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History always repeats, doesn't it?
TRENTON – Citing "selfishness" and "duplicity," an angry and frustrated Gov. Christie blamed a fellow Republican, House Speaker John Boehner, for withholding $60 billion in aid for Sandy victims.
"Last night politics was placed before our oath to serve our citizens," Christie said at news conference carried live on CNN. "For me it was disappointing and disgusting to watch."
Christie said he was assured that the House of Representatives would vote on the Sandy aid package before the current Congress adjourns. But at 11:20 pm last night, he was told Boehner pulled the bill without explanation, and then Boehner wouldn't take Christie's four follow-up phone calls.
Christie began his remarks by listing the amount of time it took Congress to send aid to victims of other natural disasters – like 10 days for Hurricane Katrina. It's been 66 days since Sandy damaged or destroyed 346,000 homes and sent more than 7,000 people to shelters.
OK, so a couple of thoughts. First of all, dissing New York City in 1975 did not end well for Gerald Ford, who lost the presidency the next year to Jimmy Carter by the narrowest of margins. I don't see anything good for the GOP coming out of this.
More importantly, it will be interesting to see if last night's Sandy fiasco will ultimately be remembered as the equivalent of Fort Sumter in the long-predicted Republican Party Civil War. Long Island GOP firebrand Rep. Peter King -- who had already broken with the party on gun sanity -- was talking this morning of leaving the party, and Sun Belt versus Rust Belt tensions are clearly festering. It's interesting to note that every Pennsylvania GOP House member -- along with our Republican Sen. Pat Toomey -- voted for the "fiscal cliff" deal that was spurned by the Tea Party.
I witnessed the Deep South flip from solidly Democrat to mostly Republican from the 1970s through the '90s, and in fact it peaked during the three years in the early 1980s that I worked in Birmingham. The Deep South had stopped voting Democratic in 1964, after passage of that year's Civil Rights Act (sad, but true) but it took until the 1980s to start electing more Republicans to Congress and the legislature and them by the 1990s you had "Yellow Dog" Democrats like Richard Shelby finally just switching parties. I wonder if you'll start to see the same thing in suburban areas of the Northeast, like Bucks and Delco here, that the GOP will slowly wither.


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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The MIT men's fencing team concluded Northeast Fencing Conference action with a 4-1 performance at Boston College on Saturday. The Engineers defeated the host Eagles (14-13), Tufts University (21-6), Dartmouth College (18-9), and Vassar College (18-9) but fell to Brown University (14-13). Following the weekend's competition, MIT's ledger improved to 7-7 on the year and 7-3 in conference play.
The epee team defeated all of its foes, including a trio of 7-2 decisions, en route to a 32-13 total. Sophomore Joseph Rafidi (Los Angeles, Calif.) won nine of the 10 bouts he competed in while freshman David Wyrobnik (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) compiled a mark of 11-4. Junior Jackson Crane (San Francisco, Calif.) finished with a total of 10-5 as Thomas Boning rounded out the squad with a ledger of 2-3.
Senior Daniel Levine's (Succasunna, N.J.) 13-2 performance propelled the foil team to a 29-16 outing. MIT picked up 7-2 wins over Tufts, Dartmouth, and Vassar in addition to edging out BC, 5-4. Senior Benjamin Nield (Preston, Wash.) finished the day with an 11-4 record as junior Alexander Siy went 4-8. In his only action of the day, freshman Daniel Mendelsohn (New York, N.Y.) posted a 1-2 mark against Tufts.
The sabre squad compiled a ledger of 23-22 on the strength of sophomore Ehsan Izadmehr's (Wayne, N.J.) tally of 13-2. Senior Vinayak Ramesh (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) had a total of 8-7, followed by sophomore Luke O'Malley's (Los Angeles, Calif.) record of 2-9 and junior Nathan Arce's (Madison, Ala.) 0-4 effort. The contingent earned wins over Tufts (7-2), Vassar (6-3), and Dartmouth (5-4).
Next up for the Engineers will be the Eric Sollee Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 4.

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VERNON � The Vernon City Council heard proposals from two attorneys on Monday during their workshop meeting at City Hall.
VERNON � The Vernon City Council heard proposals from two attorneys on Monday during their workshop meeting at City Hall.
Panama City attorney Charles J. Stafford and Chipley attorney Michelle Blankenship Tagert both submitted proposals for service to the city council.
Tagert offered to serve the city for a $500 monthly retainer, which would include attendance at two meetings and two hours of legal service per month. Services beyond the two hours would be billed at $150 per hour.
Stafford offered to attend two meetings a month for a $500 monthly retainer, and would bill the city at $200 per hour for legal services. Travel expenses were negotiable, Stafford said.
�We have a case pending, what kind of money are we looking at to get you up to speed?� Council member Tray Hawkins asked Tagert. She said her hourly billing rate would apply, but the city would receive two hours of legal service each month with the monthly retainer.
Stafford said he would not charge the city for hours spent getting up to speed on the pending cases.
Both Tagert and Stafford said they had experience in land dispute cases such as the one the city is currently involved in.
�We do those on a regular basis,� Tagert said. She said she is in her office in Marianna on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and in Chipley on Tuesday and Thursday.
Stafford said his specialty was real estate and land use law. �That�s what I do,� Stafford said.
The council will decide on an attorney at Monday�s City Council meeting, which meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall.


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Best Kids Parties: Silver & Polka Dots
Name: Emily, 6
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
My daughter is a real girly girl - she insisted on 'no boys' for her party, bar her beloved toddler brother. So I went for bright and cheerful colours and patterns and a menu designed to whet the appetite of the fussiest of kids.
Here's what was on the menu: mini vietnamese pork buns; ham & pineapple pizzas; fairy wands; cheerio necklaces; berry & kiwi ice cream; mango lassis; fruit plate; cake pops, an adaption of my Red Velvet Cake Balls; chocolate and raspberry meringue buttercream cake; and fruit juice boxes.
Decoration-wise, we went with: helium balloons and home-made tissue-paper weights; silver plates, spotty napkins and wooden cutlery customised with Japanese washi tape; homemade wooden jewelery trees to hold the Cheerio necklaces; fresh flowers from my parents' garden; blue milk glasses to hold the fairy wands; glass pots for serving the ice-cream and lassis, borrowed from a friend; styrfoam bricks wrapped with bright spotty paper to present the cake pops on; pink plastic straws - not as cool as paper ones but these had a little spoon on the end; and silver and white tablecloths covering two trestle tables, mounted on boxes (photo sans chairs).
For games we Pass the Parcel; Musical Chairs; and Hide & Seek.
Birthday parties are about celebrating your loved ones and creating happy memories. There's no point throwing a big party at home if you're going to be tense and miserable during the lead-up and execution - it's better to scale back the festivities or pay to have it somewhere else. My daughter's party took a bit of planning and prep but, just like last year, it was relatively stress-free and we all enjoyed ourselves. And that's what my daughter will remember.
Thanks, Christina!
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Anybody else here get utterly sick of people forming pseudo-Latin plurals by adding -ii? Example: virus -> virii, or even worse, penis -> penii. It's always got on my nerves... now, it doesn't bother me that people form humorous plurals by analogy. What bothers me is they do it on an analogy that doesn't even exist. There's no word where -us (or especially -is) becomes -ii; that only happens with -ius (radi-us -> radi-i). Sheesh, I realized this years before I ever considered studying Latin!
Y'know what put me on this rant, though? Even the game Rome: Total War got this wrong. The game is peppered with real quotes from Romans (sometimes with the Latin, sometimes without), but then they went and called the primary clans -- led by people named Julius, Brutus, and Scipio -- the Julii, Brutii, and Scipii. Face, meet my friend Palm.


