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HTC has just announced its latest Android flagship smartphone, the One (M8), and below we have squared the phone up against its year-old predecessor, the One (M7), to find out if you should upgrade.
Size and Weight
The new phone is larger in every way than last year's One, but don't let that put you off, because the phone's corners are more curved than before, helping it feel more secure in your hand. To the numbers... the One (M7) has a footprint of 137.4mm x 68.2mm, is 9.3mm thick and weighs in at 143g. Meanwhile, the shiny new One (M8) measures 146.4 x 70.6mm, is 9.35mm thick, and weighs 160g.
The new One's larger overall size and weight is partly due to its display, which is 0.3in bigger than the old model, at 5 inches. The phone's Full HD resolution remains at 1920 x 1080, meaning the new phone's pixel density will be fractionally lower, but you're never going to actually notice this. Safe to say, both phones offer some of the best screens on the market.
Processor, RAM and Storage
Last year's One (M7) was powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor clocked at 1.7GHz and paired with 2GB of RAM. The new (M8) makes use of Qualcomm's brand new and top-of-the-range Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor, running at 2.3GHz and also paired with 2GB of RAM.
Storage for the (M7) was fairly generous at 32GB or 64GB depending on your budget, but the phone doesn't have a microSD card slot to expand on this. Thankfully, HTC has learnt its lesson for the (M8), which - although offering just 16GB or 32GB out of the box - has a card slot to increase this by up to a massive 128GB. The (M8) also comes with two years of free access to 65GB of Google Drive cloud storage.
The One (M7) featured a revolutionary Ultrapixel camera, as HTC argued that a race to offer more megapixels than its rivals wasn't the answer, and instead fewer but larger pixels are a better solution.
For the (M8), HTC has stuck to its Ultrapixel guns (and to the same resolution of four megapixels), but brings another major camera upgrade to the party. The (M8) is the first smartphone to have two rear cameras, and it uses them to take photos with huge depths of field previously not possible on a phone.
Take a photo, then afterwards you can select to either have the foreground or background in focus. More than that, with the (M8) you can also delete items from the foreground or background, or change their colour. Full HD video recording is possible on both phones and both make use of HTC's Zoe video editing application.
The (M7)'s front-facing camera is 2.1 megapixels, while the new (M8)'s ups the ante to five megapixels, meaning your selfies will look better than ever. Full HD 1080p video recording is also possible with the (M8)'s front camera.
The One (M8) comes with Android 4.4 KitKat, which the M7 will soon be upgraded to, and the new model gets the company's newest build of its Sense user interface, version 6.
Both Ones feature HTC's dual front-facing Boom Sound speakers, but for the new (M8) the company has redesigned the speaker chambers to help increase full volume by 25%, making the (M8) by far the loudest smartphone on sale today - just don't play your music on the bus.
HTC has also tinkered with the phone's internal amplification software, tuning it to improve both heavy bass and soft vocal individually to keep both ends of the range in perfect harmony without drowning each other out.
HTC has increased the One's battery capacity slightly, from 2,300mAh to 2,600mAh, upping 3G talk time from 18 to 20 hours, although as always your mileage will vary with how you use the handset.
Should I upgrade?
The original HTC One was, for our money, an excellent phone that matched Apple's industrial design and premium sense of quality blow-for-blow, and with the (M8) HTC has improved on this - and that can only be a good thing.
Heavy gamers will notice the performance bump of the new Qualcomm processor, while those with huge media collections will be thankful for the (M8)'s microSD card slot. Having only spent a few hours with the (M8)'s dual camera, we are yet to decide if the new technology is groundbreaking or a bit of a gimmick - but at least it will give the Instagram crowd a new tool for their arsenal.
The new One is the best looking Android phone on the market - to our eyes - and at least on paper it looks to offer a worth upgrade over the M7, which coincidentally will remain on sale at a lower price.
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EDMONTON, AB (January 31, 2013): The Progressive Conservative party should immediately repay every dollar of taxpayer money they solicited and received illegally after being found by Elections Alberta to have violated elections laws to the tune of at least $20,280, Wildrose Justice Critic Shayne Saskiw said today.
The money was accepted illegally after December of 2009 on behalf of taxpayer funded institutions like municipalities, post-secondary schools and school boards. Saskiw said the PCs cannot campaign with tax dollars and the actual amount they've been asked to repay is much larger. "Today, Elections Alberta has revealed that at least 20,280 taxpayer dollars are sitting in the PC war chest to be used in the next election campaign, but we know they have asked the party to return a much larger amount," Saskiw said. "The PC party should immediately return that money to whom it belongs, the taxpayers of Alberta, and come clean on the full amount they have been asked to repay. Public dollars should be invested in public services, not funneled to political party bank accounts, and although this approach has been explicitly illegal since 2004, it has always been unethical." The PCs have a long history of soliciting and accepting illegal political contributions from taxpayer-funded institutions, Saskiw added. Wildrose has uncovered several instances of the PCs accepting illegal contributions dating as far back as 2004. However, because of legislation passed this fall by the PCs, Elections Alberta can only report on activity after December of 2009. "The problem goes much, much deeper than what Elections Alberta revealed today," Saskiw said. "Make no mistake, the PCs have collected tens of thousands of dollars illegally over the years, and this has been going on for decades. Elections Alberta has only scratched the surface of what is a deep rooted practice."


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Lecture: Álvaro Siza: Punt en Komma
24 September 2015, 6pm, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec Canada
"Álvaro Siza will be at the CCA to give a lecture to mark the opening of the exhibition that documents two of his seminal housing projects from the 1980s. Siza donated his architectural archive to the CCA in 2014. The public lecture will take place in the Paul Desmarais Theatre of the CCA."
A reception and opening of the exhibition will follow. Presented in the Octagonal Gallery, the exhibition examines Bonjour Tristesse in Berlin (19821983) and Punt en Komma in The Hague (19851989), two residential projects that are Sizas first completed works outside Portugal.
