel devs can make this a perfect hw.
What is working:
Smooth GUI
Smooth playback with SD and HD material.
VAAPI accelerated HD playback of h264 and mpeg2 files
Suspend to RAM
Up to 8 channels Multichannel LPCM over hdmi, dts,ac3 passthrough
HQ shader based upscalers
All this with totally opensource drivers
Not working yet:
vaapi acceleration for vc1 decoded files (this is not yet implemented in the drivers)
This guide will probably work for G45 (once support is ready) and the new Sandy Bridge architecture).
Current support:
G45: MPEG2 only
Ironlake (first gen Intel HD graphics) MPEG2, H264
Sandy Bridge (2nd gen Intel HD graphics 2000 3000) MPEG2, H264, VC1 (progressive)
We will need an Ubuntu Maverick install (mini or full)
If you have a minimal install, start with installing basic packages and add you to the video group.( this is actually important, because without this xserver can not access your gpu directly and falls back to software rasterizer)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install udisks upower xorg alsa-utils mesa-utils
sudo adduser YourUserName video
sudo adduser YourUserName audio
sudo reboot
Than let's start the real work.
We will update the intel drivers (http://intellinuxgraphics.org/index.html) to the very bleeding edge fresh git version as we need these for this hw at the moment. Later all these drivers get into the Linux kernel so we won't need this step in the near future. Luckily we don't have to compile anything. Because the ubuntu X-team has a great ppa with the newest packages. https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa (Please read the disclaimer here!)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install libva1 vainfo i965-va-driver libva-glx1 libva-dev
sudo reboot
You can check if lib vaapi is installed (when running X, with startx for minimal systems) with
Note that when you run startx on a minimal system only an xterm terminal shows on your top-left corner of screen. You have to make it active with a mouse click. If you can't see it, you can try to adjust your TV's overscan settings.
You should see something like this:
vainfo: VA API version: 0.31
vainfo: Driver version: i965 Driver 0.1
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
VAProfileMPEG2Simple :VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileMPEG2Main :VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Baseline :VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Main :VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264High :VAEntrypointVLD
Let's check if we have properly upgraded the X drivers
Should see something like this in the middle part:
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Desktop GEM 20100330 DEVELOPMENT x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.10-devel
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
Let's install a vaapi enabled xbmc. You can not use the main ppa version as it is not compiled with vaapi support. You have to compile one. Here is how we do it.
Fist install some dependencies for building xbmc.
sudo apt-get install git-core make g++ gcc gawk pmount libtool nasm yasm automake cmake gperf zip unzip bison libsdl-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-gfx1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libfribidi-dev liblzo2-dev libfreetype6-dev libsqlite3-dev libogg-dev libasound-dev python-sqlite libglew-dev libcurl3 libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libmad0-dev libogg-dev libvorbisenc2 libsmbclient-dev libmysqlclient-dev libpcre3-dev libdbus-1-dev libhal-dev libhal-storage-dev libjasper-dev libfontconfig-dev libbz2-dev libboost-dev libenca-dev libxt-dev libxtst-dev libxmu-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libpulse-dev mesa-utils libcdio-dev libsamplerate-dev libmms-dev libmpeg3-dev libfaad-dev libflac-dev libiso9660-dev libass-dev libssl-dev fp-compiler gdc libwavpack-dev libmpeg2-4-dev libmicrohttpd-dev libmodplug-dev libssh-dev gettext cvs autopoint dh-autoreconf
Optional alternative step: Bluray navigation support
(that is handy if you have m2ts files with index files and you want to navigate to certain chapters on the bluray disc)
First compile libbluray:
cd ~
git clone git://git.videolan.org/libbluray.git
cd libbluray/
./configure --prefix=/usr
sudo make install
Now the compile of xbmc:
cd ~
git clone git://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git
cd xbmc
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-vaapi --enable-libbluray
I have an untested patch for having smoothvideo working along with auto refresh rate. See http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/10925 To use it just do it like this:
wget http://paste.kde.org/7020/raw/ -O ./ReferenceClockHang.patch
patch -p1 < ./ReferenceClockHang.patch
If there is no error message we are good. Now we can compile.
sudo make install
Somehow xbmc looks for the libva libraries with the wrong filename, so i create symbolic links to the proper files.