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AOI | Fr. Johannes Jacobse | Apr 19, 2009
Only the Gospel of Christ, the proclamation that Christ is risen from the dead, reveals that death is an enemy destroyed and exposes the nihilistic embrace of death as a lie. The grand schemes of the social engineers who are intoxicated by their own pride and contemptuous of what is good and true, will one day come to nothing. Babel will fall. But until it does, destruction and suffering prevail by their hands.
How does evil flourish? Edmund Burke answered the question this way: When good men do nothing. God enters the world through a word. The Gospel of Christ, when preached with authority and by the Spirit of God, tears down strong places. "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers in the heavenly places," writes the Apostle Paul. Truth, spoken into the world of space and time, draws from and reveals Him who is True, and tears down the towers that men build to reach God.
Every Pascha, I repost two stories on OrthodoxyToday.org. that tell how Orthodox prisoners in Dachau held the Paschal Liturgy during their liberation. The first, "The Souls of All are Aflame" provides historical background and detail. The second, "Pascha in Dachau" recounts the story of a prisoner who was there.
Dachua was liberated during Holy Week. The Orthodox believers experienced Christ's triumph over the forces of darkness to a depth that is difficult to understand. It is hard to fathom the depravity the evil ideologies fostered in their persecutors short of any direct experience, but anyone who has confronted lesser evils knows that such great evil can exist.
The resurrection of Christ is the final confrontation to the horrors unleashed when the embrace of Nazism and Communism opened the jaws of a deep hell. We see it in our own day too, especially the embrace of the nihilistic fantasies that fuel the arguments that devalue human life. It began with that faceless figure, the one who lies, who is the father of lies and appeals to the base passions of men, who whispered into the ear of man that he can be like God. Some choose to believe him. They whisper anew that first whisper. The whisper gets louder and louder so that in some corners of our world it is proclaimed from the housetops. Evil always masquerades as good, and not until the evil that those ideas hide is laid bare do most men dare face the consequences of their own beliefs. Others of course, never do.
But preaching the Gospel comes with a cross. The cross is the locus of transformation, the place where death is changed into life. The men in Dachau understood this. Lest the darkness overwhelm them, they instead bore the suffering of Christ in their own bodies just as the Apostle Paul teaches that we must do. They would not let go of Him who had captured them.
Christ's victory over sin and death begins on the inside. That is where the struggle first takes place. The Apostle Paul taught us about this too. Every disciple has his Garden of Gethsemane, sometimes many in a lifetime. Yet, "I can do anything through Christ who strengthens me," the Apostle Paul wrote while enduring a suffering of his own. He was jailed in Philippi at the time, no small thing in the Roman empire. His suffering however, was for the sake of the Gospel and through it light entered the world.
Carrying our cross is the way that "Christ is born in us." We should not despise our suffering, but bring our cross to Christ who enables us to carry it and through it, come to know Christ. There are no shortcuts here. "Narrow is the gate and few that be that find it," Jesus said. Death would not have been transformed to life — the gates of Hades would not have been overthrown — had Jesus not ascended the cross. That He did so voluntarily (his death was a capital murder), and that He was innocent of sin according to the Mosaic Law, is why He was able to destroy — through His death — the death to which He was condemned.
We must put to death the "…sin that reigns in our body," the Apostle Paul teaches us. Harsh circumstances can impose this discipline, but most of us don't experience the level of hardship that the men in Dachau did. We also don't see the stark contrast between life and death that the presence of real evil reveals. Sometimes we even accommodate ourselves to evil as long as it does not directly affect us. We don't want to accept that the the first line between good and evil rests in the heart, as Solzhenitsyn said.
But, if we know that the Gospel is true, even imperfectly, then silence cannot be our lot. We have to speak what is true and do what is right, even when we know it will impose a cost. That cost can become a new cross, just like St. Paul's imprisonment for preaching the Gospel. But, like St. Paul or the men of Dachau, carrying that cross sheds light in places where it would otherwise not be found.
Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
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Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB SSD Desktop Upgrade Kit Review
Solid State Drives (SSD) have been very popular with enthusiasts since their introduction into the market. They offer amazing load times over standard hard drives, consume less power, have a lower failure rate, and generate less heat. All of these have made the SSD seem to be a much better option than a standard hard disk drive. The set back is the price. A SSD could cost you hundreds of dollars over a standard hard disk drive, thus leaving the SSD in the enthusiast market and out of the hands of the average user. Kingston is looking to change that with the with the V-Series SSD line. The V-Series, or value series, is a low cost SSD option for the average user.
Today we are going to be looking at Kinston SSDNow V-Series 40GB Desktop Upgrade Kit. The SSDNow V-Series comes in two options, a 40GB stand-alone SSD and a 40GB Desktop Upgrade Kit. The SSDNow kit is designed to be an easy upgrade path for anyone looking to get more performance out of their current system, without breaking the bank. The SSDNow upgrade kit is not just a SSD that you throw into your system and install a fresh copy of Windows on, it actually works along with your current hard drive by cloning your existing operating system over to the SSD and keeping all of your documents, such as music, pictures, and movies on your existing hard drive. This means this drive should not be thought of as a storage device, but as a performance upgrade.
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The package opens by sliding a portion of the box out and inside is a clam shell casing that houses the drive and the accessories. The accessories include a SATA cable, SATA power adapter, installation disk, 2.5 to 3.5 inch adapter, and the drive itself.
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UPDATE: 3 Dead, 5 Hurt in I-94 Crash in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — At least three of the five people who survived an interstate crash that killed three others in Minneapolis are in critical condition.
The eight were in a minivan that overturned on Interstate 94 Sunday afternoon. The State Patrol says occupants of two other vehicles involved in the crash were not injured.
North Memorial Medical Center says a fourth person who survived the crash is in serious condition. The condition of the fifth person is not known.
Patrol Lt. Eric Roeske says there appeared to be minor contact between the vehicles causing the minivan driver to lose control.
Several dozen people came to North Memorial Sunday night to visit the victims. One of the visitors, New Wine Church Pastor Tony Oliha, says the victims had been at church before the crash.


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A very strong and quick black man that often finds himself at odds with the law. He nearly always is doing something illegal and has many misadventures.
Negro Samson was robbing a corner store deli when the police arrived. When they yelled "freeze" he was off like a greyhound with the money he had gotten.