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If Georginio Wijnaldum can play somewhere near his best form over the last eight games of this season, then Newcastle will have a decent enough chance of surviving the drop for the second time in seven years.
Gini has been away with the Netherlands squad for about ten days, but he's now back in Newcastle and pledges to put his focus completely on helping Newcastle win some games during the run-in.
We probably need to win five games to survive.
Gini Wijnaldum – we need to do see him do this more often
Newcastle have lost four and drawn one of our last five games and we must start winning games soon if we are to have any chance of surviving in the Premier League.
Newcastle suffered a big blow last night when Rob Elliot was badly injured playing for Ireland and will be out for over six months, but Karl Darlow will come in and do his very best for the team.
This is what the 25-year-old Dutch International midfielder said on the club's website, fresh from their 2-1 win against England last night at Wembley:
"I will be happy if we win the game because it's an important one, and every game that we have to play now we have to collect points because it's good for the team, and that's the only thing that matters right now,"
"My focus was the Dutch team for two games, but on Wednesday I'll go back to Newcastle and then I'll focus on Newcastle again."
"We want to start winning games."
It's up to every single player at Newcastle to give his very best in each of the final eight games of the season – and then we stand a decent chance of avoiding relegation – which would be a complete and utter disaster for the club.
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2009 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG
An SL for enthusiasts
For over 50 years a Mercedes-Benz SL has sat as the pinnacle of the company's performance and desirability, although some years were certainly better than others. Remember the original Gullwing of 1957? Beautiful, powerful and the subject of millions of teenage room models. Compared to a 1977 SL 450 with a smog-choked V8, it's hard to imagine that both could be SLs.
|1. Despite the "6.3" badge and 63 in the name, the SL63 uses a 6.2-liter V8 engine that generates 518hp and 465 ft-lbs of torque.
2. An optional $12,500 AMG Performance Package includes 19-inch wheels, a limited-slip differential, a more aggressive brake compound, a new steering wheel, a stiffer suspension and a top speed of 186 mph.
3. The SL63's AMG SpeedShift MCT seven-speed automatic transmission lets you shift gears in as little as 100 milliseconds in "Sport Plus" mode and also does throttle-blips on the downshift.
Still, after more than five decades, you'd figure the company has gotten it right by now. And for 2009, the entire line gets a fifth-generation facelift after five years on the market.
Mercedes-Benz' latest overhaul of the SL line includes the AMG performance models too. And while the turbocharged SL600 and SL65 AMG offer twin-turbocharged V12s and dump-truck loads of torque, it's the relatively simple SL63 AMG that's aimed straight at the enthusiasts.
If you hadn't guessed yet, the '63' represents a couple neat things for AMG. The first is that it's a throwback to the original Munich missile, the 1963 300 SEL 6.3, which was Mercedes-Benz' interpretation of a muscle car, throwing the 300-hp 6.3-liter V8 from the 600 Pullman limousine into a more reasonably sized package.
The second is that it refers to AMG's newest high-performance V8 – in this case 6.2 liters, but who's counting – that's now stuffed in virtually every Mercedes-Benz model from the C-Class to the S-Class. In SL trim, it puts out 518hp and 465 ft-lbs of torque, which is enough to propel this $135,000 super coupe from 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds. Top speed is limited to 155 mph, unless you specify the $12,500 AMG Performance Package, which pulls the limiter and tops out at 186 mph.
One of the most impressive pieces of AMG pie is the seven-speed transmission. AMG, not happy with everyone else like Audi, BMW and Ferrari moving to dual-clutch computerized transmissions, tried desperately to engineer its own solution. The result is the AMG SpeedShift MCT, which uses a series of wet clutches to preselect different gears. There are four shift settings – Comfort, Sport, Sport Plus and Manual – the quickest of which will bang home the next gear in 100 milliseconds, about as fast as a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. And it does a perfect "double-clutch" on the downshifts too, blipping the throttle appropriately so you sound like Juan Fangio at his best.
There's also a launch control system that allows you to show off the SL 63's prodigious acceleration to your friends at will. Best to hold on tight, then.
Thanks to the seventh-gear, the SL isn't too bad on the highway with a rating of 19 mpg but in the city it gets just 12 mpg.
The rest of that Performance Package contains the revolutionary items that transform the SL from boulevard cruiser to a true performance icon. They include 19-inch AMG-styled five-spoke wheels, an AMG-spec limited-slip differential, a more aggressive brake compound for the six-piston front and four-piston rear calipers, a new steering wheel and a track-oriented tune for the Active Body Control suspension.
This is one very special machine that doesn't just feel like a hotted-up SL. No, the way the suspension keeps the body in check, the way the gears bang home one after another, the way that 6.2-liter V8 just howls and spits and roars; it's truly impressive. It's also the first one in recent memory to have truly switchable driver aids, meaning off really is off.
While the 63 AMG pushes all the right buttons with its steering and manners, the problem is that being an SL, there are so many luxury toys and niceties that this two-seater weighs in at over 4,274 lbs. Unlike the plain-insane SL65 Black Series, the 63 AMG retains its two-piece folding hardtop and all the gear to make that work smoothly and efficiently.
The interior follows the same changes to the SL line, meaning not a lot differentiates it from the older models. But the materials used are first rate, including the perforated leather AMG sport seats, the carbon fiber trim on the doors, dash and gearshift surround and the hand-stitched touches throughout.
The $3,050 Premium Package really only makes sense in cooler climes, seeing as it features heated and active ventilated seats and the Airscarf vents that direct warm air at the occupants' necks. Keyless ignition and an electronic trunk closer might not be enough otherwise.
In what seems like the ultimate in excess, a panorama sunroof can be optioned for $1,950. Other aids like the $1,140 Parktronic and $2,230 Distronic help ensure you don't ding anyone else in your personalized, six-figured baby, which is a good thing considering how nice the SL 63 AMG looks on the road.