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libva.so.1 /usr/lib/libva-0.31.1.1.so.1
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libva-glx.so.1 /usr/lib/libva-glx-0.31.1.1.so.1
Now you can run xbmc and check playing of some movies. You should be playing files without stuttering.
With the newest drivers, any HQ upscaling method (like bicubic, lanczos) works without a problem. With older drivers we had some artifacts but thanks to Intel and mesa developers this is solved.
Also multichannel lpcm over hdmi is workin perfectly. You can test it (when X is running and unmuted iec devices)
speaker-test -Dhdmi -c6
Even channel mapping is perfect. Not like Nvidia 9400. This is great because this way you can play ANY unpassthroughable multichannel sound formats played in full surround (eg. flac, wma)
For auto refresh rate to work, we need custom modlines defined in xorg.conf. The reason for this is that the available refresh rates don't get properly enumerated, despite that raw EDID data gets read properly. See bug report: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32512
To create a proper xorg.conf, you have to check which output is used on your motherboard. To do this run:
xrandr -q
When Xorg is running and check which port is plugged. Eg. HDMI1 or HDMI2 (in my case). The other task is to get modelines to your TV. Or just use mine. They suit for a normal 1080p full HD LCD or Plasma. Now create the xorg.conf:
sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "INTEL Corporation"
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "HDMI2"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "[email protected]" "[email protected]" "[email protected]" "[email protected]"
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "HDMI2"
HorizSync 14.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 24.0 - 62.0
Modeline "[email protected]" 74.230 1920 2560 2604 2752 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync
Modeline "[email protected]" 148.500 1920 2448 2492 2640 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync
Modeline "[email protected]" 148.352 1920 1960 2016 2200 1080 1082 1088 1125 +hsync +vsync
Modeline "[email protected]" 148.500 1920 2008 2056 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync
Of course you have to change HDMI2 to your output value.
If you have some problematic files that don't play well with vaapi you might want to try if how these h264 files work in mplayer. You can do the following:
wget http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/mplayer-vaapi/mplayer-vaapi-latest-FULL.tar.bz2
sudo apt-get build-dep mplayer
tar -xpvf mplayer-vaapi-latest-FULL.tar.bz2
cd mplayer-vaapi-20100713/
cd mplayer-vaapi
sudo make install
You can check a movie with the following command:
mplayer -vo vaapi -va vaapi moviename.mkv
Of course in time these drivers will get into the new Kernel releases and than we won't need anything to update, it will work out of the box with the next Ubuntu distro 11.04 Natty.
Any feedback, test results are more than welcome.


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|The benefits package
Based on PUBLIC WORKS' 2011 Salary & Benefits Survey, those entering the public works profession can expect to see:
The majority of respondents also receive:
And more than half of those surveyed receive:
Yet less than half of those surveyed receive:
Percentages are rounded to whole numbers.
Source: PUBLIC WORKS
The "Great Recession" has officially been over for a year and a half. But it was so severe that the recovery is, at best, subdued. Even worse, according to Portland Cement Association Chief Economist Ed Sullivan's most recent forecast, the elements that brought on the recession are still hovering over our heads: home values are still down, lending is still tight, and state and local governments are still strapped for cash with income and property revenues well below 2008 levels.
When we launched our sixth annual salary and benefits survey in January, we knew that we'd find what you already know: Most public works professionals are continuing to experience wage freezes, pension cuts, furloughs, and reduced benefits. The real question then became: Has it gotten any worse?
On that front, this year's batch of more than 1,300 respondents reported somewhat good news.
We're riding the bottom
We've reviewed the last four years of survey responses to determine if your salaries and benefits are still free falling. Here's what we've found:
Last year's survey respondents felt the brunt of the economic slowdown that began in late 2008, reporting more pay cuts and freezes, and benefits losses than in previous years. This year's respondents, however, report a sliver of breathing room. To illustrate, two years ago three-quarters reported they hadn't lost any benefits. Last year that number dropped by eight percentage points to 67%. This year the figure crept up a bit to 70%.