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I've been using and advocating free software for around six years. When studying and then working as a freelance writer, migrating an office seemed so simple -- draw up a list of comparable programs and, over a reasonable period, move your staff across. But over the past few weeks I've been trying to use Ubuntu Gutsy on my desktop PC in a Windows-based office, and whilst most things work just fine, it's far from the seamless integration I was hoping for.
I work for an environmental charity in London, and our office is pretty typical of the sector. Two Windows 2003 servers provide Exchange for email, calendaring, and contacts, along with some shared folders and printers, a PPTP VPN for remote work, and a VoIP phone solution called IP Office. On the desktops we use the typical software titles: Windows XP, Office 2002/3, some of the Adobe Suite (Acrobat Reader and Professional, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver), Sage, and a handful of other programs.
Part of my job involves managing the IT contracts, and I'm working on a process to develop a decent medium-term ICT strategy. When I've had a (rare) spare moment, I've been looking at options for migrating to free software. I recently completed a TCO analysis of our ICT systems, and found that licensing accounts for 18% of our ICT expenditure. The biggest expenses are hardware and support. If we were to migrate to free software, support costs would initially rise and training costs would be introduced, so I'm keen to find out the reality of migrating firsthand.
Installing Ubuntu Gutsy was easy, but getting it to play with the Windows 2003 login server was really difficult. In Windows XP you just go into the system properties, enter the domain that the servers use, and authenticate against it. You can then log in with your network username and password -- easy. In Ubuntu you have to follow this guide, which is far from easy, and I've struggled to make it work consistently. I've read that Novell Linux Desktop follows the documented procedure with the installer, but I'm not in a position to pay for a copy of that distribution, and I'm disappointed that there don't seem to be any tools for Ubuntu to make this easier.
Once set up, I've enjoyed using GNOME. I used to be quite involved with the KDE Project, and it's still my environment of choice, but the GNOME desktop feels more integrated in some ways. I especially like the Places menu at the top of the screen; I added the shared folders on the server and our remote Web site server as places, and they appeared in not only that menu, but also Nautilus and other applications. It may be subjective, but some things just feel more solid and well-designed than either KDE or Windows. Colleagues leaning over my shoulder have commented on how nice and easy to use it all looks.
Navigating the shared folders works pretty seamlessly. I can browse the network and add any folders to Places. Unfortunately I can't view or modify the file security settings, so I have to open a remote connection to the server using GNOME's rdesktop client to change permissions!
One of my most common tasks is working with Microsoft Office documents. OpenOffice.org is perfectly adequate for most tasks. I miss some functionality, such as the "keep text formatting" option when you paste text into a document or spreadsheet. In the chart component, you can't currently display both the number value and percentage for each section of a pie chart, which is a pain. I also haven't noticed any document locking features, as in "this file is read-only while Angela edits it." Finally, the layout and formatting isn't spot on, which forces me to spend time fiddling with other people's documents before I can use them. On the bright side, when creating a form in Writer, I really appreciated the excellent PDF export functionality, which produces a PDF document with a working form. I'd otherwise have to buy a charity license for Adobe Acrobat Professional for that simple feature.
The other black hole for an office worker's time is email. Evolution can work with Microsoft Exchange using the Outlook Web Access feature (basically webmail) as a sort of proxy. I had to fiddle and retry the configuration a few times to get it to play smoothly, but email now works fine. My calendar shows up too and I can subscribe to other users' calendars, though displaying their contents is sluggish; it sometimes takes 10 seconds just to show a day's appointments. We have some shared calendars in the public folders, but I can see them only if I've already made them a favourite from Outlook in Windows. When I accidentally removed one from my profile, I had to log in to a Windows machine to put it back in place.
Contacts in Evolution worked OK, but I found some strange glitches. For some reason it has mixed-up names and email addresses, so sometimes I send something to a colleague but the autocomplete feature has his name next to another Jonathan's email address. When I go to look at the address book, Exchange's Global Address List is initially empty, and only fills up with entries when I start typing a name, whereupon it autocompletes matching entries in the list.
Another irritation with Evolution is that it doesn't understand links to files in a Windows format (bug report). We always send links in our office rather than attaching files, so now I have to read from the link and manually navigate to the folder in Nautilus, rather than just clicking and having the folder or file open. Worse, when I want to send out an email message with a link to a file, I have to copy in and then rework the Nautilus URL to make it look like a Windows URL; in Microsoft Office I just add the Web toolbar, copy the address, and paste it straight into the email body.
Printing should be simple, and to somebody with experience I'm sure it is. We have an OKI ES1624 and an Infotec ISC2525 -- both standard office laser printers shared via a Windows server. When I went to add the two network printers under GNOME, I had to manually enter the Windows server share names for each, which meant checking their properties on the servers. When the installation procedure asked for a driver I couldn't find the printers in the list. After several abortive attempts with generic PostScript drivers, I found a hint in a Web forum that I could print out a settings page from the printer with a list of languages it understands. I now have both printers working with the generic PCL 5c driver, which is functional but missing lots of the options that the Windows driver gives you. In Windows XP you just go through a wizard that makes finding, adding, and using the driver straightforward.
Finally, some things haven't worked at all. We use PhoneManager, a desktop utility that brings all the power of our VoIP phone system to your desktop, but it doesn't run at all with Wine. And when at home, try as I might I just couldn't get the VPN to work; it simply stops without any useful indication of the problem before it has made the connection.
Overall, I managed to get most things working, certainly enough for my day-to-day work. But it would probably take me the best part of an afternoon to set up a new PC for a colleague to use Ubuntu, whilst it takes me about 30 minutes with a computer that has Windows XP pre-installed.
I don't mean to sound excessively negative. Ubuntu is much nicer than Windows in many ways -- the feel of the desktop, the built-in functionality, the available software through APT, the ease of working with certain aspects of the Windows office environment I'm in. Free software is also extremely important to me, and of considerable interest to my organisation.
But the integration just isn't as slick and easy as I had hoped. With each step I have had to spend more time messing around with settings, or just working around missing functionality, than I do in Windows XP. I'm sure some of my stumbling blocks have answers, but they weren't there by default, nor easy for me to find. This poses a problem for my organization: the only way to make a migration really work would be to switch the servers first to eliminate compatibility issues, and then to do a really comprehensive refit of the desktops with lots of retraining. This is certainly a possibility, but with the constraints of a charity IT budget (where funding for long-term investments is difficult to come by, and where software licensing is relatively cheap) it's going to take considerable political will from management to justify a wholesale migration.


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World looks to ICCAT to overcome more than four decades of failure to save tuna
A WWF analysis of ICCAT's record, updated for the Paris meeting, has found parallels between the collapse of the Western Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery under ICCAT's supervision in the 1990s and the current looming collapse of the remaining Eastern Atlantic (Mediterranean) bluefin tuna fishery.
These parallels include periods of reduced catch limits when frustration with ICCAT led to proposals for trade restrictions under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) - followed by a return to inflated catches and negligent management when the danger of international intervention had passed.
The WWF analysis clearly identifies the key issue as ICCAT's woeful adherence to its original charter of managing fisheries in accordance with scientific advice.
At last year's meeting, ICCAT's own scientists established that Atlantic bluefin tuna fitted the criteria for the highest level of trade restrictions, as did a subsequent analysis of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation - but a Monaco proposal to list bluefin tuna was voted down with no debate at the March 2010 meeting of parties to CITES in Doha, Qatar.
Lobbying by the principal bluefin market, Japan, played a key role in this decision, which was however followed by the most significant players on both the catch and trade sides of the bluefin tuna equation – Japan, the EU, the U.S., Norway and Canada – also committing themselves to the adoption of sustainable, science-based fisheries management measures by ICCAT.
The Paris test will be whether ICCAT parties remain true to their "Doha Commitments" or agree only a marginal reduction in quotas and persist with a management regime full of loopholes.


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Harry and Allie are best friends. Nothing could tare them apart. What happens when there are some benefits in their friendship? Can Allie and Harry be more then friends? Allie is left on her own to take care of her sister after the accident of her mother. Allie's dad comes back for Allie and CC but what will take place when that happens? Harry will be there, through it all caring for her. There is a lot of love in this story. Family type love. Passionate type love. Friend type love.
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State, local government finances humming again
Wracked by the recession, state governments overall are starting 2013 in their best financial shape in several years.
As a result, states' improving health could help cushion any blow to the economy from tax hikes and likely federal spending cutbacks this year, economists say.
"The worst of (the recession-related problems) are behind us," says Don Boyd, senior fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, which studies state fiscal issues.
Local governments still face stiff budget challenges, but their overall condition appears less dire.
City government spending will largely be unchanged in 2013 after four straight years of declines, says Michael Pagano, dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Municipal revenue continued to fall during the 3-year-old economic recovery because cities and counties depend heavily on property taxes, which were hammered by sharp declines in home values after the real estate bust.
But home values have stabilized and started rising in most places. Local sales tax and income tax revenue is increasing as job growth and consumer spending pick up.
The city of Las Vegas' fiscal 2013 budget was the first in three years that didn't trim spending. The city, which was pummeled by the housing bust and saw its unemployment rate hit 15.6%, beefed up after-school programs and restored weekend cleanup for city parks. The city credits a rebound in tourism and fiscal austerity in the downturn.
States, which rely mostly on growing income tax and sales tax revenue, boosted spending modestly for the third straight year in fiscal 2013, which began in July. General-fund spending is up 2.2% after rising 3.4% in fiscal 2012, says Brian Sigritz of the National Association of State Budget Officers.
After eliminating 653,000 jobs from 2008 through 2011, state and local governments kept payrolls roughly stable in 2012, and Moody's expects them to add 220,000 jobs in 2013.
Boyd and Pagano caution that states and localities still face challenges that will limit growth, such as rising worker pension costs and falling federal funding.
But in effect, states and localities are switching roles with the federal government, whose spending insulated the economy from a worse fate in the recession.
In 2012, for example, public-sector spending cuts pared economic growth by 1 percentage point, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics. Most of that — 0.7 percentage points — came from federal reductions agreed to last year, Zandi says. The other 0.3 point was from state and local governments, with cities and counties accounting for two-thirds.
In 2013, public-sector cuts won't be much bigger. They'll slice economic growth by 1.2 percentage point — all from the federal government — according to Moody's. States and localities will have a neutral effect on growth, with states adding a bit and cities and counties subtracting far less than they did in previous years.
"The fiscal headwinds will be blowing hard in 2013," Zandi says. "But it isn't too much different" than 2012.