The front end receives the three-pointed star mounted in against a large, blacked out grille, similar to the latest C-Class, and the angled-off boomerang headlights add some much-needed aggression. Like all AMGs, there's the usual body addenda of spoilers, ground effects and menacing fascias, but you can immediately spot the original lines that date back to 2003.
The rear sports a quad-exhaust poking out of a blacked-out diffuser. Other 'subtle' AMG touches abound, like the chrome-plated 6.3 badge on the front fenders.
Believe it or not, there is a huge amount of competition around this $135,000 price range, including the identically priced Maserati GranTurismo S and the $130,000 Porsche 911 Turbo. Even the excellent Audi R8 comes in nearby at $123,300. Factor in the SL's drop top, and the competition's equivalent performance models are either more expensive – minimum $141K for the Porker Turbo soft-top – or nonexistent. Choice at this level will probably come down more to personal brand preference and aesthetic taste rather than out-and-out performance. It's one area, at least, where the SL beats the Porsche.
So the SL 63 AMG sits in a rather unique place, seeing as it's both a true wind-in-your-face roadster and a performance-oriented hardtop sports car. Those lucky enough to afford one will certainly enjoy the latest distillation of Mercedes-Benz' newfound ambition and quality.
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We will be holding an Amateur Radio Basic License training course on Saturday, June 17th, 2017 at the NARC site starting at 9:00am and going until 5:00pm. The cost of the course will be $120 and will include Handouts, Manual, access to publishers student site and resources, NARC membership for 2017, examination, and refreshments.
This will be a one day course with a 3 week self study period where the instructors will be available for Q & A via phone and a web forum where questions can be posted and the answers available for all the students. There will also be access to a web base training course and an on line copy of the question bank that has the answer and an explanation of the answer.
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NARC can help you get your Amateur Radio Certificate by offering both Basic and Advanced level classes at various times throughout the year.
To earn your certificate with Basic Qualification, you'll need to pass a written exam. This is a 70% pass-grade, 100-question multiple-choice test, covering such topics as radio operating practices, basic electrical theory, and the Radiocommunication regulations that apply to amateur radio. A mark of 80% or more gives the candidate the additional privileges of Basic Qualification with honours.
Candidates for the Advanced Qualification must pass a 70% pass-grade, 50-question multiple-choice examination covering electrical theory primarily related to the additional privileges granted to holders of the Advanced Qualification.
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Tom Hanks held a USWNT roll call on Twitter
Tom Hanks seems to have a case of World Cup fever as the USWNT prepares to take on Columbia in the team's first knockout-round game of the 2015 tournament.
The Oscar-winning actor put out a series of tweets in which he takes a roll call of the World Cup favorite's roster, and even calls out the turf that the women have been forced to play on, despite many protests.
After shouting out all 23 of the team members, including a nod to "Amy" Wambach that was either a joke or a typo, Hanks lets the women know they are his heroes before the Monday night match in Edmonton.
Roll call! Boxx? Brian? Chalupny? Engen? Harris? Good to have you...— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) June 21, 2015
Heath? Holiday? Beast Johnston? Klingenberg? Ali Krieger? Sydney Leroux, did I pronounce that right?...— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) June 21, 2015
Lloyd, Morgan, and Naeher? Good. O'Hara? O'Reilly? Press? Ok, I see you...— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) June 21, 2015
Rampone? Just say 'here'. Rapinoe, how was Paris? Amy Rodriquez? Sauerbrunn. Sauerbrunn! Thank you, Becks!— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) June 21, 2015
Hope? Hope Solo? Gotcha. Amy Wambach? Check. Listen up, Team! You're all my heroes... Careful on that turf... Hanx— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) June 21, 2015
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Resident Evil: Retribution, the fifth entry into the film adaptation of the game series, launches September 14th. Almost two weeks later, the much anticipated Resident Evil 6 releases. The movie and game franchises releasing so closely together gives us a perfect opportunity to compare the series' franchises. While the two are very separate creations, the similarities and differences are interesting and shed light on why each succeeds or fails in their own right. Let us know how you think the two series compare in the comments section below!
|The Resident Evil franchise created some of the most enduring and compelling characters in video game history. Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield are both playable characters in the first Resident Evil game, but are completely unique characters with their abilities and background. This attention to character detail continues throughout the series.
|Alice leads the film series and is a brand new character in the franchise. Even so, she meets many of the classic Resident Evil characters along the way, including Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield, Chris Redfield, and Albert Wesker. The upcoming Resident Evil: Retribution will also add Barry Burton, Leon Kennedy, and Ada Wong into the mix.
|Over nine games make up the Resident Evil series. Since the first S.T.A.R.S. operation into Raccoon City, the story of Resident Evil has ballooned in complexity through the series. Chris, Jake, Leon, and Ada star in the upcoming Resident Evil 6, with the story taking place fifteen years after the events in Raccoon City.
|Paul W. S. Anderson, Writer and Producer on the film series, intentionally deviated from the game world, but still managed to tie many of the same characters and underlying story into the adaptations. Wesker is as bad and manipulative as ever and the T-Virus has had profound affects on Alice and the entire world, maintaining the spirit, if not the details, of the game narrative.
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How do the regular zombies compare? With few game resources at your disposal, the zombie hordes are terrifying. With only one bullet let, that single lone-zombie, mowed down so easily in other games and films, suddenly looks incredibly dangerous.
|Single zombies pose little threat in the Resident Evil film adaptations. Weapons mow them down with ease, so only overwhelming numbers seem effective. Add Alice's super-powers to the mix, and the regular zombie horde is as threatening as a group of poodles.