Instead of pay cuts, explains an urban forestry/parks/public grounds manager, "Many benefits have been 'scaled back' a bit, but not necessarily lost." According to our research, this is a continuing trend.
Also, two years ago 38% of respondents didn't anticipate a pay increase over the coming year while 43% expected a 1% to 3% increase. Last year, the percentages were a more dismal 56% and 24%, respectively. This year, although a slightly higher percentage of 59% don't anticipate a raise, the percentage of respondents expecting a 1% to 3% increase also rose — to 30%.
What is more telling: although 14% of last year's respondents said they expected a pay cut — and 13% of this year's respondents DID receive a pay cut in 2010 — nearly half that percentage (8%) expects a pay cut this year.
Health care costs continue to rise
What's remained constant are complaints about ever-increasing health insurance premiums, dwindling pensions/retirement funds, and more out-of-pocket expenses. Since we began offering respondents space to comment in 2007, we have seen such concerns escalate as trepidations grew into reality. Said a parks & recreation foreman from the Eastern states in 2007: "We all took public-sector jobs knowing the pay was bad but the benefits were good. The pay is still bad and now our benefits are under attack." And that was before the economy crumbled.
For those experiencing unpaid furloughs or whose wages have been frozen, this means less take-home pay.
"It has to be done," admits a Midwest manager/supervisor. "But my concern is that we are now contributing a great deal more toward our health care benefits, while at the same time staying pay-neutral … this July will mark three years without a pay increase."
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of respondents are paying higher insurance premiums this year. This compares to the 56% that said their premiums increased in last year's survey. Perhaps this is an anomaly, but we believe this is a continuing sign of tight times. As with last year, several of this year's respondents also mentioned that they're receiving less health coverage.
Nevertheless, more than half (52%) feel benefits are better than those offered to colleagues working in the private sector, while an additional 21% say they're comparable. Only 13% feel that private-industry benefits are more competitive than their own. (Is this a valid perception? See "The benefits misconception" on page 52.)
Additionally, about 7 of every 10 respondents are somewhat (38%) to very (33%) satisfied with their benefits packages, and a little more than a third (35%) say they'll stay in their jobs because of them. When asked how benefits impact employment, 14% say they don't. Only 4% say they'll leave their jobs if another benefit is cut and even fewer (2%) say benefit cuts will spur them to jump ship as soon as the economy recovers. Overall, a little more than half (51%) say they have better benefits than most and enjoy their work. And 41% are just thankful to have a job.
Does this tunnel have a light?
We hesitate to see the small improvements reported this year as a sign that public-sector paychecks are beginning to rebound. Unfortunately, we'll be bumping along ground zero for at least a couple more years.
Take state budgets, for instance.
A report recently released by the National Governors Association and National Association of State Budget Officers foresees that although fiscal year 2011 will be slightly better than 2010, revenues will remain lower than 2008 levels well into 2013 — so states will continue to have difficulty balancing budgets. So far, 23 states report $40.5 billion in budget gaps for fiscal 2012 and 17 are reporting $40.9 billion in deficits for 2013.
Last year, 25 states laid off employees, 22 instituted furloughs, seven cut salaries, and 10 cut benefits. This year 24 states are recommending layoffs and 16 have implemented furloughs; nine have cut salaries and 13 are cutting benefits.
Research issued by the National League of Cities last fall also reported discouraging news: Nearly nine in 10 finance officers surveyed reported they were less able to meet fiscal needs in 2010 than in the previous year. Tax revenues, which declined dramatically in 2009, declined further in 2010 and property tax revenues also began to decline.
Since budgets tend to lag economic conditions by 18 months to at least two years, finance directors expect further revenue declines and spending cuts this year and next. Plus, two of the factors that are having the largest negative impact on budgets are employee-related costs for health care coverage and pensions. Cities will likely continue to make cuts in personnel and services to balance budgets.
Jobs are key
State and local governments will continue to face troublesome deficits until job growth occurs, which will in turn increase spending, investing, and lending. For the public sector this means improved revenues that will perhaps put an end to salary and benefits revisions. But although the unemployment rate fell to 9% at press time, it's nearly double the prerecession rates of 2007.