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Cinderella's run ends; Gators oust FGCU
Arlington, TX – The clock struck midnight for Cinderella, but this NCAA Tournament experience is something Florida Gulf Coast University will remember for a long time.
Mike Rosario scored 15 points and the Florida Gators rallied from an 11-point first-half deficit to oust No. 15 seed Florida Gulf Coast, 62-50, in the South Regional semifinals.
Scottie Wilbekin added 13 points and Casey Prather scored 11 for the third- seeded Gators (29-7), who will meet fourth seed Michigan on Sunday. The Wolverines came back from a 14-point second-half hole to beat top seed Kansas, 87-85, in overtime, in the first game Friday night at Cowboys Stadium.
In only their second year of eligibility for the NCAA Tournament, the Eagles (26-11) played bracket-wrecker following a 78-68 upset of Georgetown in the second round. Then came an 81-71 victory over San Diego State.
The Atlantic Sun Tournament champions, the first No. 15 seed to reach the Sweet 16, raced to a 15-4 lead thanks to their quick tempo that led to alley- oop buckets and 3-pointers.
The Gators, though, settled in and used a dominating 23-2 spurt that bridged the first and second halves. When the flurry was over, Florida held a 37-26 lead.
"I thought we did a good job of putting pressure and making those guys feel uncomfortable, trying to get the ball up court and trying to run their sets," Rosario said.
There was plenty of big moments for Dunk City, a moniker used by the Fort Myers team for their penchant for highlight-reel plays. There were some of them Friday night, but eventually the Gators clamped down defensively and made it to the Elite Eight for a third straight year.
Sherwood Brown had 14 points, Chase Fieler scored 12 and Christophe Varidel had 10 for the Eagles, who went 9-of-16 from the field in the first half, but then went only 11-of-28 over the final 20 minutes.
"We made some history and I can't tell you how proud I am of what they've accomplished," FGCU coach Andy Enfield said.
Brett Comer, who had 24 assists against just five turnovers in FGCU's first two games, accounted for nine of the Eagles' 20 turnovers Friday. Comer did have seven assists and three steals against the Gators, but the miscues played into Florida's hands.
A pair of 3-pointers from Fieler and an alley-oop jam from Brown helped the Eagles create a 15-4 lead. Another alley-oop bucket, this one from Eddie Murray off a feed from Fieler, made it 21-11 with about seven minutes left in the half.
Varidel made three free throws with nearly 5 1/2 minutes remaining for a 24-14 margin, but Michael Frazier II sank a 3-pointer from the left corner, a shot that caromed high off the rim and in.
The lucky bounce was the start of a dominant push for the Gators, who used their strength inside to take command of the game.
"We found and manufactured different ways to score," Gators coach Billy Donovan said. "I thought we defended really well."
Frazier hit another 3-pointer from the left corner for a 24-20 margin. Rosario's 3-point bucket from the left corner provided the Gators with their first lead, 27-24, with under two minutes left.
The Eagles were hampered by multiple turnovers late in the half, and Kenny Boynton's 3-point play, after another FGCU miscue, gave the Gators a 30-24 lead.
Brown's layup then represented the final points of the half.
Florida scored the opening seven points of the second half, capped by Rosario's jumper less than 1 1/2 minutes into the period.
"We weren't playing with the same energy, we weren't playing with the same fire that we had before," Fieler said.
It was an uphill battle from there for FGCU, although Fieler's dunk had the Eagles within 50-43 with nearly 3 1/2 minutes left.
Florida widened the gap again to double-digits and the closest the Eagles would get was seven.
"We made history that nobody in the nation thought we'd do," Comer said. "I'm looking forward to our new future."
Game Notes
The Gators last were in the Final Four in 2007, when they won their second straight national championship ... Michigan beat Florida, 108-85, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 1988 ... The teams haven't met since Dec. 27, 1998, a 16-point Florida victory ... Florida has won six straight Sweet 16 games.


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Like everything, events fade over time.
Pearl Harbor is no exception.
Like everything, events fade over time.
Pearl Harbor is no exception.
It's been 71 years since the Japanese surprised America — and the world — by attacking Pearl Harbor.
That's a long time ago.
Even for young soldiers who entered the service before age 18, they are now somewhere well north of 80 years old.
Estimates put the number of Pearl Harbor survivors at around 8,000. They are quickly leaving this earth.
That in itself is sad, but it is also part of life.
Another factor in the big picture is Sept. 11, 2001. That was another day which changed history. Like Pearl Harbor, those attacks shocked America and the world.
And that day is much fresher in the minds of Americans.
But that doesn't mean we should somehow lessen the magnitude of the Pearl Harbor attack.
In fact, that attack had such an influence on the world the impacts are still felt to this very day.
At that time, America was almost complacent about entering World War II. We had been aiding in the European Theatre, however, there was a lot of reluctance to plunge into another worldwide war.
That all changed on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. The sleeping giant was awakened and history changed forever.
The attack plunged this nation head-first into World War II. It ignited the passion of all Americans.
Factories began producing war materials, women worked in places never allowed before and everyone was on board with rationing everything from gasoline to sugar.
The United States entered the war with both barrels blazing, literally.
The war changed quickly when America's firepower became involved.
First, it was the European Theatre which fell and Hitler killed himself, defeated in mediocrity.
Then, the Pacific Theatre — where the Pearl Harbor attack happened — began to turn around, as well.
It eventually led to dropping the atomic bombs on Japanese soil.
The war was over.
History was changed.
And it all started at Pearl Harbor.
What must not be lost in all of this is just how many people paid the ultimate price in service to their country.
The first casualties came at Pearl Harbor and it would be four more years of bloodshed and death before the outcome became clear.
We must never forget those brave souls who manned their guns that day at Pearl Harbor, knowing their chances of survival were not good. They had no idea it was coming yet they jumped into action, probably before even realizing the full scale attack which was taking place.
Pearl Harbor will always be a sacred American site. A place where bloodshed and death eventually led to changing the world — for the better.
It's always interesting when pondering historic event like Pearl Harbor. So many times, the face of evil and death have actually turned out to be good for the whole in the long run.
But getting there has always been the problem and it's paid for by human lives. It's also paid for in emotional costs only those who have been there can know.
On this Pearl Harbor Day, we salute those who so bravely gave their lives so this country could live free.


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Cardio Theater, ClubCom Merge
PITTSBURGH — Cardio Theater and ClubCom merged on Aug. 17, a transaction valued at $10 million. The result: Cardio Theater, a provider of television entertainment systems, is now a wholly owned subsidiary corporation of ClubCom, a leading broadcasting company for place-based communities.
The merger also consolidates within one organization the E-Zone installation base that was purchased by ClubCom and Cardio Theater earlier this year.
"The merger represents a synergistic convergence of hardware and content," stated Tom Lapcevic, ClubCom's chairman and CEO, in a release. "The result is a standardized entertainment platform for the fitness industry that systematically integrates the powerful attributes of ClubCom programming with Cardio Theater and E-Zone hardware technologies."
Indeed, with 6,000 installations worldwide, Cardio Theater is a leading hardware provider. And ClubCom provides its brand of video music programming to 600 facilities. Together, combined with the E-Zone component, the companies can offer a whole entertainment package of hardware and content.
"Tom and I recognized that we saw the future exactly the same and that it made sense for us to put our resources together and merge our companies," Tony de Leede, president of Cardio Theater, told Club Industry.
Not only will this merger give members new entertainment options, it will also give clubs new opportunities to make money by selling advertising. "ClubCom has developed 15- to 20-second…spots that can be customized immediately to the club and added in between the music videos and other programming," explained de Leede.
Now advertisers can also buy additional spots on the TV channels. "It is going to take the health club industry in a whole new direction in additional profit centers," de Leede said.
As part of the transaction, Cardio Theater shareholders — most notably de Leede — became shareholders of the ClubCom parent corporation. While not taking an extremely active role in the merged company, as a partner de Leede will be involved with its direction — a direction beneficial to Cardio Theater.
"Since I've been with Cardio Theater, I've always recognized the need for and wanted a content component," he said.
"I think the merger is a home run," de Leede added. "I see the future, and the future is the content."