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|From the Hunter to grotesque Duvalia, the Resident Evil game series have come up with a vast array of disgusting and deadly zombie mutations, the vast majority of which never see on-screen time.
|Some of the most recognizable zombie mutations do, in fact, make a film appearance. The Licker, Nemesis, and the Executioner all appear in the films, their live-action counterparts looking every bit as threatening as their game counterparts.
|The first Resident Evil defined the survival-horror genre, in fact, it was the first to use the moniker. The eerie setting of a Raccoon City mansion, juxtaposed with camera angles that intentionally left players in the dark, literally and figuratively, makes for one of the most haunting games in video game history.
|Without actually controlling Alice ourselves, the film series cannot hit the same unsettling tone as the game series. That being said, seeing the zombies in real life, with crisp digital effects, brings the gory details of the creatures to wonderfully disturbing life.
|For the most part, the Resident Evil series never tried to compete with the fast-paced first-person shooter market. The franchise has always set itself apart as a strategic action game rather than a run-and-gun experience. The action in the game is intense, but calculated.
|With all the digital effects to support her, Alice is one of the most physically amazing action-heroes in the franchise. Her moves put many of the game characters to shame. The films also spices-up some scenes taken directly from the game, adding slow-motion, crazy camera angles, or even extra explosions. For those hungry for pure action alone, the films mostly deliver.


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Lynn Eastep is bringing her award-winning combination of Fortune 500 brand-side and agency experience to Fathom. Eastep, an accomplished executive with more than 20 years of progressive experience in B2B and B2C digital marketing, will oversee client service, retention and growth as a president of Fathom, with a particular focus on consumer brand manufacturers.
Eastep will be directly responsible for shaping vision for Fathom's consumer-brand clients and managing the strategists, specialists and account executives who serve them. She will work alongside Fathom's other client leaders to share her cross-disciplinary knowledge, from healthcare and consumer packaged goods to retail.
On her new role, Eastep says, "I'm most looking forward to tremendous growth both for Fathom and its clients. Fathom is continually challenging itself to grow, to better serve clients, to create more profit for its clients. I'm excited to be a part of the company's continuing evolution in the digital space."
Eastep has previously held the positions of senior vice president and partner for Fleishman-Hillard, where she conducted digital program development for such clients as Nestle, Bayer, and Novartis. She has also served as University Hospitals' director of interactive marketing. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including silver anvils from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), ADDY® Awards from the American Advertising Federation (AAF), a Vision Award of Merit from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and the Shop.org Innovation Award. Eastep's hiring signifies Fathom's continuing investment in clients who seek transformational growth.


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text: Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. All three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading up 77 points (0.5%) at 17,053 as of Thursday, July 3, 2014, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,714 issues advancing vs. 1,323 declining with 126 unchanged. The Financial sector currently sits up 0.1% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.5%. On the negative front, top decliners within the sector include Annaly Capital Management ( NLY), down 1.4%, HCP ( HCP), down 1.2%, Health Care REIT ( HCN), down 0.8% and Orix ( IX), down 0.7%. Top gainers within the sector include TD Ameritrade ( AMTD), up 2.9%, Aegon ( AEG), up 2.9%, Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV ( BSMX), up 2.7%, Charles Schwab ( SCHW), up 2.7% and Deutsche Bank ( DB), up 2.4%. TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the sector lower today: 3. Brookfield Asset Management ( BAM) is one of the companies pushing the Financial sector lower today. As of noon trading, Brookfield Asset Management is down $0.38 (-0.9%) to $43.80 on average volume. Thus far, 276,701 shares of Brookfield Asset Management exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 621,600 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $43.72-$44.35 after having opened the day at $44.32 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $44.18. Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is a publicly owned asset management holding company. Through its subsidiaries the firm invests in the property, power, and infrastructure sectors. Brookfield Asset Management has a market cap of $27.3 billion and is part of the real estate industry. Shares are up 13.8% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Brookfield Asset Management a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates Brookfield Asset Management as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in stock price during the past year, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, attractive valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full Brookfield Asset Management Ratings Report now. STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.


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Devil's Slide, a coastal section of state Highway 1 in San Mateo County notorious for rock slides and traffic accidents, will finally be replaced with something a bit more angelic.
Decades in the making, two new tunnels are expected to officially open Tuesday as part of a $439 million transportation project to provide a more reliable link between the towns of Pacifica and Half Moon Bay.
Instead of having to use a harrowing roadway that rises high above the Pacific Ocean, the 4,200-foot-long tunnels will take motorists directly through the San Pedro Mountains.
Gruesome traffic accidents on Devil's Slide, including the December 2011 death of a motorcyclist, have created a macabre affiliation for the otherwise pristine, scenic stretch of Highway 1.
San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley, a former county sheriff, said he's witnessed too many of those fatal wrecks over the years.
"We were often called down there for rescue missions," Horsley said. "But they usually turned out to be just recovery efforts."
The grim human toll aside, the treacherous terrain of Devil's Slide has taken a huge economic toll on the coastal residents of San Mateo County. In rainy weather, the steep and unstable cliff side has often crumbled underneath powerful landslides. In 1995, Devil's Slide was closed for nearly six months, and in 2006 it was shut for four months because of erosion and landslides.
"Any time Highway 1 is closed, it has a devastating effect on local businesses," said Bob Haus, a spokesman for Caltrans, the state transit agency. "The detours around Devil's Slide can leave motorists stranded for hours."
Originally, Caltrans wanted to create a freeway bypass over Montara Mountain as an alternative to Devil's Slide.
However, local residents wary of the adverse aesthetic effects of a freeway atop coastal lands rallied to pass Measure T, an initiative stating that the tunnels were preferred. With the advocacy of former Peninsula Rep. Tom Lantos — whom the tunnels are named after in memoriam — funding arrived from Washington, D.C., for the $439 million plan.
"We call this the people's tunnel, because it truly reflects the will of the communities," said Zoe Kersteen-Tucker, a longtime advocate for the tunnels. "This is a victory for the state and for participatory democracy."