To end this analysis on a hopeful note, we refer back to Portland Cement Association Chief Economist Ed Sullivan's most recent forecast. Although the report is geared for the concrete and construction industries, he also goes into detail on overall economic trends. Job growth should become stronger in late 2012, which ought to begin impacting state budgets as early as 2013.
Sullivan notes that job growth could begin earlier if Congress passes a new highway bill that effectively finances the Highway Trust Fund. So let's keep our fingers crossed this happens soon!
The benefits misconception
Here's something to take to legislators as they consider slashing benefits and salaries to offset budget deficits.
The general perception is that public-sector employees may not earn as much as their private-sector counterparts in terms of dollars and cents, but they make up for that with generous benefits packages. (Some say too generous.) A report released early last year by the Center for State & Local Government Excellence and the National Institute on Retirement Security says differently.
When researchers compared wages and salaries of state and local employees with comparable education levels and work experience as their private-sector equivalents, they found that state workers typically earn 11% less and local workers 12% less. And when they factored in retirement, health care, and other benefits, on average, total compensation is 7% lower for both state and local employees than for comparable private-sector employees.
In an apples-to-apples comparison, says Keith Bender, report co-author and associate professor with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Economics, public-sector employees both earn less money and receive less compensation than they would if they took their skills to the private sector.
So why do policymakers and mainstream media sources tout public salaries and benefits packages as fat? According to the report, this is because they routinely refer to "aggregate" pay and benefits differences, which only compare unadjusted earnings of similar positions and doesn't take into account education, tenure, and responsibilities.
At least one PUBLIC WORKS salary survey respondent agrees: "The public has the impression that our pay benefits are way above those in the private sector," says a planning/zoning/inspection/permitting deputy/assistant director in the Middle Atlantic region. "Somehow, we've become the poster children for excess, which is patently ridiculous. This has resulted in no pay increases for managers … we get no comp time or overtime and must attend public meetings at night that run into the wee hours of the morning at no additional compensation."
The pay gap has been growing for at least 15 years. Does this mean we've been operating under a decades-long fallacy that public-sector benefits are so much better than private? Yes and no. Blue-collar employees at the bottom of skill and responsibility hierarchies hold the advantage over private workers. But as they move up the ranks, private workers gain the advantage.
The study analyzes U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data as well as detailed census data from some of the nation's largest states — California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. To read the full report, Out of Balance? Comparing Public and Private Sector Compensation Over 20 Years, click hereyfvdfdzdrbywwacuw.
How does your salary compare?
This region-by-region analysis compares median salaries of survey respondents by population served. You can find median salaries by title or by title and department/area of work. Note: Not all titles, departments, etc. are represented due to lack of survey respondents from those areas.
EPA Region 1: Salaries by Title / Salaries by Department
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Web Extra Links
May 2009 wage estimates for federal, state, and local government occupations
Click here to access mean and median salaries for even more jobs in the public sector, provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
For more salary and benefits statistics by industry, occupation, region, and state, visit the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics at http://www.bls.gov/oes/.
Benefits and pensions
To read the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics' Program Perspectives on State and Local Government Benefits, click here.
A new database from the Center for State and Local Government Excellence and the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College offers access to a variety of state and local government pension data. To access the Public Plans Database, click here.
To read the full report, Out of Balance? Comparing Public and Private Sector Compensation Over 20 Years, click here.
To read National League of Cities' 2010 City Fiscal Conditions Research Briefclick here.
To read A Fiscal Survey of States, Fall 2010, released by the National Governors Association and National Association of State Budget Officers, click here.


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Facing a six-goal second-half deficit, the Canisius College women's lacrosse team rallied to tie the game but in the end, nationally-ranked Boston College prevailed with a 12-10 victory in Newton, Mass. on Sunday. The loss ends the Griffs' school-record nine-game winning streak as the team drops to 11-4 on the season, while the 18th-ranked Eagles improve to 11-6.