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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – The New England Revolution closed out a two-game road trip by battling Sporting Kansas City to a 0-0 draw on Saturday night at Livestrong Sporting Park.
Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis made six saves to record his fourth clean sheet of the season and help the Revs (6-9-5, 23 pts.) snap a brief two-game losing skid, while Sporting KC (11-6-4, 37 pts.) goalkeeper Jimmy Nielsen made three stops for the hosts.
Both Shalrie Joseph and Stephen McCarthy returned to the starting lineup after missing New England's midweek loss to the Montreal Impact, prompting a series of shifts in the Revolution's formation. Darrius Barnes started at left back, Chris Tierney started at left midfield and Ryan Guy started at forward.
Guy had the game's first quality chance in the fifth minute, forcing Nielsen into an awkward save with a knuckling drive after Benny Feilhaber had played him through. Nielsen denied Guy again in the 15th minute – despite the Revolution's claims that the ball had crossed the goal-line – sprawling to his right to parry Guy's acrobatic diving header.
Those two chances proved to be the Revolution's only two shots on goal in a relatively quiet first half, which also saw Sporting KC direct just one shot on target.
It didn't take long for Kansas City to put a shot on frame in the second half, however, as Reis was called into action in the 52nd minute. Michael Harrington's cross from the right channel found Jacob Peterson streaking through the box for a glancing header, but Reis dove full stretch to his right to make a fantastic save.
Reis was massive again early in stoppage time as he was perfectly positioned to stop Kei Kamara's header from the center of the box, while the Revs had a late chance of their own go begging when Guy picked up a loose ball only to see his shot blocked by a lunging defender.
The Revs will play their third straight road game next weekend when they travel to PPL Park to battle the Philadelphia Union on Sunday, July 29.
New England Revolution at Sporting Kansas City
July 21, 2012 – Livestrong Sporting Park (Kansas City, Kan.)
New England Revolution 0, Sporting Kansas City 0
Scoring Summary:
New England Revolution: Matt Reis, Darrius Barnes (Fernando Cardenas 58), A.J. Soares, Stephen McCarthy (Blake Brettschneider 78), Kevin Alston, Chris Tierney, Benny Feilhaber, Shalrie Joseph ©, Kelyn Rowe (Saer Sene 58), Lee Nguyen, Ryan Guy
Substitutes Not Used: Bobby Shuttleworth, Flo Lechner, Diego Fagundez, Sainey Nyassi
STATS: Shots 9, Shots on Target 3, Corner Kicks 1, Saves 6, Fouls 7, Offsides 1, Passes (percentage) 272 (73.5%), Possession 37.7%
Sporting Kansas City: Jimmy Nielsen, Seth Sinovic, Aurelien Collin, Matt Besler, Michael Harrington (Lawrence Olum 98+), Paulo Nagamura, Graham Zusi, Jacob Peterson, Bobby Convey (Michael Thomas 70), Kei Kamara C.J. Sapong (Soony Saad 87), Teal Bunbury
Substitutes Not Used: Eric Kronberg, Teal Bunbury, Neven Markovic, Julio Cesar
STATS: Shots 16, Shots on Target 6, Corner Kicks 4, Saves 3, Fouls 12, Offsides 3, Passes (percentage) 448 (86.8%), Possession 62.3%
* Note that all statistics are unofficial
Misconduct Summary:
NE – Darrius Barnes (caution) 47
SKC – Michael Harrington (caution) 50
SKC – Matt Besler (caution) 66
Referee: Jasen Anno
Assistant Referees: C.J. Morgante, Matthew Kreitzer
Fourth Official: Leszek Stalmach
Weather: Sunny, 99 degrees
Attendance: 19,080
Team Records
New England Revolution: 6-9-5 (23 pts.)
Sporting Kansas City: 11-6-4 (37 pts.)
- Tonight's meeting was the 44th regular-season meeting between the two teams
- Tonight's meeting was the second of three meetings between the teams this season … the squads will meet for the final time on Aug. 4 at Gillette Stadium, the only match in Foxborough this season
- With the draw, the Revolution improved to 13-21-11 overall against Kansas City
- The draw also moved the Revolution's away record in Kansas City to 6-11-5 and 0-1-2 at Livestrong Sporting Park
- The Revs are now 2-5-3 in their last 10 meetings against Sporting
- The Revs are now winless in their last three games (0-2-1), which included losses against Toronto (1-0 at home) last Saturday and at Montreal (2-1 on the road) on Wednesday
- Stephen McCarthy returned to the lineup after missing Wednesday's game at Montreal with concussive-like symptoms … he flew out to Kansas City on Friday morning and rejoined the team in time for training later in the afternoon
- Although there was only two personnel changes in tonight's lineup from Wednesday night's match at Montreal, a total of four different players lined up in different positions: Darrius Barnes (left back from center back), Ryan Guy (forward from right midfield), Kelyn Rowe (right midfield from left midfield) and Chris Tierney (left midfield from left back)
- Chris Tierney played his first game at left midfield since Sept. 16, 2011, a 3-0 loss at Portland … he has been the team's starting left back in 23 of the 24 games since, the only exception being the first game of the 2012 season when he was suspended
- Darrius Barnes played his first game at left back since Sept. 16, 2011 … after that game, Barnes played center back in four of the final games of 2011
- Ryan Guy played his third game of the season at forward … the last time he played up top was April 5, 2012, a 1-0 loss at FC Dallas
- Shalrie Joseph started for the first time since June 30, 2011 – vs. Seattle Sounders FC at Gillette Stadium … he came off the bench in two straight games (July 8 vs. New York and July 14 vs. Toronto), and suffered from back stiffness and did not dress Wednesday at Montreal
- Matt Reis recorded his fourth shutout of the season and the 68th of his career
- The shutout was the Revs' fifth defensive shutout of the season and the team's fourth in the last eight games
- The team was shut out for the seventh time this season and for the second time in the last three games
- After the game, Matt Reis required 12 stitches to close the cut on his forehead he suffered in a stoppage time collision, while Darrius Barnes required six to close a gash under his eye brow from a first-half collision
- Since 1996 in games that kicked off in 90+ degree weather, the Revs have picked up points in 21 of the 29 games, going 11-8-10


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Jefferson County Commissioners heard Thursday from their former County Administrator Leslie Smith, whom they had hired as a consultant to help explain their budget crisis. Smith, while giving suggestions on how to better get a handle on the budget, summed it up simply by telling the group of five that they cannot continue to spend more than they bring in.
"You have to survived on the revenues you have," she said. She went on to say that "every revenue coming into the county was reduced, but every expenditure was increased, substantially increased."
Smith advised commissioners that they need to take a more active role in monitoring spending She suggested that a purchase order policy be created and that the commissioners approve every purchase order, before the spending occurs.
She also told the leaders that they should spend the time to go through the budget line by line to see where potential mistakes have been made and to see where spending can be cut. Smith told them that a large portion of their budget goes to salaries and they may have to look at that area. She indicated that the need may be for more work to be taken on by fewer people rather than hiring additional staff when their appears to be a shift toward an increase in work.
Smith's findings were backed up by County Finance Director Tim Stanton, whom the county recently hired. Stanton came to the meeting with a list of voluntary cuts that county departments and elected offices have put forth. The commissioners voted to accept all of the voluntary returns of funds which a reduction of $1,293,407.
Commissioners then listened to potential suggestions for additional cuts from Stanton.
The group, led by President Dale Manuel, vehemently opposed any reduction in force and shot down any moves that would cause salary decrease or loss of jobs.
Commissioner Walt Pellish indicated his belief that cuts to the county's Economic Development Authority should rather be increases.
" We need to make investments here," he said as he explained that bringing business into the county will be the only way to increase revenues.
A discussion of a hiring freeze had Lyn Widmyer saying that the vacant zoning administrator position is essential to complete the county's comprehensive plan. The group did vote to place a freeze on all vacant positions, including that position.
A call for a cut of $268,000 to the county's fire departments and Emergency Services Agency had members of those groups on hand to stress that services would be inhibited severely with such a cut. Some of the smaller fire departments may actually have to close their doors, said Ed Hannon, deputy director of the ESA.
In a written statement approved by the ESA board at their meeting last Tuesday, the agency said, "The current JCESA budget is 85% personnel and benefits and any cut will of necessity impact staffing. A reduction of this magnitude halfway through the fiscal year would require a complete furlough of personnel ten (10) weeks by June 30. We cannot begin to express the detrimental impact a lapse in EMS response would have on the life and safety of Jefferson County residents."
In addition to each department giving up voluntary funds, the commission looked at other places where funds could be cut. While a final vote will come at their next meeting, consensus was reached that the annual "two and a half percent money" that is skimmed from the top of video lottery funding to donate to local nonprofits would not be given. Organizations such as the Eastern Panhandle Free Clinic, Jefferson County Community Ministries and others will receive no allocation from the county this year. The total of that nonprofit fund is approximately $250,000.
The group discussed reducing funding to the four libraries in the county by $32,500 each which is the remaining allocation to be awarded in the current fiscal year. To cut such an amount from each of the three public libraries would also see a matching amount cut from the state funding which relies on local dollars. Rather than make such a drastic move, the commissioners agreed to cut 12 percent from each of the entities, similar to the 12 percent cut discussed and adopted for other agencies.
The group also agreed to eliminate funding to the Solid Waste Authority in the amount of $18,375. Those dollars, the group explained, currently fund the county's "free day" at the landfill where residents can take a certain amount of refuse at no cost. The commissioners plan to cut the funding following the January "free day" to allow time to notify the public.
The commissioners voted on and approved several financial policies which will help them get a better handle on the upcoming budget as well as keep control over the rest of this fiscal year. The group will meet throughout January to determine how else to reduce their budget.