Kersteen-Tucker said the tunnels will provide a safe and reliable passage for motorists while maintaining the natural beauty of the coast. Eventually, the old Devil's Slide will be transitioned into a state park, with bike trails and walking paths, Kersteen-Tucker said.
Today, Caltrans, along with elected officials and local activists, will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the tunnels.


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Bazaar System
- Checking a bazaar stops player movement.
(With above) You can check a bazaar, but be out of range to purchase from it, requiring you to exit the bazaar, move, and recheck it.[??/??/??] In certain situations, bazaaring items near a zone line can cause your character to become corrupted.[??/??/??]
Battle System
- Actions that cannot be used do not properly gray out (eg: Reaction commands, Commands when you are out of range)
- When selecting actions, the action readying bar may say you are using the wrong ability.
Monsters often run away from the player and regen large amounts of health without giving any indication of the ability they used.[11/25/10] Skill gain for Disciplines of War and Magic are extremely random, making party play difficult.[11/25/10] SP/XP is not awarded when a battle is finished (in certain situations).[??/??/??] (With above) It is possible for a monster to disengage in battle, wiping out all player skill gain, even if he/she is actively in combat with that monster).[??/??/??] SP/XP does not appear in the log, but is awarded to the player (in certain situations).[??/??/??]
- Targeting Issues [Various Patches have made improvements]
"The target is already engaged."[??/??/??]
Check System
- Difficulty of monsters cannot be accurately gauged by the check system.
- Difficulty icon disappears from the monster's name.
Crafting System
[9/29/10] Synthesis attempts appear to be failing and using more durability[9/30/10] After selecting a "Requested Item", a player cannot change the item they are attempting to synth without canceling out of the craft window, standing up, and going back into the synthesize option.[??/??/??]
General Issues
- The Autotranslate function may stop working, requiring the player to restart the client to fix it.
- Door will fail to open do to lag, trapping you until you re-log.
While in an instance, the "You are leaving the instance." warning appears as it kicks you out of the instance.[02/02/11] Moving items from retainer to inventory and vice-versa does not function as expected, resulting in the loss of items (eg: when moving a completed stack of shards from your retainer to your inventory, those in your inventory will disappear).[??/??/??]
- NPCs can (in certain situations) spawn beneath the floor.
- No Shutdown option (/shutdown)
- Players load before retainers in the Market Ward (retainers despawn when a new player enters)
- Lalafell's shirt kept flaring up like a mini skirt after equipment change (returned to normal after restarting the game or, occasionally, after teleporting).
- When the boat pulls into the dock, the inside of the boat often fails to render, allowing you to see the water instead of the boat.
- In certain situations, earrings/rings will not appear on the player's character.
Guildleve System
After completing a Guildleve from an Aetherial Gate, if a member selects to return to the Aetheryte, the Aetherial Node will close, preventing any other members from returning to the Aetherial Gate or Aetheryte.[11/25/10]
- Difficulty difference between leves of the same suggested rank are too vast.
- Disconnecting cancels a leve.
- (With above) Disconnecting while sharing a leve requires that you return to the crystal to rejoin the leve.
- (With above) A player does not automatically join a shared leve when invited to a party (has to return to the crystal to get the leve)
- Unable to remove local leves without failing/completing them.
- Wiping during a Guildleve in which the monsters run away to grad additional monsters may cause the additional monsters to despawn, making the guildleve impossible to complete (eg: Revenge of the Dodos)
Macro System
Unable to equip multiple items with the same name (attempting to equip multiple Copper Rings to different slots will always error).[11/25/10]
Party System
Clicking a player's health bar does not target that player.[11/25/10]
- Party Member Vitals disappear and display ??? (cannot see HP/MP)
- Party Member Vitals get stuck on zero and the player cannot be healed.
- Party Member name disappears and cannot be targeted.
- In some situations, a party will be unable to claim a mob if any member of the party is out of range.
- In certain situations, a solo player will receive the "party leader out of range error" which will persist until joining a party or logging out.
- Unable to claim a monster unless the party leader is standing next to you.
- Unable to invite members unless they are standing next to you.
- Unable to leave party or logoff if any member is in combat.
Text Commands
/check does not function as documented (/check "Player Name" should check the player with that name, per the documentation).[Note: the documentation was changed to reflect the functionality that was implemented.] /equip does not function as documented (documentation says l.ear, r.ear, off instead of L.ear, R.ear, sub etc)
User Interface - Chat Box
- Chat Box always returns to "General" chat tab (you cannot keep the "Battle" tab as the active tab)
- Chat Filters are not functioning properly/robust enough (inability to remove certain lines, inability to remove certain lines without removing something you need)
- Chat Text is constantly deleted when other interface elements become active (crafting, searching bazaars, etc). [10/08/10] Partial fix; chat text is still deleted when the craft window first opens and when any non-craft/bazaar dialogue opens.
- Entering Chat Text into the Chat Box resets your position in inventory lists (Inventory, Retainer, etc).
User Interface - Keybindings
CTRL+R does not function unless you have sent the player a tell and the chat window is active.[11/25/10]
- Pressing CTRL+R to reply to a tell with text in the chat window deletes that text (Expected functionality was to put /t Player Name before the text that was already entered).
User Interface - Map
- Mouse controls do not work as expected (keyboard camera controls IJKL are used to move around the map, but mouse camera controls will continue to rotate the camera).
Unable to see party members on map.[11/25/10]
User Interface - Mouse
- Unable to bind to the mouse (eg: autorun to a mouse button).
- Unable to move your character with the mouse (eg: holding right and left click to move).
User Interface - General
- After hitting the surplus limit for one job, changing to another will still show the skill points in the UI in yellow, until you gain at least 1 skill point.
- Volume configuration does not allow you to click the "No Sound" and "Max Volume" buttons.
- Volume configuration "Sound Effects" does not work (turning sound effects off does not stop sound effects from playing)
Other Issues
Bazaar System
- No text command to go directly to a target's bazaar (eg: /bazaar "Player Name" should open a player[retainer]'s bazaar).