"We had a real sloppy six or seven minutes in the first half that cost us today," said Canisius head coach Scott Teeter. "I'm proud with the way that we responded in the second half and played right with a top-20 team. Kayla Scully played really well today and did a good job of keeping us in the game. If we can only figure out a way to play a full 60 minutes against a top team, we'll be successful, but we have to put it all together so far."
Junior Maria Kotas tied for a game-high with four points, netting three goals to go along with one assist. With her four points, the junior becomes the ninth player in the program's history to record her 100th career point. The midfielder now has 103 points during her tenure with the Blue and Gold, recording 70 goals and 33 assists.
Sophomore Tori Quinn also added four points for the Griffs, posting two goals and two assists. Senior Morgan Leonard chipped in two tallies, while seniors Meghan McGunigle and Lindsey Morgan plus freshman Caroline Ogden all added one goal.
Sophomore Kayla Scully anchored the Canisius defense on the afternoon, matching her career high with 12 saves in the second-consecutive contest.
A sloppy first half ultimately cost the Griffs in the game. Kotas wasted no time recording her 100th career point, scoring the game's opening goal 1:55 into the contest on Canisius' first shot of the game. However, Boston College soon took control by taking advantage of the Griffs' miscues. The Eagles scored four-straight goals for a 4-1 lead, while Canisius committed turnovers on five-straight possessions without registering a shot.
McGunigle and Leonard halted the Boston College run with their first goals of the day to bring Canisius back within one, 4-3, but four-straight tallies to end the half by the Eagles gave Boston College an 8-3 intermission advantage.
Overall, the nationally-ranked Eagles outshot the Griffs, 19-8, in the first 30 minutes of action, while Canisius committed three more turnovers (11) than shots recorded (eight).
The Griffs, however, responded in the second stanza with a much better effort. After the Eagles netted the half's first goal, a pair of scores by Quinn sandwiched around a tally from Morgan pulled Canisius within three, 9-6, with 17:20 remaining in the period. Boston College interrupted the rally for a 10-6 lead but Canisius scored the next four goals, the last two by Kotas, to pull even at 10 with 12:01 left in the contest.
Kotas won the ensuing draw control and the Griffs had their chance to grab their first lead since 1-0 but a save by the Boston College goalie and a Canisius turnover kept the contest knotted at 10. The Eagles were finally able to run its offense and took advantage when Sarah Mannelly scored with 5:54 remaining. Mannelly added a second-straight goal 1:22 later to stretch the Eagles' advantage to two, 12-10. Boston College was then able to hold onto the win with two missed shots by Canisius and one turnover as the No. 18 Eagles won their seventh-straight game.
Boston College finished the game with a 31-21 advantage in shots but Canisius held the slight advantage in the second stanza, 13-12. The Eagles also won 16 draw controls to just eight for the Griffs.
Mikaela Rix led Boston College with four goals and seven draw controls. Emily Mata recorded six saves in net to earn the win for the Eagles.
Canisius now turns its attention back toward conference play with a home game against Marist on Saturday. The Griffs can earn the outright MAAC regular-season title and the program's first undefeated conference season with a win against the Red Foxes. Canisius' Senior Day contest is slated to begin at 11 a.m. at the Demske Sports Complex.
Game Notes: Canisius is now 0-17 all-time against nationally-ranked schools with four of the last six meetings being decided by three or fewer goals … The Griffs are 0-3 all-time against Boston College and 0-4 versus ACC schools … Scully entered the game ranked first nationally in save percentage at .546 … The Griffs are now 0-4 this season when allowing 10 or more goals (11-0 when allowing fewer than 10 tallies).


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|High School:
|Bridgeway Academy
Academic Notes: Majoring in journalism...3.7 high school GPA...Member of high school honors society...Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society...Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete Award recipient in 2013.
2013 (Junior): 7-0 overall singles record, 2-0 Big Sky singles record at No. 6...Recorded singles wins against Colorado State, New Mexico State, Valparaiso, St. Cloud State, North Dakota, Idaho State and UT-Pan American...Did not drop a set all season...4-0 overall doubles record, 3-0 Big Sky doubles record at No. 1 and 3...Recorded wins at No. 1 against Idaho State and Weber State and at No. 3 against North Dakota and UT-Pan American...4-3 singles record and 2-5 doubles record during fall 2012 play.