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Security on Android wasn't a big issue until it got popular amongst mobile users. Though Android's user base is almost as large as that of Apple's iOS, the amounts of malware applications that have sprung up on this platform have left many users worried.
According to a recent report by Lookout Security, an estimated half a million people were affected by Android malware in the first half of 2011. Though general precautions like avoiding suspicious looking software might keep you safer, there are pretty good chances that you might have inadvertently installed an app that's infected.
Like me, if you too are worried about the security of your beloved Android, read on as we discuss the best antivirus applications that are available for this platform.
Lookout Mobile Security
Lookout is one of the most popular antivirus applications for Android. With the free version of the application you'll get features like antivirus scanning, backup and restore and 'find my phone' functionality. The app is very good at blocking malware, spyware and phishing attacks, which your Android phone is normally vulnerable to. Lookout silently runs in the background making sure that every app you install is free from any viruses or malwares.
If you're a busy person, you can schedule daily or weekly scans just to make sure that your Droid is always clean and healthy. Running the app in background doesn't have any significant effect on battery life or performance, which makes this app the number one security app for Android. If you ever lose your phone, you can set Lookout to activate a loud alarm (even if it is on silent mode). Through the website, you can then locate your phone via Google Maps. The app also remotely enables GPS so that finding your phone becomes easy even when GPS is turned off. Other interesting feature is its ability to backup and restore contacts making this a complete security suite for your mobile.
AVG Antivirus Free
If you're a Windows user, you must surely have heard of AVG, the popular antivirus software. Now the same company has launched an Android version of the antivirus. Titled AVG Antivirus, the app comes with some great security features.
The free version comes with essential features like real-time scanning of apps, media files and settings, lost phone locator, backup and restore, lock and device wipe, and the ability to kill slow tasks. There is also a feature that lets you schedule weekly and daily scans for enhanced security.
As compared to Lookout, AVG has more features like slow task killer and privacy protector. But, AVG drains the battery much faster than Lookout that is a turnoff for many users. If you want more features, you can also opt for the pro version.
Antivirus Free
This is a lightweight antivirus application that doesn't drain your battery. Antivirus Free offers features like spyware and trojan protection 24 hours a day. The interface is one of the easiest I've used as far as security apps are considered. Though not as robust and feature-loaded as Lookout, Antivirus Free is a great app if you are looking for something lightweight to secure your Droid.
Guard X Antivirus
This free app offers realtime protection against malwares by scanning each new application that you install on your droid. Guard X boasts of a large database of latest viruses so that your device stays protected from all the latest threats. The app is light on your battery and sports a very easy-to-use interface. If you are looking for a simple, free yet effective antivirus, then Guard X is your best bet.
Dr. Web Antivirus Light
This free application uses a unique technology called Origins Tracing to detect viruses. Origins Tracing is an algorithm designed to effectively detect any threat which might exist on your Android device. There is also real-time protection that makes sure that all apps you install are clean and virus-free. The pro version of the app includes more features like widgets, filtering mode, blacklisting and more. Overall, a great free and lightweight app that is quite effective in threat detection.


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ProPublica analyzed federal education data from the 2009-2010 school year to examine whether states provide high-poverty schools equal access to advanced courses and special programs that researchers say will help them later in life. This is the first nationwide picture of exactly which courses are being taken at which schools and districts across the country. More than three-quarters of all public school children are represented. Read our story and our methodology.
From http://projects.propublica.org/schools. © Copyright 2011 Pro Publica Inc.
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Hubert H. Humphrey Elementary, part of the Albuquerque Public Schools district, is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school reports enrolling 475 students in grades pre-kindergarten through five, and it has 28 teachers on staff.
Hubert H. Humphrey Elementary is below both the state and district averages for the percentage of its students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, 61 percent of students in New Mexico qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, whereas 11 percent of students at Hubert H. Humphrey Elementary are eligible. At the district level, 53 percent are eligible.
ProPublica's analysis found that all too often, states and schools provide poor students fewer educational programs like Advanced Placement, gifted and talented programs, and advanced math and science classes. Studies have linked participation in these programs with better outcomes later in life. Our analysis uses free and reduced-price lunch to estimate poverty at schools. We based our findings on the most comprehensive data set of access to advanced classes and special programs in U.S. public schools — known as the Civil Rights Data Set— released by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
Hubert H. Humphrey Elementary's enrollment rate for gifted and talented is 13 percent.
Adobe Acres Elementary, also in Albuquerque, N.M., is a higher-poverty school than Hubert H. Humphrey Elementary, with 100 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school enrolls 9 percent of students in the gifted and talented program.
These data points were reported by schools and districts to the Office for Civil Rights. For more information about the data, see our full methodology.
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Expectations for aggressive monetary easing by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) are driving the yen lower, but economists rule out such policy action when the central bank concludes a two-day policy meeting on Tuesday.
While the need for further easing is rising given Japan's sharp economic slowdown, analysts say the BOJ will wait to see what impact recent monetary stimulus measures are having first. It may also want to see what the U.S. Federal Reserve, which meets on Dec. 11-12, does next.
"It is unlikely we will see any further increase in the asset purchase program this year, as policymakers are in wait-and-see mode to determine the effects of past policy changes," David Rea, Japan economist at Capital Economics, wrote.
The BOJ has eased policy twice in the same number of months, expanding its asset purchase program by 10 trillion yen ($126 billion) in September and increasing the ceiling by a further 11 trillion yen in October. Last month, the central bank also launched a new loan program, offering banks cheap long-term loans.
Pressure to deliver more aggressive policy stimulus has risen as Japan's economy takes a step closer towards recession amid weak exports and faltering private consumption.
In the third quarter, Japan's gross domestic product contracted 0.9 percent from the previous three months.
(Read More: Economic Woes Turn US, Japan Into Ugly Stepsisters)
Pressure to Act
Shinzo Abe, head of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party and a leading contender to become Japan's prime minister, last week called for unlimited monetary easing to spur inflation. The current inflation target is 1 percent, but Abe wants to raise it to 2 percent to 3 percent.
Abe said if he were to take power, there must be "policy coordination" between the government and central bank, adding that he could consider revising a law guaranteeing central bank independence from political interference.
(Read More: Prepare for 'Seismic Shift' in Japan's Politics and Economy)
The comments, made last Wednesday, have fueled market expectations for further monetary easing and knocked the yen down more than 2.5 percent against the dollar. On Monday, the yen fell to its lowest level in about seven months versus the greenback.
(Read More: Days of Strong Yen Numbered?)
Market experts, however, remain uncertain about whether Abe will be able to undermine the independence of the BOJ and dictate the direction of monetary policy.
While Masayuki Kichikawa, Japan Economist at Bank of America/Merill Lynch, believes the BOJ will likely come up with additional accommodative measures at its December policy meeting, he expects the central bank to increase its asset purchase program by an additional 10 trillion yen, and extend the maturities of Japanese government bonds eligible for purchase to five years from three.
Kichikawa, however, noted that Japanese companies have plenty of cash at the moment, and that monetary easing is unlikely to lead to much growth in corporate lending.
Izumi Devalier, Japan economist at HSBC agrees that more action could be warranted as early as December, once the policy board has evaluated the Fed's next move.
He added that the central bank will also update its economic forecasts for fiscal year 2014 when it releases an interim assessment in January, creating another opening for easing.