Battle System
- Abilities require that you enter into Active mode, even if they seem as though they shouldn't (eg: Archer's Quickstride, Buff Abilities/Spells; this is a person preference of the game design)
- Pressing Enter on a retrainer should open the bazaar (similar to shop NPCs)
Basic Functionality
- Auction House
Inventory Sort[11/25/10]
- Mail System
- Search System (/sea all player, /sea all job)
Crafting System
- Inability to craft multiples of the same item without going through the interface multiple times. [03/03/11] (Fixed for Local Leve items)
- Poorly implemented interface (too many confirmations for every synthesis)
- Recipe progression is awkward at best; creating a low level item often requires multiple classes 10 to 15 ranks higher.
- Recipes that you "learn" from quests are not stored in any of the possible menu locations.
- The process for using a dye on an item is unnecessarily complex. Instead of requiring each ingredient in a synthesis be dyed a specific color, it would make more sense to apply the dye to the final product. This would allow players to dye equipment the color they chose without having to create an entirely new piece of equipment.
General Issues
- Attempting to move while sitting does not force your character to stand.
- Emotes while sitting are extremely restricted (/wave does not work, /chuckle does but /laugh does not, even though the message for the emotes are almost identical)
- Certain Equipment durability appears to be too low (specifically Discipline of War weapons).
- NPC item repair does not repair accessories.
- NPC item repair seems too expensive (10k to repair an item from 48% to 75%; not a problem independently, but coupled with certain items wearing out quickly, it appears to be unbalanced)
- The NPC steersman does not give the time remaining on the boat trip.
- Return point changing should be a choice (it is currently set automatically when you touch a crystal)
Guildleve System
- Limited to 8 regional and 8 local leves in a 36 hour period with no other non-grinding content (where are the Star Onion Brigade-esque quests?)
- Targets for other player's guildleves should be untargetable to you.
Linkshell System
- Option to get a message when a Linkshell member comes on(off)line.
- Unable to give ownership of a Linkshell to another player. (Unconfirmed)
- Unable to see if information about members in Linkshell list (location, rank, level)
- Unable to set a Linkshell message.
- Unable to invite members unless they are standing next to you.
- Unable to kick members unless they are standing next to you.
- Unable to promote/demote members unless they are standing next to you.
Macro System
- Artifically limited to 10 lines per macro, causing annoyances when changing jobs (setting abilities, changing equipment).
- The delay between macro lines is an unnecessary annoyance.
- Unable to cut and paste entire macros.
Party System
- Unable to search for people interested in partying (I know there is a recruitment system, but I do not know how that works)
- Switch Target Variants (st, stnpc, stpc, bt)
Position (<pos>) command does not exist.[11/25/10]
Text Commands
- Assist (/assist "Player Name")
Adding "motion" after an emote does not perform the emote motion without log text (eg: /laugh motion).[11/25/10]
- Target (/target "Player Name", /ta <stnpc>, etc)
User Interface - Chat Box
Chat Box needs a transparency option.
- Chat Box cannot be easily expanded to fullscreen to scroll through specific types of chat (Press +, enter, then view chat by Say, Party, Linkshell, Tell, etc).
- Chat Filters configuration does not allow you to add additional tabs.
- Chat Filter "Hold" Functionality (as in FFXI, will stop a chat line from immediately scrolling out of the window)
- Chat Line Notification (sound notification on incoming tell)
Chat Line colors are unable to be modified.[11/25/10] Limit to the number of characters per line (85) is too small.[12/15/10]
User Interface - Friendlist
- Friend List does not display the location of friends.
- Option to get a message when a friend comes online.
User Interface - Keybindings
Missing Keyboard Shortcuts (Inventory, Equipment, Action Window, Journal)[11/25/10]
- Target Nearest NPC
- Target Nearest PC
- Unable to remap arrow keys.
User Interface - General
- Linkshell name is not displayed anywhere.
- No option to hide your own name without hiding everyone's name.
- All "Widgets" need to be movable (Action Bar, NPC popups, etc)
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Brazilian Romi got efficiency through flexibility
Brazilian machine tools manufacturer Romi has optimised its production process by introducing flexible manufacturing system (FMS) units. Seco Tools was involved in the change, supplying the necessary milling cutters.
Guilherme de Abreu knows all about optimising production processes. As Machining and Processes Engineering Supervisor at Industrias Romi, his daily work revolves around the three MCX 900 horizontal machining units that make up Romi's new flexible manufacturing system (FMS). From its base in Brazil, Romi uses the equipment to manufacture components for its entire range of machine tools as well as its and plastic injection and blow moulding machines.
Romi's involvement with FMS started in 2011 when it acquired the German machine tools manufacturer Burkhardt + Weber (B + W). Abreu, who is responsible for Romi's FMS units, then spent four months at B + W developing Romi's FMS project together with the German engineering team.
Romi produced the first components on its newly installed FMS units in April 2014. The production of the components at the Romi production unit at Santa Bárbara d`Oeste, São Paulo State, made the company the first Brazilian machine tools manufacturer to use FMS. Today, Romi produces some 30 different components on the FMS units, medium-sized parts for the whole range of the company's machine tools, such as engine and CNC lathes, turning and machining centers.
Supply Chain Manager Fernando Marcos Cassoni says there are plans to further expand the concept. "We are constantly transferring the production of further components to the FMS units," he says. "This is happening at a rate of one component item per week until we reach 150 components." Romi plans to increase machine running times from today's eight-hour shifts up to three shifts, allowing for round-the-clock operation by the end of 2015.
Shifting production to the FMS has huge advantages. The machines feature a magazine for 390 different tools and an automatic feed system for parts and fixtures. "The FMS allows us to reduce the production set-up time to zero", says Abreu. "Before the FMS, each machine set-up took us between three and four hours, forcing us to produce a whole batch of each component item instead of the number actually needed. This built up unnecessary stock."