Pima Community College: Two-year starter and one-year captain at Pima Community College...Played tennis for coach Gretchen Schantz...Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2012...Placed first in the region in the No. 1 singles flight in 2012...Won the backdraw of the NJCAA tournament in 2011...Helped team to 15th place finish in 2011 and 16th place finish in 2012 at the NJCAA national tournament...Helped team win the regional title for the first time in school history in 2012.
High School: Played tennis for Gary Engelbrecht at Bridgeway Academy.
Personal: Tatum Michelle Rochin was born Sept. 15, 1993 in Bethesda, Md....Daughter of Michael and Carla Rochin...One older brother, Micah...One younger sister, Hailey...Father, Michael, and grandfather, Ruben, attended NAU...Enjoys photography, writing, working on jigsaw puzzles and reading...Most memorable athletic moment was winning the regionals tournament in both singles and doubles in 2012...Transferred to Northern Arizona because she fell in love with the town and school instantly and the team was a good fit for her...Considered University of Arizona before transferring.


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Tuesday August 6th, 2013 1:15am
A big night against Rutgers was nothing new for Tom Schreiber.
For Luke Armour, any kind of night against anyone was.
Schreiber scored three goals and added an assist to give him 14 points in three games against Rutgers and Armour scored three goals in the first 18 minutes to lead Princeton to a 13-8 win over the Scarlet Knights Tuesday night at Yurcak Field.
With the win, Princeton improved to 7-3 on the year. The Tigers also won the Meistrell Cup, given to the winner of the Princeton-Rutgers game, for the 24th time in 25 years.
Princeton also leads the all-time series 59-29-3. Rutgers is now 2-10.
PLAYER OF THE GAME - Slowed by injuries, senior Luke Armour had not stepped on the field in any of Princeton's first nine games this season. Armour was held to just five games last year, also because of injuries. Finally healthy, Armour replaced Ryan Ambler at attack in the starting lineup after Ambler couldn't play due to an injury of his own. By the time the second quarter was three minutes old, Armour had scored three times.
HONORABLE MENTION PLAYER OF THE GAME - Austin deButts. Princeton was without both Jack Strabo and Chris White, which forced some reshuffling of the shortstick defensive midfield line. Bobby Lucas, who had been playing offensive midfield, returned to defense, teaming with Hunter deButts and the freshman Austin, who had the most extensive playing time of his first season and responded with a very strong outing.
WHAT THE BOX SCORE DOESN'T TELL YOU - Rutgers may be 2-10, but the Knights came into this one having been outscored by only two goals for the season. Among the first nine losses were four by one goal, including two in overtime, and three others by two losses. This one looked like it was going to be a close one too, as RU came from being down 5-2 to tie it at 5-5 and 6-6, but Princeton scored three goals in the final 2:23 of the first half to take control and lead 9-6 at intermission.
PLAY OF THE GAME - Princeton was up 8-6 and in possession when head coach Chris Bates called timeout with 14 seconds left in the first half. On the restart, the ball went up top to Schreiber, who ripped his third goal of the night to make it 9-6 with three seconds left. Rutgers would get no closer in the second half.
WHAT ELSE THE BOX SCORE DOESN'T TELL YOU - Princeton has been in double figures in every game this season. The 1951 team also was in double figures in the first 10 games and is the only team in program history to do so for an entire season (that year was 10 games, and Princeton was the USILA national champion). The record for consecutive games in double figures is 13, set in the final 13 games of the 1996 season.
NOTES - Schreiber has nine goals and five assists in three games against Rutgers.; he also has at least three points in ever game this year and in 11 straight, dating to last year ... Mike MacDonald and Jeff Froccaro both had four-point nights with two goals, two assists ... Brendan McGrath had an assist for his first point of the year ... Matt O'Connor made 12 saves ... Face-offs were even at 12 for 24 for each team; Rutgers had been winning two-thirds of its face-offs ... Princeton went 3 for 4 extra man.