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San Diego, June 24, 2010 -- Personal computers in enterprise environments save energy and money by "sleep-working," thanks to new software called SleepServer created by computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego and Calit2.
SleepServer creates lightweight virtual images of sleeping PCs, and these pared down images maintain connectivity and respond to applications, such as Voice over IP, instant messaging and peer-to-peer services, on behalf of the sleeping PCs. Each virtual PC image can also enable remote access to the sleeping PC it represents via protocols such as Remote Desktop, VNC and encrypted connections using SSH. SleepServer is compatible with existing networking infrastructure. It is highly scalable, runs on commodity servers, and is cross platform – it works with Windows and different versions of Linux. A MAC OSx version is being developed.
"One of the big benefits of SleepServer is configurable on-demand wakeup. SleepServer enables enterprise PCs to remain asleep for long periods of time while still maintaining the illusion of network connectivity and seamless availability," explained Yuvraj Agarwal, the UC San Diego Research Scientist in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering who developed SleepServer.
Putting PCs to sleep that routinely run all night and all weekend saves energy and money.
At the 2010 Design Automation Conference on June 17, Agarwal (Ph.D.'09 computer science UCSD) and UC San Diego environmental engineering professor Jan Kleissl presented their calculations on how SleepServer can play an important role in balancing a modern building's energy consumption and renewable-energy generation over a one-year period.
SleepServer Saves Energy
During September 2009, the energy consumed by the 30 PCs running SleepServer dropped by 27 to 86 percent, with an average savings of 60 percent – when compared to leaving the machines on 24/7. Currently, more than 50 PCs in the UCSD computer science building are running SleepServer.
"I have seen an almost 70 percent energy savings on my PC over the last six months," said Agarwal.
Individual SleepServer users can view their personal energy savings via password-protected energy-use profiles on the UC San Diego Energy Dashboard.
"If you cannot measure energy use, you will not be able to make much headway in reducing your energy footprint," said Agarwal in a story unveiling Energy Dashboard in March 2010.
SleepServer Basics
When a PC goes into low-power mode, the SleepServer software activates the PC's lightweight virtual image which then masquerades as the physical PC. The image responds to network events on behalf of the sleeping PC. Virtual PC images have heavily pared down computation and memory resources, and streamlined software applications called "stubs."
"Our ability to support stateful applications, which continuously communicate state information or perform data transfer over the network, using stubs, is a major differentiator between SleepServer and other solutions aimed at providing smart power management for idle PCs," said Agarwal.
Hundreds of the lightweight virtual images can populate a single commodity server running SleepServer. Routine network packets addressed to a sleeping PC are routed to its virtual image which then responds appropriately, thus enabling the physical PC to sleep. Individual SleepServer images only wake up the physical PC when it receives a request that the virtual image cannot handle – or has been configured not to handle.
Virtual PCs Work, Physical PCs Sleep
Most of the 30 users in the initial SleepServer deployment had disabled the timers meant to put PCs to sleep automatically when they are not being used because they needed their PCs to remain awake at all times to support a variety of applications, explained Agarwal. "Once we deployed SleepServer, all of our original users were able to put their PCs to sleep, even those running server applications."
Agarwal, SleepServer's primary developer, previously developed Somniloquy, a version of this technology that required individual hardware to be installed on each PC. "In effect, we have succeeded in providing similar functionality to Somniloquy but as a software-only solution that can be deployed immediately within enterprises," said Agarwal.
Throughout 2010, the computer scientists plan to deploy SleepServer across the approximately 1,000 PCs in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego. The next step will be to deploy SleepServer across the entire campus.
"We are a very heterogeneous department. If SleepServer can support the diverse computing needs of the computer science department, it should be able to support anyone. Most enterprises don't have eight different versions of operating systems running at the same time," said Agarwal.
The SleepServer developers recently won a San Diego Clean Tech Innovation and Commercialization grant. Funds from this program support commercialization of clean technology innovations developed at San Diego universities.
Enterprise PCs are not the final destination for SleepServer.
"We are looking to use SleepServer to save energy in enterprise compute servers, and we plan to create an application to help people save energy on home computers."
"SleepServer: A Software-Only Approach for Reducing the Energy Consumption of PCs within Enterprise Environments," by Yuvraj Agarwal, Stefan Savage and Rajesh Gupta from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
In Proceedings of the USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX ATC '10), June 2010.
IP Information on SleepServer from the UC San Diego Technology Transfer Office
Related Links
SleepServer Web site
Yuvraj Agarwal Web site
Design Automation Conference project
Energy Dashboard
Media Contacts
Daniel Kane, Jacobs School of Engineering, 858-534-3262, email@example.com


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Since 1989, 800-Car-Loan and Carloan.com have connected over 5 million consumers in the United Sates with sources of auto financing. Consumers complete a short application online. Carloan.com routes the application to the nearest dealer where a loan advisor then completes the application and finds the appropriate vehicle and lender.
The primary objective of Carloan.com is to convert web traffic to loan applications.
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US adults ages 18-49 who intend to purchase a car within the next 30 days and require an alternate loan source. Consumers have some college, have HH income of 40-75k per year, and hold mostly blue collar employment. They rent their homes nearly 3 to 1 over ownership.
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The next meeting will be held just prior to Arkansas State Society DAR's 2014 State Conference.
The Cameo Society of the Arkansas State Society Daughters of the American Revolution held its annual meeting at the Double Tree Hotel in Little Rock on March 14. Attending from Arkansas Post Chapter were Norma Oliver, Jean Pollard, Debbie Shea, Jerrie Townsend, Dorothy Wilks and Helen Wolfe. Laura Forster, president, presided.
New 2012-2014 yearbooks were given out. The main point of business was the passage of several by-laws changes. Mainly those dealt with membership. Adopted was the one stating that membership requirement would now include sisters, aunts and nieces. For membership in this Society, it had originally read, "Membership shall include any member of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution who can show active membership in conjunction with a mother/daughters or grandmother/granddaughters." Other changes involved officers and insignia. Susan Veal served as chairman of the by-laws committee with Jean Pollard and Linda White.
A PowerPoint presentation concerning women's health issues was presented by Barbara Dacus, a retired nurse. Title of her program was "An Affair of the Woman's Heart." She passed out flyers on heart attacks and strokes. "Time in getting help is very important," she said.
The next meeting will be held just prior to Arkansas State Society DAR's 2014 State Conference.