This benefit is on top of the FMS's increased reaction speed to demand variation, which helps to avoid unproductive intervals. The new technology has made it possible to shorten manufacturing periods by up to 30 percent. Cassoni explains, "We started the FMS project because we needed more flexibility in our production process. The machinery and equipment markets are our core business and demand rapid solutions. So, we need to deliver rapid and customized, unique solutions."
However, flexibility alone isn`t enough to achieve high productivity. "The FMS high-speed procession requires high-end tools, and fortunately Seco has them," says Cassoni. Guilherme de Abreu adds, "Our decision to bring Seco into our FMS project was due to the high quality and reliability of its cutting tools as well as its excellent support. We knew this from previous projects."
Claudenir Paro Junior is Seco Tools Brazil's Component Engineered Tooling Coordinator. "We joined the project in its development phase, as we had to make sure that our products would be able to respond to all requirements," he says. "As Romi produces a wide range of different components on the same machine, our job was to adapt our tools so they would work perfectly within the different set-ups."
Seco Tools now supplies all the milling cutters used by Romi's FMS units, and it provides support for the ongoing expansion of the FMS. Cassoni says speed and quality will be even more important moving ahead. "Brazil makes up about 70 percent of Romi's sales, and it's a difficult market, especially now with the economy going through hard times," he says. "You have to work harder and be even more flexible to become as competitive as need."
Further investment is planned, focusing on automation of all production processes, including miniload and further logistic solutions. "Brazil's economy often suffers from a lack of investments in innovative solutions. But we do things differently," says Cassoni, showing the same entrepreneurial spirit that has brought Romi to the vanguard of modern production processes.
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Indústrias Romi S. A., founded in 1930, is the Brazilian machinery and industrial equipment market leader. Exporting to five continents, Romi`s core markets include Latin and North America as well as Europe, with representations in England, Spain, Germany, France, USA, Mexico and China, supplying various industrial sectors such as oil, gas, mining, tooling, machining, automobile and aircraft as well as metallurgy.
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Torchbearer Awards Ceremony 2017
By: Angela Roman
The Torchbearer Leadership and Service Awards Ceremony was held on April 20th. The ceremony recognizes students and student organizations for their commitment to serve our campus and community during the 16-17 academic year. Congratulations to all of our winners:
Rising Star Leadership Award – Andrew Kapanowski, Arianna Lozano, Kathryn Pilczuk, Samantha Gerken, Tea Caragao
Initiative 125 Service Award – Samantha Cavotta, Nicole Christenson, Amada Gilliam, Jordan Gilpin, Melissa Henderson, Zoe Horn, Lauren Johnston, Jason Keinath, Leah Kelsey, Felicia Kohn, Cassandra Kolka, Paige Kramer, Megan Liede, Arianna Lozano, Lily Luong, Miranda Maitland, Shaun Martin, Shaylin McCann, Laura McKeown, Courtney Palmer, Jacob Russell, Caleb Schultz, Jessica Westman, April Wilson, Lindsey Winslow, Sharell Williams, Tiyler Rush, Mary Leiter, Troy Longman, Katherine Denney, Megan Meerman, Morgan Payne
Presidential 250 Service Award – Amanda Gilliam, Melissa Henderson, Zoe Horn, Paige Kramer, Megan Liede, Jacob Russell, Sharell Williams, Tiyler Rush
Heart and Soul Service award – Lindsay Cavanaugh, Zoe Horn, Claudia Miller, Browyn Johnanson, Sarah Nestell, Logan Anderson
Commitment to Service – Josh Olszewski, Katie Nimtz
Newman Civic Fellows Award – Sean Williams
Community Volunteer of the Year – Zoe Horn
OMSS Above and Beyond - William Holden, Taylor Williamson, Jordan Dawkins, Talesha Wright
Honors Outstanding Scholar Award – Tyler Ryan
Student Government Presidential Award – Dylan Tantalo, Josh Olszewski
Ubuntu International Student Ambassador – Yashkumar Bhalala, Hawraa Albesher
Ubuntu Education Abroad Scholar – Anh Ngo, Elizabeth Yost
Club Sports Core Value Award – Women's Club Rugby
Collegiate Leadership Competition Honor – Erin Crummel, Katie Thompson, Travis Hill, Patrick Maloney, Katie Nimtz, Chrystal Parker, Talesha Wright
Fraternity Member of the Year - Jacob Law Phi Sigma Kappa
Sorority Member of the Year - Jamie Baranek Alpha Xi Delta
Greek Servant Leader - Nicole Christenson Lambda Kappa Sigma
Greek Silent Leader - Gabbi Schmidt Delta Zeta
Greek Academic Excellence - Amoreena Most Alpha Xi Delta
Greek President of the Year - Ashley Taylor Lambda Kappa Sigma
Greek New Member of the Year - Joe Rockwell Phi Alpha Delta
Greek Outstanding Service Program of the Year - Sigma Alpha Epsilon Paddy Murphy Week
Greek Outstanding Advisor of the Year - Angela Roman Professional Greek Council
RSO Advisor of the Year – Dr. Laura Dix, American Marketing Association
Five Star RSO – Circle K International, Bulldog Sustainability Alliance, American Marketing Association, Public Relations Student Society of America
Torchbearer Leadership Award - Alexandra Reeds, Andrew Klarecki, Erin Crummel, Josh Olszewski, Justin O'Donoghue, Katelyn Michalski, Levi Cipcic, Shelby Alda, Tori VanOeffelen, Justin Wolber, Leesa Deadwyler
Recognizing Job Search Stress: Watching for the Signs. By Katie Nimtz (Ferris State University, PR Student)
You are sitting at your desk in front of your laptop screen clicking to see if there will be anything on page number two of your search. As you scroll down to look for those two words 'Now Hiring' your neck is tense from sitting for so long and your eyes are strained from the backlight of the screen. You try a new search, trying to rearrange the words to bring up something new; job openings near me, career opportunities near me, jobs, who's hiring, where can I find a job, need job, how to not be poor. After hours of searching and filling out the same information about a hundred time in slightly different ways, you receive a couple of interviews, and you attend each one not thrilled. They weren't the ones you really wanted, and find yourself right back at the beginning again searching the internet. Why does finding a job have to be so difficult?