NEXT UP - Princeton is at Dartmouth Saturday. The Tigers are 2-1 in the league, and no team that has won three league games has ever missed the Ivy tournament. Princeton is home with Harvard and then at the Meadowlands against Cornell to finish the regular season.


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Hey all!
Does anyone have a clearer, high resolution version of this shot, specifically the boxed red area. (In case anyone can't post a complete image, which is understandable)
Hey all!
Does anyone have a clearer, high resolution version of this shot, specifically the boxed red area. (In case anyone can't post a complete image, which is understandable)
I recognize that pic...
I'll have a look for ya, what exactly are you looking for from the pic?
Last edited by Mojo Fett; Sep 16, 2008 at 1:28 PM.
Like this?
Yes! That's exactically what I meant! Art, I've said it before, I'll say it again. you ROCK!
Again, this opens up more questions... :O What are the Knob looking things on the bottom of the scope mounts?!?! They look like black knobs, with a silvery base.
Also, what is the right shape of the piece that the molex plugs and the scope are mounted to? Did anyone ever determine what this could have been made from? Christian's (MoW) rifle has some detail on the JB rifle that I've never seen before. Is this interpretation or is there some indication of this.
The two pieces you are seeing at the bottom are the two halves of the clamp that goes around the barrel. As far as the block betwene the barrel and the scope, this is the best photo I can find at the moment.
Don't use the hyper-firm blaster for ref.... it's an awsome blaster, but the details are all off when it comes to the scope mount. Stick with the production and screen used pics.
i do believe the real deal for the scope mounts have been found. I dont personaly know what they are and the identity hasn't been publicly released yet. also for the sake of the guy who has them cant say his name
they do look to be all one peice and look to be an expanding ring
so the mystery will hopefuly soon be revealed
Last edited by BobaFettSlave1; Sep 18, 2008 at 9:47 AM.
Hot darn? (the other is apparently offensive?), Art! Thanks! That's a GREAT picture! I have that one too, but only a tiny crummy one. this helps a LOT LOT LOT!!! I bow to your awesomeness yet again!!!!
p.s. Hey! Who ran that through a Photoshop "mosaic" filter?
Last edited by Shinobi Fett; Sep 18, 2008 at 2:26 PM. Reason: Edited for crude, crass, offensive language ;)
First these are just my opinion, I am in no way an expert at much of anything let alone Boba. This is roughly how I think the mount went together. Chances are itâs much different from this and out side of the Molex connectors, I have no clue what the parts were made from. Also the upper 2 vertical pieces would be the base of the actual ASI scope ring. Iâm just posting these up for conversation purposes only. These 3D images were created very quickly from my memory and I didnât have any reference in front of me at the time, so I apologize if some of the details or proportions are off.
Thx Saxe...:thumbup
that looks pretty close
Shinobi, you building a scratch scope?
Nah, but I have a "Frankenstein" scope assembled from some other scopes, with a little bit of modification. The Look of the elements are good, so I'm happy with it. I could buy a resin cast of an A.S.I, but I'd rather a real scope. It lends to the "real weapon" feel of it. The mount itself I'll have to build though, that's what I'm trying to do now.
Very nice pics Jon...
WOW! Thanks Saxe! That's pretty darn good, and VERY helpful too! These things are driving me spare!
Wow, Jon, that does look really impressive and probably one of the closest breakdowns I have seen!
I'm searching high and low, with very little result. A few remotely similar things here and there but no cigar. Sheesh I'm gonna shoot myself trying to figure this out!
BUMP! So far, nothing solid... I'm Trying to figure this one out, and not having a lot of success. Anybody else got any leads?
Edit: Here's my illustration from the all existing reference I have. Maybe this might help anyone else to ID it.
Last edited by Shinobi Fett; Oct 8, 2008 at 2:45 PM.
BUMP! See below!
Oh.. I have my preference set to "newest at top" that's why below. Was just bumping the thread with my illustration.
That is looking pretty good. I have been studing this part for some time know and you have captured what I have seen based on the exisiting reference material.
Hey Alan! Thanks! This is driving me bats! On a side note - I'll be working on a scratch built pack body from your plans soon!