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Michael Haneke Trilogy (UK - DVD R2)
Michael Haneke's first three feature films finally get a UK DVD release...
Finally freed from their art house cage, where they were once sentenced to a lifetime of irregular festival appearances, the first three feature films from maverick German director Michael Haneke have been released on UK DVD. Riding the renewed interest following last year's surprise hit, Hidden, Tartan's Michael Haneke Trilogy includes three lesser-known films from the start of Haneke's film career (at which point he was already a successful theatre and television director) The Seventh Continent, Benny's Video and 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance.
Nicknamed the Glaciation Trilogy, and representing what Haneke referred to as "the progressive emotional glaciation of Austria", these three cerebral but provocative films focus on characters who are alienated from society, and who break the rules with shocking and unexpected acts of violence. Described as difficult and experimental back in the late eighties/early nineties when the films were made, Haneke refuses to spoon-feed the viewer information, which makes them both enthralling and exhausting to watch; "Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there are more answers at the end, then surely it is a richer experience" (Haneke).
The Seventh Continent
Based on a true events, The Seventh Continent follows father Georg (Dieter Berner), his wife Anna (Birgit Doll) and daughter Eva (Leni Tanzer) in the three years, structured in three chapters, leading up to their suicide. The characters don't need names or personalities, they exist more to represent a damaged family unit. As viewers we are aware that the family are terminally unhappy, but are thrown clear of any explanation, and instead there is a strange, uneasy acceptance of their situation and fate. Haneke further distances us and refuses to allow access to the characters using tight framing, often cropping their heads, and sometimes entire upper bodies, from the shot. Tiny moments of intimacy—the touch of a hand or a smile—are given more poignancy because they are made to seem so rare and uncomfortable.
As he says of the family in his Director's commentary "They don't really live, they do things." Their everyday actions—getting out of bed, putting on shoes, making breakfast—are studied in great detail and repeated using lingering close-ups reminiscent of David Lynch, making the mundane seem strange. Haneke plays with the concept of speed, juxtaposing slow music with items being scanned incredibly quickly through a checkout counter, or filming scenes in one shot or in real time such as a carwash to add to the general sense of unease.
However, it is the calm and calculated destruction of the middle-class family life that is the most disturbing aspect to the film. We see the father take a pile of folded shirts and rip the buttons from them one by one, then the daughter systematically cutting up her clothes. Soon tables are broken and curtains pulled from windows, money is literally flushed down the toilet, even the fish tank is smashed causing a cascade of water through the living room and leaving the fish flipping helplessly on the floor.
It is as much an anti-materialist statement, as an ending of their lives. Throughout the film there is suggestion of fleeing the city and moving to Australia, which is intercut with an image from a postcard that soon comes to represent a sanctuary. By the end of the film, we realise this sanctuary the family seek is actually death. The family finally take refuge in the bedroom in front of the television, and consume poison together whilst watching Jennifer Rush perform "The Power of Love"—probably one of the most unsettling juxtapositions of music ever seen in a film.
Benny's Video
The first clue that your thirteen year old son has mental health problems is the fact that his bedroom looks like a video surveillance lab…
Benny (Arno Frisch) experiences the world around him via video tape—he records what's going on in the street, parties and holidays until real life becomes merely a platform for whatever he wants to film next.
Obsessed with a video of his father killing a pig (as well as other violent movies), he re-enacts the shooting and bludgeoning on a young girl. We see the killing through the video monitor—being distanced in the way Benny is. He continues to check back to make sure the body is in shot, before smearing the blood on his chest—is it artistic, is it sexual? Again, we are left with little clue to the motive. The only glimmer of any understanding of what he's done is the fact that he hides the body. He then studies the film repeatedly, and watches it in front of his parents, who gradually realise and come to terms with what he's done. Similarly to Hidden, Haneke is constantly presenting us with different representations of reality, particularly in drawing parallels between the on-screen world and real world. For Benny, the world on screen becomes a kind of hyper-reality, until he is unable to comprehend the consequences of his actions in the outside world. Instead, he switches himself off and experiences life through film.
As with The Seventh Continent, the shocking aspect of the film is not so much the violent action, but the complete emotional detachment of the protagonist. Here Benny talks on the phone to friends and casually eats a yogurt immediately after the killing. The lack of emotion and reaction in all three characters (again, a father, mother, child unit) is exposed in a poignant scene where the mother uncontrollably breaks down into tears, receiving a very controlled reaction from the father. In the concluding scene, Benny goes to the police station where he and his parents are watched through one-way mirrors and surveillance monitors, bringing the story round in a full circle, with Benny as the focus of the on-screen world watched by others.
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
The beginning titles of 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance tell us the outcome of the story. Miximilian B will enter a bank, armed, shoot onlookers and then himself. A slight departure from the other two, the final film in the trilogy stats at the end, and then creates the back stories of various characters in the lead-up to the final event (which is never actually shown). Here, Haneke is expressing that film isn't solely about the plot or storyline, and in breaking the usual filmic structure, steering our attention even more forcefully towards individual scenes and movements. Again, characters are damaged or lost souls, who seem removed from reality. They are cold, guarded and unable, or at least, unwilling to express themselves in an accessible way. Scenes involving a seemingly unrelated mixture of characters are intercut with news stories—some have the potential for meaning, others seem random and pointless, but all are there to reflect the mundane routine of everyday life.
Even more abruptly edited than the first two, the film moves from scene to scene as though the camera has lost interest (understandably at times). An old man speaks to his daughter on the phone, purposely entering into arguments so she will speak for longer. Another man watches his ping pong match over and over to assess where he's going wrong. A homeless boy mirrors the actions of another boy on the opposite platform at a train station. A couple struggle to adopt a child.
Each scene hosts strangely removed interactions between people or representations of people. The fragmentary structure refuses to be restrained by form. Instead, we see a film that plays like a series of photos leading up to the final, fateful moment in each character's life.
The anamorphic 1.78 transfers are reasonably clear and sharp on all three discs, and seem to have been sourced from a high quality film. There are very occasional signs of grain, specifically in The Seventh Continent, but there is generally very minimal artefacting. Haneke's palette is deliberately muted, but the colours within that are strong and edges are well defined—as good a transfer as can be expected.
The crisp, clear 2.0 Mono soundtrack doesn't have too much of a challenge to deal with, and presents the basic sound well and without any background distraction. The main point here is that the discs represent the first time these films have been presented on DVD with optional English subtitles alongside the German language film. These are well translated and without obvious deficiencies.
The extras are unsurprisingly minimal, consisting purely of a director's interview on each disc. That said, Haneke is incredibly eloquent and insightful, covering everything from the original ideas for the films, to the most controversial scenes and the reactions to them.
In The Seventh Continent he explains that he moved away from an original flashback structure because each one seemed like an explanation (God forbid…), leaving the viewer free to interpret it as too much information, he says, would diminish the actual act of the suicide at the end. The interview on the 71 Fragment of a Chronology of Chance also talks about the trilogy as a whole and the links between the films. All three are well worth a watch and again, come ready with optional English subtitles.
Haneke's desolate wastelands are difficult to access, and there is no attempt to rationalize or explain the characters' actions or motives. Unions are forced and broken, people unlinked and drifting aimlessly, and the lack of information and sense can be frustrating. The atmospheres of isolation and doom at times seem relentless, but make the small, fleeting moments of uncontrolled emotion ever more poignant. We are never quite sure where Haneke is heading next—the significance and style of each scene seems to differ somewhat randomly, but for some reason, those of us with a little patience and trust, are willing to be blindfolded and led by Haneke wherever he may chose to go.
Review by Kat Halstead
scottmck Contributor Join Date: April 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 393
Great review, Kat. Welcome aboard!
Hidden was one of my favourites from last year and I've been thinking about picking this set up for a while. It's a shame Haneke DVDs don't have more extras but I guess he doesn't want to give us too much information on his films.
Hidden was one of my favourites from last year and I've been thinking about picking this set up for a while. It's a shame Haneke DVDs don't have more extras but I guess he doesn't want to give us too much information on his films.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
I just got my hands on a used copy of Hidden. I've got a big pile of review copies, Netflix rentals, and Xmas presents to get through, but I hope to watch it real soon.
And as Scott has said, welcome aboard.
And as Scott has said, welcome aboard.
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 4th December 2006
Discs: 3
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Title-Specific Michael Haneke Interview on Each Disc
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Brigit Doll, Dieter Berner, Arno Frish, Lucas Miko
Genre: Drama
Length: 304 minutes
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Vintage Motocross Returns to the Hills of Infineon Raceway
Vintage motocross returns to the hills of Infineon Raceway at the West Coast Moto Jam, May 13-15.
The 6th annual Brad Lackey's Nor-Cal Classic AHRMA/Legends of Motocross National will feature more than 500 entrants in 40 different classes of American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) vintage motocross racing. Legendary rider and Bay Area resident, Brad Lackey, who became the first American to win the 500cc Grand Prix Motocross World Championship in 1982, will host the event.
"We're so excited to be back at Infineon Raceway after 10 years and then 30 years before that," said Lackey, who resides in Pleasant Hill. "The vintage motocross people are coming out in force for this event to come see us in the Wine Country. It's going to be a great, family-friendly weekend."
Vintage motocross racing captures a time when the sport was still a largely European affair, recalling an era before the shift of power to the American stars and the now vastly-popular 'supercross' offshoot discipline of motocross racing.
The motocross course, located on the hills behind Turn 7, will be created with a combination of man-made sections and natural, grass terrain. Racing will be featured on Saturday and Sunday including a "Husky vs. CZ" race each day. Friday will feature the Donnie Hansen Motocross Academy in the morning and a trials series in the afternoon.
In addition to the on-track motocross action, there will also be a swap meet and vintage bike display. Fans are also invited to view movies and enjoy complimentary refreshments and popcorn in the motocross pits following the races on Saturday.
This year's West Coast Moto Jam includes something for every motorcycle racing fan. In addition to AHRMA vintage motocross, the weekend will feature AMA Pro Road Racing, TTXGP electric motorcycles, flat track and Supermoto USA.
For more information about the West Coast Moto Jam or to purchase tickets, visit CLICK HERE or call 800-870-RACE (7223).