Many students feel pressured into finding the best job possible during their last summer and post-graduation. This self-expectation of perfection leaves individuals unfocused, doubtful in their own capabilities, and many times unmotivated. Alexander Graham Bell wrote, "When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us." In the same way, it is important for individuals to realize that finding a job takes persistence, dedication and grit. The best way to overcome the stresses of job searching is recognizing the problem.
How are you supposed to keep your sanity during the hunt? Understanding the causes of the stress is a great way to combat it. Students are constantly put into time sensitive situations and are generally capable of handling the crunch for time. However, the vast array of options and possibilities can cause some individuals to freeze up in their hunt. In Stephen Covey's book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, he explains the philosophy of starting with the end in mind. Finding a job should not be a last minute decision, giving yourself plenty of time to find and hear back from the potential employer. An individual needs to be actively strategizing their next move in their career path. This doesn't mean to obsess over a particular job, try read between the lines of a bad-news letter, or feel over confident in yourself. Find your dream job and start making a long term game plan by identifying the steps that will take you to your goal. In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones."
It can be difficult to recognize that even with a great education that first 'adult job' may not include being a manager, having your own office, or include the best hours. What matters is understanding how the job fits into your career path. It is important to identity and utilize your resources to lessen the effects of stress. Rejection is hard to take, but equipping yourself with the a top of line resume, cover letter, interview skills, professional demeanor, and positive attitude will get you closer to the goal. Students can reach out to professors, industry professionals, the Center for Leadership, Activities and Career Services, and even First Lady's Attic for ways to prepare and be less stressed during the process.


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Christina Aguilera could soon be back on the celebrity dating scene after it was claimed the star's marriage is in trouble.
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Stocks climb; Dow ends day up nearly 126 points
The Dow Jones industrial average rose Friday, but gave investors a respite from the string of 400-point days the past week.
At the close of trading, the blue-chip index was up 125.71 points for the day, climbing to 11,269.02.
Government data showing healthy consumer spending in July encouraged investors to go rummaging through the market, looking for stocks that have been battered by the vicious selloffs that intensified this week.
The positive news on retail sales was enough to offset a drop in consumer confidence as measured by the University of Michigan, according to Jason Trennert of Strategas Research Partners in a report to client. "The clock may have started on the recession watch, but there's little evidence the economy is falling off a cliff as we move through (the third quarter)," he said.
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There's even a chance consumer spending could get a boost from falling gasoline prices, according to a report from Barclays Capital.
"My guess is we will find out in September and October that the economy is not falling off a cliff, and indeed it probably will accelerate again," said Jim Paulsen of Wells Capital Management. "This will calm fears and bring greed back to the stock market."
Stocks had pared their gains earlier Friday as traders dissected the economic reports.
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Dow Jones industrial average, five trading days
The government said consumers spent more on autos, furniture and gasoline in July, pushing up retail sales by the largest amount in four months. But the survey on consumer sentiment fell to its lowest level in more than 30 years. And a separate report showed that businesses increased their stockpiles in July by the smallest amount since May 2010.
Traders were already dizzy from seesaw trading driven by concern about economic growth and a spreading financial crisis in Europe.
A batch of bad economic news has pummeled markets since before they started their long slide three weeks ago, on July 22. At Thursday's close, the Dow had fallen more than 12% since that date.
The strong retail sales added to a recent trend of more positive data about the economy. The government said last week that hiring picked up in July after two dismal months, though employers still are adding jobs too slowly to significantly reduce unemployment. On Thursday, the government said that applications for unemployment benefits had fallen to a four-month low.
But any gains are seen as fragile. If consumer sentiment remain weak, sales would likely slow.
Shares have swung by hundreds of points each day this week as traders react with hair triggers to news about the economy, Federal Reserve policy and a financial crisis in Europe that threatens to spill over into U.S. banks.
High-speed trading by computers has contributed to the volatility, as shares hit high and low levels at which machines are programmed to buy or sell large numbers of shares.
Markets in Europe advanced on Friday and bank stocks recovered some of this week's losses. Regulators of major European exchanges banned the short-selling of financial company shares, protecting them from downward pressure by speculators. Asian markets closed mixed.
France's benchmark index, the CAC-40, rose 3.4% despite news that the nation's economy hit the brakes in the second quarter as exporters' wares piled up and consumers held onto their money.
Concerns about the French economy stoked fears about the crisis in the eurozone, where France has the second-largest economy after Germany's. As their heavily indebted neighbors struggle to stay afloat financially, the region's economic powers must shoulder most of the costs of rescuing Greece, Portugal and Ireland from defaulting on their debts. A default would increase borrowing costs and hurt the regional currency.
If France's economy falters or if it loses its AAA credit rating, the nations might have trouble raising the money that they need to pay for future bailouts. Worries about debt issued by Italy and Spain, and the stability of banks there, have prompted the European Central Bank to buy their sovereign bonds to lower their borrowing costs.
Italy and Spain have Europe's third- and fourth-largest economies. The current bailout programs probably would be too small to rescue them from a potential default.
Most other major European markets rose by more than 3%.
The gains followed a winning day on Wall Street that would have ranked as a stunning rally during any normal trading week.
The Dow Jones industrial average soared 423 points on Thursday. It had already fallen 634 points Monday, risen 429 Tuesday and fallen 519 Wednesday. Never before has the Dow had four 400-point swings in a row.
Contributing: Associated Press
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